As a geezer I love seeing the younger generation discover the music of my generation. No fireworks, no choreography, no lasers. Just pure f*****g talent.
@@evrlstMUSIC But what’s all that have to do with music being played by extremely talented musicians. We’re talking music here, not dance steps and computer programs.
I just watch Lynyrd Skynyrd in concert last night and they had a disco ball that had lasers during Free Bird 😂 Song was amazing though. I have seen them live 3 times. This time was different because they brought a video and audio of Ronnie in singing the second verse from a concert before he died which was pretty cool and was not present in the earlier concerts.
Now that you've heard the studio version, you have to check out the live performance - Lynyrd Skynyrd Live in Oakland 1977 You've probably heard their music before, but didn't know who performed it. One of their most famous songs is called Sweet Home Alabama (featured in countless movies, TV shows, & covers by other artists). Simple Man is my favorite from this Southern Rock band. Sadly, several members died in a plane crash in later part of 1977.
The band was named after Leonard Skinner, the band members gym teacher back at High School that would always send them to the principal office for having long hair.
The thing about the older songs being longer you have to realize back then all we had was radio or if we bought the album but as teenagers most of couldn't afford. So I promise you we never wanted the songs to end because we couldn't go to TH-cam or anywhere to hear it again. Same with the concerts we wanted them to last forever
Gary Rossington is a monster on that slide guitar, and Allen Collins is a demon with that solo. But Billy Powell on piano and Artimus Pyle on drums are killin' it.
Bob Burns on drums actually (Artimus came later) and Ed King on bass (Leon Wilkison was briefly out of the band and they invited Ed King in on bass). King was a fantastic guitarist and hated playing bass, they got Leon to rejoin and King moved to guitar and killed it (he was great complement to Rossington and Collins, did a lot of the songwriting too, inc Sweet Home riff) before leaving the band over its insane road life. They shuffled through several iterations during their history. Like bringing in Steve Gaines later, who was possibly the best guitarist of all of them.
Check out the Live in Knebworth, I know everyone says live in Oakland but Knebworth version is where they open for the Rolling Stones, focus is on the band more than the audience, also they were told by the stones not to go on the extension of the stage, they ignored them and performed the solo there.
@@raineytv Freebird live on the Isle of Wight is better. They opened for the Stones and were told NOT to go out into the tongue. Ronnie Van Zant (Lead singer) had a very different idea :) : th-cam.com/video/vm7bkVxBXdA/w-d-xo.html
Skynyrd recorded so many great songs . . . Tuesday's Gone, Simple Man, Gimme Back My Bullets, Saturday Night Special, That Smell, Sweet Home Alabama . . . just to name a few. My favorites are On The Hunt from Nuthin' Fancy and Four Walls of Raiford, an obscure song from their box set.
If you're gonna be doing more of rock or metal music reactions , here's a tip : do not pause during the guitar solo . Or any other instrumental solo for that matter ; just let it ride thru 😄
Just top notch Southern Rock! Another bluesy Southern Rock band you should hear is The Marshall Tucker Band. Listen to "Can't You See". Thanks for this great review!
Gary Rossington has the awesome slide throughout the main part of the song, and then Allen Collins has that awesome solo at the end with every permutation of the pentatonic scale in G minor you can possibly imagine.
This is off their first album called Pronounced. Lynyrd Skynyrd is the bands name. It was created from their gym coach Leonard Skinner at Lee High School in Jacksonville, Florida who got on the boys about the length of their hair. There so many other songs to listen to as well. Simple Man is a good one to start with.
When you do the live version from Oakland, make sure not to cut off the video before it's over, something interesting happens when they show a few of the audience members.
The Name of the Album is PRONOUNCED - The reason it's PROUNOUNCED is because their Gym Teacher in High School would tease them about not making it in the music industry "you'll never make a career out of it". That teachers name was Leonard Skinner. - I was 2 years behind them in Jacksonville FL high school.
