I was at this concert..I was 16 years old. I am a grandma now, sharing the good book of 70's Rock and Roll with my grandkids, especially Skynard. RIP Legends
The sunshine, the tans, the guitars, the weed, the free lovin, the no cell phones, the hair....the '70's. Yeah. Once you hear this one, there is no going back from rock and roll. Period.
Those were the days when guy's displayed their gun racks in back window in trucks but nobody was shot! That was another time in history! We really did care for each other! 😢
What a grand goodbye! Within 4 months (110 days), the singer and one of the guitar players, Stevie Gaines would die in a tragic plane crash. GREAT group! AWESOME song! Excellent reaction video!
To me, the coolest thing about this performance is that the true leader and front man of the band Ronnie Van Zant (RIP brother) just stepped back and let the boys do their THANG!
He always did. One of the Southern Rock traditions is that the band will get front and center on every song. Skynyrd did it, Allman Brothers did it, Steve Miller Band Did it, Charlie Daniel did it. . .they all did it.
That’s so true! He knew when to step back and let the boys tear it up, and when it was time to reign things back in. He didn’t have to be center of attention the whole time like a lot of the insecure d-bags out there today.
Man for man, you'd be hard pressed to find ANY other band with nearly the talent that Skynard had. And I'm not a huge fan. Like 'em, but not even in my Top 5. But talent wise? These guys were Top Shelf all the way across the board. They were true masters of the game. And think about it. It's hard enough to get TWO guitarists to truly help a lot of the time. Ego gets in the way. Not with these fucking guys. Not only did all 3 of them kill it, but they even had a PIANO PLAYER that had chops. Serious chops. Piano player doing a solo at a ROCK concert? These dudes were the real deal. Period.
None of these guys had any formal music education, they all dropped out of high school at 16(except for Ronnie) and would smoke pot and drink mushroom tea and rehearse 10 hrs a day in the hell house and they were still that good!
@@michaelchmiel166 , Ronnie demanded excellence. To the point that he could be a violent dictator of sorts. This band worked their asses off to sound this good, live! A discipline that many bands do not have because, as you said, everyone wants to be the standout! They were all standouts in this band!
Young lady that was a great, it was kind of the feeling I got when I first heard them in 1977 live at the Oakland coliseum at 16. My mom had to sneak me in there and convinced the ticket-taker that I was 18. My mom was a hippie from the 60's and I love her for taking me to this concert. It got better after Lynyrd Skynyrd stop playing Santana came on after them. Bill Graham used to put on these concert in the summer called Day on the Green and it would cost about $8 to get in and they would pack 65,000 people in the Oakland Coliseum. It was awesome they stop doing the concerts in the mid-80s unfortunately. Great reaction young lady keep doing your thang!❤
I was 16 and my mom God rest her soul took me to this concert at the Oakland coliseum 1977. These concerts were called day on the green and they were presented by Bill Graham who used to be a promoter. The idea was to come spend the day on the green grass in the outfield. Born and raised in Oakland, we don't have these concerts anymore and we don't have the sports teams that played in that stadium anymore, pretty sad! I do have the memories of all the great music and all the great people that would come together without any cell phones, just some good smoke & some good music!! The crazy thing is for $12 I also saw Santana, Peter Frampton and a group called The Outlaws, on the same day!!
LYNNYRD SKYNNYRD, "FREE BIRD". I can only imagine the crowd these days. I see many parked at the gas station staring at their unintelligent phones. When I started going to concerts we knew about the groups, and their catalog of songs. It was the best being part of these thousands of music loving party goers. Simply The Best.
You are so right that “the 3 guitarists came together and tore that shit up!” They stomped a new mudhole in that stage is what they did. I have long since stopped caring about Free Bird but watching young reactors, such as yourself, witness it for the first time never gets old. I was 18 the year this was filmed. So much good music in the 60s and 70s! You are doing a great job finding it and reminding people my age how those songs made us feel the first time we heard them and what they have meant to us since then. Thank you!
