A time when we in the audience actually enjoyed clapping, instead of having to hold a cell phone...sigh :)

@artbagley1406

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Wish Oakland could have captured the energy the audience generated during this song! They'd still be supplying electricity throughout the city with it! MOST DEFINITELY THE LIVE VERSION HAS MORE VIM. Believe San Fran had several years of summer-time concert groupings, "A DAY ON THE GREEN," this being one of them. This was inside Oakland Stadium (baseball); the lineup: Day On The Green #4 & 5: Peter Frampton, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Santana, Outlaws (July 2 & 4, 1977).

I was there! Day On the Green was so much fun. 65,000 folks and we shared the weed 😎glad you enjoyed the live version

Live in Knebworth is badass also. Live is always better with great bands such as this. That's when they cut it loose.

Simply put ..The greatest American band in history ..

@jackwirvin

Жыл бұрын

Yesirrr… rip Gary, Leon , Ronnie , Jojo, Allen , Steve , Ed , and billy 💔

@edwardvolner8678

Жыл бұрын

Agreed

Crazy fact Ronnie always went on stage barefoot, he said he liked to feel the heat of the stage

@krystalaura5634

Жыл бұрын

Yep

This is a concert! :) I saw them at the Dodger Stadium, same tour, same year. It was beyond great!! :) When you look out in the crowd, that was us. That is what we looked like. Tan, great bodies, healthy, and happy, and no trouble. We had so much fun out in the sun, listening to one of the greatest bands ever. :)

Piano player was first a roadie. During a break the band came back to the studio and heard him playing his own take on Free Bird. The rest of the band, to mean Ronnie, loved it so much they invited him into the band and included him into the 2 Free Bird keyboard solos. Turns out their Roadie piano player was classically trained and just wanted to be a part of a rock band.

Freebird played at Knebworth is even better as they took over the stones stage which they were told to stay off of. One man said "It's hard to say Rolling Stones with Skynrd on the tip of your tongue"

All those people just having a good time. No gun violence. Just peace & love ❤️

I was at this concert. It was called a “Day on the Green” since it was at the coliseum. They used to have up to 4-5 bands in one day and they would put on their shows for 3 days. On this date it was Elvin Bishop, Santana, Lynyrd Skynyd and Peter Frampton.

It's just a Lynyrd Skynyrd concert. They did this all the time. My Band!

Ronnie always let each band member have a solo in most songs which is unique in it self.... Thank you so much for the video!

Yeah, it was called A Day on the Green. There were 3 or 4 bands I believe. Skynyrd played before Peter Frampton who was the final act. Gary Rossington was playing the slide guitar. Allen Collins was in all white. Burns left the band in 74 or 75 and they had added Artimus Pyle as their new drummer. Also, Steve Gaines in the red pants was added after Ed King left in 74. Leon Wlikeson on bass, Billy Powell on Piano, and of course Ronnie Van Zant on vocals. Burns and King who had left band by the time this concert was recorded in 1977 were on the studio version which was released in 1973.

@krystalaura5634

Жыл бұрын

There was a short time after the crash that Rossington Collins made their own little group.

@edwardvolner8678

Жыл бұрын

Ed King played bass on pronounced album

It's Artimus Pyle on the drums, Leon Wilkeson on bass, Billy Powell on piano, and Steve Gaines (in the white shirt with red pants) on guitar. Steve along with his sister Cassie (backup singer) also passed away in the plane crash.

@suecook1326

Жыл бұрын

The only ones still alive are Gary Rossington and drummer Artemis Pyle. Allen was paralyzed a few years later and died of pneumonia, Leon was found deceased in a hotel and foul play was suspected. Ronnie, Steve and Cassie died in the crash. The piano player had his nose almost totally removed in the crash and he later died of natural causes.

@ga7654

Жыл бұрын

@@suecook1326 Artemus is, according to Gary, 'not in his right mind anymore'. Gary has had issues with his heart for years (all that cocaine in the 70s). I recently saw them play, and it is more or less a tribute band at this point, like KISS.

@stevedahlberg8680

Жыл бұрын

I wish they would show both Artemis and Leon more, but there's some decent footage of both in this. There is some point where they film them all lined up and Leon is just out there just being the savage beast that he is. And this guy had so much endurance and he played so hard. And Lynyrd Skynyrd played really long shows. Check out sometime their live recording from their double live album one from the road not long before the plane crash. Stephen Gaines was new on that tour and that's a lot of fun. But man if you check out there Jimmy Rogers cover called t for texas, just listen to the bassline on that. It just blows me away every single time how much endurance that guy has and how hard he plays. He was so damn good.