I was at their concert at the Oakland Coliseum in 1977. You can find that on TH-cam. Sadly, most of the band died in a plane crash just a few months later.
You can watch lynyrd skynyrd live (FreeBird) at a concert at Oakland Colosseum 1977 on youtube I was there. Just got back from Nam, Laos and Cambodia. I'm 69 and spent 30 years in the Navy, retired with disabilities, served 12 of those years in various SEAL Teams. Enjoy the '77 concert version.
After the plane crash the first time the band performed live was at volunteer jam 13 in Nashville tennessee at starwood ampatheater, my parents was at thst concert, and when they played free bird they didn't sing the lyrics just let the crowd sing, and the guy thst was in charge of the lights put a spot light on a Mic stand where the singer would have been, my father describes thst night as a religious experience, I went on to grow up and see them twice, and I feel everyone needs to see them at least once, and sadly the lead guitarist is the last surviving member of the band still in the band, and there won't be many more years to see them, they still tour but just from age there won't be many more shows.
4 guitars. 2 primary leads, 1 filler lead/rhythm and another rhythm, plus the bass. No beats. No samples. No computers. Every note played by hand. I love the longer songs. Check out Pink Floyd-Time, Led Zeppelin-Stairway To Heaven, REO Speedwagon-Roll With The Changes and Blue Oyster Cult-Don’t Fear The Reaper. Be sure to listen to the original album versions. An exception and a bonus. AFTER you hear the original version, listen to the live version of Don’t Fear The Reaper from the album Some Enchanted Evening. One of the very few that’s as good as the original. Happy New Year. 🎆🎊🎈 Rock n Roll will never die. Much love ❤️
Southern Rock back then was born out of long extended jam sessions and just playing til you decided to stop. The whole genre was noted for these longer jams on their albums. Three of my favorites are "Highway Song" by Blackfoot, "Green Grass and High Tides" by the Outlaws and my favorite band Molly Hatchet's song "Fall of the Peacemakers"
I've seen them atleast 4 times. Free bird is always the final song played and goes for atleast 15 minutes. Welcome to go down the rabbit hole you won't be disappointed.
I love when so-called non-rock fans give classic rock and metal a chance and end up f****** loving it and they just can't explain why it's f****** awesome
"The kind of song you put on in the car after work to chill' ....I can tell you from personal experience listening to this song in the car has a high protentional to get you a speeding ticket or two.
Respectfully disagree with others pointing to doing any of the live versions of FB before consuming exactly as yall did, the way any of us did back in 'the day', putting the needle on the record and squeezing the earphones down tight. Music first. FB is the best "break up" song in rock and roll history. Pro tip: Happy song? Call Me the Breeze. Mister Billy Powell on piano
The Florida gym teacher who unwittingly named legendary southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd after giving detention to a pack of long-haired slackers,.Leonard Skinner, the basketball coach and gym teacher who later became friends with the band, "Coach Skinner had such a profound impact on our youth that ultimately led us to naming the band, which you know as Lynyrd Skynyrd, after him," said band member Gary Rossington. "Looking back, I cannot imagine it any other way. Skinner was working at Robert E. Lee High School in Jacksonville in the late 1960s when he sent a group of students to the principal's office."It was against the school rules," Skinner told the Florida Times-Union in 2009. "I don't particularly like long hair on men, but again, it wasn't my rule."The kids went on to form the band responsible for such hits as "Sweet Home Alabama" and "Free Bird."
If you think that the audio version is something, Well then you need to check out the live video version of this song, played at the Oakland Coliseum in July of 1977.
Live version Oakland Festival is a must. Billy Powell who was a roadie for the band sat down at a piano and began to play a version of "Free Bird." Ronnie Van Zant hired him as keyboardist.
Hey guys this song is epic just a tip ,lynyrd skynyrd, Phil Collins and Stevie Ray Vaughn should be heard live . This song in knebworth U.K is my favorite version because of the fight between lynyrd skynyrd and the rolling stones. It's a great story you should Google.
