The poignancy of these lyrics never fails to hit me in the heart… “If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me?” Yes Boys, we will do you one better and never forget you in your glory.
Those were the days man. It's hard to put into words the feelings of the70s. I'm so grateful now I lived through them. No matter how bad your day was, put on any classic tune and the mood changes by the time the song is over.
It's kinda funny that growing up in the 70's I always had this nostalgia for the 50's (my parents decade) and wished I had grown up then. Looking back now I can hardly believe how blessed I was to be there -- one of the last generations to grow up without computers, and all we did was play sports and listen to music, all day. The best and most diverse music ever created, and that's the only nostalgia I feel now.
@@southerninfidel3141 yeah, it's funny -- no one prepares you for the "nostalgia years", to go along with all the new aches and pains, but I tell you what - I'm grateful to get here! "Those were the days my friend, we thought they'd never end......"
Oh my...I'm in that crowd footage🤪 blonde hair yellow shorts sitting on my boyfriend's shoulders Burnt like a piece of bacon. It was a great holiday weekend concert (4th of July) SO MANY BANDS PLAYED oh to b in San Fran in the 70's🔥🤟
Oh my how fun. I said to my husband that poor girl with the blonde hair looks really sunburnt. So cool you get to see yourself 45 years ago having the time of your life!
So jealous glad you got too see the band before the plane crash sadly I didn’t BUT I did see them years later after Johnny took over as lead singer and just a few years before Billy passed and they still out on a great concert
Good to see that you posted this, I was also there, never forget it. I just posted a comment as well, and I think we all got sun burned that day, but who cares😂 was having to much fun, still didn't care a few days later about my sunburn, I'm sure you didn't either.
My husband's best friend called yesterday to say he was wearing a Skynyrd t-shirt when he walked into a Winn-Dixie. A guy walked past and said "Nice shirt". His friend turned around and realized it was Johnny VanZant! Yes, it happens all the time here. Can't count the times I've seen Donnie VanZant at Publix. Always a pleasure talking to him!
What makes this so much better is Billy Powell's piano work. (IMO) He really shows off his classical training. In the studio version they have organ-type of keyboard playing. It also shows how the "three guitar army" can play together. It's hard to believe that in a few months we would lose so many of them. GODSPEED Freebirds!
I met Billy several times. He started as a roadie and after this song was recorded he said this is how I would lead into this song. Another roadie recorded it and gave it to Gary Rossington. When Ronnie heard it he went to Billy and said you're a roadie and play a piano like that? You're no longer a roadie, you're in the band. He was so humble and a really nice guy. He told me Ronnie never had a mark from his neck down from the plane crash. He died from blunt force trauma to his head. Billy had terrible scars on his face from that crash. The only one still living is the drummer, Artimus Pyle.
@@firedoc5 In the early 90's we use to go to a place called Ward's Landing off of 210 right outside of Jacksonville. Some people came by car, some by boat, but by noon on Sundays that place was packed. There was a bar, but a stage outside and musicians would bring their instruments and jam. It wasn't uncommon for Artimus Pyle, Billy Powell or Gary Rossington to show up and play. Everybody had a great time and not once did a fight ever break out even though people were drinking and partying all day. Great times.
Those were the days man. All those amazing seventies festival rock bands. Skynyrd, the Grateful Dead and many others. Hot and high. Loudest thing on earth just jamming away. Loved it.
Yes I was there for Day on the Green 💚 I'm in this footage bleach blonde yellow shorts boyfriend's shoulders and yes the talent was overwhelming and I think the next weekend or 2 Zeppelin played there MAGICAL TIME🦄
One of the best parts of this video (besides all the HOT 70's chicks) is the energy in the crowd swelling as they knew the fast part was coming and they built their volume and energy along with the band. Amazing!
Hard to believe the only living members are Gary Rossington (using slide on guitar) and Artimus Pyle (drummer). So much heartbreaks for this band. At least two original members got to see this song go down in history as one of the greatest songs ever made. I will forever be a 70's girl! ✌
Where does the time go? It speeds up as we get older and realize there is less sand on top of the glass than the bottom. But the good times remain in our hearts, even as we miss those we loved and lost.
