The video at the knebworth performance is much better, on this one they cut out a lot of the jam session, the knebworth video shows much more of the musicians playing their music.
The Piano player started out as part of the road crew. One day during a break he sees a Piano and starts playing Free Bird on the Piano. They found out he had been classicaly trained on the Piano. They promote him from Road crew to a member of the Band.
@@williamlawrence1422 Such a horrible shame was that crash. Incredible loss of the best thing going in music. God only knows why! I'm 64 and they represented all my young exuberance. Greatest Era of Music in my Life.
Oh man business this is one of the greatest Southern blues rock band of all time this is the anthem of Skynyrd give me three steps yeah it's worth jumping into definitely
I first heard “FB”, 1976, in the Army, a bunch of us sitting on the floor, waiting to do an exercise. A female soldier played off her cassette recording. I was hooked! I became an instant “LS” fan. Never really thought of Ronnie Van Zant as a great vocalist. He had the right voice for the music, and songs he wrote. Thanks for sharing!
THESE 'KIDS', WITH NO MUSICAL BACKGROUND, WORKED TOGETHER FOR YEARS TO LEARN, TEACH EACH OTHER AND PRODUCE THIS SOUND. PIANO(FORMER ROADIE) WAS ONLY ONE TRAINED ... THEY TAUGHT THEMSELVES! THAT MY FRIEND IS THEIR MAGIC
Fun fact: Most of those people in the crowd are 60 and older now with grandkids. I was there at that Day on the Green in 1977. I will never forget it. Still have my ticket stub.
Thank you lord for letting me go to and hear ALL of the many, many, many concerts back in the 60's, 70's and 80's. Life was just so good back then. What a life.
these type of concerts ned to come back. Lucky you . I wish I could have been there but Im unfortunately too young hahahlol. The ups and downs of being too old or too young!
They were a southern group based in Florida, recorded in muscle shoals Alabama .They're concerts where worth every penny because they gave you everything they had . And people where good to each other.
I am so glad I grew up during this era I wouldn't trade it for anything! Only saw them 4 times though.
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Me too!! ✌🎶💛 What a great time to be alive! & Nobody taking selfies.."look at me looking cool at blah blahs concert"! No wonder people go see so many talentless ppl.. it's all about "them" being popular on social media..NOT about the music & talent in front of them and ppl being together & having a blast right?! I'll be 62 & I STILL can't sit still when I hear this (& others like The Moody Blues, the Stones, Pink Floyd, The who, the Doors, Led Zep etc. ) there will NEVER be talent like we had back then bcz it comes too easy w/shows like "American Idol" out there now.
They did that song as a tribute to Duane Allman and Berry Oakley of The Allman Brothers who were killed in separate motorcycle accidents 1 year apart and about 2 blocks apart.
His voice took a while to grow on me , but then I heard sweet home Alabama, then simple man . Boom I was hooked on the whole band , not wise to ignore this band. You will regret it if you do.
They definitely did rock, and you are so right... We did live in those days... There were so many great bands, but Skynyrd was for real. Life was so fun and care free. Thanks for sharing.
When they were playing in London they almost came to blows with people because they kept calling them Yanks. They would angrily respond “we’re not Yankees were from the south!” lol.
The iconic Southern Rock anthem. Skynyrd closed their shows with Free Bird and everybody in the house knew what was coming. So glad there is video for posterity.
If you didn’t see this you wouldn’t believe it! 100,000 people in sync! Best live rock band! I was 16 when this came out, always rated #1 rock song for years! Great time to be alive, I love the seventies.
Who played lead guitar on Free Bird? Twin lead guitar solo...not 3 Although this video hit the UA-cams a few years ago, we thought you'd enjoy hearing the isolated guitar-solo track from Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Free Bird." The solo on the song-which was played by Allen Collins and Gary Rossington-comes it at Number 3 on Guitar World's list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Solos of All Time.
No light show, no special effects, it's the middle of the day. It's all about the music, I miss those days. Also, you have to remember, they were on tour, this is the last song after playing for 2hrs or so, anyone's voice would be raw, it ain't easy
Ronnie Van Zant, the vocalist, was the leader, writer and the spirit behind Skynyrd. He didn't have the range of Zeppelin's Robert Plant but he was good enough. He was 5 foot tall and went barefoot on stage. A good dude, too.
I was a senior in high school when that concert took place and you are right, we were living. It is interesting to see how our children and grandchildren just assume we lived puritanical lives and have no clue about anything. Of course, I thought the same thing about my parents, aunts, uncles and grandparents.
The best live version of this song is from the Knebworth Festival in England in 1976. Skynyrd was playing before a headline act call The Rolling Stones ! The stage was constructed to look like a mouth with a long tongue sticking out. Skynyrd was instructed to stay off the tongue as that was for Mick only. In true Skynyrd fashion- Ronnie herded his Mules ( that was his nickname for his guitar players) right out on Micks tongue to finish the show.(Funny- bassist Leon Wilkeson runs out of cord on his way down the tounge and has to turn back) Its widely known that Skynyrd blew the Stones away on their own turf and their own stage that day. That entire show is terrific , you should check it out
Gary Rossington and Alan Collins was one of THE MOST underrated Guitar Gods... RIP AC And Billy Powell my God Sadly this was also only a few months before Ronnie, Steve and Cassie Gaines died in that horrific plane crash This band. They were harmonious... no competing. Three guitar players no problem. No one was showing up the other. Wish they all lived longer.. Wish we all could LIVE like back in the day....
