@@stevennowlin8711 then the gentleman did what they set out to do! They wanted their live audiences to hear exactly what they’ve been hearing on their records at home…their songs performed note-for-note! 😀
It tears me apart when I think about what could have been, but I am learning to be thankful for what we have. It isn't often that a band of this caliber finds each other, so I am gonna be grateful for what we got, and always yell "PLAY SOME SKYNYRD!"
And from all I have heard & read, there were no hard feelings when it came to playing leads. Allen & Gary basically learned to play at same time, taught each other before they were in band together, that's one reason they play off each other so well. Ironically, when Allen 1st started playing, he wanted to play rhythm guitar, not lead. Ed was great as well. They all did their thing & never stepped on toes, whatever was best for the band's sound. Then Steve came along, just as good IMO as Ed but he just didn't get the time to prove himself to the masses but he would have been huge. He sounded diff than Ed & brought vitality back to Gary & Allen. Everything was fresh again. He could also sing & write so triple threat. G & A were so happy when Steve joined, they went though songs, we did them as far as who would play what. It had been just the 2 of them after Ed left them high & dry so they were used to doin it all but they knew Skynyrd was it's best with the 3 guitar army & best 3 guitar army ever iMO. Love these guys
@@kathyrais574 Then you throw Steve Gains into the mix, and it's a complete tech nightmare. Gains was so far advanced except for Allen Collins, but they got along very well, as they saw a future for the band.
This video is a national treasure. This is Skynyrd at their peak. even though it is b&w we are lucky to have this, and the audio is actually decent. Thank you Bill Graham for giving us this amazing look into the past... Kids this is what a real rock n roll band looks like. Americana at its finest. Great music. I could watch this all night. No doubt about it. Ronnie Van zant is such an incredible singer/songwriter... The whole band is tight, Steve Gaines is an absolute monster on guitar. Such an arsenal of top notch musicians. A complete joy to watch. Watch it about 5 times. Then tell me if you don't agree with every word I said 10/10.
Prime Skynyrd. Steve Gaines wow just wow..that solo he created for the ending of Sweet Home is some of the best guitar work I've ever heard. Starts at 54:06. He does a bit of a better job with it on the One More From The Road version... still amazing.
That must have been awesome, I was 12 when the plane crashed. I was really I to them and saddened. Still love the originals and thankful someone recorded some of the shows.
The first concert I went to was Lynyrd Skynyrd and Foghat when I was 14. They blew Foghat away! Saw them 3 more times before the plane crash! I still have a bulletin board with all my concert tickets on it! I'm 62 now & still listen to them! 💯☝️🎸🎶🌟🎤😘🤩
Greg Patterson what could have been. he was a true talent. I got a little sick watching want to tell them what is going to happen in a couple of months. sad. southern pride.
+Helene Kane Their songs, not only Freebird, have a prophetic quality to them, strangely enough. I will always remember them, even though I am only 35. My mom saw their last Chicago show. So lucky. RIP to the victims of the crash, we love you guys!
If Gary and Ronnie were the heart of Skynyrd, then Allen Collins was the soul. His 6 minute blistering, mind blowing solo at the end of Freebird is worth the price of admission by itself. Best live concert I've ever seen in 20 yrs.
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I agree with you there son. Rossington played about all the memorable guitar licks and Collins would come in and play unmatchable 10 minute solos! I can't separate them in my mind...they play off each other like they're one. Like Jimmy Page with 4 hands lol. When I share my list of top guitarists, I always list Rossington/Collins as one. You can't have one without the other imo. Steve Gaines is great, but he's no Ed King. There's more to playing with Skynyrd than speed. He would have learned though, he just needed to be "Skynyrdized" a little more.
Back in '77 FM radio in NY Philly area played deeper cuts of most bands. Whole album sides , more requests etc. Radio and media in general has just gotten shallow. Satellite radio doesn't impress me for classic rock, my own collection has more to offer, just hit shuffle.
I can only imagine how far this band could’ve went if the plane crash didn’t happen. They were amazing and made unforgettable music in the short time they had. Music is still played today in 2022. And it still rocks! ❤
And Becky, sweetheart, they ALWAYS WILL! This 😢 concert was months before the crash, I've NEVER found a band I love more, Ronnie has/had the voice that cannot be replaced or matched, what a horrific loss,one of a kind FOR SURE!
