Drummer Reacts To Lynyrd Skynyrd - “Freebird” Live In 1977 (Oakland Coliseum Stadium) || Blown Away!

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  • @setonhillstudios
    @setonhillstudios  4 місяці тому +6

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    Is this the greatest performance ever?! What's next from Lynyrd Skynyrd?

  • @ogmike7302
    @ogmike7302 4 місяці тому +45

    This performance was only three months before the plane ✈️ crash. This is epic

    • @setonhillstudios
      @setonhillstudios  4 місяці тому +11

      Wow! Just crazy to think about! So sad 😞

  • @gregcissell345
    @gregcissell345 4 місяці тому +32

    Best era of live performances , no computers, no cell phones, no backing tracks, no lip syncing, just great musicians working their asses off to do what they love.

  • @douglasg.9271
    @douglasg.9271 4 місяці тому +31

    These guys were perfectionists. They practiced more than anyone, and it shows in their live performances.

  • @Oldschoolnana
    @Oldschoolnana 4 місяці тому +18

    Just graduated high school in 1976. We had & will always have the best music. RIP TO ALL WHO PERISHED.🙏🕊️✌️🌻🌻

    • @hanoverjim2693
      @hanoverjim2693 2 місяці тому +1

      Class of '77. I bought "Street Survivors" 1 or 2 weeks before crash. 1959--- Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, Big Bobber, good music (for the time). I agree the 1970's had best music.

  • @bendavidson7122
    @bendavidson7122 4 місяці тому +17

    This Kids is SOUTHERN ROCK At its FINEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @FerretJohn
    @FerretJohn 3 місяці тому +12

    Sad that only one person on that stage is still alive, the drummer Artemis Pyle. The ORIGINAL members of the band, formed in 1964, was Ronnie Van Zant (vocals), Gary Rossington and Allen Collins (guitar), Larry Jungstrom (bass), and Bob Burns (drums). Ronnie of course died in the plane crash and was replaced by his little brother Johnny Van Zant when the band reunited in 87, Allen was badly injured in the crash then paralyzed in a car accident in 86 and died of pneumonia in 90, to twist the knife Allen's wife died in 82 from complications from a miscarriage with their third child, Burns left in 74, retiring from music after a particularly nightmarish tour and died in an auto accident in 2015, Jungstrom left in 71, forming 38 Special with Ronnie's other brother Donny, died in 2019, and Gary, the last of the originals, passed away last year.

  • @warrenburlingame1172
    @warrenburlingame1172 4 місяці тому +28

    Hands down the greatest rock song and greatest southern rock band ever

  • @Sergiosmom1-g5g
    @Sergiosmom1-g5g 4 місяці тому +24

    RIP Ronnie, Steve, and Cassie!!! They created an iconic piece of history

  • @vangreen9098
    @vangreen9098 4 місяці тому +22

    Yes sir Ronnie we still remember you…

    • @JoeHicks-ow4rm
      @JoeHicks-ow4rm 4 місяці тому +6

      Absolutely. And the rest of the band too.❤❤❤

  • @OneOddTodd63
    @OneOddTodd63 4 місяці тому +3

    I was 13 the day the free bird crashed in Upstate SC, about an hour from where I lived at the time in NC. Ronnie, Steve and his sister Cassie were killed and a couple others in the crew, I believe. As for the inspiration for the song, Ronnie said in a documentary released sometime later that he'd wanted to write a song about being free and to him there was nothing more free than a bird. The song is actually about being freed from a relationship. But I think the lyrics are just vague enough that you could apply it to just about any situation you need release from.

    • @setonhillstudios
      @setonhillstudios  4 місяці тому +2

      Great lyrical imagery and so sad about the crash! 😞 It’s crazy how short life truly is! Thanks for hanging!

  • @jeremiahrose4681
    @jeremiahrose4681 4 місяці тому +2

    Why is 70's rock so damn great? Don't know but I love it. Yes, I'm an 80's teen.

    • @setonhillstudios
      @setonhillstudios  4 місяці тому +2

      Gotta love it! Such great music! Thanks for hanging out!

  • @steveshelton5036
    @steveshelton5036 4 місяці тому +5

    When they were actually recording the song in Muscle Shoals they took a lunch break. When they came back to the studio Billy Powell (who was a roadie at the time) was playing the piano part and they recorded it. They had no idea that he was a trained concert pianist. Three months later he was part of the band.

    • @setonhillstudios
      @setonhillstudios  4 місяці тому +4

      So cool! Definitely a good thing he decided to mess around on the keys! Such an awesome story!

  • @chipurBillWhite
    @chipurBillWhite 3 місяці тому +8

    Song was born when Allen Collins’ girlfriend asked him, “If I leave here tomorrow, will you still remember me?”

  • @bendavidson7122
    @bendavidson7122 4 місяці тому +10

    I want FREEBIRD Played at MY FUNERAL in its Entirety!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @JoeHicks-ow4rm
      @JoeHicks-ow4rm 4 місяці тому +2

      Wow that's so cool. I told my son if he doesn't play this at my funeral I was coming back to haunt him. SERIOUSLY!!!😂😂😂

  • @Roger-ux3eg
    @Roger-ux3eg 4 місяці тому +12

    Gary Rossington on slide was the last original member. He passed away in March 2023. Allen Collins does the main solo. He passed away in 1990. Steve Gaines joins in the solo. He passed away along with his sister who was a backup singer and of course lead singer Ronnie Van Zant in the plane crash on October 20, 1977.