@@bitchnguy Fun fact that has gotten lost in the translation since that awful day in October of 1977. Steve Gaines was relatively new to the band. He mostly played Ed King's parts. His sister Cassie is who recomended him to Ronnie after King left the band. She was the back up singer who also died in the crash. Same with the drummer Artimus Pyle. People forget that although he is a great drummer and is in fact much more talented than the original drummer, he is mostly playing Bob Burns stuff. Bob Burns is the original drummer and he was there from Day ONE. He just...well, went nuts and had to be replaced. Don't take me wrong. LIVE, this is by far the best lineup Skynard ever fielded. To the last man, they were bad ass and they were more cohesive and ego free than ANY band ever was. But let's not get it twisted. Other musicians ARE responsible for a lot of this music.
@@michaelchmiel166 I think Steve was the best talent in the band. He could do it all and helped give them a much-needed spark, not only as a virtuoso guitarist but as a vocalist and songwriter. Steve had an extra layer that the others did not have. Few bands could touch them on a live stage circa 1976-77.
Free Bird is ALWAYS their encore song. By the end of any show, Ronnie’s vocals are tired. I’ve seen them twice. He was an excellent lyricists and had good vocals. You’re right about his range, but he was solid and had a raspy quality to his vocals. He began singing in church, as a kid. Fun fact about the band’s name. In high school, they had a gym coach who strictly enforced the school’s “no long hair”policy and a couple of the boys were suspended from school because of their hair. The teacher’s name was LEONARD SKINNER. So, as kind of a joke (and a finger in the air to this gym teacher) they called themselves Lynyrd Skynyrd. After their success, the teacher and the boys became friends, and all was well.
I was 16 at the time. I lived in Northern California. I should have been there!!! I went to other concerts at the Coliseum. They called it “Day on the Green”. I went to two of them. First one was .38 Special, Gamma, Kansas and head lined by REO Speedwagon. The other was George Thourogood, J Gail’s Band, headlined by The Rolling Stones (1981). Both epic events, but this one was one of the ones that I wanna go back in time and see! RIP Bill Graham, the guy that promoted these events. He is a legend! And RIP to Skynyrd members that died in the plane crash just a few months after this concert.
First time listener. I haven’t read all the comments so this fun fact may already be provided. The band was named after the bands high school gym coach!
One of the greatest songs ever made!!!! I was 15 when I first heard it and 16 in 1977 when this concert happened and it is still in my top 5 tunes of all time!!!! It has withstood the test of time!!!!! Yeah BizMan our women back in the day hated bras (thank god) so the 70’s was a wonderful time to grow up as a male!!!!!! We are all grandparents now but we definitely knew how to have a good time growing up back then!!!!!! 😍😍😍😍 So says Austin Tx!!!!! 🎸🎸🎸🎸😎🍸
Ronnie was an amazing live singer as well as the heart and soul of the band. Fun fact, after Ronnie died his brother who looked and sounded a lot like him took over and kept Skynyrd alive.
@@timlenard1646 I've only heard old time rock n roll by Bob Seger. I'm more of a die hard Lynyrd Skynyrd fan when it comes to the older music as far as rock goes
I was at the last concert of the original members. The plane crashed after leaving. I saw them four times. It was wild...real wild. LMAO My soon to be wife couldn't go to the last concert because she was sick. The seating was general admission, so when the doors opened, I gave up selling the ticket and chose getting on the floor. Big mistake. It got so crowded you were literally held up by the crowd. People were getting crushed at the stage. Then someone lit a pack of firecrackers in the middle of the floor. All of that before the concert even started. It eventually settled down as people moved into seats and aisles away from the floor. I still have that untorn ticket in my collection. I've been offered some good prices for it.
No shit,1975 never forget, 10 dollars a ticket, 2 people ahead of me in line guy handed me a pint, like a fool started chuking, next thing, iam being arrested 4 drinking in public, spent the nite in jail
In the 70s it was the greatest the best time's of my life ...Best Music...best clothes...Peace...love...and Dope was our moto....Those were the day's my friend ....
Ronnie ain’t Freddie Mercury, but then Freddie ain’t Ronnie. Ronnie was the heart n soul of Skynyrd. His vocals were what drove the band n his personality kept them together. His timing was impeccable n he was always right in the pocket. Try I KNOW A LITTLE for some swing!
One of the Skynard stories: Ronnie was tired of playing the big coliseums and wanted to play a smaller venue where he could connect with the crowd again and see their faces. So he had the manager book them into a small club in Seattle as “The Curtis Lowe Band” (The Ballad of Curtis Lowe was one of their hits). The night of the show they found out they hadn’t fooled anyone and the line to get in was miles long.
I'm a little late, but fun fact,, The rebel flag hanging behind them was the manager and record producers idea,, just so it would spark curiosity and talking which they thought equalled more sales,, Ronnie van zant the lead singer hated it, he said that flag meant nothing about the music or the band, but looks like greedy labels and manager won,
Ronnie VanZant came up to me(Billy Powell) and said, ‘You mean to tell me, you’ve been playing the piano like that and you’ve been workin’ for us for a year….’, And I said, ‘Well, you know, I’ve been classically trained most of my life.’ So, right then and there, he said, ‘We need a keyboard player.
When i was younger i use to listen to the behind our garage where my brothers used live. I fell in love with long hair then with Alen Collins and Artimus Pyle. Omg they were beautiful!!
Hey man it was the seventies and every young person was just like the song says we were all ( free as a bird )...the hippy faze was still going but slowly starting to rock a bit heavier ....great days in America,,it was a different country then today my man...no doubt about that....love the channel..peace from Ireland..💚🎸🙂
Anticipation...And yes I'm a 61 year old grandma that totally rock this concert. I was blue from my new blue jean jumpsuit. We didn't wear bras with halter tops in the 79s.
Fun fact: that jam session originated when they were nobodies playing in bars and would play multiple shows in one night, so the band added an extended jam session to the end of their last song to give the lead singer a chance to rest his voice before starting the set list over again.
