Until he got a bit of a shine on, and then he may look at the interviewer and say “hey let me ask you a question…how the fuck do you think you’re gonna get out of this room?”
@@CarolStJohn-ev9ry yep, sad part was those last few months they were really trying to cut back drug & hard liquor consumption & they had been doin pretty good.
I was 16 years old I saw Charlie Daniels and Skynyrd at the Pittsburgh Civic Arena. The show blew me away, I am a fan forever God Bless. The year was 1976.
@@Automedon2 🤔 I'm pretty sure its a completely different "Jacksonville" where ^they were from. ^Their "Jacksonville" was a tiny town, way, way down in the middle of the Everglades, where you needed one of those swamp boats with the big fan on back to reach it. They say the population back then was 15, including all band members, plus a post office guy, plus Curtis Loew, and the guy who ran the country store where Ronny sold his soda bottles, plus a black market wine dealer(who sold Curt his fifths of wine). 😓That Jacksonville is no longer there, because it completely sank under the swamp, due to "catastrophic global warming" water level rise of 1/4"! That's why we must listen when Joe Biden(aka Grandpa Gropey) tells us to hand over all our rights, so that they can prevent global warming! 🤡👍
@@HighlanderNorth1 Look kid......I do get your humor in the 2nd part of your comment/response.......but Jacksonville IS IN NORTH FLORIDA, right up next to Georgia. The communities that surrounded Jacksonville back then where the Skynyrd band grew up & performed, were rather small communities, but the city of Jacksonville itself was NOT "a small city with a small population" back then. Trust me, I know, we moved to central Florida back in 1969. On a land mass/geographic basis, the city limits of Jacksonville Florida is one of, if not the biggest in the entire country. You can look that up. I'm not talking about "biggest population". But Jacksonville was always one of the biggest cities in Florida. By the way, those "swamp boats with the big fan on the back" are called: AIR BOATS. Take care kiddo. No disrespect meant whatsoever.
@@howabouthetruth2157 I just returned from south Florida 11 days ago, but I'm aware of how big Jacksonville is. I watched an interview of band members from the 70s, and they even mentioned how new construction was "creeping in" at that point. But its pretty clear the development where they grew up was not in the middle of downtown Jacksonville, then or now. It's suburban, and back then it was more like sub-suburban. But they also spent time in areas that were rural. However you want to describe the area of Jacksonville where they grew up in the 50s, 60s, Lynyrd Skynyrd weren't exactly city slickers! In their music, they made a whole point of being pretty much the opposite of city slickers.
41 years last night , I lit a candle around the time the plane was going down , and chugged a beer! Will be seeing them this coming Friday for the last time ever ! Wish I could have seen the originals live!
He was a smart cookie. Listening at this you can tell he was an astute business man. As a southern man myself we get classified as simple people and that's a complement in SOME ways but not others. I'll just say this Ronnie knew exactly wtf he was doing leading that band and interviewing and working with record companies.
This northerner NYer agrees! RVZ was highly intelligent and extremely perceptive. Plus he seemed like a total wildcard on top of that who loved to tear it up!
It is so great to hear his soft soothing voice again! All though throughout the years i can still hear his voice in my head. He's in my heart ❤ forever.
The only lyrics in "Freebird" that Ronnie did NOT create, was the very 1st line: "If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me". Allen Collins and his wife were having a spat, and she turned to him and said those very words. If she hadn't said that to him at that moment, the song wouldn't even exist today. That line struck Allen, who immediately was inspired to write the tune known as Freebird, and of course Ronnie created the rest of the lyrics. I will always love this true story.
Beautiful man..He had a lot to say through his music..I miss those times ..I miss Ronnie as much in 2018 as I did in 1977...I love you Ronnie..I know you are forever flying high..Freebird. ..
A lot of bands in the 70s lost members for different reasons, ALLMAN BROTHERS lost two cause of motorcycle wrecks, MARSHALL TUCKER lost two who were brothers, THE STONES fired one of their founding fathers and he died shortly after, BLACK SABBATH lost RANDY RHOADS and the list goes own and own, I think Skynyrd held the record of most members dying a the same time until REBA MACINTYRE'S BAND perished in a plane crash and as famous as they were its still SKYNYRD that is talked about and remembered the most with BUDDY HOLLYS CRASH AT # 2,BUDDY HOLLY was famous before and after the crash but SKYNYRD only got really famous after they crashed and the question WHY has never been answered except some say because of RVZ others say they were blessed and others say it was the songs, whatever the reason they were one helluva band with a hard-drinking two-fisted talent writer and singer RONNIE VAN ZANT, may they all RIP
Here for the same reason’s you all are and the sentiments are also the same. We couldn’t forget you if we tried, and wouldn’t want to. such an exceptional, writer, vocalist, and guy...a rare musical genius indeed! RIP Ronnie. ☮️💟✝️ 🙏🏻
Drove back home to Deland awhile back and stopped at the Ronnie Van Zant memorial park in Greencove. It is simple, yet super cool. Much like the man it honors. My wife sat by the lake while I walked around it. She wanted me to take some alone time with what this place and the band means to me. Very therapeutic. I would recommend doing this to any true fan who Lynyrd Skynyrd touched.
@@Deeno282 Everyone in the band had MASSIVE respect for Steve and his incredible talent. He was a brilliant songwriter, a next level guitarist and could sing his ass off; and he did write several great songs on Street Survivors. Had he and Ronnie made it they would have certainly written many more amazing songs. Steve was definitely inspiring the other guys and he and Ronnie hit it off as songwriting partners. Too bad we'll never get to hear what could have been.
