Lynyrd Skynyrd - Freebird - 7/2/1977 - Oakland Coliseum Stadium (Official)
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Lynyrd Skynyrd - Freebird
Recorded Live: 7/2/1977 - Oakland Coliseum Stadium - Oakland, CA
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Personnel:
Ronnie Van Zant - vocals
Allen Collins - guitar
Gary Rossington - guitar
Steve Gaines - guitar
Artimus Pyle - drums
Leon Wilkeson - bass
Billy Powell - piano
Cassie Gaines - vocals
Jo Billingsley - vocals
Leslie Hawkins - vocals
Summary:
Just three and a half months before the fateful plane crash that killed Skynyrd members Steve Gaines, his sister, backing vocalist Cassie Gaines (of the Honkettes), and lead vocalist Ronnie Van Zandt, Lynyrd Skynyrd played this 4th of July weekend program in Oakland.
While this is only a partial recording of the show, two of the three songs are probably the ones you would skip to anyway: "Sweet Home Alabama" and the legendary closing track that has inspired legions of concert-going yokels to make millions of ironic requests over the years, "Free Bird." The first track is an excerpt of a standard Skynyrd live show cover, Jimmie Rodgers' "T for Texas" The guys take six minutes to stretch their legs on this version of "Sweet Home Alabama." The song had been released three years prior as a response song to the Neil Young numbers "Southern Man" and "Alabama," which were both critical of southern politics. Ironically, by some reports, Van Zant was wearing a Neil Young t-shirt at the time of this performance.
The show is closed with "Free Bird," which by many fans' estimations is only rivaled by Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" as the most epic closing song in rock history. Allen Collins handles most of the five-minute solo, while Gary Rossington plays the "bird-chirp" guitar parts, which are not on the original recording, as well as the slide work on the opening riffs. Billy Powell also plays a masterful piano solo that is unique to the live show.
While Lynyrd Skynyrd would release the multi-platinum Street Survivors in October of 1977, the band's structure would be fundamentally devastated by the crash of their private Convair 240 that took the lives of three members, as well as the pilots and assistant road manager Dean Kilpatrick, and terribly injured every other member, except for Honkette, JoJo Billingsley, who was at home with her children and had reportedly begged the band to quit using the plane after dreaming of such a crash.
From the ashes of this Skynyrd incarnation, Van Zant's younger brother, Johnny, stepped in and made Lynyrd Skynyrd a popular band once more when they reformed in 1987. Lynyrd Skynyrd is planning to release an unearthed recording of pre-plane crash Skynyrd in 2009.
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I'm 95 years old and about to fly free. I Remember this like it was yesterday. Thank you for the memories.
@billly8633
2 жыл бұрын
God bless!
@alexanderwells9151
2 жыл бұрын
god bless america! 😁
@xxrandmlinksxxbruh2419
2 жыл бұрын
You’re not 95
@stevef1525
2 жыл бұрын
Be happy you heard it brother
@user-ex5jr5to6q
2 жыл бұрын
We'll all meet in that journey soon enough. God speed to you and I'll see you there tomorrow.
RIP Gary Rossington. Haunting to know all the guys on the front of that stage, hair flowing in the wind, in their prime are now all freebirds. Thanks for all the great music.
@strandalx
Жыл бұрын
That's not how he died... it was a heartattack
@troylovette6911
Жыл бұрын
@@strandalx what he’s saying is everyone at the front of the stage all 3 guitar players, the bass player, and singer are all gone now… not hard to understand if you take more than 3 seconds to read what he said. The only memeber still alive in this lineup is the drummer.
@charleymcmahon265
Жыл бұрын
@@troylovette6911 yeah, that comment actually made me cry, and i don't cry. i saw this stadium show in 76 at RFK. was fucking spiritual. dreary day, they came out for an encore and the sky opened up and the sun shown threw was magical....spiritual...
@willywonkalol2433
Жыл бұрын
RIP indeed. The Free Bird flies on in Rock and Roll heaven.
@samuelvelez1643
Жыл бұрын
@@troylovette6911 Artemus Pyle
I was there!! 20 years old, 67 and still listening to Lynyrd Skynyrd
@Maxibaluco
13 күн бұрын
how wild was it?!?!
@jimmyboyles2868
7 күн бұрын
Be happy you grew up when you did.
@jamesbarnes7045
4 күн бұрын
Must have been The most awesome experience ever
@JeffreyJackson-dream75
3 күн бұрын
God DAMN THEY THREW DOWN BABY. DAMNNNNNN❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
@JeffreyJackson-dream75
3 күн бұрын
Complete insanity 🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤❤
A lot of you are alive today because of that concert that night. Don’t forget that.
@BrigitaMencigarJb29m
Ай бұрын
🤭
@searching4adventure85
Ай бұрын
A lot of babies were aborted after this concert, too. Don't forget that.
@ladycop4200
Ай бұрын
@@searching4adventure85really!!
@ladycop4200
Ай бұрын
@@searching4adventure85explain to your grandmother tit$ie baby!!
@Scratchingforcash
20 күн бұрын
@@searching4adventure85no they weren’t. Get real
I was at that concert in '77. Now I'm 67 and it seems like yesterday. Thanks for the memories and fly high Free Birds.
@Scorpiobw
6 ай бұрын
My Dad was at this concert. He’s 66.. I wasn’t born until well into the 80s but one thing I’ll always carry with me is my Dads taste in music. Several Skynyrds songs never leave my playlist.
@Robert-iw5gq
6 ай бұрын
Me to
@kevingarry11
6 ай бұрын
You were actually there?cool i bet it was amazing 🎸
@akhaotic
6 ай бұрын
@@Scorpiobwmy dad was exactly the same. a lot of nostalgia in songs like this for me as i’m sure it’s the same for you. i was born in 2000 but my dad was born in ‘64. i’m so glad he showed me real music that was made from a deep place inside. stuff like this is very hard to find today, damn near impossible. same goes for concerts. the last great one in my opinion was woodstock ‘99.
@nathannoskey4324
6 ай бұрын
@@Scorpiobwthat’s right
This footage is an historical treasure for the ages
@stevenday9687
Ай бұрын
Concerts today are nothing like this.
@edwardhassick5768
Ай бұрын
Amazing is quite the understatement @@stevenday9687
@user-ym4xy6us5e
25 күн бұрын
@@stevenday9687 Imagine seeing attractive young women in the front row. Nah, that's crazy.
@stevenday9687
25 күн бұрын
@@user-ym4xy6us5e what’s crazy about that?
@omnomaly7458
23 күн бұрын
@@user-ym4xy6us5e Go to a Sleep Token show and you'll see em
All bands make music. Some bands make history
@manigholami3649
Ай бұрын
You saying…🔥
@M1SFT_Gort.Official
Ай бұрын
@@manigholami3649real
On the seventh day, God gave us the all mighty LYNYRD SKYNYRD!!! 🤘🏻🇺🇸
Every original member of this band has passed away. However, their music, and this performance, will live forever.