Simple Man, Tuesdays Gone, Sweet Home Alabama, Call Me The Breeze , That Smell, Ballad of Curtis Leow, Gimme Three Steps, What's Your Name, I Know a Little.... The list goes on and on.
Vocals?!! RVZ was a genius and his sweet home Alabama, southern sound I think fit perfect in a bigger band. RVZ never wrote anything down, all in his head.
The best"poor girl got dumped"song ever written.Sorry everyone,it's hard to see grandma sitting on some guys shoulders with where bob's hanging out for the world to enjoy at a rock concert.Yes,grandma and grandpa were way cooler and in possession of more of a free spirit than you will ever be
I always felt like we had something to celebrate: Finally being released from the hypocrisy and falseness of being born and raised during the 1950s. We listened to a lot of music and it was all amazing. Freedom to chose.
Oh yeah, the generation of kids who rebelled against their parents for being “too strict”. Sounds fair enough… until you realize those parents were the Greatest Generation. S**ts not aging well.
Love your reaction.. Gary Rossington said in an interview that Ronnie had polyps on his vocal chords and they had to cancel many a concert because of it. He also said Ronnie wanted his brother Johnny to eventually take over singing in the band and he’d step into the managing part. Personally, I love his voice. He was the Common Man.. Full of strength and wisdom. Check out Lynyrd Skynyrd at Convention Hall 7/13/77 in Asbury Park, NJ.
Thank you for reacting to Lynyrd Skynyrd, this is the finest live performance that I've ever witnessed. They were comprised of a lead singer (Ronnie Van Zant), three guitarists, Gary Rossington, Allen Collins, and Steve Gaines, bassist Leon Wilkeson, pianist Billy Powell, drummer Artimus Pyle, and backup vocalists Cassie Gaines, JoJo Billingsley and Leslie Hawkins. On October 20th 1977, the band was in a plane crash which killed band leader Ronnie Van Zant, one of the three guitarists Steve Gaines, and his sister, backup vocalist Cassie Gaines. Check out "Simple Man", "That Smell", "Call Me The Breeze" & "Sweet Home Alabama", just to name a few. 😊✌
Who played lead guitar on Free Bird? Although this video hit the UA-cams a few years ago, we thought you'd enjoy hearing the isolated guitar-solo track from Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Free Bird." The solo on the song-which was played by Allen Collins and Gary Rossington-comes it at Number 3 on Guitar World's list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Solos of All Time. The solo was a twin guitar solo played by Alan Collins and Gary Rossington...not 3.
Southern rock and this was one of the anthems. It does sound different to me in this live version like you said. I agree with your assessment. This was literally three months before most of them died in a plane crash. I was 16 then and partied pretty hard ... I am somebody's grandma now and still do. Lol They burned the bras in the sixties so women could be free.
Live is always different , only two bands I've ever seen that sounded just as good live as recorded and dubbed. Journey best of all and queen except for Freddie doing improv. His voice always sounded exact
It was a good time to be a teenage boy working in the grocery store in the frozen food and dairy section. LOL No bras with headlights on bright. That's where I met my future wife when I was 15, and yes, she was braless and wearing one of those halter tops that showed side boobage. She caught me looking.
This is not a criticism of Bizmatik's critique of the "normal guy" vocals, but I think one of the reasons why this song appealed to so many was that the vocal sounded like the singer was everyone's peer, that is, someone that a lot of people could relate to. I'll add that it's often a real drag when you hear other people trying to pull off this vocal style. Props to Bizmatik for reviewing this song!
Fun fact, Free Bird is now and will always be the all time rock n' roll guitar anthem. They were in a plane crash that took Steve Gains, his sister and of course the great Ronnie Van Zandt. My favorite member of the band fell apart after the accident and was paralyzed in an accident later on. His name was Allen Collins and he's the man in white playing lead guitar for this amazing song. To me the image of Allen playing is super iconic with all that hair flying. These guys are what rock n' roll is all about.
💯 "Free Bird" is fact enough to tell you that the Lynyrd Skynyrd experience is all about jumping down that rabbit hole & listeningto everything they did! You WON'T regret it Biz! Southern Rock at it's very best! 🔥🤘
It was a hot summer day. Somebody passed me a frisbee with a bunch of joints on it. Dude in front of me put a needle in his arm then laid over. My bro forgot our tickets and took BART back to Fremont while I stayed in line. Great day, I was 15.
Interestingly, growing up in the north and having family from the south, the rebel flag always meant "south" to them not any ideology or anything other than being proud of being from the south. Only until later on did people tie racism into it. There are/were hard feelings for what Sherman did to Atlanta\South still to this day. Somethings are not always what they appear, or what the TV tells you.
I have asked my children to play this song at my memorial service , on that day. I saw them play this song in concert. They ended the concert with this great song.I was one of those girls…lol. A near equivalent quality to this song is “ Green Grass and High Tides Forever” by the Outlaws…pure magic!
The piano player , Billy Powell, was their roadie. He helped set up and take down all the equipment at all the concert tours. One day they were working on “Freebird”. Billy said if he had a choice he’d play it differently. They didn’t didn’t know could even play. They told him to give it a go. He sat down and played what we here right here on the piano. The fired him as a roadie and hired him as the piano player as part of the band.
