Lynyrd Skynyrd - 'Free Bird ' Oakland Coliseum Reaction! You All Were Right! Simply Amazing!!!
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"Free Bird," the iconic anthem by Lynyrd Skynyrd, was released in 1973 and quickly became a defining track of Southern rock. Known for its extended guitar solos and heartfelt lyrics, the song has remained a staple in classic rock. The performance at the Oakland Coliseum in 1977 stands out as one of the most memorable renditions of "Free Bird." During this show, the band delivered a powerful and extended version that showcased their unparalleled musicianship. The concert, part of the band's tour promoting their album "Street Survivors," was marked by a spectacular display of guitar prowess, particularly in the song's extended solo section, which became a defining moment of their live performances. This rendition captured the raw energy and intensity of Lynyrd Skynyrd at the height of their career, solidifying their reputation as one of the foremost rock bands of their time.
I was there on July 2, 1977, at the Oakland Colliusm. Those concerts were called "Day on the Green". Only paid around $13 dollars. I was 17 years old and rocking out with my friends. I'll never forget it. Most people in that crowd are grandparents and great-grandparents now. Those were good times.
I was there too! I turn -65 next week and we were spoiled as teenagers. Looking back I was at this show, my 2nd was Queen in December, and my 3rd concert was in the spring when we saw Journey's 1st tour with Steve Perry. Truly blessed
I was there too! Damn good concert and one of their last before the plane crash.
UGH - SO ENVIOUS!!! I am about the same age - but, didn't get to see Skynyrd... :( I DO remember when ticket prices were "a little high" to us, then...but, nowhere NEAR what they are now - you'd have to take a loan out at the BANK, now, to go to one....and, probably have to GO BY YOURSELF!! It's a real drag. Was wanting to go see The Stones, one last time (seen them several) - but, the cheapest tickets were, like $300....I'm like: $600 for two people JUST TO GO?? Sorry - can't see it. LOVE THIS VIDEO, THO - TREASURE IT!!! WE WERE SO LUCKY!!! HUGS to ALL!!
Youre so blessed to witness such greatness for 13.00. The price of concerts back then, we got so much for the price.
@@Jude_196 yay price of concert tickets are outrageous! I'm going to see the Doobie Brothers in a couple weeks and paid $150 for my ticket.
Remember boys and girls your grandma went to see Skynyrd.
And she still smiles when thinking about it!
@@WhirledPeas-ji7qh Yes she does! :D I went to the same concert tour, but it was at the Dodger stadium. Great concert, great! :)
This grandma is 69 years old now. I graduated from college in 1977. We had the best music, hands down!
In my opinion one of the greatest live rock performances of all time
absolutely!
And not a stupid mobile phone in sight. Beautiful!
In the moment ❤
Or an illegal 👽! 😂😂
@@joseoro1657 There's always one who has to bring bad vibes into the comments isn't there?
Carry on being a proud Murican who massacred a population to steal their land...
You weren't allowed o take recording devices into the shows.
@@joseoro1657 There's always one twat to spoil the vibe...
Ive seen this a thousand times, still gives me the chills
me as well
GREAT LISTENING TO THIS WITH YOU ALL,, I LISTENED TO IT ALL MY LIFE,,, LOVE SKYNYRD,,,,
all those fresh young faces in the crowd are all in their 60-70's today.
Yes, we are!
... the lucky ones!
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And i'm still fresh too!
'Cause I kept my teen spirit alive.
"Forever young" 🤠
@@zstarsurfer Right on!
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That's right 😊
After the plane crash, the line "if I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me?" took on a new meaning. I'm so glad that they haven't been forgotten and their music has stayed relevant after all these years.
Yes because for them it was JUSTICE. How do you put such greatness on a crappy plane?
@@JaquelineGoodspeed Planes and helicopters have taken a lot of musician's lives. They're on the move, have to get to the next gig, etc. Sad.
How many people will truly remember you or the faults you have. Peck Peck. Yea I know.
I have the original album with the flames. My parents brought me up on some excellent music.