  • @doobiedave9686
    @doobiedave9686 4 місяці тому +2

    I was a sophmore in college in '77 and this performace was done just a couple of months before the plane crash in October of 1977. The song is a tribute to Duane Allman of the Allman brothers who died in a motorcycle accident in 1971. The guitarist in all white is Allan Collins, the one on slide is Gary Rossington, the 3rd guitarist is Steve Gaines, the drummer is Artemus Pyle, and the bass player is Leon Wilkerson and he is smoking the bass in this song. If you get a chance you should check out Skynyrd performing Workin' For MCA or Gimme Three Steps from the Knebworth Music Festival in 1976. ✌️

    • @ElizabethJohnson-ss4ce
      @ElizabethJohnson-ss4ce 4 місяці тому +3

      Freebird was often dedicated to Duane, but it was not written for or about him. Allen wrote the chords in 1969, but Ronnie didn't come up with the lyrics until 1970. The opening lines are something Allen's girlfriend asked him during a high school argument. They were married in 1970 and the guys played this at their wedding.

  • @Ozarkprepper643
    @Ozarkprepper643 4 місяці тому +14

    Smooth southern rock.
    The piano player was a roadie for a long time before they found out he played piano. Glad they included him. It helps round out the sound. Most all of us in that audience are great grannies and Grandpa's now.
    We traveled from Arizona too Oakland for this concert.
    Only other time we traveled far for a concert was too Tampa Florida to see Jethro Tull.
    Not far from Lynyrd Skynyrd's hometown.
    lol
    Ronnie Van Zant and other band members were killed in the plane crash.
    RIP
    🚜🤠🐂

  • @ninoperez7250
    @ninoperez7250 4 місяці тому +6

    Blessed to have grown up in Florida during this time. Their music resonates the true Florida lifestyle. Was a true follower of Skynyrd! Cried the day of their plane crash! My favorite group aside from the Beatles. Unimaginable times are missed🙏

    • @setonhillstudios
      @setonhillstudios  4 місяці тому +4

      I can’t imagine! They are definitely an amazing group with so many hits! Their music will live on forever! ❤️

  • @andymcshane6972
    @andymcshane6972 4 місяці тому +4

    Opening guitar “whine” by Garry Rossington, solo at the end by Alan Collins w/ help from Steve Gaines, base player Leon Wilkeson, Billy Powell on the piano, drummer Artimus Pyle and the great Ronnie Van Zandt running the show. Sadly all are together in Rock and Roll heaven with the exception or Artimus

    • @setonhillstudios
      @setonhillstudios  4 місяці тому +2

      Thanks for the insight! Loved this performance and they were definitely gone too soon! 😞

  • @PopularMonsterUSA
    @PopularMonsterUSA 4 місяці тому +4

    This song was played at tons of funerals in the 80’s. Epic.

  • @cathyboyles110
    @cathyboyles110 2 місяці тому +2

    I was there!! July 1977 Day On The Geen, Oakland Coliseum Oakland, Cali. This band Is FIRE!!

    • @setonhillstudios
      @setonhillstudios  2 місяці тому +1

      Danggg!!! Lucky you! I bet it was amazing! 🤘🏻

  • @brandonjones1349
    @brandonjones1349 4 місяці тому +11

    The live 76 is great too. Opening for the Stones, they were told not to over run their set time. And Mick DEMANDED that Skynard not go out on rolling stones tounge set design . Of course...Ronnie said ok. Thennnn....the rebels came out of em. Lol. Its worth the watch man. I promise! ☘️🇺🇲

  • @michaeldavidfigures9842
    @michaeldavidfigures9842 4 місяці тому +15

    Allen Collins is on lead guitar with Gary Rossington on slide, and Leon Wilkerson on bass, Artemis Pyle on drums, Billy Powell on the grand, and Ronnie van Zant on vocals.

    • @gregorysimmers
      @gregorysimmers 4 місяці тому +5

      What about Steve Gains on guitar?

    • @michaeldavidfigures9842
      @michaeldavidfigures9842 4 місяці тому +2

      @@gregorysimmers My apologies to Steve. Bless his soul. Cassie's brother was definitely a talented guitarist when tragedy took him from this world far too soon.

    • @nathanwahl9224
      @nathanwahl9224 4 місяці тому +3

      Jojo, Leslie and Cassie.

    • @michaeldavidfigures9842
      @michaeldavidfigures9842 4 місяці тому +2

      @@nathanwahl9224 the girls should not be forgotten.

    • @jeffwarren4938
      @jeffwarren4938 4 місяці тому +1

      And Steve Gaines on guitar!