Oh my goodness! I was there it was a whole weekend of 🎶🎶🎶 so many bands and I burned like a piece of bacon 🥓🤣 I just found out a few yrs ago I'm in the crowd footage. Some might figure it out I'm blonde!! Great song n reaction✌️
allen collins is the most underrated/underappreciated lead guitar player in rock history. this rendition of free bird is the greatest live song ever made...
I was 13 when this was being played in Oakland. @9:45 you look like you just had your soul yanked on. This is old school southern rock and roll. It knows no color, it knows no boundaries. It will always your heart beating very fast. Like a long lost friend calling to say hello once again. Thank you for sharing these old memories.
If you want to see Allen Collins lose himself in that guitar solo go watch the Knebworth performance. He plays it longer and the camera stays on him and less in the crowd. The lead singer had to tug on his shoulder to get him to stop because the drummer couldn't go anymore. Great reaction! Needle and the Spoon 1976 is another great one
Yes at Knebworth Ronnie really turns Allen loose on the solo...They do at least 3 speed ups during the solo, only did 2 speed us in Oakland...and yes Ronnie has to reel him back in as Allen would just keep on going. I saw them live in their hometown of Jacksonville back in May of 1976....they played even longer ...wish that had been filmed ....another version I love the Convention Hall in 1977 ...it is filmed in black and white but it has the best shots of them all playing much less focus on crowd.
Loved your reaction! Your face told the reaction story of hearing/watching the masterpiece that is Free Bird. As April Dawn wrote below, I recommend all people watch the FULL version of Free Bird at Knebworth. There is an edited version that edits out some of the piano, for some reason, so look out for the longer version of Knebworth. The other added element to that concert, LS was opening up for the Stones that day. LS were told that they could not go onto the "tongue" portion of the stage, as that was for the Stones only. Watch what Ronnie does with that, LOL. LS blew it out of the water that day, and as usual. Everyone who loves LS and the song Free Bird needs to watch the Knebworth version!!!
Watching someone experience the change in pace of Free Bird the 1st time is awesome! Plus young people experiencing what exceptionally great live performers these 70s bands were.
I've always loved how Free Bird starts out as kind of a ballad, but then slowly builds up to just knocking your socks off ! ( Skynyrd was one of a kind...that's for sure !! )
Billy Powell on piano, he was a roadies them, classically trained pianists which they didn't know but did discover along the trail, Billy was promoted from crew to band member.
Was so nice when you predicted that Gary was going to hit latter, then Alan says "hold my beer" and your reaction was priceless. Same as ALL of us when we first heard it on the radio. Heart stopping. I was blessed to see them at the Fox.
I LOVE to watch young people discover Lynyrd Skynyrd. You have witnessed one of the top greatest rock-n-roll songs of all time from one of the top guitar bands of all time. They sound just as amazing live as they do in the studio. That says something.
What a wonderful reaction to an iconic anthem by a legendary band. I wouldn't trade the era in which I grew up for anything. I'm so happy you enjoyed this... and you've earned by sub, FWIW. Thank you!
Yes, we saw your reaction, and you were AMAZING. Seeing you react to it actually brought tears to my eyes ... just to see how you were moved and felt. It brought me right back to when I first experienced this. I lived right there in the Oakland Hills, just 2 miles right up the street/hill from the Oakland Coliseum, where this video was recorded (Day On The Green concert). My brother and I each rented a room from the owner, and could look down the hill and see it from the front balcony and windows. Unfortunately, I attended another DOTG concert either the weekend right before or right after this one, and didn't have the pleasure of seeing them. The one I went to was awesome too, but it didn't get a video, or feature Skynyrd ... Damn !!! I'm stoked at how much you enjoyed it and would have LOVED to been there with you. You are a special person and seem like a lot of fun.
Ronnie Van Zant (singer) Alan Collins (guitar) Gary Rossington (guitar) Steve Gaines (guitar) Leon Wilkeson (bass) Billy Powell (piano) Artemis Pyle (drums)
I saw Lynyrd Skynyrd (second generation) 5 times in the 90's and it was lit! Straight 🔥! What an experience. Loved your reaction, especially at the end. Feed Love! Starve hate. 🤘
All those girls out there in the audience our grandmothers now. I know one of them's probably my wife. I saw Lynyrd Skynyrd here in Nashville in 1973 '75 and '76.. They always had the cleanest sound... and loud!