@artbagley1406

Жыл бұрын

Stick with Billy Powell on piano; he can be heard even through all the loudest, driving-est parts to the very end of the song.

@artbagley1406

Жыл бұрын

@@stevedahlberg8680 Love Leon's bass fret-work near the end, when he just about breaks his fingers crisply picking out his lightning-fast part on those cables (not strings) -- plus he's in what I call his "meat pants" (leather).

*In the South after the plane crash, you could go into any Bar or Club with a Live Band and before the night was over, there would always be someone to stand up and yell at the band, " Play Free Bird ! ".*

When Ronnie was born, they broke the mold, sorry Johnny, he was before his time with Billy and the Honky Tonks, 3 leads ,1 of a kind American made

All GOATS....such amazing talent. Knew you would love it.❤️

The lineup that day was opener: The Outlaws, Santana, Lynyrd Skynyrd, headliner was Peter Frampton. It was my first concert, an incredible show.

@kellahella5286

Жыл бұрын

I was there also, not my concert or first Day on the Green. It was an incredible show. All the Day on the Green’s I attended were off the chain. I miss those days. So lucky to have seen the groups I saw live in O-Town.

Never hurts to listen to the studio version first and then take in a live version of any band. It just takes a few minutes.

The finest performance of any song by any band. This event is known as Day on the Green, it lasted through the Summer. On this day along with Lynyrd Skynyrd was Santana, Peter Frampton and Outlaws. Btw, Bob Burns was no longer with the band by that time. The drummer here is Artimus Pyle.

@delorispoindexter5663

Жыл бұрын

Steve Gaines took ed kings place

The place crash was Oct 20,1977. They lost Ronnie, Steve (guitarist), Cassie ( Steve's sister and backup singer) assistant road manager, copilot and pilot died. 20 others survived. Cause was ran out of fuel. I saw them this past summer, they were good but not the same without Ronnie, Steve, and Billy who passed away 2009 of a heart attack. They did a tribute to them. On numerous occasions he proclaimed that he would never reach his 30th birthday, and that he was going to go out with his boots on - in other words, on the road, zoom Johnny Van Zant revised the band in 1987.

the band held it back.. if you are an experienced musician, especially live (acoustic) you know when to back off and let others shine through.

IMO - One of the best guitar/s solo in rock history!! This song takes me back to High School where everyone played this song on their 8-tracks & cassettes (loudly) while driving their Dodge, Camaro, or Mustang. I drove a VW bug! ☮️ 🌻

My family moved around a lot when I was a kid. We had the good fortune to end up living in Jacksonville, Fl in the 70's and 80's. I went to the same high school as Allen Collins so needless to say these guys were our heroes! News of the plane going down felt very personal! I remember the announcement coming over the intercom at school between classes. The last couple of classes of that day were a waste. The teachers didn't even really try to teach anything, just gave us all space to process our emotions in a productive setting!! Kudos to them for that!

Kids of today....those are your grandmother's in the audience partying to an iconic band playing an iconic song.

There is nothing like three guitarists wailing at the same time

They all grew up here in Jacksonville Florida. Went to high school here. Practiced here and made themselves out to be one of the world's greatest southern rock bands here. Even named their band after the high school coach who stayed on their asses Bout the way they dressed and their hair. Leonard Skinner. They are even buried here. Now being friends that close, they never saw each other as divided at all. Just a group of friends. All equal. Can you imagine how much more great music they could have put out if they were still with us. Ronnie's wife stated after the last original band member passes, Leonard Skynard will be no more. Billy Powell is all that's left, I think.

I’ve learned so much respect for Billy Powell. He was a ROADIE who had classical training and was literally just noodling around one day on a piano within earshot of the band and as I understand it, wasn’t very long before he was in the band. And he MAKES this band. Like Benmont Tench in Tom Petty, the guitarists and singers get all the glory but all the depth and boogie and elevation of the sound comes from him. Check out live versions of Call me The Breeze and he goes to TOWN.

Check out That Smell even more great guitar playing.

