I was there in 1977. I just graduated from high school at 17. I lived about an hour from Oakland. Saw many Day on the Greens back in the 70s at the coliseum with about 3 bands performing in one day. Can't believe most of those kids in the video are grandparents and great-grandparents. I will never forget this concert as long as I live. Those were good times for sure.
Day on the Green was an outstanding series of concerts. I was 20 from Sacramento. The thing is a glass slide. And kings of southern rock? Allman Brothers.
At what point did this band become a right wing, confederate flag waving entity? You were there in '77. I noticed the crowd is NOT carpeted with Confederate flags as is the case today.
Your 63 years old now and you are enjoying people's reaction to a concert you witness live. That must have been some concert. You're probably still rocking it...
In the South after the plane crash, any bar or club you went into that had a Live Band, before the night was through there would always be someone who stood up and yelled at the band, " Play Free Bird ! "
Slide is a glass or metal spool used originally a broken bottle black Bluesmen would use to slide across strings ! Usually tuned strings straight across for sliding between chords!
Great reaction ! This is the greatest live performance in all of history. Allen Collins playing solo for the first half, then going dual with Steve Gaines.
I can't believe I was 23 years old then and now I am a 69-year-old senior citizen enjoying mom and daughter's reaction video to one of the greatest classic rock performances ever! it's been 46 years when this concert featuring headliner 'Peter Frampton" with opening band Lynyrd Skynyrd rocking "Free Bird" out of the park. Just imagine all those women are now grandmothers. Awesome!
My friend, this concert L S was opening to the Stones and not for that fake rocket Frampton and the whole stage is proving my comment about it. He did send all three guitarists to the tongue of the Stones which is their signature. And this video was cut short of that. The leader of SL wasn’t afraid from anybody! Not even Keith said a word about it, who we know is a badass to.
@@bubamaranovichok4901 Wrong. Peter Frampton was the headliner at this concert. The one in 1976 in Knebworth, England is where LS blew the Stone's doors off. I much prefer to watch that performance as the camera spent more time on the guitar army while they were on Mick's Tongue catwalk that they were forbiddened to use.
Great southern rock band from the 60's-80's. It is very sad what happened to this band in losing so many members in a plane crash. My favorite songs are "Simple Man", "Free Bird" & "Sweet Home Alabama". They had lots of great songs such as "Call Me The Breeze", "Tuesday's Gone", "That Smell", "The Ballad Of Curtis Loew", "What's Your Name", "Gimme Three Steps", "Saturday Night Special" etc.
Considering the plane crash in 77, the original skynyrd never existed beyond. Yes, eventually the surviving members reunited with various front men. Great band, great music.
It is so sad that all of them have passed away now. Gary Rossington that is playing the slide on the guitar has passed away this year and ending all the original players.
I wish i could go back to that exact live show & walk around the audience & just shake peoples hand & say hello to as many people as possible,. just to do it. No fear, just a good time pos. energy
It's a finger slide...yes Mr Billy Powell on keys ladies and gentlemen! Our rock band we had my senior year (1980) we did this long version at our "Cabret" the music dept put on every year. It was epic.
I was 15 when Freebird came out in 1073. The song turned 50 this year. And your right, all those kid in the audience are the old people we laughed at back then. Freebird is 50, where did all that time go? (We still had the Best.Music.Ever)
You should watch the Lynyrd Skynyrd free bird at Knebworth in the UK in 1976.. They just want to keep playing and they upset the Rolling stones... 😉... Free bird forever.. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Yes, that's exactly what the slide on his finger is for. And, yes, there are a lot of beautiful young grandmothers in that crowd. 😇 And, yes, Lynyrd Skynyrd was fantastic. I hope, though, that you'll also explore The Allman Brothers Band and The Marshall Tucker Band, while checking into the southern rock genre.
That was a slide for his guitar. This band is one of the best thats ever been. If you noticed the guy in white was the primary solo then add the guy in the red cords to play the same thing to layer the solo
Was There on Furlough from Overseas I was astonished by everyone in one place having a good time compared to were just came from I needed that Before I could go visit my Family they are Spread All Over US So it was Visit here there like a hummingbird Great I feel bad our Twin Daughters missed my Wife and I keep in Touch with Them and send the Talent of the 50 60 70 80s Thanks 👍🙏 RESPECT 💐💯🌟
Seeing and feeling the vibe from this video feels like stepping into a time warp. I was 17 when this concert took place. The plane crash was in October of 1977. Very tragic. The band originated right here in Jacksonville, Florida back in the 1960s.
