Holy S*it you're right! Love watching our youth experience this .... not just the music itself, but HOW it was back then. No cell phones in the air, just pure joy and appreciation. Um...I'm 62.
I was at this concert July 2, 1977 at the Oakland Coliseum. It was one of a series of summer concerts known as "Day on the Green" put on by legendary concert organizer/promoter Bill Graham. The Outlaws opened the show, followed by Santana, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and the headliner, Peter Frampton. Most people agree that Lynyrd Skynryd was the highlight of the day, although all 4 bands were great. 3 weeks later, on the 24th, I attended the Led Zeppelin concert at this same venue, which turned out to be their last ever U.S. appearance. Every week there was one or more top bands playing somewhere in the Bay Area, with ticket prices averaging around $8. What a time to be into music!
I agree. No better time to be into music. Like you I saw Skynryd and Zep within a 3 week window and also managed to squeeze in Pink Floyd . Summer of 77 was best ever for seeing my favorites.
@@samiam261 Here in the Bay Area, Bill Graham was the organizer for almost all concerts, and was always able to get top bands to appear year round. I was totally spoiled!
You’re one lucky person. We were supposed to go and see them in October but they never made it to that date. I woke up to hearing about the plane crash and was devastated 😢.
@@markfowler1033 Oh yeah, they played their whole set, Simple Man, Gimme Three Steps, Whiskey Rock-A-Roller, etc. A great show. And they weren't even the headliner. The lineup was, The Outlaws, Santana, Lynyrs Skynyrs, and Peter Frampton. 0.
I was there. No cell phones to distract you. One just watched and listened. This was one of the greatest concerts I ever attended. Thousands of young people just having fun. Those young people are now grandparents/great grandparents but the memory never dies. Thank you for bringing some happy memories and tears to this old man.
The crowd was going nuts and shaking their fists during the slow part of the song because they knew what was coming ….. What kind of sorcery is this? People singing without digital backing vocals or autotune. People playing their own instruments. It must be Magic.
I love watching people that have never heard this song react when the tempo suddenly kicks up and the crowd knows it's coming and they all start going crazy. That is how concerts were back then.
A group of poor boys from just outside Jacksonville, Florida who began playing together in their teens. Allen Collins in white wrote this solo at 16 years old.This band was phenomenal. My favorite band ever. They put out many great songs on their 5 studio albums before the tragedy of their touring plane crashing on October 20th 1977. Their final abum was released 3 days before the tragedy. Southern rock is the genre, and they were the gold standard. Thanks for a sincere and great reaction. Skynyrd forever. ✌️
I was at this show. Before the internet turned people into zombies attached to their screens as if with an umbilical cord, people actually left the house and DID THINGS...like this, as an example. We socialized, mingled, had experiences. And unlike today, music wasnt formulaic and artificial. Sadly, such a time will never come again in our lifetimes.
I know Spinal Tap was scheduled to play later, but their guitars were accidentally sent to a bluegrass festival in San Diego instead of the rock show in San Francisco, so they had to cancel.
@@KimStinson-cf7vx How so? Those people in the crowd are now grandparents. That demographic uses social media and smartphone as much or more than younger people. Those same people voted to make their kids and grandkids life harder. They had everything handed to them and pulled the ladder up from behind them. These videos are flooded with the exact came, copied, thoughtless, comments. Pete Townshend warned of being fooled again, and we were.
Not even close. Wouldn't even rate as the "coolest breakup song" in the Southern Rock genre. Most people only care about the guitars anyway, skipping the syrup. Check the 'most viewed' data on the YT videos, the stats don't lie.
12:50 The young lady says the greatest line I ever heard in a review: "YOU CAN SMELL THE FREEDOM!" Wow! That perfectly sums up Lynyrd Skynyrd, Rock N Roll, and the 1970's. Bravo @C&ADifferentReactions!
