The Two people you saw in the clip was a proposal and a marriage!! They are still together did a documentary on this! 1977 I saw this tour in Denverl Long Live Rock and Roll.
I saw these guys way, way back in the magical time of the 70's---at least musically. The energy they brought to the stage was palpable. Ronnie Van Zant said in an interview that he liked to perform barefoot so he could feel the stage burning underneath him. One of the best live bands I've ever seen.
I'm 62 and grew up in North Charleston SC. I was in Spartanburg the night of their last concert. They had Jack Daniels bottles all over the stage and Ronnie was SO drunk, that he sang the same verse 3 TIMES from "Gimmie 3 Steps" 6 years later I was at a party being held at a Funeral home in Charleston when I met their original drummer, Artemis Pyle..
I saw this show live the fall before this concert . Someone I was dating got 2nd row center tickets. The Outlaws opened . Great concert. We grandmas and grandpas today
This is the best performance of Freebird ever. Some will argue that the concert in Knebworth, England was better because they blew the Rolling Stones out of the water and threw them under the bus at the same time. This really shows off Billy Powell's classical piano training that is different from the original studio recordings when they used an electric organ. Also, the "3 Three Guitar Army" of Gary Rossington, Allen Collins, and Steve Gaines jamming and jiving like no one before or since along with Leon Wilkerson on bass. And you can't forget Artimus Pyle driving them drums into the ground.
The performance at Knebworth was much better. This is pretty flat in comparison. Better crowd here, but at Knebworth, the performance was far superior. I don't know why people like the Oakland show. Knebworth was better, hands down. To each his own, I guess.
Did you notice there were thousands of people with no room to move and everyone was safe and no one got moshed? That was the way we did it. Peace, love and rock and roll.
I was fortunate enough to see Lynyrd Skynyrd perform at Philadelphia's JFK Stadium on June 12, 1977. There were 110,000 people in attendance. I was 16 and my girlfriend was 14. The day was as perfect as could be and she was beautiful. We were 30 feet from the stage. The lineup was J. Giles Band, Dicky Betts With Great Southern, Lynyrd Skynyrd and the headliner was Peter Frampton, who had the biggest album at the time (Frampton Comes Alive). I will never forget that day or that concert. Thanks for the memory.
I love seeing the ladies in the crowd. Takes me back to when I was a pre/young teen in the 70s. These women were the older, unattainable, naturally beautiful women I dreamed of in my youth. Every time the camera pans the crowd, I fall in love a thousand times!
Thanks another Travis, I actually cried listening to it this time, lol. This concert in 1977 was the year I graduated graduated high school, an hour away from this venue. Knowing all of the original band members are now gone has me knowing that my time is drawing nearer.
I graduated 1977 also and grew up in the South Bay and actually attended this concert (Outlaws, Santana, LS and Peter Frampton). Sweet Home Alabama from this show is great too.
@@MikeCoggan I also graduated in 1977 from an East Bay high school. I was there also from a graduation present from my brother. I remember being burnt to a crisp. Frampton Comes Alive was really big at the time and that's why I wanted to go. I was more into my girlfriend at the time. This was one of the best Day On The Green shows ever. I do remember planting pot seeds somewhere around right field.
I saw them in Austin, TX in '76. The Outlaws fronted for them. Free Bird was finale, they brought out the Oulaws to jam the song with them. Absolutely magical. RIP to the band.
I was 23 and had just got out of the air force on October 20th and can still remember that night when the news of the plane crash happened, it was devastating.
I am freaking 62 years old and I absolutely adore you guys and your interactions with each other and the music. I live with depression and you two make me feel good about myself! I love Wolf Hunterz and your music as well! YOU GUYS ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!
What a time to be a long haired, bmx, mx, guitar playing kid. Dreams of rock and roll fame. Summertime, riding our bikes until curfew. Then, all night music listening. Midnight Special , Fridays, SNL when it was funny. Thank you God. Mom. Dad. Skynard, 🇺🇸!!!