Loved your Reaction! This was Southern rock and I'm from the South. I saw them do this at Memorial (football) Stadium in Charlotte, NC on July 13, 1974. It 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. And and it pleases me to no end to see people watch this (and other performances from the 70's) and realize this is how we rocked!
thanks for doing your best trying to enjoy this southern rock. many people who are now around 50 who's families were into NASCAR grew up believing Free Bird was was the national anthem
The Greatest!! Watch That Smell or Needle and the Spoon live can’t go wrong with either! I was in my late teens when this group was putting out the greatest Albums ever assembled R.I.P to all the original members.
I love the live version where they have the piano solo ,ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL !! And then comes the guitars !! And hold on to your hat cause it is MIND BLOWING !! 🤘
I was a little kid in the 70's and a teen in the 80's, but we loved those 70's bands just as much as the teens and adults who saw them live back then. Maybe more because we literally just missed it. I grew up with those bands from birth (1973). My uncle snuck me into a Sabbath concert when I was 5 yrs old and he was watching me for the night so my parents could go out. I miss that time immensely.
Three lead guitars, a bass, piano, and drums, all in perfect harmony. These guys were the best live. Cut short in their prime due to a plane crash where six out of 26 died, including lead singer Ronnie Van Zant. It took them a while to get back together, with Ronnie's brother, Johnny taking the lead in 1987. Their newly released album at the time, Street Survivors, featured the band on the cover surrounded by flames. The label recalled it and removed the flames on the re-release. My brother had one of those original albums for a long time but somewhere along the line, it got lost.
Ronnie never thought this song would do much. The record label didn't want to record it because it was too long. Not only did the song become a hit, It became the National Anthem of Southern Rock. It was a good thing there wasn't a roof on the Colosseum, because It would have come down. It is unfortunate that they were taken so soon. Long live Southern Rock! Thank you for your reaction.
Only a few months before we lost them in the plane crash.A great video of a great song from a great band.Thanks for the memories, an emotional experience for me too.
I'm sure video is not as good as being there, but video does have the ability to transcend the viewer. Thank God for good camera operators that preserved epic moments in time and music history...may these countless video, audio, and digital records never be lost to Mankind.
What a great reaction. I was at at their show in Philly during the tour that year,and still remember it as a special moment in time,thank you for playing this ! I'm not sure if it was the same year but the guitar solo live from Peter Frampton was also a special moment,check it out...Do you Feel like I do is the song I am talking about.1976 I think ? Anyways have a nice evening!
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I was at this concert..I was 16 years old. I am a grandma now, sharing the good book of 70's Rock and Roll with my grandkids, especially Skynard. RIP Legends
You gotta tell us more. The way the crowd reacted with the tempo change... holy shit....
The sunshine, the tans, the guitars, the weed, the free lovin, the no cell phones, the hair....the '70's. Yeah. Once you hear this one, there is no going back from rock and roll. Period.
I was there because I couldn't make it to Woodstock! It was awesome😱
@@88pjtinkYou nailed it!!!!😘
That moment when you realize that your Grandma is cooler than you'll ever be.....😊
Those were the days when guy's displayed their gun racks in back window in trucks but nobody was shot! That was another time in history! We really did care for each other! 😢
Many people focus on the awesome lead guitars but dont realize that bassist kills it this entire song. He went crazy on the bass lines.
True
YES!!! He's feeding of the drummer and backing basically 3 guitarist at once!!!
What a grand goodbye! Within 4 months (110 days), the singer and one of the guitar players, Stevie Gaines would die in a tragic plane crash. GREAT group! AWESOME song!
Excellent reaction video!
Collins was a magician, wrote the music in high school. Ronnie is a rock god.
To me, the coolest thing about this performance is that the true leader and front man of the band Ronnie Van Zant (RIP brother) just stepped back and let the boys do their THANG!
The boys: Here's the plan. You song for a bit and then we jam.
Ronnie: 👍
Ronnie always said that when it's their time to shine, he was stepping back. He didn't do much moving around on stage.
