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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ต.ค. 2024
- 10/20/87
10 yr. Anniversary of Plane Crash
Artimus Pyle introduces the band & crew
Billy Powell
Allen Collins
Gary Rossington
Ed King
Randall Hall
Leon Wilkeson
Johnny Van Zant
& others
~Allen Collins speaks about the band & the tour~
RIP Gary Rossington 1951-2023 the last original members of Lynyrd Skynyrd. Thank you for everything brother🕊🙏🏻
Fuckkkkk! I did not know that 😢
They stopped touring at the right time because they had lost so many members over the years and it just wouldn't have been the same.
Great! Gary/Allen/Ronnie, the childhood friends who created one of the greatest bands in R&R history ---- RIP.
Allen Collins, without a doubt, one of rock’s all time great guitarists!! 🤘🤘
Todd I couldn’t agree with you more! I love the whole band, Ronnie inspired me to sing as I do! Gary inspired to play guitar as I do! But Allen inspired me and still does to play better then I do! With out Skynyrd I wouldn’t be a Musician now. God bless the LYNYRD SKYNYRD band
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Ed.king played it.just.as.good.Ed has always been my favorite
Todd you ain't wrong there
Man poor Allen Collins! That had to be hard to be able not to play anymore. He was the best guitarist in Skynyrd! RIP
He surely was. Wish they had gotten him help so he'd still be here
@@carriekook3466 I agree!
Brings tears to my eyes seeing Allen in that shape.God bless him.
Wade Hendrix Life certainly continued to hurt Allen. So sad.
Wade Hendrix -- freebase finished him off.....
@ Nick Carpenter
Not true. Unfortunately alcohol was his drug of choice.
And God bless the lady he killed when he drunkedly wrecked his car that day.
When God one day when I walk through the perfect Gates and he asked me what song is it you want to hear I'm not thinking out loud rebirth freebird Free Bird forever eternally he's with this song's going eternity of for every man woman so out there free bird self-set you free and walk without pain in the Gates of heaven one day I got that to look forward to and I'll tell the good Lord free bird is what I want to hear
As a struggling addict and lifelong fan of Collins/Skynyrd/Ronnie it's hard not to cry when watching this video.
I agree 💯 I'm a recovering alcoholic and drug addict and this is really the first time I have heard this song sober? IT WAS AWESOME TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO PASSED AWAY!! I LOVED IT!!🥰🥰💯💘🙌
@@lisadykes3204 Im thankful Ricky Medlocke has performed admirably for Allen since his passing. He plans the same guitars as him.
@@joshuachaires7220 he on par equal to Allan, Ricky plays it exactly.... Ed King did try but Ricky went out his way to use a similar guitar to Allan
Struggling addict here as well, my parents were at that show in Oakland. I still live in the Bay Area. God bless all of those who perished in that crash. Thank you for music that will continue through the generations.
@andystransportchannel7784 On par equal to Allen? That's hilarious! For starters there isn't a person alive that is equal to Allen Collins when it comes to the solo on Freebird. To date Ed is probably the closest I've ever heard to playing it very close to Allen. Ricky isn't even half the guitar player that Ed King was & to say that Ricky went out of his way to play a similar guitar as Allen makes me scratch my head. It's the exact same model Allen used. Another thing is Ricky went on record to say he never wanted to play it exactly like Allen & truth be known it's because he couldn't anyways
So hard to see Allen in the chair. He would tear it up on stage. Sad to realize that they are all gone except for Gary and Artimus. We are lucky to have experienced the greatest Southern Rock band during our lifetime ♥️ God bless those we have lost 🙏
Only Artimus now... RIP Gary
RIP Gary
And Leon..
Agreed. My heart hurts for what was once purchased perfection.
Decades later yet no band has truly risen to this level of quality and talent.
I feel old!
That broke my heart to Allen like that
The opening notes by Billy on piano and then the slide by Gary, the greatest intro of a song there ever was, imho. Now all the Skynyrd boys are upstairs, playing together again, what a scene that must be. Their incredible music will live on, forever.
💯🎸RIP
@johnb5231. Johhny & Donnie are still alive and performing. They have a Christian Album coming Nov 22,2024
What a pleasure to see Ed King Back and the band Rest in peace Ronnie and Collins
Like they say ,A man is not dead till he's forgotten, These Freebirds will never be forgotten!!!!
