I’m a country boy, whiskey rock a roller, in some cases call me the breeze too! Their winterland ‘75 performance in my opinion is their best live performance ever and the version of im a country boy they play on that set is so much better than the studio version. Skynyrd is definitely in the top 5 greatest live performers ever. no debate about it. Everything they do live is perfect.
Ronnie was adamant that the band's live performances sounded as much like the studio version. Had them work the songs over and over until they got it. He was a hard workin' rock n roller for sure.
Better and better. I love watching live clips of these guys, especially moments like the dual harmony leads just after Steve Gaines’ guitar solo going back into the verse. Magic.
@@michaelcrowson3174 they were all gifted, Ronnie was a visionary & a poet. Al Kooper said one of things that inpressed him most is how prepared these guys were, they cane into studio with songs totally finished that ended up on album with very lil tweaking from him. Anyone who can take a 1920's Jimmie Rodgers tune turn into into a Southern Rock jam session & take JJ Cale's Call me The Breeze which was ok folky song & turn it into on of their most known songs is amazing to me. JJ Cale was a great songwriter, but to me, mainly that but besides Call Me the Breeze, he wrote Same Ole Blues one of my fav Skynyrd tunes. He wrote After Midnight & Cocaine which were huge hits for Clapton. Maybe all musicians write songs way they did, the way they worked together such as SHA, Gary playin a lil melody & Ed pick's up his guitar & just goes right into his famous riff at beginning. These guys were special, the 3 guitar army (w/Ed & Steve) all so different but they made all the sounds meld together so well. None of them ever got credit they deserved, it just basically 73-77 put out a lifetime of great music yet it took RocknRoll HOF till 2006 to induct them &( left out Honkettes BTW, they added so much to the songs, SHA, Whiskey Rock A Roller) That Smell etc took those somgs to next level & RVZ knew it would. He really was a songwriting genius, I am just a few yrs younger than Gary, at the time, it was all abt that Southern Rock Sound I loved but as I get older I realize just what a master he was. Some amazing lyrics in the fast & slow songs, he wrote such heartfelt ballads like Tuesday's Gone, Freebird, Am I losing? Or I'm a Country Boy talkin abt how much he hated going to the big cities to play. Saturday Night Special way before it's time. The in your face songs like On the Hunt, Don't ask me no questions, I ain't the one. Even all the songs that were initally unreleased were good enough to have been on Pronunced, they had 20 great songs ready to go. To me, this is 1 of the hugest loss in the music world of my generation. Just abt the only good music I hear today is from the late 60's-70's, that is sad
The one and only real Lynyrd Skynyrd. Saw them in 77 a few months before the crash, they surely were on top of their game. I have second helping playing in my car right now
Man I miss skyrnd. I won't ever forget 1977. I'd just turned 14 that summer. ELVIS.had just passed in Aug while I watching a CUBS game at Wrigley against reds or Phillies. Then... just weeks later
It's great with Steve Gaines playing the solo and it was great when Ed King played the solo, too. The entire band was always in high gear for this one.
@@petermolin9831 Ed used his bending to make his solos sound the way he wanted them to. Yes most of what they do is pentatonic and blues scale based but Ed bent notes in places that a lot of people don't realize and it is why he is so hard to copy verbatim. People get close but not right on even Ed himself had different accents in his language live if that makes sense. Both ED and Stevie were great players though indeed. Actually all 4 of them were great guitarists...
saw them in ft worth tx. 76. with blackfoot and climax blues band, pretty awesome. then again at the willy nelson 4th of july picnic in tulsa ok, july 77 .
Great concert footage. Steve Gaines (rip) was an excellent addition to Lynyrd Skynyrd. Sadly both he and his sister Cassie died in that fatefull plane crash in 1977. So sad.
They were, and always will be the most incredible band there ever was.....I seen them in July 1977, and was crushed when their plane crashed.....there will never be another band like them, no band could ever surpass them ever!!! ♥ What a loss, when we lost Ronnie, & Steve, and Cassie.😭😭😭 Everyone in that band was awesome, so talented,and will never be forgotten! Can you imagine what they would have done, the songs, that were never written.....Ronnie, Steve, Cassie, we will always remember you! .❤❤❤❤❤ Rip Brothers & Sister Cassie, we love you!❤
Yes, his live sound was always amazing. Slingerland Drums were his drums of choice. In the 70's drums were mic'd from the inside with the bottom head off and sometimes I think they sound better that way.
Motherfuckin a right sir. It's cause he got heart soul and them fingers God give him plus he came up the way they all did rags to riches. Earned it every step of the dues he paid way
The first time I saw Skynard was in 74 in Philadelphia, and they opened with this song Working for MCA. I’ll never forget how blown away with the power and presence they had. It was just before they got famous, and their raw talent was like none other!!!! Always one of my favorite songs, because it was the first LS song I ever heard!
@@kertbert1 Maybe, but really, views or a lack there of, could mean many things. For instance, the download, we're seeing, hasn't been uploaded to YT long enough to have the views, we would expect; or, ya know. Just because this video doesn't have millions of views, doesn't mean, LS, isn't the Greatest Rock Band of all time! We have to know more about the upload is all. We already know, LS, is the GREATEST SOUTHERN ROCK N ROLL BAND in HISTORY!
Al Kooper said it was better that way bc it forced fans to buy records instead of singles. For the band it meant their records had all quality songs and zero filler.
Fortunate enough to meet Alan Collins at a motor shop cycle that I worked at in the early '80s and I'm from Tennessee. Long story short he told me I crashed my Mercedes and now I've got a Honda rebel to get around incognito. True story,.
A great song to Play today and yesterday timeless daddyo twin solos Skynyrd had a way to not ONLY PLAY ON FIRE BUT SUCH MELODIC HOT SOLOS TWIN LEADS THAY WERE ONE OF A KIND NO BAND LIKE THEM MAMA LOVES SKYNYRD sang by d.taylor written by s.griffith for Lynyrd Skynyrd....
Saw them in July 1977. In a word...UNFORGETTABLE. They did 3 encores... the only time I've ever seen that done. They closed the show with FREEBIRD and played so long the house lights came on before they finished. They loved what they were doing and we loved them for it. Lynyrd Skynyrd was as much a part of my teens as anything. That's for sure.
This band was so much more than a Southern Rock band. There’s blues and IMO they were borderline heavy metal music wise. Three guitars??? Come on now!!!
Better pay me all my money brother ,maybe you won't get a scare The coolest words no matter what the song is about To me that's what separates them from all other bands maybe credence Clearwater or bobdylan the band. BUT THESE songs all have greatest lyrics s slickers took my money since I wasn't cool tome This band has always been my favorite i wish I could speak to one of them 4 indie ga d im62. In april
Lynyrd Skynyrd..one of the best rock bands ever created. Too bad a lot of these guys are gone...R.I.P. but their music will always be listened to and never forgotten!
That 58-59 Gibson Explorer was a rare item in the 70s and now days it's the fuckin holy grail electric guitar. Cool to see and hear one in action at a fairly early stage in its life. Makes one wonder if the 50s Korina Explorers and Vs are worth the 6 figures they bring
By ‘76 they were so polished. Gary comes out hard with that unmistakable hook, Allen takes the intro solo, Steve has the main solo, then Gary and Allen do their synchronized thing, while Steve takes the rhythm, and it’s all seamless. Soooo good.
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