im black & i was 17 yrs. old when they came to my city. i was at the edge of the stage & they were great & i got to shake their hands as they left the stage. to this day that concert still sends chills up my spine.
LOVE this! The band had huge respect for black music and culture in general. Listen to Curtis Loew, to their love of the blues in general, and to some of their old interviews. They were good, regular guys who made it big but didn't forget who they were. Went back to Jacksonville every year to rest, fish, hang out with old friends, play baseball, etc. Hard not to like 'em!
I definitely feel ya bro'. I am a white southerner grew up during the days. It seemed like we all got a long so well. When I was in college I roadied for Fats Domino one summer in Louisiana. Stood on the banks of the Red River for concerts with both black and white southerners in the crowd. All of us smoking the same dope, and drinking the same beer and we never thought we shouldn't. We were all there for one thing the music. If it was Chuck Berry, Lynnrd Skynnrd, Marshall Tucker, Niel Young, The Ohio Players, Frank Zappa, Kool and the Gang, or whoever we all got along. If we had any beef at all it was against our parents and the man.
Thanks Jacob as your spot on. It actually had me thinking when I know its about always the lead singer but L.Skynyrd was stumping me until your comment. So right on.
Then we are a truly blessed generation! We also had the Allman Bros., and some exceptional songwriters such as John Prine, and J J Cale. ALL are 'once in a lifetimers', to my way of thinking!
@@jaydouglas8845 i knew it, sooner or later some liberal cry baby was gonna mention the confederate flag, grow up lil girl, there's worse problems in the world than to cry and act like flag is such a big problem
I'd go so far as to say FOUR legends: don't forget Leon Wilkeson on bass guitar! Watch near the end where he just about breaks his fingers to play ALL HIS NOTES. Believe only Artemus Pyle, drummer, is still with us in August 2021.
Eddie V's eruption solo is the best ever. Hands down, it well blow your mind. After you listen to it for the first time you well stand up and take your hat off in respect of one of the best peaces of music your ears ever feasted on.
Yea, but keep in mind that Ed King wrote and recorded all the parts that Gaines is playing. Somehow or another the FACT that Ed King was the original guitarist and Bob Burns was the original drummer for this track gets lost in the translation of Lynard Skynards story. Those two were there from the very beginning. Both Artimus and Steve Gaines were relatively new to the band.
I was born in the 80's and grew up on this stuff. Lynyrd Skynyrd, Led Zeppelin, Queen, Iron Maiden, Fleetwood Mac, Ozzy. And I'm passing it on to my daughter who isn't even 5 years old yet, she loves.
58 and love seeing the young folk gettin into our groove. A great once said, ‘music doesn’t belong to any one group. It crosses all barriers.’ Loved the reaction!
I grew up in the metal / grunge era. Bu my dad and older brother an sister showed me everything I missed from Gerry and the pacemakers through to cyndi lauper. I love it all! And now my son has heard it all too. Music never dies
ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST______ GOING NEAR SEVENTY SO I'LL TAKE MY ERA BACK ANY DAY.. I HAVE PAST IT ON TO MY KIDS AND THEY APPRECIATE THIS SO MUCH.. ENJOY, SPREAD THE LOVE OF IT ALL❤.
Fun fact the record label didn't want this song on there because it was too long and radio wouldn't play it. Ronnie said fuck you we will quit. Radio says we will play and the audience said we will still listen to it 40 plus years later
Whats up man ? I remember when that went down. You still here ? I miss this place in 1990. Just not the same anymore. Its triple the size it was then. Jville has all kinds of bypasses and shit. Crazy
@@91GT347 Not been there since around 2005. Was really strange then. Couldn't recognize anything in French Creek Area. My old home (8th Motors) doesn't even exist anymore. Lol! I live in Western N.C. up in the mountains near Asheville
Not true.... There's a shitload!!! And they will still sell out the same!! But in the US, most people don't give a fuck about rock!! Radio rock! Jerk my stick!! But that's it!! Pop, country, pop country, hip hop, rap.... These fuckers still sell out!!! Just nobody cares here!!! Go over seas!! They'd sell out in an hour!!! If not less!!! Think about that!! Open your god damn minds!!!
