The band Lynyrd Skynyrd, from left, Gary Rossington, Billy Powell, Artimus Pyle, Ed King and Bob Burns appear backstage after being inducted at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in New York on March 13, 2006. Rossington, the iconic band's last surviving cofounder, who died Sunday, March 5, was also perhaps the last flag pole in a once powerful part of American culture: Southern rock. (AP Photo/Stuart Ramson, File)