Actual story is , they were loading out from a gig at a high school- they were in the schools band room waiting for a rainstorm to pass so they could finish the loadout. They were talking about the song and there was a piano there so Billy said "this is how Id play it" and sat down at the piano and changed the course of Lynyrd Skynyrd. He was a huge part of their unique sound- RIP Billy
Oh my....fasten your seatbelt.....brace for impact- here we go......that’s live sound for sure.Look at that stadium......southern rock greatness right here- they are about to melt your face.....can’t wait to see what happens- 🎼🎶🎹🎸🎸🎸🎸🎤🤘😎🎧oh my dude- it’s all about those guitars and that piano.....trust me. The 70’s outside in the California sunshine hearing this.....I’d throw any damn thing on and run out the door too, let’s go! 🤘😎
This band was Jacksonville, FL. Lived there many years. Band was named after their teacher, Mr. Leonard Skinnard. The obviously change the spelling to reflect the southern drawl. 🤩 Enjoy your reactions!
"A brief candle, both ends burning. An endless mile, a bus wheel turning. A friend to share a lonesome time, a handshake and a sip of wine. Say it loud and let it ring, we're all a part of everything. The future, present, and the past, fly high proud bird your free at last." Engraved on a marble slab which lay at the original grave sight of singer Ronnie Van Zant in Jacksonville, Florida. The words written by Van Zant's long time friend, the late Charlie Daniels, after Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines, Cassie Gaines, Dean Kilpatrick, and pilots Walter McQueary and William Gray were all killed in Skynyrd's plane crash near Gillsburg, Mississippi on October 20th, 1977.
Don't know if you knew this about Lynyrd Skynyrd piano player was the roadie for Lynyrd Skynyrd at one time until they found out he was a piano man and that he is great piano Man rest in peace Billy .....
That's the way we did it back in the day. Shocking to realize your grandparents were way cooler than you will ever be! LOL! Rock on, Biz!
Dont forget PA systems were crappy in these days, no monitoring ear systems or autotune.... Just pure talent
A world before FL Studio 🤯
100,000 people in that stadium knew what was coming all throughout the first part of that song.
They sure did. And u can tell they were getting lit. Ha
Yup and I dont think the first part of the song is all that lame or boring... idk it's slow but at least it's melodic and soulful
Meanwhile in Knebworth, the only people who knew what was coming were on the stage.
The video at the knebworth performance is much better, on this one they cut out a lot of the jam session, the knebworth video shows much more of the musicians playing their music.
@@paulstewart6203 How much is a kneb worth?
The moment you realize your grandmother is way cooler than you.
Right
Damn right
Hell yeah!!!
Haha....good one❗Well said 🎵
She was.
Allen Collins absolutely shreds this .
That's my grandmother in the front roll ! WOW ! She is 75 years old and still ROCK'N !!!!
three gunslinger guitarists and a barefoot outlaw singer
ronnie and the boys were fkn magnificent live.
An absolute classic, love your reaction, RIP Gary Rossington
The Piano player started out as part of the road crew. One day during a break he sees a Piano and starts playing Free Bird on the Piano. They found out he had been classicaly trained on the Piano. They promote him from Road crew to a member of the Band.
Didn't know that
Interesting. I can't fathom Skynard w/o Mr. Powell. Road crew?🤔 ok, sure.
Ballad of Curtis Lowe!!!!
That's the thing, regular guys doin dey thang!!And it's fuckin fabulous!!!!$$$$Woooo!!!!
@@brianginn6075 it's true he was a roadie and till Ronnie heard him play free bird that's why on the 1st album there is no piano in free bird
Greatest Band Ever!! RIP This grandma can still rock to FreeBird!!
Respect babe.😍
Same with this grandpa.😄👍🏼
Led Zep
Me too! I’m a great grandma! 😊❤
This Florida native grandma too! 👏👏👏
"If I leave here tomorrow, will you still remember me?"
Four months later he was gone, and we still remember him. Question answered.
The plane crash
Happened exactly
3 months and 18
days later, sadly.
Skynyrd and rock
would never be the
Same....
Simply put my friend .. THE GREATEST AMERICAN BAND IN HISTORY !!!!
You get that right!!!! 👍 They shit all over the stones that day!
That's hard to argue but there are others up there with them as well.
@@joeydaglio7655 this wasn't the Stones concert, that was in '76. Peter Frampton headlined this show.
Sadly my friend we'll never know what could have been if there was no plane crash . Oh my what music we would have
@@williamlawrence1422 Such a horrible shame was that crash. Incredible loss of the best thing going in music. God only knows why!
I'm 64 and they represented all my young exuberance. Greatest Era of Music in my Life.
No costumes,no lasers,no auto tune,no dancers,,,just kick ass bare foot boys jamming
Kick ass barefooted Jax, Fl boys...❤❤❤
Love this song....I was 17...OMG Ya baby I am a grandma...we were living! We were young!! FREEBIRD
If you ever hear someone shout out to a local band to request Freebird know that it's not just a request, it's a challenge.
Free Bird and Yakety Sax 🤣
Brother, we just did this song at prctice. and i can say your statement is truth!
It's a joke, people do it to jag the band off
I requested free bird at my aunts wedding like 12 years ago and they gave me a "free bird" aka middle finger lol
Most bands can't do it that's why they get nasty when it gets requested
BIZ - - thank you for showing this of LYNYRD SKYNYRD -
You are Welcome
Oh man business this is one of the greatest Southern blues rock band of all time this is the anthem of Skynyrd give me three steps yeah it's worth jumping into definitely
I first heard “FB”, 1976, in the Army, a bunch of us sitting on the floor, waiting to do an exercise. A female soldier played off her cassette recording. I was hooked! I became an instant “LS” fan. Never really thought of Ronnie Van Zant as a great vocalist. He had the right voice for the music, and songs he wrote. Thanks for sharing!