Allan Collins has said in interviews while playing the guitar solos for Free bird live the crowd would have all the hairs on the back of his neck standing up from the crowd energy. Very few ever get to experience that rush.
The thing about going to concerts back in the day was, it an experience you shared with the strangers around you. You left an arena of thousands and they were your friends for a short time. It was great music that left you feeling really good even when you were stuck in traffic trying to get out of the parking lot. No one wanted it to end.
I was at that concert and it was great. You would have had no problems being there. None of us cared about race. We would have passed you a joint my friend.
My God I was 19 years old at that same concert! And yes we definitely passed the joints around! I cried my heart out after the plane crash took them. I was never the same again. It was like my youth died that day.
thats exactly how it was my friend! the road hands setting up the stage, gave us beer, & throughout the entire show, someone was always passing you a joint! i still get chills thinking about it!!!
That moving, bobbing head is the spirit of the music. If it makes your head bounce, that's it. It's got you. You can say you ain't into it but your body says different.
I did like his retro analysis, When I first heard the song it started out slow and I didn't feel like it was too good of a singer for the beginning part I was kind of bored..😮but otherwise if he didn't swear...cause hes gotta go gangsta . Gotta be another way to communicate your feelings. Besides swearing every 2 seconds.
Bro get yourself a remastered version of this song and bump it in your car. It goes hard AF. Leave the windows down and see how many people give you a thumbs up at the stop light.No joke
@@cheapagamer55 When I say Soviets, I mean their fans outnumbered the falling army. And you’re right about that Rod Stewart crowd. Some awesome things have came from music.
Yessss 1 million people were there yo lol..they had there army there doing crowd control lmao🤣 imagine being so big you get a milli ppl in another country,RUSSIA at dat💯💯💯
Hello Stevie - I'm 67 and attended many of these gigantic concerts in the 70s. You got a lot right about the fans there were a lot of guys in the crowds, most had long hair and people blended together. The 'groupies' who traveled were primarily for The Grateful Dead. They are still known Deadheads. BTW, albums dropped weekly. I was in college 71-76 in Austin - music was everywhere, all the time and yes, we played albums repeatedly. We lived in the present, without social media. Word of mouth filled those stadiums. We wanted LIVE performances and we got them. True originality and musicianship was how we looked at bands. Plus, we had Top 40 on the radio. Top 40 played EVERY song from any genre, so we learned ALL the songs and DJs played "Little Stevie Wonder" and Motown to Jimi Hendrix to Elton John, Leon Russell, Beatles, Joe Cocker, with everybody in between. You like the guitars, go here to Peter Frampton: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-OOnGUBk6QO0.html It is with great interest and fun that hubby and I watch your generation discover rock and roll. The music and musicians still hold up after 50 years. Welcome to the 70s - the Love the One You're With (Steven Stills) generation. Remember, this was before AIDS and when America was far more liberal than now. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-SY4HI_vqf0c.html
19:05 Totally with you on this. These guys were pulling crowds and getting reactions when it was only broadcast and print media, and with no more tech than electric guitars and basic speakers.
Back in that era, every member of the band was well known because every member of the band was exceptional in their own right and gave credit to one another as a group.
Blending 3 guitars and Bass Guitar....these guys due it so well...this solo is layered and just unbelievable....the bass player Leon Wilkerson is one of my favorite bassist and really has to play a difficult part but pulls it off and it sound's awesome..
@@kcroz1104 That's far from the truth, and it's just opinions anyways. Every Metallica reaction has people jaw dropped when listening to Metallica's solo's, almost every song also, no one else is doing that.
@@LexyThomas134 look at everyones reaction to this song??? You commented something irrelevant either way for no reason. You can't even say this isn't a great guitar solo and if you do you're just delusional.