@@unclej7842 I was telling my husband the same thing. As I get older it seems time goes by faster. The holiday season is upon us again and it feels like Christmas 2021 was just a couple months ago. I don't understand it but it's real. I grew up in the 60's and 70's and there will never be music as good as that era. I feel privileged that I got to experience it back then. The only music I listen to not from that era is Adele. The rest of this modern stuff, meh. That's why I say I will forever be a 70's girl. ✌
I’m so glad you decided to watch this! I think, at one time or another, I was every girl in that crowd - riding some boy’s shoulders, staring at the band longingly from the front row, getting sunburned as hell in the hot summer sun, kissing a guy I just met in the middle of the crowd, jumping up and down with everybody else and singing along … This video is evocative as all get out for me. Well done. Peace from Ohio … and, I meant to add, all the long flyaway long hair on stage and in the crowd was because nobody really made hair conditioner in those days. If your hair was clean, it was also very dry.
I was fortunate enough to see Skynyrd in 1977 in Philadelphia at JFK Stadium. The lineup was J. Giles Band, Dicky Betts & Great Southern, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Peter Frampton. I was 16 years old and my girlfriend was 14. One of the happiest days of my life.
Wow! That sounds great! J. Giles Band too!! Don't care for Peter Frampton. I saw them three times in the 70's. Also saw them hanging out at clubs in Atlanta before that. SOUTHERN ROCK!!
I was supposed to be at this concert, but on the way my friend who was driving his VW Bug swerved and lost control on Interstate 80. The vehicle rolled 3 times and some how we all walked away. We missed the concert, and I was grounded by my parents after getting caught in a lie. I had told them I was spending the weekend at a friends house for the weekend, because they would never have let me go to Oakland for a concert. I was 14 years old, and to this day still regret missing that concert.
Yes, it was part of the Day on the Green concert series. The lineup was them, Peter Frampton, Santana and The Outlaws. This was 2 weeks before I got married. I got tickets from a neighbor who was a paramedic that worked all the Day on the Green concerts.
Its hard not to cry watching this because a few months after this, they were in the plane crash. I was 15, and it was so sad to so many fans.❤ I'm happy they got back together with Ronnie's brother and the others.
The 70s music scene was unrivaled IMO…of course I’m biased. Sal, you would have loved it. I was fortunate enough to see Zep, Allmans, Black Sabbath, Pink Floyd, Marley, CSNY, the list goes on and on. Big music festivals and large stadiums were easily accessible where I grew up. I’m a lucky gal. Thanks for another great reaction and stroll down memory lane. ❤
Skynyrd was a beloved band. Ronnie commanded attention thru his lyrics that hit home with so many of us. If you were to want a Southern Rock anthem, you got it.
This was a venue for several bands. Lynyrd Skynyrd, Elvin Bishop, Santana and Peter Frampton. The concert was a part of a series of concerts called “Day on the Green”
Was so fortunate to actually be there since I lived only 80 miles away. It was Day on the Green, they had these for about 4 yrs in a row. Line up was Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Outlaws, Peter Frampton, and 1 other, sorry don't remember who. The Energy was so big that day, and that was the 2nd time I was able to seem them, and a few months later, the crash, blew my mind, I was and still am a huge fan. Still have the original Street Survivor album, along others. My first Skynyrd concert was the same year, New Years Eve 1977... Cold Blood, Tower of Power, Lynyrd Skynyrd.. Different kind of opening Acts, but a great show indeed.. Once again and the final time was the Reunion Tour, in Concord, California Pavilion, 1987 and so looking forward to this, and it brought tears to me, to see little Brother Johnnie play it so precise, you could close your eyes and almost think it was The original Ronnie. This gave many to hear and see what great music was about.
Such happy times! Vietnam was finally over. Peace and love and rock and roll ruled for a while. Most of us strove to get along with each other so we could just have fun! So much better than right now. Lord help us all✨ I was 25 and loved it
That's the first thing I always tell anyone that's going to watch Freebird !!! They kill it ! My favorite band ever. It was in the 70s as it is today . I remember listening to this when I was 12 years old and it really makes me sad sometimes to watch it and I have over and over but knowing this will never happen again is so sad . And I've saw Skynyrd twice and the first was in 96 and Billy Powell and Leon Wilkinson was still alive then and the one and only Mr Huey Thompson from the guitar Army was playing with them then and it's hands down the best concert I've ever seen so far .