Love that the crowd is 70% rock chicks & 30% guys. This was recorded 1973 All those rock chicks are now old grannies in their 70’s & 80’s who’s grandchildren have no idea how wild their granny was back in the day 😂😂
I got to dance to Sweet Home Alabama live in 1/76 when the band came into a bar I was at and got up and played using the house band’s equipment. The next time I saw them was the reunion tour around 1987. Artimus faired best, if you can call it that, from the plane crash. Allen’s story was one of continuing tragedy.
It’s hard to see from this video, but Skynyrd hits you with a three guitar attack in this…plus that rambling bass…..the live version are absolutely epic!
Billy Powell the man playing the piano was a roadie for the band. No one new he could play . One day during a break in recording Billy was playing while the rest were outside. They walked in and was in shock
Watch this is great. Watching Freebird at Knebworth is also great. Mick Jagger told them not to go on the younger part of the stage, well this is southern boys…..
Billy Powell the piano player was actually a roadie for them untill one day during a break the band heard him playing piano and found out he was a classically trained pianist and asked him to join the band....And the rest they say is HISTORY!!!
Kids today learning how their grandparents rocked out. 😀Three guitars, a bass, a piano, and a madman drummer, all in perfect harmony. One point though. One does not simply pause the free bird instrumental.
There last album came out just days before the plane crash. The album cover showed the band surrounded by flames. after the crash the record company quickly pulled the album and changed the cover for all future copies.
I got to see them about a year before this concert. An amazing concert that I will always remember R.i.p. to the original members, You are missed, but your music lives on.
Peter Frampton followed Lynyrd Skynyrd and he was the heart throb at the time. My favorite live Free Bird performance was Knebworth in 1976 when Ronnie Van Zant ticked off Mick Jagger in a huge way and LS had the crowd in such a frenzy, the Stones refused to come out for hours until they settled down. The Stones were promoting a new album called Hot Licks which featured a tongue on the album cover. Mick had a catwalk built in the shape of a tongue and everybody was ordered to stay off it. Well, Ronnie had his guitar army take over that catwalk during the Free Bird guitar solo. It was GREAT!!! This performance featured the girls in the audience too much IMO but Knebworth focused on the members of the band. I can watch Allen Collins (Guitarist wearing white) play all day so that's why I prefer that performance! Love that you enjoy my favorite bands so much. Lynyrd Skynyrd and Jethro Tull are 2 of my faves. You need to discover Humble Pie and Steve Marriott yet tho!
That song makes the world a better place. Its got that majestic electric church sound at the beginning. Then that mournful wail of that guitar ,then that extremely moving piano solo, his strong every man's voice, which is obviously great and not every man can sing like that but he's got such a good strong man's voice. That ripping guitar solo that is sometimes a dual and triple guitar solo that never gets played out or seems indulgent. Such a classic.
When they opened for the who in London I believe it was. The who had a stage sticking out like a tounge. The who told them they can do anything they want. But stay off the tounge well to tell some good ole boys from the South who love to fight. It was a dare all 3 guitars and the base went on the stage and blew everyone away
Saw Johnny today washing Ronnie and his dad's 55 chevy truck. He's so proud of that truck. As far as Leonard Skinner, he was always on their asses about their and school dress code. He's buried close to the Van Zants.
The piano player, Billy Powell, was a roadie for Lynard Skynard. In between sets, he sat down at the piano 🎹 and began playing. When the band heard him, they were blown away. They offered him a job for keyboard & piano - the rest is sweet history.