I have watched this video a lot…people talk about the part they love the best but rarely does anyone talk about how good the drums are. He is killing it back there.
Piano player Billy Powell was a roadie, and when no one was around for a minute at the studio, he, secretly being a freaking concert pianist, started playing when he thought no one was around. Someone heard him, grabbed the the guys, were shocked, then asked him to join the band. Rags to riches story.
TRUE!!!
I always thought that was astounding. Such a great story!
My understanding is it was in the studio while they were recording Freebird. The band broke for lunch, & returned to find him playing that part of the song. What a Rock & Roll legend. ✌️❤️🎶
What a shame he died from a heart attack sad
@@williamgallucci9913 Them hearts.. they're known to attack.
My generation, the women were so naturally beautiful,
Great times
The only thing I wore was mascara...other than that, we were naturally beautiful and didn't have these gross fat plumped up lips!
And look how fit and slim we were back then, this was really before all that fast food came out and food was healthier as well. And yes, most of us wore natural makeup as well as sunbathed with baby oil, LOL
Yes sir Ronnie we still remember you...
❤❤❤
He will never be forgotten!
This is probably one of the best live concert performances by any band ever.
Without a doubt!
Pink Fkoyd is right there with them but that's it.
Except I hear MJ had awesome concerts too.
@@JaquelineGoodspeed I've also seen some awesome live Led Zeppelin and another amazing live group is Grand Funk Railroad. These guys are right up there with other rock royalty.
@@JaquelineGoodspeed And Celebration Day with Zep.
FREEBIRD WAS THE LAST SONG AFTER EVERY CONCERT... PIANO, AND DRUMMER NEVER GOT ENOUGHT CREDIT .. R.I.P. BROTHERS
the chirping you hear from the slide guitar was a tribute to Dwayne Allman from the Allman Brothers Band who passed away too young
Nobody is distracted on their phones, they are sharing this experience.
I was at this concert.........Day On The Green, Oakland had so many concerts. This was such an amazing concert and I was someplace down on the field...Best times in the 70's being a teenager!.... I hope this comes back for the youth today! No electronics, we didn't have phones, just plastic camera's. But we were enjoying the concerts too much to stop and take pictures. Nowadays the place would be filled with smart phones..I'm glad we didn't have all that!
It's not coming back. We are a special generation because of our music.
Right?
Super Cool ! I'm from Jacksonville 62 years, took them for granted back then, then boom they were gone.
In my honest opinion, this is the greatest band ever!!! They had it all musically, lyrically, and had class!!!
Agreed. My fav band since I got the first album in 1973.
Welcome to the world of southern rock in the 70's!
I was given a ticket as a young man for a reunion show years ago. When it came to freebird during the show, they placed Ronnie's hat on the mic stand. The band played and the crowd sang the entire song. Will never forget that moment.
Nice.
Same with ZZ top
I’m from Jacksonville.l Florida, the home of Lynard Skynard. Went to the same high school as them, Robert E. Lee. They did the hat 🎩 thing for a few years because Johnie didn’t want to sing it. But a few years later in the 1990’s he started singing it
I was there, 13 yrs old, My mother and one of her boyfriends took me and one of my friends, Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Outlaws, Santana and Peter Frampton, my first concert and, one of the greatest concerts I've ever seen.
Nice 😊
Whao badass👍😉
I was at the 1977 JFK Stadium in Philly. 91,000 people. Loved every minute of it. Peter Frampton was there as well. Awesome show. Everyone waited for Free Bird.