I was graduating high school that year. Grew up on Skynyrd. Wrote Down to earth and what happened in his life songs and sang songs that weren't theirs but made them more popular T For Texas. Listen to all of Skynyrds songs. It's like a diary or journal of their life.
RvZ, was a wordsmith who had a foresight. He was a bit of Hank Sr, a bit of Davy Crockett and every bit of the west side of Jacksonville he hailed from. The truth was always delivered in his lyrics and he only sang on the subjects he could perceive or had first hand knowledge of. No frills, no smoke n mirrors and nuthin fancy. RIP RvZ, AC, BP, SG, LW, BB and the late EK.
Such a soft-spoken gentleman. I am proud of growing up listening to them (in Hungary!) It was LS that made me become the man who I am today, frankly. Though raised in Hungary, in my heart I have become Southern man. When I visited his grave, I was sitting there crying for a while...realising what a huge impact they made on my life. Thank you, Ronnie, you and the band will never be forgotten, for sure.
People forget that Skynyrd was the #1 live act in the world in '76 when they went to England and played that outdoor show. The Rolling Stones played the same stage that day and the crowd agreed that Skynyrd blew them away.
nobody forgot anything, besides, you can't prove who/what was the #1 live act..that's opinion. not fact. I loved Skynyrd and they were great live, especially w/ Ed King, but their sound went downhill after Ed left and the girlie backup singers joined --Skynyrd went soft. I was disappointed in them Live after steve joined (Nothing against steve, a real good player) but, the songs went to shit. Can u seriously say that street survivors compares w/ any other skynyrd record? HELL NO!! Street was soft and commercial and had no edge..it was middle of the road crap. Skynyrd was ready for the shit heap of commercial rock radio, just like Springsteen - that soft commercial non rock sound. THE END. RIP GIMME BACK MY BULLETS WAS GREAT...that's the last good/great work Skynyrd did.
@@bishlap fucking idiot! Went soft. Wow. You do not know music! If you did you'd realize they were fucking more talented with Steve Gaines. Steve left his own band to join them. He could also sing better than RVZ! But of course I expect you to know all of that!
The "invisible enemy" didn't like the fact that Lynyrd Skynyrd stood for American values and freedom, at the very time they were ramping up the destruction of America. It was decided they had to go...
Oh, how I envy you all who saw Skynyrd at Winterland. First and last for me was July 2, 1977. Eight days before my birthday, 3 months 18 days before my heart was broke.
Yeah, it is really cool to hear his non singing voice, sounds to me like the guy you might shoot the shit with at the truck shop or hardware store, been listening all my life and had not heard much of him just talking, i like it.
I want to personally say THANK YOU SO MUCH, seriously from the bottom of my Rebel Rock lovin Heart for posting this 🙏 What a treat to listen "finally" to a RVZ one on one interview! It was really Great 💪😎👍!!
And "One More From The Road " did turn out to be a Masterpiece .......bet it became profitable too. Ronnie and the rest of the band were the best ever, period. We will always remember you , Fly on Free Bird
"eleven times I've been busted...eleven times I've been to jail....some of the times I've been there.. Lord...nobody would go my bail"... Ronnie Van Zant was a lyrical genius.
eh...wrong....that makes no sense....it's "go my bail"...aka....come up with bail money. Common phrase back then. Reminds me of Al Kooper mis-hearing Ronnie's lyric on "I Need You"...Kooper thought Ronnie was singing "I need you more than just a piece of leg" bwahaha...."it's piece of lay"...
It's "Throw" it's a saying that's widely used. Careful you know for sure before informing others and insisting to those who are correct that they're wrong. ua-cam.com/video/LzKr15wTvb0/v-deo.html
listen CantoneDeaf....here's RONNIE singing it live....18 seconds in...."nobody would-a-GO my bail".. Crissakes. believe what you want. Who the fuck are the Bownesions and what does that have to do with Skynyrd ? NADA BTW...they suck ass...hope you don't actually listen to that shit. ua-cam.com/video/kzsGWZvz5EQ/v-deo.html
Yes seriously like anybody who calls Lynyrd Skynyrd retarded basically has no concept of music whatsoever they were pioneers of southern rock get your head out of your ass man you’re probably one of those idiots who thinks New Age music is brilliant
Thank you for your channel. I'm over 60 now but got blown away by this very very special band back when I was 16. Still get goosebumps and tears in my eyes everytime i listen to the music which just seems to be getting better as the years pass on by. I'd be a multi millionaire if i got a dollar for eveytime i played their magic. I'm in Australia so never blessed to see them live but great to read comments from the lucky folks who did. God bless them all for the pleasure they still provide us.
I'm in my 60s as well. It never fails that when 'Tuesday's Gone' or 'Freebird' or 'Simple Man' comes on the radio my eyes fill with tears. Something about the sentiment in the lyrics he wrote strikes so many men in the same place. Even for those who have never been able to live the simple, free life, it is something we all yearn for. I have been fortunate to have lived, mostly, as I chose my whole adult life. I'm not, and have never been wealthy, and I've never aspired to that, but I'm free.
Ronnie never wrote or sang a bad song...With Paul Roger's being his inspiration on how to sound, you can hear it in certain songs. Also you can tell how his voice matured and gained momentum. I'm a huge fan, and my Daddy had every Album...My Daddy was cool 😎 af. And Ronnie pretty much managed that band like Sargent Carter...lol! If you watch them you'll see how they play like a well oiled machine...When Steve Gaines and his sis joined, what a new exciting sound...Damn he could play that quitar...Ronnie was a happy Camper...I miss him...They are legend. And always will be...💯❤🎼🌠💋😇🎯
Ronnie and Steve was really clicking. If the plane crash didn't happen street survivors could have only been the start to something absolutely amazing. Watch the 1977 concerts you can just tell Ronnie was overwhelmed with pride in the band and with good reason.
