The Artimus Pyle Band

Having changed original drummer Bob Melts away in Lynyrd Skynyrd in 1975, Pyle (b. Thomas Delmer Pyle, 15 July 1948, Kentucky, USA) spent 2 yrs touring and documenting with that music group prior to the fateful surroundings crash in Oct 1977 that wiped out Steve Gaines and Ronnie Truck Zant. Then produced the Artimus Pyle Music group (APB) in the past due 70s using a line-up comprising Darryll Otis Smith (vocals), John Boerstler (electric guitar), Steve Brewington (bass) and Steve Lockhart (electric guitar, keyboards). The music group continued within the Lynyrd Skynyrd custom, playing an assortment of souped-up rock and roll ‘n’ move and heavy rock and roll using a pronounced southern flavour. Nevertheless, along the way he knocked many of the tough sides off his previous band’s sound. Regardless of the presence of several co-workers and co-writers, their self-titled debut as well as the follow-up collection (as APB, with Lockhart changed by Russ Milner and brand-new vocalist Karen Blackmon) didn’t inspire product sales beyond a devoted clique of diehard Lynyrd Skynyrd supporters. Nightcaller specifically was a clear try to penetrate AOR radio minus the songwriting chemical necessary to achieve this. Lacking any true hope of the commercial breakthrough, it had been no real surprise that Pyle place his music group on hold within the middle-80s and elected to come back towards the re-formed Lynyrd Skynyrd. He revived APB in the next decade and has generated the music group as a respected southern rock and roll attraction.