Lynyrd Skynyrd's Freebird LIVE is something else... (Reaction!)
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Even as a 78 year old man, when they go off half way through, I still have to restrain myself from putting the pedal to the metal when I’m driving. Our music back then was truly epic. Music today positively sucks.
From one 78 to another 78!!
Agree100% !!!!
I like to believe that each generation has their own happening music, let them have their day. I know exactly how you feel when your driving. We have surely been blessed🎸🤟🏻🏴🥃
As a 39 year old... you are infinite correct.
Man I hear ya.
I think that I was blessed to have grown up at a time that we had LYNYRD SKYNYRD, The Allman Brothers, Marshall Tucker, .38 Special and many other great southern rock bands. Greatest music to have had for the background of my teen years. Growing up in the south this music was like oxygen. It gave me life.
Summer of 69' baby here and I agree. Marshall Tucker is from just an hr west of me. We are truly blessed, as you said, to have grown up in arguably the best era musically. You had to be able to really sing and play well. And it was about talent, not looks back then. There's still a lot of talented artist out there today but sadly you'll never hear them on radio.
CCR TOO!!!
Me too
1st album I ever bought. Real blast from my past.
Same here.
A real Piano, guitars, drums. No fake electronic crap, no artificial beat. Just Real music.
Real music, real talent, real love for the craft.
"wah wah wah I'm old and things aren't like they used to be when I was 16 wah wah wah"
@@Slamthulhuthey’re right. Realizing that today’s “musicians” couldn’t begin to compete with the talent from prior generations is not being a baby, it’s being observant.
@@Slamthulhu Exactly! They have all conveniently forgotten the MOUNTAINS of totally crap music that was around in the 1970's. Selective memory...
Yeah. Back when we had REAL singers, songwriters and they actually knew how to play REAL instruments 🇺🇸☀️🥰
I saw Skynyrd in 75' & 76', They would always leave the stage without playing Freebird. The crowd would go insane clapping, stopping & shouting "Freebird! Freebird!" until they came back a played a very long encore version! Ahhhh... a REAL "Rock-Anthem" and "Southern-Fried Rock" at it's finest! 😝
Freebird was always thier encore often playing it for 15-20 minutes.
Freebird was always thier encore song. I've seen them play it for 15-20 minutes after a 2 hour shows.
This was when music was REAL! Our generation had the best music ever. None of the autotune crap . I've never been able to sing a lick but would probably sound okay if I used autotune! With a few exceptions, I am not real fond of the music now. Thanks for the great reaction.
I'm not even from that time and still I stick to the classics. I like to say that I prefer to listen to music from back when you didn't need a pretty face to be famous, when presentation didn't come before raw talent.
But too much disco and not enough rock and roll. 😁
Try the band MUSE 🙏🏻
@@jankramer4239 Will do.
Nostalgia has made your memory fail on you. There was MOUTAINS and MOUTAINS and MOUTAINS and MOUTAINS and MOUTAINS and MOUTAINS and MOUTAINS of utterly, woefully bad music back in the 1970's, but you've forgotten about it, just as everyone else has. There is TONS of great music being made today, because now people can record themselves, and put out their music without needing a record contract.
You do know that the three greatest composers - Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven - all died hundreds of years ago, so the best music generation was a LONG time ago?
You died before you got old, by the sound of it. You should wake up and look around, because you're missing out on plenty of great music, that is being made today...
"Free Bird" is often described as the equivalent of pushing a grocery cart up a mountain, with your headphones on just chilling to the vibe..
Then hopping in it and riding down the other side😂😂
And not one cell phone!! Those were the best days to go to a concert, just everyone engaged and rocking out!!! ❤️
IN it, no selfies, no pics, just rocking all the way.
Ronnie was 29, Cassie Gaines 29 (backup singer and Steve's sister), Steve Gaines 28 (in red pants), road manager and 2 pilots died in the crash. 20 others survived but had serious injuries. Steve had a great singing voice too. Billy Powell was a roadie and when group took a break he sat down and started playing the song, Ronnie heard him and said from now on your in the band.
