Thank you everyone for your comments. Yes, Kathy and Donna knew that it wasn't a cigarette! However, we chose not to correct Lulu to let her keep her innocence a little bit longer. We promise we will tell her one day lol.
Absolutely protect her innocence, I have a granddaughter about her age, and to quote another song writer....."I wish I didn't know now, what I didn't know then". Blessings to all of you!!
@@kellahella5286 How lucky were you ! I had a fantastic time from 1971 in London attending Concerts and went to The YSA/Canada for 7 weeks in 1979 and THAT is how I remember California:). When THe Rolling Stones followed Freebird in England, they refused to go on stage for FIVE HOURS at THe Festival...lol
@@Isleofskye For being the “bad boys” of R&R, the Stones were kinda pansies. I’m sure The Who wasn’t thrilled to follow Queen at Live Aid, but they did. Also in that same stadium I saw the final 🇺🇸 Led Zeppelin performance ever. EPIC!!!
@@kellahella5286 Long Story but I had a ticket for Led Zeppelin in 1975 @Empire Pool, Wembley and a combination of living on the other side of London with no car and pouring rain and my team losing at home in the afternoon and having a Fishmonger throw his boiling water= over my jeans meant I did not bother to go and never did see them Ticket Price? 75 ENCE or just under ONE DOLLAR:)
How cool was Allen Collins!! 🎸 Center stage, all in white, from sombre to gleeful as soon as the song lifts off, foot stomping, big puffy mane blowing in the breeze, and absolutely shredding that Gibson Explorer as if it were totally effortless. A true rockstar guitar maestro 🎸
I believe Allen played mostly Gibson FIREBIRDS!! w/ the lead pickup wired Out of phase. I ALWAYS LOVED HOW THE GREAT 70's ROCKERS ELECTRONICALLY CUSTOMIZED THEIR INSTRUMENTS! PRUE GENIOUS!
As an Englishman, I could sit and listen to your southern accents all day and night! Oh, yeah, your reaction was great also. From an Englishman from the home of the Beatles, Liverpool.
I about fell out of my chair laughing when at the end of the video when the two guys were passing a joint, and the look on Lulu's face and her asking "Were they sharing a cigarette?" OMG, that was too funny.
Thank you kindly for reacting to Lynyrd Skynyrd. This particular live performance is the finest I've ever witnessed, be it in person or on video. Lynyrd Skynyrd Lives On! Generation after generation.
Can't believe it's been 46 Years ago And the majority of the crowd is in their 60s and older. An Artemis the drummer is the only one still alive. From this group, you see on the stage.
Lynyrd Skynyrd was the name of the band, not the singer (Ronnie Van Sant). Great reaction. I saw them in June 1977 at Philadelphia's JFK Stadium. The lineup that day was J. Giles Band, Dicky Betts With Great Southern (Dicky was from The Allman Brothers), Lynyrd Skynyrd and Peter Frampton, who had the biggest album in the world at that time. It was a beautiful day. I was 16 years old and my girlfriend was 14. We were about 30 feet from the stage. It's an experience I will never forget. Thanks for the memory.
So that would put you at about 62 years old? Must have been a hell of a show at JFK Stadium and what a beautiful memory of you 16 with your girlfriend it was 14 did you guys end up getting married having kids? (BTW it's Van Zant with a Z)
You lucky sob. Damn, never got to see them. Had every album. We are the same age. We lived in the best music Era of all time. We had Chuck Barry, CCR, The Supremes, Johnny Cash, BTO and the list goes on. The Beatles, led zeplin, pink Floyd. We grew up in the greatest music ever. Bob Segar, Boston, early Aerosmith Thank you for the reminder.
Yes smoking up at concerts was very common back in the late 70's. I remember seeing the great group, ''Heart'' at the Hockey Arena and my group and about 20-25 people in 3 rows of seats passing around several spliffs and pipes and great clouds of smoke rising upwards. I'm pretty certain some people around us got high for free LOL The few cops in the Arena didn't dare bust anyone as they knew that could very well start a riot.
My, my, my ... such a sweet-sounding, tender break-up song by a southern rock band?! Don't be fooled, kiddos; for those of you who have never heard this song before (whether this version or on an album), don't get lulled into a false sense of safety! Buckle your seatbelt, put on a helmet, and RIDE THAT RIDE! Watch for the brunette lady wearing aviator sun glasses clapping her hands over her head and HANG ON! This IS THE BEST version ever! Such energy from the music, the musicians, AND THE CROWD (Lulu's exactly right)!
RIP the original band members (especially those lost in the plane crash a few months after this performance), Gary Rossington was the last to go to that great gig in the sky. The first line "if I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me?" is still poignant 45+ years later.
Artimus Pyle is playing drums here isn't the original drummer but I had the pleasure of seeing him and his band a few months ago. It's called the Artimus Pyle band and met him after the show. I'm 62 and was like a little kid meeting him. Lol. Oh he was a survivor from the plane crash too. He has a movie called Street Survivors. Check it out if you guys haven't already!