THESE 'KIDS', WITH NO MUSICAL BACKGROUND, WORKED TOGETHER FOR YEARS TO LEARN, TEACH EACH OTHER AND PRODUCE THIS SOUND. PIANO(FORMER ROADIE) WAS ONLY ONE TRAINED ... THEY TAUGHT THEMSELVES! THAT MY FRIEND IS THEIR MAGIC
Fun fact: Most of those people in the crowd are 60 and older now with grandkids. I was there at that Day on the Green in 1977. I will never forget it. Still have my ticket stub.
Thank you lord for letting me go to and hear ALL of the many, many, many concerts back in the 60's, 70's and 80's. Life was just so good back then. What a life.
@@mikeriddle383 I have a t shirt that says "I may be old but I got to see all the cool bands". Those were the days. Good times ❤
these type of concerts ned to come back. Lucky you . I wish I could have been there but Im unfortunately too young hahahlol. The ups and downs of being too old or too young!
WOW that's amazing!!!! Man I envy you!!!
They Jam! 🎸 Good ole Suthern Rock
Saw them twice in concert back then, great band, and one hell of a song.
And yes we rocked like this at their shows in 1976. Everything they do is good. Needle and the spoon, simple man, that smell, Tuesdays gone......
Freebird, the national anthem of rock and roll!
That lead singer here, the immortal Ronnie Van Zant is the only one that can just stand still while singing and have your full attention
The drummer Artimus Pyle is the only one of these guy still with us. Gary Rossington passed in March 2023.
They were a southern group based in Florida, recorded in muscle shoals Alabama .They're concerts where worth every penny because they gave you everything they had . And people where good to each other.
The singer also wrote the lyrics and his voice is perfect for the message of the song.
Allen Collin's wife Kathy actually came up with the first line of the song. Allen had that lyric and chord progression since high school.
I just cant get enough of that version, this is what a live performance is all about the crowd is playing the band.
Greatest Rock N Roll Band in the World. Every song they ever did is Great. Lynyrd Skynyrd that's MY BAND! 💯
I'm 57 and I've seen Lynyrd Skynyrd 13 times! NEVER disappointed! The 70s and 80s were the best times of my life! I saw alllllll the greats!
I am so glad I grew up during this era I wouldn't trade it for anything! Only saw them 4 times though.
Me too!! ✌🎶💛 What a great time to be alive! & Nobody taking selfies.."look at me looking cool at blah blahs concert"! No wonder people go see so many talentless ppl.. it's all about "them" being popular on social media..NOT about the music & talent in front of them and ppl being together & having a blast right?! I'll be 62 & I STILL can't sit still when I hear this (& others like The Moody Blues, the Stones, Pink Floyd, The who, the Doors, Led Zep etc. ) there will NEVER be talent like we had back then bcz it comes too easy w/shows like "American Idol" out there now.
We lived and loved HARD
They did that song as a tribute to Duane Allman and Berry Oakley of The Allman Brothers who were killed in separate motorcycle accidents 1 year apart and about 2 blocks apart.
His voice took a while to grow on me , but then I heard sweet home Alabama, then simple man . Boom I was hooked on the whole band , not wise to ignore this band. You will regret it if you do.
Oakland Coliseum day on the greens in the ‘70’s were so fun. We got sunburned to crisps and enjoyed every minute.
They definitely did rock, and you are so right... We did live in those days... There were so many great bands, but Skynyrd was for real. Life was so fun and care free. Thanks for sharing.
When they were playing in London they almost came to blows with people because they kept calling them Yanks. They would angrily respond “we’re not Yankees were from the south!” lol.
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He was a working man's vocalist.
The iconic Southern Rock anthem. Skynyrd closed their shows with Free Bird and everybody in the house knew what was coming. So glad there is video for posterity.
Now that second part of the song was special, and that's why they got 100,000 people coming to there shows, blows me away everytime I hear it
If you didn’t see this you wouldn’t believe it! 100,000 people in sync! Best live rock band! I was 16 when this came out, always rated #1 rock song for years! Great time to be alive, I love the seventies.
These guys were the best! Thank God for allowing me to be alive to see them, Molly Hatchett, Hydra, Alman Brothers and so many others in the 70's!
Three of the greatest guitar players ever
Who played lead guitar on Free Bird?
Twin lead guitar solo...not 3
Although this video hit the UA-cams a few years ago, we thought you'd enjoy hearing the isolated guitar-solo track from Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Free Bird." The solo on the song-which was played by Allen Collins and Gary Rossington-comes it at Number 3 on Guitar World's list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Solos of All Time.
No light show, no special effects, it's the middle of the day. It's all about the music, I miss those days. Also, you have to remember, they were on tour, this is the last song after playing for 2hrs or so, anyone's voice would be raw, it ain't easy
Ronnie Van Zant, the vocalist, was the leader, writer and the spirit behind Skynyrd. He didn't have the range of Zeppelin's Robert Plant but he was good enough. He was 5 foot tall and went barefoot on stage. A good dude, too.
I was a senior in high school when that concert took place and you are right, we were living. It is interesting to see how our children and grandchildren just assume we lived puritanical lives and have no clue about anything. Of course, I thought the same thing about my parents, aunts, uncles and grandparents.
The best live version of this song is from the Knebworth Festival in England in 1976. Skynyrd was playing before a headline act call The Rolling Stones ! The stage was constructed to look like a mouth with a long tongue sticking out. Skynyrd was instructed to stay off the tongue as that was for Mick only. In true Skynyrd fashion- Ronnie herded his Mules ( that was his nickname for his guitar players) right out on Micks tongue to finish the show.(Funny- bassist Leon Wilkeson runs out of cord on his way down the tounge and has to turn back) Its widely known that Skynyrd blew the Stones away on their own turf and their own stage that day. That entire show is terrific , you should check it out
This is better because it’s in Cali
@@HankCherry Cali was a nice place-BACK THEN but the Knebworth concert was still better
no this is best - I want to be buried with this on repeat... solar to charge the battery!