LS one of the best bands ever. Loved performing live. My favorite band of all time. Can't go wrong with LS . The 70s was the best era for music. Thanks for the reaction 😊
I had the pleasure of seeing them three times in the 70s... About 3 months after this show they were all in a plane crash and we lost the singer Ronnie Van Zant, the guitarist in the white shirt and red pants Steve Gaines and his sister back up singer Cassie Gaines and all the others were seriously injured. The plane ran out of fuel and thats the reason that some of them lived as there was not any fire. They reformed about 10 years after the plane crash with Ronnies brother Johnny taking over as lead singer. They still tour today as I saw them and ZZ Top April of 2024... They only play the songs of the oringinal band. The plane crash was October 20, 1977... Yeah I'm old as dirt lol
Picking up after the Allman Brothers Band invented "Southern Rock", Lynyrd Skynyrd was the epitome of Southern rock. Although they lost most of their line up in a plane crash not long after this show, the band picked themselves up, brought in some family member and continued for decades.
My high school years. Look at all those pretty girls....!!! I'll be FOREVER GRATEFUL to have lived in My Time. I'm an old man now, but I wouldn't trade my youth for ANY OTHER PLACE & TIME.....!!
Nice reaction. Allen Collins is one of the GOATS of guitar. He wrote this as a teenager. How many people were playing guitar like this in the late 1960's and early 1970's? Hendrix, Clapton, Page, Duane, Beck....... there weren't many. That generation knew how to party and make music. Still waiting on your reaction to Stevie Ray Vaughn, "Texas Flood" live at El Mocambo. Everyone I mentioned above bows to him.
Been a Skynyrd fan since the 70's, I really enjoy watching first time reactions to this song and to the solo in particular, it lays 'em out every time 🔥
Many think this is a solo guitar performance, it was a duet with a added base and slide guitar, it was a bunch of guys that were so tight with each other that they just knew where the others were going.
Ronnie Van Zant - vocals and leader of the band; Allen Collins - guitar; Gary Rossington - guitar; Steve Gaines - guitar; Artimus Pyle - drums; Leon Wilkeson - bass; Billy Powell - piano; Their last performance was South Carolina’s Greenville Memorial Auditorium on Oct. 19 1977 Free Bird lasted for 20 mins The next day boarded their plane that was unsafe the Fuel gauge was broke. The only way to check the fuel was with a stick. The plane ran out of fuel the engines were burning too rich and wasting precious fuel. One engine shut down then the other did. The plane went down over pine trees killing the members of the band, Ronnie Van Zant lead singer, guitarist Steve Gaines, and vocalist Cassie Gaines, that day was the saddest in Southern Rock. I was 20 when I heard about it on the radio. I cried like a baby.
Nothing says America more than Freebird, behind a confederate battle flag & Mt Rushmore decorating the stage, American flags in the crowd of beautiful women in bikinis! ‘Merica! 🇺🇸
This song is played out for me too much , unless I see it live is the only way I can watch it , so magically done still makes my eyes water to this day. Loved your reaction to this song now you gotta listen to simple man.
Only the drummer is still with us.. incredible live band in all their incarnations. Awfull back story too. Allen Collins is the guy in white playing the Gibson Explorer. Thank you for reacting to this performance.
I saw them at the old RFK stadium in Washington DC (saw them 3 times before the crash) and Ron Ackerman, their tour manager, wrote about that gig in his book. It was cloudy that day with a serious threat of rain. When they started playing Freebird, the clouds parted, the first and only sun of that day shown through the clouds, and sea gulls were flying all around. It was an epic experience. Fun fact - all artists got to the stage in limousines. Except for Skynyrd. They pulled up in an old beat up Volkswagon bus.
It was an amazing time growing up in the 1970s, They are southern rock at it's best. Ronnie Van Zant, Stevie Gaines, his sister Cassie Gaines and, Asst Mgr Dean Kilpatrick perished in a plan crash on October 20, 1977. Rest In Peace, y'all earned it.
The studio version of "Freebird" was on Lynyrd Skynyrd's first album "(Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd)" released 13 August 1973, and reached 19 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart in 1974. The live version, from the double album "One More from the Road" (released 13 September 1976) reached 38 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart in 1977. "One More from the Road" sold over 1.5 million units in the U.S. following its release in 1976, reaching 3 million units sold by 1987. The group has sold over 30 million albums in the U.S. alone. Rolling Stone magazine ranked the group No. 95 on their list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time".
