Gimme Three Steps was my first Skynyrd reveal. It was all over. Simple Man was epic: they played at Pinocchio's in Savannah and followed a dance band. Everyone out on the floor, dance rock just finished blaring; they set up on the far end of the floor and went into Simple Man and the place went dead quiet in a heartbeat. Watching that is what sold Al Kooper on them. Two amazing things about them: (1) Ronnie just stood there and sang, and owned the stage and audience; (2) they were not a performance group they were a rehearsal band. Everything you here is practiced and practiced and practiced some more at Hell House, right down to all the guitar solos.
@@morganspector5161 What a great experience, Morgan. I'm from Atlanta, was on the scene here, worked venues from 688 to Six Flags, worked The Fox... never saw Skynyrd perform. Sad. Those opening riffs of Three Steps were one of the first legit cool things I learned to play. I really love this stuff.
I took me years to listen or go to a concert after the plane crash. I live on the Westside of Jacksonville Fl. When I finally went to a concert I cried the whole time. These guys aren't just rock stars, they're family. They are very down to earth and are not snobby or arrogant like so many are.
Jamel, I watched a great documentary on them last year. Fun fact: Ronnie never wrote down the lyrics to his songs. He said “if it ain’t worth remembering it ain’t worth singin.” Wow!
More Lynyrd Skynyrd please"I need you","things goin on","ballad of Curtis Loew","Mr banker","I know a little" so many great songs. RIP Ronnie, Steve, Cassie, Bob, Ed, Leon, Billy and Allen fly high freebirds 🙏☮️
Billy Powell was my introduction to rock piano and I’ve never experienced any better. Guy was a master. Should have been my first rock concert but they were sold out by the time I woke up. ZZ Top ended up being my first, and 20 years later my sons first concert. Saw the tour right after the crash with Rosington-Collins band. I’ll never forget the vocal free Free Bird. The whole crowd was singing.
Growing up in a small Southern town, we use to have "Field parties" or what we called "Barn Burners". It would include a Bon fire of course. Skynyrd was a staple at these parties along with the Allman Bros. Band, Molly Hatchet, Marshall Tucker etc. I'm 51 now and when I hear these songs I'm flooded with memories of my teen and early twenties. And I so enjoy watching you experience the music of my generation for the 1st time.
61 here, in Kentucky. We called them field parties, but they were all the same. A bonfire, some beer, some weed, and a hundred barefoot girls dancing. Also usually 20+ acoustic guitars so after we partied we could sit around the fire and sing TOGETHER. Peace!
In the days after 9/11 (a Tuesday) rock stations in DC turned this song into a sort tribute/meditation on the events of that day. We were all hurting, bewildered. Power of music.
On October 19, 1977 I was at what would prove to be the last concert with Ronnie, Steve and Cassie in the lineup. It was at South Carolina's Greenville Memorial Auditorium. This was not the first time I had seen them in the classic lineup and the news that came after the crash was devastating to me. So many of the great classic rockers gone to soon and they all felt like a personal loss. God bless you man for keeping the music alive.
The studio version we all know sounds better technically but, Ronnie puts a little extra stank on it live. The guitars are always on point, studio or stage and as always percussion and piano/keyboards are excellent. This holds true for every live version I’ve heard.
Al Kooper, who produced their first three albums said that they practiced so much and so intently that they played a song the exact same way time after time. As a producer, he said they were a producer's dream in that regard. Dealing with Ronnie tended to be a bit hazardous at times though.
If I'm not mistaken, at this particular concert (Winter land 1976) Skynyrd was down to just two guitarists. Ed King had already left the band, and they hadn't picked up Steve Gaines yet. So I think this performance on this song was lacking the depth that a 3rd guitar could provide.
I went to Muscle Shoals a couple of years ago and saw the Actual piano that Billy Powell played the Freebird solo on. When Van Zant heard him he asked him to play in the band. I thought it was the piano used to record the song as well, but apparently I was mistaken. Still, they had lots of pictures of the band before they became famous, and of so many other fine groups as well.
Watching you listen to these songs I've heard a million times makes me hear them as if they're completely fresh. You bring all the emotion, texture, and beauty back to life. Also, you've introduced me to some new music that I love now too--Juan Gabriel; woo-wee! Thank you so much for putting it all out there like you do.