The Greatest American Band in History. Imo

Billy "Mr Keys" Powell plays piano. He was a roadie for Lynyrd Skynard before Ronnie heard him play. He then became a part of the band. Ronnie VanZant came up to me (Billy Powell) and said, ‘You mean to tell me, you’ve been playing the piano like that and you’ve been workin’ for us for a year….’, And I said, ‘Well, you know, I’ve been classically trained most of my life.’ So, right then and there, he said, ‘We need a keyboard player.

I will remember RVZ for as long as I live. Legend

I love this video so much IM IN IT! Yes that's me on my boyfriend's shoulders yellow shorts blonde hair n a wicked sunburn 🥵 Great weekend of music so many bands but I was there to see Peter Frampton 🥰

@ThePelagicHermit

Жыл бұрын

Hey there Sunburn Girl! I have always been fascinated by the fact that people are more likely to comment on your sunburn than the Confederate flag that follows. I have often wondered how bad that burn was if it was that red while you were still in the sun. Did it get worse later? Was it one of those where multiple layers of skin falls off a few days later. Any skin cancer yet?

@susannebass5503

Жыл бұрын

@@ThePelagicHermit No skin cancer yet but yes it was the worst burn I've ever had and a week later the red turned brown and washed off in my shower🤪🤪🤪

Glad you checked this one out.

3:30 “Was this one of their concerts” 😂

I'm happy and sad when I hear this song, it brings great memories seeing them a few times before the crash, I saw this tour that summer, and my heart breaks when hearing of the crash, I'm grateful to see them so many times

Yep! The lyrics are eerie now...premonition of Ronnie's death.

If you want to see that whole solo instead of the crowd watch the Knebworth performance. It goes longer and camera stays focused on them mostly, especially Allen who absolutely kills that performance

Most of the girls came to see Peter Frampton the headliner! Skynryd stole the show!

I was nine years old the day before Ronnie Van Zant, Cassie Gaines, and Steve Gaines died in the plane crash. March 5 the last surviving member original member, Gary Rossington passed away. Passed the day after my mild stroke, or the way to remember these legends.

I agree, always listen to the studio version first!!!!!!!!

Gary Rossington (in black and white shirt) and Artimus Pyle (drummer) are the last two survivors of the crash.

Awesome song. Totally brings back my youth ❤

Yeah, this is all about a man leaving a woman because he couldn't commit to her. The song is also a tribute to Duane Allman of "The Allman Brothers Band", who was killed in a motorcycle accident in 1971, he was 24 yrs. old.

Great Reaction and Thanks for staying to the very end of the clip,my friend. They were the SUPPORT Group that day to Peter Frampton, another superb Live performer. PINK FLOYD-Comfortably Numb-LIVE" IS A must BUT if you listen to the studio it will diminish the surprise that comes with the LIVE performance and The Light Show is the best. Other brilliant LIVE songs(both Garry Moore) Parisienne Walkways in Montreux and "I've Still Got THe Blues For You" from Paris.ENJOY and I have bought records for 62 years:)

Dude, I appreciated your comment on Ronnie. I was 20 when I got the news of the plane crash. I cried like a baby. So many of my rock stars died so early. By the way if you noticed most of the crowd are girls. They fell in love with this song and the band.

This was Oakland Coliseum where the Oakland Raiders played, and they packed the whole place

Since you like guitar solos…. The live performance of Comfortably Numb Pulse by Pink Floyd has a guitar solo that is often considered one of the best ever recorded. Make sure you watch the Pulse version.

I was backstage at this concert. They were and are the best. Artemis Pyle played the drums. I know I talked to him.

Lynayrd Skynyrds live album one more from the road is one of the best live albums of all times it really captures them at their best . I was lucky enough to see them 5 times before the crash .. I have seen hundreds shows and the tension in the room just before they hit the stage was like no other it was like something violent was about to happen and from the fist note of the opening song they where off and you just hung on for the ride

@billwalker7556

Жыл бұрын

I was there at the iconic Fox Theatre in Atlanta all 3 nights when thier live album was recorded. I still have my ticket stubs framed. I've seen them dozens of times but those 3 nights in ATL were the best shows I ever heard and saw them do.

I don't know if this is on KZread but the first performance of the band after the plane crash was volunteer jam 13 in Nashville tennessee and when they played free bird the band did not sing the lyrics, the crowd did but someone in charge of the lights put a spotlight on a Mic stand where Ronnie would have been standing, my parents was at that concert I've heard this story my entire life.