I think I read he was trained in classical piano. Great artist
Billy Powell is my favorite in the band
@@Trampus002 The band was at Muscle Shoals studio and had taken a break, for lunch i think. Billy stayed in the studio and was essentially fooling around on the piano with a composition he had created as a lead in. The band came in and heard Billy and within a couple of months he was part of the band. None of band knew that Billy was a classically trained pianist. Fast forward, the producers at Muscle Shoals refused to cut the song down to the standard 3 minutes or so and so the song was not released there. Now THAT would have been something...
I saw their first concert when they came to Phoenix after Ronnie died. it was just acoustic for like 10 minutes. Everyone cried. PROPHETIC SONG!
@@garygreen9115 Ronnie had a voice unique and couldn’t be duplicated. You always knew it was him. Could be why I didn’t pay any attention to the second group. Always thought they should have changed the name out of respect. Didn’t hate them, just lost interest, losing his drive and input. Oh well, it’s history now. RIP all original members.
I enjoy watching people "discover" great music that us old fogies have been rockin' to for 45 to 50 years
Me to we lived in the greatest aera of music in the history of the world and it will never be duplicate!!
Pure southern rock! And this has been played in so many movies. It’s about a man who can’t commit. He’s a ‘Freebird’ and can’t be chained. ♥️
The plane crashed about 40 miles from my home. There’s finally a monument there now, just out on this secluded farm sort of in the middle of nowhere. Fly high Ronnie, Cassie, Steve, and others. 💔🕊️
I used to live in Mobile and have been there. Right by Gillsburg MS.
My hubby and I visited it last year. It’s easy to see how they all could easily have perished if there’d been any fuel left in that plane. It’s still amazing most of them survived crashing into those pine trees. Such a peaceful but haunted site. The memorial is so well done.
My generation...when music, musicians and talent were real. This has to be in the top three rock songs ever written...and never plays the same way twice.
Lynyrd Skynyrd was a total package of excellent performers. The great Allen Collins, who wrote the music to Freebird, knew how to create music, play music, and perform. He was an outstanding energy in the band. Fly high!
and Collins played all the solo work on the studio version (not the slow slide parts in the first half of the song). They just decided to make the up-tempo solo section a 3-piece for live effect, but on the record it was all Collins.
My favorite band of all time!
I love how he goes from sombre in the first half to absolutely wild once his solo kicks off. Impossible not to have your eyes glued to Allen on stage, he had a real magnetic quality about him. They were all so gifted and authentic.
Oddly enough Billy Powell a roadie, was the only one that had formal music training. He was a trained classical pianist.
The best music
The best clothes
The coolest cars
The best times
Best hair!
F*k*n a, man. I love that I grew up in that time.
Best looking girls too!
Agree
Best skin w/o tattoos? Best audience etc
You aren't losing it, you hit the nail on the head. Music isn't what it use to be...I blame it on the industry and the record labels...don't get me started!
So right you are.
This IS the greatest guitar solo EVER! ALL 3 GUITARS ROCKING FOR A LOOOONG TIME!!!!
If the drummer wouldn´t got exhaust, they would play another hour... :D
4 guitars an Army
That was Gary Rossington, who is doing the bird chirp on his guitar. He passed away March 5, 2023 this year he was a last surviving member of the original Skynyrd band.
Gary played the slide guitar on Freebird to honor Duane Allman.
So sad
I know my he R.I.P
Actually, Artimus Pyle (who is seen playing drums on this) joined the band after the first album (Bob Burns was 1st drummer) and is the drummer for most LS albums/songs. I'd give him credit as being an original for sure.
Rossington Collins was a good group as well....but for sueling guitars I would suggest Molly Hatchet
I like the 'natural look" of everyone. No blue hair or 20 layers of make-up on. You knew what you were getting.
And nobody grossly overweight. We weren’t a bunch of fatties back then
Speak for yourself. 😂. But yah it’s exactly sad but true how accepted morbid obesity is. Healthy at any size bs🙄
Ha, I was just thinking this is how we girls dressed and wore our hair and rocked out in the 70s! So glad those were my teen years.