I was at this show when they played 2 or 3 days earlier in Anaheim Stadium it was called the Summer Strut Skynyrd headlined at our show it also included Rex, Foreigner, REO Speedwagon, and Ted Nugent About 52 days after this performance their airplane crashed Killing Ronnie Van Zandt, and siblings Steve and Cassie Gaines guitar player and backup singer 😪
Allen Collins was the lead guitar at the end. Gary Rossington on the slide. Allen Collins actually wrote and composed most of the song and his guitar parts when he was 17!
Don't know if anyone answered your question at the beginning, but this was from a concert series called a Day on the Green put together by the legendary Bill Graham. There would be 5 or 6 shows every summer at the Oakland Coluseum. Each show would have 5 or 6 bands, sometimes more. The line up for this concert was the Outlaws, Santana, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Peter Frampton as the headliner. Tickets were like $20. Gates would open at 10am and the show would start at 12 or 1. 60,000 people were at these concerts. It was just one big party on the green with live music. It was a great time to be a teenager in the Bay Area. I went to a couple of these shows every year. Great memories. And, I was at this show.
And on October 20, 1977, that same year, three of the members including the lead singer, Ronnie Van Zant, were killed in an aircraft crash! This concert was 2 July 1977. Only 3 more months of this talent left 🥺
Everytime they played it it was longer. The longest time was a hour and 20 minutes. In T TOWN. In Sweet Home Alabama. I was there. I was 23 I'm 67 now. I followed them guy's all over the country and England once. I followed that band from 72 to 77. That's my Band! I ❤️ my Free 🐦 's.
I was at this concert…it was a “Day on the Green” when you could see like 5 top mainstream bands for like $12.50 LOL. Bill Graham was the promoter and if you lived in the Bay Area you would never miss one of his shows.
"Day on the Green" was a recurring concert in Oakland, California. The original event run was from 1973 to 1992. It was started back up again in 2015. The band lineup for the July 2nd and July 4th 1977 event was: Peter Frampton, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Santana, Outlaws. I would think Peter Frampton might have been the headliner at that time.
This was Day on the Green day 4 or 5. It was a annual thing and this went from May 7th through July 24th featuring some of the greatest bands of our time.
They were the opening act for Peter Frampton tour in 1977 . I went to see Peter Frampton and Ly Skynrrd in 1997 and Peter was the opening act for them ..
I saw them 3.5 months later on 10 19 77 in Greenville SC. They left Greenville the next day, going to Baton Rouge La. Their plane crashed on 10 20 77,Free Bird was the last song that night. They lost 3 members of the band, including the lead singer, who was also the founder of the band. Ronnie Van Zant.
You will also greatly enjoy... The Outlaws, Green Grass and High Tides, 11-10-1978, Capitol Theatre. This is a 23 minute jam. Make sure it's the video, not just audio. They have the whole concert online but GG&HT is the finale.
That little bird sound was a Duane Allman thing. "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" from live at Fillmore East by The Allman Brothers would be a great song to check out.
Watching this video gets me every time knowing that they had no clue that some of them would be dead in a few months. We live our lives not knowing how and when it will all end, but is that a blessing in itself? He's free now... At least we have these moments on file and on recordings to remember.
If you were given an assignment to pick one video that fully encapsulates the 70's, this video would probably be a pretty good pick. The energy being put out by both the band and the audience is absolutely over the top! Of course, there's a poignancy there because within just a few months, most of these people would be dead. I hadn't seen this video in probably thirty years before I found your reaction video. I forgot how awesome this was.
This was an event I think was called day on the green. There were many bands that day including Santana. The headliner was Peter Frampton, which is why there was so many girls in the crowd vs guys. Peter Frampton had just released Frampton comes alive and he was kind of a teen girl heartthrob. My sister had his poster on her wall back then.
This song was written for Duane Allman... the chirping bird sound emulates Duane's ending to "Layla." I was so fortunate to have seen Skynyrd on New Year's Day 1975, 5 days short of my 15th birthday. Another great one from them is "Ballad of Curtis Loew." That "gentleman" you referenced was Allen Collins.