@Mike Whitehurst with respect to you, he absolutely was a roadie for LS & and a long-time friend of the bass player, Leon. I never said he played guitar - he played the keyboard and piano, as I did say above. I'm from & still live in the same part of Florida the boys are from. I'm not claiming to know everything about LS, but around here, we try to know a few things about them. 😉 He was so talented RIP Billy 🙏🏻
@jenniferhurlburt7778 Yes ma'am, you are 100% correct. The really amazing part of the LS story is that Billy was the only band member that had taken proper music lessons. It is so great to see a much younger person (than me😉) give LS their due props. 🎸 🎹 🎙👌
Truly a special group and a special performance. Have you ever heard of The Edgar Winter Group song called Frankenstein? There's a live performance that will blow your mind
I was at the last concert in Greenville SC. and that was there last song. It still haunts me now. Great band from my hometown Jacksonville. Guitar Army
Billy Powell said; "when the plane started to hit the tops of the trees everyone got silent and started praying", he thinks that is the reason so many survived the crash.
Ronnie liked to have three lead guitarist. I couldn’t make it to their concert in 1/76. I was at a bar and they came in after the show. The band got up and played using the house band’s instruments. I danced to Sweet Home Alabama. So exciting I did see the tribute tour in the late 80’s.
ON freebird the main lead was Allen Collins the player in white. He and Ronnie actually wrote the song when he was very young. Maybe the first song he wrote. Crazy...
Words of a song that 😢 make me take a big gulp after his death is Stevie Ray Vaughn singing "Life Without You" which he wrote for his friend Charley after his passing. A line from the song is engraved on his gravestone. It says: Thank you... For "all the love you passed our way" It gets me every time 😢
I was fortunate enough to see Gary and Allen play live with the Rossington Collins Band , and later saw Gary again with Lynyrd Skynyrd in Chicago. Never will forget how great they were. RIP guys.
Saturday, July 2nd, 1977 is the exact date of this concert in Oakland, in Northern California. This is the day I was born in Southern California. Saturday, July 2nd, 1977, 7:03pm....I was born while this song was being performed and broadcast on both radio and television.
Ronnie, yes, we still remember you. I think Peter Frampton is the reason all the ladies were situated front and center and being up close during Lynyrd Skynyrd's performance was a bonus
I remember this Day on the Green well. July 2, 1977. Also saw Peter Frampton, Santana and the Outlaws. Not a bad show for $11. Went to as many Day on the Greens as I could. What a great time for music!!!!
Epic! Didn’t know y’all hadn’t seen this…could you imagine being there!? One thing that bums me out, all the bands I grew up with…more & more are retiring, wish I could’ve seen these guys. (Wife & I are going to see Pat Benatar this summer though!😊). This song is just a masterpiece, heck all their music is great. There is nothing like Southern Rock.
Thank you & really loved seeing this through you both. I was 21 and at this concert and all I could add is you could feel all the tremendous amps and the the stage floor thunder and most of all the sound!
People dont know this but the opening lyrics of this song is actually a question that Allen Collins wife ask him one day. So iconic.Allen was one of the guitarist he's the one dressed in white.
Loved your reaction to this. In all of the times that heard this song and watched this video over the years I had never thought of the lyrics in the context of their untimely loss. It gave a whole new meaning to the song. Hopefully they are all "freebirds" now. I will always listen to this differently in the future.
Great reaction. Skynyrd and Frampton put out the best live albums ever produced. Many of my high school friends made this show at the Oakland coliseum in its heyday.
I saw them live back in 1973 in San Diego in a small ampitheater before they made it big and they were still the best band of the day even then. What a show they put on.
