Thank you everyone for your comments. Yes, Kathy and Donna knew that it wasn't a cigarette! However, we chose not to correct Lulu to let her keep her innocence a little bit longer. We promise we will tell her one day lol.
Absolutely protect her innocence, I have a granddaughter about her age, and to quote another song writer....."I wish I didn't know now, what I didn't know then". Blessings to all of you!!
How cool was Allen Collins!! 🎸 Center stage, all in white, from sombre to gleeful as soon as the song lifts off, foot stomping, big puffy mane blowing in the breeze, and absolutely shredding that Gibson Explorer as if it were totally effortless. A true rockstar guitar maestro 🎸
I believe Allen played mostly Gibson FIREBIRDS!! w/ the lead pickup wired Out of phase. I ALWAYS LOVED HOW THE GREAT 70's ROCKERS ELECTRONICALLY CUSTOMIZED THEIR INSTRUMENTS! PRUE GENIOUS!
@@kellahella5286 How lucky were you ! I had a fantastic time from 1971 in London attending Concerts and went to The YSA/Canada for 7 weeks in 1979 and THAT is how I remember California:). When THe Rolling Stones followed Freebird in England, they refused to go on stage for FIVE HOURS at THe Festival...lol
@@Isleofskye For being the “bad boys” of R&R, the Stones were kinda pansies. I’m sure The Who wasn’t thrilled to follow Queen at Live Aid, but they did. Also in that same stadium I saw the final 🇺🇸 Led Zeppelin performance ever. EPIC!!!
@@kellahella5286 Long Story but I had a ticket for Led Zeppelin in 1975 @Empire Pool, Wembley and a combination of living on the other side of London with no car and pouring rain and my team losing at home in the afternoon and having a Fishmonger throw his boiling water= over my jeans meant I did not bother to go and never did see them Ticket Price? 75 ENCE or just under ONE DOLLAR:)
As an Englishman, I could sit and listen to your southern accents all day and night! Oh, yeah, your reaction was great also. From an Englishman from the home of the Beatles, Liverpool.
I about fell out of my chair laughing when at the end of the video when the two guys were passing a joint, and the look on Lulu's face and her asking "Were they sharing a cigarette?" OMG, that was too funny.
Can't believe it's been 46 Years ago And the majority of the crowd is in their 60s and older. An Artemis the drummer is the only one still alive. From this group, you see on the stage.
Thank you kindly for reacting to Lynyrd Skynyrd. This particular live performance is the finest I've ever witnessed, be it in person or on video. Lynyrd Skynyrd Lives On! Generation after generation.
Lynyrd Skynyrd was the name of the band, not the singer (Ronnie Van Sant). Great reaction. I saw them in June 1977 at Philadelphia's JFK Stadium. The lineup that day was J. Giles Band, Dicky Betts With Great Southern (Dicky was from The Allman Brothers), Lynyrd Skynyrd and Peter Frampton, who had the biggest album in the world at that time. It was a beautiful day. I was 16 years old and my girlfriend was 14. We were about 30 feet from the stage. It's an experience I will never forget. Thanks for the memory.
So that would put you at about 62 years old? Must have been a hell of a show at JFK Stadium and what a beautiful memory of you 16 with your girlfriend it was 14 did you guys end up getting married having kids? (BTW it's Van Zant with a Z)
You lucky sob. Damn, never got to see them. Had every album. We are the same age. We lived in the best music Era of all time. We had Chuck Barry, CCR, The Supremes, Johnny Cash, BTO and the list goes on. The Beatles, led zeplin, pink Floyd. We grew up in the greatest music ever. Bob Segar, Boston, early Aerosmith Thank you for the reminder.
@@frederickmoller While he is still around, there are NO ORIGINAL members still alive. Gary was the last one. Artemus was the replacement for Bob Burns, their original drummer, though Artemus was in the band FAR longer!
RIP the original band members (especially those lost in the plane crash a few months after this performance), Gary Rossington was the last to go to that great gig in the sky. The first line "if I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me?" is still poignant 45+ years later.
Artimus Pyle is playing drums here isn't the original drummer but I had the pleasure of seeing him and his band a few months ago. It's called the Artimus Pyle band and met him after the show. I'm 62 and was like a little kid meeting him. Lol. Oh he was a survivor from the plane crash too. He has a movie called Street Survivors. Check it out if you guys haven't already!
Artumas Pyle (drummer) is still alive. Ricky Medlock (gutar) a member before their first album and a member of the current Lynyrd Skynyrd Band with Ronnie VanZant's brother Johnny VanZant.(Lead singer)... Great performers. They made the Rolling Stones 2nd fiddle... They are playing together again now. What a great reunion...
Yes smoking up at concerts was very common back in the late 70's. I remember seeing the great group, ''Heart'' at the Hockey Arena and my group and about 20-25 people in 3 rows of seats passing around several spliffs and pipes and great clouds of smoke rising upwards. I'm pretty certain some people around us got high for free LOL The few cops in the Arena didn't dare bust anyone as they knew that could very well start a riot.