No cell phones either
No body, no body can beat the sound of Rossington/Collins/Gaines when they played. They transcended reality. Man! They were soooo Good!
You are so right! Ed King was outstanding and loved him, but Steve Gaines pushed Skynrnd to the next level. I’m so happy this video exists to show the band at its peak.
This isn't just the live version, the studio version has the same guitar solos. That's why the crowd was so pumped when it started, they knew it was coming.😊
As you can plainly see by the crowd reaction my generation absolutely loved this song.
Free Bird is one of the best rock tunes ever written and performed from one of the best bands of all time. There is only one band member left with us, the drummer, Artimus Pyle. The rest have passed on-all of them way too soon. RIP to all of them.
ARTIMUS PASSED RECENTLY THE ONE OF THREE WHO WENT TO FIND HELP AFTER THE PLANE CRASH AND STILL THE LAST SURVIVOR…GREAT DRUMMER!!! RIP TO ALL OF YOU!!!😢😢😢😢
@@Nurse66 You're right, Artimus did try to find help after the plane crash-but from everything I see, he is still alive, 75 years old and still playing-thankfully!
@@Nurse66 Artimus is still alive. Gary Rossington is the one who recently passed.
Glad to know Artimus is still with us. Met him years ago in Nashville not too long after the tragedy. Wondered if he would ever truly recover from the event.
Artemis recently passed ?? No it was Gary, you are correct😢
I was a teenager in the 70s. Back then, it was all about accepting the cultures of others. I was into Motown, 70s "soft rock" and heavy rock and roll. My girlfriend was a disco queen. So, we played it all. The Confederate Battle Flag was just heritage, as much as Mount Rushmore, and the Star Spangled Banner. MLK was a hero for freedom! No one was demonized for who they were. We loved one another. If you didn't live then, you have no idea how effed up it is now. Love your neighbor. Enjoy their culture. Share yours. Don't let evil people divide us. Live to learn, and learn to love one another.
I'm 72 and they still bring a tear to my eye with that f****** song ROCK AND ROLL 🤘 I went two of Lynyrd skynyrd's concerts one before the crash and one after. So sad after ,rock on brothers and sisters,🇺🇸
You couldn't turn on a radio back then without hearing Skynyrd. And there was a lot of songs the radio stations had to choose from LOL. I graduated in '79 and Skynyrd was such a big part of our musical lives in the 70s.
If you've been around a while, you've heard the guy in the crowd yell out "Freebird!" between songs in a set. It's almost a tradition. RIP Free Birds.
I always loved that when he yelled out free bird
It is also a mission to make clear to other bands, only if they could perform that song, they are real.
I heared the story about the stones, in knobsworth 77, LS was a band who played before the Stones, still entered the front end of the stage (that was forbidden) and played free bird (there is a great video about that). As the stones played and prepared for the end, the crowd demanded Free Bird from the Rolling stones, Keith was royally pissed, propably because he couldn´t do it :D
When I was 16 yrs. old I was there at The Fox Theatre in Atlanta when they recorded their One More For The Road album. I still remember how great it was. Whenever they would play the song Freebird he would always say "play it pretty" for wherever they were at. That night I was lucky to hear him say "Play it pretty for Atlanta". I remember being at a friend's house a year later when we heard on the radio about their plane crash. We cried some tears that day. Thanks for the memories on this one.
Thanks. I wondered ...I mean obviously they were in ATL
I've been to shows at The Fox many times - a friend of mine had a condo near the corner of Ponce and Peachtree. Its balcony was right on Ponce looking at the side of The Fox. Every time I think of what it would have been like to be there for OMFTR. Man what a talented band they were and absolutely scorched that place. If I remember correctly, they actually played there at one point as a fundraiser to help save it from being demolished.
In 1977 I was 32 years old and living on my sailboat. This was a great number and the crowds there today would be in their 60's to 90's. All those lovely ladies would be grandmas and great grandmas! I never get tired of listening to this and watch the younger generations discover "our" music. I'm now 78! Thanks Sebs!