Lead singer Ronnie Van Zant wasn't fond of Guitar Solo, Drums or Piano solos, in the 70s early 80s that was the standard back then. So,Ronnie told them we'll do our songs, Freebird will be the last song 🎵 then you guys do what you want even there's a piano solo,actually the song itself is only like 2 minutes 40 seconds long (the slow part) live sometimes runs up to 15-17minutes long, but you have to see it live a different song live still great but better if you watch it live you'll love it She's right there are Three Guitar players Allen Collins, Gary Rossington & Steve Gaines On Bass Leon Wilkinson Piano is Billy Powell ,Drums Artums Pyle Lead singer Ronnie Van Zant. On the 17th of October 1977 they had just released the album "Street Survivers" 3 days later on the 20th of October while flying to a show in Louisiana, the Plain ran out of Gas and Crashed into the swamps in Mississippi killing both pilots, Road Manager Dean Kilpatrick, Steve Gaines his Sister Cassie Gaines (she was one of the three back up singers) & there Lead singer Ronnie Van Zant. Ronnie never wrote anything down, said if I have write it down it's not worth remembering anyway, he told his father that he'd never live past 30 years old said that was all the time he was allowed, He was killed 85 days before his 30th Birthday Seriously the only way to see them live & look at the crowd they pulled in No one gets tired of hearing Freebird but any songs you choose, you can't go wrong
What do you think is the best guitar solo in rock history? - - - Make your choice: 1- Lynyrd Skynyrd / Free Bird / Live 1976 2- Pink Floyd / Comfortably Numb / Pulse Concert 1994 3- Stevie Ray Vaughan / Voodoo Child / Live From Austin Texas
DOO WOP TO THE 70S ARE MY FAVORITE SINCE I'LL BE 74 IN FEBRUARY. BELIEVE ME YOU'LL KNOW WHY IT'S LONG. THEY GOT THEIR NAME AFTER THE NAME OF A TEACHER. IT WASN'T OVER
I am 64 years old and know Skynyrd music you can not play any of their music from 1977 back to the first album they released that can stump me fact is after Ronnie VanZant, Cassie Gaines and her brother Steve Gaines were killed in the October 1977 plane crash, it took a few years for Ronnie's little brother Johnny VanZant to step up and take the lead vocals on her and keep the Lynyrd Skynyrd music alive and kicking. Now for the facts,, Lynyrd Skynyrd was the first Southern Rock bands to use three lead quality electric Guitarist on stage at the same time. In October 1977 the guitarist were as follows, Gary Rossington lead 1, Allen Collins lead 2 Steve Gaines lead 3,,,, Bassists Leon Wilkinson, Drummer Artimus Pyle, Keyboards Billy Powell, and Ronnie VanZant on lead vocals. Just a foot note the very last album Lynyrd Skynyrd released with Johnny VanZant was called LAST OF A DYING BREED and it was solid fire and even Ronnie VanZant would be proud.
Yea I saw Lynyrd Skynyrd back in the day before the airplane crash that killed their lead singer and about half the band. You got it right. When they up the tempo before the three man guitar jam everybody went absolutely crazy. The energy was sky high with all the screaming and jumping around and it was wonderful. The interesting thing was they didn’t intend for the song to be a hit. It was a gap song during the mid-late part of the show that would give the lead singer Ronnie Van Zandt a break to his voice. A little to their surprise. During the mid to late 70’s everyone pretty much agreed that Free Bird and Stairway To Heaven by Led Zeppelin were the two best Rock Songs of the 70’s.
As a geezer I love seeing the younger generation discover the music of my generation. No fireworks, no choreography, no lasers. Just pure f*****g talent.
I think even a geezer can understand that choreography takes skill & talent. Programming lasers takes hours as well.