That thing on his finger is called a slide. Other groups that used it are Yes and Pink Floyd. This was the last concert I saw before their plane went down.
The 3 guitar attack is definitely amazing and their solos are great but the drummer, Artimus Pyle doesn't get enough love for driving this song to a fury pace.
I remember seeing a comment on either this video or a reaction to it. It said "This is proof that your grandma was 100 times cooler than you will ever be".
I was there for sure...grew up in the Oakland Hills. Went to Skyline High when Tom Hanks was there. He graduated in 1974 and I graduated in 1975. Went to every friggin "Day on the Green" at the Oakland Coliseum from (missed the first year 1973) 1974 to 1981 when I moved to San Diego for graduate school. There were always 4-5 great acts....I mean where could you go and see The Beach Boys and The Grateful Dead all at the same concert....Rocking in the 70s and 80s was pretty much the best scene ever for any music genre you can imagine.....
75 grad here, I was 20, but over in Texas. Even tho that makes me 66 soon, I’m glad I grew up with the amazing music of the 60s and 70s. It was a very special time, indeed.
I saw them in Philadelphia in 1977 at JFK Stadium. I was 16 and my girlfriend was 14. We got there early and were about 30 feet from the stage. The lineup that day was the J. Giles Band, Dicky Betts & Great Southern, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Peter Frampton (who had the biggest record in the world at that time). It was an incredible experience I will never forget. Thanks for the memory.
I was stationed on the east coast in 77. I remember a bunch of us was going to drive down to Greensville, SC to catch the concert but we did not make it. Then hearing about the plane crash,... I was heartbroken. They changed their style up a little when they released "Freebird", exploring their range. I have always had trouble with this song with the line "I am as free as a bird now". I still tear up listening to that. Funny, 46 years later and I still die inside hearing it. Thank you for a great reaction! 😀
I was only 10 when the plane crash happened. I remember hearing about a concert they did shortly after the crash happened.. When they did "Freebird", they had Ronnie's hat on a microphone stand and they played his voice over the speakers while the band just played. I bet that was awesome.
@@j.woodbury412 , It was in 1979. The survivors of the crash got together at the Charlie Daniels Volunteer Jam and did an instrumental of Free Bird with Charlie D. onstage with them. To my knowledge it was the first time after the October, 1977 crash the survivors were even able to play together because it took some of them that long to heal from their crash injuries. Particularly guitarist Gary Rossington who had all kinds of bones broken plus a punctured stomach and a punctured liver. When they reformed with Johnny as their frontman in 1987, they kicked off the Tribute Tour at the Charlie Daniels Volunteer Jam in Nashville also.
@@j.woodbury412 , if your interested, here's the link to the video of them performing that instrumental of Freebird with members of the Charlie Daniels Band in January, 1979, and it was indeed the first time the survivors of the crash had played together since their last show in Greenville, SC on October 19, 1977 and of course the crash happened a day later on October 20th. ruclips.net/video/O2UYKW-L8o8/видео.html
Quite right young lady. Gary Rossington plays the slide guitar. Note what looks like a Tootsie Roll stem inserted between the strings near the bottom of the fret board. This kept the open strings from ringing.. Mom, I was at this show. Class of "77. You look fantastic. Whatever you're doing, keep on doing it!! I really enjoy watching both of you react to video's. You're both wonderful. RNB
Just got to love that era, the music is awesome, and the audience is just stunning beuatifull. Guys and girls are all naturall, no ugly estetics or tatooes.
Man, those were the days. Everytime I hear this it's as if I'm transported back in time. RIP Ronnie. Mid-night at the Oasis is another one that makes one time travel to a more peaceful, innocent era. Yes, the slide on finger is used by lap slide guitarists, and pedal steel guitarists. It's also called a bottle neck guitar because some slides were made from glass bottle necks. (Whisky, soda/pop bottles, etc) Other slides are made of steel. It's a personal prefrence
@@greg2976 I was joking. It's an old quote from the Charles Dickens book, A Tale Of Two Cities.“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, …”
@@sheilabree1991 My Bad! I get you now! lol. I am very familiar with that quote! I thought it kind of strange to make that comment! But then again, there are a lot of strange comments. Thank you for clarifying your comment! THEY WERE THE BEST OF TIMES!!!!😂😂👍👍
The greatest "redneck orchestra" to ever grace a rock stage live, period, bar none! RIP to the last original member who helped form and had been with the band since the very beginning, guitarist Gary Rossington(playing the killer slide on this song) who we sadly lost on March 5th, 2023. Fly high proud bird, your free at last!