One of My Favorites
My brother put together a group of Friends in 79 who played this at the School Talent Show, and did an amazing show. They Won of course, but were worn-out from it. The Piano player was the Pastors daughter of the Church, and said she had never played a more difficult song in her life. Needless to say she wasn't able to play at church for awhile afterwards
FLY HIGH 🕊
LYNYRD SKYNYRD
Skynyrd was huge when I was in High School, and one of the pioneers of what was known as Southern Rock. When the plane crash happened it was a tragedy beyond words. I saw Charlie Daniel’s years later and he had a song that referenced ‘the free bird had fallen to the ground” that would make you cry.
Me to
Aww, that's a sweet memory. Thanks for sharing.
One of the big rock anthems of my youth! I was a high school senior in '77. I always felt this song embodied that age in life of wishing you could fully commit to serious adulthood and not wanting to disappoint the ones you love, but knowing you'd just be a caged bird. It's that moment when you realize you're free to fly as fast and far in any direction you want in life. Free Bird was exciting and unrestrained, which was inspiring to those of us who were young with a world of possibilities ahead.
I graduated in ‘77 and agree with every word. It was a time in life that was just magical.
Two years behind ya, class of '79 and it was a real great time to be young! So much great music to inspire us as we were about to hit the world...or the world about to hit us. However it happened. Free Bird was a true anthem for us! And the plane crash news was devastating. We had our own "The Day The Music Died."
I graduated in '78, so I'm 63, but in my mind I'm still one of those girls in the crowd in a halter top, LOL. I miss the 70's.
@@cherin6703 I do too! ;-)
We were soooo lucky to grow up with such amazing music! There were so many artists, genres and great songs being continuously released....other than actual time in school, we had the radio or stereo blasting nonstop. When I hear Skynyrd, Led Zeppelin, Doobie Brothers, ELO, The Guess Who, CCR, Grand Funk, and so many others, I'm right back to the 70's. I don't know about the rest of you, but I enjoy so much to see young people digging into rock,and being blown away by the GREAT music we grew up on. 50 years later, it's still that freaking good.
We were all kids, including the band... and the music was So Good!!!
And when someone bought a new vinyl we all gathered round and listened to the whole thing in one sitting, a concert at home. Love it !
Gold & platinum was great one to buy the ware that Double album out!!
exactly how it was with our set of freinds. such innocent pleasures compared to now.
Great reaction !
In that last pic you showed, the only one from the 70s classic lineup is Gary Rossington, the one who played slide.
He was the last living founding member, and died several months back.
Artimus Pyle, the drummer in this performance, is the last surviving member of the 70s classic lineup.
This is the greatest live performance of all time.
Ballad of Curtis Loew is my favorite Skynyrd song. Gimme Three Steps and Simple Man are my other two favorites. Of course Free Bird is iconic!
RIP Gary Rossington!
My good friend passed several years ago and this was played at her funeral. Still brings tears to my eyes.
They are all my favorite, but if I had to pick 3 it would be the same as yours with simple man first on the list
Lynyrd Skynyrd is my favorite band ever. They made so much great music in such a short time. I don’t think I’ve heard an original Skynyrd song I didn’t like. You have an advantage by not knowing anything from them. I heard what was on the radio back then. I got older and started diving deeper. I still love it 30 years later.
Ronnie was a song writing genius!
This is so EPIC and tragic at the same time. I miss you always, Ronnie. Billy Powell was so under rated at the piano. Day on the Green concerts were stellar.
The 70's was music fullfilled!!!
This video always makes me want to tell young people who say boomers are so old that these young people are boomers. We remember what it was like to be young. We may not have had the technology back then but we did have fun. We also know all of the bad choices and mistakes we made. We did have epic music and I'm happy people are taking time to hear some of the great songs.
In the words of Keith Richards, when they say you're to old to rock "remember sonny we invented that shit".
And thank God they did invent it.
The best music in world history!