Great song/ One of the best ever! Saw them 2x in the '70s - it was beyond amazing. But as far as them being "Good Guys". If you have the one beer and leave quickly, it would have been fine. But they were BAD boys. And you wouldn't have wanted to stay around after that. When drunk/or doped up, there was horrible fighting and destruction of hotels frequently. Residual anger about how some of them grew up. It was super tense. But, the most important part for us, the fans...is the music. That can never be faulted. They practiced time and time again, working HARD. The caliber of each member, I have no words. All 3 guitars were the best. I wish so much that they were all still here. God Bless 'em.
I believe this is Day on the Green. They would have four or five pretty big groups. I went when I was 12. Fleetwood Mac headlined. My first concert ❤️✌️
Just a bit over three months later their lives would change forever. I'm still sad when I think about it. The two guitarists doing the solo would later form the Rossington-Collins band. They'd have a minor radio hit with "Don't Misunderstand Me" but didn't have anywhere near the following that LS had. Johnny Van Zandt, the younger brother of the singer in this video, Ronnie, would take over as the lead singer when LS had their reunion in 1987. I was lucky enough to see them live that year. I thought Johnny sounded a lot like his late brother, just younger and not quite as confident.
They performed for us (military) in Frankfurt when I was stationed in Germany. Don’t remember the year but I was there 2002-2004, so somewhere in there lol It was awesome!!
The poignancy of these lyrics never fails to hit me in the heart… “If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me?”
Yes Boys, we will do you one better and never forget you in your glory.
Iam so glad you came back to this . True ROCK. No cell phones , just rocking out .
R.I.P Gary Rossington,last of the Skynyrd founders
Those were the days man. It's hard to put into words the feelings of the70s. I'm so grateful now I lived through them. No matter how bad your day was, put on any classic tune and the mood changes by the time the song is over.
It's kinda funny that growing up in the 70's I always had this nostalgia for the 50's (my parents decade) and wished I had grown up then. Looking back now I can hardly believe how blessed I was to be there -- one of the last generations to grow up without computers, and all we did was play sports and listen to music, all day. The best and most diverse music ever created, and that's the only nostalgia I feel now.
I was 12 when the crash happened, I was at our villages rec center, kind of an arcade when I heard.
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You're right, it was.
@@MoMoMyPup10 what sucks is that our teenage years are now deemed “ historical “..........
@@southerninfidel3141 yeah, it's funny -- no one prepares you for the "nostalgia years", to go along with all the new aches and pains, but I tell you what - I'm grateful to get here! "Those were the days my friend, we thought they'd never end......"
I think this is one of the greatest live guitar jams ever captured on film. Skynyrd’s guitar army was commanding the field that day.
🎸🎸🎸🎸♥️✌🏼😎
You are correct. Also it would be awesome to see the unedited video, 100% on the band.
@@paulstewart6203 check knebworth concert..it destroys this...
Knebworth concert destroys this.. and destroyed the Rolling Stones period!
Oh my...I'm in that crowd footage🤪 blonde hair yellow shorts sitting on my boyfriend's shoulders Burnt like a piece of bacon. It was a great holiday weekend concert (4th of July) SO MANY BANDS PLAYED oh to b in San Fran in the 70's🔥🤟
Oh my how fun. I said to my husband that poor girl with the blonde hair looks really sunburnt. So cool you get to see yourself 45 years ago having the time of your life!
@@suebee3490 yep burned to a crisp 😥 but wouldn't hv missed a minute
So jealous glad you got too see the band before the plane crash sadly I didn’t BUT I did see them years later after Johnny took over as lead singer and just a few years before Billy passed and they still out on a great concert
That was you?! I could feel your pain but you're so lucky.
Good to see that you posted this, I was also there, never forget it.
I just posted a comment as well, and I think we all got sun burned that day, but who cares😂 was having to much fun, still didn't care a few days later about my sunburn, I'm sure you didn't either.
70s and 80s were the absolute BEST days to be young my friend. None better.
Before The Fun Stopped
Amen...........@@dr.burtgummerfan439
My husband's best friend called yesterday to say he was wearing a Skynyrd t-shirt when he walked into a Winn-Dixie. A guy walked past and said "Nice shirt". His friend turned around and realized it was Johnny VanZant! Yes, it happens all the time here. Can't count the times I've seen Donnie VanZant at Publix. Always a pleasure talking to him!