WOW........can you even imagine, and I'm talkin' about WAY BACK THEN during their earlier days, "getting boo'd in clubs" FOR PLAYING FREEBIRD!!!! Personally, I can't even comprehend that. Sure, the song was ran into the ground by radio over the years, but that's not the band's fault. But by the time it was receiving such extensive airplay over the radio, that was many years after the song was first wrote. Crazy. As a lifelong & highly seasoned guitarist/singer ( mostly lead )/blues harp stage performer of many years ( retired from the club scene of east/central Florida back in '02 ), I think many young guitarists today totally underestimate the guitar parts of the original Skynyrd band. Trust me, you can listen to many of their songs FOR DECADES, but if you listen VERY closely, and you desire to nail these parts note for note, you WILL discover things in those parts you never caught before. Believe it. Especially from Ed King, that man ( God rest his soul ) was HIGHLY underrated and VERY slick on guitar. Don't think so? I challenge you to sit down with a good system & headphones to give "Workin' for MCA" a re-listen. I don't care "how many times you've heard it before".......if you really try, you WILL hear some stunning guitar work with little nuances that are DAMN HARD to get right. I founded and/or joined quite a few bands over the decades, and each time we performed this tune, we had to improvise it. Sure, it sounded "pretty close" and the crowds always thought we did a great job with it.........but I knew better. I stumbled across a youtuber just the other day ( sorry I can't recall his ch name at the moment ) who met with Ed King personally, to get some guitar lessons on the more technical parts of many of their tunes, and he posted a video ( video posted before Ed King died I believe, but I just discovered it ) on how to PROPERLY play Ed King's parts in "Workin' for MCA"...........I was TOTALLY blown away.......and I consider myself a real stickler & perfectionist about playing guitar & performing on stage.......by golly, that gentleman in his video revealed the secrets of Ed King in that song..........things we could NEVER single out via the original recording. Of course 3 different guitar parts does make it more difficult to single out every little nuance......it's kinda weird, you can hear it all, but it's still SO hard to single out some of those licks & bends exactly as Ed King had done it. RIP Ed King. I will always regard you as THE most underrated American guitarist for any type of rock & roll. One last thing: the original Skynyrd lineup is the ONLY group I can think of who actually made 3 guitarists work, and work well. They are the golden exception, because I can't stand ANY band with "3 guitarists". They step all over each other usually. But not Skynyrd. Steve Gaines was perhaps the most talented of em all in Skynyrd, and it's a damned shame he came into the band only shortly before that fateful flight that ended this historic band. If only he could've joined them during those 2 full years that lacked Ed King, where only Allen & Gary had to make it work with only 2 guitars.
@Jimmy Neal this is true. Ronnie put his whole life in the hands of the Lord. This is why he got on the plane that crashed. He knew there was something greater guiding his life.
@@joleneloveland2942 You're reading too much into it. He was a wild man. A very talented wild man - heavy drinking, drugs and fighting. That is not putting his life in the hands of the Lord. He lived the life of musical geniuses and if not for the plane crash, most likely would have died the same way as the others of his time. Geniuses are not the guy next door. If they were, he would have been selling cars. Don't try to apply bland, average lives to them.
Thanks for posting this. Such a shame. I'm still sad to this very day! I listen to at least one Skynyrd song a day. They are my biggest influence. My playing style (guitar) reflects that.
RVZ - you jst hv to keep doing it, or the public will forget ya ~ oh Ronnie if you only knew, you cld hv slowed almost to a hault and look at it 40 yrs later
@@perijetton9275 cool again! I lived in Jupiter for 10 years. Also as i was just walking in house, the auto shop accross the way playing, sweet home Alabama! Where are you F.L.?
Pronounced is great....Second Helping is fantastic.....but with the addition of Steve Gaines,,,,Street Survivors is my favorite.....great from beginning to end.
@@DexterHaven Yeah he took them to a whole nother level and that was just the start of it Would have been huge the next ten years and maybe southern rock wouldn't have faded out like it did
Paul Cowart Or the next album would’ve sucked, the band would have been at each other’s throats and went their separate ways...who the hell knows? Street Survivors exploded partly because the crash happened a few days after it was released. It added a mystique level to it and spotlighted it big time. Excellent album, but I still like the Ed King involved first three albums better. It’s all opinion. Greatest band ever in my opinion, but being from and sitting here right now in Jacksonville perhaps I’m biased.
@@dtmjax5612 , i loved Ed King, too. he was what they needed _then_ . LS wouldnt have blipped the radar without him. he was the polish that made them palatable. i would never have wanted to do without Ed. but Steve was a different kind of special. 5 albums in and *NO ONE* but RVZ had ever sang lead. on his 1st LS album he sang co-lead on one & solo lead on one. RVZ used to say "one day LS will be in Steve Gaines' shadow"
Thank you Lynyrd Skynyrd for the pure joy you brought to my life. I will carry your music with me forever and even to the other side. Rock On Skynyrd Nation forever.
Sweet Home Alabama was actually written while the Pronounced album was still in post-production and wasn't even released yet. There are times Ronnie was so close to the music he really couldn't see the brilliance of what took place. think if Ronnie were alive today his impression of Nuthin' Fancy might be different ....that's a great album.