Whenever I played this song on the Jukebox or heard it on the radio, my girlfriend always wasted if I was going to break up with her. Well after 12 years, I finally did, and life has been so much “sweeter”. “Call Me the Breeze” is another must hear by Skynyrd.
Great performance in Oakland, 4th of july celebration. The Oakland set came three months before the tragic plane crash that claimed the lives of Van Zant, Gaines and his sister and backup singer Cassie Gaines and severely injured the other members of the band.
This was done in The Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, CA. It is where the Oakland A's baseball team played, and the Oakland Raiders played. Lynyrd Skinner was a southern rock group. They were so very awesome. About 2 months after this concert, they were in a plane crash that killed some of them. I wished I could have been there; I only lived a few miles away. Love your tractions!
Welcome to Lynyrd Skynrd😊!! Don’t forget to watch Simple Man, Sweet Home Alabama, That Smell, Mr. Saturday Night Special, Gimme Back My Bullets . All great songs 👍!
If would be 110 days from this concert the band would die in a plane crash in Gillsburg, Mississippi. I was in high school, a big fan, and remember the day I heard the news.
62 NOW, DAMN!!! I WAS THERE!!!! DAY ON THE GREEN, JULY 2nd. GOT TICKETS AS AN EIGHTH GRADE GRADUATION PRESENT. OUTLAWS, SANTANA, LYNYRD SKYNYRD, AND PETER FRAMPTON!!!!! PARADIGM SHIFT IN ONES' LIFE!!!!!!!
Some other great songs by this group to check out are. Simple man, Gimme three steps, Sweet home Alabama, Give me back my bullets, Call me the breeze, Coming Home , On the hunt and That smell are just a few. Enjoy 🤙🏻
74-75, 9th grade at Lee Burneson Jr High in Westlake Ohio. Mr. Campbells social studies class. He had us do a report on this song. Went on to see them play this a couple of times at Cleveland Stadium. What a great time to be a teenager.
They were the opening act for Peter Frampton ,he had just hit it big with his album Frampton Comes Alive and that is why you see the vast amount of females there
She wishes she were there. We all do, jamming out to great live music that never ends. Sadly many band members perished in a plane crash just a few months later. I did see a cover band do Free Bird in an outdoor concert in the early 80s. Same energy with the whole crowd screaming and cheering for 15 minutes!
We had epic bands back then, who would play epic shows, and it was all them, good or bad. At the end of the night, it was all the band's doing, not some piece of equipment or computer's doing. Although in every epic concert, which you can evaluate, the crowd was epic too, feeding the band energy, which in turn fed the crowd energy, and it is always an amazing feedback loop. Before you decide who has what epic concert, which IMHO can't be possible as the inputs to such an evaluation is too complex to list this one for this reason or that one for that reason, I propose that there are many epic concerts and each had their own reasoning for it being epic...be it ACDC in River Platte, Led Zepplin in O2, Pink Floyd in Pulse or Pink Floyd in Pompeii, or maybe one of the Rolling Stones' tours, or maybe The Who's farewell Tommy, or many other concerts that for whatever reason turned out to be an epic one. This one was a good concert. Before you decide, check out more and be prepared to adjust your list.
Saw them in various iterations MANY times over the last 50 years; never as good as the early years before the plane crash. Was fortunate to meet Ronnie and Gary R. in 12/1973 at a concert while I was in college. They definitely played to the crowd.
RIP free birds. Jacksonville, home of Lynyrd Skynyrd, is also where The Allman Brothers Band was formed in 1969. Must have been something in the water.
Just a couple of months before the plane crash that killed and injured many in the band. I was fortunate to see them when they first started touring the West Coast and they blew us away (before their first album hit it big).
A little over 3 months later on October 20th 1977 after releasing their new album, (Street Survivors) the band's plane crashed. Their lead singer, one of their lead guitarists and his sister (a backup singer for the band) were killed along with 3 others and 20 were injured including the keyboardist, drummer and others.
