And 48 years later Free Bird is still the guitar anthem gold standard...

This is the greatest live performance in all of history.

We lived for the weekend, 2 day summer festivals, and live concerts. 66 years old and still love the music. Listen every day.

I had the pleasure of seeing Lynyrd Skynyrd live in concert. One of the best concerts I ever went to.

Best southern rock band in history. The epitome of southern rock and all it brings. I will forever be a fan.

Back when you got more than your moneys worth at a live concert.

@1313jerry1313

3 жыл бұрын

Yep... Worth every penny of that $5.00 ticket.

@doulbledee9758

3 жыл бұрын

6.50 in 1976 when I saw them.

@susanfontaine5214

3 жыл бұрын

We had the VERY BEST MUSIC AND CONCERTS when I was young. Realize now how lucky I was. Will be 63 this year. Saw this band ( in different forms) several times.

@elizabethshow5105

3 жыл бұрын

Hell Yeah.!

@elizabethshow5105

3 жыл бұрын

Guys, welcome to a whole new section of American Rock.! This is Southern Rock... and If you like this one ( which was awesome!), try The bands - Molly Hatchet (Flirting with Disaster), Allman Bros-Whipping post, and ZZ Top -La Grange!

NO CELL PHONES! I was 16 in 1977, Best of times! Best Decade EVER! I'm from Atlanta, Ga. Southern Rock is our BLOODFLOW! Regret not getting to see Lynyrd Skynyrd in concert and I'm talking about the original band, Allen Collins Greatest Guitarist who ever lived!!

Model professionals. Absolute superstars, every single member.

I was 14 years old the first time I heard this song. I fell in love then and I’m still in love to this day. Lynyrd Skynyrd’s music will live on in my heart for the rest of my days. My favorite band of all time.

44 years ago.....Southern Rock was exploding in America!

@penderyn8794

3 жыл бұрын

Llewellyn* ... always a double L ! 😘😍

@lewellyncrunkmeyer1512

3 жыл бұрын

@@penderyn8794 Just call me Lew!

@carolespinoza8452

3 жыл бұрын

Guys this band is an iconic oldies but goodie great song guys.👍👍💕🎸🎸🎸🎸

I feel so fortunate to have grown up in the 60's and 70's ! So much fun watching you guys react to all the great music that was all around us back then. Thanks Dudes !!! ✌💖🌻😷🎶

@HughCorbyCruick

3 жыл бұрын

There’s something really nice about knowing your version of great music can be appreciated by later generations as well.

All those pretty ladies are grandma's now. Grandma had great music.

"Ass Kickin' Southern Rock"

@gingeroo5765

3 жыл бұрын

DAMN RIGHT! Guys- Remember about 1 month ago, I wrote a long comment that broke down the different sub-genres within the ROCK genre, and I said that “Southern (U.S) Rock” was one of them?? THIS is a PERFECT EXAMPLE of a Southern Rock band. In fact, Lynnard Skinnard is “THE” poster-band for Southern Rock. SOOO GLAD YOU ENJOYED IT!!(how could you not!?)😃😄😍🥰

@allenwooldridge3109

3 жыл бұрын

My T-shirt wore off in '79 planting trees on the Ore.coast. Got it in west Texas and wore it to and around the bay area in '75-'77. Lived in San Pablo across from the Golden Gate B. and Alcatraz island. Lol, those were the days.

@gayleeidson6724

3 жыл бұрын

YES, from Tennessee USA ❤️ !!!!

If kids see this nowadays ....it will take them a minute to clue in that those rockin people having a blast make the most awesome grandparents!

These were my friends...and now they are grandparents like me!! 😂🤣😂🤣

The studio version is good but this live version is at another level of one of the greatest bands and song played live in concert and being outside and not in a indoor concert . Knew you would love hearing and seeing them play live .

@kerridrury4240

2 жыл бұрын

Yes I agree completely

@pbwbrian53

2 жыл бұрын

The studio version is clean, this is nasty!