I WAS THERE , BACK IN 1977 ! THERE WAS 50,000 PEOPLE THERE ! THE GUITARIST IN THE CENTER ALL IN WHITE , ALAN COLLINS , WROTE THE SONG , SO HE DOES MOST OF THE SOLO ! THE LYRICS WERE WRITTEN BY RONNIE VAN ZANT , THE SINGER ! HE HAD A PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY ! THEY'VE SAID HE NEVER WROTE ANYTHING DOWN ! SO IT WAS ALL IN HIS MEMORY ! SADLY A COUPLE OF MONTHS AFTER THIS SHOW WE LOST SOME FROM THE BAND , IN A PLANE CRASH !
My, my, my ... such a sweet-sounding, tender break-up song by a southern rock band?! Don't be fooled, kiddos; for those of you who have never heard this song before (whether this version or on an album), don't get lulled into a false sense of safety! Buckle your seatbelt, put on a helmet, and RIDE THAT RIDE! Watch for the brunette lady wearing aviator sun glasses clapping her hands over her head and HANG ON! This IS THE BEST version ever! Such energy from the music, the musicians, AND THE CROWD (Lulu's exactly right)!
I was in that crowd that day along with 58,000 others. I got my tickets from a friend who was a paramedic who worked all the "Day on the Green" events.
They were just one of 4 bands that played that day. Peter Frampton, Santana and The Outlaws were also playing. It really was quite a day.@@KathyLuluandDonna
Sadly Ronnie Van zant, Steve Gaines, Cassie Gaines , Leon Wilkerson, Ed King, Alllen Collins, Billy Powell , Gary Rossington, all the original members of Lynyrd Skynyrd have passed
We grandmas and grandpas were pretty cool. I saw this same show from the second row the September before this one. That was not a cigarette. It was a joint .
A giant pot of lobsters😅😅😅...well put. I'm a big Skynyrd fan and seen them live about a half-dozen times but I was born in the mid-70s didn't get to see them with Ronnie singing of course but his brother Johnny but when I went to concerts in the 90s seeing Pearl Jam, Tool, Soundgarden, Nirvana, Tragically Hip etc and all the alternative rock, myself along with the whole crowd would jump and just pump our fists and kind of smash into each other, we'd form mosh pits tgat I barely survived,,,,, rarely did I ever see people just innocently clapping to the beat like I see here back then.
This concert was just a little over three months before the plane crash that took the life of Ronnie Can Zant, Steve and Cassie Gaines the 2 pilots and their road manager Dean Kilpatrick
The Allman Brothers Band Ballin' Jack Bloodrock Bloomsbury People Cactus Cat Mother & the All Night Newsboys Chakra The Chambers Brothers Goose Creek Symphony Grand Funk Railroad Gypsy Memphis State University cast of "Hair" Hampton Grease Band Handle Richie Havens Hedge & Donna The Jimi Hendrix Experience It's a Beautiful Day Johnny Jenkins B.B. King Lee Michaels Mott the Hoople Mountain Poco Procol Harum Radar Rare Earth Terry Reid Rig Savage Grace John Sebastian Bob Seger System Spirit Ten Years After U.S. Kyds Johnny Winter This was the line up for both ATL pop festivals in 69 and 70
This was was about three and a half months before the plane crash, Steve Gaines had joined the band about a year earlier and they were better than ever
So sad that later in 1977 we lost the lead singer Ronnie VanZant, the (then newest addition and outstandingly talented) guitarist Steve Gaines (shorter hair and beard in this vid) and his sister, back-up singer Cassie Gaines in a plane crash. It took them many years to come back but they finally did with Ronnie’s youngest brother Johnny VanZant as the lead vocalist in the very late 80s. I saw them a handful of times live between 1990 and 1996 in my teens and early twenties and they always always shook the ground! We’ve now lost every single original member of this amazing group but there is NO doubt their legacy will remain.
I was lucky enough to see therm about a month before the plane crash. You can see 2 of the 3 band members that died. The lead singer. The guitar player that you can't see much of until the end with the beard white shirt and dark pants. and his sister a back up singer you don't see.
Ah, some additional information. They were in 77 in Great Britain, they were on the stage before the Rolling Stones (and it was forbidden to go out on the tongue). The crowd turned absolute crazy... later the Stones played. Then they asked what encore they wanted. The crowd called "Free Bird". That is the absolute insult to every other band, because NOBODY could play Freebird without training weeks or months for it. There is even a meme about "Free bird" for other bands to be demanded to play :D
That was day on the green. 7-2-77 I was about 100ft from center stage. When they played FREE BIRD, it was their 5th or 6th encore. The already did 11/2hr to a 2 hr show
Saw them in 1987 on the reunion tour that spawned Southern By The Grace of God" and again in 2018 on the Last of the Street Survivors tour. Two very different concerts, but both amazing shows. Fun side note: The hat that Ronnie was wearing was made by Texas Hatters in Lockhart, TX. They also made the hat SRV wore.
