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There was not one lead guitarist. The original lineup featured Allen Collins, Gary Rossington, and Ed King. Later on, King left and Steve Gaines filled the spot. They all played lead. Allen Collins(pch)
He was playing guitar for about 13 yrs. old.
The original lineup prior to their tragic plane crash had Allen Collins as the main lead guitarist for Lynyrd Skynyrd. Gary Rossington was the main rhythm guitarist. Ed King also participated early on and provided the great intro and lead to Sweet Home Alabama. Steve Gaines joined the group in the mid 70's and provided both rhythm and lead support to Collins and Rossington. Allen clearly was one of the great southern rock guitarists of all-time. His enery and effortless playing was magnificent. Gary Rossington has been asked a million times who played all the lead guitar parts on Freebird. In an article published in one of the widely published guitar magazines, Rossington emphatically says that "it was all Allen Collins". Collins also co-wrote the majority of their songs with Ronnie Van Zandt their lead singer. It is a tragedy that we don't have good quality video of Allen and his band mates playing their greatest hits on stage from that period. Of course, this is also true for a many of the great rock guitarists of the 60's and 70's. However, If you want to see Allen in a fine live performance, go to YouTube and watch Free Bird from the BBC in 1975. Here is the link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkTQUtx818w The DVD "Free Bird" is also a great rockumentary.
He got his first guitar when he was nine, but he didn't actually start playing until he was eleven.
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Since he was 12
Yes, he is quite the guitar player. He's been playing since he was a child.
About 50 years.
They did not break up they decided not to make any more music with the loss of the band members. Gary Rossington and Allen Collins did form the Rossington-Collins band in 1980 and in 1987 the band reunited with former member Ed King and Ronnies younger brother Johnny to do a Tribute tour and have been touring and recording ever since.
*Musician Niall likes to play the guitar, he has been playing the guitar since he was 12 :)
He has been playing since the age of 7, and was inspired by his step-father to do music. His step-father is Gordon Trümper, who is in the rock band Fatun. Since Tom is now 21, as of December 2010, he has been playing guitar for 14 years.