All I got to say is that our grandmas were hot as hell
What makes this so much better is Billy Powell's piano work. (IMO) He really shows off his classical training. In the studio version they have organ-type of keyboard playing. It also shows how the "three guitar army" can play together. It's hard to believe that in a few months we would lose so many of them. GODSPEED Freebirds!
I met Billy several times. He started as a roadie and after this song was recorded he said this is how I would lead into this song. Another roadie recorded it and gave it to Gary Rossington. When Ronnie heard it he went to Billy and said you're a roadie and play a piano like that? You're no longer a roadie, you're in the band. He was so humble and a really nice guy. He told me Ronnie never had a mark from his neck down from the plane crash. He died from blunt force trauma to his head. Billy had terrible scars on his face from that crash. The only one still living is the drummer, Artimus Pyle.
@@Sobolady89 That's the story I heard. Thanx for sharing.
@@firedoc5 In the early 90's we use to go to a place called Ward's Landing off of 210 right outside of Jacksonville. Some people came by car, some by boat, but by noon on Sundays that place was packed. There was a bar, but a stage outside and musicians would bring their instruments and jam. It wasn't uncommon for Artimus Pyle, Billy Powell or Gary Rossington to show up and play. Everybody had a great time and not once did a fight ever break out even though people were drinking and partying all day. Great times.
Those were the days man. All those amazing seventies festival rock bands. Skynyrd, the Grateful Dead and many others. Hot and high. Loudest thing on earth just jamming away. Loved it.
Yes I was there for Day on the Green 💚 I'm in this footage bleach blonde yellow shorts boyfriend's shoulders and yes the talent was overwhelming and I think the next weekend or 2 Zeppelin played there MAGICAL TIME🦄
@@susannebass5503 that’s amazing. Did you show the grandkids ?
@@Hartlor_Tayley well I've shown my children but so far no grandkids ....my kids were 🚫 impressed
@@susannebass5503 I think they were jealous.
@@conrad4667 thanks
The great Allen Collins on lead .. Truly the greatest American band in history .. Rest in Paradise Freebirds
One of the best parts of this video (besides all the HOT 70's chicks) is the energy in the crowd swelling as they knew the fast part was coming and they built their volume and energy along with the band. Amazing!
Hard to believe the only living members are Gary Rossington (using slide on guitar) and Artimus Pyle (drummer). So much heartbreaks for this band. At least two original members got to see this song go down in history as one of the greatest songs ever made. I will forever be a 70's girl! ✌
Where does the time go? It speeds up as we get older and realize there is less sand on top of the glass than the bottom. But the good times remain in our hearts, even as we miss those we loved and lost.
@@unclej7842 I was telling my husband the same thing. As I get older it seems time goes by faster. The holiday season is upon us again and it feels like Christmas 2021 was just a couple months ago. I don't understand it but it's real. I grew up in the 60's and 70's and there will never be music as good as that era. I feel privileged that I got to experience it back then. The only music I listen to not from that era is Adele. The rest of this modern stuff, meh. That's why I say I will forever be a 70's girl. ✌
I’m so glad you decided to watch this! I think, at one time or another, I was every girl in that crowd - riding some boy’s shoulders, staring at the band longingly from the front row, getting sunburned as hell in the hot summer sun, kissing a guy I just met in the middle of the crowd, jumping up and down with everybody else and singing along … This video is evocative as all get out for me. Well done. Peace from Ohio … and, I meant to add, all the long flyaway long hair on stage and in the crowd was because nobody really made hair conditioner in those days. If your hair was clean, it was also very dry.
They made conditioner. Just most guys didn't use it. I lived through all of this and saw them 3 times.
We will never ever see performances like this ever again.
Look at all those grandmas and grandpas groovin'! 😄🔥🔥🔥
My 20th birthday party... A Day on the Green with the Outlaws, Santana, Skynyrd, and Frampton.
It was perfect wasn't it? I thought so
Who headlined?
@@laurakali6522 Frampton... On his "I'm in You" tour.... Headline but not the highlight...