@benoreskovich1721
4 ай бұрын
I believe Artimus Pyle is still with us.
@guedra1
4 ай бұрын
They lived in a greater time
@RightProud
3 ай бұрын
Artimus isn’t an original member. Bob Burns is the original drummer.
@MenachemRosi
3 ай бұрын
Not sure if thats true with forever, you know, we are right at the begin of going through an anti-Christian age and its unknown of what will remain after that. God bless
@torgejh9189
3 ай бұрын
@@MenachemRosiOh hell please stop, religion has nothing to do with this whatsoever. It's about the music and nothing else.
I can't believe how hot everyone's grandmas are
@honestabe5153
4 жыл бұрын
Same they are beautiful
@1pcfred
4 жыл бұрын
The whole world was a beautiful place in the 70s.
@saintroddy
4 жыл бұрын
Take the like, and then leave.
@hunterburk
4 жыл бұрын
It was before processed junk food. Everyone was skinny.
@annecyphers1492
4 жыл бұрын
Yes, it looks awfully hot, doesn't it?
I am a Japanese high school student and I am listening now from Japan. It was very impressive and influenced my music life. Sorry for my bad English.
@KittyGrizGriz
Ай бұрын
You sound just fine to me, I could understand you perfectly, love the music too. This was the year I graduated HS ‘77 in Oklahoma 🇺🇸. 🇯🇵Peace be with You🇯🇵 😉
@paulleslie5855
Ай бұрын
Hey mate you don’t need to be proficient in any language to be absorbed by this music. It spoke of a time that was troubled by despite the troubles of the day there was some fantastic people and this group was a standout.
@wokeupandsmellthecoffee214
Ай бұрын
Your English is perfect. I was 16 in 1977 and love rock music. Peace to you and Japan from the UK.
@irvingr.fatback886
Ай бұрын
Cancel the call. Old Crow wishes fervently.
@davidcouch6514
Ай бұрын
You speak better English than I does!
I'm 65 years old and seeing this reminds me of when I was there when they came to our city! I was 17 and my friends and I were at the edge of the stage and the real thrill was, as they left the stage the 3 guitarists came over and shook our hands!!! I was hated by all my black friends because I was loving this white rock group, but I ignored them and so glad I didn't listen. Thank you so much for this beautiful, great memory!!!💯🎶🎵❤️❤️🐟
@maxspeed57
Ай бұрын
Love the music and ignore the hate. I'm 66 and wish I could have seen them live. And yes, THEY HAD 3 Guitarists that made their music f***ing crazy good!!!!
@user-wg3wj6ur9z
Ай бұрын
Music is an international language that doe snot see race, or anything like that. Just feelings on the inside.
@Alice_Long
27 күн бұрын
That is a cool memory!
@kdevinturner8778
2 күн бұрын
Good move.
@CassandraD-go8gl
2 күн бұрын
@@maxspeed57 it was a great memory and the only thing that flag meant was the flag of The South! I'll always cherish shaking their hands 🇺🇸🥰🐟
KZread is so wrong for cutting this song in half for a commercial. They don’t realize what a masterpiece this song is!
@bellasinister5743
Жыл бұрын
Two words: Ad Blocker For YT alone it is heavenly to not have ads.
@paLm22
Жыл бұрын
Premium you cheap skate
@EM-fd8xe
Жыл бұрын
I also wish whoever filmed it kept his camera on the band and not the audience.
@youngkim3000
Жыл бұрын
@@paLm22 I agree. 11.99 a month is nothing, makes life a lot better.
@scotty7663
Жыл бұрын
Ad Blocker, haven't seen an ad in years.
Yesterday I watched my Mom tell my Dad goodbye by for the last time. They loved music and going to concerts so I asked the medical staff if it was ok to turn on music. They approved so I started 70’s rock station on pandora. This was the first song to play and as soon my mom heard the song she looked up and said this was our song when we first started to date back in the 70’s. They removed life support at that time and my dad passed as the song ended. What a moment to experience. Freebird will be forever etched in my heart 🥺🤘🏽❤️
@calvinbutler1919
Жыл бұрын
Bro reading your comment gave me goosebumps. So sad but what a legendary way to go out! 😭❤️🤟
@freebirdtony
Жыл бұрын
That is powerful Antonio, and although it took place during a very emotionally sad moment, that was beautiful. I've requested an informal laid-back gathering for my funeral, and with that request I have also asked for this live version of "Free Bird" to be played in closing. Btw, I'm also Antonio. Just know that your Father is in eternal peace with the love of our dear Lord. Many blessings to you, your Mother and the rest of your family.
@Blortism
Жыл бұрын
Free bird.
@bobbalmer5641
Жыл бұрын
Peace be with you and your mom
@thebemisman1605
Жыл бұрын
I’m sorry for your loss, your dad sounds great
Ronnie Van Zant was absolutely amazing for this song. I am still devastated by the plane crash.
@DebbieCraig-lz8zg
2 ай бұрын
We all are..
@luchorios5663
Ай бұрын
its still never really set in.....what a loss!!!.... RIP... all of them
@horrorcastles
Ай бұрын
RIP
@greendayandnirvanafan
Ай бұрын
yeah to bad the lead guitarist got into drugs too
72 here; these were the days my friends. This song is simply a poetic jewel among all of our old songs from the late 60s through the 70s. This is when talent included haunting melodies, remarkable lyrics played with unmatched instrumental and vocal talent. Nothing compares to all the bands back in these days.
@yamforlife
Ай бұрын
100 % correct!!!!!!!
That moment, when you realize your grandparents were cooler than you will ever be. 😂❤❤❤
@lucygardner5666
10 ай бұрын
Yeah!
@dankmazzi2376
10 ай бұрын
Exactly 💯 and I am .Rock on dude's ✌
@heikehinze7077
10 ай бұрын
Die original Bandmitglieder sind alle Free Birds. RIP
@DreamOn510
9 ай бұрын
Thanks 👍
@wayofthesamurai90
8 ай бұрын
The moment you realize the world we now live in is terribly f*cked
It seems so hard to believe that a world like this could even exist. What an amazing time in history.
@edensgardenhouseseedcompan8547
Жыл бұрын
Yes it was!! I was there I was 16 in 1977 It was a Hot Day Tons of Ladies and everyone was having a good time !! I still have My Ticket Stub and I even got a Guitar Picks from Steve,Allan and GAry I still have them also ...
@michaelhendricks8421
Жыл бұрын
I was there." Day on the Green"
@timlisa2003
Жыл бұрын
I love this video. Y’all are lucky to have been there
@jacquelinefox2632
Жыл бұрын
Before Drumpf or after?
@rileymilovich
Жыл бұрын
We have lost so much since then.