I'm from Atlanta. Probably saw them 7 times. Can't remember... i was in my early teens all through high school starting around 74. Always a hell of a party.
Subscribed! I have watched you 2 react to a few bands that are on my playlist this takes the cake folks! Thank you for taking me down memory lane a great way to end the weekend! Watching for your next one! Have a great year!
Lynyrd Skynyrd were named after Leonard Skinner, who was the gym teacher at the school lead singer Ronnie Van Zant and guitarist Gary Rossington attended, Robert E. Lee High School in Jacksonville, Florida. Skinner was notorious for strictly enforcing the school's rule against boys with long hair.
The only thing better than hearing Freebird for the first time is watching someone else hear it for the first time!
I totally agree with that statement! I can literally sit and watch different reactors reacting to this for the 1st time.
It always makes my soul happy to see when people react to great music for the first time!!
That’s a fact! 🤟🏼
Holy S*it you're right! Love watching our youth experience this .... not just the music itself, but HOW it was back then. No cell phones in the air, just pure joy and appreciation. Um...I'm 62.
Do you even know HOW to love? I do, but I don't brag about it.
that crowd are now all Grandma's and Grandpa's!!! that's how we used to roll ;-)
Rapt attention to the band on-stage and close-by friends in crowd -- NO CELL PHONES, people experienced the event with their own EYES!
used to roll - speak for yourself - I'm 60 and I still crank my car stereo to 10 every time I drive -
And still do!!!!!
Oh yes my friend...free then and still free coming from true southern boys !!!
Yup and I'm one of them lol.
I love the crowd as it starts to pick up and they know what's coming
I was at this concert July 2, 1977 at the Oakland Coliseum. It was one of a series of summer concerts known as "Day on the Green" put on by legendary concert organizer/promoter Bill Graham. The Outlaws opened the show, followed by Santana, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and the headliner, Peter Frampton. Most people agree that Lynyrd Skynryd was the highlight of the day, although all 4 bands were great. 3 weeks later, on the 24th, I attended the Led Zeppelin concert at this same venue, which turned out to be their last ever U.S. appearance. Every week there was one or more top bands playing somewhere in the Bay Area, with ticket prices averaging around $8. What a time to be into music!
So jealous!!!! I know it was an amazing time. ❤❤❤❤❤
Lucky you. I would have been 13 and on the other side of the country back then, but if I could hop in a time machine, yes!
I agree. No better time to be into music. Like you I saw Skynryd and Zep within a 3 week window and also managed to squeeze in Pink Floyd . Summer of 77 was best ever for seeing my favorites.
July 77 was the best. I showed up on the 15th.
@@samiam261 Here in the Bay Area, Bill Graham was the organizer for almost all concerts, and was always able to get top bands to appear year round. I was totally spoiled!
One of the greatest guitar solos ever recorded!!!
I was at this concert, my first. It was an awesome show. Hearing this version of Free Bird has stuck with me my whole life.
You’re one lucky person. We were supposed to go and see them in October but they never made it to that date. I woke up to hearing about the plane crash and was devastated 😢.
All I have ever seen on TH-cam from this concert is sweet home Alabama and free bird. Did they do other songs?
@@markfowler1033 Oh yeah, they played their whole set, Simple Man, Gimme Three Steps, Whiskey Rock-A-Roller, etc. A great show. And they weren't even the headliner. The lineup was, The Outlaws, Santana, Lynyrs Skynyrs, and Peter Frampton.
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@bobo2934 I've tried to look everywhere
There is no other footage.
I was there. No cell phones to distract you. One just watched and listened. This was one of the greatest concerts I ever attended. Thousands of young people just having fun. Those young people are now grandparents/great grandparents but the memory never dies. Thank you for bringing some happy memories and tears to this old man.
That must have been amazing! I am so jealous
I'm curious what concert experiences of yours top this one? Just so I can be even MORE jealous of you and your experiences 😅
Was the blonde in the yellow top ever identified for her 15 minutes of fame ? Lol
Can't go wrong with Skynyrd!! Many great songs!!! Simple Man, Ballad of Curtis Loew, Tuesdays Gone, Sweet Home Alabama!!