Philly girl here!! I was 7 in 1977, but I remember this concert vividly because my teenage babysitters went lol. Somewhere on TH-cam, you can hear the audio from that concert at JFK. My brother saw the last show at JFK, which was the Grateful Dead. RIP JFK and GO BIRDS 💚🦅🏈
I went too, drove from Reading to Philly , the best concert I've ever seen
The scene in the movie Almost Famous where the guy stands on the roof and yells,”I am a golden god!” was based on the guitarist in white, Alan Collins. Some people say Robert Plant but in my hometown of Cleveland, MS, Lynyrd Skynyrd came to play and stayed four days to just party with local fans. Alan Collins stood on a roof and yelled it right before he jumped in the pool. He had such a tragic life. In addition to the plane crash and losing his bandmates and suffering great injury to himself, he also lost his wife in childbirth. Then he was driving on drugs and drunk and crashed his car killing his girlfriend and leaving him paralyzed from the waist down. To avoid jail time, he would be rolled out in front of concerts to say don’t do drugs. So incredibly talented and so tragic.
Thank you so much for this reaction. That performance was one for the books.
Much love!!!
Back at Y'all. @@thisisitreactions
Frampton, who headlined the show, was furious that he had to follow this performance, vowing to never let them open for him again if they were gonna end with that song.
Funny, because when I saw them on the 25th anniversary tour, Frampton opened for them along with 38 Special.
Humph!
The stones got pissed at them to.
@@davidoistrash I remember someone associated with the stones saying that a couple of members of the stones said they wanted to fight Skynyrd for going down the tounge of the stage and they were told " those skynyrd boys will kick ya'lls as...ses.😂😂😂
NOBODY follows Lynyrd Skynyrd, NOBODY !!
I was born in 1960 best time for rock and roll I listen to all the rock and roll I grew up on I love it I love it it just blows me away that this generation is so shot that we had live music on stage with people I've had a lovely life
CA in the 70’s was fun 😎
This was my son's farewell song at his memorial I loved Lynyrd Skynyrd as much as me
1977 wow how crisp that was great sound . Which means one thing perfect performance. Mind boggling no editing no auto tune. The Real deal folks.
I was 19 at the time. Was able to see them in Atlanta when they did the live recorded version. They play everything to perfection. Practice practice practice practice practice practice till everything was perfect.
So glad I grew during this time. Born in ‘56, the music of the 60s and 70s was the best
I was born in '53 and it was so great to be able to grow up and experience all the best music all these decades.
Alan Collins solo will forever go down in History!! 🎸
One of A Kind Band. God Bless Them All
“Free Bird” at knebworth in England is also amazing. It was a hot day and most people didn’t know Skynyrd. They came for the Stones. By the end end of the song, 100k were on their feet. It is on TH-cam.
The Stones were really late starting that night too.
In my opinion that is the better show. Skynyrd was given direct instructions not to walk out at the end of the tongue. But they did anyways and some say Skynyrd stole the show that day
Southern Rock! 🔥🔥🔥
Best southern rock band ever period, This was the first album I ever bought and I played the shit out of it. Im 65 and Im so glad I got
to grow up with these guys and the best music to ever be.
That song will never die!! One of the best rock songs ever done. Listen to the studio version when you get the chance. You will be equally amazed
Nice reaction. Allen Collins is one of the GOATS of guitar. He wrote this when he was 17 and still in high school. Who was playing guitar like this in the late 60'? Page, Duane, Clapton, Beck, Hendrix, Santana, there was not a lot of them. Collins is right up there and will never get his due.
💯
He wrote the melody not the lyrics that was all Ronnie.
With the exception of "if you leave here tomorrow would you still remember me" Allen Collins wife said those words to him and it stuck with him and Ronnie.
@@bamacopeland4372everybody knows Freebird is collins baby he created the the song melody and solo and Ronnie just added a few simple lyrics over the top of em. Ronnie was the man but collins was the sound
This Kids is SOUTHERN ROCK AT ITS FINEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great reaction again guys..
Yessir..
I seen 'em 3 times.!!
Im 70..
these my boys from Jax Fla.
RIP BOYS..
Much love! This was definitely one of our faves!!!
Only once. 68
I love how Billy Powell uses the Floyd Crammer "slip note" technique in that piano solo.
This is an amazing performance.Their confederate flag was the record company’s doing.They were just as much hippy as Jimi Hendrix or The Mamas and the Pappas.They were also on tour in the U.K. with The Who who were calling them Yankees.Them being from the south said they weren’t no damn yankees😂
No they were not racist.