@rossstevenson6206

9 ай бұрын

@@pbwbrian53lol yes!

When you want to share a song from your generation as one who was living in this era, with someone in this time, this is the first song you play.

The cameraman was obviously more interested in all the girls up front.

@pommie5093

3 жыл бұрын

I know, it frustrates me every time I see this-show the fricking band, damn it

@aprildawn3186

3 жыл бұрын

I don't get why this one is requested so much. Imo,Knebworth is much better

@jacklewis5452

3 жыл бұрын

@@aprildawn3186 the intensity is way better here. the crown at Knebworth sucks.

@dannycasson1551

3 жыл бұрын

@@aprildawn3186 let’s do it!

@pommie5093

3 жыл бұрын

@@aprildawn3186 Exactly, this is the one I have suggested a few times, to this channel. It is the best I have ever seen as far as LS live. And there are multiple songs from that concert too.

Freebird is the Gold Standard by which ALL OTHER rock songs are judged. They all fall short.

The three guitarists are: Allan Collins- all white clothes Gary Rossington- all dark clothes Stevie Gaines- white shirt, dark pants, he was also killed on the plane crash. Greatest solo ever, written by Collins. I was fortunate enough to have seen them live several times, before and after the tragic plane crash.

"What the heck are we doing HERE, man"😂 We all feel ya. Haha!

this was just 3 or 4 months before the plane crash. the singer, and the guitarist with the red pants were killed in the accident along with 4 others including one of the background singers. we'll never know what might have been. check out their song - tuesday's gone, another classic.

@katriencornelis9730

3 жыл бұрын

awww

@johnbolin3325

3 жыл бұрын

October 20 1977 WORST DAY OF MY LIFE truly THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED they only had four years to show the world who the BIG DOGS were and they did ! They didn't use light shows , smoke , lasers , props you name it they didn't need it THEY WERE THE SHOW !!!!!!!!!! 💯🎸🎸🎸🎸✌️❤️😎

@DK-ed7be

3 жыл бұрын

@@johnbolin3325 Then just three months later we lost Terry Kath.

@johnbolin3325

3 жыл бұрын

@@DK-ed7be That's right brother and that was a terrible day also Kath truly one of the greats . I saw an interview with Hendrix I think it was on the Dick Cavitt show and he felt Terry was as good as they were . Party on Garth 😎

@marcieharreld286

3 жыл бұрын

One of the days that music died!!! Tragic loss to the music world that day!!😥😥😥😥

Allen Collins was mesmerising to watch perform live and fully in the moment. I love the way he calmly exchanges knowing glances with drummer & vocalist at about 6:50 here, before this thing kicks off proper. His guitar mastery, on full display here, is legendary!

Southern rock and roll rules!

I agree let's go back in time, music of another level. Your reaction listening to it is hilarious thank you guys I am 64 and i still have goosebumps when i hear Free Bird and so many other bands like Pink Floyd, Deep Purple the Allman Brothers, Grand Funk, Led Zeppelin and so many others.

When you went to these show you left exhausted & deaf for 2 days. Epic performance.

I loved this band.What an irreplaceable loss.It's hard to believe that energy could be lost......

From wikipedia - Lead vocalist/founding member Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist and vocalist Steve Gaines, backing vocalist Cassie Gaines (Steve's older sister), assistant road manager Dean Kilpatrick, pilot Walter McCreary and co-pilot William Gray all died as a result of the crash while twenty others survived.[5] The tragedy abruptly halted Lynyrd Skynyrd's career until Van Zant's brother Johnny reformed the band ten years later.

BroActions Excellent Adventure.

Saw them TWICE, BEST SHOWS EVER!! 😢😢🔥😍🎸🔥😍🎸🔥😍🎸🔥😍🎸

I only got to see this lineup one time (Anaheim Stadium, 1977.) The show also featured Ted Nugent, Foreigner, and REO Speedwagon, each band being at the peak of it's career. (Many bands are at their peak right out of the gate and it flattens out from there, including every band that I mentioned here, except for the classic, Ronnie Vant Zant led, Lynyrd Skynyrd Band.) The crowd pretty much mirrored this one. Suntanned babes and 50,000 plus people getting throttled by Lynyrd Skynyrd. What a day on the green this had to have been!