Too many try to pick a best Lynyard Skynyrd album or say one was not as good as the others, including Ronnie. IMO the original first 5 studio albums all are in the same category of great! All 5 had no bad song on them. Then there was the gift of First and Last and Legends that we all got after the plane crash. All 7 are great albums and all songs on them are great songs. There will never be another rock and roll band as good as Lynyard Skynyrd.
"If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me?" Yes, Ronnie, after 43 yrs. we STILL remember you and miss you.
Yes we do (fun fact: those words came from allen collins wife
Just left gillsburg monument
Is true 😢❤❤❤❤
yes 45yrs we still miss you and love you my brother God bless
🦅FREE BIRD DOWN🦅
45 YRS AGO TODAY ✌️
10-20-77 / 10-20-22🎼
STILL LIVES ON & ON
I love listening to RVZ speak..his voice is so calming, gentle and modest; an old soul indeed
He was so soft spoken, the eoitamy of a southern gentleman , until the jack & blow took over but they were trying to be better
Also excellent diction.
Unless he was drinking
Until he got a bit of a shine on, and then he may look at the interviewer and say “hey let me ask you a question…how the fuck do you think you’re gonna get out of this room?”
hard to believe he was only 28 when he died.
Hearing his soft soft spoken voice makes you forget about the hell raiser that he was.
I believe the Whiskey on / off button is responsible for the hell raisin part...! Been there.....
When he drank Jack Daniels he turned into the Tasmanian Devil.... and he drank a lot of Jack.
@@CarolStJohn-ev9ry yep, sad part was those last few months they were really trying to cut back drug & hard liquor consumption & they had been doin pretty good.
Unless he was drinkin. Look out
What an articulate, sweet voiced boy. I am so heartbroken for his and the other families loss. We lost some amazing musicians needlessly that day!
So true.
I was 16 years old I saw Charlie Daniels and Skynyrd at the Pittsburgh Civic Arena. The show blew me away, I am a fan forever God Bless. The year was 1976.
Was there too
Damned YINZERS love some LYNYRD SKYNYRD!!! 🎼🦅🎸🎤🎸🥁🎸🎹
🤘 ROCK ON & ON FREE BIRD 🦅
45 Yrs ago today FREE BIRD DOWN
10-20-77 🦅🦅🦅🦅10-20-22 🌠
I was there! Great show!!
My first ever concert. I had to call my Dad at work to ask his permission to go. He said YES!!!!!!!!
Ronnie made all us old boys proud to be from small southern towns he gave us are swagger.
Now thats the truth!!!
Jacksonville is a pretty big city
@@Automedon2
🤔 I'm pretty sure its a completely different "Jacksonville" where ^they were from. ^Their "Jacksonville" was a tiny town, way, way down in the middle of the Everglades, where you needed one of those swamp boats with the big fan on back to reach it. They say the population back then was 15, including all band members, plus a post office guy, plus Curtis Loew, and the guy who ran the country store where Ronny sold his soda bottles, plus a black market wine dealer(who sold Curt his fifths of wine).
😓That Jacksonville is no longer there, because it completely sank under the swamp, due to "catastrophic global warming" water level rise of 1/4"! That's why we must listen when Joe Biden(aka Grandpa Gropey) tells us to hand over all our rights, so that they can prevent global warming! 🤡👍
@@HighlanderNorth1 Look kid......I do get your humor in the 2nd part of your comment/response.......but Jacksonville IS IN NORTH FLORIDA, right up next to Georgia. The communities that surrounded Jacksonville back then where the Skynyrd band grew up & performed, were rather small communities, but the city of Jacksonville itself was NOT "a small city with a small population" back then. Trust me, I know, we moved to central Florida back in 1969. On a land mass/geographic basis, the city limits of Jacksonville Florida is one of, if not the biggest in the entire country. You can look that up. I'm not talking about "biggest population". But Jacksonville was always one of the biggest cities in Florida. By the way, those "swamp boats with the big fan on the back" are called: AIR BOATS. Take care kiddo. No disrespect meant whatsoever.
@@howabouthetruth2157
I just returned from south Florida 11 days ago, but I'm aware of how big Jacksonville is. I watched an interview of band members from the 70s, and they even mentioned how new construction was "creeping in" at that point. But its pretty clear the development where they grew up was not in the middle of downtown Jacksonville, then or now. It's suburban, and back then it was more like sub-suburban. But they also spent time in areas that were rural.
However you want to describe the area of Jacksonville where they grew up in the 50s, 60s, Lynyrd Skynyrd weren't exactly city slickers! In their music, they made a whole point of being pretty much the opposite of city slickers.
Ronnie was an American original
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An American original and a no apologies, proud Southern gentleman. Cheers P[>
There was only ONE Ronnie Van Zandt.
What a good old soul. A beautiful mind and golden voice. We sure do miss you.
I never realized what a composed speaker and leader Ronnie was.
He was very soft spoken but people definitely knew who was in charge, he was like a drill Sargeant when they practiced, why they were so tight.
Unless he was drinkin
Ronnie was highly intelligent and perceptive. Very creative mind too. RIP Ronnie, Cassie, and Steve.
Song genius and work aholic.
Ronnie Van Zant and Lynyrd Skynyrd the best rest in peace.
Almost 41years! And I love this Great Band even more!! No Band is even close!!" Rest in Peace", Ronnie Van Zant !!! And all The Skynyrd Band !!
respect
Rock Steady Odin!!!
41 years last night , I lit a candle around the time the plane was going down , and chugged a beer! Will be seeing them this coming Friday for the last time ever ! Wish I could have seen the originals live!