I was at a keg party birthday party around the corner at my friend's house. The night they're playing went down and we were playing records and we got tired and we listened to the radio and then we heard that the plane crash. That destroyed our world because linear Skinner was our world since we're from Florida. They were our band
A little trivia, they weren't even the headliners, Peter Frampton who was already a mega star was, but Lynyrd Skynyrd blew away the show which also included Santana. This was one of the greatest era of rock music with Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Pink Floyd, Queen, Chicago, The Eagles, Steely Dan, Aerosmith , Heart, so many great bands, but after this performance Lynyrd Skynyrd was literally on a rocket ship to becoming the biggest band in the world. I was a freshman on college when this happened and it was just shocking. A few years earlier Pete Ham of Badfinger took his life and I was a track star and a couple years earlier my hero Steve Prefontaine died and as a youngster I just couldn't understand why young great people die. it just doesn't make any sense then or in my 60's now it still does not make sense! I just love watching this video and all those young girls who would have been my age back then. I wasn't there, I lived on the east coast but I would have loved to have heard them in person live! 🎶🎼❤ Oh yeah is people tell you the 70's was about disco, you have my permission to tell them to f*ck off 😎
Man, glad you finally did this. Epic of all epics from Skynyrd. This is the HEIGHT of their game. Doesn't get any better. Not long after...........................you know the story. How many do you see that died in the crash? Last comment, value of all the instruments on that stage is astronomical. Truly a vintage video of genius.
That was the BEST ERA for rock music, hands down!
When your watching that crowd your watching all your grandma's & grandpa's rock out! 🤩
I was there that Day on the Green in July 1977
This concert is a perfect glimpse of being a young person during the '70s. Would not trade it for any other era for five extra years of life. ❤
I was at this Day on the Green July 1977....awesome
Me either! Wonderful time to be a teenager, and high school!
100% agree. We were lucky. I’m 70 now. I love the kids jumping and having the time of their lives
guys this performance is still considered today among those in the business the greatest Rock performance today
And I agree with that completely!
Best live that I have ever seen period.
The Two people you saw in the clip was a proposal and a marriage!! They are still together did a documentary on this! 1977 I saw this tour in Denverl Long Live Rock and Roll.
*_" If I leave here tomorrow, will you still remember me " ?_*
*Yes we have and always will. Fly High Free Birds ---------->*
That is how we did it in the 70s !!
I saw these guys way, way back in the magical time of the 70's---at least musically. The energy they brought to the stage was palpable. Ronnie Van Zant said in an interview that he liked to perform barefoot so he could feel the stage burning underneath him. One of the best live bands I've ever seen.
I also saw them in Tulsa Oklahoma at the Willie Nelson picnic in the 70s I was 15 at the time. 6 band's played that day.
Saw them in Indianapolis in the 70's, great concert.
I'm 62 and grew up in North Charleston SC.
I was in Spartanburg the night of their last concert.
They had Jack Daniels bottles all over the stage and Ronnie was SO drunk, that he sang the same verse 3 TIMES from "Gimmie 3 Steps"
6 years later I was at a party being held at a Funeral home in Charleston when I met their original drummer, Artemis Pyle..
How many gma/gpa's in that crowd living today?
Damn we had great music!! ❤🔥
I saw this show live the fall before this concert . Someone I was dating got 2nd row center tickets. The Outlaws opened . Great concert. We grandmas and grandpas today
Thanks for the reaction.
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Lives On!
Generation after generation.
This is the best performance of Freebird ever. Some will argue that the concert in Knebworth, England was better because they blew the Rolling Stones out of the water and threw them under the bus at the same time. This really shows off Billy Powell's classical piano training that is different from the original studio recordings when they used an electric organ. Also, the "3 Three Guitar Army" of Gary Rossington, Allen Collins, and Steve Gaines jamming and jiving like no one before or since along with Leon Wilkerson on bass. And you can't forget Artimus Pyle driving them drums into the ground.
Completely agree with you 100 percent!
The performance at Knebworth was much better. This is pretty flat in comparison. Better crowd here, but at Knebworth, the performance was far superior. I don't know why people like the Oakland show. Knebworth was better, hands down. To each his own, I guess.
It was super and I think better than this one. Plus they went on the tounge after being told not to was super.
I was at the Knebworth 76 show .. It was awesome.. Partly due to a fantastic sunset just as Freebird' began .. they couldn't have timed it better!