I'm 81. Just watched it again! DAMN! SUCH AN INCREDIBLE TIME!❤❤❤ Fly FREE!💥
@walkthelonesomeroad1792
Ай бұрын
You guys were the last cool generation.
@JohnMoore-xf5wy
23 күн бұрын
@@walkthelonesomeroad1792 It was good.
@ChuckRHG
23 күн бұрын
God may bless you
@Scratchingforcash
20 күн бұрын
No 81 year old uses KZread. Stop lying, my god you need likes that bad?
@JohnMoore-xf5wy
20 күн бұрын
@@Scratchingforcash 🤣😅🤪 Kid, I've been online since BEFORE there was an Internet. 1981. BYE! 🙄
Crazy to think that those 70's honeys in the audience are now grandmothers and great grandmothers now. I was 10 year old in August of 1977 myself and I sure do miss that era. Less complicated in many ways....just more laid back man. I may have been a kid but I remember very well what that era was like.
@MichaelBrown-zp1sf
12 күн бұрын
My thoughts exactly.
@Ramadhan2024-wn3sb
8 күн бұрын
era of non pride shiit
@MrMitchell73
5 күн бұрын
Hard to believe that Elvis and the heart and soul of LS died in 1977, only a few months apart. Explains why my mom was crying all the time back then.
@robertgreenleaf3647
Күн бұрын
Yeah you know what they might have conceived their children at this concert maybe you never know😂
I couldn't believe it when I saw this. I was there with my best bud Mark. Up near the fence. Almost didn't go because I was asked to work that Saturday. Called in sick and went anyway. A few month later the plane crashed. A couple of years later Mark was killed by a drunk driver. It is absolutely true when you get older your real regrets are for what you didn't do. SOOOO glad I blew off work to see this. So glad this is available. Can't watch without tearing up because it brings back so many great memories. Good times!!!
@arlstarlst7733
4 ай бұрын
Iucky, lucky you.!!!
@dirtyd1768
4 ай бұрын
RIP Mark.
@cindyhamilton3774
4 ай бұрын
This song reminds me of my daddy, he was a Vietnam Vet and listened to this music all the time. I am 52 and still listen to it!!!
@AlyRaeKY
4 ай бұрын
❤🙏🇺🇸
@ciararespect4296
3 ай бұрын
@@AlyRaeKY🇻🇳
Rest in Peace, Gary Rossington, Ronnie Van Zant, Allen Collins, Larry Junstrom, Bob Burns, Leon Wilkeson, Billy Powell, Ed King, Steve Gaines, Cassie Gaines. Gone but not forgotten.
@loboblue5441
8 ай бұрын
Hard to believe they're all gone😢😢😢
@davidez5322
8 ай бұрын
Excellent song
@thomasshook1028
8 ай бұрын
Yeah, but Ronnie, Van Zandt, Steve, Gaines and Cassie Gaines should have remembered the first three that died in the accident. They should always come first when mentioning what happened to the greatest southern rock band ever.
@thomasshook1028
8 ай бұрын
They will never be forgotten and that comes from someone who was at this show in Oakland, California and I’m from the Bay Area town called gilroy.
@michaelmaclean698
8 ай бұрын
I remember the show in Philly @ JFK stadium, now gone
We’ll never have the privilege to get music like this again. Everyone just having a great time- the way America used to be
@celianelson3786
Ай бұрын
Amen
@celianelson3786
Ай бұрын
So glad I grew up when I did, I was a Teenager in the 70s turned 16 Bicentennial Yr.. Great Music! Great People, Great time! Great Parties!!
@maxspeed57
Ай бұрын
We can have the privilege to hear music like this again and have that feeling of togetherness if we all stopped hating and started loving. Rock on and spread the love.
@Ramadhan2024-wn3sb
8 күн бұрын
now we have pride month
The 70's was a magical time.....life was alot simpler.....god bless
@allancerf9038
14 күн бұрын
And thank god it was - simpler...
@kerrynight3271
Күн бұрын
Inflation was double what it is now, but I don't remember people whining about it the way they do now. We were definitely happier back then. We actually wanted to love one another.
@allancerf9038
Күн бұрын
@@kerrynight3271 You fool. You don't even lie well. It was 9%, not 34%
So tragic and sad that just over three months later, the plane went down and ended Skynyd. Makes you wonder what else they would have given us. Truly a magical band that still sells their original albums. RIP to all founding members.
@janetprice85
Жыл бұрын
I remember that. Our local Channel 4 reporter went out to the crash site and cried as he reported it. They were local boys.
@douglaschristine8387
Жыл бұрын
@@janetprice85 yeah Janet, I cried too. I worked at Mercedes Benz and I'd listen to the radios while working on them. At first it seemed surreal and when he started saying their names it hit me. I read stories about that plane and Aerosmith turned down flying in it , so it was a stupid decision to take the chance that forever changed a lot of peoples lives. One thing is I get to play their music on my guitar. Peace always.
@truescotsman4103
Жыл бұрын
They're still touring. The spirit of Skynard lives on in the current band. They're as tight as ever. They still live for all the right reasons. They're some of the realest people that exist on the earth.
@maryesposito2938
Жыл бұрын
There's a documentary with 3 of the remaining band members. It's awesome, it's hysterical, it's emotional. Find it!
@tonydiesel3444
Жыл бұрын
Probably a psyop death fakers turn into other people the people on the stage are gender inverted
I still say this is the ultimate southern rock song. Starts off as a soulful ballad, then shifts into a hard-driving rock anthem.
@michaelsalchemy3131
Жыл бұрын
Yes yes so true, Free Bird is soulfull yet so driven in youthfull splendor with symphomic rock Harmonies as this Majestic piece defies time Expresses love and creates inphinite Joy.
@roderickholcombe1974
Жыл бұрын
I'm from Georgia growing up in the South as A black man. This song and this group represents the South. I know my history. But it was still black and white people who built this country. May not agreed on a lot of things, but shit got done! Meanwhile, Lynard Skynard band was not politicians, they were a band that if you like "MUSIC," THEY PLAYED IT. THANK YOU SKYNARD BAND FOR ALL OF YOUR GOOD MUSIC. WHICH IS STILL IN MY SOUL!! SOUTHERN BORN AND SOUTHERN FED,I'LL BE SOUTHERN TIL IM DEAD!! A FAN!!! 👍✌️👊
@Lilsushi352
Жыл бұрын
meh, florida georgia line is better
@sh0ulderh0pper4
Жыл бұрын
These 11 minutes right there are the peak of our human civilization.
@johnnyLwhatTheHell
Жыл бұрын
@@Lilsushi352 🤣🤣🤣🤣good one
I paused the video to look at a group of beautiful young women. They would have been my same age at this show. I think of how each of the turned out and how their lives went. The older I get the more nostalgic I get listening to these great old songs. I was in tears watching and listening to this video thinking back to those days and the summer times that were beyond belief and how I thought they would last forever. I miss being young. I wouldn’t want to be young with todays trash music. We had it great. The best music in history.