I WAS AT THIS CONCERT ! IT WAS AMAZING ! IT WAS SOMETHING THEY USED TO CALL A "DAY ON THE GREEN" ! THERE WAS 5 BANDS ! LYNYRD SKYNYRD CO-HEADLINED WITH PETER FRAMPTON ! SADLY THIS WAS JUST 2 MONTHS BEFORE WE LOST PART OF THE BAND IN A TRAGIC PLANE CRASH !
Hello from northeast Ohio. I grew up listening to them, and I was nearly four years old when this concert was filmed. This is an iconic performance, and I always come back to it. But sadly, three and a half months after this concert, tragedy would strike them. Thanks for doing this reaction.
Still one of my favorite bands ever. Still bummed to this day that the band split when I was about 8 years old so I never got a chance to see a concert of theirs. It's super eery how a few years earlier Ronnie told his dad he wouldn't live past 30. He was about three months shy of that when the plane crashed. That is just super trippy. These guys are timeless no matter what genre of music you like. Greatest guitar solo of all time. Stairway is close but can't do it.
Yeah. The singer, the ginger guitar with the red pants, and his sister, one of the backup singers. All taken in one stroke. That was a shocking sad day for so many of our generation.
If you had fun watching this video, it's NOTHING compared to being there listening to them live. The sights, sounds, smells, atmosphere and all. A real sense of community unheard of by today's standards.
My senior HS class voted this song in as our graduating class song, but the faculty vetoed it. I don’t remember what lame song they said would be our class song because none of us cared. For us, THIS was our class song.
Same here! First, we picked ZZ Topp "Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers" but the senior officers said no. So, then we picked "Freebird". They said no to that, so they picked on their own. They picked "Long and Winding Road". Class of 79'!!!!
I believe they came back at this show with an encore of Sweet Home Alabama. As mentioned previously the plane crash took the life of lead singer Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist Steve Gaines (in this video he's the guitar player on the left in a white shirt and red pants) Steve's sister, background singer Cassie Gaines, also lost her life in the crash. In the Sweet Home Alabama video the female singers are more prominately featured. Cassie is the long haired girl in the middle of the three, wearing a dark tank top.
I remember how hot it was, Ronnie Van Zant with no shoes on, Peter Frampton playing Frisbee with the audience and getting booed(mellow) after Skynyrd really rocked!
Thank You for the heart, love your reactions, try live Dire Straits at live aid 1985 sultans of swing. Some RUSH there are lots of live performances. My likes are the early-mid sixties to early ninetys rock, the best.
This concert always makes me get emotional. I remember this at the time. Thank you to the person taking video because no phones back then and thanks for playing it
Lynyrd Skynyrd were the definitive southern rock band of the 70's. "Free Bird" is their signature song and a popular favorite on classic rock radio stations. One of the great opening lines, "If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me?". I'm glad you chose this live performance video. You really get the full affect of the extremely talented musicians they were.
What A Day ! The lyrical Genius that is Al Stewart(Year Of The Cat) and now One of My Top 7 LIVE shows and,I believe the 3rd you have watched(Pink Floyd's " Comfortably Numb"/Phil Collins's "In The Air Tonight" and this one). STILL to come: GARY MOORE X 2; "I've Still Got The Blues For You" In Paris and "Parisienne Walkways" in Montreux plus "Led Zeppelin's "Stairway To Heaven" at Madison Square Gardens and The Eagle's "Hotel California" at Capitol Centre. ENJOY LADIES.....
The thing about this song, here at the show when I saw them in Anaheim I still remember this guy standing to the right of me saying I’ve been waiting here all day for this and I figured so was I and so was everybody else we’ve been there all day just waiting for Freebird to kick in. Man it was great being young in the 70s.
Nice Reaction! Yes, the plane crash was tragic. The red pants guitar player was Stevie Gaines and his sister (Cassie) was one of three back up singers in the band. She told Ronnie (the singer) about her brother when they needed a guitar player and he was so good they hired him. The crash was in October 1977 and all three, Cassie, Stevie and Ronnie died.