Artimus was one of the best drummers ever
Did you notice there were thousands of people with no room to move and everyone was safe and no one got moshed? That was the way we did it. Peace, love and rock and roll.
This song has one of the most epic guitar solos of all time! Such a tragedy and waste of some incredible musicians...may they all R.I.P.
It wasn't a waste they gave us this,... much love and respect to you
I was there. It was Lynyrd Skynyrd, Peter Frampton, Santana, and the Outlaws. Tickets were only 10 bucks. Great time to be alive.
I was at the July 4th concert with the same lineup two days later. Actually, Frampton was the headliner. And yes, tickets were about $10.
Allen Collins was 17 years old when he wrote the guitar solo for this song. One of the most underrated lead guitarist of all time.
1 of the greatest songs ever with a absolutely EPIC Solo
I was fortunate enough to see Lynyrd Skynyrd perform at Philadelphia's JFK Stadium on June 12, 1977. There were 110,000 people in attendance. I was 16 and my girlfriend was 14. The day was as perfect as could be and she was beautiful. We were 30 feet from the stage. The lineup was J. Giles Band, Dicky Betts With Great Southern, Lynyrd Skynyrd and the headliner was Peter Frampton, who had the biggest album at the time (Frampton Comes Alive). I will never forget that day or that concert. Thanks for the memory.
Maybe it puts into perspective how much fun all of the granny's were when they were young😉
I love seeing the ladies in the crowd. Takes me back to when I was a pre/young teen in the 70s. These women were the older, unattainable, naturally beautiful women I dreamed of in my youth. Every time the camera pans the crowd, I fall in love a thousand times!
Thanks another Travis, I actually cried listening to it this time, lol.
This concert in 1977 was the year I graduated graduated high school, an hour away from this venue.
Knowing all of the original band members are now gone has me knowing that my time is drawing nearer.
I graduated 1977 also and grew up in the South Bay and actually attended this concert (Outlaws, Santana, LS and Peter Frampton). Sweet Home Alabama from this show is great too.
@@MikeCoggan I also graduated in 1977 from an East Bay high school. I was there also from a graduation present from my brother. I remember being burnt to a crisp. Frampton Comes Alive was really big at the time and that's why I wanted to go. I was more into my girlfriend at the time. This was one of the best Day On The Green shows ever. I do remember planting pot seeds somewhere around right field.
I did too, great year! 🔥🤘✌
I saw them in Austin, TX in '76. The Outlaws fronted for them. Free Bird was finale, they brought out the Oulaws to jam the song with them. Absolutely magical. RIP to the band.
I was 23 and had just got out of the air force on October 20th and can still remember that night when the news of the plane crash happened, it was devastating.
This video always astounds me when I see a band so on top of the world and will be devastatingly changed in 3 and a half months by the crash.😢
I am freaking 62 years old and I absolutely adore you guys and your interactions with each other and the music. I live with depression and you two make me feel good about myself! I love Wolf Hunterz and your music as well! YOU GUYS ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!
What a time to be a long haired, bmx, mx, guitar playing kid. Dreams of rock and roll fame. Summertime, riding our bikes until curfew. Then, all night music listening. Midnight Special , Fridays, SNL when it was funny. Thank you God. Mom. Dad. Skynard, 🇺🇸!!!
Love that the crowd is 70% rock chicks & 30% guys.
This was recorded 1973
All those rock chicks are now old grannies in their 70’s & 80’s who’s grandchildren have no idea how wild their granny was back in the day 😂😂
I got to dance to Sweet Home Alabama live in 1/76 when the band came into a bar I was at and got up and played using the house band’s equipment. The next time I saw them was the reunion tour around 1987.
Artimus faired best, if you can call it that, from the plane crash. Allen’s story was one of continuing tragedy.
It’s hard to see from this video, but Skynyrd hits you with a three guitar attack in this…plus that rambling bass…..the live version are absolutely epic!