They had great success even after the crash, but it was.just never the same and not as good in my opinion. There have been other band that have done well after replacing the front man. Acdc comes to mind. But there just ain't no replacing Ronnie or Steve. Just my opinion, I don't blame them for trying to carry on.
The plane crash robbed us all of so much more to come from Skynyard. I can see Bob Burns and Ed King both getting back with them. Even if for a song on an album or joining them on stage once and a while. So very sad!
Steve may have been the most talented of them all, what an amazing voice and shredder!!! He and his sister were only there for such a short time....Such a tragedy.
You can see the adoration and pride in Ronnie's eyes as watches Gary, Allen and Steve play, but especially with Gary. These guys can take a shitty day and make it better in a song or two.. I can't help but wonder what they would be doing and sounding like now. I wish there were more live concerts sadly there isn't. God rest their souls and bless them. Rest easy. Thank you for all the wonderful, magical music 🎶 ❤️🎵
Not too long before this Gary was in a pretty bad car wreck. probably lucky to be alive let alone play guitar ,Ronnie's really watching him on Gimmie three steps, with what looks like admiration and damn Dude you ARE back
my first job the same year, $3.15 an hour minimum wage!!!! And the manager made the "one" in my birth year (1961) into a "zero" so I could legally work.
I was at this show. July 13, 1977. I was not quite 17. There was a black out in NYC that night. Great show. After, I waited for the limos to pull out and when they did I knocked on the window of one of them and waved and said, “Hey, Man!”…and someone with long kinky hair - I believe it was Allen (the windows were tinted), flashed me a peace sign. I’ll always remember that.
Great story man. I saw them a little over a week before this. I was 13, and I'll never forget it as well. Bill Graham Presents: Day on the Green, Peter Frampton, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Santana and The Outlaws. If you've ever seen "Freebird, the Movie" the performance of Freebird at the end is the show I was at. What a great memory, and chance of a lifetime to see this lineup. Saw them a few times after, but nothing will ever compare to that day. 🤘
on the hunt tour gimmie back my bullets and the live album were the shows i went to in Seattle Wash. the On the Hunt show was at the 3,200 seat Paramount Theater i turned to the crowd during FreeBird and everybody was playing air guitar lol
I was exactly 10 years old when this was filmed.Born on 7/13/1967 This is by far the Greatest Band to ever play for us. They now live on thru all of us that keep on loving there music..............................................................................................
That presition comes from love and respect for werever is we do with other people this was times of long hair drug's women fun but also integrity and love for the music and what you do today People got I don't give a shit mentality and that is why you have bad music and no bands like almond or skiner or the death the world in the south runs on ignorance guns and violence
This right here, is why I think they are better than Led Zeppelin, because even though Jimmy Page may be a better guitar player overall, he was too busy showing off, leaving the band to have to try to catch up and keep up.
40 years we been playin loud n proud mighty Lynyrd Skynyrd!!They toured the Eastern states of Australia and NOT Western Australia!!Fuk we were pissed off!!We heard about there tour after they had been n gone!!!Hope they come back n we get to know about it!!!Live To Ride Ride To Live
Lenny Skynyrd was the very first Southern Rock and Roll Soul music no one has ever coppied them, but all bands that came after all evolved from LS THE GREAT
Completely right. No Automation or any other BS. What you heard is what you saw. Perfectally real,, what you saw is what you got, and it was perfctally exuacated. No One was any tighter.
@@joeawilson3813 loves music I play guitar and sing outside today love u always a rock star listen to bumping frog aka Woilio jumbo cloud aka the g.o.a.t the 25thstars Winston Salem NC my friends and family together we stand devising we lost the world is your and everything in it this is bumping frog aka Woilio jumbo cloud going to play live outside because u no something in the wind went u here no sound
@@joeawilson3813Did CCR come first? Two of my favorite bands of all time. Fogerty was from California, but spent time in Louisiana and was inspired by the southern sound.
His death is what breaks me up the most about that plane crash. He was finally succeeding after years of work, had a baby girl on the way, and it just ended. He was also just an amazing guy overall.