@@evrlstMUSIC But what’s all that have to do with music being played by extremely talented musicians. We’re talking music here, not dance steps and computer programs.
Im sure you can wrap your head at your age the fact that following choreography while playing music is actually super difficult lmao.
@@evrlstMUSICwhen u need lasers, choreography and all the bullshit to hidden the trash music that is playing...
I just watch Lynyrd Skynyrd in concert last night and they had a disco ball that had lasers during Free Bird 😂 Song was amazing though. I have seen them live 3 times. This time was different because they brought a video and audio of Ronnie in singing the second verse from a concert before he died which was pretty cool and was not present in the earlier concerts.
Here's a little hint for you. Never stop in the middle of a guitar solo. You're doing a great job with your reactions. Just a hint.
Cool, thanks!
Now that you've heard the studio version, you have to check out the live performance - Lynyrd Skynyrd Live in Oakland 1977
You've probably heard their music before, but didn't know who performed it. One of their most famous songs is called Sweet Home Alabama (featured in countless movies, TV shows, & covers by other artists). Simple Man is my favorite from this Southern Rock band. Sadly, several members died in a plane crash in later part of 1977.
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Yes the live version is epic. I agree....Simple Man and Ballad of Curtis Leow are my faves 🕊️💜
Although the picture quality isn't as strong, the live version from Knebworth 1976 is way better than Oakland 1977.
i concur
Ahhh!!! Jus told em too that show was epic. 2nd only to heart "crazy on you" 78. Definitely top 2 performances ever imo
Great reaction but never pause a guitar solo.
Noted!
The guitar solo is 4 minutes+ what do you expect?
@@NUCL3AR991 no pausing
@@justolstamps1041 your right I'm sorry
@@NUCL3AR991 lmfao
The band was named after Leonard Skinner, the band members gym teacher back at High School that would always send them to the principal office for having long hair.
The thing about the older songs being longer you have to realize back then all we had was radio or if we bought the album but as teenagers most of couldn't afford. So I promise you we never wanted the songs to end because we couldn't go to TH-cam or anywhere to hear it again. Same with the concerts we wanted them to last forever
How many times did you burn your fingers holding up your lighter at the end of a show?
@Patrick Jones friend I probably wouldn't have been able to feel it. Them mushrooms 🍄 were long lasting 🤪
Gary Rossington is a monster on that slide guitar, and Allen Collins is a demon with that solo. But Billy Powell on piano and Artimus Pyle on drums are killin' it.
Bob Burns killin' it on the studio recording, Artimus Pyle equally killin' it later on.
Yes and Ronnie is great singing it. 😊
Bob Burns on drums actually (Artimus came later) and Ed King on bass (Leon Wilkison was briefly out of the band and they invited Ed King in on bass). King was a fantastic guitarist and hated playing bass, they got Leon to rejoin and King moved to guitar and killed it (he was great complement to Rossington and Collins, did a lot of the songwriting too, inc Sweet Home riff) before leaving the band over its insane road life. They shuffled through several iterations during their history. Like bringing in Steve Gaines later, who was possibly the best guitarist of all of them.
I saw them twice in the 70’s and FreeBird live is longer and better , if that’s possible. Great reaction. Much love 💕
Yes they are
Check out the Live in Knebworth, I know everyone says live in Oakland but Knebworth version is where they open for the Rolling Stones, focus is on the band more than the audience, also they were told by the stones not to go on the extension of the stage, they ignored them and performed the solo there.
Yep 💯
The more I hear about the Stones, the more apparent it is what a bunch of cucks they were.
My first concert in 1977 was Lynyrd Skynyrd it left lasting memories
Mine was Lynyrd Skynyrd in New Orleans in 1974.
You've gotta react to the live performance - Lynyrd Skynyrd Live in Oakland 1977. It blows this studio version out of the water!