This show was in a baseball stadium; from some angles seems like Woodstock '69! While some folks seemed sunburned, also notice there's a stiff breeze for most of the video, so folks probably weren't suffering from heat problems. The guitarist in the brown, leather pants was Leon Wilkeson, the bassist, the 4th guitar in the group; he died in Florida on July 27, 2001.
The young lady on the right side (Donna) of the frame... the slight smile... of knowing what is coming... makes me smile.... ROCK ON! And just think... most of those guys and gals in that crowd.... are somebody's grandma/grandpa today!!! - Where are y'all from? You sound like home.... Something else to think about... there are three guitarist taking turns in the jam.... but ONE bassist....
This concert was in Oakland, California, Oakland Coliseum Stadium, at the time in the Summer of 1977 it was the home of the great Oakland Raiders, The Oakland A's and the Golden State Warriors next door at the Arena. I was at this show. Also saw them live at Winterland in San Francisco in 1976. Sadly the lead singer, and guitarist Stevie Gaines, the one on the left of the stage and his sister Cassie, a back up singer were killed when the entire bands plane went down and crashed in Mississippi in Oct 1977 about 3 months after this concert. They were in their peak at the time of this show. Incredible band.
Ladies 👍👍 this series of shows was Oakland ca. It was called "a day on the green"there were at least 4 artists/groups and it's my understanding that tickets were $ 12.50
In the mid 70s, my cousin from New York moved out to California where I was living. I played this cassette in my truck constantly whenever she and I would go out together. I think it drove her a little crazy but this song was an anthem to me in those days. She eventually moved back to New York. 😁
I heard the girls were there to see Peter Frampton who played later ! and there is also a video from same concert where he sings BABY I LOVE YOUR WAYS ! you should check that out next.!
I appreciate y'all teaching Lulu all the good stuff. She will grow to appreciate it more in her life as she matures. It will make her a more rounded person. It's good to see people get interacted with their kids, and not neglect them. Good Luck, and God Bless.
Well-played, grandma, on Lulu's comment on the two guys sharing a "cigarette." Too funny. I saw them in Athens, GA before they were this big. Opening act was Mother's Finest, which you guys may have heard of and would enjoy checking out, too. I'm sure grandpa knows them. Enjoyed your reaction!
The group got their name from a line in the Alan Sherman song Hello Mudda, Hello Fadda about a guy at camp. the line is " You remember Leonard Skinner? He got Ptomaine poisoning after dinner. The boys in the band loved it and thus the name was born ( more to come after the video, thanks )
I was 5 yrs old in 1977 when the plane crashed. I'm so old now, only the drummer is still alive. This is going to be played in my memorial service, hopefully 30 yrs away lol
😂 That was a joint those guys were passing around in the end. And yes, passing around a joint was very common back then, especially at outside concerts. I was about 20 or 21 at the time of this concert.
Just came across you gals a few days ago. keep up the great stuff you guys. you have something that has kept me coming back. you are yourself that is very hard to find today with all the sheepeople today. Im a old guy in my 50's lol I normally go with a a style of music that to be honest you don't look in your pics like we would enjoy the same things. I have to tell you its kinda like sitting around with my family years ago with my own grandma and my aunt they had the same values you seem to have. It's a great thing to see REAL PEOPLE AND GOOD PEOPLE ON HERE. yOU HAVE MADE ME SMILE MANY TIMES. stay yourself's I love that lol, sorry for caps lock.
This is the first time watching one of your videos and I enjoyed watching you three ladies get into this song. Especially the lady on the right...I could see her mind going back then and remembering those good time!
This was actually not their best Oakland Coliseum performance. The year before, they played with the great Johnny Winter. But I tell you, the mid to late 70's was a great time to be a young person searching for anything. Best music by far.
This reaction is so cool I am watching a 2nd time, and I just have to add another comment. They say soldiers get a "1000 yd stare". Donna has that stare in a good way. She is looking back and transformed back to that time - like I am watching this concert. Such good times.
This concert happened a few months before the plane crash that killed Ronnie Van Zant the singer Steven Gains the Guitar player on the left of Ronnie and Cassie Gains Steven sister she was one of the female background singers
I knew from the moment I heard Donna's sweet Southern accent I'd love you galls. Im Canadian, lived down south for couple years when high school, many moons ago. Its so cute at 0.48 while talking about Lynyrd Skynyrd Lulu says, " ive never heard of him" 😅 like as if Ronnie Van Zant is aka Lynyrd Skynyrd... They named the band after their gym teacher who died in 2010. No one in the band actually has the name Lynyrd Skynyrd. I have four daughter's and one of them around your age thought the same. No worries. In fact many adults make the same mistake thinking that the lead singer is Lynyrd Skynyrd😅😅😅 and just a thing so many of these girls in the crowd back in 76 are all ol' Grandma's now. My colleague one of our contracts we do saw Lynyrd Skynyrd live about 3 weeks ago with ZZ Top up here in Canada said they put on a great show although there's no original members left their kind of like a cover band now sadly. Gary rossington playing that beautiful slide guitar at the beginning was the last original member to die in March of this year. In my opinion they should put Artemis the drummer from the show you're watching here back in the band he's the only guy still alive from back then. I would love to see you guys react to" T for Texas" from this show. With love from Canada, Nate.