To think that all of these people in the crowd who are still alive are now in their 60s and 70s! I bet they have great stories for the grandkids!
Billy Powell the man playing the piano was a roadie for the band. No one new he could play . One day during a break in recording Billy was playing while the rest were outside. They walked in and was in shock
U never, NEVER interrupt a guitar solo
NEVER.
Then don't watch REACTION videos. Duhhhhhh😂
Watch this is great. Watching Freebird at Knebworth is also great. Mick Jagger told them not to go on the younger part of the stage, well this is southern boys…..
Music of my youth! Awesome...the ladies were WONDERFUL in the 70's!
My favorite Hymne is: May I Write To You!❤
Billy Powell the piano player was actually a roadie for them untill one day during a break the band heard him playing piano and found out he was a classically trained pianist and asked him to join the band....And the rest they say is HISTORY!!!
I was at this concert . I was 20 years old. It was great!!
I was there too A Day on the Green.
Kids today learning how their grandparents rocked out. 😀Three guitars, a bass, a piano, and a madman drummer, all in perfect harmony. One point though. One does not simply pause the free bird instrumental.
There last album came out just days before the plane crash. The album cover showed the band surrounded by flames. after the crash the record company quickly pulled the album and changed the cover for all future copies.
I got to see them about a year before this concert. An amazing concert that I will always remember R.i.p. to the original members, You are missed, but your music lives on.
The Good old days when we could just go have fun !
Yes we still remember you Ronnie ...
No lights, No pyrotechnics & listen to that crowd. It was all just guitar driven excitement.
I was there...40 feet from the stage. Awesome show. I and so many others were crushed after the plane crash. Great musicians.
I was at this Day on the Green too! Awesome
Those girls were at this rock festival to see Peter Frampton
Who plays concerts like this nowadays? NO ONE
this was my song when I was 17, 18 years old...and this song still has the same effect:))) CLASSIC
Peter Frampton followed Lynyrd Skynyrd and he was the heart throb at the time. My favorite live Free Bird performance was Knebworth in 1976 when Ronnie Van Zant ticked off Mick Jagger in a huge way and LS had the crowd in such a frenzy, the Stones refused to come out for hours until they settled down. The Stones were promoting a new album called Hot Licks which featured a tongue on the album cover. Mick had a catwalk built in the shape of a tongue and everybody was ordered to stay off it. Well, Ronnie had his guitar army take over that catwalk during the Free Bird guitar solo. It was GREAT!!! This performance featured the girls in the audience too much IMO but Knebworth focused on the members of the band. I can watch Allen Collins (Guitarist wearing white) play all day so that's why I prefer that performance! Love that you enjoy my favorite bands so much. Lynyrd Skynyrd and Jethro Tull are 2 of my faves. You need to discover Humble Pie and Steve Marriott yet tho!
I saw them live in 1974. It was my first concert and IT was AMAZING!!!!
That song makes the world a better place. Its got that majestic electric church sound at the beginning. Then that mournful wail of that guitar ,then that extremely moving piano solo, his strong every man's voice, which is obviously great and not every man can sing like that but he's got such a good strong man's voice. That ripping guitar solo that is sometimes a dual and triple guitar solo that never gets played out or seems indulgent. Such a classic.
When they opened for the who in London I believe it was. The who had a stage sticking out like a tounge. The who told them they can do anything they want. But stay off the tounge well to tell some good ole boys from the South who love to fight. It was a dare all 3 guitars and the base went on the stage and blew everyone away
This is the greatest live performance of all time.
Greg, couldn't have said it better. Skynyrd is the best American Rock Band
Saw Johnny today washing Ronnie and his dad's 55 chevy truck. He's so proud of that truck.
As far as Leonard Skinner, he was always on their asses about their and school dress code. He's buried close to the Van Zants.
The piano player, Billy Powell, was a roadie for Lynard Skynard. In between sets, he sat down at the piano 🎹 and began playing. When the band heard him, they were blown away. They offered him a job for keyboard & piano - the rest is sweet history.