Gimme Three Steps 👍👍
The crowd was going nuts and shaking their fists during the slow part of the song because they knew what was coming ….. What kind of sorcery is this? People singing without digital backing vocals or autotune. People playing their own instruments. It must be Magic.
One of the greatest songwriters and band EVER!
I love watching people that have never heard this song react when the tempo suddenly kicks up and the crowd knows it's coming and they all start going crazy. That is how concerts were back then.
A group of poor boys from just outside Jacksonville, Florida who began playing together in their teens. Allen Collins in white wrote this solo at 16 years old.This band was phenomenal. My favorite band ever. They put out many great songs on their 5 studio albums before the tragedy of their touring plane crashing on October 20th 1977. Their final abum was released 3 days before the tragedy. Southern rock is the genre, and they were the gold standard. Thanks for a sincere and great reaction. Skynyrd forever. ✌️
I love Skynyrd but the gold standard was the band that invented the genre. The Allman Brothers Band
@RonaldJohnson-p4r it's only my opinion and many others, I love the Allman Brothers as well.
Granny & Pappy came to ROCK! Which you cannot do with all your heart with half of your attention focused on your phone.
Worth listening to the studio version as well, because of the sound quality here, but this live performance just rocks it out of the stadium.
I was at this show. Before the internet turned people into zombies attached to their screens as if with an umbilical cord, people actually left the house and DID THINGS...like this, as an example. We socialized, mingled, had experiences. And unlike today, music wasnt formulaic and artificial. Sadly, such a time will never come again in our lifetimes.
So true. I'm honored to have grown up in that time and to have witnessed such greatness❤😊
I know Spinal Tap was scheduled to play later, but their guitars were accidentally sent to a bluegrass festival in San Diego instead of the rock show in San Francisco, so they had to cancel.
This is such a boomer comment
@@Nasty-Canasta Yours is such an ignorant comment. You just proved his point perfectly.
@@KimStinson-cf7vx How so? Those people in the crowd are now grandparents. That demographic uses social media and smartphone as much or more than younger people. Those same people voted to make their kids and grandkids life harder. They had everything handed to them and pulled the ladder up from behind them. These videos are flooded with the exact came, copied, thoughtless, comments. Pete Townshend warned of being fooled again, and we were.
For those new to this performance, at the start the guitarist is making the sound of a bird chirping.
“That smell” is probably my favorite song by them, incredible guitar
Coolest breakup song ever. No computers, no auto tune, no dancers, no fireworks. Just pure talent.
Not even close. Wouldn't even rate as the "coolest breakup song" in the Southern Rock genre. Most people only care about the guitars anyway, skipping the syrup. Check the 'most viewed' data on the YT videos, the stats don't lie.
@@buretto66 think I'm picking up on negative vibes here man, but don't worry, tomorrow the sun might shine in your sky as well
Yup or at a funeral.
12:50 The young lady says the greatest line I ever heard in a review: "YOU CAN SMELL THE FREEDOM!" Wow! That perfectly sums up Lynyrd Skynyrd, Rock N Roll, and the 1970's. Bravo @C&ADifferentReactions!
LS one of the best bands ever. Loved performing live. My favorite band of all time. Can't go wrong with LS . The 70s was the best era for music. Thanks for the reaction 😊
Every LYNYRD SKYNYRD and Allman Brothers Band albums LIVED on my stereo, home and car!!!!
I had the pleasure of seeing them three times in the 70s... About 3 months after this show they were all in a plane crash and we lost the singer Ronnie Van Zant, the guitarist in the white shirt and red pants Steve Gaines and his sister back up singer Cassie Gaines and all the others were seriously injured. The plane ran out of fuel and thats the reason that some of them lived as there was not any fire. They reformed about 10 years after the plane crash with Ronnies brother Johnny taking over as lead singer. They still tour today as I saw them and ZZ Top April of 2024... They only play the songs of the oringinal band. The plane crash was October 20, 1977... Yeah I'm old as dirt lol
One of the greatest guitar solo in rock
Picking up after the Allman Brothers Band invented "Southern Rock", Lynyrd Skynyrd was the epitome of Southern rock. Although they lost most of their line up in a plane crash not long after this show, the band picked themselves up, brought in some family member and continued for decades.