I love this song it is my favorite song of all time it's awesome my funeral song and yes it's this version. At the grave site it will be played. But this is my also favorite band of all time
I've been playing for 40 years. You're exactly right about what he has on his finger. it's simply called a slide, obviously for the way he is using it. It is almost the same sound but definitely the same concept as the steel guitar
Skynard! Great Southern Rock and a guitar masterclass. Good grief, we did wear those halters in public. Luckily, in my case, no photographic evidence exists. Sadly the plane crash happened not long after this in October.
love you guys! song of my youth. i was only 7 here, born in 1970 but i still heard this band my whole entire life. have you heard BRICKYARD ROAD?....try it
2 guitarists & the piano player survived the plane crash & were in a band. I really only know one song. It's "Don't Misunderstand Me" from Rossington Collins. I love that song.
The Gap Girls do bring us a large variety of wonderful music. I think the bird tweet is a shout out to Dwayne Allman. Now there's a blues band. He passed away in 72.
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I was there in 1977. I just graduated from high school at 17. I lived about an hour from Oakland. Saw many Day on the Greens back in the 70s at the coliseum with about 3 bands performing in one day. Can't believe most of those kids in the video are grandparents and great-grandparents. I will never forget this concert as long as I live. Those were good times for sure.
I was also 17 and graduated in 1977! wish to go back to those teen years!!!!
Day on the Green was an outstanding series of concerts. I was 20 from Sacramento.
The thing is a glass slide. And kings of southern rock? Allman Brothers.
Me too! I graduated in 77’ from a high school in San Bruno and went to this day on the green a few weeks after graduating!!!
At what point did this band become a right wing, confederate flag waving entity? You were there in '77. I noticed the crowd is NOT carpeted with Confederate flags as is the case today.
Your 63 years old now and you are enjoying people's reaction to a concert you witness live. That must have been some concert. You're probably still rocking it...
At 66 years old and the way things are now, id love to go back in time .
They owned the stage at Knebworth in 76 aswell
One of the finest live performances caught on film. It still gives me goosebumps.
So many memories with this song!!!!
Those 70's gals were really something! 😍
Pres. Jimmy Carter once said that Lynyrd Skynyrd was his favorite group.
Allen Collins and Steve Gaines. Two of the best guitarists ever and this solo was voted the 8th best guitar solo ever.
Sorry, got to give it to Hughie Thomasson and Billie Jones for ALL OF THEIR work as the 70s OUTLAWS
Should be the best solo ever
Ladies this very shortly BEFORE their plane crash that killed the lead singer among others. Adds a layer to the lyrics.
This was 4th of July weekend. They played on the 2nd (this one) and again on the 4th. You are correct… the plane crash was just 3 months later.
In the South after the plane crash, any bar or club you went into that had a Live Band, before the night was through there would always be someone who stood up and yelled at the band, " Play Free Bird ! "
Slide is a glass or metal spool used originally a broken bottle black Bluesmen would use to slide across strings ! Usually tuned strings straight across for sliding between chords!
Great reaction !
This is the greatest live performance in all of history.
Allen Collins playing solo for the first half, then going dual with Steve Gaines.
I can't believe I was 23 years old then and now I am a 69-year-old senior citizen enjoying mom and daughter's reaction video to one of the greatest classic rock performances ever! it's been 46 years when this concert featuring headliner 'Peter Frampton" with opening band Lynyrd Skynyrd rocking "Free Bird" out of the park. Just imagine all those women are now grandmothers. Awesome!
You and me both, Brother!!!
@@MikelleeSC We are Birds of a feather. Take care, Brother!
Awesome!!!
My friend, this concert L S was opening to the Stones and not for that fake rocket Frampton and the whole stage is proving my comment about it. He did send all three guitarists to the tongue of the Stones which is their signature. And this video was cut short of that. The leader of SL wasn’t afraid from anybody! Not even Keith said a word about it, who we know is a badass to.
@@bubamaranovichok4901 Wrong. Peter Frampton was the headliner at this concert. The one in 1976 in Knebworth, England is where LS blew the Stone's doors off. I much prefer to watch that performance as the camera spent more time on the guitar army while they were on Mick's Tongue catwalk that they were forbiddened to use.
There were actually 3 lead guitarists, something Lynyrd Skynyrd was unique for!!