@@laurakali6522 I don't think there was a "headliner" so many bands played from Santana to Frampton over several days
@@michaelkeefe8494 well there's a fact I didn't remember.... although I had a crush on Frampton 🤪
I was fortunate enough to see Skynyrd in 1977 in Philadelphia at JFK Stadium. The lineup was J. Giles Band, Dicky Betts & Great Southern, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Peter Frampton. I was 16 years old and my girlfriend was 14. One of the happiest days of my life.
Wow! That sounds great! J. Giles Band too!! Don't care for Peter Frampton. I saw them three times in the 70's. Also saw them hanging out at clubs in Atlanta before that. SOUTHERN ROCK!!
I was supposed to be at this concert, but on the way my friend who was driving his VW Bug swerved and lost control on Interstate 80. The vehicle rolled 3 times and some how we all walked away. We missed the concert, and I was grounded by my parents after getting caught in a lie. I had told them I was spending the weekend at a friends house for the weekend, because they would never have let me go to Oakland for a concert. I was 14 years old, and to this day still regret missing that concert.
To me this is still one of the best songs ever
Yes, it was part of the Day on the Green concert series. The lineup was them, Peter Frampton, Santana and The Outlaws. This was 2 weeks before I got married. I got tickets from a neighbor who was a paramedic that worked all the Day on the Green concerts.
Its hard not to cry watching this because a few months after this, they were in the plane crash. I was 15, and it was so sad to so many fans.❤ I'm happy they got back together with Ronnie's brother and the others.
I remember hearing about the plane crash, so sad!!!. I was 19 at the time. "Those were the days" indeed. It will never be the same!
I was a little too young for the best decade in rock and rock festivals but I wasn't for the 80's. Absolutely wonderful time for music
Im so glad i got to experience concerts like this in my youth. There will never again be music like the 70s and 80s
That is rock and roll. And only a few months before the plane crash that ended it for them.
The 70s music scene was unrivaled IMO…of course I’m biased. Sal, you would have loved it. I was fortunate enough to see Zep, Allmans, Black Sabbath, Pink Floyd, Marley, CSNY, the list goes on and on. Big music festivals and large stadiums were easily accessible where I grew up. I’m a lucky gal.
Thanks for another great reaction and stroll down memory lane. ❤
This was the best time to be alive!!!!!!!!! I got to hear the best bands EVER!!!!!
Yep. Look at all of those beautiful young grandmothers.
Thanks for this video! Us boomers knew how to cut loose 😝
Loved and lived in the 70s! I am 76 yes old and you are making me proud of my era! I feel young again watching my past! Thank you😊👍
Skynyrd was a beloved band. Ronnie commanded attention thru his lyrics that hit home with so many of us. If you were to want a Southern Rock anthem, you got it.
This was a venue for several bands. Lynyrd Skynyrd, Elvin Bishop, Santana and Peter Frampton. The concert was a part of a series of concerts called “Day on the Green”
I got to see them live 3 times the times.The last time I saw them two months later they were gone.❤️❤️
Thanks for watching my favorite video from my favorite band.they are the goats of Southern rock.Allen collins( in white) wrote this when he was 17!
Skynard was the best. Literally the soundtrack of my high school days. Saw then in Tennessee. That's Allen Collins doing the solo. Fly High Guys!
They were one of the greatest bands. Don't have music like this today. Died with rap.
Skynyrd respectfully playing it Pretty for Salvo G
I was there! It’s was Day on the Green, they played with The Outlaws, Santana and Peter Frampton! It was awesome. So glad you like it 😀
This band Can not be replaced!
Those were the days Jackie!!!! The best!!!!
I was at this concert. It was the greatest day. 5 bands in one day!
One of my favourite things on the whole internet.
Was so fortunate to actually be there since I lived only 80 miles away.
It was Day on the Green, they had these for about 4 yrs in a row.
Line up was Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Outlaws, Peter Frampton, and 1 other, sorry don't remember who.
The Energy was so big that day, and that was the 2nd time I was able to seem them, and a few months later, the crash, blew my mind, I was and still am a huge fan.
Still have the original Street Survivor album, along others.