Artumas Pyle (drummer) is still alive. Ricky Medlock (gutar) a member before their first album and a member of the current Lynyrd Skynyrd Band with Ronnie VanZant's brother Johnny VanZant.(Lead singer)... Great performers. They made the Rolling Stones 2nd fiddle... They are playing together again now. What a great reunion...
@@frederickmoller While he is still around, there are NO ORIGINAL members still alive. Gary was the last one. Artemus was the replacement for Bob Burns, their original drummer, though Artemus was in the band FAR longer!
I WAS THERE , BACK IN 1977 ! THERE WAS 50,000 PEOPLE THERE ! THE GUITARIST IN THE CENTER ALL IN WHITE , ALAN COLLINS , WROTE THE SONG , SO HE DOES MOST OF THE SOLO ! THE LYRICS WERE WRITTEN BY RONNIE VAN ZANT , THE SINGER ! HE HAD A PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY ! THEY'VE SAID HE NEVER WROTE ANYTHING DOWN ! SO IT WAS ALL IN HIS MEMORY ! SADLY A COUPLE OF MONTHS AFTER THIS SHOW WE LOST SOME FROM THE BAND , IN A PLANE CRASH !
I was in that crowd that day along with 58,000 others. I got my tickets from a friend who was a paramedic who worked all the "Day on the Green" events.
They were just one of 4 bands that played that day. Peter Frampton, Santana and The Outlaws were also playing. It really was quite a day.@@KathyLuluandDonna
I appreciate y'all teaching Lulu all the good stuff. She will grow to appreciate it more in her life as she matures. It will make her a more rounded person. It's good to see people get interacted with their kids, and not neglect them. Good Luck, and God Bless.
Just came across you gals a few days ago. keep up the great stuff you guys. you have something that has kept me coming back. you are yourself that is very hard to find today with all the sheepeople today. Im a old guy in my 50's lol I normally go with a a style of music that to be honest you don't look in your pics like we would enjoy the same things. I have to tell you its kinda like sitting around with my family years ago with my own grandma and my aunt they had the same values you seem to have. It's a great thing to see REAL PEOPLE AND GOOD PEOPLE ON HERE. yOU HAVE MADE ME SMILE MANY TIMES. stay yourself's I love that lol, sorry for caps lock.
The Allman Brothers Band Ballin' Jack Bloodrock Bloomsbury People Cactus Cat Mother & the All Night Newsboys Chakra The Chambers Brothers Goose Creek Symphony Grand Funk Railroad Gypsy Memphis State University cast of "Hair" Hampton Grease Band Handle Richie Havens Hedge & Donna The Jimi Hendrix Experience It's a Beautiful Day Johnny Jenkins B.B. King Lee Michaels Mott the Hoople Mountain Poco Procol Harum Radar Rare Earth Terry Reid Rig Savage Grace John Sebastian Bob Seger System Spirit Ten Years After U.S. Kyds Johnny Winter This was the line up for both ATL pop festivals in 69 and 70
This is the first time watching one of your videos and I enjoyed watching you three ladies get into this song. Especially the lady on the right...I could see her mind going back then and remembering those good time!
This show was in a baseball stadium; from some angles seems like Woodstock '69! While some folks seemed sunburned, also notice there's a stiff breeze for most of the video, so folks probably weren't suffering from heat problems. The guitarist in the brown, leather pants was Leon Wilkeson, the bassist, the 4th guitar in the group; he died in Florida on July 27, 2001.
Ladies 👍👍 this series of shows was Oakland ca. It was called "a day on the green"there were at least 4 artists/groups and it's my understanding that tickets were $ 12.50
We grandmas and grandpas were pretty cool. I saw this same show from the second row the September before this one. That was not a cigarette. It was a joint .
The young lady on the right side (Donna) of the frame... the slight smile... of knowing what is coming... makes me smile.... ROCK ON! And just think... most of those guys and gals in that crowd.... are somebody's grandma/grandpa today!!! - Where are y'all from? You sound like home.... Something else to think about... there are three guitarist taking turns in the jam.... but ONE bassist....
This concert was just a little over three months before the plane crash that took the life of Ronnie Can Zant, Steve and Cassie Gaines the 2 pilots and their road manager Dean Kilpatrick
This concert was in Oakland, California, Oakland Coliseum Stadium, at the time in the Summer of 1977 it was the home of the great Oakland Raiders, The Oakland A's and the Golden State Warriors next door at the Arena. I was at this show. Also saw them live at Winterland in San Francisco in 1976. Sadly the lead singer, and guitarist Stevie Gaines, the one on the left of the stage and his sister Cassie, a back up singer were killed when the entire bands plane went down and crashed in Mississippi in Oct 1977 about 3 months after this concert. They were in their peak at the time of this show. Incredible band.
