Lynyrd Skynyrd 1974 (12-05) Hamburg, DE - Rockplast Video synced with Remastered Audio. A smokin version of Freebird, with a beautiful laid back 2nd solo by Ed King.
And what Peter said holds true here in 2023 too fre bird is a timeless classic that I for one hope gets passed down on videos and recordings to a new generation each time a new generation comes around so that this musical giant of a song lives on and on for many years and is known as the song that helped lynrd skynrd get into the rock and roll Hall of Fame
Straight up Florida guitar army! I love southern rock and Florida southern rock in particular. But give me some Down or Charlie Danials or SRV and all in between too!
@@tagadabrothersband The Allman Brothers weren't the same thing at all. They were a blues/jazz fusion thing. They were a jam band. Skynyrd was a song band yet, to this day, they get thrown into the same pot.
I was 10. My older sisters boyfriends introduced me to Pronounced 3 years later. I was too young for the Day on the green in Oakland . )-; LS was/is amazing!
@@adamolddude4495 hey Adam, this is Jeff Yoder the ol'broke down scooter (exbiker), and I'm 72years old and still like to rock out with lynrd skynrd as often as I can find a video or recording of their music especially some of their classics from the Southern Rock wave that buried and took over from the British invasion here in the US and elsewhere
The thing about Ronnie was, even though he didn't have the most amazing technical voice or triple octave range, etc., he sang it right down from the depths of his soul, and EVERYONE felt it.
I am so fortunate to still be alive from the mid-70s to listen to a band that brought joy to my soul all my life I'm 62 now like I said from my mid teens up to an older man now brought joy and refreshing sounds of rock and roll God bless Lynyrd Skynyrd God bless the musicians that played in the bands over the years baby we all walk through with the Gates of heaven stairway to heaven through Lynyrd Skynyrd band God bless I love his music today I die good night
HO-LEE-SHI-TUH! THIS IS PRE ARTEMUS PYLE, PRE STEVE GAINES! THIS VERSION FUCKING SMOKES! COOL TO HEAR ED KING'S LEAD...SO DIFFERENT! BUT WHAT IS MOST AMAZING OF ALL, IS THAT IT WAS BEFORE A CROWD WOULD INSTANTLY FREAK THE FUCK OUT AS SOON AS THEY HEAR BILLY POWELL PLAY THE FIRST NOTE, THE FILM CREW FELT IT NECESSARY AT THE TIME TO PUT THE BAND NAME UP ON THE SCREEN DURING THE SOLO SECTION, AND THE BAND ITSELF USED TO SAVE SWEET HOME ALABAMA FOR A FUCKING ENCORE AFTER FREEBIRD!!!!!! WHO THE FUCK GOES BACK ON STAGE AFTER PLAYING FREEBIRD?!!!!!! THIS IS WHAT THE INTERNET IS ALL ABOUT! THANKS FOR POSTING! A REAL FUCKING GEM!
I don't know about all you but this is the real Lynyrd Skynyrd band that's why I grew up listening to and I love him today 63 years old just keeps my heart keep on pumping
I'll be 60 in July. They were so ahead of their time. A beautiful gift, here for a fleeting moment to bless us with this tremendous talent, and then gone!!!! They will always rock!!!!
I recently had a visitor come to work from Germany and I showed him this video. The first words he said, "Ah yes, Musikhalle in Hamburg". The kicker? He knew Lynyrd Skynyrd and their songs and indicated even in the 1970s, they were popular in Germany. That made my day.
I love how Ronnie interacts with his bandmates and just sort of takes a step back after he's done singing and just watches the show put on by Allen Collins, Ed King, Gary Rossington. Ive never seen a video of him on stage running around acting like a clown. Off stage in hotels i hear is another story
@@susanherring5136 To think how young they were here. Mr. Collins was born in 1952, that makes him only 22 in this video as well as Mr. Rossington. Mr. King was born in 1949, so add three years and he's 25. Mr. Van Zant was born in 1948, that makes him 26. Mr. Burns, 1950, he's 24 in this. Mr. Wilkeson would be 22 also as he was born in 1952 as well. same for Mr. Powell. So young, yet they were already showing the world how talented they really were.