He always did. One of the Southern Rock traditions is that the band will get front and center on every song. Skynyrd did it, Allman Brothers did it, Steve Miller Band Did it, Charlie Daniel did it. . .they all did it.
@@Teresia12
Cause they all worked together and came together in beautiful unison.
That’s so true! He knew when to step back and let the boys tear it up, and when it was time to reign things back in. He didn’t have to be center of attention the whole time like a lot of the insecure d-bags out there today.
I didn't realize how blessed I was growing up in the 70,s!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The 70's music will live on forever. Real musicians and vocalist using their god given talents.
Amen
My time was the late 60s to about 1985. I honestly believe I grew up during the greatest time for music and the worst time for fashion.
How many were here to see JT's face when Allen Collins unleashed that solo?
Everyone sounds good in the studio, but, to sound this good "live"? Nothing but pure talent.
Man for man, you'd be hard pressed to find ANY other band with nearly the talent that Skynard had. And I'm not a huge fan. Like 'em, but not even in my Top 5.
But talent wise? These guys were Top Shelf all the way across the board. They were true masters of the game.
And think about it. It's hard enough to get TWO guitarists to truly help a lot of the time. Ego gets in the way.
Not with these fucking guys. Not only did all 3 of them kill it, but they even had a PIANO PLAYER that had chops. Serious chops. Piano player doing a solo at a ROCK concert?
These dudes were the real deal. Period.
@@michaelchmiel166 Well said.
Sidenote: The piano player was their Roadie - until they heard him play.
None of these guys had any formal music education, they all dropped out of high school at 16(except for Ronnie) and would smoke pot and drink mushroom tea and rehearse 10 hrs a day in the hell house and they were still that good!
You're right, my man! Some guys were put on this earth destined to amaze us. These guys were that.
@@michaelchmiel166 , Ronnie demanded excellence. To the point that he could be a violent dictator of sorts. This band worked their asses off to sound this good, live! A discipline that many bands do not have because, as you said, everyone wants to be the standout! They were all standouts in this band!
Welcome to the greatest American band in history ...enjoy the ride
Young lady that was a great, it was kind of the feeling I got when I first heard them in 1977 live at the Oakland coliseum at 16. My mom had to sneak me in there and convinced the ticket-taker that I was 18. My mom was a hippie from the 60's and I love her for taking me to this concert. It got better after Lynyrd Skynyrd stop playing Santana came on after them. Bill Graham used to put on these concert in the summer called Day on the Green and it would cost about $8 to get in and they would pack 65,000 people in the Oakland Coliseum. It was awesome they stop doing the concerts in the mid-80s unfortunately. Great reaction young lady keep doing your thang!❤
I was 16 and my mom God rest her soul took me to this concert at the Oakland coliseum 1977. These concerts were called day on the green and they were presented by Bill Graham who used to be a promoter. The idea was to come spend the day on the green grass in the outfield. Born and raised in Oakland, we don't have these concerts anymore and we don't have the sports teams that played in that stadium anymore, pretty sad! I do have the memories of all the great music and all the great people that would come together without any cell phones, just some good smoke & some good music!! The crazy thing is for $12 I also saw Santana, Peter Frampton and a group called The Outlaws, on the same day!!
LYNNYRD SKYNNYRD, "FREE BIRD". I can only imagine the crowd these days. I see many parked at the gas station staring at their unintelligent phones. When I started going to concerts we knew about the groups, and their catalog of songs. It was the best being part of these thousands of music loving party goers. Simply The Best.
I agree with your statement! As I'm sitting in a parking lot staring at my phone watching Lynyrd Skynyrd.
100 percent what I was thinking
Well said god they were awesome
Looking at my phone rn listening to lynyrd skynyrd
@@KilyanAustin never said not to watch your phone. Yet it would be done best not in your car, be a trend setter. Try it at home. It's far out.
I was at this concert in 1977. I was 20 years old
76 Winter Park San Francisco.
Best reaction ever!!!! True emotion, picks up all the music/changes, and totally rocks!