Allen Collins, Steve Gaines & Gary Rossington on guitar. Just ridiculously good.

@tommybryant4429

2 жыл бұрын

Don't forget Leon Wilkerson on Base

This was Southern rock at it's finest and I'm from the South. I saw them do this at Memorial Stadium in Charlotte, NC on July 13, 1974. It was Under the Stars festival. It featured a lineup of ZZ Top, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Rare Earth, Leon Russell, Elvin Bishop, and Billy Preston. That was about 12 hours of my life I would not trade for anything! Things were different then and this was the way we did concerts. They were a lot more fun.

"Gotta take a nap after that. "... kind of song😂❤The best live performance ever.😮

This was Southern Rock at its peak. I absolutely remember when this fist came out. Mind blowing. Free Bird was it, no other song even existed. Great reaction. Thanks for the memory wave. Peace.

I was there too such a beautiful day I sunburned myself into a third degree burn but it was fabulous 😃 ready for your reaction 👍

@nealblue6413

3 жыл бұрын

You the sunburned blonde who appears to have lost her top during the solo?

@susannebass5503

3 жыл бұрын

@@nealblue6413 well well well I'm blonde was on the shoulders of my boyfriend the girl you're referring to 😜😜😜

@jseedoubleu

3 жыл бұрын

Where were you sitting? Could you see the band well?

@susannebass5503

3 жыл бұрын

@@jseedoubleu I was standing n then sitting on my boyfriend shoulders and yes I'm that girl the blonde girl 💖 it was a 2 or 3 day festival SO MANY BANDS it was beautiful

@jseedoubleu

3 жыл бұрын

@@susannebass5503 OOOOOOOMG I feel like I'm meeting a celebrity lmao seriously you're one of my favorites from this video. I'm truly jealous you got to see them. Especially this show. By any chance how long did that burn last? Lol but for real that is so damn awesome.

just seeing your guys reaction, just makes me realize how lucky i was to see this band when i was growing up

Glad you enjoyed Skynyrd. Those were some great times to be alive for sure!

Billy Powell , the piano player, used to just be their roadie. He helped load, unload & set up all the equipment when they toured. They didn’t know he could play had no clue how good he was. One day they were messing around and Billy said he liked Freebird but he would play the intro a lot different if it was up to him. They asked him to show them what he had in mind and played this version. Needless to say he was fired from the crew and hired as the piano player in the band. True story & it comes from a documentary of the band. Here’s they are talking about it kzread.info/dash/bejne/eXuNydFypZa3m6g.html

hard to believe all those girls being shown are around 60 now.

@susannebass5503

3 жыл бұрын

Can I raise my hand? 62 an was there

@dannycasson1551

3 жыл бұрын

Ugh...that one hurt!

@DianaJG8

3 жыл бұрын

@@susannebass5503 - Hi!! 64 here, creeping up on 65! 🤪

@theblackcat5416

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, 60 on the nose ! Such a great time !

@Tuesdays_Gone

3 жыл бұрын

@@susannebass5503, wow! You really were there! That is SO cool.

I love coming back to this concert footage again, and again. It makes me feel reminiscent of my youth and all the great concerts I have been to. Even though there is a tragic story that holds their fate, theres a great party happening, and everyone is into the music, and no one has any cares in the world. Timeless.❤

@ramonaalvarez7559

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Girl .. Right .. I can't even tell you how many times I've watched this & I still feel the way George & Patrick felt watching it just now. It never ever gets old .. one of the best live performances of the 70's .. imho. So happy they got around to it finally!!!! Stay safe & well Lisa 💞🤘🏼

@lisamorrison2149

3 жыл бұрын

@@ramonaalvarez7559 Hey!! Yeah, just love this video. You stay safe and take care, too!😊

@ramonaalvarez7559

3 жыл бұрын

@@lisamorrison2149 🥰

@kperry2504

3 жыл бұрын

Great memories! Great times! :)

@ramonaalvarez7559

3 жыл бұрын

@@kperry2504 Don't Cha know it .. 😊

Three world class guitars in perfect synchronization

How cool is it to see two brothers from Georgia (between Europe & Asia) watching Lynyrd Skynard in 1977? The ultimate Southern Rock anthem. George & Patrick bring me joy.

