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Gary Rossington Net Worth
How rich is Gary Rossington? For this question we spent 22 hours on research (Wikipedia, Youtube, we read books in libraries, etc) to review the post.
The main source of income: Musicians
Total Net Worth at the moment 2024 year – is about $4 Million.
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Biography
Gary Rossington information Birth date: December 4, 1951 Birth place: Jacksonville, Florida, USA Profession:Soundtrack, Actor, Music Department
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How tall is Gary Rossington – 1,78m.
How much weight is Gary Rossington – 57kg
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Biography,His mother Berniece (for whom the song by Lynyrd Skynyrd is named for as a tribute by Rossington) recalled that Gary had a childhood interest in baseball and aspired to become a New York Yankee, and Gary himself recalled that he was a good ball player until he heard The Rolling Stones and gave up his baseball career.Rossington formed the band The Noble Five as a teenager with friends Ronnie Van Zant, Allen Collins, Larry Junstrom and Bob Burns in the summer of 1964. They would later change the name of the band to The One Percent before becoming Lynyrd Skynyrd.According to a New York Times article, Lacy Van Zant, patriarch of the Van Zant family, once went to West Jacksonvilles Robert E. Lee High School to plead Rossingtons case to school administrators after the fatherless Rossington was suspended for having long hair. Lacy Van Zant explained to the assistant principal that Rossingtons father, who died shortly after Rossington was born, had died in the Army and that Rossingtons mother needed the money Rossington made playing in his band. Lacy Van Zant further explained that, like his own sons, they were working men and long hair was part of the job.Rossingtons instrument of choice was a 1959 Gibson Les Paul that he purchased from a woman whose boyfriend had left her and left behind his guitar. He named it Berniece in honor of his mother whom he was extremely close to after the death of his father. Rossington played lead guitar on Tuesdays Gone and the slide guitar for Free Bird. Along with Collins, Rossington also provided the guitar work for Simple Man.On Labor Day weekend in 1976, Rossington and fellow Skynyrd guitarist Allen Collins were both involved in separate auto accidents in their hometown of Jacksonville. Rossington had just bought a new Ford Torino, and hit an oak tree while under the influence of alcohol and other drugs. The band was due to go on tour in a couple of days, but had to postpone this tour due to Rossingtons accident. The band members were not at all pleased with Rossington, and fined him $5000 for the delay caused to the bands schedule. Van Zant and Collins wrote the song That Smell based on the wreck, and Rossingtons state of influence from drugs and alcohol at the time. The specific lyrics that refer to the wreck: Whiskey bottles and brand new cars, oak tree youre in my way. Theres too much coke and too much smoke.Rossington was one of six band members who survived the October 20, 1977, plane crash near Gillsburg, Mississippi, that took the lives of Van Zant, Steve Gaines, Cassie Gaines, and three others. Despite breaking both arms, both legs, both wrists, both ankles and his pelvis, Rossington would eventually recover from his injuries and play on stage again (albeit with steel rods in his right arm and one of his legs). He battled with serious drug addiction throughout the next several years, partially as a result of his heavy dependence on medication taken during his recovery from the plane crash.Rossington co-founded The Rossington Collins Band with Collins in 1980. The band released two albums, but disbanded in 1982 after the death of Collins wife, Kathy. With his wife, Dale Krantz-Rossington, he then formed The Rossington Band, which released two albums in 1986 and 1988, respectively.Rossington still plays in the current Lynyrd Skynyrd lineup. With the death of keyboardist, Billy Powell, on January 28, 2009, Rossington is now the last original band member left in the reformed band.Gary Rossington and wife Dale Krantz-Rossington have two daughters, Mary and Annie.He experienced a heart problem in the past which was successfully addressed via surgery, but he occasionally experiences pain in his legs severe enough to force him to miss shows, this is a recurring ailment resulting from the 1977 plane crash.[citation needed]Rossington is an avid fan of the Jacksonville Jaguars. He recorded a video, along with remaining members of Lynyrd Skynyrd, that is played at every Jaguars home game on the Everbank Field video board.Rossington suffered a heart attack on October 8, 2015 after which two Lynyrd Skynyrd concerts had to be cancelled.
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