  • @randyhochstein8455
    @randyhochstein8455 4 місяці тому +21

    They have three guitarist’s. Left to right, Steve Gains playing the black Gibson LesPaul, Gary Rossington playing the Red Gibson SG, and Alan Collins playing that fabulous Gibson Firebird. ✌🏼😎🇺🇸

    • @rickward460
      @rickward460 4 місяці тому +10

      And let's not forget the Mad Hatter, Leon Wilkeson 🎩 on bass 🤙

    • @kevenrowe2958
      @kevenrowe2958 4 місяці тому +2

      Allen Collins * he was playing a Gibson explorer

    • @karenwalsh1143
      @karenwalsh1143 4 місяці тому +1

      ​@@rickward460yea, I was gonna say 4 guitarists

    • @karenwalsh1143
      @karenwalsh1143 4 місяці тому +1

      4 guitarists

  • @janbarrington7945
    @janbarrington7945 4 місяці тому +2

    You asked where we were at ths time....I was 15 yrs old and in a body cast...lol No lie. I love this song and ever time I watch this concert it brings tears to my eyes. On October 20,1977 we tragically lost Ronnie VanZant, Steve Gaines, Cassie Gaines and Dean Kilpatrick. Its just weird watching this knowing that they would leave us a few months later. Thank you for taking us down memory lane.

  • @hudsonhollow
    @hudsonhollow 4 місяці тому +8

    I wasn't at this one but saw them live at Atlanta Pop in July 1970. Small little crowd of around 400,000 of us! EPIC!!! I hitchhiked there with a cute little sweetheart. I was a FREEBIRD!!! Youth!

  • @davidvsr
    @davidvsr Місяць тому +2

    freebird...a free spirit...cant be tamed.....

  • @bobcorbin3294
    @bobcorbin3294 4 місяці тому +4

    On the original vinyl the song is dedicated to DA meaning Duane Allman who just recently passed.

  • @reallymysterious4520
    @reallymysterious4520 4 місяці тому +16

    I also love Simple Man & Tuesday's Gone ( my fav song of theirs )

    • @setonhillstudios
      @setonhillstudios  4 місяці тому +5

      Love Simple Man! Such a killer tune! 🔥

    • @reallymysterious4520
      @reallymysterious4520 4 місяці тому +6

      @@setonhillstudios In that case you may want to consider reacting to Tuesday's Gone

  • @gregoryrichardson7333
    @gregoryrichardson7333 3 місяці тому +3

    The Guitar player in white is ALLEN COLLINS

  • @bobbyverne9714
    @bobbyverne9714 2 місяці тому +2

    Hands down, probably one of the BEST live performances ever...PERIOD!!

    • @setonhillstudios
      @setonhillstudios  2 місяці тому +1

      So EPIC!!! They brought that 🔥🔥 like no other! Amazing! 🤘🏻

  • @tonycross2449
    @tonycross2449 4 місяці тому +3

    This is the original members with the exception of Ed King quitting the band and his replacement on far left stage- Steve Gains with the Les Paul custom guitar.

    • @setonhillstudios
      @setonhillstudios  4 місяці тому +2

      Appreciate the info! Loved this performance! Such an EPIC song!

  • @moonlightmile70s96
    @moonlightmile70s96 4 місяці тому +14

    prince charming is making his guitar tweet like a bird

    • @danparts9333
      @danparts9333 4 місяці тому

      cant speak a word with a mouth full of ludes

  • @richardpierce7819
    @richardpierce7819 4 місяці тому +11

    From a 9 min. Studio cut to a 15 min live cut.

  • @waynegaertner6092
    @waynegaertner6092 21 годину тому +1

    I was there in 77@ the coliseum. I was 1 of the most memorable concerts I was at.

    • @setonhillstudios
      @setonhillstudios  21 годину тому

      @@waynegaertner6092 What?! That’s amazing!! 🤘🏻

  • @robertchatterley7245
    @robertchatterley7245 4 місяці тому +2

    Guitarists are Gary Rossington,
    Allen Collins, Steve Gains.

  • @MetalphysicalMel
    @MetalphysicalMel 4 місяці тому +4

    This is the year Elvis died. I was 9 years old in rural Kansas wishing I was somewhere else.

  • @juliemanarin4127
    @juliemanarin4127 4 місяці тому +6

    I saw them front row center! I was 17 in 1977! The 70s were the best ti.e of my life!

  • @boroblueyes
    @boroblueyes 4 місяці тому +10

    Now you know why so many people yell "Freebird". In 77' I was 19 and had seen them 3 times by the time they did this show. We had so much great Rock and Roll, so many classics.

    • @setonhillstudios
      @setonhillstudios  4 місяці тому +3

      Haha 🤣 Great point! Now I might be yelling it too!

  • @listenlinda4662
    @listenlinda4662 4 місяці тому +6

    This song was the national anthem of an entire generation. Back in the day when stadium concerts had 100K + audiences.
    If this is from summer 1977, (I believe July) it was from approx 3 months b4 their horrific plane crash, 10/28/77. They crashed into the woods in a very rural location.. Ppl metal detecting there are still finding pieces of the wreckage to this day. Another excellent documentary is "If I Leave Here Tomorrow". If you like the band, I highly suggest you watch.
    They named themselves after their high school gym teacher.

    • @joeyboogenz
      @joeyboogenz 4 місяці тому

      The crash was 10/20/1977 and this is the real Skynyrd . Not the fake version that still tours under that name to this day . The fake version stole the name & are just a tribute cover band .