You are so right that “the 3 guitarists came together and tore that shit up!” They stomped a new mudhole in that stage is what they did. I have long since stopped caring about Free Bird but watching young reactors, such as yourself, witness it for the first time never gets old. I was 18 the year this was filmed. So much good music in the 60s and 70s! You are doing a great job finding it and reminding people my age how those songs made us feel the first time we heard them and what they have meant to us since then. Thank you!
The drummer and the bass player!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I was at that show. I'm old now, but this takes me back there. The energy when then that song breaks was indescribable!
Oh my goodness! I was there it was a whole weekend of 🎶🎶🎶 so many bands and I burned like a piece of bacon 🥓🤣 I just found out a few yrs ago I'm in the crowd footage. Some might figure it out I'm blonde!! Great song n reaction✌️
Woww that’s crazy I know it was fun 🔥😂😎
We're you the one with the real light blond long curly hair with bikini top with your back towards the camera?
We’re you on your boyfriend’s shoulder?
I read somewhere that a quite of the crowd left after freebird. Is that true?
@@markfowler1033 not that I remember but DAY ON THE GREEN resumed on the 4TH of July n I was all about seeing Peter Frampton 💗💗💗
Your reaction Priceless
you may have had the best reaction to this I have ever seen! you are awesome.
I was there. I lost my hearing listening to free bird with headphones on. Crank it up.
Greatest rock n roll band ever. The way the singer and lead guitar mimic each other, so simple but so brilliant.
Now that is how to do a finale
Rock legends for damn good reason. I've been a fan for almost 50 years...ever since I first heard them at 15. They stood the test of time.
I was smiling waiting for you to get to the end. I knew you would dig that!
allen collins is the most underrated/underappreciated lead guitar player in rock history. this rendition of free bird is the greatest live song ever made...
I was 13 when this was being played in Oakland. @9:45 you look like you just had your soul yanked on. This is old school southern rock and roll. It knows no color, it knows no boundaries. It will always your heart beating very fast. Like a long lost friend calling to say hello once again. Thank you for sharing these old memories.
If you want to see Allen Collins lose himself in that guitar solo go watch the Knebworth performance. He plays it longer and the camera stays on him and less in the crowd. The lead singer had to tug on his shoulder to get him to stop because the drummer couldn't go anymore. Great reaction! Needle and the Spoon 1976 is another great one
Yes at Knebworth Ronnie really turns Allen loose on the solo...They do at least 3 speed ups during the solo, only did 2 speed us in Oakland...and yes Ronnie has to reel him back in as Allen would just keep on going. I saw them live in their hometown of Jacksonville back in May of 1976....they played even longer ...wish that had been filmed ....another version I love the Convention Hall in 1977 ...it is filmed in black and white but it has the best shots of them all playing much less focus on crowd.
I love this performance of them playing Freebird in 1974 when they supported Queen th-cam.com/video/YtD3tHcPtGM/w-d-xo.html
Yes, April Dawn! I always recommend that concert as the best I have ever seen of a live performance of Free Bird.
Was that the show where they opened for The Rolling Stones and went out on the tongue during the solos, which Jagger told them not to.
@@kattcity the 76 one they did in Black and White, it’s when Steve Gaines was new and it’s the audio they used for the One More From The Road album.
I don't have to imagine.....this is my era of music. Great reaction!
Like, oh my Gersh. They’re the best.
The 70’s, beautiful times, beautiful music, beautiful memories, beautiful bands 😎
All of the concerts were like that back in the 70's. Rock on 🇺🇲
The spirit of Lynyrd Skynyrd lives on!
😊✌
Loved your reaction! Your face told the reaction story of hearing/watching the masterpiece that is Free Bird. As April Dawn wrote below, I recommend all people watch the FULL version of Free Bird at Knebworth. There is an edited version that edits out some of the piano, for some reason, so look out for the longer version of Knebworth. The other added element to that concert, LS was opening up for the Stones that day. LS were told that they could not go onto the "tongue" portion of the stage, as that was for the Stones only. Watch what Ronnie does with that, LOL. LS blew it out of the water that day, and as usual. Everyone who loves LS and the song Free Bird needs to watch the Knebworth version!!!
Freebird needs to be played at the end of every party. It should be a law.