There will never be another band like this band. Still breaks my heart thinking about that plane crash

Thanks guys

@broaction5343

3 жыл бұрын

Our pleasure!

i got emotional at the shots of the crowd. those days of festival seating concerts were fantastic. you basically spread out a blanket on the stadium field and watch band after band all day leading up to the headliner(s) to end the day. it was a very communal experience....and hot chicks everywhere as you saw! if i must be 60 years old this year at least i have those memories in my brain.

Just absolute masters at work. It is one of the rare live amazing performances.

So glad I was born when I was,but glad you got to enjoy it too.Thank you.

I was 27 in southern California. Wild times. A lot of the 60s really happened in the 70s too...😎 skin showing everywhere and without the clutter of tattoos 🤔

When the sunbaked ppl come to life something is a brewing.....not just one or two guitars but three simultaneously 👏👏👏😁

Dude, storm is coming!! Love you guys!

Speaking of 38 Special.... "Wild Eyed Southern Boys" "Chain Lightning" "Hold On Loosely" "Rockin' Into The Night" "Caught Up In You" "Fantasy Girl"... Can't go wrong with any of these.

@80srocker67

3 жыл бұрын

38 special was one of the Van Zant boys band.

@2869may

3 жыл бұрын

@@80srocker67 Awesome.....! Totally Awesome....!!!!

@80srocker67

3 жыл бұрын

@@2869may 38 Special is Donnie Van Zant band.

@2869may

3 жыл бұрын

@@80srocker67 Right, I'm aware of that. my comment was in reference to your pic... Spicoli.

@80srocker67

3 жыл бұрын

@@2869may oh ok man!!! Sorry for the confusion on my part.

From Texas over to the Carolinas... From VA down to FL - southern rock is still part of life. A masterpiece

Most of the people in the crowd are grandparents and in their 60's now. I know because I was 17 back in 1977 and I was there at this Day On The Green. Still have my ticket stub. Oh my goodness your reaction was the best. You made me laugh, rock out and feel like I did on that day. Loved "my brain is like mash potatoes".... Lol Good times!

Concerts were so much more fun back then. No assigned seating, you just were able to roam and sit where you wanted or stand up close. Lynyrd Skynyrd was fantastic to see. This was a day on the Green in Oakland, California. I was 17 years old when they played here. You need to hear more of their songs, there are so many more great ones. "Simple Man", "Travelin Man", Tuesday's Gone", "Sweet Home Alabama", "Give me Three Steps", "Whisky Rock-a-Roller", "Double Trouble", "Cry for the Bad Man" just to name a few.

Absolutely exhausting...but I was there....wow...yall made me feel 17 again...thank you.

Love this song guys 😃🤘

Wow!!!! Back when true raw talent was alive for most artists late 60s & all 70s

If you thought this one was intense, watch them do this live in Knebworth, England! Even better & you get to see much more of Allen doing the solo...plus it's even longer! You've got to check it out!

@stevebandit1964

Жыл бұрын

Yep, it's epic, they were supporting the ' Rolling Stones ' .. 👍

@christinelindsey2761

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely! Knebworth was way better. Their best in my opinion. And this Oakland performance was awesome! But Knebworth is a must watch!

Thought their guitars were gonna fly into outer space, Lol, greatness

They were the opening act at this concert. Unbelievable! Main act was Peter Frampton.

@lisamorrison2149

3 жыл бұрын

That must have been awesome!

@michaelhowell7275

3 жыл бұрын

And Reo speedwagon in chicago.