I could see Donna taking a stroll down memory lane. And I do that exact thing when I hear Free Bird and Pink Floyd. I was only 11 years old when they performed this concert. Do a Stevie Ray Vaughan Live Performance of Texas Flood and you'll all be Amazed by how he plays his guitar 🎸.... Great Show
That was day on the green. 7-2-77 I was about 100ft from center stage. When they played FREE BIRD, it was their 5th or 6th encore. The already did 11/2hr to a 2 hr show
Considered one of their BEST tunes, many of the band in this video were klled in a plane crash. Other really rockin' Southern rock songs were "Gimme 4 sreps", "Give Me A T For Texas, A T For Tennessee" and "Call Me The Breeze"
Sadly Ronnie Van zant, Steve Gaines, Cassie Gaines , Leon Wilkerson, Ed King, Alllen Collins, Billy Powell , Gary Rossington, all the original members of Lynyrd Skynyrd have passed
Well-played, grandma, on Lulu's comment on the two guys sharing a "cigarette." Too funny. I saw them in Athens, GA before they were this big. Opening act was Mother's Finest, which you guys may have heard of and would enjoy checking out, too. I'm sure grandpa knows them. Enjoyed your reaction!
Saw them in 1987 on the reunion tour that spawned Southern By The Grace of God" and again in 2018 on the Last of the Street Survivors tour. Two very different concerts, but both amazing shows. Fun side note: The hat that Ronnie was wearing was made by Texas Hatters in Lockhart, TX. They also made the hat SRV wore.
😂 That was a joint those guys were passing around in the end. And yes, passing around a joint was very common back then, especially at outside concerts. I was about 20 or 21 at the time of this concert.
Amazing thing is they were a support act at that gig, not the headliners. Same thing happened the same summer in England. They played at Knebworth as support act to the Rollng Stones. And get this, they totally stole the show. Fantastic entertainers. And great that you guys totally appreciated that in this video.
So sad that later in 1977 we lost the lead singer Ronnie VanZant, the (then newest addition and outstandingly talented) guitarist Steve Gaines (shorter hair and beard in this vid) and his sister, back-up singer Cassie Gaines in a plane crash. It took them many years to come back but they finally did with Ronnie’s youngest brother Johnny VanZant as the lead vocalist in the very late 80s. I saw them a handful of times live between 1990 and 1996 in my teens and early twenties and they always always shook the ground! We’ve now lost every single original member of this amazing group but there is NO doubt their legacy will remain.
In the mid 70s, my cousin from New York moved out to California where I was living. I played this cassette in my truck constantly whenever she and I would go out together. I think it drove her a little crazy but this song was an anthem to me in those days. She eventually moved back to New York. 😁
This reaction is so cool I am watching a 2nd time, and I just have to add another comment. They say soldiers get a "1000 yd stare". Donna has that stare in a good way. She is looking back and transformed back to that time - like I am watching this concert. Such good times.
I'm from Massachusetts. I've been a fan of Skynyrd since their plane crash. 1977 or 76. This is my go to band when I listen to music. I ride a harley. Every time i go out on my bikes. Call me the Breeze i listen to before i head out to ride. Gets me feelin good & rearing to ride hard. I have all there albums
This was was about three and a half months before the plane crash, Steve Gaines had joined the band about a year earlier and they were better than ever
I was 5 yrs old in 1977 when the plane crashed. I'm so old now, only the drummer is still alive. This is going to be played in my memorial service, hopefully 30 yrs away lol
The group got their name from a line in the Alan Sherman song Hello Mudda, Hello Fadda about a guy at camp. the line is " You remember Leonard Skinner? He got Ptomaine poisoning after dinner. The boys in the band loved it and thus the name was born ( more to come after the video, thanks )
One of the longest solo i've ever heard in my life, and i'm 62 and a half, and i sold for over 30 years music, because that's my life and my passion till i die. Actually i'm taxidriver at the zürich airport in kloten, maybe you will in a few months my guests!!!!!!!. Many thanks to your channel.
Saw them in Little Rock in the mid 70’s and the intensity was off the charts. About 1/2 way through Freebird some tall, blond, long haired guy walks out on stage wearing nothing but cowboy boots and a cowboy hat. Yes, butt naked! He stands there grooving to the song while the band is tearing it up. The band is loving it, the crowd is loving it and when security starts to go out and remove him the band says leave him alone. Unforgettable! Of course he’s high, drunk or all the above. Finally after he’s up there for 5-10 minutes they haul him off. Whoever you are man, if you ever see this, from me to you and I’m sure I speak for hundreds of other people, “Thank You for making an awesome concert even more unforgettable than it would’ve been”.
I knew from the moment I heard Donna's sweet Southern accent I'd love you galls. Im Canadian, lived down south for couple years when high school, many moons ago. Its so cute at 0.48 while talking about Lynyrd Skynyrd Lulu says, " ive never heard of him" 😅 like as if Ronnie Van Zant is aka Lynyrd Skynyrd... They named the band after their gym teacher who died in 2010. No one in the band actually has the name Lynyrd Skynyrd. I have four daughter's and one of them around your age thought the same. No worries. In fact many adults make the same mistake thinking that the lead singer is Lynyrd Skynyrd😅😅😅 and just a thing so many of these girls in the crowd back in 76 are all ol' Grandma's now. My colleague one of our contracts we do saw Lynyrd Skynyrd live about 3 weeks ago with ZZ Top up here in Canada said they put on a great show although there's no original members left their kind of like a cover band now sadly. Gary rossington playing that beautiful slide guitar at the beginning was the last original member to die in March of this year. In my opinion they should put Artemis the drummer from the show you're watching here back in the band he's the only guy still alive from back then. I would love to see you guys react to" T for Texas" from this show. With love from Canada, Nate.