Any Skynnyrd live is awesome
Watching someone experience the change in pace of Free Bird the 1st time is awesome! Plus young people experiencing what exceptionally great live performers these 70s bands were.
I've always loved how Free Bird starts out as kind of a ballad, but then slowly builds up to just knocking your socks off ! ( Skynyrd was one of a kind...that's for sure !! )
Flat out the best orchestrated solos ever with all members jamming together
Great thanks you !!! You are a Trooper!!! Great Reaction!!!!
Grandgrandpa 71 here. Raise 4 Daughter, 2 Wife's (Musician - German). Right now I am a old Bird but free to the End.😂🤣😅
I am 62 brother, attended the concert in 1977 with my mom, I am an old but Freebird too, well put!!!
You listened to one of best performances. I did to. Thank you
Billy Powell on piano, he was a roadies them, classically trained pianists which they didn't know but did discover along the trail, Billy was promoted from crew to band member.
I was there and no cameras, cell phones or sunscreen! Just love and music and memories for the brain file!
The Tempo change in Freebird smile - It brings me great joy seeing it every time.
*" Tore That Shit Up ! " . . . . Yep, That Is Exactly What Happened.*
Darlin you didn't play the end with the dudes passin' the doob. 🤠
Think of this; it was the last song of the show, and they still exploded. Great reaction.
GREAT. 💞💞💞
A LIVE performance too. AMAZING!!
Was so nice when you predicted that Gary was going to hit latter, then Alan says "hold my beer" and your reaction was priceless. Same as ALL of us when we first heard it on the radio. Heart stopping. I was blessed to see them at the Fox.
Loveya girl❤❤❤😂🎉
Nice reaction I've seen people cry when reacting to free bird. I thought I saw you tearing up too
Live on Knebworth England is also badass.
Nice to see a young person enjoying the music. It's one of those tracks that send you to heaven.
I LOVE to watch young people discover Lynyrd Skynyrd. You have witnessed one of the top greatest rock-n-roll songs of all time from one of the top guitar bands of all time. They sound just as amazing live as they do in the studio. That says something.
What a wonderful reaction to an iconic anthem by a legendary band. I wouldn't trade the era in which I grew up for anything. I'm so happy you enjoyed this... and you've earned by sub, FWIW. Thank you!
Yes, we saw your reaction, and you were AMAZING. Seeing you react to it actually brought tears to my eyes ... just to see how you were moved and felt. It brought me right back to when I first experienced this. I lived right there in the Oakland Hills, just 2 miles right up the street/hill from the Oakland Coliseum, where this video was recorded (Day On The Green concert). My brother and I each rented a room from the owner, and could look down the hill and see it from the front balcony and windows. Unfortunately, I attended another DOTG concert either the weekend right before or right after this one, and didn't have the pleasure of seeing them. The one I went to was awesome too, but it didn't get a video, or feature Skynyrd ... Damn !!! I'm stoked at how much you enjoyed it and would have LOVED to been there with you. You are a special person and seem like a lot of fun.
Thank you for the playback. I was ateenager when this was made. I love seeing the younger generation enjoying the music I grew up with. Thank you!
This is one of the bands that are as good live as studio. Love it live. That's when bands can really cut loose.
Ronnie Van Zant (singer) Alan Collins (guitar) Gary Rossington (guitar) Steve Gaines (guitar) Leon Wilkeson (bass) Billy Powell (piano) Artemis Pyle (drums)
Steve Gaines was a good songwriter, he would have left LS if he wouldn’t have been killed.
I saw Lynyrd Skynyrd (second generation) 5 times in the 90's and it was lit! Straight 🔥! What an experience.
Loved your reaction, especially at the end.
Feed Love! Starve hate. 🤘
Notice how everyone is watching the band and not holding up a phone.
All those girls out there in the audience our grandmothers now. I know one of them's probably my wife. I saw Lynyrd Skynyrd here in Nashville in 1973 '75 and '76.. They always had the cleanest sound... and loud!
The Guitar God's took a bow after that performance. I'm one of those grannies that went to concerts in the 1970s! ❤✌
Goddamn I wish it could be the 70s again!