Absolutely !!! I would not trade my '57 birth for any other era for five extra years of life.🙂
This is Kick Ass Southern Rock. God Bless Ronnie Van Zant and Band. Godspeed. ❤🎸 🎸
It’s ever crazier when you know that Allen Collins played all of the solo guitar work on the album version on this song. Gary Rossington played slide on the slower first half of the song, but all the fast tempo solos were done by Collins. Legend.
Absolute Legend⚡️⚡️⚡️
Thank you for the great reaction. Another artist you might like is Stevie Ray Vaughan, he was a mad guitar player. Just about any song you could listen to of his is great. He could not read music and learned it from his brother. They called him a prodigy. He also died in a plane crash, actually a helicopter crash. Gone too soon.😢
I can say that I saw them play live! May 30, 1976 at RFK Stadium in Washington, DC. The bands were Lynyrd Skynyrd, Aerosmith, Nazareth, and Ted Nugent. Can you believe that the tickets were only $9.50...!!! Also, the guys in Lynyrd Skynyrd grew up in Jacksonville, Florida, that's where the band started.
They were one of the greatest bands of all time
This song hit way different after the plane crash. Listening to the lyrics, you couldn't help put ascribe a whole new meaning to them. For many years after the band re-formed, they wouldn't sing the lyrics but rather would have a stool mid-stage with a fedora on it, lit by a spotlight while the band played the instrumental. Lynyrd Skynyrd provided a big part of the soundtrack to my life as a teen in the 70's with Freebird, Gimme Three Steps, Sweet Home Alabama, I Know A Little, Simple Man, They Call Me The Breeze, and so many others. Freebird also featured in the movie "Kingsman: The Secret Service."
I remember
I know they didn't write call me the breeze hut my god,that's a badass song.the guitar solo and then billy going insane on the piano is just beautiful man
This concert at the Oakland (CA) Coliseum was part of one of many all day and sometimes two day concerts, called DAY ON THE GREEN. People would sit in the stadium seats but most were on the field on blankets and tents.
I saw them in Washington DC in 1976. It was EPIC. The Song of my Youth! Free as a Bird. Driving to this song.. singing!!! ❤
A great reaction to what is (in my opinion) THE greatest live performance ever! There is a reason that Skynyrd are considered Rock Gods. You have now caught a glimpse of why. A mere GLANCE!
Hope everyone is having an amazing week & much love top all from here in the UK
Greatest live performance ever...the live performance on The Rolling Stones stage was great too
I just watch the London 1976 version. It’s great but not as great as this one. I think because the American crowd was more into and familiar with Skynryd, especially the girls. Plus the sound and picture quality is much better.
There is, nor will there ever be, anyone like these men. They're all back together jamming in heaven. There's a monument where the plane crash happen. The words to Freebird are there if you want to look it up. It's beautiful
Only weeks before the show above, I saw them in Philly's JFK Stadium with 100k+ others. They were one of a handful of bands who played the show leading up to the headliner for that concert, Peter Frampton. And let me tell you, as a kid of 17 yeas old who though I loved music, wasn't exposed to a lot of 'Southern Rock'.... well, the show Skynyrd put on left a lasting impression on me and everyone else. I didn't know many of their songs or even much about them. Who they were or where they were from but knew a few of their songs played on the radio. But the craziness and energy you see in that video is exactly what it was like their entire set and most felt at the end of the day that the high point of the concert was in fact Skynyrd and not Frampton! As great as Frampton was, he just couldn't match the energy that Ronnie Van Zant and the band brought to the stage. That day and Lynyrd Skynyrd's performance in particular is a memory that has stuck with me to this day, now 46 years later and is as fresh as if it were yesterday. And to top is off, 6 years later I moved away and where do I end up but living in their hometown!
RIP to Ronnie and the others and thank you for the memory of a lifetime!
There were 4 other acts at this show. Lynyrd Skynydr was 2nd. They played 11 other songs. This was the last one in their set.
Skynyrd is so iconic. You are in for a treat- the greatest guitar playing by a group. The solos are epic.
