Hi, you know, once Duane was killed in 1971, I was lost, completely crushed , my hero was gone and the future of the Allman Brothers was in question. I was a huge fan of Ronnie and the band. Duane Allman was gone and this caused me to lean more on Skynyrd, and fk an a man what can u say? I feel Ronnie was the best lead man in the business. He was the boss, and he'd let certain people know that. I think Sam Phillips invented rovk and roll and was the coolest guy on earth. Anyway Im drifting so I will cut this short. I think Ronnie , JJ Cale and other blusey musicians have a special place on rock heaven and as onebof their biggest fans ,,,,,? This white boy may luve in Colorado now but I will always be a Memphis boy 1st. Eugene Weaver
On Sunday, March 5, 2023, Gary Rossington passed away. He was the last original member of the band. A chapter in Southern rock history has ended. May they all rest in peace. Thank you guys, for the wonderful music, good times, & great memories. You touched the lives of untold millions. 'What song is it you want to hear?' F R E E B I R D ! ! ! !
Don't forget Johnny Winter. RIP. Leslie West and Richie Blackmore also extended into that era, and another relatively unknown guitar wizard named Frank Marino, But yes, Allen Collins shredded and is vastly underrated
In the 70s if you opened for the Who, your probably a good band, if you opened for the Who and got a STANDING OVATION IN FRNT OF 18,000 FANS, YOU'RE PROBABLY LYNYRD SKYNYRD! THAT'S RIGHT THEY GOT A STANDING OVATION IN FRONT OF THE WHO FANS. SKYNYRD ROCKED
I have been a hardcore Skynyrd fan since I was a child, 40+ years ago, and this is the first time I have seen this Pepsi tribute to the band. WOW! My heart is racing from having just watched it. THANK YOU for posting this video!!
I saw this right before the movie " Grease" ... 1978 And it was outta sight !!! People got up in their seats and danced ... the cheers were so loud it drowned out the music in spots ... And some kids older than myself even held up lighters during Freebird!!!! Being from Alabama... the Sweet Home ... We all loved em, and still do ....
So True and im glad Johnny step up to keep em going i was born in 73' and as a teen when johnny and them started putting cassette tape put i start learning about the org Skynyrd band
This is my favorite band I was born in 73 if it wasn't for Johnny. Stepping into his brothers shoes and then putting out cassettes I would have never heard Ronnie or Lynyrd Skynyrd for that matter
Matt it was 1975 I was I high school in Jacksonville and some one said have you heard these guys I said who they said there called lynyrd skynyrd heard them for the first time rush out I got pronounced and the rest is history look out for the new movie will be out6-30-2020
Lynyrd Skynyrd played so many good songs and they were all such good human beings yet in one way or another they all suffered a Horrible Fate. Let’s not forget the HONKETTES. Just regular down to Earth Lady’s as Well. God Bless them All. Fly on !!
What a dream Steve must have been living. To seamlessly slide into an already established Super group and be able to make real and substantial contributions. Awesome talent
ALways wondered what would have been,,, that music that was never written with Steve's awesome picking style, and the band in a solid spirit at the time.
So strange to me. Steve Gaines first impression to me would not be a world class guitarist, All these years listening to T for Texas and Ronnie talking about their new guitarist Steve Gaines and just been last maybe five years i seen what Steve Gaines looked like and got to say love him all the more. That plane crash was a great loss to all of us.
Jeffrey Holmes So many tragedies in his short life.May God have mercy on his soul and I pray that he rest in peace. He brought so much joy to so many people with his wonderful guitar playing.
God Rest Their Souls. I thought then and I still think to this very day that the original members of Skynyrd were the most down to earth people ever put on a stage.
These guys worked their asses off. I think Billy Powell was the only one that had professional music lessons. The rest were self taught and/or mentored by someone else. I'm still a fan today.
I was 11 when my dad took me and my sister to see The Last Waltz... They played this before the movie started and I've been trying to find this ever since... :)
Your dad knows good movies. The Last Waltz is my all-time favorite rock movie. Play it every Thanksgiving, the anniversary of the concert. A tradition just like Alice's Restaurant.
Lightning struck when God assembled all the amazing people and talents in the LS family. One more from the road was my 1st album and inspired me to pick up the guitar. Thank you to Pepsi and thank you for sharing this. Fly high Free Birds. Rock on Lynyrd Skynyrd !!!