I heard y’all’s accents and had to subscribe! I’m NC born but moved away and I miss a sweet Southern accent! Great review! I got to see Skynyrd and Peter Frampton in a double headliner years ago- what a show!
Ah, some additional information. They were in 77 in Great Britain, they were on the stage before the Rolling Stones (and it was forbidden to go out on the tongue). The crowd turned absolute crazy... later the Stones played. Then they asked what encore they wanted. The crowd called "Free Bird". That is the absolute insult to every other band, because NOBODY could play Freebird without training weeks or months for it. There is even a meme about "Free bird" for other bands to be demanded to play :D
back when concerts were the biggest thing to do, and there were so many really good bands to see at a concert, one could attend a concert every weekend in the summer if you lived near a big city.
This concert happened a few months before the plane crash that killed Ronnie Van Zant the singer Steven Gains the Guitar player on the left of Ronnie and Cassie Gains Steven sister she was one of the female background singers
I heard the girls were there to see Peter Frampton who played later ! and there is also a video from same concert where he sings BABY I LOVE YOUR WAYS ! you should check that out next.!
This was just before the plane crash in October 1977, October 20 to be exact day before my birthday. I was nine years old when the plane crashed. And then guitarist playing the slide was Gary Rossington he passed away this year April 5, 2023 I had a stroke April 4, 2023, so this is one hell of a way for me to remember their deaths. Gary was the last surviving member of the band. All them are together again flat half Freebird‘s
Thank you everyone for your comments. Yes, Kathy and Donna knew that it wasn't a cigarette! However, we chose not to correct Lulu to let her keep her innocence a little bit longer. We promise we will tell her one day lol.
Protect it for as long as you can!
We all shared "cigarettes" back then.
Yes
Absolutely protect her innocence, I have a granddaughter about her age, and to quote another song writer....."I wish I didn't know now, what I didn't know then". Blessings to all of you!!
She’ll probably tell you if you keep hiding it.
I love thinking about how all those young, wild rock chicks in the crowd are now grannies in their 60’s & 70’s and cooler than their grandchildren… 😂
Wish I could give 500 likes for your comment!! Excellent!!
Wild grandma.
So kids, you can't trick them.😅😅😅
Yep. I married one of them.
I just think about how everyone was so thin and pretty
Sadly it wasn't but a week or so later their plane crashed
No cell phones, everyone was present, in the moment. Many of us oldtimers sure do miss the old world.
I was there. LS wasn’t even the headliner, Peter Frampton was. Santana and The Outlaws we’re also on the ticket. FANTASTIC DAY.
@@kellahella5286 How lucky were you !
I had a fantastic time from 1971 in London attending Concerts and went to The YSA/Canada for 7 weeks in 1979 and THAT is how I remember California:).
When THe Rolling Stones followed Freebird in England, they refused to go on stage for FIVE HOURS at THe Festival...lol
@@Isleofskye For being the “bad boys” of R&R, the Stones were kinda pansies. I’m sure The Who wasn’t thrilled to follow Queen at Live Aid, but they did. Also in that same stadium I saw the final 🇺🇸 Led Zeppelin performance ever. EPIC!!!
@@kellahella5286 Long Story but I had a ticket for Led Zeppelin in 1975 @Empire Pool, Wembley and a combination of living on the other side of London with no car and pouring rain and my team losing at home in the afternoon and having a Fishmonger throw his boiling water= over my jeans meant I did not bother to go and never did see them
Ticket Price? 75 ENCE or just under ONE DOLLAR:)
75 PENCE
All original members now gone,RIP., but not forgotten
How cool was Allen Collins!! 🎸 Center stage, all in white, from sombre to gleeful as soon as the song lifts off, foot stomping, big puffy mane blowing in the breeze, and absolutely shredding that Gibson Explorer as if it were totally effortless. A true rockstar guitar maestro 🎸
Indeed
This was before Eddie Van Halen too. The greatest guitar solo ever.
I believe Allen played mostly Gibson FIREBIRDS!! w/ the lead pickup wired Out of phase. I ALWAYS LOVED HOW THE GREAT 70's ROCKERS ELECTRONICALLY CUSTOMIZED THEIR INSTRUMENTS! PRUE GENIOUS!
As an Englishman, I could sit and listen to your southern accents all day and night! Oh, yeah, your reaction was great also. From an Englishman from the home of the Beatles, Liverpool.
I about fell out of my chair laughing when at the end of the video when the two guys were passing a joint, and the look on Lulu's face and her asking "Were they sharing a cigarette?" OMG, that was too funny.
Yes, it was.
Freebird makes me cry every time, so many awesome memories connected to that song❤
I was down on the green . Peter Frampton followed them . Free bird was one of our anthems , this and Stairway . I was 16. Man . Great job ladies 🎵👏🏼🥰
Very cool!
I liked to thank, the, people, who had the insight to film, and record , great day❤😮
Thank you kindly for reacting to Lynyrd Skynyrd. This particular live performance is the finest I've ever witnessed, be it in person or on video.