I could see Donna taking a stroll down memory lane. And I do that exact thing when I hear Free Bird and Pink Floyd. I was only 11 years old when they performed this concert. Do a Stevie Ray Vaughan Live Performance of Texas Flood and you'll all be Amazed by how he plays his guitar 🎸.... Great Show
Amazing thing is they were a support act at that gig, not the headliners. Same thing happened the same summer in England. They played at Knebworth as support act to the Rollng Stones. And get this, they totally stole the show. Fantastic entertainers. And great that you guys totally appreciated that in this video.
I'm from Massachusetts. I've been a fan of Skynyrd since their plane crash. 1977 or 76. This is my go to band when I listen to music. I ride a harley. Every time i go out on my bikes. Call me the Breeze i listen to before i head out to ride. Gets me feelin good & rearing to ride hard. I have all there albums
This song was released in 1973, the same year that Pink Floyd released their legendary "Dark Side of the Moon." Speaking of Pink Floyd, if you've never seen this band in concert, it would be interesting for you to see them in an upcoming reaction. I suggest these two songs: - Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb (PULSE Restored & Re-Edited) - Pink Floyd - On the Turning Away Remastered 2019 - UA-cam
Thank you everyone for your comments. Yes, Kathy and Donna knew that it wasn't a cigarette! However, we chose not to correct Lulu to let her keep her innocence a little bit longer. We promise we will tell her one day lol.
Protect it for as long as you can!
We all shared "cigarettes" back then.
Yes
Absolutely protect her innocence, I have a granddaughter about her age, and to quote another song writer....."I wish I didn't know now, what I didn't know then". Blessings to all of you!!
She’ll probably tell you if you keep hiding it.
I love thinking about how all those young, wild rock chicks in the crowd are now grannies in their 60’s & 70’s and cooler than their grandchildren… 😂
Wish I could give 500 likes for your comment!! Excellent!!
Wild grandma.
So kids, you can't trick them.😅😅😅
Yep. I married one of them.
I just think about how everyone was so thin and pretty
Sadly it wasn't but a week or so later their plane crashed
How cool was Allen Collins!! 🎸 Center stage, all in white, from sombre to gleeful as soon as the song lifts off, foot stomping, big puffy mane blowing in the breeze, and absolutely shredding that Gibson Explorer as if it were totally effortless. A true rockstar guitar maestro 🎸
Indeed
This was before Eddie Van Halen too. The greatest guitar solo ever.
I believe Allen played mostly Gibson FIREBIRDS!! w/ the lead pickup wired Out of phase. I ALWAYS LOVED HOW THE GREAT 70's ROCKERS ELECTRONICALLY CUSTOMIZED THEIR INSTRUMENTS! PRUE GENIOUS!
No cell phones, everyone was present, in the moment. Many of us oldtimers sure do miss the old world.
I was there. LS wasn’t even the headliner, Peter Frampton was. Santana and The Outlaws we’re also on the ticket. FANTASTIC DAY.
@@kellahella5286 How lucky were you !
I had a fantastic time from 1971 in London attending Concerts and went to The YSA/Canada for 7 weeks in 1979 and THAT is how I remember California:).
When THe Rolling Stones followed Freebird in England, they refused to go on stage for FIVE HOURS at THe Festival...lol
@@Isleofskye For being the “bad boys” of R&R, the Stones were kinda pansies. I’m sure The Who wasn’t thrilled to follow Queen at Live Aid, but they did. Also in that same stadium I saw the final 🇺🇸 Led Zeppelin performance ever. EPIC!!!
@@kellahella5286 Long Story but I had a ticket for Led Zeppelin in 1975 @Empire Pool, Wembley and a combination of living on the other side of London with no car and pouring rain and my team losing at home in the afternoon and having a Fishmonger throw his boiling water= over my jeans meant I did not bother to go and never did see them
Ticket Price? 75 ENCE or just under ONE DOLLAR:)
75 PENCE
As an Englishman, I could sit and listen to your southern accents all day and night! Oh, yeah, your reaction was great also. From an Englishman from the home of the Beatles, Liverpool.
All original members now gone,RIP., but not forgotten
I about fell out of my chair laughing when at the end of the video when the two guys were passing a joint, and the look on Lulu's face and her asking "Were they sharing a cigarette?" OMG, that was too funny.
Yes, it was.
No sunscreen on the 70s! Baby oil or pure cocoa butter.(loved that smell!)😂
I grew up in the 60s & 70s... my parents bought the military surplus sunblock cream... white and thick, but it worked.
Can't believe it's been 46 Years ago And the majority of the crowd is in their 60s and older. An Artemis the drummer is the only one still alive. From this group, you see on the stage.