    • @listenlinda4662
      @listenlinda4662 4 місяці тому +1

      @@joeyboogenz Sorry, the date was a typo. Fat thumbs and not wearing my glasses. Rickey Medlocke was one of their guitarists from 71-72, then rejoined them in 96. Still plays with them now. He's the last one from b4 the crash. Not an original, but all we've got left now. And Johnny Van Zandt (lead vocals) is Ronnie's brother.

  • @susieterry9099
    @susieterry9099 15 днів тому

    I will never, ever forget the day that the news broke that their plane went down. Freebird has been an anthem for decades now.

  • @pyrotenax472
    @pyrotenax472 4 місяці тому +13

    As great as that performance was in a stadium , I personally think the best live performance of Freebird was done on a UK music show, called "The Old Grey Whistle Test" on BBC TV in UK.
    Here is a 42 minute performance of their set , with Freebird coming in at at about 28 minutes. The visual quality is outstanding as someone has done a 4K conversion.
    ua-cam.com/video/yYhy7JXpPwU/v-deo.html

  • @ericramsell5947
    @ericramsell5947 4 місяці тому +8

    3 guitar players! Gary Rossington with the Gibson SG, dark hair, Allen Collins with the Gibson Explorer, long wavy blond hair and white shirt, Steve Gaines with the black Les Paul and shorter wavy hair and white shirt; Steve replaced Ed King who was one of the original guitarists. This lineup isn't entirely the original band, several members came and went at the very beginning as well as later. The aforementioned Ed King, but also Larry Junstrom, and Rickey Medlocke who left and went on to form Blackfoot. Billy Powell joined later as he was originally a roadie for the band. He officially became a band member when Ronnie heard him playing the piano while on break.

    • @setonhillstudios
      @setonhillstudios  4 місяці тому +2

      Thanks so much for the info! Really appreciate you taking the time to fill me in!

    • @jeffwarren4938
      @jeffwarren4938 4 місяці тому +4

      Larry also became the bass player for .38 Special!

    • @lisayoung9920
      @lisayoung9920 3 місяці тому +2

      Eerily, Ed King and Steve Gaines were both born on September 14, 1949.

  • @josephgallagher945
    @josephgallagher945 Місяць тому +2

    After the crash, they returned with a female singer & were called The Rossington Collins Band. They made several albums & had some radio hits. Then they became Skynyrd again for the rest of their career with Ronnie's younger brother singing.

  • @richardpierce7819
    @richardpierce7819 4 місяці тому +5

    Original members :
    Ronnie Van Zant
    Allen Collins
    GARY Rossington
    Leon Wilkerson on bass ( he left for a short time and was replaced by Ed King on bass)
    Ed King ( when Leon came back Ed moved from bass to guitar.)
    Ricky Medlock ( on drums for a short time after Bob Burns left ) Bob Burns ( original drummer he left for a short time but came back later he had a mental breakdown and was replaced by Artimus Pyle who is drumming in this video)
    Billy Powell on piano.
    The Honkettes were added later.
    When Ed left the band in the middle of the Tourture tour. He would be replaced by Steve Gaines seen in this video.
    Allen Collins played the main solo in this video.
    Gary Rossington played the slide guitar.
    Ronnie once said of Freebird " its basically a love song." The 3 guitars were
    1) Allen Collins
    2) Gary Rossington
    3) Steve
    Honkettes
    1) Leslie Hawkins
    2) JoJo Billingsly
    3) Cassie Gaines ( Steves older sister)
    I think that covers it all.

    • @setonhillstudios
      @setonhillstudios  4 місяці тому +2

      Thanks for the info!

    • @ElizabethJohnson-ss4ce
      @ElizabethJohnson-ss4ce 4 місяці тому +1

      Medlocke was not an original member.

    • @jeffwarren4938
      @jeffwarren4938 4 місяці тому +3

      Larry Junstrom was the original bass player, not Leon. Larry left the band, only to later become the bass player for .38 Special. Leon was not an original member.

  • @Shoshonegrl
    @Shoshonegrl 4 місяці тому +6

    What makes this an amazing song is, it wasn't too long after that thevplane crash happened. So this song was like prophecy

  • @robbywilliams4601
    @robbywilliams4601 4 місяці тому +2

    Ronnie VanZant lead singer
    Allen Collins lead guitar (solo)
    Gary Rossington guitar (slide)
    Billy Powell piano
    Steve Gaines rythm guitar
    Atrtimus Powell drums
    Leon Wilkerson bass
    This was just a few months before the crash. Bob Burns was their original drummer and Ed King of Strawberry Alarm Clock fame was an early member

  • @gildavis8266
    @gildavis8266 4 місяці тому +1

    To answer your question, I was just out of the Army and back in Atlanta working for Rollis Protective Service here in Atlanta, I was 22 years old and in my freshman year at Dekalb Community College. The first time I heard them live was at Georgia Jam in 1974 where they played for a same size crowd at Fulton County Stadium. They were always great right to the very end.
    The song "Freebird" is a lament, an apology of sorts, sung by a lover who just wasn't ready to settle down and get married at that stage of his life. The pickup in tempo reflects the excitement of living life to the hilt free from the constraints which would force him to change his ways.
    Lead guitar was played by Alan Collins playing a Gibson Firebird., the rhythm, slide and special effects was played by Gary Rossington playing the Gibson SG. And he also played some of the lead too trading with Alan Collins or a matching duet. The other guitarist was Steve Gains playing a Gibson Les Paul.
    Sadly Ronnie Van Zant and Steve Gains and his siter Cassie (wo was a background singer) would die in that tragic plane crash on October 20, 1977 a little over 3 months after this performance.