Ed King did an amazing job on the solo and sadly, now he is gone too. The quality of music this band in all it's forms made in the short 5 years they recorded together, will never be equaled.
@Chris Calo Ed passed away in August of 2018.
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Agreed !
Got that right
I've often pondered what could of been....after Street Survivors.... that was such a great album. In 5 short years hit after hit they made their own path.... thanks....
All's I can do is write about it
Ed King did an incredible job here! May he also rest in peace!
TODAY IS 10-20-19 , STILL ROCKIN , WILL NEVER FORGET , LOVE ALL MY FREE BIRD FRIENDS , ROCK ON
Went to their concert on 10/19/19 closest I can get to a part of history
Rock On
December 2022 still listening
Got to see that 87 tribute tour, but not the original lineup. Gary Rossington Rossington RIP Brother
Today is July 23, 2023. Still rockin and loving Lynyrd Skynyrd. Always have always will. RIP GARY ROSSINGTON AND RIP LYNYRD SKYNYRD.
In 1987 I was working as a bouncer at a bar called Finkys in Daytona Beach ( now called Baja club I believe ) Ronny Van Zant was there's doing a meet and greet , I got the chance to talk to him and I told him about a friend of mine who was hit by a car when I was a freshman in high school seven years prior, she was in a coma for an extended period of time and her family would play her favorite song " FREEBIRD" over and over again until she woke from her coma
At the end of the night he walked over to me and handed me a rolled up sheet of paper and told me to make sure my friend gets it.
He had written her name at the top followed by the lyrics to freebird and signed it " from one survivor to another, Ronnie Van Zant "
John Mellyn Shit. Just read your story and got the chills up and down my spine. Thanks for sharing that!
Thanks for the tale bro - sadly he didn't survive the plane crash.
Sorry about that , I had "Ronnie" on my mind after watching the video , you have a good eye, even after reading it a couple times before hitting send I still didn't catch it . His brother "Johnny" is who I met at Finkys and who wrote the lyrics for my friend , I apologise, I would never write a false story especially when it involves somebodys death .
How did you attend a meet and greet in 1987 in Daytona beach with Ronnie van zant he was deceased in 1977 not sure I'm almost positive that Elvis is not in Graceland as I am that Ronnie van want was not in Daytona beach in 1987?
@@joebrown9414 yeah someone else pointed that out also,.. I meant to write johnny... you are correct sir
Has to be one of the most loved guitar riffs ever played and at 66 yrs of age it still hits my heart hard! RIP
Nobody can play Free Bird like Allen Collins. RIP
Agreed. But Ed Kind does a damn good job here. He knows that solo well
Rickey Medlocke ain't shabby, though.
Check out the 1979, volunteer jam V, Allen played that night.
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ED played it better ad the tour went on also Ed and Allen played that solo together many of time
Nicely done with an extended guitar solo and the Bolero part too!!! Now all the mules are together again. Rest easy free birds 🙏
Steve Gaines was the best guitarist to grace Skynyrd in my opinion. His lead and rhythm guitar playing, his songwriting skills, and his vocal skills lifted that band up and put them into a totally different stratosphere. Rest in Peace to everyone in the band. Only Artimus Pyle and Leslie Hawkins remain. So 😥 sad
Steve definitely had the voice and guitar skills! He made Allen and Gary step up their playing skills. I can’t imagine how successful he would have been if he had lived. All over a dam plane running out of gas. 🤦♂️
no they all had different skills, Gary was soulful, Allen was the shredder, Steve had the melodies, and Ed was great too.
@@richardfrancis8476Nobody made Gary Rossington step up his game. Gary Rossington pushed himself to the max all on his own and as far as I 'm concerned he was the best and he was the sound of Skynyrd. Gary and Ronnie are Lynyrd Skynyrd. If you heard Ronnie or Gary you knew you were hearing Lynyrd Skynyrd. Gary could make his guitar talk and sing and nobody could play it pretty like Gary Rossington did.
RIP GARY ROSSINGTON 🎸🦅❤️🇺🇲
Everybody has his favorite Guitar player for me it was Gary Rossington R.I.P The last Rebel and all others they are again together.
Lynynrd Skynyrd is absolutely amazing and the bad ass band of all time always truly enjoy thank you
Allen Collins Man. He was SO HAPPY when he came out. So Sad.