I have always loved their sound, and the meaning in their songs. Everyone plays their Greatest Hits, and for good reason. The final album Last Rebel doesn't get much play, but it should. The song the album is named for is really good.
Hi greetings from Ireland, it has been so heart warming to watch someone enjoy this great art piece (which I first heard as a teenager way back then), Hearing it way back then was a magical experience for me and amongst my first taste to rock music. I have since been a fan of Rock / Metal for many years Until my own venture into discovering Country music... This is what turned me into your channel... Great reaction .. Keep up the great work...
👍👏👏👏
I was at that concert and saw the band again last summer with my son in Illinois. In my opinion best rock song ever.
I love to watch someone see this for the first time. We had the best music.
Here I go having to say it again. Every time I watch this video clip I find myself thinking, "Man! Look at all of those beautiful young grandmothers!"
They don't make music like they used to with very few exceptions. We were blessed growing up in that era, we just didn't know how blessed until years later. When this song came out you couldn't see a band anywhere without someone yelling out "Freebird!"
The thing that is making me feel bad is that the drummer who is still alive today, is literally underrated as always no one talks about him 🥲
Drummer has passed away.
@@Scratchingforcash Artimus Pyle? When?
@@66391_Moshup I’m sorry I read your comment as Billy Powell.
Artemus is still alive.
@@66391_Moshup no, I was wrong. I’m sorry about that. I don’t know why but I mixed up Billly Powell with Artemus Pyle and he is indeed alive.
R.I.P. Gary "The Last Rebel" Rossington, playing the slide solos Wirh his passing, the band is back together. FLY HIGH, FREEBIRD!!!
I LOVE watching reactions to this song! Everyone talks about it being beautiful, and I'm thinking buckle up!
I grew up with Skynyrd. One of the best groups of musicians in Southern Rock. Godspeed Ronnie.
this was the atmosphere of the 1970s welcome to my youth. So does the generation between the ages of 60 and 90 make more since to you now. We are still this level of rock and roll in our hearts.
Yes Tammy none compare now!
Awesome creators🎼🎸❤️🔥
my all time fav song, video, still gives me the chills, best song ever. saw them do this live.x
Dueling guitars in the 70's was a big thing!
I've put this off, My Uncle/best friend/Brother/Mentor introduced me to Lynyrd Skynyrd. So much of an impact tha i havent listened in 3 yrs until tonight
I remember dancing to this when I used to go out to bars(68 yrs old now) very long song. It's real rock. Really enjoy ur reaction vids.
I love watching the reactions that young people have to my music!! I was 20 in 1977. When people use the term boomer in a pejorative manner, I just want to blast Allen Collins guitar solo right in their faces!!
my favorite thing to watch people react to
Thank God reaction videos are showing newer generations this wonderful music we grew up to! Maybe it'll start a fire under these kids to bring their talent to the for front. I know the talent is out there!
Most requested song of all time as for the longest time, someone would holler "Freebird" at every concert by every artist
The song Free Bird was witten by Allen Collins and lead singer Ronnie Van Zant. It was inspired when Allen had a fight with hia GF Kathy. She asked him if he would remember her if she left.
One of the finest songs ever written.
They were leaving Greenville SC (I live about 30 miles from Greenville SC) going back to Jacksonville FL on October 20, 1977 - 3 months after this concert. Which makes this song even more special and sad..
I was fortunate enough to see them in concert. Freebird was amazing!
This song is so special to me... I grew up listening to this music on the radio in the 70's and it's still so special to me now.. so many many years later!! Thanks! Great reaction video!
Great reaction as always and CONGRATULATIONS ON 100k SUBSCRIBERS !!!!! You deserve that and so much more, one of the most real and honest reactors there is . This Desert Shield/Desert Storm Veteran is proud to call you a fellow American too.