Fastest isn't necessarily best. They were all different. Gary never set out to be a shredder, running all over the stage like his hair was on fire. Gary's guitar was the laid back, bluesy, gritty soul of the band; the one that created that unmistakable Skynyrd sound. There couldn't be one without the other.
@@wagliz163 ed was the most talented guitarist in this particular version of the band and on this stage. strawberry alarm clock lead dude, Ronnie should have never push his buttons in Pittsburgh that night, but Ronnie was a hard-ass and the band didn't want to challenge him on it because they were scared of getting their ass beat (except for the drummer, he could hold his own in a fight with Ronnie). And I'm not talking about Pyle, this was way before him. I'm talking about Bob Burns.
@@wagliz163it was just genius how all of them let each other have their monent onstage, no egos getting in the way. Allen, Gary, Ed, Steve all contributed equally to the LS sound. It was a real treat to hear Gary's & Allen's solos played so cleanly without screaming outside audience noise. They were so young back then. Weren't we all
Unfortunately garry will be joining them soon hopefully not but it will happen and The original band will be back together again in heaven. People are just DIEING to see those shows lol.
@@kwb200 Gary is only a few yrs older than me. When I go to heaven obviously can't wait to see my parents, grandparents etc but heaven to be is gonna be able to go to endless concerts of all those gone before me. I can't imagine some of the lineups, Seein SRV jammin w/Jimi. Seein all these guys all playing again, Allen playing w/o a wheelchair, with the Honkettes together again. Charlie Daniels & Duane Allman sittin in, the jsms are unimaginable! These guys on top of my list since I never got to see thrm live here.
I still remember where I was when I heard about the plane crash that day....A truly tragic day...FLY HIGH FREEBIRD !!!! The greatest southern rock band ever !!!! There will never be another !!!
Ronnie Van Zant is so cool! When the "three guitar army", supported by Leon Wilkeson on bass, all go wild towards the end, Ronnie wanders around among them and seems just as awed as the spectators! Thank you for uploading this irreplaceable masterpiece!
The best Southern Blues Rock ever Player....fantastic guitars....groovy rhythm section...hearfull voices..... All for one,one for all...we need Moore of this Musik....for love and peace...for body and soul....for friendship and Freedom....for You,for us,for me and all the people Of the World...and for all in cosmos...Freedom....free people.... Free birds...free thinking....free feelings...free mind... 14:48 14:48 14:48
Freiheit für Alle....Freiheit über Alles... Freie Welt...freier Kosmos.... Lynjard Skinard forever and ever.... With Love...Dr.Ilja Lasaroff Bulgaria...Thrakia...Orpheus.....
I was 10 yrs old so many nights I fell asleep listening to this song. Ronnie had a voice like no other. Some people hate the Skynyrd of today. But I can say Johnny shows his brother nothing but Respect on that stage. My kids listens to SKYNYRD my son and I went to see them a few weeks ago when that Concert was over we were speechless. I grew up listening to that music I always felt cheated because I didn't get to see Ronnie. Southern Rock at its best. RIP OUR FREE BIRD!
Well I can tell you a lot of people don't like them because originally they got back together so Allen could pay for his medical expenses, but as it went on people got money-hungry and they pushed him away. It pisses me off a lot.
@@elegantgypsyrose5328 He's lucky he didn't kill someone. On the upside, Ronnie could still write lyrics from prison. Downside-- It wouldn't be easy to find a singer that fans would accept.