I was 15 and yes a few months before we got the terrible news

I love how you have done your research! The Skynyrd you have now is good, but the original is so much better. They made so much awesome music in such a short time that’s unbelievable. Everything they did was gold, whether it made it to radio or not.

Great reaction :) ... Loved the thoughtful comments.

Found your reaction to the live, thanks!!!!

@MMBxMOB

Жыл бұрын

Hope you enjoyed it Stacey!

Carry rosington is the last surviving member still in the band, artimus Pyle is still a line but no longer in the band, he lives in Jamestown tennessee my best friend has gotten high with him many times.

I believe this was one of the Day on the Green concerts. Promoter Bill Graham held a series of these concerts. They usually had 4-5 bands that played at each event. I was at the 2nd Day on the Green July 13th and 14th 1974, which had Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, The Band, Joe Walsh and Jessie Collin Young, and it was a great concert.

If you think it's eerie watching a video they made 3 months before the plane crash, read THIS: Amongst the documentaries out there about Lynyrd Skynyrd, there's one where they film Ronnie Van Zant's father talking about him. He tells how he used to encourage Ronnie to take up an interest in a different career, something more stable. He said, "I'd ask him things like, 'What are you gonna be doing when you're 30? This rock'n'roll thing can't last forever,' and Ronnie would look at me and say, "Dad, I ain't gonna live to see 30', and I'd tell him "Aw, Ronnie don't talk like that...." Ronnie Van Zant was 29 years old when he died. He would have turned 30 on January 15th, 1978. The plane crash was less than three months before his birthday.

We had problems back then but we also had some great damn times……

Great reaction!

They were like brothers. I've seen the documentary about them. It's from their beginning to after the plane crash. I also saw a short clip of either the grave site or memorial. It has a head stone and on the bottom it says, I'm as free as a bird now. The also have the passenger list.

I saw Roger Rhodes's comment on here about Artimus Pyle on the drums. Original drummer Bob Burns left the group in early 1975.

I saw thier last concert, the night before the plane crash.they played in Greenville SC and this was the last song.

call me the breeze is a great piano part by skynyrd

Here is a good one the group is Blackfoot and do the studio version of their song Train, Train I think you will really like it .

@MaRoach7

Жыл бұрын

I saw Blackfoot back in the day. Def Leppard opened. They only had 1 album out...On Through The Night. It was great but very different from their Mutt Lange signature sound. They were getting ready to soon release High And Dry and Rick Allen had both arms

I just love how all the guys were having a blast performing this song!

The piano is not in the early versions of this song and it makes a huge difference

Check out eagles hotel California live 1976 I think Quite possibly the best guitar duet ever

I had to leave earlier before you finished your reaction but I had to come back for your reaction to the 2nd half of the song. Great reaction!!

All those fans are grandparents now😂

@MMBxMOB

Жыл бұрын

That’s crazyyyyy but TRUE

@susannebass5503

Жыл бұрын

Amen there I am at 18 in this crowd and now rocking my new granddaughter to sleep

If you want a good piano solo from Skynyrd I recommend Call me the Breeze or T for Texas live from the Convention Hall from 1977

Listen to crossroads at the fabulous fox theater in Atlanta Georgia, live.

There's a video of this entire Skynyrd set on video out there. Treat yourself to it because every song they did was fire.

Skynyrd. Live at Knebworth is better with being able to see the band perform and to see a crowd of fans who didn’t know the solo was coming

I thought you’d like it! Now check out live at Knebworth in 1976 when they took the opportunity to upstage The Rolling Stones

Great reaction! Thank you for taking the time to react to the requested live version so soon after hearing the studio version! Great work! Cheers! ❤️‍🔥

@MMBxMOB

Жыл бұрын

Thank Donna! Happy to do it

this blows away the studio version...10/10...

My favorite free bird story is i was at a game store once and a free concert was going on outside the city put on, a 12 year old kid wanted to make a request but didn't know what to request, half the people in the store said free bird, well he went out shouted free bird, which is the standard shout out at every concert, well some time went by and we all could hear the music inside the store and the kid said do you think they will ever play tgat song, it got awkward real fast and the store owner said dude there in the middle of the solo right now, loved that.