  • @KennyRansom-l5k
    @KennyRansom-l5k 4 місяці тому +3

    The Final "Before the Crash" band . Ronnie Van Zant (Vocals) Gary Rossington (Slide Guitar) Allen Collins (Lead Guitar ) Steve Gaines ( The "New Guy " Lead Guitar ) Leon Wilkerson ( Bass) Billy Powell (Keyboards) , Artimus Pyle (Drums) . The band was down to just Rossington & Collins for a few years , around the time of their album "Gimme Back My Bullets" after original guitarist Ed King had left & Gaines was added to bring them back to the 3 guitar front line . Pyle had replaced original drummer Bob Burns . Also , not seen in this video were the "The Honkettes" the bands 3 feamale back-up singers , Leslie Hawkins , Jo-Jo Billingsley & Cassie Gaines (Steve's sister who had recommended her brother Steve to Ronnie as another guitarist to add to the band ) This is from Bill Grahams "Day on the Green" shows he'd put on in the late 70's in the Bay area . The reason so many ladies are in the audience is because this concerts headliner was Peter Frampton . This was at the height of "Framptonmania" and his album "Frampton Comes Alive" was EVERYWHERE .

    • @setonhillstudios
      @setonhillstudios  4 місяці тому +2

      Thanks for all the information and taking the time to comment! This performance was so amazing and then to find out the plane crash followed just a few short months after is devastating! 😞 They were all locked in and playing with so much emotion and passion! So thankful that this footage exists!

    • @KennyRansom-l5k
      @KennyRansom-l5k 4 місяці тому +1

      Glad you liked the long commentary . Just passing along what I've lived through & know about . I need to do something with all this worthless info I've got laying around 🙂

    • @KennyRansom-l5k
      @KennyRansom-l5k 4 місяці тому +1

      You Might Want to check out Marcus King . I forget how the exact lineage works but Marcus is related to Ed King somehow . He's a young dude with an old school soul & a damn good guitar player & singer . I was a 12 year veteran of the Mountain Jam festival at Hunter Mountain NY ( it ran at the venue from 2005 - 2017 ) and Marcus was one of my favorite "finds" . Here's a clip with Marcus & his band performing the Allman Brothers Band "Hot 'Lanta" with Gov't Mule's Warren Haynes , who help found & was the festivals musical curator & he would sit in with various artists all weekend long 🙂 ua-cam.com/video/sMTj-I_bU6Q/v-deo.html

  • @cshubs
    @cshubs 4 місяці тому +20

    I truly hope you extend your interest by watching the fantastic documentary Muscle Shoals, which is about the studios in northern Alabama where a TON of the best music of the 20th C. was made. Aretha made her first hit there. Percy Sledge, Etta James, Duane Alllman, and a thousand others found their voices in Muscle Shoals. It's the story of Rick Hall and the Swampers, and of the river that gives the area its groove. It's a must watch.

    • @setonhillstudios
      @setonhillstudios  4 місяці тому +3

      I’ll have to check it out!

    • @cshubs
      @cshubs 4 місяці тому +5

      @@setonhillstudios It give a lot of info and music, and it does so poetically.
      Muscle Shoals and the Swampers are mentioned in the song Sweet Home Alabama.

    • @notablindliberal896
      @notablindliberal896 4 місяці тому +3

      Yes, I watched that about a month ago. Unbelievable with all the artists that were at Muscle Shoals making great music. Plenty of history in that place and what a documentary it is.

    • @notablindliberal896
      @notablindliberal896 4 місяці тому +3

      This was the last line up this band had prior to the plane crash. Steve Gaines in the red pants had joined the band in May of 1976 after Ed King left. The drummer is Artimus Pyle. He was not the original drummer, that was Bob Burns who left in 1974 i believe. Billy Powell was on the piano. He was originally a roadie that told them if he was to play Freebird he would do it this way and began to play. The band members couldn't believe it as the guys had no idea he was as talented as he was. They immediately dropped him as a roadie and hired him to play for the band. The rest is history.
      I was only 12 at this time but had been exposed to their music by my older siblings. Devastating what happened just 3 and a half months after this show. My favorite band ever.
      Thanks for the genuine reaction and helping keep this bands music alive.
      Lynyrd Skynyrd forever.

    • @setonhillstudios
      @setonhillstudios  4 місяці тому +2

      @@notablindliberal896 Thank you for watching and all the info! This was such an incredible performance that I never wanted to end! Can’t wait to keep digging into their catalogue! Have a great one! 😁

  • @robersonfamily2482
    @robersonfamily2482 3 місяці тому +2

    In my humble opinion, greatest song of all time. Also best guitar solo of all time. The only way to describe it. A guitar orgasm.

  • @Laura_Martin42
    @Laura_Martin42 4 місяці тому +3

    This is Lynyrd Skynyrd. This video always gets to me, it was just 3 months or so before they died in the plane crash, it sort of eerie. My Mom and sister got to see them before the crash, but I was deemed too young!