Jamal, I grew up listening to this music, I grew up 20 miles from Jacksonville, im 52, I love your reaction videos keep up the good work. I'm a big fan
Yes sir!! Turn it up 🎸🎤♥️🔥 🥰 My guys from Jacksonville FL ♥️♥️ This coming Tuesday 10/20 is 43 years since that terrible plane crash that took the lives of Ronnie Van Zant, Steve & Cassie Gaines, Dean Kirkpatrick & the 2 pilots 💔💔 RIP my Frynds ♥️🎤🎸 FREEBIRD was written first in 1970, Tuesdays Gone in 1973 🔥
@@kurtsaxton9665 remember it like it was yesterday 😔😢 They are & always have been my favorite band since I first heard Simple Man on the radio in 1973. A close friend had an extra ticket to the Greenville SC show & asked if I would like to go!! Of course, are you kidding me?! I live in Asheville NC about an hour away but 2 days before the show I became terribly sick & ended up with strep throat. The day of the show I had a fever of 104 and couldn’t even get out of bed so I didn’t get to go 😞 The next morning I had my radio on & heard the news of the crash and was immediately devastated. I was 17 😢 “That has been my biggest regret that I never got to see them live 😪😪 Sorry for the long post 🎸🎤 Turn it up!!
@@vickieray have a similar story with Zeppelin, had tickets reserved and the day they set a show date John Bohnam passed my biggest concert regret. But I did see some good shows late 70s through the 80s.
@@kurtsaxton9665 same with me 🤘🏼 I have seen many great shows over the last 50 years. The last show I’ve been to was Bob Seger in Greenville SC about 3 years ago 🎸🎤🔥 He is still amazing!
@@vickieray I've seen him many times, never dissapoints right now I'm on a Tedeschi Trucks, Samantha Fish some of the Independent lable artists alot of Bluegrass and Blues.
Ronnie Van Zant (singer) -- He told several people on more than one occasion that he'd die before he hit the age of 30, and he'd go out "with his boots on" -- he died when he was 29, in a plane crash at the beginning of the Street Survivors tour, on October 20th, 1977. RIP
I was fortunate enough to see them live several times before the crash, and when they played this song, I'd close my eyes and just listen. It was almost trance like. It was impossible not to feel that way, and plus, I was soooooooooo in love with Artie, his drumming was positively mesmerizing. Thank you for doing this one.
Karen Lovett I saw them live 3 times after the crash, not as lucky as you but it was amazing just the same. The last concert we saw I took my 2 young daughters and they loved it, they still have Skynyrd songs on their playlists so I guess I raised my kids right lol.
Before the crash was definitely better than after! Nobody could replace Ronnie, not even his brother. I saw them at least a dozen time before the crash and a few times after. No comparison! One of my favorites from Lynyrd Skynyrd.
I also was fortunate enough to see them many times before the crash. Actually experienced them 8 times in 2 weeks in 1975 - a group of friends and I followed them throughout the New York area. MIss those days and the music
"I Need You" "Call Me the Breeze" "Whiskey Rock-a-Roller" "Cry for the Bad Man" "What's Your Name" "I Know a Little" "You Got That Right" "I Never Dreamed"
“The lyrics are band frontman Ronnie Van Zant's realization that his normal life is finished forever with the band's new MCA/Sounds of the South record deal. "Tuesday," representing life as it was, is gone with the wind. “
Tuesday is not a girl, it's a metaphor for a day off each week the band used to enjoy before hitting the big time. Now a major act, there are no days off and they are always on the road. It's a lament for a simpler time.
The cost of being on the road all the time and what it does to relationship's. It's not easy on anyone when you are constantly gone. Don't know if it was actually one of Ronnie's relationship's but what a great song. Every song ever done by Skynyrd is a masterpiece, all the musicians were top of the line.
The lead guitarist has his own style of slow hand lead. This song showcases that really well. If you notice , he and the other members put their souls into their music; which shows that their music can be considered as Soul, as well as Southern Rock. They had a style that was all their own, and it worked great for them. Jamel, I could see how you were getting into the music with your own soul, feeling it like they meant it to be felt. As for when this was done. it was on the same album as 'Free Bird', 'Simple Man', and several of their other best songs. That was their best album, hands down! That said, practically all of their music was great. Their best performances were onstage live!
Another great ‘train song’ ......City of New Orleans ‘ by Arlo Guthrie. He is the famous Woody Guthrie’s son. A classic late 60’s song by Arlo that captures the spirit of those times is Alice’s Restaurant .
Lynryd Skynyrd headlined the very first concert I ever saw - Easter Sunday 1976 at the Richfield Coliseum in Richfield, Ohio. I was 15. Skynryd's current drummer was two years behind me at my high school in Solon, Ohio. He's been their drummer for about the past 20 years.
My favorite band...I was 16 when this was recorded. ✌ ...and check out "Brickhouse Road" by Johnny VanZant, (the current singer). It's a tribute to his brother Ronnie.
My step-neice's 15 year old son committed suicide on a Tuesday. She literally had to be carried in for the funeral, with her feet dragging behind her, as she sobbed uncontrollably. It was the saddest moment I have ever witnessed, until they played Tuedays Gone at the funeral. Her pain was obvious from her wailing as the song played, "Tuesday's Gone...my baby's gone...with the wind". She had come down on him hard for misbehaving. She left the house for a short time and when she came home, couldn't find him. She went outside to look for him, and found him floating in the pond with a self inflicted gunshot wound to the head. She blamed herself for his death, and was unconsolable. It's been almost 20 years. The pain and sadness are still reflected in her eyes.