Y'all have taken an old lady and put her right there in that crowd. This is the soundtrack of my youth. As great as it is, the experience was elevated by you doing it with me. MUCH obliged.
Mine, too. What great memories. I saw them in Memphis 1976. What a night. We rocked the roof off the coliseum
The platinum blonde girl in the bright yellow shorts and halter top was SUFFERING the next day, she was red as a boiled lobster. 😂
She needs a “I got skin cancer at a Lynyrd Skynyrd show in 1977” t shirt 😂
@@loganbaileysfunwithtrains606 She definitely needs a t-shirt anyway!
Ronnie’s writing of real life is a must discover:
That Smell
Ballad of Curtis Lowe
Give Me Three Steps
Tuesday’s Gone
"Play it pretty for Oakland"
I was at this Day on the Green too!! It was sweltering heat that day, but it was so worth it! Lynyrd Skynyrd had a strict rehearsal regiment, but it paid off-they could read each other's questions, making them one of the best rock groups ever!
I saw them do this at Memorial Stadium in Charlotte, NC in 1974. It was the Under the Stars festival and featured a lineup of ZZ Top, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Rare Earth, Leon Russell, Elvin Bishop, and Billy Preston. That was about 12 hours of my life I would not trade for anything! This song was a show finale and was always over the top! You probably know a plane crash 3 months later killed key band members making this video the last of that era.
Man I wish we could go back to that chill kind of time. Look at Woodstock and this. People vibing enjoying the music. My mom was at the Texxas Jam 78 and she said it was amazing. We just don’t have concerts like this anymore.
There's an interview with Toy Caldwell where he's asked whatever happened to Southern Rock. Toy said he woke up one day and it was gone. We take great things for granted in life.
Only meant to be here when it was I guess. We were blessed to be growing up with it. Music really was important to us. Our musicians are ALL legends. Genre doesn't matter.
Then Toy was killed sadly in an accident as well
MN the 70s were just the best concerts ever.
For my 13th birthday I got my first Skynard album , my first boyfriend dedicate free bird to me at 16 because I had no fear and hitchhiked to 26 states playing my guitar by that time and now I’m 60 and if you are riding in my truck be prepared to blast Free bird , Tuesdays gone and simple man just to get started…my fellow commuters on the 405 love it!🌺😎☮
Check out Call Me The Breeze for another wild song with a brilliant Billy Powell piano riff.
You cracked me up with your "Where's Waldo" skills of finding the black guy in the crowd. 🤣
There's more than 1. I never saw that guy though. Lol.
I've thought that myself. I like the bands music but the flag is unsettling to me.
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Yeah understandable but back in the 70's it wasn't the "dog whistle" that it is today.
They were expressing love for their southern roots but not allegiance to the days of slavery.
That was true of the other southern rock bands too.
"Through the years, people like the KKK and skinheads kinda kidnapped the Dixie or Southern flag from its tradition and the heritage of the soldiers, that’s what it was about,” Rossington said. “We didn’t want that to go to our fans or show the image like we agreed with any of the race stuff or any of the bad things.”
That was a comment from 2012 when they decided to stop using the Confederate flag as stage decoration.
Apparently, lots of racist southerners had a problem with that statement.
F 'em.
@@loisrogers9042its a flag with a dead meaning, it’s use then was to show counter cultural beliefs to be a “rebel” had nothing to do with race
I was there too. It was a beautiful day with a nice breeze. I was 13. People were normal then. It was really cool.
Headliner that day was Peter Frampton who was HUGE with the number one album which was a live album; Frampton Comes Alive. The girls loved him and that’s why so many are at the front of the stage.
I’m glad Billy Powell is getting his props. I met Billy in the 1990s at a family bbq on the Westside of Jacksonville. My dad ran in the same circles as Billy and Allen Collins. But Billy was the voice of the band after the plane crash.. his nose was so swollen, but he kept everyone informed after the plane crash, he is a great guy.