Lynyrd Skynyrd Lives On! Generation after generation.
No sunscreen on the 70s! Baby oil or pure cocoa butter.(loved that smell!)😂
I grew up in the 60s & 70s... my parents bought the military surplus sunblock cream... white and thick, but it worked.
Can't believe it's been 46 Years ago And the majority of the crowd is in their 60s and older. An Artemis the drummer is the only one still alive. From this group, you see on the stage.
Girl in the front row in the yellow tank top had no way of knowing someday she'd be an internet star. 😂
One of the best live bands ever! Those boys could play. Great reaction.
Growing up in Florida I saw Lynyrd Skynyrd many times. I remember exactly where I was when the radio station said their plane had gone down. So sad.
Seas of people like that, full of love and joy from that era somehow always get me emotional ❤
It was so great back Before The Fun Stopped.
Grandma is so cute I love her!
By far 1 of the best live videos ever. Good pick. Rip for the members that died via plane crash....
300,000+ people here. Also love "T for Texas" "Call me the breeze " several other songs in this show!
And those who died after the crash. All the original members have all left this world.
Everybody on the stage are dead now
@@johnchitwood8799 that sucks big time
@@Zentrix-24 I agree totally. They were a great band, I got to see them in 2018 at a Western Days festival in my hometown in Texas
Lynyrd Skynyrd was the name of the band, not the singer (Ronnie Van Sant). Great reaction. I saw them in June 1977 at Philadelphia's JFK Stadium. The lineup that day was J. Giles Band, Dicky Betts With Great Southern (Dicky was from The Allman Brothers), Lynyrd Skynyrd and Peter Frampton, who had the biggest album in the world at that time. It was a beautiful day. I was 16 years old and my girlfriend was 14. We were about 30 feet from the stage. It's an experience I will never forget. Thanks for the memory.
So that would put you at about 62 years old? Must have been a hell of a show at JFK Stadium and what a beautiful memory of you 16 with your girlfriend it was 14 did you guys end up getting married having kids? (BTW it's Van Zant with a Z)
I thought the band was named after a janitor at their high school.
@@jamessugg7061 A gym teacher who gave them a hard time about their long hair!
You lucky sob. Damn, never got to see them. Had every album. We are the same age. We lived in the best music Era of all time. We had Chuck Barry, CCR, The Supremes, Johnny Cash, BTO and the list goes on. The Beatles, led zeplin, pink Floyd. We grew up in the greatest music ever. Bob Segar, Boston, early Aerosmith
Thank you for the reminder.
The difference in your 3 faces when the slide guitar kicked in made my day. It told a story in itself.
Love watching you girls enjoy this great performance !!
I was there guys. It was amazing. Thank you for the great reaction.
Glad you enjoyed it
I was there for this show it was called "Day on the Green" at the Oakland Coliseum....it was awesome
Yes smoking up at concerts was very common back in the late 70's. I remember seeing the great group, ''Heart'' at the Hockey Arena and my group and about 20-25 people in 3 rows of seats passing around several spliffs and pipes and great clouds of smoke rising upwards. I'm pretty certain some people around us got high for free LOL The few cops in the Arena didn't dare bust anyone as they knew that could very well start a riot.
My, my, my ... such a sweet-sounding, tender break-up song by a southern rock band?! Don't be fooled, kiddos; for those of you who have never heard this song before (whether this version or on an album), don't get lulled into a false sense of safety! Buckle your seatbelt, put on a helmet, and RIDE THAT RIDE! Watch for the brunette lady wearing aviator sun glasses clapping her hands over her head and HANG ON! This IS THE BEST version ever! Such energy from the music, the musicians, AND THE CROWD (Lulu's exactly right)!
RIP the original band members (especially those lost in the plane crash a few months after this performance), Gary Rossington was the last to go to that great gig in the sky. The first line "if I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me?" is still poignant 45+ years later.
Artimus Pyle is playing drums here isn't the original drummer but I had the pleasure of seeing him and his band a few months ago. It's called the Artimus Pyle band and met him after the show. I'm 62 and was like a little kid meeting him. Lol. Oh he was a survivor from the plane crash too. He has a movie called Street Survivors. Check it out if you guys haven't already!
Artumas Pyle (drummer) is still alive. Ricky Medlock (gutar) a member before their first album and a member of the current Lynyrd Skynyrd Band with Ronnie VanZant's brother Johnny VanZant.(Lead singer)... Great performers. They made the Rolling Stones 2nd fiddle... They are playing together again now. What a great reunion...
One of the great ones for sure. Legendary band.
Watching that couple make out at the very end I think there likely some babies made that night
Sad that no original members are left they were an awesome band
I think that Artimus Pyle, the Drummer is still around.
@@frederickmoller While he is still around, there are NO ORIGINAL members still alive. Gary was the last one. Artemus was the replacement for Bob Burns, their original drummer, though Artemus was in the band FAR longer!
Im from the UK and the South gave the world Skynerd and the Allmans thanky you so much. Alzo the accent i like a lot.