I like your reactions because you are so observant, it's really cool. Yeah there's a lot of misinformation there, so what you have to realize is this song is from their very very first album, the so-called pronounced album, several years before this performance. And that became a huge radio hit and this was before they were super big you know and so Bob Burns played the drums and back then they also had three guitarists just like they do now because you've always had Gary Rossington and Alan Collins which you did correctly identify by the way. But you also had Ed King who helped write a lot of those early songs. And then I forget his name but there was another guy playing bass initially before Leon joined but the main thing was when they took off, suddenly they just went from regional touring to heavy heavy schedule of national touring and ultimately overseas stuff as well. And so Ed King and Bob Burns just really didn't want the stress of that and being on the road. They mostly wanted to be at home. So yeah for the longest time Artemis Pile is the beloved drummer of Lynyrd Skynyrd. Leon is the beloved bass guitar player, and they cruised for quite a while with only two guitarists Rossington and Collins, and then not long before this show and the plane crash and all that stuff, they picked up Steven Gaines who was a young and upcoming phenomenal guitarist. Check out the song, I Know a Little, it's from their last studio album before the plane crash, Street Survivors. His guitar work on that is incredible.

Ronnie wasn't the only one to die in the plane crash, there were others and then there were extensive injuries also. But the band effectively ended right then. It was over all the sudden. Yeah they kind of tried to reformulate and do it and they still try but it's basically a tribute band and not real Lynyrd skynyrd. Most fans say that street survivors and the double live album one more from the road are their last two albums before the plane crash and then that's when it was over. I was in around 9th grade and really into them and I was utterly devastated. I can't tell you how much. Thankfully they left a rich catalog behind for us to enjoy.

If you want more focus on the band you need to check them doing this live in Kenworth

@ivansavoie3190

Жыл бұрын

Knebworth

Great reaction! My only complaint is that I wish the cameraman would have spent more time close up on Allen's bone crunching guitar solo.

This line up has Ronnie, Gary on slide, Allen Collins on lead, Steve Gaines on lead, Leon Wilkenson on bass. Artimus Pyle on drums, Billy Powell on piano

Great reaction.

His brother sounds just like him

Bob Burns was not the drummer in 1977. He left band in 1974 after seeing movie Exorcist and started seeing things and had mental breakdown. Artemius Pyle took over

I saw this tour in St. Louis. Second row compliments of someone I was dating then. The Outlaws opened up for them. It was an amazing show and am glad you get a chance to see them live

It's not a festival it's a Lynyrd Skynyrd concert.

Check out Skynyrds Freebird at Knebworth. It's even better and check out where Allen does his solo and the story behind the opening bands that opened for the Stones not supposed to go out on the tongue of the stage .

Good reaction. Heartfelt, Genuine. Thanks.

Your studio vs. Live logic is spot on, but unfortunately many of your peers don't adhere to that. But since your/their audience almost always heard the studio first on the radio, you guys should get the same experience as we did I believe. It makes the most sense for first time listeners, and you're right, the studio is always clear/precise and we here it exactly how they wanted us to here it.

If the Band is good, it’s always better! The Greats are always even better live! 😎👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

This is great but unfortunately about 2 minutes or more of the solo is cut out of the end of this unfortunately. I would suggest to watch the knebworth version 1976 Freebird opening for Rolling Stones. There is even a tiny bit of the solo cut out at the end of that one but gives an even better depiction of just how great the Lynyrd Skynyrd Band really was, and Allen Collins stepped on the end of the Tongue of the Stones and set it ablaze!

Blackfoot Highway Song

Wow, I hadn't made the time connection between this performance and RVS death. Kinda puts this video in a different vibe for me now. Not in a negative way, just more appreciative that it exists. And lets all give a shout out to RVS's impressive beer gut! ❤ And if the girl in the yellow shorts ever sees this, girl i know you were caked in Noxzema post show. I feel your pain.

Gary Rossington on slide guitar

Who was Free Bird written about? Lyrical Meaning. When “Free Bird” was released, some fans speculated that it was a tribute to Duane Allman, the Allman Brothers Band guitarist who passed away in 1971. The guitar riffs at the end are reminiscent of Allman's, causing people to believe it was about him

You should watch the documentary about the plane crash

Better live in my opinion 😉

There are 2 examples that I know of, where the live version had a better reception from the critics than the studio version and that's, Bob Seger's "Turn The Page" and Kiss's "Rock and Roll All Night". Maybe it has to do with the way crowd makes them feel, I don't know.