Ladies .. Welcome to the greatest American band in history .. enjoy the ride
Great southern rock band from the 60's-80's. It is very sad what happened to this band in losing so many members in a plane crash. My favorite songs are "Simple Man", "Free Bird" & "Sweet Home Alabama". They had lots of great songs such as "Call Me The Breeze", "Tuesday's Gone", "That Smell", "The Ballad Of Curtis Loew", "What's Your Name", "Gimme Three Steps", "Saturday Night Special" etc.
Considering the plane crash in 77, the original skynyrd never existed beyond. Yes, eventually the surviving members reunited with various front men. Great band, great music.
Let's move on to GGHT by the OUTLAWS and then have a discussion.
Got to love them southern boys!🎸🎸🎸🎸
Most of us in the South were very PROUD the day they were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame!!!
It is so sad that all of them have passed away now. Gary Rossington that is playing the slide on the guitar has passed away this year and ending all the original players.
I wish i could go back to that exact live show & walk around the audience & just shake peoples hand & say hello to as many people as possible,. just to do it. No fear, just a good time pos. energy
The finger thing is a glass or plastic cylinder and. Is used to slide between notes on the guitar, the guitar solo is just Insane
It's a finger slide...yes
Mr Billy Powell on keys ladies and gentlemen!
Our rock band we had my senior year (1980) we did this long version at our "Cabret" the music dept put on every year. It was epic.
I was 15 when Freebird came out in 1073. The song turned 50 this year. And your right, all those kid in the audience are the old people we laughed at back then.
Freebird is 50, where did all that time go?
(We still had the Best.Music.Ever)
You should watch the Lynyrd Skynyrd free bird at Knebworth in the UK in 1976.. They just want to keep playing and they upset the Rolling stones... 😉... Free bird forever.. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Yes, that's exactly what the slide on his finger is for. And, yes, there are a lot of beautiful young grandmothers in that crowd. 😇
And, yes, Lynyrd Skynyrd was fantastic. I hope, though, that you'll also explore The Allman Brothers Band and The Marshall Tucker Band, while checking into the southern rock genre.
Oo! Oo! And The Atlanta Rhythm Section. A little Champagne Jam will have you dancing in your seats.
And THE OUTLAWS too, please. NO REALLY, PLEASE....
PLEASE don't forget Creedence Clearwater Revival.
38 SPECIAL?
This video is like a time machine to me. What a treasure to watch this concert from the past and to remember that vibe from the 70s again.
just look at how fine the Bay Area girls were back then! I grew up 5 miles from the Oakland Coliseum. Beautiful 70s girls all over California!
Best live band ever!!!
I can remember being in college in the recreation room playing foosball listening to this song.
Omg foosball and this song ! how 70s !
The thing on his finger is a slide so it plays like a horizontal steel guitar in an upright position
The Banger of all bangers.
Ha ha ha, you girls made me laugh when Mama gap said, "I could have been there, why didn't you tell me?" lol, That was hilarious! 🤣😂
That was a slide for his guitar. This band is one of the best thats ever been. If you noticed the guy in white was the primary solo then add the guy in the red cords to play the same thing to layer the solo
Was There on Furlough from Overseas I was astonished by everyone in one place having a good time compared to were just came from I needed that Before I could go visit my Family they are Spread All Over US So it was Visit here there like a hummingbird Great I feel bad our Twin Daughters missed my Wife and I keep in Touch with Them and send the Talent of the 50 60 70 80s Thanks 👍🙏 RESPECT 💐💯🌟
Seeing and feeling the vibe from this video feels like stepping into a time warp. I was 17 when this concert took place. The plane crash was in October of 1977. Very tragic. The band originated right here in Jacksonville, Florida back in the 1960s.
I’m the same age you are ,born April 15 1960. We grew up with the best music ever played!!
@@thomasroutte8942 I don’t know if I’ve ever heard a song played more frequently on the radio than this one.
I was 19 in '77 and saw Skynyrd on every tour until the plane crash. Oh yeah, central Florida boy here. 🎸🎶✌️
Amazing how these channels will discount and ignore the OUTLAWS
@@thomasroutte8942 Right on man! You know it! 1957 born here! Loved growing up in the 70s!~
You have to check out the 1976 performance.
That thing on his finger is called a slide. Other groups that used it are Yes and Pink Floyd. This was the last concert I saw before their plane went down.