Enjoy the concert!! Tip your hat to The Last Rebel, Gary Rossington. A true Southern Man, who never stop playing the music all these years.
Couldn’t agree more! I enjoy them more everyday, they never get old. You said it “no band is even close”!!
In every RVZ song - His lyrics were either true or would become true. A prophet truly.
He was a smart cookie. Listening at this you can tell he was an astute business man. As a southern man myself we get classified as simple people and that's a complement in SOME ways but not others. I'll just say this Ronnie knew exactly wtf he was doing leading that band and interviewing and working with record companies.
This northerner NYer agrees! RVZ was highly intelligent and extremely perceptive. Plus he seemed like a total wildcard on top of that who loved to tear it up!
It is so great to hear his soft soothing voice again! All though throughout the years i can still hear his voice in my head. He's in my heart ❤ forever.
Pure Brilliance never to be matched since or again.R.I.P
Such a cool sweet guy, sadly missed.
Ronnie’s beautiful soft voice soothes my soul. 💙🌹🌹💙
Yes.
Me to,And NO OTHER!
Miss all the Synyrd members who have passed, you all are truly missed and blessed us with incredible music, miss ya Ronnie. RIP
Ronnie was a great poet and songwriter .His words touch my heart. RIP. Love
The only lyrics in "Freebird" that Ronnie did NOT create, was the very 1st line: "If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me". Allen Collins and his wife were having a spat, and she turned to him and said those very words. If she hadn't said that to him at that moment, the song wouldn't even exist today. That line struck Allen, who immediately was inspired to write the tune known as Freebird, and of course Ronnie created the rest of the lyrics. I will always love this true story.
Damn, ronnie wrote about the whole song? dude was just a genius
Not a wasted word from the man!! The interview is like another great song
He sounds more together than you'd expect. It's nice to see the reality behind the image
Lynyrd Skynyrd is timeless, love their music, and RVZ was amazing..
Beautiful man..He had a lot to say through his music..I miss those times ..I miss Ronnie as much in 2018 as I did in 1977...I love you Ronnie..I know you are forever flying high..Freebird. ..
A lot of bands in the 70s lost members for different reasons, ALLMAN BROTHERS lost two cause of motorcycle wrecks, MARSHALL TUCKER lost two who were brothers, THE STONES fired one of their founding fathers and he died shortly after, BLACK SABBATH lost RANDY RHOADS and the list goes own and own, I think Skynyrd held the record of most members dying a the same time until REBA MACINTYRE'S BAND perished in a plane crash and as famous as they were its still SKYNYRD that is talked about and remembered the most with BUDDY HOLLYS CRASH AT # 2,BUDDY HOLLY was famous before and after the crash but SKYNYRD only got really famous after they crashed and the question WHY has never been answered except some say because of RVZ others say they were blessed and others say it was the songs, whatever the reason they were one helluva band with a hard-drinking two-fisted talent writer and singer RONNIE VAN ZANT, may they all RIP
Yeah you pick any three LS songs and that will tell you about Ronnie No bull shit Kind of like what country music used to be
Well said tonya I feel the same way you do
Here for the same reason’s you all are and the sentiments are also the same. We couldn’t forget you if we tried, and wouldn’t want to.
such an exceptional, writer, vocalist, and guy...a rare musical genius indeed!
RIP Ronnie.
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He reminds me of friends I've had over the years. Love listening to him for some reason.
Drove back home to Deland awhile back and stopped at the Ronnie Van Zant memorial park in Greencove. It is simple, yet super cool. Much like the man it honors. My wife sat by the lake while I walked around it. She wanted me to take some alone time with what this place and the band means to me. Very therapeutic. I would recommend doing this to any true fan who Lynyrd Skynyrd touched.
It makes me sad to think about all the great music Ronnie and Steve Gaines could have created if they had survived the crash.
God only knows how far these guys could've went,sky was the absolute limit
yeah, it would have been a new direction for the band.
Amen. They would have gone even further into the stratosphere.
Steve gains is a inspiration.
@@Deeno282 Everyone in the band had MASSIVE respect for Steve and his incredible talent. He was a brilliant songwriter, a next level guitarist and could sing his ass off; and he did write several great songs on Street Survivors. Had he and Ronnie made it they would have certainly written many more amazing songs. Steve was definitely inspiring the other guys and he and Ronnie hit it off as songwriting partners. Too bad we'll never get to hear what could have been.
Wow what a treat God Bless Ronnie Van Zant
I was graduating high school that year. Grew up on Skynyrd. Wrote Down to earth and what happened in his life songs and sang songs that weren't theirs but made them more popular T For Texas. Listen to all of Skynyrds songs. It's like a diary or journal of their life.
Ronnie has a voice that makes me feel like it's all good with the world.
Unless he was drinkin
@@johnperiard9594 we all have bad days man…he got the job done.
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Yes you are remembered!!👍👍👍👍👍👍
damn, wish rvz was still here
We all do!!
Don't we all.
this guy was someone special so glad he was a Jacksonville native I been a fan for over 50 years RIP
RvZ, was a wordsmith who had a foresight. He was a bit of Hank Sr, a bit of Davy Crockett and every bit of the west side of Jacksonville he hailed from. The truth was always delivered in his lyrics and he only sang on the subjects he could perceive or had first hand knowledge of. No frills, no smoke n mirrors and nuthin fancy. RIP RvZ, AC, BP, SG, LW, BB and the late EK.