My first Skynyrd concert was the same year, New Years Eve 1977... Cold Blood, Tower of Power, Lynyrd Skynyrd.. Different kind of opening Acts, but a great show indeed..
Once again and the final time was the Reunion Tour, in Concord, California Pavilion, 1987 and so looking forward to this, and it brought tears to me, to see little Brother Johnnie play it so precise, you could close your eyes and almost think it was The original Ronnie.
This gave many to hear and see what great music was about.
Such happy times! Vietnam was finally over. Peace and love and rock and roll ruled for a while. Most of us strove to get along with each other so we could just have fun! So much better than right now. Lord help us all✨ I was 25 and loved it
What a time to he alive!
I was 19 in 1977.
This is the greatest live performance in all of history.
Sad to say he never made it, but is free and will always remembered, I’m so grateful to live in this era ❤️
This was something to see. It was like this at every venue.
That's the first thing I always tell anyone that's going to watch Freebird !!! They kill it ! My favorite band ever. It was in the 70s as it is today . I remember listening to this when I was 12 years old and it really makes me sad sometimes to watch it and I have over and over but knowing this will never happen again is so sad . And I've saw Skynyrd twice and the first was in 96 and Billy Powell and Leon Wilkinson was still alive then and the one and only Mr Huey Thompson from the guitar Army was playing with them then and it's hands down the best concert I've ever seen so far .
I was at this show when they played 2 or 3 days earlier in Anaheim Stadium it was called the Summer Strut Skynyrd headlined at our show it also included Rex, Foreigner, REO Speedwagon, and Ted Nugent
About 52 days after this performance their airplane crashed Killing Ronnie Van Zandt, and siblings Steve and Cassie Gaines guitar player and backup singer 😪
One of the best reactions of this video.
These Day on the Green concerts were huge shows. All the giants of rock. The bay area rockers were so fortunate.
Allen Collins was the lead guitar at the end. Gary Rossington on the slide. Allen Collins actually wrote and composed most of the song and his guitar parts when he was 17!
Love them southern boys! 🎸🎸🎸
To think a few months later we would lose many of these beautiful people. 🙏 rip
If I could invent a time machine I'd go back and be in that crowd
Don't know if anyone answered your question at the beginning, but this was from a concert series called a Day on the Green put together by the legendary Bill Graham. There would be 5 or 6 shows every summer at the Oakland Coluseum. Each show would have 5 or 6 bands, sometimes more. The line up for this concert was the Outlaws, Santana, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Peter Frampton as the headliner. Tickets were like $20. Gates would open at 10am and the show would start at 12 or 1. 60,000 people were at these concerts. It was just one big party on the green with live music. It was a great time to be a teenager in the Bay Area. I went to a couple of these shows every year. Great memories. And, I was at this show.
And on October 20, 1977, that same year, three of the members including the lead singer, Ronnie Van Zant, were killed in an aircraft crash! This concert was 2 July 1977. Only 3 more months of this talent left 🥺
The 70's...great times!! ❤🥳
So glad you looked this up.
That guitar you focused on was Allen Collins famous Firebird and it was indeed Special
Amazing how simply and naturally gorgeous all the women were back then! What a great time to be young!!
I was in high school and man did we party to this song. ❤️✌️
Everytime they played it it was longer. The longest time was a hour and 20 minutes. In T TOWN. In Sweet Home Alabama. I was there. I was 23 I'm 67 now. I followed them guy's all over the country and England once. I followed that band from 72 to 77. That's my Band! I ❤️ my Free 🐦 's.
I was at this concert…it was a “Day on the Green” when you could see like 5 top mainstream bands for like $12.50 LOL. Bill Graham was the promoter and if you lived in the Bay Area you would never miss one of his shows.
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"Day on the Green" was a recurring concert in Oakland, California. The original event run was from 1973 to 1992. It was started back up again in 2015. The band lineup for the July 2nd and July 4th 1977 event was: Peter Frampton, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Santana, Outlaws. I would think Peter Frampton might have been the headliner at that time.
The anthem of my generations youth!
06:52 😂 most guitars are usually made out of wood 😊
I was at this concert and attended many Days on the Green in 1977.
Absolutely the best
The Knebworth live performance is worth a watch/listen/experience as well
To me its way better!