@susanneklier
25 күн бұрын
absolutley true !
@kvl505
25 күн бұрын
same here...
@Ryan-vg4wn
24 күн бұрын
'with today's trash music,' (ps there's way more music today, just like this - you gotta search for it, it wont find you) I wonder how many old, out of touch losers were saying this to the concert goers in the video? Lots 😂 Same thing happens today. In the future, young people today will be saying what you did 😂
@FMP-ze6rm
24 күн бұрын
@Ryan-vg4wn "old out of touch losers" So ungracious.
@Ryan-vg4wn
23 күн бұрын
@@FMP-ze6rm why does this person deserve my grace
Despite all of our division, anger, and problems in our country.... let us all agree upon the guitar solo of FREEBIRD ...God bless America
The human race will never be this cool again for all of eternity. Nothing could even come close to this.
@SULLYtheSojourner
4 ай бұрын
You must not know about heaven? It will be way cooler!🎉
@pretread
4 ай бұрын
YES
@user-wp7rg7rn5r
4 ай бұрын
Ya be young again no more pain dance in the warm rain god bless you all❤ papa c
@callmellc4524
4 ай бұрын
wish i could be in that time
@macsaints10
4 ай бұрын
Music could do it but so much hidden Evil; some right in our faces
My husband just died of cancer. He was 63. I'm 52. He played this for me a month before he died. This is my first time listening to it since he passed. The words mean so much more now...
@SteffanoDucati
Жыл бұрын
God bless you .... sorry for your loss Sheena
@chadhardy688
Жыл бұрын
🙏🙏🙏
@MomentsDivine
Жыл бұрын
Oh Sheena.. I am very sorry.. Hoping this song gives you comfort in your loss.
@sonyavincent7450
Жыл бұрын
Similar here Sheena. Husband died July 2018. He was 59 I was 54. This was one of his favorites but I couldn't use it in his funeral because it was too long. I cry every time I play it.
@LibrenoDMCA
Жыл бұрын
We hear you, little sister.🕊
It tears at me heart to know that just 3 and a half months later we would lose so many of them.
@lilmike2710
2 күн бұрын
Their talent was required elsewhere 😢
One of the GOAT live performances ever.
@JohnHarris-ri4ev
5 күн бұрын
You are entirely correct there sir
We played this at my husband's funeral and now he is as free as a bird. Long live freebird🕊️🕊️🕊️
@kennyhall2118
2 жыл бұрын
Classy. God's Love.
@markgilbertson1564
2 жыл бұрын
I hope the mourners appreciated such a magnificent tune. A fine send off for your husband.
@OracleofOcala
2 жыл бұрын
thank you for sharing that little piece of your humanity with us.
@kellyray9208
2 жыл бұрын
So sorry for your loss
@donnaharris9381
2 жыл бұрын
Sorry 4yr loss...i lost my brother 5May2022...2years older then me😥😥like yr hubby 4eva loved...always thought of. R.I.PARADISE.
In my humble opinion, one of the best rock songs ever made. The message, the guitar solo, the voices, the lyrics...
@cheddarsunchipsyes8144
Жыл бұрын
freeeeeeee birb
@kateskeys
Жыл бұрын
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟AGREED
@nicecutie
Жыл бұрын
yes
@tuesdaysgone6736
Жыл бұрын
45 Years ago today 10/20/1977 RIP
@pinkydogbear
Жыл бұрын
I agree
Crazy how you can almost feel the wind in the music.
One of the greatest peaks in the history of music.
45 years later and still a classic who else is listening to this in 2022 they don't make groups like this anymore
@troyperkins7051
2 жыл бұрын
I Jam with Skynyrd EVERY single day; Drives my woman nuts!!!
@cmielnicc1929
2 жыл бұрын
I'm right here with ya girl!! I'm 71 and STILL listen to this song all the time, especially while driving in the summer with windows down and FreeBird on blast. Lol, the looks I get seeing a granny rocking out to this iconic forever song.
@Rich-kp1eu
2 жыл бұрын
I am. They were probably one of the top five live bands of all time.
@thegingershow9676
2 жыл бұрын
Everybody. Literally every god damn person is listening to this in 2022. It’s not that special
@Rich-kp1eu
2 жыл бұрын
@@thegingershow9676 You don't know much about music. I feel sorry for you.
This was my dad's favorite band, and favorite song. Ever since I could remember, he wanted this to be played at his funeral. And I did. He passed on 11.10.2021. he is a free bird now. The lyrics feel like they were written for me and my dad. I love you, dad! Fly high
@youwa124
Жыл бұрын
Meu desejo em meu funeral tocarem essa música. Mas acho difícil pois a quem pedi voou antes de mim. Vooe tranquilo meu filho João Victor
@smudgealdrin1512
Жыл бұрын
My Daughters have been instructed to play this when I am on the way down to the crem.
@DrakeGames00
Жыл бұрын
F
@stevesolbakken6365
Жыл бұрын
I have a list of songs my wife has been told to play at that time. I told her to get some big speakers, put one on each side of my head, crank it up and play them. If no part of me moves, then I'm gone. Freebird is at the top of the list.
@alexhurley1750
Жыл бұрын
Rest in piece. Amen.
I lived on the hill from the stadium & could hear the music! ❤ To all the Free birds 🕊 fly free! We are a stronge generation, stay cool.
Back when it was ok for a rock band to love their country and their heritage.
They're all as free as a bird now... RIP Lynyrd Skynyrd. Fly high Gary (Edit: yes I know Artimus Pyle is still with us, but as for Original Skynyrd they've left us)
@BoogerMcNuggets
Жыл бұрын
Isn't one of the Van Zant brothers still alive?
@spookedhorse
Жыл бұрын
@@BoogerMcNuggets He wasn't an original member.
@jenniferdow5733
Жыл бұрын
I strongly, agree. Fly free without the weight, whatever it may have been!! I love ❤️ and miss you Momma!! Regina Isabella!! We all love you and miss you ❤️ so much our queen 👸!!!
@daughteroftheking6523
Жыл бұрын
@@spookedhorse oh yes he was he was the last original member.
@lonnietodd2793
Жыл бұрын
@@jenniferdow5733 j
Anyone else get chills when the audience erupted when the guitar solo started?
@kellybarry8980
2 жыл бұрын
Alberta Proud, Yes I do still Everytime.
@denise8216
2 жыл бұрын
Yup the whole Song
@juliaray701
2 жыл бұрын
We sure need a summer concert like this. All the beautiful young people.
@kennyhall2118
2 жыл бұрын
Yes!
@kpete9219
2 жыл бұрын
Oh Yeah!!!!!!!!! I could remember listening to this on my way home from work on the 2nd shift and everything was better!
Almost 50 years later and the music doesn’t get better! Thank you for the memories!