I WAS THERE , BACK IN 1977 ! THERE WAS 50,000 PEOPLE THERE ! THE GUITARIST IN THE CENTER ALL IN WHITE , ALAN COLLINS , WROTE THE SONG , SO HE DOES MOST OF THE SOLO ! THE LYRICS WERE WRITTEN BY RONNIE VAN ZANT , THE SINGER ! HE HAD A PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY ! THEY'VE SAID HE NEVER WROTE ANYTHING DOWN ! SO IT WAS ALL IN HIS MEMORY ! SADLY A COUPLE OF MONTHS AFTER THIS SHOW WE LOST SOME FROM THE BAND , IN A PLANE CRASH !
was it true they smoked rolling stones . this concert is my favorite of all on video it must have been awesome being there.
sorry I though that was Knebworth concert
I love the lady on the rights reaction its like shes seeing memories
I was in that crowd that day along with 58,000 others. I got my tickets from a friend who was a paramedic who worked all the "Day on the Green" events.
That is so awesome!
They were just one of 4 bands that played that day. Peter Frampton, Santana and The Outlaws were also playing. It really was quite a day.@@KathyLuluandDonna
I saw Lynyrd Skynyrd in Savannah Ga in the Civic Center Jan 1976. Fantastic show!
Just a month before the crash. What a BAND!✌🏻🏴
It was in Oakland, California!
What a precious family. Best wishes to you grandma and many more years. Loved the reaction! From Muscle Shoals Alabama👍
Thanks so much
Still F****n Awesome!!!
Fly high Freebirds!
I heard them when I was a kid. Loved them. When I heard the plane crash in '77. I was 7 years old. Wow, still iconic to this day
great one of rock anthems ever!!!
This Was My Dad's Favorite Song Of Lynard Skynyrd He Would Have Loved Seeing Your Reactions Ladies ❤❤❤❤
I have seen 100s reviews of this and YALL 3 seemed to enjoy it the most. Thanks for the reviews! Great band
Thanks for watching!
I appreciate y'all teaching Lulu all the good stuff. She will grow to appreciate it more in her life as she matures. It will make her a more rounded person. It's good to see
people get interacted with their kids, and not neglect them. Good Luck, and God Bless.
Just came across you gals a few days ago. keep up the great stuff you guys. you have something that has kept me coming back. you are yourself that is very hard to find today with all the sheepeople today. Im a old guy in my 50's lol I normally go with a a style of music that to be honest you don't look in your pics like we would enjoy the same things. I have to tell you its kinda like sitting around with my family years ago with my own grandma and my aunt they had the same values you seem to have. It's a great thing to see REAL PEOPLE AND GOOD PEOPLE ON HERE. yOU HAVE MADE ME SMILE MANY TIMES. stay yourself's I love that lol, sorry for caps lock.
Thank you so much. We are so glad you're enjoying our videos.
Saw them live at Atlanta Pop July 4th , 1970. Epic
you did not see Lynyrd Skynyrd at either the 69 or 70 Atlanta Pop Festival they were not at either maybe you mean the Allman Brothers
The Allman Brothers Band
Ballin' Jack
Bloodrock
Bloomsbury People
Cactus
Cat Mother & the All Night Newsboys
Chakra
The Chambers Brothers
Goose Creek Symphony
Grand Funk Railroad
Gypsy
Memphis State University cast of "Hair"
Hampton Grease Band
Handle
Richie Havens
Hedge & Donna
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
It's a Beautiful Day
Johnny Jenkins
B.B. King
Lee Michaels
Mott the Hoople
Mountain
Poco
Procol Harum
Radar
Rare Earth
Terry Reid
Rig
Savage Grace
John Sebastian
Bob Seger System
Spirit
Ten Years After
U.S. Kyds
Johnny Winter This was the line up for both ATL pop festivals in 69 and 70
This is the first time watching one of your videos and I enjoyed watching you three ladies get into this song. Especially the lady on the right...I could see her mind going back then and remembering those good time!
I saw Lynyrd Skynyrd three times in 70's....WHAT A BAND!!.....tragedy about the plane crash. 😥😥 Thank you very much ladies. 🎸🎸🎸🎸
Grandma is like "yep, those were the boys!!" :D
@Kathy&Lulu, to all ya beautiful ladies, that was great watching y'all's reaction, I loved it 😊
Love grams reaction all through she knows what's coming and you can see her go back to the 70's wonderful decade for music
This show was in a baseball stadium; from some angles seems like Woodstock '69! While some folks seemed sunburned, also notice there's a stiff breeze for most of the video, so folks probably weren't suffering from heat problems. The guitarist in the brown, leather pants was Leon Wilkeson, the bassist, the 4th guitar in the group; he died in Florida on July 27, 2001.
Ladies 👍👍 this series of shows was Oakland ca. It was called "a day on the green"there were at least 4 artists/groups and it's my understanding that tickets were $ 12.50
We grandmas and grandpas were pretty cool. I saw this same show from the second row the September before this one. That was not a cigarette. It was a joint .
The young lady on the right side (Donna) of the frame... the slight smile... of knowing what is coming... makes me smile.... ROCK ON! And just think... most of those guys and gals in that crowd.... are somebody's grandma/grandpa today!!! - Where are y'all from? You sound like home....