Will do 🫡
@@raineytv Freebird live on the Isle of Wight is better. They opened for the Stones and were told NOT to go out into the tongue. Ronnie Van Zant (Lead singer) had a very different idea :) : th-cam.com/video/vm7bkVxBXdA/w-d-xo.html
@@raineytv Yes please do the Live Version!
Why does everyone prefer Oakland? The sound quality is terrible and Allen Collins sounds out of tune during the solo
@@MrPorsche91730because of the huge enthusiastic 4th of July crowd with all the cuties up front. That’s why.
We used to judge bands in the 70s by whether they sounded the same in concert as they did on their studio album and Lynyrd Skynyrd always did that.
Actually NO the did not,
ANY of their LIVE shows was 10x better than the best of their studio versions!!
Skynyrd recorded so many great songs . . . Tuesday's Gone, Simple Man, Gimme Back My Bullets, Saturday Night Special, That Smell, Sweet Home Alabama . . . just to name a few. My favorites are On The Hunt from Nuthin' Fancy and Four Walls of Raiford, an obscure song from their box set.
Take your pick, any are good, I'll also add Gimme Three Steps but Simple Man and Tuesday's Gone and Sweet Home Alabama are a high rec for me :)
Raiford is terrific as are two other slower gems: Every Mothers Son and All I Can Do is Write About It
If you're gonna be doing more of rock or metal music reactions , here's a tip : do not pause during the guitar solo . Or any other instrumental solo for that matter ; just let it ride thru 😄
Live version in Oakland ‘77 or even better Knebworth ‘76. Must reactions. Any song by the original lineup 1973-1977 is an absolute winner. Legendary.
The better performance is probably Knebworth BUT, the better video is Oakland. The British crowd was way too laid back.
Love this song.....what you don't realize until you watch the live version from Oakland 77 is there is actually 3 guitarist 😁
Yes
@@raineytv but only one wrote and played the solo. The great Allen Collins!
@@timmt1398 Uhm, they all played brah. lol
@@bluflaam777LSA Not the solo--it’s all Collins. He did all the layering, fills, and dubbing.
@@fuchsiaswing8545 Steve Gaines also played part of the solo with Allen while Gary played the intro slide and rhythm throughout the song.
Just top notch Southern Rock!
Another bluesy Southern Rock band you should hear is
The Marshall Tucker Band.
Listen to "Can't You See".
Thanks for this great review!
Rock on!
Gary Rossington has the awesome slide throughout the main part of the song, and then Allen Collins has that awesome solo at the end with every permutation of the pentatonic scale in G minor you can possibly imagine.
This solo technically is super easy but the soul in it is the key to playing it.
This is off their first album called Pronounced. Lynyrd Skynyrd is the bands name. It was created from their gym coach Leonard Skinner at Lee High School in Jacksonville, Florida who got on the boys about the length of their hair. There so many other songs to listen to as well. Simple Man is a good one to start with.
Three guitars in this band...swappping licks as they call it. Saw this band four times or more....back when the whole band was intact... great!!
I feel so blessed to have grown up with the greatest music ever! Best southern rock band hands down! ❤
You just listened to an epic,ICONIC song! A damn anthem! You really need to check out their song “Simple Man” next-🤘🏼👍
Saw them in April 77. My first rock concert, my favorite band in the day, we went crazy.
Mine was The Outlaws "Memorial Day Stampede 1979" but "Pronounced" was the record that made me one of The Cool Kids in Junior High...
I love to watch the smiles when people discover new music.
When you do the live version from Oakland, make sure not to cut off the video before it's over, something interesting happens when they show a few of the audience members.
The Name of the Album is PRONOUNCED - The reason it's PROUNOUNCED is because their Gym Teacher in High School would tease them about not making it in the music industry "you'll never make a career out of it". That teachers name was Leonard Skinner. - I was 2 years behind them in Jacksonville FL high school.
Never stop a song during a solo
I was at their concert at the Oakland Coliseum in 1977. You can find that on TH-cam. Sadly, most of the band died in a plane crash just a few months later.