Lynyrd Skynyrd was known for their spectacular guitar work. Next up try That Smell. The song really shows the wonderful guitar play from Skynyrd.
My high school years. Look at all those pretty girls....!!! I'll be FOREVER GRATEFUL to have lived in My Time. I'm an old man now, but I wouldn't trade my youth for ANY OTHER PLACE & TIME.....!!
Nice reaction. Allen Collins is one of the GOATS of guitar. He wrote this as a teenager. How many people were playing guitar like this in the late 1960's and early 1970's? Hendrix, Clapton, Page, Duane, Beck....... there weren't many. That generation knew how to party and make music. Still waiting on your reaction to Stevie Ray Vaughn, "Texas Flood" live at El Mocambo. Everyone I mentioned above bows to him.
Been a Skynyrd fan since the 70's, I really enjoy watching first time reactions to this song and to the solo in particular, it lays 'em out every time 🔥
Ah the seventies. Beautiful all natural girls enjoying an epic concert and not a damn cell phone in sight.
No sunblock either, lol
This was a great time to be alive. Think about it. Your grandparents were pretty cool. stadium concerts were truly amazing.
I cannot think of a better introduction to Skynard. Their musical well is filled with pure spring water. 😉♥
Many think this is a solo guitar performance, it was a duet with a added base and slide guitar, it was a bunch of guys that were so tight with each other that they just knew where the others were going.
There is no place in the world like Northern California in the 70s. It was truly paradise but call someplace Paradise kiss it goodbye!!!
Ronnie Van Zant - vocals and leader of the band; Allen Collins - guitar; Gary Rossington - guitar; Steve Gaines - guitar; Artimus Pyle - drums; Leon Wilkeson - bass; Billy Powell - piano; Their last performance was South Carolina’s Greenville Memorial Auditorium on Oct. 19 1977 Free Bird lasted for 20 mins The next day boarded their plane that was unsafe the Fuel gauge was broke. The only way to check the fuel was with a stick. The plane ran out of fuel the engines were burning too rich and wasting precious fuel. One engine shut down then the other did. The plane went down over pine trees killing the members of the band, Ronnie Van Zant lead singer, guitarist Steve Gaines, and vocalist Cassie Gaines, that day was the saddest in Southern Rock. I was 20 when I heard about it on the radio. I cried like a baby.
This is my opinion the best guitar trio ever. All three extremely talented guitar players.
Best opening line ever. "If I leave here tomorrow will you still remember me. "
That line and so much of the rest, made it very popular to play at young men's funerals in the Midwest. It's a good-bye song.
Nothing says America more than Freebird, behind a confederate battle flag & Mt Rushmore decorating the stage, American flags in the crowd of beautiful women in bikinis! ‘Merica! 🇺🇸
How does that say "America"? Please explain
@ , if you have to ask… 🤷♂️
F ing Free Bird,,,,,💥💥💥👍😎
Dude looked like he really felt it,,,,,👍👍👍
Awesome React to one of THE MOST CLASSIC SONGS in EXISTENCE!!!👍🤟
one of the greatest crowd reactions ever
This song is played out for me too much , unless I see it live is the only way I can watch it , so magically done still makes my eyes water to this day. Loved your reaction to this song now you gotta listen to simple man.
Only the drummer is still with us.. incredible live band in all their incarnations. Awfull back story too. Allen Collins is the guy in white playing the Gibson Explorer. Thank you for reacting to this performance.
I saw them at the old RFK stadium in Washington DC (saw them 3 times before the crash) and Ron Ackerman, their tour manager, wrote about that gig in his book. It was cloudy that day with a serious threat of rain. When they started playing Freebird, the clouds parted, the first and only sun of that day shown through the clouds, and sea gulls were flying all around. It was an epic experience. Fun fact - all artists got to the stage in limousines. Except for Skynyrd. They pulled up in an old beat up Volkswagon bus.