  • @reallymysterious4520
    @reallymysterious4520 4 місяці тому +7

    Next to Stairway to Heaven this is probably the second most iconic rock song of all time - at least in America it is. And probably even #1 in America

  • @JoeHicks-ow4rm
    @JoeHicks-ow4rm 4 місяці тому +1

    Most favorite southern rock band ever ❤❤❤. Freebird the best song ever❤❤❤. I had the chance to see them in Fresno California three months before the plane crash but I didn't go. Now every time I hear one of their songs I just hate myself even more.

  • @ugadawgs1990
    @ugadawgs1990 4 місяці тому +5

    Song was written in reaction to Duane Allman seeing a bald eagle fly over the Okefenokee swamp in 1986.

  • @honeybadger713
    @honeybadger713 Місяць тому +1

    Yes , these are your grandparents folks 😎😎

  • @ShelleyCrowe
    @ShelleyCrowe Місяць тому +1

    The dude that plays that slide was the last founding member who passed away this year

  • @bella-xp7qd
    @bella-xp7qd 4 місяці тому +3

    Always gives me the creeps when Ronnie says If I leave here tomorrow would you still remember me. Knowing that in about 2-3 months after this performance Ronnie (29), Steve Gaines (in red pants 28 years old), Steve's sister Cassie (29) a backup singer, road manager, 2 pilots would die in a plane crash. 20 others survived but had serious injuries. Steve had only been with the band about 1 year. He bought renewed energy to the group. He had a fantastic singing voice. Ain't No Good was one of his songs.

    • @setonhillstudios
      @setonhillstudios  4 місяці тому +1

      Wow! That is spine chilling indeed! 🥶 Thanks for all the info on the band and hanging out! We really appreciate you swinging by the channel! 😁

  • @IFRfun
    @IFRfun 4 місяці тому +3

    Gary Rossington from Jacksonville, FL is the slide guitarist. He survived the plane crash and after a long recovery, when the band started again with some of the original members and new ones, he played lead until just before his death. You can hear him and the replacement band all over UA-cam ... look for Simple Man, Gimme Three Steps, and Sweet Home Alabama on the Jacksonville Tour. Ronnie Van Zant's baby brother, Johnny took over lead vocals for the band.
    ua-cam.com/video/JYhh-avGjpU/v-deo.html

    • @setonhillstudios
      @setonhillstudios  4 місяці тому

      Thanks so much for the info Milton! I absolutely loved this performance and have never seen them in this element! Most of the videos (if not all) I have seen of Lynyrd Skynyrd, they were a bit older and with a different line up! Phenomenal playing and energy on this one! Have a great one and hope all is well!

  • @riff8114
    @riff8114 4 місяці тому +3

    i was probably at a Pink Floyd concert 77 lol

  • @GoToExtremes
    @GoToExtremes 14 днів тому +1

    That slide sound mimics a bird chirp...Freebird

  • @michaelhenderson2480
    @michaelhenderson2480 2 місяці тому +1

    Good times good times

  • @brandonjones1349
    @brandonjones1349 4 місяці тому +8

    Best band everrrrr. Especially live. Nice draw gunslinger. Love this performance. Perfection ☘️🇺🇲

  • @davidvsr
    @davidvsr Місяць тому +2

    this is definitely the original, a few months after this show, several of them died in the plane crash

  • @MrSchmaaz
    @MrSchmaaz 4 місяці тому +1

    Every musician in this video has passed. Gary Rossington was the last original band member. I listened to them in the 70s, 80s, 90s, 2000, and still today. I took them to 2 wars, music in my headphones. Had them on 8 track, cassettes, ipod and here today.

    • @setonhillstudios
      @setonhillstudios  4 місяці тому

      First and foremost, thank you so much for your service! Appreciate you hanging out taking the time to comment! Such an incredible band and this performance was so EPIC!

    • @MrSchmaaz
      @MrSchmaaz 4 місяці тому +1

      @@setonhillstudios, I'm a veteran on disability so I can't really send you money to request a review. Ram Jam Black Betty has to be one.

    • @setonhillstudios
      @setonhillstudios  4 місяці тому +1

      @@MrSchmaaz I completely understand. I never expect any $$ from you all! Luckily, I’ve covered that one and it was so awesome! Go to our home page and look under the playlist ‘Bands • Groups.’ 🤘🏻

    • @bradsense7431
      @bradsense7431 2 місяці тому

      Drummer Artemis is still with us and still playing gigs in his own band. He was not an original member but is playing on this video.

  • @richardkilgore8922
    @richardkilgore8922 4 місяці тому +2

    I was actually Back Stage at this Show working for BGP alot of people were hired for these DAY ON THE GREEN shows i worked for BGP Bill Graham Presents for over 2O years, Best years of my life!!!.....🇺🇸🗽🇺🇸

    • @setonhillstudios
      @setonhillstudios  4 місяці тому +1

      Oh wow! That is so cool! Really appreciate you sharing! Love hearing about the memories!

    • @richardkilgore8922
      @richardkilgore8922 4 місяці тому +2

      @@setonhillstudios actually I can't share alot of my memories! What Happens Back Stage stays Back Stage !!🤣!!