Girl in the front row in the yellow tank top had no way of knowing someday she'd be an internet star. 😂
Freebird makes me cry every time, so many awesome memories connected to that song❤
Thank you kindly for reacting to Lynyrd Skynyrd. This particular live performance is the finest I've ever witnessed, be it in person or on video.
Lynyrd Skynyrd Lives On! Generation after generation.
I was down on the green . Peter Frampton followed them . Free bird was one of our anthems , this and Stairway . I was 16. Man . Great job ladies 🎵👏🏼🥰
Very cool!
Lynyrd Skynyrd was the name of the band, not the singer (Ronnie Van Sant). Great reaction. I saw them in June 1977 at Philadelphia's JFK Stadium. The lineup that day was J. Giles Band, Dicky Betts With Great Southern (Dicky was from The Allman Brothers), Lynyrd Skynyrd and Peter Frampton, who had the biggest album in the world at that time. It was a beautiful day. I was 16 years old and my girlfriend was 14. We were about 30 feet from the stage. It's an experience I will never forget. Thanks for the memory.
So that would put you at about 62 years old? Must have been a hell of a show at JFK Stadium and what a beautiful memory of you 16 with your girlfriend it was 14 did you guys end up getting married having kids? (BTW it's Van Zant with a Z)
I thought the band was named after a janitor at their high school.
@@jamessugg7061 A gym teacher who gave them a hard time about their long hair!
You lucky sob. Damn, never got to see them. Had every album. We are the same age. We lived in the best music Era of all time. We had Chuck Barry, CCR, The Supremes, Johnny Cash, BTO and the list goes on. The Beatles, led zeplin, pink Floyd. We grew up in the greatest music ever. Bob Segar, Boston, early Aerosmith
Thank you for the reminder.
Sad that no original members are left they were an awesome band
I think that Artimus Pyle, the Drummer is still around.
@@frederickmoller While he is still around, there are NO ORIGINAL members still alive. Gary was the last one. Artemus was the replacement for Bob Burns, their original drummer, though Artemus was in the band FAR longer!
RIP the original band members (especially those lost in the plane crash a few months after this performance), Gary Rossington was the last to go to that great gig in the sky. The first line "if I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me?" is still poignant 45+ years later.
Artimus Pyle is playing drums here isn't the original drummer but I had the pleasure of seeing him and his band a few months ago. It's called the Artimus Pyle band and met him after the show. I'm 62 and was like a little kid meeting him. Lol. Oh he was a survivor from the plane crash too. He has a movie called Street Survivors. Check it out if you guys haven't already!
Artumas Pyle (drummer) is still alive. Ricky Medlock (gutar) a member before their first album and a member of the current Lynyrd Skynyrd Band with Ronnie VanZant's brother Johnny VanZant.(Lead singer)... Great performers. They made the Rolling Stones 2nd fiddle... They are playing together again now. What a great reunion...
By far 1 of the best live videos ever. Good pick. Rip for the members that died via plane crash....
300,000+ people here. Also love "T for Texas" "Call me the breeze " several other songs in this show!
And those who died after the crash. All the original members have all left this world.
Everybody on the stage are dead now
@@johnchitwood8799 that sucks big time
@@Zentrix-24 I agree totally. They were a great band, I got to see them in 2018 at a Western Days festival in my hometown in Texas
I liked to thank, the, people, who had the insight to film, and record , great day❤😮
Yes smoking up at concerts was very common back in the late 70's. I remember seeing the great group, ''Heart'' at the Hockey Arena and my group and about 20-25 people in 3 rows of seats passing around several spliffs and pipes and great clouds of smoke rising upwards. I'm pretty certain some people around us got high for free LOL The few cops in the Arena didn't dare bust anyone as they knew that could very well start a riot.
Seas of people like that, full of love and joy from that era somehow always get me emotional ❤
It was so great back Before The Fun Stopped.
Growing up in Florida I saw Lynyrd Skynyrd many times. I remember exactly where I was when the radio station said their plane had gone down. So sad.
Grandma is so cute I love her!
One of the best live bands ever! Those boys could play. Great reaction.
I was there guys. It was amazing. Thank you for the great reaction.
Glad you enjoyed it
The difference in your 3 faces when the slide guitar kicked in made my day. It told a story in itself.
I WAS THERE , BACK IN 1977 ! THERE WAS 50,000 PEOPLE THERE ! THE GUITARIST IN THE CENTER ALL IN WHITE , ALAN COLLINS , WROTE THE SONG , SO HE DOES MOST OF THE SOLO ! THE LYRICS WERE WRITTEN BY RONNIE VAN ZANT , THE SINGER ! HE HAD A PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY ! THEY'VE SAID HE NEVER WROTE ANYTHING DOWN ! SO IT WAS ALL IN HIS MEMORY ! SADLY A COUPLE OF MONTHS AFTER THIS SHOW WE LOST SOME FROM THE BAND , IN A PLANE CRASH !
was it true they smoked rolling stones . this concert is my favorite of all on video it must have been awesome being there.
sorry I though that was Knebworth concert
My, my, my ... such a sweet-sounding, tender break-up song by a southern rock band?! Don't be fooled, kiddos; for those of you who have never heard this song before (whether this version or on an album), don't get lulled into a false sense of safety! Buckle your seatbelt, put on a helmet, and RIDE THAT RIDE! Watch for the brunette lady wearing aviator sun glasses clapping her hands over her head and HANG ON! This IS THE BEST version ever! Such energy from the music, the musicians, AND THE CROWD (Lulu's exactly right)!