Saw them live in 1976. It was July 4th at the Liberty Biwl in Memphis. The lineup was The Outlaws, Blue Oyster Cult, Lynyrd Skynyrd and ZZ Top.
It was an amazing time growing up in the 1970s, They are southern rock at it's best. Ronnie Van Zant, Stevie Gaines, his sister Cassie Gaines and, Asst Mgr Dean Kilpatrick perished in a plan crash on October 20, 1977. Rest In Peace, y'all earned it.
The studio version of "Freebird" was on Lynyrd Skynyrd's first album "(Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd)" released 13 August 1973, and reached 19 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart in 1974. The live version, from the double album "One More from the Road" (released 13 September 1976) reached 38 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart in 1977. "One More from the Road" sold over 1.5 million units in the U.S. following its release in 1976, reaching 3 million units sold by 1987. The group has sold over 30 million albums in the U.S. alone. Rolling Stone magazine ranked the group No. 95 on their list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time".
Whenever I played this song on the Jukebox or heard it on the radio, my girlfriend always wasted if I was going to break up with her. Well after 12 years, I finally did, and life has been so much “sweeter”. “Call Me the Breeze” is another must hear by Skynyrd.
Great performance in Oakland, 4th of july celebration. The Oakland set came three months before the tragic plane crash that claimed the lives of Van Zant, Gaines and his sister and backup singer Cassie Gaines and severely injured the other members of the band.
This was done in The Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, CA. It is where the Oakland A's baseball team played, and the Oakland Raiders played. Lynyrd Skinner was a southern rock group. They were so very awesome. About 2 months after this concert, they were in a plane crash that killed some of them. I wished I could have been there; I only lived a few miles away. Love your tractions!
Never knew your grandparents were ever that cool.
LOVE THIS PERFORMANCE!! ENJOY!! ❤❤❤
This song and Led Zeppelin's Stairway to Heaven are similar in that they both start soft and slow and build into absolutely killer jams.
Alot of sunburn in that crowd. Allen Collins ( dressed in white) composed that lead guitar part while in high school.
Great memories playing this with my mates driving and jamming ❤
Welcome to Lynyrd Skynrd😊!! Don’t forget to watch Simple Man, Sweet Home Alabama, That Smell, Mr. Saturday Night Special, Gimme Back My Bullets . All great songs 👍!
SAW THEM TWICE!!!!🐐🎸🔥😍😍😍😍😍😍😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢 RIP LYNYRD SKYNYRD
Imagine how many of us were created after this concert!
When you go to a club to see a live band, you always scream "Free Bird" after their last song.
If would be 110 days from this concert the band would die in a plane crash in Gillsburg, Mississippi. I was in high school, a big fan, and remember the day I heard the news.
There’s your grandma and all her friends being free
62 NOW, DAMN!!! I WAS THERE!!!!
DAY ON THE GREEN, JULY 2nd. GOT TICKETS AS AN EIGHTH GRADE GRADUATION PRESENT.
OUTLAWS, SANTANA, LYNYRD SKYNYRD, AND PETER FRAMPTON!!!!! PARADIGM SHIFT IN ONES' LIFE!!!!!!!
Ya I was 16 and having the best time 😊. This and stairway to heaven are considered the two best rock songs of all time. Free 🐦 gets my vote 😁
Some other great songs by this group to check out are. Simple man, Gimme three steps, Sweet home Alabama, Give me back my bullets, Call me the breeze, Coming Home , On the hunt and That smell are just a few. Enjoy 🤙🏻
74-75, 9th grade at Lee Burneson Jr High in Westlake Ohio. Mr. Campbells social studies class. He had us do a report on this song. Went on to see them play this a couple of times at Cleveland Stadium. What a great time to be a teenager.
They were the opening act for Peter Frampton ,he had just hit it big with his album Frampton Comes Alive and that is why you see the vast amount of females there
Not quite the opening act, as The Outlaws and Santana preceded Skynyrd, then Frampton. But I get your point.