R.I.P. Ronnie & Steve.....You will never be forgotten!
Gary Rossington and Alan Collins was one of THE MOST underrated Guitar Gods... RIP AC And Billy Powell my God
Sadly this was also only a few months before Ronnie, Steve and Cassie Gaines died in that horrific plane crash
This band. They were harmonious... no competing. Three guitar players no problem. No one was showing up
the other. Wish they all lived longer.. Wish we all could LIVE like back in the day....
Totally 💯
Yes they were
actually Allen Collins and Steve Gaines were the two best guitarists, they handled all the lead parts and Rossington was rhythm player.
@@bitchnguy Fun fact that has gotten lost in the translation since that awful day in October of 1977.
Steve Gaines was relatively new to the band. He mostly played Ed King's parts. His sister Cassie is who recomended him to Ronnie after King left the band. She was the back up singer who also died in the crash.
Same with the drummer Artimus Pyle. People forget that although he is a great drummer and is in fact much more talented than the original drummer, he is mostly playing Bob Burns stuff. Bob Burns is the original drummer and he was there from Day ONE. He just...well, went nuts and had to be replaced.
Don't take me wrong. LIVE, this is by far the best lineup Skynard ever fielded. To the last man, they were bad ass and they were more cohesive and ego free than ANY band ever was.
But let's not get it twisted. Other musicians ARE responsible for a lot of this music.
@@michaelchmiel166 I think Steve was the best talent in the band. He could do it all and helped give them a much-needed spark, not only as a virtuoso guitarist but as a vocalist and songwriter. Steve had an extra layer that the others did not have. Few bands could touch them on a live stage circa 1976-77.
Free Bird is ALWAYS their encore song. By the end of any show, Ronnie’s vocals are tired. I’ve seen them twice. He was an excellent lyricists and had good vocals. You’re right about his range, but he was solid and had a raspy quality to his vocals. He began singing in church, as a kid.
Fun fact about the band’s name. In high school, they had a gym coach who strictly enforced the school’s “no long hair”policy and a couple of the boys were suspended from school because of their hair. The teacher’s name was LEONARD SKINNER. So, as kind of a joke (and a finger in the air to this gym teacher) they called themselves Lynyrd Skynyrd. After their success, the teacher and the boys became friends, and all was well.
Ronnie also had the unique way of stringing and arranging lyrics kinda like "2 feets come a slipping like a black cat do" in Saturday Night Special.
Finally someone who knows some history of the band.
That's AWESOME Thank You. 😂
I was 16 at the time. I lived in Northern California. I should have been there!!! I went to other concerts at the Coliseum. They called it “Day on the Green”. I went to two of them. First one was .38 Special, Gamma, Kansas and head lined by REO Speedwagon. The other was George Thourogood, J Gail’s Band, headlined by The Rolling Stones (1981). Both epic events, but this one was one of the ones that I wanna go back in time and see! RIP Bill Graham, the guy that promoted these events. He is a legend! And RIP to Skynyrd members that died in the plane crash just a few months after this concert.
Another fun fact Ronnie always performed barefoot so he could feel the stage.
Said he liked the Stage Burn.....
First time listener. I haven’t read all the comments so this fun fact may already be provided. The band was named after the bands high school gym coach!
I love watching the crowds reaction at the place where the song speeds up.....
I was at that show!! It was a great line up ... Santana, Peter Frampton and Lynyrd Skynyrd.
One of the greatest songs ever made!!!! I was 15 when I first heard it and 16 in 1977 when this concert happened and it is still in my top 5 tunes of all time!!!! It has withstood the test of time!!!!! Yeah BizMan our women back in the day hated bras (thank god) so the 70’s was a wonderful time to grow up as a male!!!!!! We are all grandparents now but we definitely knew how to have a good time growing up back then!!!!!! 😍😍😍😍 So says Austin Tx!!!!! 🎸🎸🎸🎸😎🍸
Ronnie was an amazing live singer as well as the heart and soul of the band. Fun fact, after Ronnie died his brother who looked and sounded a lot like him took over and kept Skynyrd alive.
Now you see why any time a Band asks for any requests someone always shouts Freebird, They usually laugh but sometimes the Band will play it.
When someone yells free bird it's not a request it's a challenge for the band
@@connerlackey3952 yup, freebird and Bob seger's Turn the page, top 2 most requested songs to live bands...
@@timlenard1646 I've only heard old time rock n roll by Bob Seger. I'm more of a die hard Lynyrd Skynyrd fan when it comes to the older music as far as rock goes
Great reaction to a great day in TIME
Glad you enjoyed
Thanks for reminding me how old I am.
Who needs vocal range when you have guitarists like these?
You'll never experience anything closer to a musical religious experience than being in the crowd live during the guitar section of Freebird...
I was at the last concert of the original members. The plane crashed after leaving. I saw them four times. It was wild...real wild. LMAO My soon to be wife couldn't go to the last concert because she was sick. The seating was general admission, so when the doors opened, I gave up selling the ticket and chose getting on the floor. Big mistake. It got so crowded you were literally held up by the crowd. People were getting crushed at the stage. Then someone lit a pack of firecrackers in the middle of the floor. All of that before the concert even started. It eventually settled down as people moved into seats and aisles away from the floor. I still have that untorn ticket in my collection. I've been offered some good prices for it.
No shit,1975 never forget, 10 dollars a ticket, 2 people ahead of me in line guy handed me a pint, like a fool started chuking, next thing, iam being arrested 4 drinking in public, spent the nite in jail
In the 70s it was the greatest the best time's of my life ...Best Music...best clothes...Peace...love...and Dope was our moto....Those were the day's my friend ....