@@LexyThomas134 BTW these are two completely different bands in two different genres. If we're gonna compare random bands to eachother like you did in your original comment than Black Sabbath guitar solos are way more impressive than Metallicas.
AHH the 70's!! I was 16 in 1977 Best Decade Ever! You would have Loved it back then, Times were Good, No Cell Phones! All phones were at Home mounted on the wall! ha ha True!
The best of all time guitar solo ever and will be forever!!!!! Gives me chills! My son plays guitar and says just listening to this solo causes him to sweat and wears him out cause he try’s to keep up mentally and it’s exhausting
The marketing was - 1 heard it on the radio 2 - buy the vinyl at Sam Goody 3 - drop it on your Technics turntable 4 - stand online to buy a concert ticket
Incase anyone didn't know, the guitar solo was originally shorter, but at a concert he wanted to give his voice a break, so the guitar solo was extended to what it is now, and people loved it so much it became part of the song
I am 66 years old and this is the music we took for granted because it was every day. We had country rock, beach music and Motown also. We had the best of all worlds.
"Day on the green" July 2nd, 1977 Lynryd Skynyrd, Peter Frampton, and Santana at the Oakland Alameda County Coliseum (where the Raiders played) I remember trying for a week to win tickets from radio station KFRC (never won though)
GREAT reaction vid to a classic song and performance! It was tragic that lead singer Ronnie Van Zant and guitarist Steve Gaines (red pants) were both killed along with others in a plane crash a few months later. Those who survived were never the same again. Lead guitarist Allen Collins died about twelve years later in 1990, after being paralyzed from the waist down in a car wreck. They were an amazing group! EXCELLENT reaction video!
I was the one of the friend group to first pull it off one night, 15 years old or something in y2000k and shit i felt like a rockSTAR! They went groupie on my aaaaaaaaaa......
I respect you for hanging in there and watching the video through, brother. I don't care for this live version, poor audio. I hope you give them another chance, because they really do have some great music. Studio versions- 'Simple Man, Curtis Lowe, or Tuesdays Gone'. Love that camo lid you rock homie! Yeah, you know they smashed back in the day, especially THIS day!
Best partis how van Zant is walking around so nonchalantly like one of the best guitar performances in history isn't happening right in front of him...
Born in ‘75. I’m 46 now. I missed the following of these great bands but I do have an Auntie who did and she still looks like she is in the 70’s 😂 I grew up with this music and I’m grateful. Especially Ballad of Curtis Lowe, and Simple Man!!! Memories of tank tops, record players, straw cowboy hats with feathers and Coors banquet beer... That was my family in a nutshell 😍
ronnie van zant was the lead singer and acknowledged leader of the group. allen collins is the guy in white. ronnie wrote most of the lyrics to the songs. allen, gary rossington (slide guitar here) and previous member ed king created the guitar parts. steve gaines was playing the black guitar, he was new to the band and co wrote some songs on the street survivors lp.
I agree with your respect for these “rock stars” like Skynard and the Metallica in Moscow. No reputation rivals a true rockstar. Rock is king above all other music. It’s the heart of America.
I had the pleasure of playing a show with them at USO Ft.Hood. It was such an honor. I still can’t believe it. I watched them on back stage with Stone Cold.
I had tickets but they were in a plane crash and some survived. Allen Collins survived and is the cousin of my fiancé Dave Collins who is also a great musician!! One of the greatest leads ever♥️
Skynrd is as legit as u can get. Fire songs. all of the members wrote and arranged the music. ALL members went in. Dig in to there music u won’t be disappointed.
Memory flash: a group of us (5 or 6) would head over to someone's house and gather 'round the turntable and listen to the whole album and passin' the weed. Good times.
Going to see Lynyrd Skynyrd in concert was so unreal, you'd leave the building understanding that your life had forever changed. For the better. They were masterful in their storytelling and musicianship.