Such a great guitar solo. LS was such a great live band. Great reaction!! 🙂
Fantastic ❤❤❤❤❤
This was Day on the Green day 4 or 5. It was a annual thing and this went from May 7th through July 24th featuring some of the greatest bands of our time.
They were the opening act for Peter Frampton tour in 1977 . I went to see Peter Frampton and Ly Skynrrd in 1997 and Peter was the opening act for them ..
I saw them 3.5 months later on 10 19 77 in Greenville SC. They left Greenville the next day, going to Baton Rouge La. Their plane crashed on 10 20 77,Free Bird was the last song that night. They lost 3 members of the band, including the lead singer, who was also the founder of the band. Ronnie Van Zant.
You will also greatly enjoy...
The Outlaws, Green Grass and High Tides, 11-10-1978, Capitol Theatre. This is a 23 minute jam. Make sure it's the video, not just audio. They have the whole concert online but GG&HT is the finale.
That little bird sound was a Duane Allman thing. "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" from live at Fillmore East by The Allman Brothers would be a great song to check out.
Glad you appreciated this!! It is other worldly! It takes you to a crazed frenzy!! Lynyrd Skynrd forever!!
I saw them in concert many years ago and it was amazing!
my friend whom I met in 1980 was at that concert !
Live concert at the Oakland Coliseum (Raiders), California
I saw them front row center!
Watching this video gets me every time knowing that they had no clue that some of them would be dead in a few months. We live our lives not knowing how and when it will all end, but is that a blessing in itself? He's free now... At least we have these moments on file and on recordings to remember.
If you were given an assignment to pick one video that fully encapsulates the 70's, this video would probably be a pretty good pick. The energy being put out by both the band and the audience is absolutely over the top! Of course, there's a poignancy there because within just a few months, most of these people would be dead. I hadn't seen this video in probably thirty years before I found your reaction video. I forgot how awesome this was.
This was an event I think was called day on the green. There were many bands that day including Santana. The headliner was Peter Frampton, which is why there was so many girls in the crowd vs guys. Peter Frampton had just released Frampton comes alive and he was kind of a teen girl heartthrob. My sister had his poster on her wall back then.
Haircut looks great Sal! This one brought back memories..... never seen this live version. Good memories....
One of the greatest live performances of all time (by anyone).
So sad what happened a few months later.😌
I was at this concert in 1977. Three months before the plane crash!
I believe they had done their set and this was the encore. When they came out Ronnie asked “what do you want to hear?” Place went crazy…
This song was written for Duane Allman... the chirping bird sound emulates Duane's ending to "Layla." I was so fortunate to have seen Skynyrd on New Year's Day 1975, 5 days short of my 15th birthday. Another great one from them is "Ballad of Curtis Loew." That "gentleman" you referenced was Allen Collins.
Outlaws - Green Grass and High Tides will make you smile big time !!!
Great song/ One of the best ever! Saw them 2x in the '70s - it was beyond amazing. But as far as them being "Good Guys". If you have the one beer and leave quickly, it would have been fine. But they were BAD boys. And you wouldn't have wanted to stay around after that. When drunk/or doped up, there was horrible fighting and destruction of hotels frequently. Residual anger about how some of them grew up. It was super tense. But, the most important part for us, the fans...is the music. That can never be faulted. They practiced time and time again, working HARD. The caliber of each member, I have no words. All 3 guitars were the best. I wish so much that they were all still here. God Bless 'em.
I believe this is Day on the Green. They would have four or five pretty big groups. I went when I was 12. Fleetwood Mac headlined. My first concert ❤️✌️
…and the drummer. Holy crap
Just a bit over three months later their lives would change forever. I'm still sad when I think about it. The two guitarists doing the solo would later form the Rossington-Collins band. They'd have a minor radio hit with "Don't Misunderstand Me" but didn't have anywhere near the following that LS had. Johnny Van Zandt, the younger brother of the singer in this video, Ronnie, would take over as the lead singer when LS had their reunion in 1987. I was lucky enough to see them live that year. I thought Johnny sounded a lot like his late brother, just younger and not quite as confident.
They performed for us (military) in Frankfurt when I was stationed in Germany. Don’t remember the year but I was there 2002-2004, so somewhere in there lol It was awesome!!