Fun fact: Allen Collins (lead guitar in white) wrote the music for Freebird when he was 17 years old. Its in the Netflix Skynyrd documentary.
Ronnie ain’t Freddie Mercury, but then Freddie ain’t Ronnie. Ronnie was the heart n soul of Skynyrd. His vocals were what drove the band n his personality kept them together. His timing was impeccable n he was always right in the pocket.
Try I KNOW A LITTLE for some swing!
One of the Skynard stories:
Ronnie was tired of playing the big coliseums and wanted to play a smaller venue where he could connect with the crowd again and see their faces. So he had the manager book them into a small club in Seattle as “The Curtis Lowe Band” (The Ballad of Curtis Lowe was one of their hits). The night of the show they found out they hadn’t fooled anyone and the line to get in was miles long.
I'm a little late, but fun fact,, The rebel flag hanging behind them was the manager and record producers idea,, just so it would spark curiosity and talking which they thought equalled more sales,, Ronnie van zant the lead singer hated it, he said that flag meant nothing about the music or the band, but looks like greedy labels and manager won,
Ronnie VanZant came up to me(Billy Powell) and said, ‘You mean to tell me, you’ve been playing the piano like that and you’ve been workin’ for us for a year….’, And I said, ‘Well, you know, I’ve been classically trained most of my life.’ So, right then and there, he said, ‘We need a keyboard player.
When i was younger i use to listen to the behind our garage where my brothers used live. I fell in love with long hair then with Alen Collins and Artimus Pyle. Omg they were beautiful!!
Hey man it was the seventies and every young person was just like the song says we were all ( free as a bird )...the hippy faze was still going but slowly starting to rock a bit heavier ....great days in America,,it was a different country then today my man...no doubt about that....love the channel..peace from Ireland..💚🎸🙂
Anticipation...And yes I'm a 61 year old grandma that totally rock this concert. I was blue from my new blue jean jumpsuit. We didn't wear bras with halter tops in the 79s.
Freebird is a special song. Give a listen to Tuesday's Gone,,,and Call Me the Breeze. 🔥🔥🔥👍😎
Working for mca, ballad of Curtis loew
This song is on my top 10 favorite all time list. Thanks for the review I loved it Biz!
Fun fact: Every song Ronnie wrote, He never wrote them down. He said “If it’s not worth remembering, it’s not worth singing.” Lyrical genius.
Choose any song because they’re all GREAT!!!
Fun fact: that jam session originated when they were nobodies playing in bars and would play multiple shows in one night, so the band added an extended jam session to the end of their last song to give the lead singer a chance to rest his voice before starting the set list over again.
I graduated high school in 1983 and used “If I leave here tomorrow would you still remember me?” as my senior quote.
You, I (84), and millions of others in the late 70's and throughout the 80's. 👍
One of my favorites is T for Texas T for Tennessee with Steve Gaines on guitar what picker he was..... RIP Steve..
Simple Man, Tuesdays Gone, Sweet Home Alabama, Call Me The Breeze , That Smell, Ballad of Curtis Leow, Gimme Three Steps, What's Your Name, I Know a Little.... The list goes on and on.
Played this song everyday on the cafeteria jukebox. 1977-78 in high school. I think half of our high school was at this concert.
Vocals?!! RVZ was a genius and his sweet home Alabama, southern sound I think fit perfect in a bigger band. RVZ never wrote anything down, all in his head.
Billy Powell is the man. I love the piano and could listen to him for hours
The best"poor girl got dumped"song ever written.Sorry everyone,it's hard to see grandma sitting on some guys shoulders with where bob's hanging out for the world to enjoy at a rock concert.Yes,grandma and grandpa were way cooler and in possession of more of a free spirit than you will ever be
I always felt like we had something to celebrate: Finally being released from the hypocrisy and falseness of being born and raised during the 1950s. We listened to a lot of music and it was all amazing. Freedom to chose.
It's not even about breaking up. Allen Collins (guitarist) asked his girlfriend at the time that question when he was in highschool.
Please don't tell me you're not talking about yourself...
@@seanmatthewking not in the last 25 years,but when I was 22,You Better believe it was me.
Oh yeah, the generation of kids who rebelled against their parents for being “too strict”. Sounds fair enough… until you realize those parents were the Greatest Generation. S**ts not aging well.
Bro the piano got you right from the start ... same me , love this song
Love your reaction.. Gary Rossington said in an interview that Ronnie had polyps on his vocal chords and they had to cancel many a concert because of it. He also said Ronnie wanted his brother Johnny to eventually take over singing in the band and he’d step into the managing part. Personally, I love his voice. He was the Common Man.. Full of strength and wisdom.
Check out Lynyrd Skynyrd at Convention Hall 7/13/77 in Asbury Park, NJ.
Thank you for reacting to Lynyrd Skynyrd, this is the finest live performance that I've ever witnessed. They were comprised of a lead singer (Ronnie Van Zant), three guitarists, Gary Rossington, Allen Collins, and Steve Gaines, bassist Leon Wilkeson, pianist Billy Powell, drummer Artimus Pyle, and backup vocalists Cassie Gaines, JoJo Billingsley and Leslie Hawkins.
On October 20th 1977, the band was in a plane crash which killed band leader Ronnie Van Zant, one of the three guitarists Steve Gaines, and his sister, backup vocalist Cassie Gaines.
Check out
"Simple Man",
"That Smell",
"Call Me The Breeze" &
"Sweet Home Alabama",
just to name a few.
😊✌
Who played lead guitar on Free Bird?
Although this video hit the UA-cams a few years ago, we thought you'd enjoy hearing the isolated guitar-solo track from Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Free Bird." The solo on the song-which was played by Allen Collins and Gary Rossington-comes it at Number 3 on Guitar World's list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Solos of All Time. The solo was a twin guitar solo played by Alan Collins and Gary Rossington...not 3.