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What about GR
@@paulaosullivan4018 Gary Rossington is still alive Paula
You forgot CG Cassie Gaines
& now, the last original member, GR Gary Rossington
Ronnie was great. I think God was putting a band together and couldn't find a better singer and now Ronnie's and Steve are jamming in heaven
And Allen, Billy, Ed, Leon, Bob, Jo Jo & Cassie too
God was jealous of Ronnie.
Such a soft-spoken gentleman. I am proud of growing up listening to them (in Hungary!) It was LS that made me become the man who I am today, frankly. Though raised in Hungary, in my heart I have become Southern man. When I visited his grave, I was sitting there crying for a while...realising what a huge impact they made on my life. Thank you, Ronnie, you and the band will never be forgotten, for sure.
Did you enjoy your trip to Jacksonville?
People forget that Skynyrd was the #1 live act in the world in '76 when they went to England and played that outdoor show. The Rolling Stones played the same stage that day and the crowd agreed that Skynyrd blew them away.
Me either The Stones pretty much suck. And it's pretty hard to top three guitars Skynyrd had.
nobody forgot anything, besides, you can't prove who/what was the #1 live act..that's opinion. not fact. I loved Skynyrd and they were great live, especially w/ Ed King, but their sound went downhill after Ed left and the girlie backup singers joined --Skynyrd went soft. I was disappointed in them Live after steve joined (Nothing against steve, a real good player) but, the songs went to shit. Can u seriously say that street survivors compares w/ any other skynyrd record? HELL NO!! Street was soft and commercial and had no edge..it was middle of the road crap. Skynyrd was ready for the shit heap of commercial rock radio, just like Springsteen - that soft commercial non rock sound. THE END. RIP
GIMME BACK MY BULLETS WAS GREAT...that's the last good/great work Skynyrd did.
@@bishlap fucking idiot! Went soft. Wow. You do not know music! If you did you'd realize they were fucking more talented with Steve Gaines. Steve left his own band to join them. He could also sing better than RVZ! But of course I expect you to know all of that!
The "invisible enemy" didn't like the fact that Lynyrd Skynyrd stood for American values and freedom, at the very time they were ramping up the destruction of America.
It was decided they had to go...
Shred La Vallie tell me more...
The absolute best of the 70’s n in my ears the best ever!
Oh, how I envy you all who saw Skynyrd at Winterland.
First and last for me was July 2, 1977. Eight days before my birthday, 3 months 18 days before my heart was broke.
Ronnie was soooo cool on stage
His words touch my heart. RIP.
Ronnie was SKYNYRD. You really can't argue that.
15:45: “us people from Florida don’t consider Miami to be a part of Florida anymore “. Amen RVZ!!! 👍🏻
I don't blame you,I wouldn't consider Miami as a part of Florida either!
Miami does not represent Florida, it never has! The last American out of Miami is required to bring the flag with them!
More like a spinoff of Havana!
Can't say I blame you. I'm not from FI, but lived in Ft. Lauderdale for nearly 5 years. Anything south of West Palm Beach in my opinion.
Truth! From Vero Beach ✌️
Love hearing Ronnies voice, really makes you forget about the plane crash sometimes
GEWDFERYEW , His voice brings me calm and good feelings!
Yeah, it is really cool to hear his non singing voice, sounds to me like the guy you might shoot the shit with at the truck shop or hardware store, been listening all my life and had not heard much of him just talking, i like it.
Never realized that Johnny Van Zant and Ronnie spoke so similar...they could pass for brothers!
I think that same thought almost everyday
imagine if hed stowed away his suitcase...
He could have been a great teacher for young musicians, what a composed focused deep SMART heartfelt Human
Why would a rock star want to teach?
I love the Nuthin' Fancy album!
What a sweet badass. The one and only original sweet badass. RVZ
Rip Ronnie Van Zant I've loved you and your music my when life. You are missed
I want to personally say THANK YOU SO MUCH, seriously from the bottom of my Rebel Rock lovin Heart for posting this 🙏 What a treat to listen "finally" to a RVZ one on one interview! It was really Great 💪😎👍!!
And "One More From The Road " did turn out to be a Masterpiece .......bet it became profitable too. Ronnie and the rest of the band were the best ever, period. We will always remember you , Fly on Free Bird
"eleven times I've been busted...eleven times I've been to jail....some of the times I've been there.. Lord...nobody would go my bail"... Ronnie Van Zant was a lyrical genius.
eh...wrong....that makes no sense....it's "go my bail"...aka....come up with bail money. Common phrase back then. Reminds me of Al Kooper mis-hearing Ronnie's lyric on "I Need You"...Kooper thought Ronnie was singing "I need you more than just a piece of leg" bwahaha...."it's piece of lay"...
actually now that I listen it's more likely he's singing "COULD go my bail".
It's "Throw" it's a saying that's widely used. Careful you know for sure before informing others and insisting to those who are correct that they're wrong.
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listen CantoneDeaf....here's RONNIE singing it live....18 seconds in...."nobody would-a-GO my bail".. Crissakes. believe what you want. Who the fuck are the Bownesions and what does that have to do with Skynyrd ? NADA BTW...they suck ass...hope you don't actually listen to that shit. ua-cam.com/video/kzsGWZvz5EQ/v-deo.html
One of the best writers ever.Great interview of this interesting talent.
Legend
I love hearing Ronnie talk...Thank you for posting this...RVZ!
I just love Ronnie n his band, they were always my most favorite band n they always will be !!! ♡
Lucy 05 Ronnie was a smart man and nobody knew that the guy was a genius
Lucy 05 . . Same here.
