Gary Rossington

Gary Robert Rossington (Disamba 4, 1951 - Maris 5, 2023) mawakin Amurka ne wanda aka fi sani da mai guitar na ƙungiyar mawakan kudancin Lynyrd Skynyrd, wanda ya yi waka tare da shi har zuwa mutuwarsa. Rossington shi ma memba ne na kafa ƙungiyar Rossington Collins Band, tare da tsohon abokin ƙungiyar Allen Collins . Rossington shi ne memba na Lynyrd Skynyrd wanda ya fi daɗewa kuma na ƙarshe da ya rage a lokacin mutuwarsa.

 Rayuwar farko 
An haifi Rossington a Jacksonville, Florida . Mahaifiyarsa ta tuna cewa yana da sha'awar wasan baseball sosai tun yana yaro kuma yana da burin yin wasa a New York Yankees wata rana. Rossington ya tuna cewa shi "mai ƙwallon ƙafa ne mai kyau" amma da jin Rolling Stones a farkon shekarunsa, sai ya fara sha'awar kiɗa kuma daga ƙarshe ya daina burinsa na wasan baseball.  

Son Rossington ga ƙwallon baseball ne ya kai ga ƙirƙirar Lynyrd Skynyrd a lokacin bazara na 1964.   Ya saba da Ronnie Van Zant da Bob Burns yayin da yake wasa a ƙungiyoyin ƙwallon baseball na Jacksonville masu hamayya kuma ukun sun yanke shawarar yin tattaki tare wata rana bayan da Burns ya ji rauni sakamakon bugun ƙwallon da Van Zant ya buga. Sun sanya kayan aikinsu a tashar mota ta gidan iyayen Burns kuma suka buga waƙar The Rolling Stones ta lokacin " Time Is on My Side ". Da yake son abin da suka ji, nan da nan suka yanke shawarar kafa ƙungiyar mawaƙa.  Suna sanya wa kansu suna The Noble Five, tare da ƙarin ɗan guitar Allen Collins da ɗan bass Larry Junstrom, daga baya suka canza sunan ƙungiyar zuwa The One Percent kafin daga baya suka fara amfani da sunan Lynyrd Skynyrd a 1969. 

Rossington ya girma a gidan iyaye ɗaya tilo kuma ya ce a farkon dangantakarsu, Van Zant ya zama kamar uba a gare shi. Ya yaba wa Van Zant, wanda ya cika shekaru uku a matsayin uba, da koyar da shi da abokan aikinsa yadda ake tuƙa mota, da kuma gabatar musu da "dukkan abubuwan da ka koya lokacin da kake da shekaru 14, 15, da 16". 

A cewar wani labarin jaridar New York Times, Lacy Van Zant, uban gidan Van Zant, ta taɓa zuwa Makarantar Sakandare ta Robert E. Lee da ke West Jacksonville don neman afuwa ga masu kula da makaranta bayan da aka dakatar da Rossington mara uba saboda dogon gashi. Lacy Van Zant ta bayyana wa mataimakin shugaban makarantar cewa mahaifin Rossington, wanda ya mutu jim kaɗan bayan an haifi Rossington, ya mutu a cikin Soja kuma mahaifiyar Rossington tana buƙatar kuɗin da Rossington ke samu tana wasa a cikin ƙungiyar mawakansa. Lacy Van Zant ta ƙara bayyana cewa, kamar 'ya'yansa maza, maza ne masu aiki kuma dogon gashi wani ɓangare ne na aikin. [1] Ba a san ko ƙoƙarin dattijon Van Zant ya yi nasara ba, amma daga baya Rossington ya daina makarantar sakandare don mai da hankali kan Lynyrd Skynyrd na cikakken lokaci

 Sana'a 
Kayan kida na Rossington da ya fi so shi ne Gibson Les Paul na shekarar 1959 wanda ya saya daga wata mata wadda saurayinta ya bar ta ya bar ta ya bar ta a baya. Ya sanya mata suna "Berniece" don girmama mahaifiyarsa, wadda yake da kusanci sosai bayan mutuwar mahaifinsa.  Rossington ya buga guitar mai jagora a " Tuesday's Gone " da kuma guitar mai zamiya don " Free Bird ".  Tare da Collins, Rossington ya kuma samar da aikin guitar na "Simple Man".  Baya ga Les Paul, ya yi amfani da wasu Gitar Gibson daban-daban ciki har da Gibson SGs .    Gibson ya kuma fitar da Gary Rossington SG/Les Paul a cikin Custom Shop ɗinsu.  A mafi yawan aikinsa, ya buga ta hanyar amplifiers na Marshall da Peavey .  

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Rukuni:Mutuwan 2023
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1951