Wow is right. Rock on THIS IS IT
The "Day on the Green" concerts held in the Oakland Coliseum every summer were legendary even way back when. The billing line up for that concert was Peter Frampton, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Santana, and the Outlaws. Tre seventies.
OlliWooDDA finding the lone black dude in the audience was hilarious. I missed him but glad to see he was rocking out!
One of the most epic guitar solos you'll ever see. Sad to see they were taken so soon at the start of their fame. I would love to have been there that day but was only 12, and lived in Colorado.
This performance has to be in every reaction channel's catalog. One of the greatest live performances ever.
14:20 They were the opening act for Peter Frampton at this show. Billy Powell had been the band's roadie when they heard him playing piano in the studio one day. It was said Ronnie VanZant said,"I guess we need a new roadie." They didnt know he was a concert pianist.
Pure Southern Rock 🔥
I graduated high school in 1977. This was one of my favorite bands. And yes I wore everything you are seeing (and not seeing) I was definitely a hippie
Beam me back to the 70's !
Please.
I graduated in 1973 and grew up in the 50's and 60s when rock was just beginning to grow its roots. And yes I definitely was a hippie. Bell bottom jeans, tie died shirts and my Beatles boots. Skynyrd is my favorite southern rock band. I had a chance to see them 3 months before the plane crash and I don't remember now why I didn't go but for the next year or so every time I heard a Skynyrd song I kicked myself in the a$$. I definitely screwed up on that one.
@@zstarsurferI'll definitely go with you 😂
@@JoeHicks-ow4rm
😊
I don't like getting older but I sure am grateful that I came up in the 1960's and 70's.
And btw, not just because of the music.
@RootofEcstasy It isn't a lot of fun getting older especially when you have health issues but I deal with it as best I can and just be glad that I'm alive. No it wasn't just the music it was friends and simpler life. Would do it again in a heartbeat.
I have never seen this many women at a hard rock concert to this day.
It was cos Peter Frampton was headliner & they came to see him
Sweet and lovely ladies...God bless them.
Southern Rock
You've never been to a Rod Stewart contest then. Packed full of tall blonde pretty females,, his type.
A friend of mine once told me that Bon Jovi was a bit of a girl's band.... which is why he went to the concerts. Didn't like the music, loved the audience!
Just found you guys. Love it! Yeah. The front row. I remember Billy Joel said once he was a kid without a clue what he wanted to do. Then the Beatles landed. Between the tunes and the effect they had on girls, he was like, "That's it! I know what I wanna do now!"
I was at this concert, my first. Amazingly enough, Lynyrd Skynyrd wasn't the headliner that day. The lineup, in order of appearance:
The Outlaws
Santana
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Peter Frampton
A great great show.
“It was October in St.Louis town, when we heard that the Free Bird had fell to the ground and we all said a prayer before we went down to play, and Ronnie my buddy I loved you the most and missed you best” Charlie Daniel’s
This is such a groovy song and if ya like this one I would encourage yall to check out Rez Band " Where Roses Grow " Live 😊 Hey Jesus loves and digs yall ✌️
Lynyrd Skynyrd first 2 albums are on the greatest of all times list
Man those were the days! Thats all we did back then was go to concerts ❤ Loved your reaction, so funny! ❤
Greatest 3 guitar solo ever.
Im so happy to have grown up in this era of great music!! I got to see them live but in Texas.
Great reaction, guys! If you have some time, try Tim Minchin - Prejudice. But stay away from the lyrics until you've heard it completely first!! 🤓 Thanks for being a bright spot in my day! Much love, Erica from Oregon! ❤
Much love!!! We got you!
Yay! I'm excited for you to watch it and hear your thoughts. @@thisisitreactions
Thanks for doing this one, y’all. Skynyrd is one of my all-time favorite bands. I live just south of Capricorn Records in Macon, GA, the birthplace of southern rock, where bands like the Allman Brothers, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Marshall Tucker Band and many more recorded their albums. Please checkout the amazing Wet Willie with Jimmy Hall. He could really blow-singing and sax playing. The blend of R&B, blues and soul with southern rock made them unique in the genre. “Grits Ain’t Groceries” and “Keep On Smiling” are a great place to start. I think you’ll really like it. 🤟🏼
IMHO THE BEST THERE WILL EVER BE!