50 yrs later & it's still something to behold. Not many songs, especially 50 yr old songs can still stand the test of time like that. RIP guys & thank you so much for the greatest music ever. Your music has played in the background of so many memorable moments in my life
While really good I've always felt like Ed's solo detracts from Allen's as unlike Steve he didn't harmonize as well and the sound often turned out competing countermelodies rather than a combined sound. Ed's one of the few guitarists to play with Skynyrd to completely do their own thing on the songs and while it works more often than not Ed starts his wailing just as Allen as bringing the momentum back down on Free Bird which blunts some of the impact
@@kathyrais574 agreed, Steve was awesome but I loved the lineup of those 1st 2 albums. I just seen where Ed and Steve shared the same b-day, that band was full of interesting little tidbits
@@troyrice3407 yeah I do too , just preferences, I think Steve was going to be next Stevie Ray Vaughn. All their people top notch When I 1st heard same birthday, thought a lot of people share birthdays but it was same day, pretty bizarre Not big Artimus fan, he was goid drummer but IMO not great. Just stuff he has said & done.
In the battle between good vs evil, guitars will save the world. And when God comes to judge the world, He will say, "And what did you do with the gifts I have given you?" We will show him Lynyrd Skynyrd, Freebird Live and He will smile and say, "It is good, Long Live Rock!". And we will be saved. RIP Gary Rossington.
That 3:35 - 4:08 section that's different from the recording and other live performances, sounds absolutely wicked. Those notes and chords just hit you hard in the feels.
Man, that slide guitar though! Sounds more echoey. I'm not complaining though. Awesome version, these guys were just entering their prime. RIP Ronnie Van Zant, Allen Collins, and Ed King!!
WHAT A BAND.💪 I LOVE ME SOME LYNYRD SKYNYRD. I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO SEE SKYNYRD IN IN 1977 IN PHILADELPHIA JFK STADIUM 🏟 GOD BLESS AND GOD REST THE SOULS OF Dean Kilpatrick, & Cassie & her brother Stevie & Ronnie VanZant.🙏
ED KING ALL THE WAY!!!!!!!! Actually I love all three of them! GARY, ALLEN & ED each brought such a unique & powerful style of their own the band. Each one is SO different from the other two! I love it when all 3 are having a free-for-all, like towards the end!!! Ed & Allen are wailing!!!! EPIC!!!! A+++
That's how I like my music! It's with me everyday since I saw them perform in Phoenix in '73 (maybe '74). Jet engine decibels. Ringing in my ears ever since. Great Southern Rock 'n' Roll.
This was very rare footage of both Bob Burns and Ed King performing with the band live. Not discussed much but both were key players in their formation and their early success.
AH.....the original lineup ...live...just a completely different band with Ed King rounding out the 3 guitar army RIP men.........only Gary left to carry the torch...unbelievable......are we that old..........
I think Ed & Steve both great guitar players, sound totally different, though I personally like Steve's Style better, it does not diminish Ed's playing at all, where Steve had leg up is he could sing lead. They needed that desperately & I feel if the plane crash had never happened you would have seen more of Steve either in lead or sharing lead like they did on Street Survivor. Ronnie was in awe of Steve's talent, trysted him & band really needed another lead singer because of Ronnie's deteriorating throat condition. At that time they didn't do surgery like they can now. I am not sure exactly when they startedthose type surgeries & maybe Ronnie could hace gotten it eventually but havin Steve would gave given RVZ times where he could rest his throat. Before Steve, he had already thought abt what things might look like down the road, he told Ed he would have JVZ take over vocals & he would write & be their mgr, that was while Ed was still with them. None of it matters As things turned out, neither 1 got to sing but JVZ did take over ironically.
Yes Sir First 3 albums all had Ed King contributing his special style, and unique guitar phrasing. He just was not "digging the Violence" he says as to why he left in 75.Hailing from California, Ed identified as a Hippy, peace loving kind of Guy. Ronnie, and the Boys were street fighting Men , who drank a lot, and raised a lot of Hell.
This is soooo AMAZINGLY BEAUTIFUL dnt get any better!!!! I sure wished Ronnie and Gregg cuduv done a song together!!! RIP Ed King you are a Freebird now brother!! Only 3 left now!!!🦅🎸🦅🎸🦅🎸🦅🎸🦅🎸🦅🎸🦅🎸🦅🎸
And to think all these great songs were created with a bunch of young haired southern guys jamming around in their picking shed. Lots of long hours of dedicated sweating hard work. Btw, Collins was one tall dude. I sure would have liked to be friends with them back then. I'm a rock and roll drummer myself and I had this song played at my brothers funeral who was a guitar player and Freebird was his favorite song. May they all rest in peace. If there's a rock and roll band in Heaven they have one heluva band.
