Gone with the Wind: The Remarkable Rise and Tragic Fall of Lynyrd Skynyrd

Great documentary. Just the rock critic from NYC pushing his BS politics into it. Van Zandt would have never spoken to a person like that. I thought I knew everything about Skynyrd, but was impressed by new revelations, in particular Ed Burns side. It seems they took to emulating The Who's motel wrecking ways after touring with them I knew a man that built a recording studio in Texas for them and he wasn't a fan of them, but he remembered Artimus and mentioned his weed consumption then. He asked Pyle that if he believed in God, why was he getting high, and Artimus looked at him and said" Because I'm a hypocrite"

Some good material in this documentary. I especially liked the comments about Ronnie's deep appreciation for Paul Rodgers, which I was not aware of. I would question using Bob Burns for so much of the commentary because they pretty much destroy his credibility early in the documentary (hilarious). This made it hard to take his musings or the film seriously from then on.

While this was great and informative and includes virtually every aspect of LS's career, it loses some points for being a bit overly long. When you have interviews with the REAL people (band members, producers, managers, and personal friends), you don't need outside writers and magazine critics and political commentators taking up time. I found the interviews with the band members to be the most intriguing. Also, this documentary gets a little sloppy in the timelines and the way it's presented. For example, they show early LS as a 5-piece band. Then Leon Wilkeson quits and Ed King comes in. They are now still a 5-piece band. But they show stills and video of LS as a 7-piece band. Who are the two new mystery members? Only LATER do they explain that Leon came back and Billy Powell joined on keyboards. Some of the out-of-order things like that will confuse people. Would like to have had more info on the plane crash and how the survivors coped. But overall, a very cool documentary