Billy Powell was never a roadie or played guitar for Lynard Skynard.
@Mike Whitehurst with respect to you, he absolutely was a roadie for LS & and a long-time friend of the bass player, Leon. I never said he played guitar - he played the keyboard and piano, as I did say above.
I'm from & still live in the same part of Florida the boys are from. I'm not claiming to know everything about LS, but around here, we try to know a few things about them. 😉
He was so talented RIP Billy 🙏🏻
He never mentioned to them that he played. He didn't think they'd appreciate his classical training. But it really comes through here.
That's the same story I've heard for all these years
@jenniferhurlburt7778 Yes ma'am, you are 100% correct. The really amazing part of the LS story is that Billy was the only band member that had taken proper music lessons. It is so great to see a much younger person (than me😉) give LS their due props. 🎸 🎹 🎙👌
Dude that’s not a song this is a monument of music history ❤
the bass player is killin it
Leon Wilkerson
rippin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Leon Wilkeson.
Leon The Mad Hatter Wilkeson
Truly a special group and a special performance. Have you ever heard of The Edgar Winter Group song called Frankenstein? There's a live performance that will blow your mind
I was at the last concert in Greenville SC. and that was there last song. It still haunts me now. Great band from my hometown Jacksonville. Guitar Army
Billy Powell said; "when the plane started to hit the tops of the trees everyone got silent and started praying", he thinks that is the reason so many survived the crash.
Ronnie liked to have three lead guitarist.
I couldn’t make it to their concert in 1/76.
I was at a bar and they came in after the show. The band got up and played using the house band’s instruments. I danced to Sweet Home Alabama. So exciting
I did see the tribute tour in the late 80’s.
All of them people out in the audience are your grandparents and great grandparents and many who have passed on to the great beyond
All the ladies were there to see Peter Frampton coming up next….. they made sure to get there early! ❤
Skynyrd was my first concert. 1976 at 15 years old. Capital Centre Landover, Maryland. They were PHENOMENAL LIVE!
ON freebird the main lead was Allen Collins the player in white. He and Ronnie actually wrote the song when he was very young. Maybe the first song he wrote. Crazy...
The guitar army, OWNED IT on this day. That guitar riff is still going on to this day in the here after.
The drummer Artimus Pyle is still kicking it with the Artimus Pyle Band.
Words of a song that 😢 make me take a big gulp after his death is Stevie Ray Vaughn singing "Life Without You" which he wrote for his friend Charley after his passing. A line from the song is engraved on his gravestone. It says:
Thank you...
For "all the love you passed our way"
It gets me every time 😢
Why the 70’s was the greatest decade in music.
I was fortunate enough to see Gary and Allen play live with the Rossington Collins Band , and later saw Gary again with Lynyrd Skynyrd in Chicago. Never will forget how great they were. RIP guys.
The world made a lot more sense back then. I know the audience felt as though. Great time.
Saturday, July 2nd, 1977 is the exact date of this concert in Oakland, in Northern California.
This is the day I was born in Southern California.
Saturday, July 2nd, 1977, 7:03pm....I was born while this song was being performed and broadcast on both radio and television.
PRICELESS! BEST TIMES EVER! ONE OF THE BEST BANDS EVER! THE 70'S WERE SSSOOOO AWESOME!!!!
You mentioned all of the guitars playing together. I love the clip where VanZant says, I'm gonna bring all my mules up here!
I was 12 at this time...all those young ladies in the crowd are around 70 now...scary how fast shit goes by enjoy every day...great react as always
Billy played on Kid Rocks hit All Summer Long
The guy in the red pants and chin whiskers in Steve Gaines who died in the crash
Freebird was played at every keg jam of my teenage years!