Every time I see Allen on stage playing in these old videos I get overwhelmed with sadness because of how he died and what led to the car accident that paralyzed him. I understand how extreme chronic pain can change a person because I was paralyzed after being hit by a drunk driver when I was walking home from work. I broke half of the bones in my body that night in 96 and lost a leg and have been in chronic pain ever since but the most pain comes from the nerves in my back not firing correctly. I can only imagine how much pain him and Gary were in but if it was anything like mine the only way I could get any kind of relief was morphine and a lot of it. Your whole life can change in one second. I know they're both pain free in heaven now! RIP gentleman!
I worked in neuro rehab for 29 yrs. Young spinal cord pts. incl. Their pain was like electrical currents. I feel sad too watching young healthy Allen & knowing his end later due to pneumonia complications. Gary lived the longest but constant pain and PTSD flashback dreams every night.
This is the best mix of this particular performance. Drowns out Ed's guitar solo that at some times overpowers Allens, and not in a good way. Allen had this solo perfected note for note and Ed's playing was never complimentary on Freebird. In the early days they turned him far down so you couldn't hear him during the Freebird solo. But he had a good early solo around 3:30 that would eventually have its place taken by a Billy Powell solo in early to mid 1975 (possibly after Ed left the band). You can hear the same solo from King when Billy was not playing at the 4-27-75 Winterland concert, which was right before Ed left the band.
When I think of LS, I think of the best of America. Back then, we were not afraid of our own shadow and valued authenticity above all else. Hard to believe that we have fallen so far in such a short time. I often wonder if bands like LS would be successful today. I'd like to think so but I fear the music machine would not take on any band it could not manipulate. And we all know that NO ONE manipulated LS. EVER. In the end, I am just so happy that I grew up on this kind of music. ❤
This was before Reagan destroyed the middle class and sold this country to the highest bidders. Now we have a population that's barely educated and constantly exploited by those same highest bidders. All while being proud to support a convicted felon
This was a great song they played when I seen them in 1974 at the Ozark Music Festival, in Sedalia, Missouri it rocked the whole ground of 650,000 people. Never forget it....
my God, how huge that festival must have been !! Unbelievable. Here is a little gem tucked away on the internet ... watch as at first people don't really know who they are (in '76 in England) as all the bands were "warmers" for the Rolling Stones who showed up late. By the end of Freebird you will notice the crowd in a total frenzy (as you must have been at Ozark)...it gives me goosebumps. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-fuZyMx2NXZM.html
saw them in the early 70s on a bill with Rick Derringer and Edgar Winter. EW had his brother Johnny as a surprise guest. The bigger surprise was one of Skynyrd''s guitarist was sick and Johnny Winter stood in for him.
RIP Gary. This is the best version of Freebird ever captured live. Knebworth is great and the 2 guitars versions after Ed left were cool but this is the one. Looks like a lame crowd, I would have been bouncing off the ceiling. .
Those people obviously eithe jealous or have no knowledge. That was their thing so to speak, that they were all tight. Sloppy wasn't aloud. Anyone know where this was? One of the older videos I have seen.
@@kathyrais574 Yes, it was at Musikhalle in Hamburg Germany in 1974. I showed this to a German that comes to my work to visit once a year and he knew where it was right away.
RIP Mr. king , I bet you and Ronnie patched things up the moment that heavens gates opened and let you in. I bet you two are making sweet music tonight and bob’s keeping perfect meter.
Vintage 30 Watch the interview by Marty's Music, Ed King's guitar collection.Ed King teaches the right way to play Sweet Home Alabama,great interview... He really gets in detail his time with the band and his relationship with Ronnie