Ronnie VanZant is the lead singer and was the leader of the band. Allen Collins guitar. Gary Rossington rhythm and slide guitars. Leon Wilkeson bass. Artimus Pyle. drums, and percussion Billy Powell piano. Thier last performance was South Carolina’s Greenville Memorial Auditorium on Oct. 19 1977 Free Bird lasted for 20 mins The next day boarded their plane that was unsafe the Fuel gauge was broke. The only way to check the fuel was with a stick. The plane ran out of fuel the engines were burning to rich and waisting precious fule. One engine shut down then the other did. The plane went down over pine trees killing the members of the band, Ronnie Van Zant lead singer, guitarist Steve Gaines, vocalist Cassie Gaines, that day was the saddest day in Southern Rock. I was 20 when I heard about it on the radio. I cried like a baby.
I was nineteen and so did I.
Music !!!!! And nothing added. No smole, no fireworks, no light show, no autotune, no overdub. Southern Rock was real and people filled 40,000 seat stadiums in the blazing hot sun to hear it, to experience it, to feel it. God I miss those days. Blessings on you and yours Bro for reminding me of that part of my life.
What’s up Sebs! Best reactor on UA-cam! Can’t wait for this! This is from A Day On The Green, used to be held every year in Oakland..
The greatest band EVER!!
Oakland Coliseum.. was so hot that day, so so worth it❤❤ didn't realize we were watching legends😢😢 Tuesday's gone with the wind ❤️
Thank you so much for the reaction!
Still listening to this song in Hamburg Germany in 2023🤘🏼!
Skynyrd is a big time favorite. If you want a similar solo give Green Grass and High Tides by The Outlaws a listen. The live version is best.
Yep
it was a comment made to Allan Collins wife that inspired Freebird
Who was Free Bird written about?
“If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me?” The opening line of Lynyrd Skynyrd's “Free Bird” was inspired by Allen Collins' wife, Kathy, who had asked him this question during a fight. The song tells the story of a man explaining to a woman why he can't settle down
Lead singer Ronnie Vanzant told his daddy when he was 5 years old. When I grow up I'm gonna play them drums and sing rock and roll songs. Its also reported he foreshadowed his death leading up to the plane crash.
We all had sunburns. I followed Lynyrd Skynyrd all over to see them in concert. Outdoor venues were best and every girl always was sunburnt. Other than live the best way to listen to Freebird is to be flying down the backroads with the top down smoking a joint.
Times I'll never forget.
When music was real with emotion and raw talent
100% agree.
Epic performance! Love your reactions!!!
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That crowd is going BANANAS!!
What a great reaction and your comments. I saw them in concert a few years ago. His brother became the lead singer. I remember when he sang the first two lines, he turned his back to the crowd and there was a picture of his brother on the back of his jacket. Great tribute indeed. "If I leave tomorrow. Would you still remember me."
Any performance of this song is amazing but imo the Knebworth performance was the best. The crowd was a little less into it but the performance itself and the solo at the end was on fire and longer. Great reaction
This was their last concert before the crash that killed most of the founding members
With all due respect, that is not so. They played many concerts after that performance, in fact, their last concert prior to the plane crash was the day before the crash, October 19th 1977 in Greenville, South Carolina.
Dude, you get it! That's the best part of this reaction video! Right from the start you pointed out everything awesome about this performance! And you are right, there was never anything like this period of time for music!
Real Music .... Real Instruments !!!!
I was also at this concert, my first. It was awesome. The lineup was (in order of appearance):
The Outlaws
Santana
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Peter Frampton
I don't really recall Frampton, but I definitely remember Skynyrd.
They were the band to see in the "70's"!! I SAW THEM TWICE !! BEST 2 LIVE SHOWS FOR ME EVER!!❤️😍🎸🔥🐐😁😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
NO YOU ARE RIGHT! This music was and is the GOAT!
We just didn't know because it's all we knew… then it started to go away and now we're all old and sad!!!😢
BUT!!! When I see younger people like you watch, listen and learn it brings me great joy and pride! It really was a MAGICAL time! 🤜🤛🌈💕
Skynyrd is one of my faves. What a great variety of music from them. Rocking guitar solos, ballads, and love songs. RIP to so many of them now.
Love it when Ronnie lets everyone have their moments and doesn’t get involved in their performances on stage such a great man. RIP to the greatest southern rock band of all time.