Something else to think about... there are three guitarist taking turns in the jam.... but ONE bassist....
We are in the State of Texas in the United States.
I am in DFW .... @@KathyLuluandDonna
Music of my youth..great being a teenager in the 70s...the LADIES WERE AWESOME! So glad I was able to experience it!
First time I've watched you three, can I just say lynyrd skynyrd are Superb and you 3 are delightful cheers. PHIL, from UK.
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This concert was just a little over three months before the plane crash that took the life of Ronnie Can Zant, Steve and Cassie Gaines the 2 pilots and their road manager Dean Kilpatrick
This concert was in Oakland, California, Oakland Coliseum Stadium, at the time in the Summer of 1977 it was the home of the great Oakland Raiders, The Oakland A's and the Golden State Warriors next door at the Arena. I was at this show. Also saw them live at Winterland in San Francisco in 1976. Sadly the lead singer, and guitarist Stevie Gaines, the one on the left of the stage and his sister Cassie, a back up singer were killed when the entire bands plane went down and crashed in Mississippi in Oct 1977 about 3 months after this concert. They were in their peak at the time of this show. Incredible band.
I could see Donna taking a stroll down memory lane. And I do that exact thing when I hear Free Bird and Pink Floyd. I was only 11 years old when they performed this concert. Do a Stevie Ray Vaughan Live Performance of Texas Flood and you'll all be Amazed by how he plays his guitar 🎸.... Great Show
That was day on the green. 7-2-77 I was about 100ft from center stage. When they played FREE BIRD, it was their 5th or 6th encore. The already did 11/2hr to a 2 hr show
3 pretty ladies and Lynard Skynard, great reaction indeed!❤️👍🏻🎼
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Considered one of their BEST tunes, many of the band in this video were klled in a plane crash. Other really rockin' Southern rock songs were "Gimme 4 sreps", "Give Me A T For Texas, A T For Tennessee" and "Call Me The Breeze"
Sadly Ronnie Van zant, Steve Gaines, Cassie Gaines , Leon Wilkerson, Ed King, Alllen Collins, Billy Powell , Gary Rossington, all the original members of Lynyrd Skynyrd have passed
Well-played, grandma, on Lulu's comment on the two guys sharing a "cigarette." Too funny. I saw them in Athens, GA before they were this big. Opening act was Mother's Finest, which you guys may have heard of and would enjoy checking out, too. I'm sure grandpa knows them. Enjoyed your reaction!
Saw them in 1987 on the reunion tour that spawned Southern By The Grace of God" and again in 2018 on the Last of the Street Survivors tour. Two very different concerts, but both amazing shows.
Fun side note: The hat that Ronnie was wearing was made by Texas Hatters in Lockhart, TX. They also made the hat SRV wore.
😂 That was a joint those guys were passing around in the end. And yes, passing around a joint was very common back then, especially at outside concerts. I was about 20 or 21 at the time of this concert.
Amazing thing is they were a support act at that gig, not the headliners. Same thing happened the same summer in England. They played at Knebworth as support act to the Rollng Stones. And get this, they totally stole the show. Fantastic entertainers. And great that you guys totally appreciated that in this video.
Their concerts were packed on the outside and outside too!
So sad that later in 1977 we lost the lead singer Ronnie VanZant, the (then newest addition and outstandingly talented) guitarist Steve Gaines (shorter hair and beard in this vid) and his sister, back-up singer Cassie Gaines in a plane crash.
It took them many years to come back but they finally did with Ronnie’s youngest brother Johnny VanZant as the lead vocalist in the very late 80s. I saw them a handful of times live between 1990 and 1996 in my teens and early twenties and they always always shook the ground!
We’ve now lost every single original member of this amazing group but there is NO doubt their legacy will remain.
In the mid 70s, my cousin from New York moved out to California where I was living. I played this cassette in my truck constantly whenever she and I would go out together. I think it drove her a little crazy but this song was an anthem to me in those days. She eventually moved back to New York. 😁
This reaction is so cool I am watching a 2nd time, and I just have to add another comment.
They say soldiers get a "1000 yd stare". Donna has that stare in a good way. She is looking back and transformed back to that time - like I am watching this concert. Such good times.
Was is Donna on the right?
You could clearly tell she had great love & memories for this song. ❤well done
That was a joint they were sharing, not a cigarette
I don't think they wanted to tell the young one that.
Definitely!
Allen Collins shredding!!🤟🤟🎸🎸🔥🔥
I'm from Massachusetts. I've been a fan of Skynyrd since their plane crash. 1977 or 76. This is my go to band when I listen to music. I ride a harley. Every time i go out on my bikes. Call me the Breeze i listen to before i head out to ride. Gets me feelin good & rearing to ride hard. I have all there albums
This was was about three and a half months before the plane crash, Steve Gaines had joined the band about a year earlier and they were better than ever
I was 5 yrs old in 1977 when the plane crashed. I'm so old now, only the drummer is still alive. This is going to be played in my memorial service, hopefully 30 yrs away lol
Its a very beautifull song it makes me cry.