I was in that crowd that day along with 58,000 others. I got my tickets from a friend who was a paramedic who worked all the "Day on the Green" events.
That is so awesome!
They were just one of 4 bands that played that day. Peter Frampton, Santana and The Outlaws were also playing. It really was quite a day.@@KathyLuluandDonna
I was there for this show it was called "Day on the Green" at the Oakland Coliseum....it was awesome
Love watching you girls enjoy this great performance !!
Just a month before the crash. What a BAND!✌🏻🏴
It was in Oakland, California!
Sadly Ronnie Van zant, Steve Gaines, Cassie Gaines , Leon Wilkerson, Ed King, Alllen Collins, Billy Powell , Gary Rossington, all the original members of Lynyrd Skynyrd have passed
We grandmas and grandpas were pretty cool. I saw this same show from the second row the September before this one. That was not a cigarette. It was a joint .
That was a joint they were sharing, not a cigarette
I don't think they wanted to tell the young one that.
Definitely!
One of the great ones for sure. Legendary band.
Watching that couple make out at the very end I think there likely some babies made that night
Im from the UK and the South gave the world Skynerd and the Allmans thanky you so much. Alzo the accent i like a lot.
I love the lady on the rights reaction its like shes seeing memories
Grandma is like "yep, those were the boys!!" :D
I saw Lynyrd Skynyrd in Savannah Ga in the Civic Center Jan 1976. Fantastic show!
Sadly, a few short months after this performance several members of the band and entourage tragically died in a plane crash. 😥
Great reaction - Yeah, this was a great performance and the crowd looks like a giant pot of lobsters. Sun screen? Bah! It's Oakland in `77! 😏
A giant pot of lobsters😅😅😅...well put. I'm a big Skynyrd fan and seen them live about a half-dozen times but I was born in the mid-70s didn't get to see them with Ronnie singing of course but his brother Johnny but when I went to concerts in the 90s seeing Pearl Jam, Tool, Soundgarden, Nirvana, Tragically Hip etc and all the alternative rock, myself along with the whole crowd would jump and just pump our fists and kind of smash into each other, we'd form mosh pits tgat I barely survived,,,,, rarely did I ever see people just innocently clapping to the beat like I see here back then.
Still F****n Awesome!!!
Fly high Freebirds!
This concert was just a little over three months before the plane crash that took the life of Ronnie Can Zant, Steve and Cassie Gaines the 2 pilots and their road manager Dean Kilpatrick
I heard them when I was a kid. Loved them. When I heard the plane crash in '77. I was 7 years old. Wow, still iconic to this day
Yall need to review Call me the breeze if you want to really hear just how good Billy Powell can play the piano. Its unreal.
Ya damn right.....
And "T for Texas" bass, guitar, drums are AWESOME, SHMACKTASTIC!
Lulu really has the hair for this one...
great one of rock anthems ever!!!
Saw them live at Atlanta Pop July 4th , 1970. Epic
you did not see Lynyrd Skynyrd at either the 69 or 70 Atlanta Pop Festival they were not at either maybe you mean the Allman Brothers
The Allman Brothers Band
Ballin' Jack
Bloodrock
Bloomsbury People
Cactus
Cat Mother & the All Night Newsboys
Chakra
The Chambers Brothers
Goose Creek Symphony
Grand Funk Railroad
Gypsy
Memphis State University cast of "Hair"
Hampton Grease Band
Handle
Richie Havens
Hedge & Donna
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
It's a Beautiful Day
Johnny Jenkins
B.B. King
Lee Michaels
Mott the Hoople
Mountain
Poco
Procol Harum
Radar
Rare Earth
Terry Reid
Rig
Savage Grace
John Sebastian
Bob Seger System
Spirit
Ten Years After
U.S. Kyds
Johnny Winter This was the line up for both ATL pop festivals in 69 and 70
This was was about three and a half months before the plane crash, Steve Gaines had joined the band about a year earlier and they were better than ever
So sad that later in 1977 we lost the lead singer Ronnie VanZant, the (then newest addition and outstandingly talented) guitarist Steve Gaines (shorter hair and beard in this vid) and his sister, back-up singer Cassie Gaines in a plane crash.
It took them many years to come back but they finally did with Ronnie’s youngest brother Johnny VanZant as the lead vocalist in the very late 80s. I saw them a handful of times live between 1990 and 1996 in my teens and early twenties and they always always shook the ground!
We’ve now lost every single original member of this amazing group but there is NO doubt their legacy will remain.
That wasn't a regular "cigarette" they were sharing at the end of the video.