Its 2020 august and Mr. ZANT...brought a single tear to this old man's eye...we are not just survivors,,,we came here to thrive or die...no other way left to live...peace good people...remember you don't have to be an evil fuk in this life to be something truly great...amen
Love you guys ❤️♥️♥️😘😘😘😘
🎼Well said, brought tears to my eyes✌ I was born in 67' & I love Ronnie. His voice,his smile,his hair, his Style & his hats. Lynard Skynard will never be the same again without Ron & Allen. May his music live on 4ever & May they 🎶"RIP"🙏✌😷bsafe& God Bless
Allen played it with his unconscious soul it can't be replaced or copied to its purest form.
Wanna bet? Keep tuned w my channel lol
@@diegogardner4916 you can’t play it better than Allen did nobody can
Ricky medlock
@@Andy28548 Maybe not better, but oh so close.
I'm in complete & utter tears 😭😭😭 right now watching this wonderful tribute to those beautiful individuals whom we lost that terribly tragic day.
RIP 🙏🙏🙏🙏
Ronnie Van Zant
Steve Gaines
Cassie Gaines
Dean Kilpatrick
🕯🕯🕯🕯
Fly high Freebirds
🕊🕊🕊🕊
I've been a fan of Lynyrd Skynyrd since I was 14. They inspired me to learn to play guitar, their music has influenced my life. Hell, I've got the opening lyrics to this song tattooed on my right arm (if I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me). And I can honestly say that the music of this band has helped me become the person that I am today. And I'm proud of that.
Freebird,The Greatest Rock & Roll Song Ever !!!! Rest In Peace Ronnie & The Rest Of The Band That Was Lost.!!! RIP.!!!!
I'm Italian... But Skynyrd and their hystory... Their music... Make me feel a little bit American... ❤️😢
American by birth, Southern by the Grace of God., God bless Robert E. Lee
ME 2 TRUMP 2020
Anyone who loves the original Skynyrd has to be a little Southern- geography isn't everything! And I'm from Louisiana. Cheers! P[>
@@patrickfoster4586 👍🏻👌🏻
God bless Lynyrd Skynyrd and Ronnie Vanzandt ... I was there in 1987 at the oak mt amphitheater...
btw Ronnie would say Boo boo boo to trump, just like he did to George Wallace.... Freedom baby, fuck the Rich bureaucrats ....
No one can sing it like Ronnie and no one can play it like Allen!
Very well said dear. 👍
small price to pay to be 63 to get to see them in 74 75 and 76. first time i saw them i was blown away along with zz top off the stage.
Amen Bro
@@ixlr8677 ur such a lucky fuck!!
@@ixlr8677 I saw them at the Cow Barn at Miss. State in '76 (I think, I'm old, lol). I was at Ole Miss and several of us drove from Oxford to Starkville for the show. I'm so glad we did!
Ed King was a monster player!
Gary’s slide and Billy piano in the first half are what’s beautiful about the song. I never tire of it but have heard enough of the later half of the song and extended solo- it’s just got old after hearing it for 50 years. The first half of the song is too beautiful to get old at least for me
Happy someone else feels the way I do.
ed king..rip..he truly was a huge part of the success of this group.
My god..the way ed king plays the solo is stunning.
That is exactly what I was just thinking....Damn!
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I was thinking the same thing Ed king was bring it, man I was choked up watching that video , touched me deep , sad
He simply made it seem "effortless". A true guitar master
Actually Ed used to play the solo live with Allen a lot. In my opinion Ed and Steve were the two best guitarist's they had, and in the video here some of the shots of hands were Randall Hall
FLY HIGH FREEBIRDS 🦅🦅🎸🎸
Very sad see Allen in that situation. But this is life, and sadness is part of them. THANKS Lynyrd Skynyrd !!!
I cried my eyes out when I saw Allen in that condition. He was so underrated as a guitarist. I hope he is flying high above us all now with Ronnie, Steve, Cassie, and Billy.
Jeffrey Horton I hope that too, Jeffrey. But, who knows, may be one day we see all together in another land!
+Jeffrey Horton don't forget Leon and now Jojo and Bob Burns and Hughie
Did you also cry for the lady he killed when drove drunk and wrecked with her in the car?