Ronnie, yes, we still remember you. I think Peter Frampton is the reason all the ladies were situated front and center and being up close during Lynyrd Skynyrd's performance was a bonus
Ronnie could take a crowd in the palm of his hand, and gently set them down when he was through with them!
Ronnie was such a talented vocalist. He didn't sing the lyrics, he "DECLARED" them.
Had the pleasure of seeing them an all day concert with several other bands in Michigan shortly before the crash. Miss them.
Yeah! Back when there was no sunscreen and everyone looked like lobsters! 😂
Yep. Just rub on some baby oil. 😎
I remember this Day on the Green well. July 2, 1977. Also saw Peter Frampton, Santana and the Outlaws. Not a bad show for $11. Went to as many Day on the Greens as I could. What a great time for music!!!!
Epic! Didn’t know y’all hadn’t seen this…could you imagine being there!? One thing that bums me out, all the bands I grew up with…more & more are retiring, wish I could’ve seen these guys. (Wife & I are going to see Pat Benatar this summer though!😊). This song is just a masterpiece, heck all their music is great. There is nothing like Southern Rock.
Great reaction 👍🏼 Now that’s what you call a great American rock band 🇺🇸
Thank you & really loved seeing this through you both. I was 21 and at this concert and all I could add is you could feel all the tremendous amps and the the stage floor thunder and most of all the sound!
Brought tears to my eyes.
People dont know this but the opening lyrics of this song is actually a question that Allen Collins wife ask him one day. So iconic.Allen was one of the guitarist he's the one dressed in white.
Loved your reaction to this. In all of the times that heard this song and watched this video over the years I had never thought of the lyrics in the context of their untimely loss. It gave a whole new meaning to the song. Hopefully they are all "freebirds" now. I will always listen to this differently in the future.
I was there in July 1977, A Day on the Green, awesome experience
Their last album was called "Street Survivors" and on the original cover the band members were on fire. They recalled the cover.
You should watch the documentary If I Leave Here Tomorrow. So proud of these guys from my hometown!❤❤
Great reaction. Skynyrd and Frampton put out the best live albums ever produced. Many of my high school friends made this show at the Oakland coliseum in its heyday.
I saw them live back in 1973 in San Diego in a small ampitheater before they made it big and they were still the best band of the day even then. What a show they put on.
I was at a keg party birthday party around the corner at my friend's house. The night they're playing went down and we were playing records and we got tired and we listened to the radio and then we heard that the plane crash. That destroyed our world because linear Skinner was our world since we're from Florida. They were our band
Allen Collins is guitar playing MKer. RIP!
@14:47 bass player absolutely killin it!!!
Lucky enough to see them in 1975 UK before the plane crash fantastic festival still remember it
A little trivia, they weren't even the headliners, Peter Frampton who was already a mega star was, but Lynyrd Skynyrd blew away the show which also included Santana. This was one of the greatest era of rock music with Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Pink Floyd, Queen, Chicago, The Eagles, Steely Dan, Aerosmith , Heart, so many great bands, but after this performance Lynyrd Skynyrd was literally on a rocket ship to becoming the biggest band in the world. I was a freshman on college when this happened and it was just shocking. A few years earlier Pete Ham of Badfinger took his life and I was a track star and a couple years earlier my hero Steve Prefontaine died and as a youngster I just couldn't understand why young great people die. it just doesn't make any sense then or in my 60's now it still does not make sense! I just love watching this video and all those young girls who would have been my age back then. I wasn't there, I lived on the east coast but I would have loved to have heard them in person live! 🎶🎼❤ Oh yeah is people tell you the 70's was about disco, you have my permission to tell them to f*ck off 😎
Man, glad you finally did this. Epic of all epics from Skynyrd. This is the HEIGHT of their game. Doesn't get any better. Not long after...........................you know the story. How many do you see that died in the crash? Last comment, value of all the instruments on that stage is astronomical. Truly a vintage video of genius.
Greatest jam session ever. They could do this for hours with no problem.