@obbor4

3 жыл бұрын

@@michaelhowell7275 REO was a top flight live act, in those days. They could hold their own, and often slay, the best of them. I've seen it with my own two eyes. Gary Richrath was a beast!!

@michaelhowell7275

3 жыл бұрын

@@obbor4 love REO at that time. You get what you played for was my first album I bought.

@obbor4

3 жыл бұрын

@@michaelhowell7275 That was the album from the very same tour. A great album from cover to cover.

Imagine going to an all day and night rock concert in 1977 and these guys were the opening act! I was there, man. And it was incredible! Notice that the lead singer was wearing a Neil Young "Tonight's the Night" t shirt on. People think that Lynyrd Skynyrd were in a feud with Neil Young over his songs "Alabama" and "Southern Man" and that their song "Sweet Home Alabama" was a swipe at Neil Young. Young's songs were against Southern racism that still existed in the 1970s (and still does today). Lynyrd Skynyrd's response was that they were not racist (despite the Confederate flag displayed on stage) and that they loved Neil Young.

@lisayoung5957

Ай бұрын

He was buried in his Neil Young shirt just a few months later. Hat, barefoot, with his fishing pole.

Soldier Field Chicago July 10th 1977 Super Bowl of Rock. Watching this video made me feel like I was there all over again. Thank so much guys. The women, heat, weed, and alcohol ( it was byob as much as you could carry in only no glass containers )permeated a sold out stadium of 80,000. Sadly only 3 months later we lost Ronnie, Steve, and Cassie to a plane crash in Mississippi.

I probably would give anything for a chance to go back in time for to be part of that happy crowd, that sunny 70s afternoon...

When Lynyrd Skynyrd first started they practiced atleast eight hours a day. RVS "the lead singer and boss" demanded perfection and as you can tell they all were masters of their instruments. No band back then or today could out perform them on stage. Go check out Knebworth 76 the Stones was playing after LS took them over six hours to take the stage after LS burned it up

"More is better." Truer words was never spoke.

My favorite live performance. Incredible, every time I hear it.

The 70's WERE just that awesome, we were wild and free and full of love.

Now THAT was a concert!

Awesome reaction!!!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

You can see more guitar in the concert in England. Even though I'd be far from home I wouldn't want to leave. There must be a hell uva band in Heaven.

If y’all would do a solid month of “Southern Rock”; you’ll never be the same after. Thanks for another great reaction.

I knew these guys, awesome human beings.

Yes we still remember you Ronnie

I LOVE the sound of pianos, violin, and cellos in rock songs.. I think rock bands miss out sometimes by not using them more, or at least sparingly. It just gives rock songs that special extra when used right.

This ist the real best solo guitar of the history of the music.....thast incredible congratulations...dude

Yes Ronnie we still remember you...

Never I have seen this live, or any about Lynyrd Skynyrd - I only now Sweet Home Alabama, and his history. This is incredible, amazing. I don't now tht they was so goods

Absolutely STELLAR live performance!!! Been awhile since I've watched that footage and I'd honestly forgotten what an amazing performance that was! That's exactly why I love reaction channels. It's as close as you can get to experiencing it for yourself for the first time again. These guys and Andy and Alex are some of the most sincere.

@matthewdrake4385

3 жыл бұрын

Jamal aka Jamel too

*"Simply::The B E S T !>♡¡"*

One of the greatest live bands ever. This performance in an open air stadium with early 70's equipment and it sounds better than in the studio. Incredible band. This is just a few months before the crash. the annoying crowd cuts is because the camera filming the stage at those times went to shit

Hi guys this performance was extraordinary a once in a lifetime performance great reaction

Wow, wow!! That is a pretty amazing concert - these guitar solos - mind blowing. Lynyrd Skynyrd were a fabulous band with some fantastic songs and Free Bird is one of my favourites. I know tragic things happened to them and you just wonder what they would have achieved if the members of the band had survived the crash. It's such a shame, but we still have footage of this brilliant concert and others, and that's something, and the legacy of their wonderful songs. By the way, guys, just a quick mention of a Led Zeppelin song that I've been playing quite a lot recently and you don't hear it mentioned as often as some others - it's Boogie With Stu and it is so good! When you listen to it you can tell they are having a great time playing it and the boogie piano is played by Ian Stewart, I think he was the player on Rock and Roll. Anyway, it's a great song to dance to and a real feel good one! Hope you react to it some time! Great reaction, guys, thanks.