Cry also for Allen's ex girlfriend who was killed while he drove drunk.
It's so sad to see Allen Collins REACHING UP TOO people to talk to them but when it used to be them looking up at him, he was a tall man to then being in a wheelchair is just one of the saddest things I've seen😢😢
A lot of sad history with past, present Lynyrd Skynyrd, 2018 Johnnys daughter, Lindsay, RIP... Ed King... GOD BLESS THEM ALL...they still are AWESOME.. AMAZING... music for the soul...
@@wigglebutts173; honestly ever since the crash it's gone down hill for the band unfortunately, but no matter what tragedy they still somehow managed to stay together and do what they do best
@@oneofthefew1777 Johnny was never about replacing his brother, he's said numerous times i can't fill Ronnys shoes, Gary, Rickey,others all said Ronny never wore shoes... Johnny, kept the music going...with help... generations were given the opportunity to hear the music, yes for some it's not the same, because it isnt the same, ..for others they love it ... Johnnys been doing this longer than his brother was alive... to keep music alive.💔❤🇺🇸🍺🍻
@@wigglebutts173 agreed, I personally stick with the pre crash Skynyrd rather than the new, in my opinion the songs are better bc Ronnie is the backbone in creating them
@@oneofthefew1777 🍻🍻🇺🇸💔 for Skynyrd ... RIP...
I was in the US NAVY and danced all the way through this song with a wave by the name of Libby Moore
Ronnie once asked the question " If I leave here tomorrow , would you still remember me?" I must say the answer is a resounding yes.
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Not yes,but Helll yeah!
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That was Kathy collins Allen’s wife who said that in argument with Allen . Allen remembered and put it in the song
I saw them before the plane crash! I was in High School, then. They were my favorite band & still are. I also have their album with the flames on it. I bought it after the concert. I love you, forever!😊👯✌
Just remember what a life Allen Collins lived. I can see him standing on the tip of Jagger's tongue shaped stage and blowing the Stones off the stage at Knebworth and Oakland Coliseum rocking the place to the ground that summer day. He will live forever and Freebird will be played a hundred years from now.
💯%. He was unmissable onstage and regardless of the tragedies that befell him, and the troubles he suffered and as a result also caused, he remains one of the most central figures in the life & times of LS. His talent burns on.
77' was the Great Days...People will never have it so good again...Thankyou for the Great Music and Joy.
Great job Mr. King!! Never lost it. RIP brother 😢👍👍
If ever there's was a song that connected rock and heavy metal this is it
R.I.P. TO ALL, YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN, COUSIN FIGEL
R.I.P. to all Legendary, They are always in our hearts.
I wish I would have never seen this video breaks my heart to see Allen that way especially when they show old clips of him in this video
The 79 Volunteer Jam was the first reunion and first version of Freebird w/o vocals.
I almost went to see Skynyrd in 77' just before the crash but Mom said I was too young to go to a concert, wait till next time... Thanks mom! :S
Well fuck, now that's unlucky
dreamwad1 was going the next day to get tickets, heard on the radio what happened. Bummer, as we said back then.
I'm not an Artemus fan but in this case, he was right. These were all great people who play an important part in LS's legacy.
It’s ok. I am an Artemus fan and what you said is spot on.
You know everbody gives props to Ronnie of course and Steve, and Gary, and my personal favorite AC, but hear little in the way of recognition for Billy. Man oh man was dude talented. Made love to those keys. Alot of the backbone of some of their most played stuff is with Billy pounding that ivory. Whatever it was made of then, ivory I think.
Walter Sobchak so sorry, I meant "like". I agree w/you 100%.
Yes nobody can play it like Allen , ed king gave it a shockingly good performance
It was Ivory and your right he was so good filled in so many spots and added texture to the music free bird will give you chills in the intro Billy was the greatest piano player ever
Leon Wilkeson was severely under-appreciated on the bass, as well.