I was lucky enough to see therm about a month before the plane crash. You can see 2 of the 3 band members that died. The lead singer. The guitar player that you can't see much of until the end with the beard white shirt and dark pants. and his sister a back up singer you don't see.
Solo composed by Allen Collins who was an 18 yr old high school dropout
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I saw Lynyrd Skynyrd three times in 70's....WHAT A BAND!!.....tragedy about the plane crash. 😥😥 Thank you very much ladies. 🎸🎸🎸🎸
Ah, some additional information. They were in 77 in Great Britain, they were on the stage before the Rolling Stones (and it was forbidden to go out on the tongue).
The crowd turned absolute crazy... later the Stones played. Then they asked what encore they wanted. The crowd called "Free Bird".
That is the absolute insult to every other band, because NOBODY could play Freebird without training weeks or months for it.
There is even a meme about "Free bird" for other bands to be demanded to play :D
That was day on the green. 7-2-77 I was about 100ft from center stage. When they played FREE BIRD, it was their 5th or 6th encore. The already did 11/2hr to a 2 hr show
Was is Donna on the right?
You could clearly tell she had great love & memories for this song. ❤well done
Saw them in 1987 on the reunion tour that spawned Southern By The Grace of God" and again in 2018 on the Last of the Street Survivors tour. Two very different concerts, but both amazing shows.
Fun side note: The hat that Ronnie was wearing was made by Texas Hatters in Lockhart, TX. They also made the hat SRV wore.
This show was in a baseball stadium; from some angles seems like Woodstock '69! While some folks seemed sunburned, also notice there's a stiff breeze for most of the video, so folks probably weren't suffering from heat problems. The guitarist in the brown, leather pants was Leon Wilkeson, the bassist, the 4th guitar in the group; he died in Florida on July 27, 2001.
The young lady on the right side (Donna) of the frame... the slight smile... of knowing what is coming... makes me smile.... ROCK ON! And just think... most of those guys and gals in that crowd.... are somebody's grandma/grandpa today!!! - Where are y'all from? You sound like home....
Something else to think about... there are three guitarist taking turns in the jam.... but ONE bassist....
We are in the State of Texas in the United States.
I am in DFW .... @@KathyLuluandDonna
And then October 1977 plane crash… dead 😢😮 miss them… I graduated 1979
Allen Collins shredding!!🤟🤟🎸🎸🔥🔥
This concert was in Oakland, California, Oakland Coliseum Stadium, at the time in the Summer of 1977 it was the home of the great Oakland Raiders, The Oakland A's and the Golden State Warriors next door at the Arena. I was at this show. Also saw them live at Winterland in San Francisco in 1976. Sadly the lead singer, and guitarist Stevie Gaines, the one on the left of the stage and his sister Cassie, a back up singer were killed when the entire bands plane went down and crashed in Mississippi in Oct 1977 about 3 months after this concert. They were in their peak at the time of this show. Incredible band.
Ladies 👍👍 this series of shows was Oakland ca. It was called "a day on the green"there were at least 4 artists/groups and it's my understanding that tickets were $ 12.50
The greatest American band in history
I have seen 100s reviews of this and YALL 3 seemed to enjoy it the most. Thanks for the reviews! Great band
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In the mid 70s, my cousin from New York moved out to California where I was living. I played this cassette in my truck constantly whenever she and I would go out together. I think it drove her a little crazy but this song was an anthem to me in those days. She eventually moved back to New York. 😁
I heard the girls were there to see Peter Frampton who played later ! and there is also a video from same concert where he sings BABY I LOVE YOUR WAYS ! you should check that out next.!
Added it to list.
sharing a joint of marijuana, which was also very common at concerts
I appreciate y'all teaching Lulu all the good stuff. She will grow to appreciate it more in her life as she matures. It will make her a more rounded person. It's good to see
people get interacted with their kids, and not neglect them. Good Luck, and God Bless.
Just a short note here since nobody else mentioned this, but I used Copper tone in the 70's, so yah, there was sunscreen back then.
Those beautiful ladies in the crowd are someone’s grandma now.
Mid 60's now likely. 2023-1976 =47,,,,, Plus if they were say 17 at the time yeah theyr up there wee bit😅. Maybe a gilf...no?
Well-played, grandma, on Lulu's comment on the two guys sharing a "cigarette." Too funny. I saw them in Athens, GA before they were this big. Opening act was Mother's Finest, which you guys may have heard of and would enjoy checking out, too. I'm sure grandpa knows them. Enjoyed your reaction!
The group got their name from a line in the Alan Sherman song Hello Mudda, Hello Fadda about a guy at camp. the line is " You remember Leonard Skinner? He got Ptomaine poisoning after dinner. The boys in the band loved it and thus the name was born ( more to come after the video, thanks )
I was 5 yrs old in 1977 when the plane crashed. I'm so old now, only the drummer is still alive. This is going to be played in my memorial service, hopefully 30 yrs away lol
This concert was so good even Jesus shoed up to cheer them on at 14:47 on the left.
Grandma remembered those times. Maybe she was there?