She wishes she were there. We all do, jamming out to great live music that never ends. Sadly many band members perished in a plane crash just a few months later. I did see a cover band do Free Bird in an outdoor concert in the early 80s. Same energy with the whole crowd screaming and cheering for 15 minutes!
Great reaction, C&A!
That took place in the Oakland Coliseum where the Oakland Raiders football team played in 1977 a short time before their plane crashed
Yyes sir Ronnie we still remember you...
Best live concert ever R.I.P..
Skynyrd is the greatest band, ever. 😊
Now you’re playing with the big boys and girls. Great choice, sweet reaction. Ty
We had epic bands back then, who would play epic shows, and it was all them, good or bad. At the end of the night, it was all the band's doing, not some piece of equipment or computer's doing. Although in every epic concert, which you can evaluate, the crowd was epic too, feeding the band energy, which in turn fed the crowd energy, and it is always an amazing feedback loop.
Before you decide who has what epic concert, which IMHO can't be possible as the inputs to such an evaluation is too complex to list this one for this reason or that one for that reason, I propose that there are many epic concerts and each had their own reasoning for it being epic...be it ACDC in River Platte, Led Zepplin in O2, Pink Floyd in Pulse or Pink Floyd in Pompeii, or maybe one of the Rolling Stones' tours, or maybe The Who's farewell Tommy, or many other concerts that for whatever reason turned out to be an epic one. This one was a good concert. Before you decide, check out more and be prepared to adjust your list.
Glad to see you guys back I held off to see if you actually have a different direction
Saw them in various iterations MANY times over the last 50 years; never as good as the early years before the plane crash. Was fortunate to meet Ronnie and Gary R. in 12/1973 at a concert while I was in college. They definitely played to the crowd.
Gotta check out the live version of Call Me the Breeze from Skynyrd. Epic
the greatest rock and roll song of all time
RIP free birds. Jacksonville, home of Lynyrd Skynyrd, is also where The Allman Brothers Band was formed in 1969. Must have been something in the water.
Welcome to the greatest American band in history .. enjoy the ride
Just a couple of months before the plane crash that killed and injured many in the band. I was fortunate to see them when they first started touring the West Coast and they blew us away (before their first album hit it big).
Day on the Green 1977 in Oakland. Later that year their plane would crashing killing members of the band, backup singers, and others. So sad.
A little over 3 months later on October 20th 1977 after releasing their new album, (Street Survivors) the band's plane crashed. Their lead singer, one of their lead guitarists and his sister (a backup singer for the band) were killed along with 3 others and 20 were injured including the keyboardist, drummer and others.
I'm from Atlanta. Probably saw them 7 times. Can't remember... i was in my early teens all through high school starting around 74. Always a hell of a party.
Welcome to Southern Rock !!! Great Reaction
We knew and now you two know 😉❤️🤘🏴
I saw them in 1976 - I was 19 and it fucking awesome ✌️
One best bands ever when we were teenagers 1975
Subscribed! I have watched you 2 react to a few bands that are on my playlist this takes the cake folks! Thank you for taking me down memory lane a great way to end the weekend! Watching for your next one! Have a great year!
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GREATNESS !!!!!!!
Music history right here. Nothing quite like it.
Freebird is always their encore song, even to this day.
Still One Of The Best !!!🔥
this was when Rock n Roll rocked and guitar players ruled..
they opened up this show for Peter Frampton who had to come out after this...lol😂
One of the greatest songs ever written.
The best guitar solo of all time even better than Hotel California
Guitarist in the 'white suit', as you call it, is Allen Collins.
Lynyrd Skynyrd were named after Leonard Skinner, who was the gym teacher at the school lead singer Ronnie Van Zant and guitarist Gary Rossington attended, Robert E. Lee High School in Jacksonville, Florida. Skinner was notorious for strictly enforcing the school's rule against boys with long hair.
Hard to believe only the drummer is still with us,artimus pyle
The seventies were the best of times & best time to grow up. No cell phones!