This is to be in the top ten songs of all time,A master piece 🙌
One of the most kick ass guitar solos, and songs, of all time
@browen531
2 жыл бұрын
7:00
@Michael-mm3fm
2 жыл бұрын
Amen to that
@jefferywilson1840
2 жыл бұрын
No one on earth could top Skynnord,
@waylonseverson2015
2 жыл бұрын
On the hunt is even better, or Saturday night special
@waylonseverson2015
2 жыл бұрын
@@jefferywilson1840 you got that shit right. Skynyrd was the best group of southern rock
Incredible
Almost half a century later and this still jams. Great music never dies
@NotSoCrazyNinja
Жыл бұрын
Great music is timeless. In 2069 people will still be jamming to this.
@Hernal03
11 ай бұрын
@@NotSoCrazyNinja Let's hope that's still the case in 3069 and beyond and even more importantly that this will be playing in some club up in Heaven in the afterlife, with Skynyrd as the headliners --- let's hope that great music isn't the only thing that lives forever!
@FIshfood500
11 ай бұрын
I would say it’s the greatest guitar solo of all time. Yes some are technically better. But this just hits all the right spots
@ernestolopez23
11 ай бұрын
It really never does, all good music must go on because it moves you
@giantsnation9347
10 ай бұрын
southern rock ll never die !!!
I'm 81. So fucking proud and happy that I was part of this generation. Soon I'll be a freebird. "Things just couldn't be the same and this FREEBIRD you'll never tame."
@lisamiller3161
3 ай бұрын
I hear you!! I'm 63 almost 64 and I love listening to this song over and over. I saw them in the late '80's in Indy. They were fabulous even though my BF got mad at me for taking a hit when the guy in front of me offered to share. 😂 This song is a national treasure. Way before everyone got PC about flags etc. They were amazing. Let Freedom ring!!! ❤️🇺🇸💙
@Thatoneguysal88
3 ай бұрын
Wish I was born in this era I’m only 35 but grew up listening to their music and similar genres.
@sabrewolf7160
3 ай бұрын
Stop lying bro
@BradyIsAfagInHeat
2 ай бұрын
You lived during all the great decades you fucking legend. I so wish I was in my 80s and soon to be off this fucking cesspool of a planet. No culture class talent arts love congregation nothing anymore. I'm jealous of your generation.
@BradyIsAfagInHeat
2 ай бұрын
FUCKING CHRIST! @8:44 WHEN THE MAD HATTER ENTERS THE SHOT, HIS FUCKING HANDS ARE MOVING. ANYONE THAT PLAYS BASS OR EVEN GUITAR CAN TELL YOU THE AMOUNT OF CRAMPING AND BLISTERING SOMETHING LIKE THAT WILL DO TO A MANS HAND. FUCK MAN, THIS GUYS HANDS MUSCLES AND LIGAMENTS MUST BE LIKE LEATHER. JESUS CHRIST!! LEON WILKESON 🙏
That is just one of many hits folks🕯️🔥🕯️🔥🕯️🔥
I truly envy every single last one of you who was there to witness this epic performance. It still embraces me every time I hear this live performance and watching the crowd in the absolute moment of what they are seeing and hearing is truly a spectacle to behold. Without doubt my favourite live performance of all time ❤
@LynyrdSkynyrdFan
4 күн бұрын
Absolutely right
When I came back from Nam I was a mess.. a few years later listening to this band helped with my recovery . It just took my spirit away from the nightmares. God bless them.
@jodybritt1166
5 ай бұрын
Thank you for your service and more importantly you sir are a hero
@KittyGrizGriz
5 ай бұрын
Welcome Home!✌️♥️
@rondj1965
5 ай бұрын
Thank you for your service.
@DEATHREAPER1252
5 ай бұрын
Welcome home sir and thank you for your service.
@ironmom9023
5 ай бұрын
Thank you for your service to our country.
This was our sons favorite songs, we lost him to leukemia at age 22 - grateful for the time we had with him. We know he is in Heaven Flying like a Freebird! We Love this song, many memories...😢
@MickBim
7 ай бұрын
So sorry for your loss
@kjmav10135
7 ай бұрын
Heartbreaking. May the music always lift you up.
@ruthmarland835
7 ай бұрын
I’m so sorry for your colossal loss, may you seek solace in Jesus or seek comfort and peace knowing you were blessed with your son… gone too soon, 22👣🙏❤️
@joann3736
7 ай бұрын
I’m so sorry 😢
@troysmith6929
5 ай бұрын
Heart goes out to you 💔
legend and nobody is 6 feet apart
By far best music video ever. 70s memories
A quote that I saw on another video applies here. “It is worth it to be old now to have been young then”.
@believer2223
3 жыл бұрын
Oh I LOVE this! I wanna go back to this time in my life so bad. Even though I'm old, I'm happy to be old knowing that I was able to live in this time period.
@CAESAR-yj6ms
3 жыл бұрын
Let’s be honest young people right now will be saying the same thing in a few decades. People forget the bad things from the past and remember the good thing
@kristineburbey4710
3 жыл бұрын
So true all the great memories. Beatles on Ed Sullivan, who remembers????????????????
@Automedon2
3 жыл бұрын
I get very emotional thinking back on the million things that have passed by, never to return. I'm 63 as well and I can completely understand how my parents clung on to the music of their time. Yes, the 70s were such a time of optimism where everything seemed possible. I left home at 17 and traveled the country completely free and have been ever since. Poor, but free. This song is my anthem.
@kristineburbey4710
3 жыл бұрын
I agree, we have our memories and songs!
2023 and still gives goosebumps. What a moment this was, hot sun, California girls and one of the most kickass bands ever.
@IaintTheHerb
Жыл бұрын
I get misty eyed looking at America that no longer exists in so many ways. Thanks, boomers.
@kevinwalker8730
Жыл бұрын
@@IaintTheHerb I miss that America too, 64 and maybe more for me.
@WhoisVinnie
Жыл бұрын
The last original member Gary Rossington died this year. Everyone from this performance (Except drummer Artimus Pyle because he's still here today) is a free bird now.
@catcelO_O
Жыл бұрын
What a moment indeed. Wish I was there. Salute to you, kind stranger.
@ronalddunne3413
Жыл бұрын
@@IaintTheHerb "Thanks Boomers"??? WTF is that supposed to mean? If it wasnt for "boomers" as you so insultingly refer to us, that music would never have come to be. Getting damn sick and tired of being insulted for my generation! People try to put us down, just because we got around... Talkin about my generation.. Why don't you all just fade away... we stopped a war, what has your entitled sorry-ass generation done or likely to do? Not much it would seem.
As a 231year old man. God bless you all ant thx for all the memories.
I graduated from high school in 1977. This song was the anthem of my generation. Yes I'm a boomer, and an old man now - but this one still gives me goosebumps - still gets me up, singing and playing the air guitar. Jesus this was such a great time.