The group got their name from a line in the Alan Sherman song Hello Mudda, Hello Fadda about a guy at camp. the line is " You remember Leonard Skinner? He got Ptomaine poisoning after dinner. The boys in the band loved it and thus the name was born ( more to come after the video, thanks )
One of the longest solo i've ever heard in my life, and i'm 62 and a half, and i sold for over 30 years music, because that's my life and my passion till i die. Actually i'm taxidriver at the zürich airport in kloten, maybe you will in a few months my guests!!!!!!!. Many thanks to your channel.
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Saw them in Little Rock in the mid 70’s and the intensity was off the charts. About 1/2 way through Freebird some tall, blond, long haired guy walks out on stage wearing nothing but cowboy boots and a cowboy hat. Yes, butt naked! He stands there grooving to the song while the band is tearing it up. The band is loving it, the crowd is loving it and when security starts to go out and remove him the band says leave him alone. Unforgettable! Of course he’s high, drunk or all the above. Finally after he’s up there for 5-10 minutes they haul him off. Whoever you are man, if you ever see this, from me to you and I’m sure I speak for hundreds of other people, “Thank You for making an awesome concert even more unforgettable than it would’ve been”.
The greatest American band in history
You ladies are adorable..Best live performance in history💥..Great choice..Much love from Texas..Loved and subbed❤👍💥🇨🇱
Thank you so much!!
@@KathyLuluandDonna My pleasure ladies..😊👍😊
@@KathyLuluandDonna Thank you two too..😊👍💥 No pun intended..😊🤣😊..J..😊
Late '60s & the most of the '70s. Best music era EVER! PARTY ON!!
I knew from the moment I heard Donna's sweet Southern accent I'd love you galls. Im Canadian, lived down south for couple years when high school, many moons ago. Its so cute at 0.48 while talking about Lynyrd Skynyrd Lulu says, " ive never heard of him" 😅 like as if Ronnie Van Zant is aka Lynyrd Skynyrd... They named the band after their gym teacher who died in 2010. No one in the band actually has the name Lynyrd Skynyrd. I have four daughter's and one of them around your age thought the same. No worries. In fact many adults make the same mistake thinking that the lead singer is Lynyrd Skynyrd😅😅😅 and just a thing so many of these girls in the crowd back in 76 are all ol' Grandma's now. My colleague one of our contracts we do saw Lynyrd Skynyrd live about 3 weeks ago with ZZ Top up here in Canada said they put on a great show although there's no original members left their kind of like a cover band now sadly. Gary rossington playing that beautiful slide guitar at the beginning was the last original member to die in March of this year. In my opinion they should put Artemis the drummer from the show you're watching here back in the band he's the only guy still alive from back then. I would love to see you guys react to" T for Texas" from this show. With love from Canada,
Nate.
Coming soon. Thanks for watching.
@@KathyLuluandDonnathanks girls, hope your all doing well. Be 💪 pray to Jehovah God when scared or need help. Psalm 83:18(KJV, NWT)
I'm glad you chose a live version for Lulu's first time
. . . trying to explain jumping guitarists just wouldn't be the same.
I heard y’all’s accents and had to subscribe! I’m NC born but moved away and I miss a sweet Southern accent! Great review! I got to see Skynyrd and Peter Frampton in a double headliner years ago- what a show!
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Goosebumps every time, I was there that day……..
Ah, some additional information. They were in 77 in Great Britain, they were on the stage before the Rolling Stones (and it was forbidden to go out on the tongue).
The crowd turned absolute crazy... later the Stones played. Then they asked what encore they wanted. The crowd called "Free Bird".
That is the absolute insult to every other band, because NOBODY could play Freebird without training weeks or months for it.
There is even a meme about "Free bird" for other bands to be demanded to play :D
Sadly, a few short months after this performance several members of the band and entourage tragically died in a plane crash. 😥
back when concerts were the biggest thing to do, and there were so many really good bands to see at a concert, one could attend a concert every weekend in the summer if you lived near a big city.
Allen....Freaking.....Collins!!!!!!!! 🤘
That smile!
Yall need to review Call me the breeze if you want to really hear just how good Billy Powell can play the piano. Its unreal.
Ya damn right.....
And "T for Texas" bass, guitar, drums are AWESOME, SHMACKTASTIC!
This concert happened a few months before the plane crash that killed Ronnie Van Zant the singer Steven Gains the Guitar player on the left of Ronnie and Cassie Gains Steven sister she was one of the female background singers
When is Stands are strangely wonderful!!
I heard the girls were there to see Peter Frampton who played later ! and there is also a video from same concert where he sings BABY I LOVE YOUR WAYS ! you should check that out next.!
Added it to list.
Danke!
Thank you so much.
This was just before the plane crash in October 1977, October 20 to be exact day before my birthday. I was nine years old when the plane crashed. And then guitarist playing the slide was Gary Rossington he passed away this year April 5, 2023 I had a stroke April 4, 2023, so this is one hell of a way for me to remember their deaths. Gary was the last surviving member of the band. All them are together again flat half Freebird‘s
My first concert i had just turned 17 in April of 1977.
Solo composed by Allen Collins who was an 18 yr old high school dropout
My error on his sge