Best guitar solo ever!!!
The pride of Jacksonville Florida ❤️🔥❤️
Wish the Jaguars would solidify themselves as a annual playoff contender for the 🍒on top
I love this song. It’s an excellent backdrop to Jenny’s contemplation in Forrest Gump.
And the end of the devil's rejects and the fight scene in Kingsmen
Absolute classic
Facts
Legends...❤️❤️
Definitely do live version..😊
Okay I will
You can watch lynyrd skynyrd live (FreeBird) at a concert at Oakland Colosseum 1977 on youtube I was there. Just got back from Nam, Laos and Cambodia. I'm 69 and spent 30 years in the Navy, retired with disabilities, served 12 of those years in various SEAL Teams. Enjoy the '77 concert version.
Love your reactions!! Please check out this live in Oakland California ' 77 all Skynrd fans will show up for that video I promise.
Ok
Listen to this song while driving with it all the way up and you'll just be cruisin and all of a sudden you're doing 100 lol
Free bird is an extended guitar solo masterpiece with a slight vocal intro.
Remember this is FREE BIRD and they had that awesome plane crash that killed Ronnie, lead singer, soon after this..He is a FREEBIRD. ❤
9 minutes but worth every second
After the plane crash the first time the band performed live was at volunteer jam 13 in Nashville tennessee at starwood ampatheater, my parents was at thst concert, and when they played free bird they didn't sing the lyrics just let the crowd sing, and the guy thst was in charge of the lights put a spot light on a Mic stand where the singer would have been, my father describes thst night as a religious experience, I went on to grow up and see them twice, and I feel everyone needs to see them at least once, and sadly the lead guitarist is the last surviving member of the band still in the band, and there won't be many more years to see them, they still tour but just from age there won't be many more shows.
saw them play this song for almost 40 minutes once...the crowd was going nuts
4 guitars. 2 primary leads, 1 filler lead/rhythm and another rhythm, plus the bass. No beats. No samples. No computers. Every note played by hand. I love the longer songs. Check out Pink Floyd-Time, Led Zeppelin-Stairway To Heaven, REO Speedwagon-Roll With The Changes and Blue Oyster Cult-Don’t Fear The Reaper. Be sure to listen to the original album versions. An exception and a bonus. AFTER you hear the original version, listen to the live version of Don’t Fear The Reaper from the album Some Enchanted Evening. One of the very few that’s as good as the original. Happy New Year. 🎆🎊🎈 Rock n Roll will never die. Much love ❤️
Southern Rock back then was born out of long extended jam sessions and just playing til you decided to stop. The whole genre was noted for these longer jams on their albums. Three of my favorites are "Highway Song" by Blackfoot, "Green Grass and High Tides" by the Outlaws and my favorite band Molly Hatchet's song "Fall of the Peacemakers"
They are AMAZING!!!
I've seen them atleast 4 times. Free bird is always the final song played and goes for atleast 15 minutes. Welcome to go down the rabbit hole you won't be disappointed.
If you think 9:00 minutes is long try Pink Floyd dog it’s 17:00 minutes and Pink Floyd echoes is 23:00 minutes long
I saw them in a small venue in Brussels in '75, and they rocked the place of course the solos were much longer and more intense.
country boys from jacksonville florida made the best music ever written...
I love when so-called non-rock fans give classic rock and metal a chance and end up f****** loving it and they just can't explain why it's f****** awesome
That's a big difference between today's music and the 70's rock, they PLAYED instruments, not a keyboard that plays every instrument for them.
"The kind of song you put on in the car after work to chill' ....I can tell you from personal experience listening to this song in the car has a high protentional to get you a speeding ticket or two.