I grew up in a small town in north Georgia in high school the first time I heard Lynyrd Skynyrd, I was an instant fan. To me they were and still is the greatest band ever. In 1977 they were coming to Chattanooga and I already had my ticket but the plane crash happened I think the week before. They are without a doubt the greatest band I never got to see live.
I thought this clip would never see the light of day again like the Titanic. This was a preview "trailer" to the original Grease movie in the summer of '78. We went to the movie several times just to see this Skynyrd clip. It is great to see it again after 35 years! Thanks.
All these comments are 100% right..... lynyrd skynyrd was the best band ever....ever...a bunch of really good guys,unreal music....they were just beginning,just getting started....just bums me out...I can't say I have a favorite...they all ruled....simply the best band in the world....
I remember seeing this in a movie theater before whatever movie I was seeing that day. I clearly remember getting up for school that day and my mom telling me about the plane crash. "That's what this country is all about, being free and I think everybody wants to be a free bird" - Ronnie Van Zant -- That was then and for 200 years before it. Generations have since been indoctrinated to support socialism, government expansion, bans, dictates, bureaucracy, opposition to their own rights, mandates, micromanagement, redistribution of wealth, government funded abortion, over regulation and the taxes to pay for our own Progressively advanced oppression. Luckily, enough American principled voters showed up to defeat the indoctrinated Democrats in 2016! Long live liberty and God Bless America. Long may she reign in liberty under God. Remember that our rights come from God, for if they don't then that leaves government and if the American mindset rejects God, then that changes the belief to our rights came from government and THAT is when disarmament, free speech, freedom to assemble and all of our other rights will begin to be weakened and finally taken. There are two options people. Number one is that we are here because of our Creator. The other is that out of nothing, a reaction happened that was sparked by nothing and everything in this universe came into being from nothing all by itself.
@Sterling Price. I think that most people see that. There is a war within that party and there is a war against Constitutional governance by that party..
Thank you so much for uploading this absolutely amazing piece of historical music of the finest level . Means a lot to me to watch it . Thank you Australia 🇦🇺
I still shed tears today.... After Oct 20-1977 Lynyrd Skynyrd was gone forever, but there soul will live on till the end of time. So for any of you that have seen the "so called" Lynyrd Skynyrd band after that day, just remember, you've all been duped. You only saw a tribute band with Johnny who does not have anywhere near the voice nor presence that Ronnie Van Zant had. And Of coarse losing Steve and Cassie Gaines was equally as important. One of the biggest losses in the history of music. They had so much more ahead of them....RIP to all who left us that day.....
A Jonesy I hear what you are saying man, but I did really enjoy seeing Rossington-Collins in 1980....it was so great to see those guys then and REALLY close to the stage and I remember my mind kept thinking about those guys going through that damn plane crash. What a loss for music, right when they really achieved superstar status.
Well . it took a couple releases for the new Skynyrd to get their Mojo .. but the last couple albums were darn good ... whatever you prefer to call them .. I enjoyed a few songs off those releases .. when I saw them at Mohegan Sun Casino in Ct they did not play one song that the newer singer Johnny sang .. in other words stuck to the 70s .. I understand your perspective .. but if I like a song .. I don't need to justify why .. I hoped they would play at least a song or 2 from the newere releases but they stuck to a play list .. just like FM radio these days
A Jonesy On the tour they were on in '77 they were scheduled to be in Dallas/Ft.worth in early '78 and tickets were on sale. When everyone got back on their feet and Rossington-Collins Band hit the road they honored the Skynyrd tickets. September 12 1980 they played at Will Rogers Auditorium in Ft.Worth. I was 7 rows back down front on the floor.Such a great concert that I'll never forget. Just like you I thought of all they had been through and was proud for them that they could carry on. They played all the new RCB stuff from Anytime anyplace anywhere and the put a hat like Ronnie's on the mic stand and rocked an instrumental Freebird to close out. In those days the seats didn't mean anything, everybody was on their feet and it was damn near mystical with joy and sadness mixed together. Edit: I was addressing pajasa62 Peace from Texas
I saw this in the movie theater in 1978. At the end, which unfortunately got cut off, the word scroll tells about the plane crash and who got killed. Many people in the audience, including myself, were unaware of the crash and moans and gasps of disbelief came from the audience. Back then, people missed a lot of news. You had to be there. I thought it was great of Pepsi to do the tribute. I just was watching old Skynyrd videos and I thought of this, and wanted to say thanks for posting it.