LS was easily one of the most retarded bands that ever existed. The best thing that ever happened to the music industry was when those idiots crashed.
John Parker WHY ARE YOU EVEN ON HERE,. FXXXING PUNK CREEP!! ROT IN HELL😠
Yes seriously like anybody who calls Lynyrd Skynyrd retarded basically has no concept of music whatsoever they were pioneers of southern rock get your head out of your ass man you’re probably one of those idiots who thinks New Age music is brilliant
Jacksonville, Florida's best, RIP RVZ!
Ronnie really sounds like the most sedate Southern gentleman. You wouldn't know he had a Jeckyl-and-Hyde disposition.
This band worked hard. And they did well for their children and grandchildren. That is good parenting skills if not any.
GREAT INTERVIEW OF RONNIE VAN ZANT!!!
Yessir Brother, we still remember you and will NEVER FORGET YOU ❤
Florida in the seventies. What a great interview of a leader and visionary.
The truest legend I've ever heard
Ronnie Van Zant was the General it was amazing just watching him taking stage and running his horses they will not be another the mold was broke
Thank you for your channel. I'm over 60 now but got blown away by this very very special band back when I was 16. Still get goosebumps and tears in my eyes everytime i listen to the music which just seems to be getting better as the years pass on by. I'd be a multi millionaire if i got a dollar for eveytime i played their magic. I'm in Australia so never blessed to see them live but great to read comments from the lucky folks who did. God bless them all for the pleasure they still provide us.
I'm in my 60s as well. It never fails that when 'Tuesday's Gone' or 'Freebird' or 'Simple Man' comes on the radio my eyes fill with tears. Something about the sentiment in the lyrics he wrote strikes so many men in the same place. Even for those who have never been able to live the simple, free life, it is something we all yearn for. I have been fortunate to have lived, mostly, as I chose my whole adult life. I'm not, and have never been wealthy, and I've never aspired to that, but I'm free.
Ronnie never wrote or sang a bad song...With Paul Roger's being his inspiration on how to sound, you can hear it in certain songs. Also you can tell how his voice matured and gained momentum. I'm a huge fan, and my Daddy had every Album...My Daddy was cool 😎 af.
And Ronnie pretty much managed that band like Sargent Carter...lol!
If you watch them you'll see how they play like a well oiled machine...When Steve Gaines and his sis joined, what a new exciting sound...Damn he could play that quitar...Ronnie was a happy Camper...I miss him...They are legend. And always will be...💯❤🎼🌠💋😇🎯
Ronnie believed that people wanted to hear it just like it was on the album - he didn't believe in improvisation - that's why they were so tight...
Ronnie, Duane, and the rest, Freebirds, Forever!
Ronnie and Steve was really clicking. If the plane crash didn't happen street survivors could have only been the start to something absolutely amazing. Watch the 1977 concerts you can just tell Ronnie was overwhelmed with pride in the band and with good reason.
Thanks for the post!! The original line up, is Gold 🎼🥇❣️ Very insightful interview 👏👏...🍺cheers🍺
One of my fav interviews with Ronnie. He is so chill and polite! 🤩
There’s no way this was 47 years ago 😢listening to this you would think it was just last year. RIP
I miss Ronnie but still remember him.😇➕
R.I.P. TO ALL THE FREEBIRDS, ONLY ROSSINGTON IS LEFT, AND HE HAS ASKED WHY AM I HERE AND THEY ARE GONE ? LORD I CAN'T CHANGE, COUSIN FIGEL
and Artimus...
Thanks for posting all these *unbiased* posts on Lynyrd Skynyrd the band that put the rock in Southern Rock!!! 🎙️🎹🎸🎤😁😁😁😁
How far they could've went god only knows
I know they went farther than anybody else ever did in the short years we had them
44 years this month Fly Proud Freebyrds
Great upload....thank you...really cool ... very informative....one of many top bands....cheers Ronnie and co for your humbleness...!
WOW........can you even imagine, and I'm talkin' about WAY BACK THEN during their earlier days, "getting boo'd in clubs" FOR PLAYING FREEBIRD!!!! Personally, I can't even comprehend that. Sure, the song was ran into the ground by radio over the years, but that's not the band's fault. But by the time it was receiving such extensive airplay over the radio, that was many years after the song was first wrote. Crazy. As a lifelong & highly seasoned guitarist/singer ( mostly lead )/blues harp stage performer of many years ( retired from the club scene of east/central Florida back in '02 ), I think many young guitarists today totally underestimate the guitar parts of the original Skynyrd band. Trust me, you can listen to many of their songs FOR DECADES, but if you listen VERY closely, and you desire to nail these parts note for note, you WILL discover things in those parts you never caught before. Believe it. Especially from Ed King, that man ( God rest his soul ) was HIGHLY underrated and VERY slick on guitar. Don't think so? I challenge you to sit down with a good system & headphones to give "Workin' for MCA" a re-listen. I don't care "how many times you've heard it before".......if you really try, you WILL hear some stunning guitar work with little nuances that are DAMN HARD to get right. I founded and/or joined quite a few bands over the decades, and each time we performed this tune, we had to improvise it. Sure, it sounded "pretty close" and the crowds always thought we did a great job with it.........but I knew better. I stumbled across a youtuber just the other day ( sorry I can't recall his ch name at the moment ) who met with Ed King personally, to get some guitar lessons on the more technical parts of many of their tunes, and he posted a video ( video posted before Ed King died I believe, but I just discovered it ) on how to PROPERLY play Ed King's parts in "Workin' for MCA"...........I was TOTALLY blown away.......and I consider myself a real stickler & perfectionist about playing guitar & performing on stage.......by golly, that gentleman in his video revealed the secrets of Ed King in that song..........things we could NEVER single out via the original recording. Of course 3 different guitar parts does make it more difficult to single out every little nuance......it's kinda weird, you can hear it all, but it's still SO hard to single out some of those licks & bends exactly as Ed King had done it. RIP Ed King. I will always regard you as THE most underrated American guitarist for any type of rock & roll. One last thing: the original Skynyrd lineup is the ONLY group I can think of who actually made 3 guitarists work, and work well. They are the golden exception, because I can't stand ANY band with "3 guitarists". They step all over each other usually. But not Skynyrd. Steve Gaines was perhaps the most talented of em all in Skynyrd, and it's a damned shame he came into the band only shortly before that fateful flight that ended this historic band. If only he could've joined them during those 2 full years that lacked Ed King, where only Allen & Gary had to make it work with only 2 guitars.