This is my favorite Lynyrd Skynyrd song of all time.
Southern rock and this was one of the anthems. It does sound different to me in this live version like you said. I agree with your assessment. This was literally three months before most of them died in a plane crash. I was 16 then and partied pretty hard ... I am somebody's grandma now and still do. Lol They burned the bras in the sixties so women could be free.
Live is always different , only two bands I've ever seen that sounded just as good live as recorded and dubbed. Journey best of all and queen except for Freddie doing improv. His voice always sounded exact
It was a good time to be a teenage boy working in the grocery store in the frozen food and dairy section. LOL No bras with headlights on bright. That's where I met my future wife when I was 15, and yes, she was braless and wearing one of those halter tops that showed side boobage. She caught me looking.
Yes, your Grandparents knew how to rock out!😁❤️🎸🔥
This is not a criticism of Bizmatik's critique of the "normal guy" vocals, but I think one of the reasons why this song appealed to so many was that the vocal sounded like the singer was everyone's peer, that is, someone that a lot of people could relate to. I'll add that it's often a real drag when you hear other people trying to pull off this vocal style. Props to Bizmatik for reviewing this song!
Allen Collins, playing at the end, wrote that guitar solo when he was in high school
Fun fact, Free Bird is now and will always be the all time rock n' roll guitar anthem. They were in a plane crash that took Steve Gains, his sister and of course the great Ronnie Van Zandt. My favorite member of the band fell apart after the accident and was paralyzed in an accident later on. His name was Allen Collins and he's the man in white playing lead guitar for this amazing song. To me the image of Allen playing is super iconic with all that hair flying. These guys are what rock n' roll is all about.
💯 "Free Bird" is fact enough to tell you that the Lynyrd Skynyrd experience is all about jumping down that rabbit hole & listeningto everything they did! You WON'T regret it Biz! Southern Rock at it's very best! 🔥🤘
It was a hot summer day. Somebody passed me a frisbee with a bunch of joints on it. Dude in front of me put a needle in his arm then laid over. My bro forgot our tickets and took BART back to Fremont while I stayed in line. Great day, I was 15.
The flag was a sign of the times. The band ditched it in the 1990s in favor of the stars and stripes saying that the rebel flag didn't define them.
Interestingly, growing up in the north and having family from the south, the rebel flag always meant "south" to them not any ideology or anything other than being proud of being from the south. Only until later on did people tie racism into it. There are/were hard feelings for what Sherman did to Atlanta\South still to this day. Somethings are not always what they appear, or what the TV tells you.
The Band died in 1977, their music lives forever. After 1977 its just karaoke.
I have asked my children to play this song at my memorial service , on that day. I saw them play this song in concert. They ended the concert with this great song.I was one of those girls…lol. A near equivalent quality to this song is “ Green Grass and High Tides Forever” by the Outlaws…pure magic!
The piano player , Billy Powell, was their roadie. He helped set up and take down all the equipment at all the concert tours. One day they were working on “Freebird”. Billy said if he had a choice he’d play it differently. They didn’t didn’t know could even play. They told him to give it a go. He sat down and played what we here right here on the piano.
The fired him as a roadie and hired him as the piano player as part of the band.
Actual story is , they were loading out from a gig at a high school- they were in the schools band room waiting for a rainstorm to pass so they could finish the loadout. They were talking about the song and there was a piano there so Billy said "this is how Id play it" and sat down at the piano and changed the course of Lynyrd Skynyrd. He was a huge part of their unique sound- RIP Billy
Oh my....fasten your seatbelt.....brace for impact- here we go......that’s live sound for sure.Look at that stadium......southern rock greatness right here- they are about to melt your face.....can’t wait to see what happens- 🎼🎶🎹🎸🎸🎸🎸🎤🤘😎🎧oh my dude- it’s all about those guitars and that piano.....trust me. The 70’s outside in the California sunshine hearing this.....I’d throw any damn thing on and run out the door too, let’s go! 🤘😎
Kind of a sad choice of words to use there. Lmao
@@jseedoubleu usually all in fun! 🤘😎
Need to watch the live version of them when they opened for The Rolling Stones!
Call Me The Breeze is one of my favorite of theirs
That's a JJ Cale song.
This band was Jacksonville, FL. Lived there many years. Band was named after their teacher, Mr. Leonard Skinnard. The obviously change the spelling to reflect the southern drawl. 🤩 Enjoy your reactions!
"A brief candle, both ends burning. An endless mile, a bus wheel turning. A friend to share a lonesome time, a handshake and a sip of wine. Say it loud and let it ring, we're all a part of everything. The future, present, and the past, fly high proud bird your free at last." Engraved on a marble slab which lay at the original grave sight of singer Ronnie Van Zant in Jacksonville, Florida. The words written by Van Zant's long time friend, the late Charlie Daniels, after Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines, Cassie Gaines, Dean Kilpatrick, and pilots Walter McQueary and William Gray were all killed in Skynyrd's plane crash near Gillsburg, Mississippi on October 20th, 1977.
Fun fact: youngest in the band at that concert is actually the piano player, Billy Powel. At the time this concert was played he was 25(!) years old
@@skynyrdgyrl8166 Ok, billy looks like 50+ tho
@@skynyrdgyrl8166 i guess 😂 looking like 50 when you’re 25 is the result of a true rockstar haha
Billy was actually a few months older than Allen Collins.
Don't know if you knew this about Lynyrd Skynyrd piano player was the roadie for Lynyrd Skynyrd at one time until they found out he was a piano man and that he is great piano Man rest in peace Billy .....