@@lindalawson7600 it’s hard to explain. Yeah, the flag was for the Confederacy, the KKK used it, and it’s now the universal label to use for racists and white supremacists but from about the late 70s to early 90s most southerners considered it as a symbol of southern pride. Not pride in slavery but pride in what came after, the laid back, easy going, simple living that we like. Now most people say I’m bullshitting and it’s all about race and white supremacy but that really was how most of us thought and some still think when we see it.
@@LordHoth_90 I also feel some people used it as a fashion statement, like Dimebag's guitar. It's a cool looking flag. I'm in the south right now, and most of these people are nice. There's always a few bad people in most places.
@@LordHoth_90 You said it perfectly! I was raised the exact way you explained it as southern pride along with black friends that flew the flag for the same reason. It's sad that horrible people took the flag & used it for a symbol of evil.
@@lindalawson7600 it’s a sign of southern pride and southern freedom for all! It’s was stolen by a few hate groups but we’re fighting to get it back to its original meaning of southern love!
They wouldn't give a shit about your skin color. That's just a stereotype of southern rockers like Skynyrd. It's all about the music. Glad you enjoyed it.
The radio was one of the means that got crowds like this together. I was at 7 sold out stadium concerts before going into the Navy and all were fantastic. These guys were excellent every time I saw them.
Stevie if your gonna go down this road check out some early Skynyrd. They have major blues influences, I would recommend Curtis Lowe or Four Walls of Raeford. Both good story telling songs. Edit: forgot about Mr Banker
He actually didnt. He wore it as a fuck you to Neil for Southern Man...he Hope's Neil Young will remember a southern man doesnt need him around anyhow! Also rumored to be buried in a Neil Young t shirt too!
You hit the nail on the head young man. Everything you described about music back in the day is true. Our huge crowds were peaceful crowds for a very simple reason but the truest reason. We were all there because we had one thing in common if nothing else. ✌️❤️🤘
Lynyrd Skynyrd was know for their three guitar attack. For a while the guitarist were Ed King, Allen Collins, and Gary Rossington. Then when Ed left the group they picked up Steve Gaines, who was an amazing addition, because he brought another set of vocals behind Ronnie Van Zant. Check out the song You Got That Right to hear Steve with Ronnie
It was the WHOLE BAND!! We knew ALL their names! We knew (still do 😊) ALL their songs by heart!! We camped overnight in line to get tickets! It wasn't just music then, it was an EXPERIENCE! ❤ I love, love, LOVE watching reactions to the music from my day!! No auto-tune, just freakin' MUSIC!! Much Love, Stevie!! I love your reactions! Found you with Ren, now I'm catching up on the "classics".😂
I'm 59, born in 64, Year of the Mustang 😊 I rocked out from 1968 on... 😀 I've got stories! I smoked a joint with Tom Petty in 78 or 79... I was 13 or 14, listening to new albums at our rock station DJs house, Damn the Torpedoes, Tom's very first album, was the album of the week. Back then DJs would get records and they would get to pick which songs to play. WDIZ Rock 100, Central Florida's Rock Station, was where this DJ worked (I'm still friends with him to this day on Facebook 😂). Well, my friend and I would hang out at their apartment in Saturday afternoons and listen to new talent and give our teenie bopper opinions on what songs we thought would be a hit. Anyway, I digress... So we listened to the whole album, both sides, and after it was finished, some skinny little dude in the Lay Z Boy recliner hits a joint, blows out the hit, looks straight at me and asks what songs I liked, and passes the joinr to me. I had NO idea who he was, there were ALWAYS strangers in and out there... So, my 13 year old mind is taking my job very seriously, so I tell him I liked Even The Losers best, but Don't Do Me Like That will be THE hit! He leans forward and puts out his hand, so I shook his hand and he says, "Thanks for the input. I'm Tom." It wasn't until he signed the album for us, which was our salary for our opinions, that I realized who he was. 😂 He was like 18 or 19! Anyway, Much Love! ❤ Gonna go see what else you've got from back in my day. 😊