So many stars die in the skies or die from irrevocable pain. We just got to keep their spirits alive in us and the future.
Not living for Jesus
@Jimmy Neal this is true. Ronnie put his whole life in the hands of the Lord. This is why he got on the plane that crashed. He knew there was something greater guiding his life.
@@joleneloveland2942 You're reading too much into it. He was a wild man. A very talented wild man - heavy drinking, drugs and fighting. That is not putting his life in the hands of the Lord. He lived the life of musical geniuses and if not for the plane crash, most likely would have died the same way as the others of his time. Geniuses are not the guy next door. If they were, he would have been selling cars. Don't try to apply bland, average lives to them.
RIP Ronnie, Steve, Cassie and all of Lynyrd Skynyrd who touched us all! Remember WZZQ Jackson Mississippi! 102.9
Great hearing this.
Brilliant Man and a True Legend
Thanks for posting this. Such a shame. I'm still sad to this very day! I listen to at least one Skynyrd song a day. They are my biggest influence. My playing style (guitar) reflects that.
The man is a legend how i wish he was still around. I want to go rent the Air BnB where he grew up, this is on my bucket list.
Stars don't fade away they just grow bigger
RVZ - you jst hv to keep doing it, or the public will forget ya ~ oh Ronnie if you only knew, you cld hv slowed almost to a hault and look at it 40 yrs later
RiP ole friend ,,it was nice hearing you share these historic experiences .
I was there for all 3 nights at the Fox theatre! I was 15. One of the best concerts I have ever seen! ✌️🍑❤️
The Fox in Detroit?
@@wuwei6403 no in Atlanta
@@perijetton9275 cool! I know there are a bunch of them.
Thought I'd take a shot and see if you were from
"Sweet home Michigan"
Peace!
@@wuwei6403 my grandson lives in Grand Haven. I love picking blueberries up there. It’s beautiful. I’m all the way down in South Florida
@@perijetton9275 cool again! I lived in Jupiter for 10 years.
Also as i was just walking in house, the auto shop accross the way playing, sweet home Alabama!
Where are you F.L.?
R.I.P to a legend
Pronounced is great....Second Helping is fantastic.....but with the addition of Steve Gaines,,,,Street Survivors is my favorite.....great from beginning to end.
Gaines is not given enough credit. He revived their live act energy.
@@DexterHaven Yeah he took them to a whole nother level and that was just the start of it Would have been huge the next ten years and maybe southern rock wouldn't have faded out like it did
Paul Cowart Or the next album would’ve sucked, the band would have been at each other’s throats and went their separate ways...who the hell knows? Street Survivors exploded partly because the crash happened a few days after it was released. It added a mystique level to it and spotlighted it big time. Excellent album, but I still like the Ed King involved first three albums better. It’s all opinion. Greatest band ever in my opinion, but being from and sitting here right now in Jacksonville perhaps I’m biased.
@@dtmjax5612 , i loved Ed King, too. he was what they needed _then_ .
LS wouldnt have blipped the radar without him. he was the polish that made them palatable.
i would never have wanted to do without Ed.
but Steve was a different kind of special.
5 albums in and *NO ONE* but RVZ had ever sang lead.
on his 1st LS album he sang co-lead on one & solo lead on one.
RVZ used to say "one day LS will be in Steve Gaines' shadow"
I like fancy and bullets the best
Thank you Lynyrd Skynyrd for the pure joy you brought to my life. I will carry your music with me forever and even to the other side. Rock On Skynyrd Nation forever.
Love this, God bless Ronnie!
A GREAT TALENT!
Love ❤️ u Ronnie u we’re country as hell
Ronnie was so soft spoken ❤️
Sweet Home Alabama was actually written while the Pronounced album was still in post-production and wasn't even released yet. There are times Ronnie was so close to the music he really couldn't see the brilliance of what took place. think if Ronnie were alive today his impression of Nuthin' Fancy might be different ....that's a great album.
Wow one more from the road!!! Live at the fox!!! Love hearing him speak of its!!!
Too many try to pick a best Lynyard Skynyrd album or say one was not as good as the others, including Ronnie. IMO the original first 5 studio albums all are in the same category of great! All 5 had no bad song on them. Then there was the gift of First and Last and Legends that we all got after the plane crash. All 7 are great albums and all songs on them are great songs. There will never be another rock and roll band as good as Lynyard Skynyrd.
Ronnie Van Zant
I I Loved You Way Back Then ❤️
And Brother I Love and Miss
You even More Today!
REST IN PEACE ☮️
My home town hero..... R.i.p. Ronnie vanzant, fly on Freebird forever..........