@rdred8693
Жыл бұрын
I was 12. I truely am sick and tired of the 2020's. I miss the 70's and the 90's
@mares9393
Жыл бұрын
People today have crap music, have no clue how awesome true freedom is. This is but one of the great things about the 70’s, great music!
@mr.mcnuggies
Жыл бұрын
I’m a teenager right now but I love this song so much and I do the air drums to it
@mr.mcnuggies
Жыл бұрын
I don’t think a lot of people in my school like this music but I think it rocks
@lizplat368
Жыл бұрын
This is not a song but an a call to freedom. Freedom lives forever. You gotta live before you die.
I was at this concert, with 50,000 of my best friends! I'm 65 now. Great memories...
@axelbusche8244
Жыл бұрын
Wow,I would have been 17 then…I only wish!!!
@Robert-iw5gq
4 ай бұрын
I'm 65 and I was right there ! What an awesome show
@Bennifm
Ай бұрын
I'll be 63 in a few weeks. Woulda just turned 16 here. The absolute best time of our lives had just dawned. Need kleenex... 😢
@Robert-iw5gq
Ай бұрын
I was right up in the front turn the 65 Monday summer 77 was the best summer of them all
Mind blowing, like a different planet when you look at the crowd . America we need you. ❤ 🇬🇧
@capybara8868
Ай бұрын
What do you mean? All the white faces? 😠
@cle9454
Ай бұрын
The way America used to be.. getting together and having a great time
@capybara8868
Ай бұрын
@@cle9454 Having a great time for sure, but most definitely a subset of the population - monoculture.
@D13Nword
Ай бұрын
@@capybara8868is that a problem for you?
@capybara8868
Ай бұрын
@@D13Nword I prefer diversity.😘
2024, still here, brilliant sync!
Earlier this year, I was in a village in the middle of nowhere in Sweden and a musician outside a cafe was playing this song, that's how powerful it is.
@bananka4905
Жыл бұрын
Awesome
@paper____
Жыл бұрын
Powerful yesss
@ellaredseals2694
Жыл бұрын
Very cool indeed
@nowitsabadtime
Жыл бұрын
Wow, that's impressive. I'm always amazed when I find American music being played overseas. So neat
@tarik6990
Жыл бұрын
@@nowitsabadtime American music has been playing overseas for a while, my dad's cousin had VHS footage and cassettes of American bands during communist Yugoslavia.
I love how this song does a slow burn for the first 6 minutes or so, slowly increasing in tempo until it hits a crescendo that just keeps going for another 5 minutes. Amazing. It's one of the best rock-n-roll songs ever recorded, and it's iconic for a good reason.
@kristieroebuck3801
Жыл бұрын
There will never be another band like them😢
@jeffk464
Жыл бұрын
Confederate flags in Oakland, interesting choice.
@MyNextShotWontMiss
Жыл бұрын
@@jeffk464 The Tennessee Battle Flag (not Confederate Flag) was not seen as a bad thing then, and that's because it never was until propaganda started about it in the 1990s. It was a battle flag, just like Texas' but I guarantee you no one here knows what Texas' Battle Flag looks like.
@someguy1865
Жыл бұрын
@@jeffk464I don't think the place matters much, but the setting. This genre of music is often listened to by those who have those flags, not surprising. Not all of course.
@fellenXD
Жыл бұрын
@@MyNextShotWontMiss Right, because the true Confederate flag is a white flag, lol.
I was at this concert, first one at age 16. They were amazing, steam rolling through all their great hits. Still one of the best concerts I've ever attended.
Watching this tonight is my gift to myself
@mrbojangles977
2 ай бұрын
Mine too ...And what a gift , spoilt myself
Arguably the best guitar solo ever, playing on for all eternity, what a magnificent wall of sound they created.
@kumamaneh
6 ай бұрын
where was guitar #3, should have been Steve Gaines in 77, no?
@harrizzaini7324
6 ай бұрын
Sadly, the cameraman was too thirsty, he showed the girls instead of Allen Collins nailing the solo
@snake88ification
6 ай бұрын
This was the best solo of all time.
@KittyGrizGriz
6 ай бұрын
Love his jumping up and down at the end, such enthusiasm and energy!
@KGraceSpeaksKea1335
5 ай бұрын
Without a doubt 👍
I’ve watched this video many times. For some reason I got emotional this morning watching it. I miss these days. The world was so much simpler. Today’s world is full of so much hate. People pitted against one another. I wish we could go back. It just made me tear up thinking about it. You can literally feel the happiness in the crowd.
@operasinger2126
Жыл бұрын
70's was a great era for sure.
@Peaceful-Sheep
Жыл бұрын
It was the best time for me. I miss those days too
@nova136565
Жыл бұрын
@@mtns340 Concerts are way to expensive these days. I’m just not going to pay $150 a person to watch a band from the nose bleed section. When I started going in the early 80s they were only $11-12 a person. Besides the old bands are just a shell of their former selves and there hasn’t been any “new” band worth listening to since the 90s. I was really into music and going to concerts back in the day. Literally hundreds of shows and I still have my concert Tshirts to show for it but at my age now , I’d rather be at home at 11:00 at night and not driving two hours to get home.
@filthyminges
Жыл бұрын
Look at crowd. Multiculturalism has destroyed the west
@clairegolden7747
Жыл бұрын
The audience is very one toned, I’m sure they were happy. Not sure about people of other colors. Life is never simple. It’s a concert for a few hours , then you go back to fighting over the credit card balance, in laws and whatever.there was and will never be a simpler time in history.
Man, I can remember when I first heard this song, I was nine years old, one of my oldest brothers brought this album and he used to play these songs all the time, what a beautiful song and classic.
the concert was in 1977, today it's 2023, so it's been 46 years, most people there were in their mid 20's so they are at least 65 years of age nowadays. Mind blowing.
@Mark-yy2py
Жыл бұрын
Indeed. Time flies!
@michaelyork6286
Жыл бұрын
I'm 71. Flew to Little Rock to start work with a new company the same weekend of their crash. I was nervous on that plane out of Memphis that weekend. What a band it was and the best live album of all time. Thanks guys peace to you the band is together again, play it pretty Gary
@donnasowka5006
Жыл бұрын
I was 23 in 77, now 67. I saw them at Alpine Valley Wi, in the early 80's. They were great!
@arungurung6340
Жыл бұрын
I was 5 in '77! So That makes Gary only 25 at this time. What a talent !!
@bigg4057
Жыл бұрын
Yes I was one of those 19 year old kids at that concert.. still have my ticket stub in 2023 at the ripe age of 65 years old .
I was at this concert. I was 18 at the time. This song was sang perfectly
@armydlguy
Жыл бұрын
Where was it?
@denisemartinez8010
Жыл бұрын
@@armydlguy Oakland Coliseum. Day on the green. They held concerts every weekend during the summer. I saw the Stones and just about every major rock band during the 70’s. 3 bands performed every concert. Great times!