I was 22 years old when this took place. Currently 68 years old and this sounds good to me now as it did then
The 3 guitar attack is definitely amazing and their solos are great but the drummer, Artimus Pyle doesn't get enough love for driving this song to a fury pace.
nice reaction!
Lynyrd Skynyrd was the epitome of Southern rock, and they were HUGE!
RIP Gary Rossington, The Godfather of The Slide!
THIS KIDS IS SOUTHERN ROCK AT ITS FINEST!!!!!!!!!!
dude the stamina alone is unreal inregards to the guitar solo. beyond impressive. P.S you two make a great channel 😊😊😊😊
Great reaction! Lynyrd Skynyrd was one of those rare gems that was 10x better live, they were simply amazing.
Yes, as were the OUTLAWS as well.
One of the most talented bands in history.
A slide like he has on is very common in Country, Blues & Southern Rock in particular.
2 BIG and BEAUTIFUL smiles the whole length of the video,,,,,💥💥💥👍🤪
That solo has some reactors needing seat belts!!
I remember seeing a comment on either this video or a reaction to it. It said "This is proof that your grandma was 100 times cooler than you will ever be".
Lynyrd Skynyrd Is The Best 💯, Nice Reactions Ladies ❤❤❤❤
I was there for sure...grew up in the Oakland Hills. Went to Skyline High when Tom Hanks was there. He graduated in 1974 and I graduated in 1975. Went to every friggin "Day on the Green" at the Oakland Coliseum from (missed the first year 1973) 1974 to 1981 when I moved to San Diego for graduate school. There were always 4-5 great acts....I mean where could you go and see The Beach Boys and The Grateful Dead all at the same concert....Rocking in the 70s and 80s was pretty much the best scene ever for any music genre you can imagine.....
Only one person on this stage is still with us
@@warrenburlingame1172 two Artemis and Leslie.
@FrankBigDawgHatton my mistake
Almost like a guitar dog fight, swirling in and out, a regular feeding frenzy!
I was 19 then too. Happy days😄😄👍👍
Hey old timer 👍👋👋👋
@@Frank75288 😄😄👍👍
This performance was one year before I was even born and I only heard this song because of the game Guitar Hero. Even so, this is an amazing song.
I graduated in 1977! Those were the days!!!! Great music! Great time to be a teenager!!!!!
75 grad here, I was 20, but over in Texas. Even tho that makes me 66 soon, I’m glad I grew up with the amazing music of the 60s and 70s. It was a very special time, indeed.
Skynyrd songs were always full. Layered and extremely well composed. 3 guitars not just shredding
I saw them in Philadelphia in 1977 at JFK Stadium. I was 16 and my girlfriend was 14. We got there early and were about 30 feet from the stage. The lineup that day was the J. Giles Band, Dicky Betts & Great Southern, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Peter Frampton (who had the biggest record in the world at that time). It was an incredible experience I will never forget. Thanks for the memory.
I was stationed on the east coast in 77. I remember a bunch of us was going to drive down to Greensville, SC to catch the concert but we did not make it. Then hearing about the plane crash,... I was heartbroken. They changed their style up a little when they released "Freebird", exploring their range. I have always had trouble with this song with the line "I am as free as a bird now". I still tear up listening to that. Funny, 46 years later and I still die inside hearing it. Thank you for a great reaction! 😀
I was only 10 when the plane crash happened. I remember hearing about a concert they did shortly after the crash happened.. When they did "Freebird", they had Ronnie's hat on a microphone stand and they played his voice over the speakers while the band just played. I bet that was awesome.
@@j.woodbury412 , It was in 1979. The survivors of the crash got together at the Charlie Daniels Volunteer Jam and did an instrumental of Free Bird with Charlie D. onstage with them. To my knowledge it was the first time after the October, 1977 crash the survivors were even able to play together because it took some of them that long to heal from their crash injuries. Particularly guitarist Gary Rossington who had all kinds of bones broken plus a punctured stomach and a punctured liver. When they reformed with Johnny as their frontman in 1987, they kicked off the Tribute Tour at the Charlie Daniels Volunteer Jam in Nashville also.
@@GBeret83 Oh wow
@@j.woodbury412 , if your interested, here's the link to the video of them performing that instrumental of Freebird with members of the Charlie Daniels Band in January, 1979, and it was indeed the first time the survivors of the crash had played together since their last show in Greenville, SC on October 19, 1977 and of course the crash happened a day later on October 20th. ruclips.net/video/O2UYKW-L8o8/видео.html
All of this would be gone forever , had RUclips not come along .