Loved your Reaction! This was Southern rock and I'm from the South. I saw them do this at Memorial (football) Stadium in Charlotte, NC on July 13, 1974. It 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.
And and it pleases me to no end to see people watch this (and other performances from the 70's) and realize this is how we rocked!
Never see anything like it ever again .
thanks for doing your best trying to enjoy this southern rock. many people who are now around 50 who's families were into NASCAR grew up believing Free Bird was was the national anthem
The Greatest!! Watch That Smell or Needle and the Spoon live can’t go wrong with either! I was in my late teens when this group was putting out the greatest Albums ever assembled R.I.P to all the original members.
I love the live version where they have the piano solo ,ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL !! And then comes the guitars !! And hold on to your hat cause it is MIND BLOWING !! 🤘
Great reaction, I was 24 friends and I we're there. Everyone said i had a good time LOL NO IT WAS FUCKING GREAT 🤣
Never will there be anything like the 70 s again.
I was a little kid in the 70's and a teen in the 80's, but we loved those 70's bands just as much as the teens and adults who saw them live back then. Maybe more because we literally just missed it. I grew up with those bands from birth (1973). My uncle snuck me into a Sabbath concert when I was 5 yrs old and he was watching me for the night so my parents could go out. I miss that time immensely.
I wish you could have been there too!🐥
Three lead guitars, a bass, piano, and drums, all in perfect harmony. These guys were the best live. Cut short in their prime due to a plane crash where six out of 26 died, including lead singer Ronnie Van Zant. It took them a while to get back together, with Ronnie's brother, Johnny taking the lead in 1987. Their newly released album at the time, Street Survivors, featured the band on the cover surrounded by flames. The label recalled it and removed the flames on the re-release. My brother had one of those original albums for a long time but somewhere along the line, it got lost.
Ronnie never thought this song would do much. The record label didn't want to record it because it was too long. Not only did the song become a hit, It became the National Anthem of Southern Rock. It was a good thing there wasn't a roof on the Colosseum, because It would have come down. It is unfortunate that they were taken so soon. Long live Southern Rock! Thank you for your reaction.
No cellphones….just the band and the people
Free bird has been in many movies. Love your reaction to the FB!! Needle and the spoon 1975 is another good one.
Music… the Universal language. I absolutely love the fact that you were touched by these guy. Maybe there’s hope for us yet. Peace, and God Bless.
I dont know why these boys hit me so hard either. You just feel it through your body.
I was 32 years old when this was recorded. Loved it back then and still love it at 76!
Absolutely the greatest single live performance ever! 🤘
Without a doubt, the greatest rock-n-roll band of all-time! Hell, even my dog's name is Skynyrd!
Darling, great response. Enjoyment then amazement at the bands performance. What a go-to song to get ones self motivated. Thanks for sharing.
Only a few months before we lost them in the plane crash.A great video of a great song from a great band.Thanks for the memories, an emotional experience for me too.
That’s what we call a “shred fest!” Lol
I saw them in April of 1977 i had just turned 17 it was my first concert. Nazareth was the opening band.
Your reaction is priceless - they went off, yes they did. Great band.
FYI This is still today considered by those in the music instustry the createst rock and roll performance ever
You are now a southern rock and roller.
Awesome reaction!!
Legend does have it this solo is still playing 🤣 and somewhere it is. It never gets old! To me every song they did was amazing.
Yes Ronnie we still remember you...
I love your reaction, so much fun watching others feel this song like I do!!
Boomer here. Love that song and love your reaction. Pure magic!!
I'm sure video is not as good as being there, but video does have the ability to transcend the viewer. Thank God for good camera operators that preserved epic moments in time and music history...may these countless video, audio, and digital records never be lost to Mankind.
What a great reaction. I was at at their show in Philly during the tour that year,and still remember it as a special moment in time,thank you for playing this ! I'm not sure if it was the same year but the guitar solo live from Peter Frampton was also a special moment,check it out...Do you Feel like I do is the song I am talking about.1976 I think ? Anyways have a nice evening!
OMG you came back! You've been my favourite Stink facing reactor since I saw your Deep Purple Lazy reaction. Glad you're back, been missing you girl