FINALLY got to this .. Now y'all are much better dudes after witnessing this .. LOL!!! I can't even tell you how many times I've watched this & I still feel the way y'all just did .. srsly!! AND now u understand why I told my sis nobody stops the Free Bird song in my car B4 the end OR their shoes hit the pavement. One of the best live performances of the 70's I know of & possibly the best. I'm so happy y'all reacted to this today .. THANK YOU BOTH!! What awesome reactions .. priceless even. When u listen again .. & I KNOW you will .. just B4 they pick up speed bout 1/2 way ..listen to the crowd .. they know what's coming. They absolutely ripped those guitars .. each one of them YES!!! SO now you still have other links I've sent u .. may want to check another one of those live performances .. say Janis Joplin .. js 😉 B safe & well .. peace out .. luv this🤘🏼✌🏼💓

The smiles that cross the faces of those who react to this when the solo starts.... Every reaction video, it's the same. It's like magic nobody can resist.

It was awesome being you boys’s age at this time! Didn’t need to jump into the screen. I was there.

A JOURNEY. Like no other!!!

The live at Knebworth in 1976 was even better

💯 There's nothing like Southern Rock! 🔥 LYNYRD SKYNYRD was so tight! Their music can not/must not/will not die! We SERIOUSLY rocked out back then, bros, you know!? For another amazing in concert video, check out Metallica "Enter Sandman" (Live-in Moscow!)! 🤘

“My brain is like potato man. Mashed potato.” OMG! So funny! 🤣🤣🤣 Can you imagine what it would have been like to actually BE THERE? 🥰

haha mash potato brain!!!! thats right!!! SKYNYRD greatest band of all time in my opinion!!! im 57 saw them live in DC in 1976!! i can still remember it like it was yesterday!!! check out the live at knebworth performancs in this show you can see the whole concert it will blow you away to see them do a whole concert!!! you think you have potato brain now after one song wait untill you see a whole concert!!!! you will be a zombie for a week!!!!! enjoy bros

We saw them in 1977 a few months before the terrible plane crash. I was 17. We were a little late for the concert because the cops pulled us over on the way. We had the top down and we were all drinking beer! When we got to the concert someone already threw up on my seat. That's how it was back then! Great times!

Oh, well it looks like you found the live version. Awesome. And remember, live, with auto-tune literally decades away. And thats how you close out a concert! Am so glad you have experienced this. When the experience exceeds the words you have, yeah, now you're gettin' it.

Glad you reacted to this live performance! Totally agree about Billy Powell's piano playing and keyboardists in general. How about Leon Wilkerson on the bass and shirtless Artemis Pyle holdin'it together on drums. I get real nostalgic watching this, although I wasn't at this concert, but saw them in Florida. I can almost feel my sun baked skin, how hot my long hair down my back felt. My girlfriends and I would wind our way through the crowd to get to the front, which wasn't easy and took forever, but man it was worth it.

It was fun to hear this when I was 14 yrs old.❤😂

"My brain is like mashed potatoes!" Yep!!! 😛😃

My favorite band EVER. AMAZING!!

You guys are so cute. Glad you enjoyed Freebird as much as me.

A must tell story...there is another concert footage, sorry, forgot the location. LS was opening for The Stones. Mich Jaggar gave the “Order” to stay off the front-tongue of the stage, that was for him. During the guitar solo, Ronnie called all guitar players to the tongue and they jammed it out while stomping all over the tongue. LS out-played the Stones!

I saw them back in 1976 on this tour this song. I have been going to their concerts ever since.