@@neoneherefrom5836 Leon and John Paul Jones best two ever
ALLEN COLLINS PLAYED THE LEAD GUITAR ON THIS ORIGINALY, NO ONE COULD PLAY LIKE ALLEN, BUT ED KING HERE DOES A FANTASTIC JOB ON IT, HE WAS NOT THE ORIGINAL LEAD PLAYER ON THIS SONG, HE KICKS ASS ON THIS , R.I.P. TO ALL THE FREEBIRDS, COUSIN FIGEL
The so called Greats .....Jimmy Page, Hendrix, Eddie, etc etc etc etc etc etc ..... all guitar heroes i their own way,to so may people ....... I look up to some of them, but Allen was a force to be reckoned with on guitar as well & very underrated.
i've been an acdc fan all my life and i've known about skynyrd but was only devoteted to acdc but having watched a lot of videos lately,i have to say i have been mesmerised by Ronnie's stage presence .rip bud
Yo've got all kinds of fun and interesting stuff to learn now about another great band. I'm a huge AC/DC fan 2 BTW : )
Man watching this video... especially the part where Ronnie's hat was on the microphone during free bird. I ain't cried that many tears in several years.
I played a Gibson Firebird at a shop today, played some of these licks. I told the sales guy I got to see Allen Collins play live, I dont think he knew who I was talking about. Cool to see Ed play this again. RIP
Thank you everyone for your tribute to Ronnie and the rest of those we lost that day I'm not a crier but this did leave me in tears
Man this bad has always kicked ass wit every song they sing my brother GENE passed away an he got me into listening to L.S. years ago lov yas all !! I wish I could see yas in concert again I saw u once years ago !! It would b a dream come true for me to go to a show !! I'm from DE !! 👍🍻😁❣
I'm sorry for your loss.
The Tribute Tour was my 1st Concert--1987. I'm 50 today and I've never saw this performance. After A FEW BUDWEISERS This hit's THE SPOT!!!!! To the new people who don't know who Lynyrd Skynyrd is, THEY WERE THE GREATEST. Ronnie, Gary AND Allen Wrote these song's FROM THE HEART!!!! Song's to Live By. Tradition"s to Carry On. R.I.P. FREEBIRD's
The music needs no words. But I’m glad we know them. Fly high!
That shit was so rude that Artimus waited till the end to introduce Allen Collins and he really didn't introduce him. Allen Collins has always been underrated. He was a great guitarist and songwriter.
It ain’t rude. Never mind it was
He starts with the road crew so he’s working backwards, obviously, if you knew them!
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Watch Allen Collins opening on this song. I cry every time I see it. Not to mention the song has a “ good message to it “. They all had Mother’s. “ better hear what I say “. God Bless you Allen Collins. 🙏😔
Allen wasn’t the same after the crash that left him paralyzed and in constant pain. He always left the spotlight as soon as he was introduced. He was always introduced at the shows because it was a condition of his sentence to use his fame and accident as a warning and deterrent to others about drinking and driving. Introducing him last was a way to keep him up front a little longer, and not have it look like one of the founding members of the band was showing up the crew be leaving as soon as he said his part.
I mean, could you imagine how the crew would’ve felt if he was first, threw up the deuces, and rolled off while you were being recognized as being essential to pulling off the tour successfully?
@@ZacCostilla Collins was paralysed in a different crash - he flew his car into a field, when the emergency call went through and politely asked which field he was in, he answered ‘Drumming, but wtf has that got to do with anything? Oh, and there’s a 1m fountain spring soaking my hair, kind of dark red and intermittently spurting skywards from here in my left ar.....margh for fuck’s bastards ache, Ok, I’ll leave it there for now, I need a short nap, Happy Easter, thanks for calling. Geezus, where’s the bloody misuss gone - what a dicriculously shit time to fuck off in the middle of bloody nowhere leaving me drowning in muddy spring waaaaaat the fuck. ZZzzzzzzzz
Edit: I apologise, it’s just a thing that happens to you as you barrel into the arse end of your fifties in England, you suddenly become a pretentious arsehole because you suddenly realise that your entire life’s work spent researching, taking lectures, giving lectures, and being patronisingly referred to as ‘an expert in your field’ amounts to knowing less than 0.1% of all there is to know, with respect to your chosen field; it’s like a kick in the plums with a JCB backhoe - so when you say ‘....the crash..’ with respect to Lynyrd, I automatically assume you meant ‘THE’ crash, when that may not actually be the case.
Right, anyone for COVID Bingo? *Hic*, I’ll deal. I’ll get my coat....