Quite right young lady. Gary Rossington plays the slide guitar. Note what looks like a Tootsie Roll stem inserted between the strings near the bottom of the fret board. This kept the open strings from ringing.. Mom, I was at this show. Class of "77. You look fantastic. Whatever you're doing, keep on doing it!! I really enjoy watching both of you react to video's. You're both wonderful. RNB
Back when this country was still loved by the youth!!!!! Great to see the flag waving in the wind!!!!
The 70s was the greatest decade for live stadium shows.
Agree 1000% with you!
Just got to love that era, the music is awesome, and the audience is just stunning beuatifull. Guys and girls are all naturall, no ugly estetics or tatooes.
I love this version of Freebird and what I also love is the crowd reaction just before the triple solo comes in because they know what's coming.
Man, those were the days. Everytime I hear this it's as if I'm transported back in time. RIP Ronnie. Mid-night at the Oasis is another one that makes one time travel to a more peaceful, innocent era. Yes, the slide on finger is used by lap slide guitarists, and pedal steel guitarists. It's also called a bottle neck guitar because some slides were made from glass bottle necks. (Whisky, soda/pop bottles, etc) Other slides are made of steel. It's a personal prefrence
Those were the best of times!!!!!
@@greg2976 They were the worst of times too. LOL
@@sheilabree1991 It's all about perspective! Compare to today's B.S. Those WERE the best of times!!!!
@@greg2976 I was joking. It's an old quote from the Charles Dickens book, A Tale Of Two Cities.“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, …”
@@sheilabree1991 My Bad! I get you now! lol. I am very familiar with that quote! I thought it kind of strange to make that comment! But then again, there are a lot of strange comments. Thank you for clarifying your comment! THEY WERE THE BEST OF TIMES!!!!😂😂👍👍
He is wearing what is known as a slide. It can be made from different things, but it allows you to slide the pitch without only playing on the frets
Thank you!
My buddy Kevin used a craftsman deep well socket when we were kids.
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One of the top 5 or 10 rock songs of all time
There is a live 1976 performance that is even more impressive if you can believe it.
The greatest "redneck orchestra" to ever grace a rock stage live, period, bar none! RIP to the last original member who helped form and had been with the band since the very beginning, guitarist Gary Rossington(playing the killer slide on this song) who we sadly lost on March 5th, 2023. Fly high proud bird, your free at last!
I WAS AT THIS CONCERT ! IT WAS AMAZING ! IT WAS SOMETHING THEY USED TO CALL A "DAY ON THE GREEN" ! THERE WAS 5 BANDS ! LYNYRD SKYNYRD CO-HEADLINED WITH PETER FRAMPTON ! SADLY THIS WAS JUST 2 MONTHS BEFORE WE LOST PART OF THE BAND IN A TRAGIC PLANE CRASH !
Hello from northeast Ohio. I grew up listening to them, and I was nearly four years old when this concert was filmed. This is an iconic performance, and I always come back to it. But sadly, three and a half months after this concert, tragedy would strike them. Thanks for doing this reaction.
I was 19 yo in 77, Seen the band 3 times always a great concert!
Still one of my favorite bands ever. Still bummed to this day that the band split when I was about 8 years old so I never got a chance to see a concert of theirs. It's super eery how a few years earlier Ronnie told his dad he wouldn't live past 30. He was about three months shy of that when the plane crashed. That is just super trippy. These guys are timeless no matter what genre of music you like. Greatest guitar solo of all time. Stairway is close but can't do it.
I was 12 then. LS is my all time favorite band and you MUST react to my favorite song of theirs...Call Me The Breeze.
Yeah. The singer, the ginger guitar with the red pants, and his sister, one of the backup singers. All taken in one stroke. That was a shocking sad day for so many of our generation.
If you had fun watching this video, it's NOTHING compared to being there listening to them live. The sights, sounds, smells, atmosphere and all. A real sense of community unheard of by today's standards.
Wish I could have been there!
... the smells, ah yes... THE SMELLS!!!
@@debbiegoss4475 Yes, the smells. Nothin' like a contact high. LOL
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My senior HS class voted this song in as our graduating class song, but the faculty vetoed it. I don’t remember what lame song they said would be our class song because none of us cared. For us, THIS was our class song.