    • @setonhillstudios
      @setonhillstudios  4 місяці тому +1

      @@richardkilgore8922 🤣😂🤣

  • @UniversalGC
    @UniversalGC 3 дні тому

    The pianist, Billy.Powell, used to be a roadie for the band. Ronnie Van Zant came back from a break in the studio to find him playing the piano beautifully. Turns out he was a classically trained pianist but had never even told anyone. Ronnie was so moved by his talent that he made him a part of the band.

  • @edreiser
    @edreiser 3 місяці тому +1

    Almost everyone at the concert are grand parents today.

  • @Killvoid13
    @Killvoid13 4 місяці тому +2

    If the concert is before July 1977 , I was still in my Mom's belly.

    • @setonhillstudios
      @setonhillstudios  4 місяці тому +1

      Haha 🤣 Thanks for sharing! Still incubating! 😄

  • @rickeyjohnson6404
    @rickeyjohnson6404 4 місяці тому +2

    I saw this tour a couple weeks before this show at the time I was off to the navy for this show

    • @setonhillstudios
      @setonhillstudios  4 місяці тому +1

      Thanks for your service and appreciate you hanging out with us! Have a great one!

  • @ga7654
    @ga7654 4 місяці тому +2

    In the summer of '77, I was 17, and bussing tables at Mr. Fred's in downtown D.C.

  • @johncrocker-nh7ey
    @johncrocker-nh7ey 27 днів тому +1

    The 3 league guitars are Gary rossington. Playing the slide guitar. Alan Collins in the white suit. Suit playing lead and Steve Gaines. Playing backup lead to him. I saw them in 76 with Artemis pile playing the drums. And Leon Wilkerson was the bass player and it looks like him on stage. I'm not gonna argue that cause. I saw them the prior year in concert playing with the outlaws.
    In Tampa, Florida. But Billy Powell on piano and of course, Ronnie Van Zant leads singers.Steve Gaines's sister was a backup singer.She was one of the ones that died in the PlaneWreck autumn is powell survived the plane wreck

  • @joeyboogenz
    @joeyboogenz 4 місяці тому +1

    The dude in white who kills the end guitar solo is Allen Collins ,who concetialized the song back in 66 ' The guy on Black guitar was Steve Gaines , Red slide was Gary Rossington , Bass Leon Wilkeson . 3 Guitarists . Plus bass and keys .

    • @setonhillstudios
      @setonhillstudios  4 місяці тому +1

      Thanks for all the info and hanging out for a bit!

  • @cotadog4472
    @cotadog4472 3 місяці тому +1

    No one really talks about how @ 9:04 you can see Ronnie sing along with Gary's playing and @ 9:15 it just really hits him in his soul.

  • @fburejsza
    @fburejsza 16 днів тому

    A free-bird is one that is free to fly from nest to nest. A free-bird is not one to stick around for long, going from relationship to relationship.

  • @robinbeerman4726
    @robinbeerman4726 4 місяці тому +2

    Great band ,gone to soon. Best solo ever, will never bevtopped.

    • @setonhillstudios
      @setonhillstudios  4 місяці тому +1

      Such an amazing band and this performance was phenomenal! Thanks for watching!

  • @codyhenrichs9699
    @codyhenrichs9699 4 місяці тому +1

    I was at this Day on the Green....

  • @joeyboogenz
    @joeyboogenz 4 місяці тому +2

    Drummer is Artimus Pyle. He is the only one still alive and he still drumming !!!!!!

    • @setonhillstudios
      @setonhillstudios  4 місяці тому +1

      Oh wow! Appreciate the info! He was out there beating those drums like they stole something! Amazing!

  • @ninoperez7250
    @ninoperez7250 4 місяці тому +1

    Guitarist: Stevie Gaines and Gary Rossington. Phenomenal!

    • @setonhillstudios
      @setonhillstudios  4 місяці тому

      Appreciate the info! Such amazing players and this performance was phenomenal!

  • @stanleynykaza9042
    @stanleynykaza9042 4 місяці тому +3

    Note ,it was said alot of the girls were there to see Peter Frampton who played next check out live performance BABY I LOVE YOUR WAYS from same concert ! also back then fans only got to see their rock bands at concerts as they were never on TV , no you tube only magazines and radio back then, That why there was mote excitement, truly a once in a life time experience.
    for me back in 1977 i was lucky enough , to see ELVIS ,BOSTON,FRANK ZAPPA , CHICAGO,BEACH BOYS,MARSHLLE TUCKER And DOOBIE BROTHERS and STEVE MILLER, ARROWSMITH.1977 was a good year!

    • @setonhillstudios
      @setonhillstudios  4 місяці тому

      Wow! What a year for you! Thanks for sharing and you are indeed lucky! Appreciate you hanging out!

  • @vangreen9098
    @vangreen9098 4 місяці тому +1

    Guitars… Steve Gains red pants white top… Allen Collins all white… and Gary Rossington playing the slide you mentioned….

  • @DiggerDun
    @DiggerDun 15 днів тому

    Billy Powell was trained in Classical music. He was one of their 'roadies' and one day told the band this is how I would play Free Bird on the piano. After he played, they fired him as a 'roadie' and hired him to play piano. No one knew he played piano...