Respectfully disagree with others pointing to doing any of the live versions of FB before consuming exactly as yall did, the way any of us did back in 'the day', putting the needle on the record and squeezing the earphones down tight. Music first. FB is the best "break up" song in rock and roll history. Pro tip: Happy song? Call Me the Breeze. Mister Billy Powell on piano
Thanks for sharing this 👍
Welcome
Must check out the live version from Oakland CA to see it up close!!
Live version blows this out of the water...hands down.
epic ending scene from that movie "The Devils Reject" ❤
Gotta listen to their Live album “ One more from the road “ Live at the Fox Theater July 7,8 and 9th 1976 Atlanta Georgia 👍
The Florida gym teacher who unwittingly named legendary southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd after giving detention to a pack of long-haired slackers,.Leonard Skinner, the basketball coach and gym teacher who later became friends with the band,
"Coach Skinner had such a profound impact on our youth that ultimately led us to naming the band, which you know as Lynyrd Skynyrd, after him," said band member Gary Rossington. "Looking back, I cannot imagine it any other way. Skinner was working at Robert E. Lee High School in Jacksonville in the late 1960s when he sent a group of students to the principal's office."It was against the school rules," Skinner told the Florida Times-Union in 2009. "I don't particularly like long hair on men, but again, it wasn't my rule."The kids went on to form the band responsible for such hits as "Sweet Home Alabama" and "Free Bird."
If you think that the audio version is something, Well then you need to check out the live video version of this song, played at the Oakland Coliseum in July of 1977.
Hahahahaha it’s like I froze @ 6.45 😂😂😂
Lol 😂
Funny how ya never see a reaction video that goes “yeah, this classic rock sucks ..back to my auto tunes and rap”😂
Saw them in the 70’s unbelievable. Need to play the hunt!
You never never ever ever interrupt a Lynard Skynyrd guitar solo.
when it comes to 70's rock bands always do the live version. Lynyrd Skynyrd Live in Oakland 1977
When you watch the live version, pay attention to the base player in the back.
IMHO, Simple Man is universal and timeless.
Live version Oakland Festival is a must. Billy Powell who was a roadie for the band sat down at a piano and began to play a version of "Free Bird." Ronnie Van Zant hired him as keyboardist.
Hey guys this song is epic just a tip ,lynyrd skynyrd, Phil Collins and Stevie Ray Vaughn should be heard live . This song in knebworth U.K is my favorite version because of the fight between lynyrd skynyrd and the rolling stones. It's a great story you should Google.
At the Concert ? .. I'll ask my Grandparents.. !! 🤣
Three guitars playing solo at the same time during the last 2/3 of the song.
Best guitar solo EVER!
That picture was taken about 1 mile from my house... Downtown Jonesboro Georgia
Like Nancy says below you have to check out the live version in Oakland colleseum. You get a real taste of the 70s which was my era.
Most polls put this as the number 2 song of all time behind “ Stairway to Heaven” by Led Zeppelin.
Lead singer Ronnie Van Zant wasn't fond of Guitar Solo, Drums or Piano solos, in the 70s early 80s that was the standard back then. So,Ronnie told them we'll do our songs, Freebird will be the last song 🎵 then you guys do what you want even there's a piano solo,actually the song itself is only like 2 minutes 40 seconds long (the slow part) live sometimes runs up to 15-17minutes long, but you have to see it live a different song live still great but better if you watch it live you'll love it
She's right there are Three Guitar players
Allen Collins, Gary Rossington & Steve Gaines On Bass Leon Wilkinson
Piano is Billy Powell ,Drums Artums Pyle Lead singer Ronnie Van Zant.