Scott Keller that piece of shit gene Odem called him a second rate player what crap back in the day he was great and still is what that man has gone through and still brings it
@ Scott After playing for over 50 years and being a top rated guitarist, Rossington has laid back some. He still has major problems from his arm being almost ripped off in the plane crash and arthritis is a problem in those areas. So at least give it to him for his major licks. He's one of the world s best.
Really makes me sad what happen to them. I wish I was old enough to see these guys in person back in the day. It’s weird certain people that are unique have such bad things happen to them
Yeah, man. Skynyrd was like a rock symphony orchestra having a 3 guitar band is no joke - everything composed and worked out in the tune PLUS they could improvise on top of that!
@@zachkelly89 but they and ronnie knew long before the crash day that the plane was falling apart and still they chose to do nothing about it, very strange.
amazes me how they come up these kinda riffs at their age, try playing the Bass line to Simple Man, ain't that damn simple, Ronnie would have kick my ass several times then probably would've shot me, still learning
I learned guitar riffs but became a bassist with Leon W as the main influence. NOBODY could walk like Leon. That smell is Am and he's blues walking! All brilliant musicians.
I was there with my now departed dad at age 15. My first and best concert after 39 years ..the magic was unreal. I've played in bands and been to numerous shows ...pop rock jazz..r&b..rap...etc.. nothing compares to these boys from Jacksonville..a freak of nature.
As a teenager growing up in the '70's in Jacksonville, these guys were like family to me. Loved each one of them and miss them dearly. Long live Lynyrd Skynyrd!
I remember in a little town with 200 people leaving school at lunch walking across the street and turning the Jukebox up at the pizza joint that I worked at listening to Lynyrd Skynyrd sitting there by myself because I had the key to the place. That's when I really started getting into Lynyrd Skynyrd. I remember listening to their new songs and it was like the next day in class a little red-haired girl handed me a note saying Lynyrd Skynyrd died in a plane crash last night. Just kind of sticks with you you know. We lost some very fine people and it should have never happened
Trond Solem for probably the last 30 years I've been hard core over zeppelin being the best ever. nowadays, I'm starting to think skynyrd was just as good.
+txdrifter38 heard them first time in -76. Played them for a long time. Now recently its getting as new to me again - and getting even better. How sad, watching this brings tears to my eyes.
They were and one was never paid, to my knowledge. I can say, I wouldn't have accepted the no pay, live the life and sing/play. What an experience from the stage.
Steve Gaines sister Cassie was one of the ladies.she told Ronnie when they were looking for another guitarist that her little brother Steve plays guitar,.... and boy she wasn't lying..
@@michaelreed5540 And bless her heart, she didn't want to get on that plane. She was scared. Wanted to ride with the roadies. But instead she had an appointed time to fly Home.
@@MrsBillyKeys I wasn't being angry about it, nor judgmental. It was said, during an interview and I know much about interviews too. I had others mention to me discussions about the label leaving the decision up to the band, and sometimes...it would be best to listen to those with a vested interest and I think they'd still be here. Nevertheless, one of the most influential bands of my life! I saw their last concert in SLC, just before the horrible incident. Still have that ticket stub!
@@timothygard8517 you damn right that smell about drinking and driving I’ll tell how wrote that song days before writing Allen Collins one of there guitar player got into a drunk driving accident and how the song came about needle and the spoon about the dangers of heroine I could go own and own I know every song word for word Ronnie Van zant wrote or the band wrote with Ronnie singing or Steve gains he sung in a couple songs
@@jacobstacy588 but his was yrs after the song, even after the plane crash. Oddly, Collins had wrecked his car in the exact same spot sometime before the second wreck that paralyzed him and killed gf.
Amen to that. Growing up in the 70s was the best. 1970 thru 1978 we all were rocking to Lynyrd Skynyrd, Allman Bros, Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, A R S, U2, & so many more.
Watching this brings tears to my eyes. 20 years old and so upset that I never was able to see this type of talent live. I can only imagine the feeling being in front of that stage must've given you guys.