I was 16 years old and
seen this in 1987...in Philadelphia and they blew the roof off
Allen Collins is my 2nd favorite guitarist right after Stevie ray Vaughan
Ed king showed Allen respect on that solo
Look what the cat drug in
From the Ville. Allen is in a better place. He blessed us with his talent. Such a gifted man.
Rest in peace Mr. Ed King.
Blackberry brandy in the parking lot and inside at the Tacoma concert. Was in disbelief before and then just sang my ass off alll night. Great music, perfect music.
all will be missed , the best band in history, rest in peace to all
What a powerful powerful tribute. Thank-you. God bless them all. They are in Gods hands now. Skynyrd took the hit for Aerosmith. We all know that now.
Here is the band singing it one short year before the tragic plane crash.
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No they didn't, the manager for Aerosmith saw the pilots were substandard, so they wisely didn't charter that plane. LS could've done the same, but unfortunately didn't.
Much appreciated and respect for y'all guys man love the music God bless y'all.
This is awesome i remember that day of
The plane crash. We cryed and cryed then we played all your songs and cryed some
more!!❤💜💙💖🤟😘
I was at the Dallas show November 1st 1987. I remember the shock and sadness we all felt when we heard about the plane crash. I had not had a chance to see them prior, and am glad I saw this tribute/reunion.
Went and saw this band on October 4, 1987 in Pittsburgh. As a long time fan who never got to see the original band...........it was magical when those guys took the stage that night for me.
Wow....What a job Ed King did on that Collins lead....Ed was on the first and second LP's I believe.
Ed played on first 3 albums
this is so fuckin sad my greatest hero in the chair you can see the sadness in his eyes he was the force behind the music
He was an extremely talented musician but he let drugs and alcohol destroy himself and kill an innocent passenger in his car. He learned no lessons from all the tragedies that befell him. He continued a wreckless life style and self destructed. Enjoy his talent and muscianship but don't worship him.
@@mrsgstd Oh shit, I wondered why he was in such bad health. Some folks just can't be reached I guess. He was a good guitarist tho.
Yes he was
Yea it was sad, to see Allen almost ignored
@@mrsgstd
Go through what he went through & see how you deal with it.
He lost his best friend in that damned crash & then lost his wife Kathy when she bled out after suffering a miscarriage.
Add the FACT that so many of their "friends" kept him "juiced up" on pills to offset the pain from his injuries & you have a potent mixture with eventually led to his death in 1990
There was nothing like this 87 tour ... Everything about it was class!
OMG.... I love Lynyrd Skynyrd...this video makes me cry....Skynyrd forever.......
wim vincken crying tears of joy. 😎
Saw the original Lynard Skynard in the early to mid 70's! In those days there were 3 bands for a concert! Skynard was the 3rd Band that night & they rocked Kiel Auditorium in STL till the wee hours of the morning!!! Encore after encore that night!!! WOW what a memory!!! :D
You are one lucky dog!
A ICONIC song that will NEVER GET OLD OR TIED EVER!!!!!!
Uma das maiores banda de rock de todos os tempossss
I only recognized Artimus by his voice... he didn’t look the same without his beard, and Billy gained a ton of weight by 87’. I wish Ed King never left the group. he wrote so many great songs for the band. Growing old really sucks... only three on that stage are left! I would like to meet Ed one day.
Ouch .. bad news from the future my friend.
I had a hard time figuring out it was the drummer. You are correct he did not look like his self.
Gotta give them props tho they got the allen tone and he killed the solo and it was an amazing performance especially their little added part towards the end of the solo but no one will ever play it like allen did because that man is a legend and will always be. R.I.P allen
Skynyrd music lives on forever
The only time I’ve seen Artimus Pyle wear a shirt at a concert
Billy Powell the Greatest piano player ever. And I had the pleasure of doing spot lights for them in Tulsa 2001. Leon Wilkeson was who I spot lighted
Maybe that's why leon died that year 🤷♂️
Great piece to honour the tragically lost Ronnie and friends
RIP ..As long as you keep rockin they live.
Thanks so much
J Deuce
RnR
Bless'em one and all
Only like a handful of their songs. But they are by far my fav group of guys to ever be in a band, such a class act and cool group of people. RIP Ronnie - coolest front man ever.