I saw it in the theater too. It was the summer of '78 before the movie Grease. I had no idea who or ever heard of Skynard but I never forgot this film. At the time, I was amazed at how many people were in the band.
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just saw this after watching several videos on the band, this was really terrific, you could just feel each one of them and get to know them a bit. Gone too soon.
Great tribute! I was in high school in the 70's and without a doubt whenever a kegger was happening, somewhere during the night Lynryd Skynryd was playing.... Great times
Man, thanks for posting this Randy! I've been a life-long fan of Skynyrd and have never seen this. Kind of reminds me of 'The Song Remains The Same' in the way it gives an introspective into the lives of each band member. Well, most members at least. The music has more weight to it after seeing this.
Think you for shareing this im useing my wifes youtube i was born in 86 but from the 1st time. i played my 1st song was sweet home alabama After that i learned was i right or wrong and to me alot of kids out here today dont no what being a singer song writer really means most can sing but have someone wright there songs if you can sing and wright to me thats what makes a real band or just a singer song writer.i might not have ever got the chance to see them live but boy i no all there songs by heart and can play them to god bless from The hills of NC and god bless ronnie van zant and godbless all those who passed away that day but they will never be forgoten i just wonder sometimes if they would have made it what songs we would we have got.
I've never seen this tribute before. Thank you for sharing this, I will treasure it forever. God bless all their souls, those who have passed and those who are still with us today. 🌹
God I love these people, (original Lynyrd Skynyrd),so much and I miss them too. They brought me so much musical joy, man,I couldn't even find the words, So I will keep on playing the Skynyrd music, cause that music says it all
music heals the soul. When I was an active musician playing music when every thing gelled right it was and still is better then sex. It truly is the best drug in the world.
They played this in the theaters before the movie Grease. I havent seen it since. I was like in 2nd grade. Still remember Ronnie fishing. Thanks for posting !
Man, great vid, thanks for posting it..I was smiling the whole way through! Those boys were in the process of taking off, big time..just listen to the fervor of the stadium..they had finally attained "super-stardom"..and then..
thanks man always brings a tear to my eye and to think if it hadnt been for two greenhorn pilots theres a good chance some or all may have still been alive.
I was 8 years old when Grease came out. Saw it three times in the theater. This was attached to it. I remember it like it was yesterday. For years people tried to convince me it was an invented memory. Vindication! hahah. And RIP.
Sadness Serounded,the Band, Cassie, and Steve Gains, brother and Sister, buried, in the same grave site,Mom died shortly after in a car accident, not far where 2 children are buried❤,
Love everything about these guys. Their sound, their songs, their upbringing, their long and heroic struggle to the top. They used to stand up and fight bigoted southerners who’d roust them because of their long hair. Other bands just ran and hid. Not them. The highest rock’n’roll pedigree. SO hard to assemble a group like that
I first saw this video in 1977 after the plane crash , at a Birmingham Alabama movie theater midnight movie that had alot of concert footage of other big bands of that time period, they had advertised it on local radio using the Skynyrd video as the lead attraction, Well they played about an hour and half of the other bands and then credits started to roll, the placed was packed with people there to see the Skynrd video and everyone thought they had been tricked and started to raise Hell. The managment came in and said the Skynyrd footage was on a different reel ,then they played this video and the place fell silent while it was on, after it ended there was alot of clapping and cheering. I had never seen it since then until now. It brings back alot of memories.Thank you for posting it.
My comment is years late to the game but the last time I saw this it played before a drive-in double feature of The Warriors and Dawn of the Dead in 1977. Thanks for posting!
The band played several shows in California in 1977, but Leon is talking about Star Wars which came out in May (77). I'm guessing the footage is from either Fresno or Anaheim in August of 1977.
Undeniable power and presence in the music of this band. I was at RVZ’s second-to-last concert in Lakeland FL, and now live in Greenville SC, venue of his last one.
Wow! I too, saw this in 1978 at the movies when I was 12, when it opened before Grease! I became an immediate fan! Unbelievable, this is the first time I've see it since then, some 41+ years ago! Thx!