Seen LS back in 77 in their hometown i got RVZs autograph got to be personal friends with Artimus the drummer still talk with him today been to his house in fla. A great guy...cant believe they was gonna be superstars till the plane crash ...pisses me off his brother is making big money singing his brothers songs Johnie can't sing Ronnies songs he sucks big time
I'm 60 and I never got to see them live and I've been a fan since they came out but I did get to meet Rodger Daltrey and John Entwistle right before they toured with Lynyrd Skynyrd in 1974 I think it was pretty cool my buddy and I just walking around Fresh Pond in Cambridge Massachusetts I guess Rodger Daltrey owns a home in Belmont Mass and me and my buddy carry who's actually a taking lessons to play piano back then he was only like 13 I was like 14 and I was just beginning to learn how to play the drums f****** how ironic you see these two brand new 12 gear bikes and we have never seen a 12 gear spocket on a 10-speed before I s*** you not that was something else in the ironic thing was that we didn't know who the who were we have no clue at the time were just kids I personally knew of traffic and Emerson Lake and Palmer and Aerosmith's I know who cream was actually had all these albums a bunch of other bands but I wasn't familiar with Lynyrd Skynyrd or the who yet you know we didn't know who Lynyrd Skynyrd was, we didn't know who the who was we hung out with them for an hour or two shooting the s*** and I think the reason they were so friendly to us and hang out with us like that is because we didn't know who they were so they weren't you know we weren't being fan fools you know pretty neat small world sometimes im teaching myself to play guitar I decided after all these years when I should have done it earlier but I'm not doing too bad I'v only been doing it like 8 months and I can already play that lead intro to the breeze which I'm very impressed by myself being able to do that it's such a short time and a bunch of other stuff but that's that's one of my favorite accomplishments on the guitar it's a lot of work but it's worth it never too late to learn how to play an instrument but it is time consuming and it's worth it I'm having a lot of fun after playing drums for years and being around other musicians and around its eyes all the time I learned a few things House of the Rising Sun couple scales but I never pursued it once in a while I pick up someone's guitar and poke on it. We got any good so I decided in on my old age I was going to teach myself to play it was a good idea I just wish I did it sooner
saw them day on the green oakland ca 1977,totally awesome !kids today really have missed out on when it was really good to be alive with our music then!too bad
@@stevenlarson3899 did you guys read my story about back then look down in the list of comments in this feed and read my story of what happened to me when I was 14 I didn't get to see Lynyrd Skynyrd but I got to meet Rodger Daltrey and John Entwistle right after that meeting was when Lynyrd Skynyrd started opening up for The Who
Leon sang backup with Ronnie plenty other times in the Ed King version of the band and before Steve came along on songs like of course The Breeze, Gimme three steps, I'm a Country boy, Got the same old blues and Alabama with Ed and Ronnie before the girl singers came along too.
fuknArite Steve Gaines was taking them above and beyond,we will never know what could have been..we know, but we never got the chance to experience the next big thing after Street Survivors follow up....
"their".. you rednecks always slipped out of class. i suspect RVZ was an "A student." i am not USA but I never heard a band got near to Skynyrd and I have heard a lot. I missed Duane but Allmans post-Duane never hit these heights.
To the idiots that thumb down you don't know great rock n roll😜. They were the best RIP to all of them that has passed. Thank goodness my 12 yr old is smart and loves them too❤️
I believe they were just at their best right before the plane crash! That was such a tragedy. Imagine where they could have gone! Glad they left recorded music video for all of us! RIP LS
Lived in Jacksonville remember Ronnie was barefooted whenever I saw them live in 77 these guys were the cream of the crop and are one of the greatest bands of all time . These guys plugged in and kicked ass
I was at this concert. I lived in Ocean Grove that summer. I remember lots of rebel flags in the crowd and people passing around drinks in big glass unmarked jugs. I also remember being almost deaf when we got out. My date and I were shouting at each other on the boardwalk because we couldn't hear a thing. It was a great show.
These was the best southern boys To ever take to the stage playin' some rockin' roll, bar none!! Still love Artimus, best dam southern rock band drummer EVER!! Miss these boys ... always will.
After a long night, Allen still had plenty of gas in the tank to pull off his amazing solo for the encore. Best live version of Free Bird I’ve seen or heard.