I was going through a tough time in the early 2000s and purchased a CD of their hits. Even though I had grown up hearing their music, that cd stayed on heavy rotation for a while.
Great song pre-movie, but check out the flick Dazed and Confused - all the music you are discovering and Matthew McConaughey! This song is one of many, I believe this is at the end.
Love that movie! And Soundtrack!! He’s reacted to at least 5 of my requests that are on that track! Lol this is one, Slow Ride By Foghat, Rick Derringer, Alice Cooper 🤔😂😎 Love it!!
Great names in American History ... Artimus Pyle, Ronnie Van Zant, Stevie Gaines, Cassie Gaines, Allen Collins, Gary Rossington, Billy Powell, Rickey Medlocke, Hughie Thomasson, Leon Wilkeson, Bob Burns, Ed King .... they don't make em like that anymore.
Billy powell switching from the white Grand piano,to the Hammond,B-3 organ,wow, Freebird was always the grand finally,but they'd make you wait for it every time. Ronnie liked to see the crowd get worked up, then come out and say: What song is it you want to here!, I heard it then.
This is what was happening in high school. All the guitar players learning those iconic riffs. After the Allman Brothers Lynyrd Skynyrd was the other pillar of southern rock. Ed King was a Great guitar player as was Steve Gaines . Ed was in the strawberry alarm clock back in the 60s. They left too soon, really growing into being great songwriters right before the crash.
I was born in 1956 in Tennessee. We would hear Lynyrd Skynyrd on the radio. Then 8 track players by 1973 and 1974. A concert if we were lucky. No other means to see the performances. Thank you Jamel! If you would have been raised in the South, the lyrics would mean so much more to you. Bless you!
This was from the Winterland concert in 1976 ....They did a great rendition of T for Texas at this show you should check out all 3 guitaists have solos in it.
My first Skynyrd album was Gold N Platinum. Every song spoke to my soul and 30yrs later, it still does ML&R to Lynyrd Skynyrd, and to Mr. Ronnie VanZant may he RIP
@@BigPete44 I just looked at YT a few minutes ago and as soon as I saw it I was so excited for you!! And for all of us! Great pick once again my friend!!
Lynyrd Skynyrd was the quintessential Southern Rock Band, after I heard the first album I was hooked. In my opinion the greatest Band Ever. GOD BLESS LYNYRD SKYNYRD, gone too soon!
These guys named their group Lynyrd Skynyrd after a high chool teacher told em they would never amount to anything...lol..they just spelled his name different
Actually it was a gym teacher named Leonard Skinner and he was the long hair nazi and he tried to make Gary Rossington cut his hair and Gary just said screw it and quit school. There was a song called Camp Granada about a messed up summer camp with a messed up councilor named Leonard Skynynd and when they were looking for a new name for the band Bob Burns the drummer popped off with Lynyrd Skynyrd everybody laughed and Ronnie Van Zant said that's it and the rest is history 🎸🎸🎸
I am an all-in Lynyrd Skynyrd fan, and I still remember the first time I ever heard Tuesday’s Gone. It grabbed me and I was hooked. Before that I’d only heard Sweet Home Alabama and Free Bird, of course, and I went out and bought the album, and every subsequent one as well. When the plane crash happened, I cried because I felt and still feel such a kinship to them and their music. Ronnie Van Zant was LS and the band touring and using the name now pales in comparison. I’m not a young woman anymore but I have a Skynyrd poster on my bedroom wall and anyone who rides in my SRX with me knows they’re going to hear at least a few of their songs. React to T For Texas, the version after Steve Gaines joined them. It rocks the house, Jamel. 😎✌️
Watching this today on the anniversary of that terrible night in Mississippi. We were such huge fans. When we heard the news we just played all their albums and sobbed. Greatest southern-rock band of all time.☮️💕🎶
The late, grreat Billy Powell was a master on the keyboards. He could play a beautiful solo like he did on ths song, but then absolutely jam like he did on "Call me the Breeze." Woefully underrated.
Crazy how young they were when they died in the plane crash. They always looked older, to me. One guitarist who died hadn’t even been in the band all that long. So tragic.
I feel so blessed to have lived in the time of such great groups, just old enough to be able to see them in concert, my cousins and me, Pine Knob excellent.
Finally some love for Lynyrd Skynyrd, they're from my home town. Some underrated songs of there's "Saturday Night Special", "Don't Ask Me No Question's", "On the Hunt", and "Swamp Music." Thank you for showing them some love. They give Jacksonville a good name 💗.
Such a great song!!!! May I suggest His song Ballad of curtis Low . Thats my favorite. So long these guys. Was so sad when the airplane accident happened. Oh wow! This is with his revamped group, he changed lead guitariist and added the female singers. Was such a great move! Love this!