On the 17th of October 1977 they had just released the album "Street Survivers" 3 days later on the 20th of October while flying to a show in Louisiana, the Plain ran out of Gas and Crashed into the swamps in Mississippi killing both pilots, Road Manager Dean Kilpatrick, Steve Gaines his Sister Cassie Gaines (she was one of the three back up singers) & there Lead singer Ronnie Van Zant. Ronnie never wrote anything down, said if I have write it down it's not worth remembering anyway, he told his father that he'd never live past 30 years old said that was all the time he was allowed, He was killed 85 days before his 30th Birthday
Seriously the only way to see them live
& look at the crowd they pulled in
No one gets tired of hearing Freebird but any songs you choose, you can't go wrong
I saw them live in 1977 in K.C. Missouri
W video
Thank u
This song hits harder when you know the singer and others were killed in a plane crash about 3 months after they did the live performance
What do you think is the best guitar solo in rock history? - - - Make your choice:
1- Lynyrd Skynyrd / Free Bird / Live 1976
2- Pink Floyd / Comfortably Numb / Pulse Concert 1994
3- Stevie Ray Vaughan / Voodoo Child / Live From Austin Texas
FREE BIRD!
DOO WOP TO THE 70S ARE MY FAVORITE SINCE I'LL BE 74 IN FEBRUARY. BELIEVE ME YOU'LL KNOW WHY IT'S LONG. THEY GOT THEIR NAME AFTER THE NAME OF A TEACHER. IT WASN'T OVER
Watch them do this Live- it’ll melt your face… it’s that good.❤️🎼❤️ 🤘 rock on!
I am 64 years old and know Skynyrd music you can not play any of their music from 1977 back to the first album they released that can stump me fact is after Ronnie VanZant, Cassie Gaines and her brother Steve Gaines were killed in the October 1977 plane crash, it took a few years for Ronnie's little brother Johnny VanZant to step up and take the lead vocals on her and keep the Lynyrd Skynyrd music alive and kicking. Now for the facts,, Lynyrd Skynyrd was the first Southern Rock bands to use three lead quality electric Guitarist on stage at the same time. In October 1977 the guitarist were as follows, Gary Rossington lead 1, Allen Collins lead 2 Steve Gaines lead 3,,,, Bassists Leon Wilkinson, Drummer Artimus Pyle, Keyboards Billy Powell, and Ronnie VanZant on lead vocals. Just a foot note the very last album Lynyrd Skynyrd released with Johnny VanZant was called LAST OF A DYING BREED and it was solid fire and even Ronnie VanZant would be proud.
Other great Skynyrd songs, (Tuesday's Gone)(Sweet Home Alabama) (give me three steps) just a few of their Rock Classics.
They all say watch Oakland live. If you want to see the best live performance check out Knebworth 76
Allen Collins wrote this song and guitar solo as a teenager!
You've got to watch the live version from Oakland California 1977 video on TH-cam. You'll see how the crowd gets involved
The classic rock road is long and great. I hope you keep going.
Skynard is the greatest rock band ever
You have to watch the live performance 1977 The Oakland Coliseum. Crowd is wild.
The movie was Forest Grump
They play the entire song in "the devil's rejects" movie.
Yea I saw Lynyrd Skynyrd back in the day before the airplane crash that killed their lead singer and about half the band.
You got it right. When they up the tempo before the three man guitar jam everybody went absolutely crazy. The energy was sky high with all the screaming and jumping around and it was wonderful.
The interesting thing was they didn’t intend for the song to be a hit. It was a gap song during the mid-late part of the show that would give the lead singer Ronnie Van Zandt a break to his voice.
A little to their surprise. During the mid to late 70’s everyone pretty much agreed that Free Bird and Stairway To Heaven by Led Zeppelin were the two best Rock Songs of the 70’s.
I believe she's receiving the electronic music signal through the round antennas on her nose
This song along with stairway to Heaven, are the two top rock ballads of all time…..
3 guitars ,bass,drums, piano
Another must listen to song is The Outlaws - Green Grass And High Tides.
Should watch the Live in Oakland version to really get it! This is the short version for the radio!
Love them southern boys!!!🎸🎸🎸
Definitely don't drive while listening to Freebird lol speed everytime
Ok I won’t lol
You heard this in Forest Gump when Jenny was on the ledge