I just get so God dam mad when I think about it to much, here you have a brilliant energetic guitar player in a wheelchair a bunch of beating broken hearts,u can just feal the pain ,I know I've lost most of friends tragically u go on yet there is that pain that never goes away no counseling ,not enough booze or pills or time will take it away..u just here the absence in the live shows, he's playing with a broken heart and bones. all of the surviveing have a hole in there soul I when I think about it to much I get very angry..rip to all who lost their lives and prey that the one's effected by this has some kind of peace..
SURVIVORS - every last one of them. God bless them all.
I was lucky to have seen this tour and the original band several times!!!
Growing up in the 70' ( at this time I was 12 years old ) It was intriguing to find remibilaia in the draws. My brother introduced me to these songs. He was only a year older than me.
This song was sung when I was young. People use to say I was as free as a Bird because I would not let nothing bother me.
The Lynyrd Skynyrd Band played with heart. In today's world it's all about the money. Greed full throttle. You see it in professional sports , music and movies. They were great. God Bless them🕯🙏🕯
Skynyrd has been only about the money since the plane crash. It's no Skynyrd it's a tribute band riding Ronnie's coattails.
@@mattsowder7978 I'll agree with that, but alot of people seem to like the tribute band, but who am I to judge. The revived Skinner can come no where near the original. It should've died when Van Zant did. This memorial tribute to Van Zant and the other band members was good though.
Lord bless and rest Allen 🙏, gone longer then I've been alive but one person can only handle so much...gone to soon
This is a damn fine tribute. A lot of talent is on this stage, and as a die hard fan, I am very grateful.
wait a minute..i was typing while video was going. the end solo! those guys nailed it. wow! broken heart yet most certainly not dead😎!!!
I remember that concert and it was incredible to be a part of it.
fucking beautiful! love the tribute they gave to RVZ. an the Respect . cause no one can sing this song the way he did. R.I.P. but the song lives forever!
Wow ! Ed king really laid it down. But nothing like when Collins slaughtered 250,000 at Knebworth standing on the edge of the stage .
I'm 34 year's old young and wish everyday this band wasn't abruptly ended by tragedy. I understand his brother and the band went on, but Ronnie, Stevie and Cassie going to heaven it wasn't ever the same. Imagine what they could have done!.
remember jo jo told them no to get on that plane remember God is always right no mistake about that
Can't wait to see them again October 5th 2018 St Paul Minnesota 🦅
MN Patriot GREETINGS FROM THE GREAT STATE OF TEXAS TODAY IS OCTOBER 5TH 2018 I HOPE YOU ALL ENJOYED THE SHOW MY SON AND I JUST WENT TO SEE THEM LAST YEAR IN ARKANSAS GOD BLESS YOU AND YOURS
@@anaparada7219 yes ma'am it was awesome!
MN Patriot Greetings from Lubbick Texas glad to hear this God bless you and yours this video is very moving I hope they come back again one day soon and come out of retirement..
r.i.p Ronnie steve cassie leon dean and Allen💯
Bubba Hazelitt Also Ed King and Billy Powell
@@5959785RIP GARY ROSSINGTON
One of the most memorable moments I ever had was to see the Rossington Collins band on their much abbreviated first tour. They did the songs from their first album and then they shined the spotlight on the microphone with Ronnies' hat on top and played Freebird just like here. It was so spooky and the place was so quiet you could here a pin drop.
Definitely brought tears to my eyes God bless you people
This is first time I saw this video, and very humbling, I and friend from Topeka Kansas drove to Wichita, Ks. to perform photography for Artymus Pyle,of whole band, we both went back stage to meet with Artymus before show, then he introduced us to Ronnie and rest of band members . At show start, I had my tripod and camera mounted right below Ronnie, and photo shot the most high detailed natural light photo close ups of Ronnie and band. I sold rights if photography to Pete Road mgr. A year later after Skynyrd.show Municipal Auditorium KCMO at Sheraton Prom Inn. The few short moments I had after shaking Ronnie's hand meeting him before show and speaking with him I will never forget. I hope those photos I shot of band as high quality slides are still in safe place. I am contacting Artymus soon to see where those are at. The photos of Ronnie were so defined, you could see the pores in his skintone.-Rockinmusicron I promote Texas songwriters and 2 from Nashville by exposing with major artists on my Instagram page Rockinmusicron and video productions Channel TH-cam Channel Rockin-74 Ron also former stage and spot operator major midwest rock club 3yrs where Kansas started
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