Allen Collins in the white wrote that guitar solo when he was 16 years old.
Obviously the guitar work is excellent but that piano man is off the chain as well ❤️🩹
We were all turned up in the 70s! Respect for the reaction 🙏
Wait for it.. it’s going go wild
Yep, for sure Freebird gave the Kingsmen church sequence the exact punch it required. No other backing track would have come close.
Billy Powell with the white grand piano with a pull top Budweiser resting on it is real rock n roll.
I don't blame you all for watching the current Lynyrd Skynyrd band. I believe that the originals appreciate the fact that they have kept their music going for almost 50 years. I sure appreciate it. Gary Rossington, the guy playing the slide guitar with the bird tweets at the beginning of the song was with the new group until his death about a year ago.
Gotta check out the live version of "Call Me the Breeze". Billy Powell kills it on piano, and the guitars are blazin
Saw them Jan 1976 in the Savannah Georgia Civic Center. Fantastic show. Charlie Daniels and Atlanta Rhythm Section with them that night.
Best live Skynyrd version of this song ever, RVZ is by far my favorite singer & songwriter to ever live! Best band ever, I’m only 28 but would love to time travel back to the early 70’s just to see him do his thing! Check out “All I Can Do Is Write About It” Acoustic, or “On The Hunt” both probably the most underrated and two of my favorite songs!
Did you notice Ronnie’s t shirt? Neil Young ❤️
I was 17 when their plane went down. Shocked and heartbroken because I literally grew up with their music.
DAY ONTHE GREEN!! Amazing concerts of All the heavyweights in one day every year; Oakland,Ca I been to a few, what memories 😎
I saw this tour when they were at Myrtle Beach, SC. Just graduated HS. I will say, you should listen to the studio version, because with all the wild fans they had, you could hardly hear them in concert😅
Led Zeppelin best live - “Over the Hills and far away” live Madison Square garden - my buddies and myself consider it one of their best songs and this live performance encapsulates their grove, funky rhythms!! Trust me it’s the best!!
I grew up listening to Lynryd Skynrd and I love Free Bird, this song has been such a special part of my life. To see this live concert is so great! It shows how incredibly gifted they were as musicians/singer/songwriters and I would have loved to be there live but I was just 12 so just a little too young to try and get to Oakland LOL! Thanks gentlemen for another great reaction video!
Freebird has always been a "parking lot" song for me. One of those songs that would come on the radio, and no matter how late you would be to your job/class/appointment, you sit in the parking lot till it's over.
This video answers (at least on THAT day) the question from Blazing Saddles "Where all the white women at?" 😀
You got that right. Just one of those songs that no matter where you were if Freebird came on you didn't and still don't turn it off till It's over. It's just a rule of the thumb.
Played Frisbee with the band behind the local venue in 1974, they opened for Marshall tucker band. Blew them off the stage with this song.
I was also at that show with my older brother. I was 13.
If you want to hear some more of Billy Powell, his best piano solos are on "Call Me The Breeze", and "I Know A Little" off their Street Survivors album. It was their last album, released just before the plane crash. And because of the graphics on the album cover, it was recalled and re-released with a different cover.
I usually hate when channels react to live versions instead of the studio...but this one is fantastic!
Love the react. I never tire of Corey digging new sounds.
Great reaction. I saw them at Philadelphia's JFK Stadium in July 1977. The lineup was J. Geils Band, Dicky Betts & Great Southern, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Peter Frampton. Frampton had the biggest album of all time at that point. Incredible concert.
Great reaction. One of the greatest R&R songs of all time. One thing I'm shocked about is you haven't reacted to Tobacco Road from Edgar Winter. You'll be blown away!
When you could put 80.000 people together and they got along fine.Try that today.
Absolutely! I was thinking the exact same thing. :) Concerts were great back then. :)