  • @markbruhn3943
    @markbruhn3943 4 місяці тому +1

    Have played this song in bands several times, always an awesome jam

  • @mike-e5c5l
    @mike-e5c5l 2 місяці тому +1

    This performance was only three months before the plane crash. The lead singer Ronnie Van Zant and the guitarist on the right Gaines perished in that tragic incident.
    😮😮😮

  • @ShelleyCrowe
    @ShelleyCrowe Місяць тому

    The piano player used to be one of their roadies til they heard him play

  • @TheRokjok
    @TheRokjok 4 місяці тому +1

    Sometimes it's still hard to watch this video knowing in a few months, we will loose some members and crew.

  • @rdhudon7469
    @rdhudon7469 4 місяці тому

    I was in high school in Canada in '77 and I've always been a rocker . This vid breaks my heart as we know what looms in the very near future after this performance .

  • @GabrielMGoncalves
    @GabrielMGoncalves 2 місяці тому

    Lynyrd Skynyrd was a disruption in time and space: they realeased music for only 4 years and look at their work! They are my favorite band, they are one of the greatest of all times, if they kept going we can't know where would they get to, would probably be the best of all time, the world would be small for them.

  • @RobertCarriker-ov4tc
    @RobertCarriker-ov4tc 25 днів тому +1

    There’s three guitar players. Steve Gaines, who perished in the crash, Alan Collins and Gary Rossington three guitar players Leon Wilkinson on the base Billy Powell on keyboard and Artemis Pyle on the drums. Artemis was the second drummer.

  • @chuckdarrow2756
    @chuckdarrow2756 4 місяці тому +2

    This is just before the plain crash. The guitar player on the left is new. There are 3 guitarist.

    • @setonhillstudios
      @setonhillstudios  4 місяці тому +1

      So sad but so glad this footage exists! Such an epic performance!

  • @timgard7091
    @timgard7091 Місяць тому +1

    I like Knebworth England, backing up the Stones, Kissed on Micky

  • @VinceEmbry
    @VinceEmbry 4 місяці тому +1

    I was here. I live(d) in a very rural/ranching area. Most people didn't even have phone lines yet. 4 of us told our parents that we were going to the others ranch to help brand the cows. We loaded up and headed for Oakland. (2) 14 year olds, (1) 15 (me), and (1) 16 year old (his car). Around 1500 mile round trip. Was the coolest/craziest 4 days of my life.

    • @setonhillstudios
      @setonhillstudios  4 місяці тому

      Wow! Such an amazing memory! Thanks for sharing! 😁

  • @kathyyoung9539
    @kathyyoung9539 4 місяці тому +1

    I was there it was great. The kongest I ever heard that song played was 1 hour and 45 minutes. Its about a person that is not gonna be tied down. Sorta like me. Im gonna go where I want when I want and nobodys gonna stop me. I ain't gonna be tied down to nobody. ❤

    • @setonhillstudios
      @setonhillstudios  4 місяці тому

      Let’s gooooo! That’s wild that they played it for 1 hour and 45 minutes at one point! I bet this was so EPIC being in the crowd! Thanks for sharing!

    • @codyhenrichs9699
      @codyhenrichs9699 4 місяці тому +1

      I was there too!

  • @benmelich8220
    @benmelich8220 4 місяці тому +1

    Gary Rossington was playing the slide guitar, Allen Collins was the guy in white, playing the firebird and Steve Gaines was the third guitar player.

    • @setonhillstudios
      @setonhillstudios  4 місяці тому +1

      Gotcha! Thanks for the info and swinging by! Such an amazing performance!

  • @tonycross2449
    @tonycross2449 4 місяці тому +2

    Long redhead guitar man, none other than Allen Collins

  • @Nismo331
    @Nismo331 2 місяці тому

    Yeah I'm old but I was there! Thank you. It was epic

  • @carlosdzwieleski4539
    @carlosdzwieleski4539 4 місяці тому +2

    Steve Earl Gaines had the sweetest slide in the South just like Duane Allman, he was the best guitarist, songwriter and vocalist in this band, and Ronnie knew it. Listen to "T for Texas" knebworth live 1976, and you will see the different styles of each of the three guitarists.

    • @setonhillstudios
      @setonhillstudios  4 місяці тому +2

      Oh cool! Thanks so much for the insight and the recommendation! Such a killer performance on this one for sure! 🔥

    • @carlosdzwieleski4539
      @carlosdzwieleski4539 4 місяці тому +2

      @@setonhillstudios thank you friend.

  • @vangreen9098
    @vangreen9098 4 місяці тому

    The plane crash was October 1977 about 3 months after this show. I was fortunate to see them 3 times before the plane crash. I just saw the modern Lynyrd Skynyrd and ZZ Top April of 2024 and the lead singers brother been singing the last 36 years… yeah I’m old

  • @steverakes6182
    @steverakes6182 4 місяці тому +1

    All the great southern rock bands are from my home town, Jacksonville, Florida, Skynyrd, 38 Special, Molly Hatchet. Lynyrd Skynyrd played at my high school (Ed White High) before they had even cut a record. Ask any southern boy and he will tell you that Lynyrd Skynyrd still rules the south.

    • @setonhillstudios
      @setonhillstudios  4 місяці тому +1

      So cool! Florida is putting out some EPIC bands! Loved this performance and can’t wait to check out more! Appreciate the info! 🤘🏻