@Insuranceman99
Жыл бұрын
@@denisemartinez8010 Must be nice. I’m in my twenties wishing I was alive for this. You had the best generation of music.
@denisemartinez8010
Жыл бұрын
@@Insuranceman99 We certainly did.
@markjones5285
Жыл бұрын
Lucky lady!
I was first introduced to Skynyrd by my grandpa at a very young age. I saw you guys in Charleston last month. My grandpa passed away 5 years ago and I really wished he could've been there with me. I also had an uncle who passed away and you were his favorite band, probably my grandpa's favorite band too. I LOVE YOU GUYS MAN!!
After my nephew left us, I sat down and played this for him.
amazing performance, the fact that they have 3 guitarists playing together and it doesn’t sound like a ball of hot garbage is a feat all by itself
@menotyoumenotyou930
2 жыл бұрын
called practice lol
@pale_saint
2 жыл бұрын
@@menotyoumenotyou930 that but also letting everyone to do their parts and let the song breathe
@menotyoumenotyou930
2 жыл бұрын
@@pale_saint true, still can be said come back to practice. The hours they spent on these songs is insane
@phillipstephens1175
2 жыл бұрын
These guys are without a doubt some of the most talented and skilled professional musicians of the 70's they put all they had into their music and it showed. Just a fantastic band!
@peppylepew249
2 жыл бұрын
@@phillipstephens1175 It’s love, we’ve lost the love of things. Hopefully we find it as a society again. Love what you do.
I was there that day!!
@jaobnp
7 жыл бұрын
Lucky you, Gerri! WOW!
@jimogrady1131
7 жыл бұрын
i got lucky allman brothers played at a local bar
@WilsonEatsASMR
7 жыл бұрын
Very cool Gerri! :D
@nostalga44jo
7 жыл бұрын
how.young.were.you.then?
@fidinboca
7 жыл бұрын
You're a blessing man.
If I had to choose only one musical performance to listen to for the rest of my life I do believe this would be it.
Thank You for this AWESOME memory.👍 6-2024 Best band ever. I miss them All.🙏
Does anyone ever talk about how hard the bassist goes during the guitar solo? It's unbelievable.
@user-ww8nz5oo2l
10 ай бұрын
insanity
@jordanestes1997
10 ай бұрын
I noticed that, wish I could fucking hear him, I'm gonna have to play this on like a really good speaker one day, see if I can hear it because he was doing a lot more work than the guitarist for a little bit there
@danecummins2092
10 ай бұрын
I met Leon many years ago at Jax Beach in Jacksonville flat. He was at a beach bar playing with a local band for fun and we had drinks together. He was the nicest guy and so down to earth. If you didn't know who he was you would never guess he was a member of one of the most famous rock bands in history. What a fantastic guy!!!!
@santorashane
9 ай бұрын
@@danecummins2092totally agreed. My dad used to run with the drummer from Molly Hatchet, and he met a few of these guys as well. We actually live down the street from RVZ’s widow, and his daughter, and my brother is friends with RVZ’s granddaughter. They truly were/are Jacksonville’s pride and joy.
@kymcharles1179
9 ай бұрын
Part of the reason why the solo kills is because the drummer and the bassist are driving it along underneath. They are laying down this amazing foundation for the guitarists to build on. Absolute magicians and artists.
Heard this song a million times, but something about this live version, seeing these guys perform it. All gone now. Just chills all over when they hit the chorus. Feels more human than anything else.
@KateBates22zabu
10 ай бұрын
Freebird was first song I heard after my husband passed suddenly in 1975. He was 27. This song never fails to send me back to those emotional days. I'm 75 now and this song still tears me up in so many ways. Peace 🌞🙏🕊🕊🕊🇺🇸
@davidcarothers3311
10 ай бұрын
@@KateBates22zabuCarry On, Sister! 😊😊😊
@thelastoftheanglosaxons.3724
10 ай бұрын
yep, I'm back again just to keep watching this version!
@mathewlocklear4643
10 ай бұрын
Brother I hope I make that long. 😮
@Phoenix-rising
10 ай бұрын
I come back over and over. It sounds silly but I feel real joy and love and being in touch with mankind. It is a treasure.
Bloody hell. The best. The best. The best..what a bloody preference. The best 👌
Just beautiful. All those loveing souls connected. Just pure love
RIP Gary. One of the iconic guitar riffs. Everyone knows it when they hear it. Be free!
@dottiscamprunamuck2830
Жыл бұрын
🕊
@enayy619
Жыл бұрын
Gary was the one who did that?
@michaelmeeks8301
Жыл бұрын
I have a best friend who has a sister and brother in law living in New camera beach FL. 1970 these guys would play on Saturday nites on the beach!!!! Nobody knew who they were. And the he'll of it was..... It was all free. Just like all the drugs being handed around to the guy standing next to you.
@BW-kv9wj
Жыл бұрын
@@enayy619 No. It was Allen Collins.
@BW-kv9wj
Жыл бұрын
That was Allen Collins on that lead riff jam.
I was 17 in 1977 and I have so many memories tied to this song. I was fortunate enough to see this band before their airplane crashed. I was 14. The only reason my parents let me go was because I was with a very nice boy, Rob Link, and his dad or step-dad drove us. I'll never forget the limousine with the band drove in front of us crossing a street, they had to stop at the light. I walked up, they rolled the window down and gave me their bottle of Mateus (wine, I think, I was too young to drink but kept that bottle). What a great memory. I love this song!
@ericsmith8708
Жыл бұрын
I love this song so entertaining and emotional sweet memories back in the 70s. How are you Victoria ?
@utkusabbath6173
Жыл бұрын
a wonderful memory, but very painful, I want to live that day🥲🥲🥲
@nickk332
Жыл бұрын
Mateus wine. We all have fond memories of that bottle.
@vze4jt7f
Жыл бұрын
This is the first song I learned to play on guitar. I was 12 years old and I learned it by ear. It took me about 18 months. I found out years later that there was 3 guitar players lol! Anyway, I love these people and this entire band and this song is responsible for launching what turned into a 32 year songwriting and recording career. Unfortunately, people died young and it changes things but i am grateful to this band for the incredible music. Some of it is really difficult to play. These guys were all above and beyond top shelf talent and ability. When you play a bunch of a bands songs for over 3 decades you learn a lot about them and their music but what i really struggle with is the profound sadness I feel today. I really liked Gary and every one of them almost like family or something. I could not hold back the tears when I heard Gary passed away and I will never forget the music they wrote and shared with us. I never would have spent over 3 decades writing, recording and playing in a rock band had I not overheard the love in that Atlanta crowd when Ronnie asked that now iconic question: WHAT SONG IS IT YOU WANNA HEAR? The rest is history for me as they say. I know we could all probably go on forever here so I will try not to. I feel such a closeness to this band that just grew over the decades and I am profoundly sad to hear that Gary Passed away. Thank you for the music. Thank you for the slide guitar in Freebird. Thank you for making your guitar chirp like a bird. And thank you for playing the songs correctly ALL the time. The talent, ability and professionalism Gary consistently brought to the table rivals anyone and I will never forget him ever. Rest in peace Gary, I wish I could have told you how much you mattered to me and countless others. Well done my good man, I am forever grateful!