Love grams reaction all through she knows what's coming and you can see her go back to the 70's wonderful decade for music
😂 That was a joint those guys were passing around in the end. And yes, passing around a joint was very common back then, especially at outside concerts. I was about 20 or 21 at the time of this concert.
Rip to Ronnie van zant & Donnie baker #sweartogod both are awesome Donnie & Ronnie are getting to hang out in heaven
Music of my youth..great being a teenager in the 70s...the LADIES WERE AWESOME! So glad I was able to experience it!
Late '60s & the most of the '70s. Best music era EVER! PARTY ON!!
Just came across you gals a few days ago. keep up the great stuff you guys. you have something that has kept me coming back. you are yourself that is very hard to find today with all the sheepeople today. Im a old guy in my 50's lol I normally go with a a style of music that to be honest you don't look in your pics like we would enjoy the same things. I have to tell you its kinda like sitting around with my family years ago with my own grandma and my aunt they had the same values you seem to have. It's a great thing to see REAL PEOPLE AND GOOD PEOPLE ON HERE. yOU HAVE MADE ME SMILE MANY TIMES. stay yourself's I love that lol, sorry for caps lock.
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@Kathy&Lulu, to all ya beautiful ladies, that was great watching y'all's reaction, I loved it 😊
What a precious family. Best wishes to you grandma and many more years. Loved the reaction! From Muscle Shoals Alabama👍
Thanks so much
Goosebumps every time, I was there that day……..
This is the first time watching one of your videos and I enjoyed watching you three ladies get into this song. Especially the lady on the right...I could see her mind going back then and remembering those good time!
This was actually not their best Oakland Coliseum performance. The year before, they played with the great Johnny Winter. But I tell you, the mid to late 70's was a great time to be a young person searching for anything. Best music by far.
Their concerts were packed on the outside and outside too!
This reaction is so cool I am watching a 2nd time, and I just have to add another comment.
They say soldiers get a "1000 yd stare". Donna has that stare in a good way. She is looking back and transformed back to that time - like I am watching this concert. Such good times.
This concert happened a few months before the plane crash that killed Ronnie Van Zant the singer Steven Gains the Guitar player on the left of Ronnie and Cassie Gains Steven sister she was one of the female background singers
I knew from the moment I heard Donna's sweet Southern accent I'd love you galls. Im Canadian, lived down south for couple years when high school, many moons ago. Its so cute at 0.48 while talking about Lynyrd Skynyrd Lulu says, " ive never heard of him" 😅 like as if Ronnie Van Zant is aka Lynyrd Skynyrd... They named the band after their gym teacher who died in 2010. No one in the band actually has the name Lynyrd Skynyrd. I have four daughter's and one of them around your age thought the same. No worries. In fact many adults make the same mistake thinking that the lead singer is Lynyrd Skynyrd😅😅😅 and just a thing so many of these girls in the crowd back in 76 are all ol' Grandma's now. My colleague one of our contracts we do saw Lynyrd Skynyrd live about 3 weeks ago with ZZ Top up here in Canada said they put on a great show although there's no original members left their kind of like a cover band now sadly. Gary rossington playing that beautiful slide guitar at the beginning was the last original member to die in March of this year. In my opinion they should put Artemis the drummer from the show you're watching here back in the band he's the only guy still alive from back then. I would love to see you guys react to" T for Texas" from this show. With love from Canada,
Nate.
Coming soon. Thanks for watching.
@@KathyLuluandDonnathanks girls, hope your all doing well. Be 💪 pray to Jehovah God when scared or need help. Psalm 83:18(KJV, NWT)
I could see Donna taking a stroll down memory lane. And I do that exact thing when I hear Free Bird and Pink Floyd. I was only 11 years old when they performed this concert. Do a Stevie Ray Vaughan Live Performance of Texas Flood and you'll all be Amazed by how he plays his guitar 🎸.... Great Show
Amazing thing is they were a support act at that gig, not the headliners. Same thing happened the same summer in England. They played at Knebworth as support act to the Rollng Stones. And get this, they totally stole the show. Fantastic entertainers. And great that you guys totally appreciated that in this video.
I'm from Massachusetts. I've been a fan of Skynyrd since their plane crash. 1977 or 76. This is my go to band when I listen to music. I ride a harley. Every time i go out on my bikes. Call me the Breeze i listen to before i head out to ride. Gets me feelin good & rearing to ride hard. I have all there albums
I'm glad you chose a live version for Lulu's first time
. . . trying to explain jumping guitarists just wouldn't be the same.
My first concert i had just turned 17 in April of 1977.
When is Stands are strangely wonderful!!
The beer can was the first thing I noticed on his piano. Lol.
This song was released in 1973, the same year that Pink Floyd released their legendary "Dark Side of the Moon."
Speaking of Pink Floyd, if you've never seen this band in concert, it would be interesting for you to see them in an upcoming reaction.
I suggest these two songs:
- Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb (PULSE Restored & Re-Edited)
- Pink Floyd - On the Turning Away Remastered 2019 - UA-cam
Added them to the list.