Same here! First, we picked ZZ Topp "Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers" but the senior officers said no. So, then we picked "Freebird". They said no to that, so they picked on their own. They picked "Long and Winding Road". Class of 79'!!!!
I believe they came back at this show with an encore of Sweet Home Alabama.
As mentioned previously the plane crash took the life of lead singer Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist Steve Gaines (in this video he's the guitar player on the left in a white shirt and red pants) Steve's sister, background singer Cassie Gaines, also lost her life in the crash. In the Sweet Home Alabama video the female singers are more prominately featured. Cassie is the long haired girl in the middle of the three, wearing a dark tank top.
They played Sweet Home Alabama before Freebird.
Timeless performance
Day On The Green # 3 and 4. Oakland Stadium July 1& 3
Peter Frampton- headliner
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Santana
The Outlaws
I remember how hot it was, Ronnie Van Zant with no shoes on, Peter Frampton playing Frisbee with the audience and getting booed(mellow) after Skynyrd really rocked!
Actually Day On The Green #5 and 6. 3 and 4 was Eagles and Steve Miller Band.
Yes he is playing like a steel guitar, BEST live video, I was thirty in 77.
Thank You for the heart, love your reactions, try live Dire Straits at live aid 1985 sultans of swing. Some RUSH there are lots of live performances. My likes are the early-mid sixties to early ninetys rock, the best.
This concert always makes me get emotional. I remember this at the time. Thank you to the person taking video because no phones back then and thanks for playing it
Man. Watching that performance never gets old.
Lynyrd Skynyrd were the definitive southern rock band of the 70's. "Free Bird" is their signature song and a popular favorite on classic rock radio stations. One of the great opening lines, "If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me?". I'm glad you chose this live performance video. You really get the full affect of the extremely talented musicians they were.
Taking nothing from Skynyrd, but the Allman Brothers Band invented the genre and was a level above even LS.
I loved this song in the 70'sq. I remember the concern for the youth at the time using this song as a suicide song. Very amazing song.
What A Day ! The lyrical Genius that is Al Stewart(Year Of The Cat) and now One of My Top 7 LIVE shows and,I believe the 3rd you have watched(Pink Floyd's " Comfortably Numb"/Phil Collins's "In The Air Tonight" and this one).
STILL to come: GARY MOORE X 2; "I've Still Got The Blues For You" In Paris and "Parisienne Walkways" in Montreux plus "Led Zeppelin's "Stairway To Heaven" at Madison Square Gardens and The Eagle's "Hotel California" at Capitol Centre. ENJOY LADIES.....
The thing about this song, here at the show when I saw them in Anaheim I still remember this guy standing to the right of me saying I’ve been waiting here all day for this and I figured so was I and so was everybody else we’ve been there all day just waiting for Freebird to kick in. Man it was great being young in the 70s.
Called a ""slide" or "bottleneck". Growls so nice. Long live Skynrd. Great post.
Nice Reaction! Yes, the plane crash was tragic. The red pants guitar player was Stevie Gaines and his sister (Cassie) was one of three back up singers in the band. She told Ronnie (the singer) about her brother when they needed a guitar player and he was so good they hired him. The crash was in October 1977 and all three, Cassie, Stevie and Ronnie died.
I love this song it is my favorite song of all time it's awesome my funeral song and yes it's this version. At the grave site it will be played. But this is my also favorite band of all time
I've been playing for 40 years. You're exactly right about what he has on his finger. it's simply called a slide, obviously for the way he is using it. It is almost the same sound but definitely the same concept as the steel guitar
Skynard! Great Southern Rock and a guitar masterclass. Good grief, we did wear those halters in public. Luckily, in my case, no photographic evidence exists. Sadly the plane crash happened not long after this in October.
5:04 that's a guitar slide, totally different than chording.
Lynyrd Skynyrd making mad passionate love to a willing audience. Amazing.
love you guys! song of my youth. i was only 7 here, born in 1970 but i still heard this band my whole entire life. have you heard BRICKYARD ROAD?....try it
Yes and also their exit out of this world. They made themselves legendary. What a time to live.
2 guitarists & the piano player survived the plane crash & were in a band. I really only know one song. It's "Don't Misunderstand Me" from Rossington Collins. I love that song.
The Gap Girls do bring us a large variety of wonderful music. I think the bird tweet is a shout out to Dwayne Allman. Now there's a blues band. He passed away in 72.