@melodymakermark
Жыл бұрын
I was 17 as well, Victoria. High school class of ‘78. It was a great time to be that age. God Bless.
Ronnie van Zant Lynyrd skynyrd Top shelf Legendary.
Epic ❤ I'm born 78 in Yugoslavia and remember my family was listening and have a good memory after ,with good music direction 🎉❤
Rest easy Gary! Thank you for all the awesome music you gave us.
@peterwalsh3409
Жыл бұрын
Thank you, Gary, for everything you brought to the unique and powerful sound of southern rock. May you rest in peace. Duane, Hughie, Billy, Allen, Steve have a place at the table set for you.
@theresaboretzky9088
Жыл бұрын
What an artist! I love hearing all of this. Rip Gary and thank you for the magic of your words. I'm a senior lady now and hearing his music takes me way back in time.
@kingxiii4680
Жыл бұрын
It's all about Gary now huh... Do you people not remember any other other members
@JoeGamer500
Жыл бұрын
@@kingxiii4680 nope
@thekantedkalcedony
9 ай бұрын
@@peterwalsh3409and Ronnie van Zant, Ed King
This has got to be one of the greatest moments in rock and roll history.
@FIshfood500
11 ай бұрын
Agreed
@GILLY56ify
11 ай бұрын
One of the best rock songs ever .. wish I had been at the concert that day listening to it .. a magical experience for those who were there
@satanicXcultXrosary
9 ай бұрын
And one of the best guitar solos of all time
@theway3058
2 ай бұрын
Agreed. I’ve watched this so many times.
I'm 68 and I still enjoy listening to Skynyrd
Greatest rock song ever written. Every time I hear, it transports me back in time. I literally just got the chills during the guitar solo.
All these years later it still gets to me. I was 17 years old when that plane went down. We had just seen them a few months before on Columbus ga. It was the first concert I saw where no one sat down. I’m now soon to be 64 years old and it still breaks my heart. But many thanks to the people that have restored these precious films.
@Aurelia-dp3td
7 ай бұрын
Same here Just great memories Still listening like i'm seventeen absolutely absolutely beautiful
@anaibarangan4908
7 ай бұрын
I was thirteen years old at Tate High School, and because of being a Florida band, everyone was grieving the deaths of the band members in the plane crash. Of course some more than others, and out of empathy with fellow students, it became much more collective grieving. It felt like gloom in the hallways between classes, especially in the newer parts of the school.
@frereanaktom99
7 ай бұрын
you were just a kid! i was playing this on a @stereo@ [remember stereo?] in a soulless town in the soulless heart of east london/thames estuary but we got stoned and this was our number one track.. followed by mountain jam or rattus norvegicus. i'm a bit olld for all those marathon hard rock sessions and my darling wife doesn't approve but i still like my music.
@KittyGrizGriz
5 ай бұрын
Me too, same age and the news was horribly sad 😞. Never saw them in concert, but wish I had!
Lynyrd Skynyrd truly has one of the saddest stories in Rock history. This concert was held about 3 months before the plane crash (plane ran out of fuel and crash-landed in a forested area in Gillsburg) where two of the band members, Ronnie Van Zant (lead vocalist) and Steve Gaines (guitarist and backing vocalist ), were killed on impact alongside the pilot, co-pilot, Steve's older sister and the Assistant Road Manager. The rest of the band members suffered serious injuries but survived, The lead guitarist Allen Collins (who plays that incredibly legendary guitar solo on this track, accompanied by Gary Rossington playing the rhythm parts) survived the accident only to see his wife die, along with his unborn child, from complications in childbirth. A few years later he suffered a traffic accident that claimed the life of his girlfriend and left him paralysed, without the possibility of playing the guitar ever again on stage. He died in 1990, at the age of 37 from chronic pneumonia, a complication of the paralysis.
@renzoliberato8800
11 ай бұрын
that's really sad
@angelajarrell2225
11 ай бұрын
🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺
@kane101985
11 ай бұрын
That is so horribly sad, RIP to all of them & God bless!
@JoaoMiguel-rs7ko
11 ай бұрын
8 meses antes
@RobbieBobbie98
10 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing your knowledge about this tragedy. I knew it had happened but just didn’t know the details
This song will never get old. All time classic.
Best band ever. Noone better than Skynyrd.
Your as free as a bird now Gary! Go fly high and play that slide with your brothers and sisters who went before. RIP and thanks for the memories!
The plane crash was 46 years ago today-October 20, 1977. Time flies by. Thank you for Freebird.
@Alex-br5ef
7 ай бұрын
😔💔
@kaikart123
7 ай бұрын
I respect the puns.
@XzXGam1ng
7 ай бұрын
Man my grandpa met Ronnie backstage when he was 32. Gosh he has such memories
@jameshang673
7 ай бұрын
Their music lives on forever baby!
@fatihguler7141
6 ай бұрын
I can't believe it was 3 months after this concert.
Freebird,will go down in history as a timeless and classic masterpiece and an amazing work of art 🎉🎉. This song really really changed how we seen Southern rock. They were the original Southern rock band. Your music 🎶 🎵 will certainly never ever be forgotten ❤️ ♥️ 💖 💕
So beautiful 🤩
I'm 82 yrs young and still love this guy singing , long live southern rock . A fan from Queensland Australia
@marthaharper202
Жыл бұрын
Me too//Texas
@Marygranny
Жыл бұрын
Indeed mate!
@daniel1212ification
Жыл бұрын
I’m 24 from Queensland, FNQ! Rock on brother, this music will live forever, fuck the BS they play now! Long love rock n roll ❤
@WestTNConfed
Жыл бұрын
Sadly, KZread will probably take it down since there's a Confederate flag in it
@nickdarcy4210
Жыл бұрын
@@daniel1212ification im in SE qld and have the same taste in music as you man!
This song still Rocks in 2024.:)
Southern rock and country music from the 70s is just timeless and will forever live on. Some on the best live music ever made.
@alanjones6359
Жыл бұрын
You are so fuckin right !
@lisandrodelfino5106
Жыл бұрын
You damn fucking right bout that
@Re-Todd_Howard
Жыл бұрын
Allman Brothers
@karonalexander1508
Жыл бұрын
So true!!! Nothing since has come close.
@andrewwinters6352
Жыл бұрын
the best part about this is that the only reason they flew that shitty traitor rag is to rope in their white trash fans they wouldn't have otherwise had.
just awsome i could watch this a 1000 times and it would still get me . this performance will live forever !!!!!!!!!!!