Good grief Ronnie was an absolute genius. People who think he was just some drunken buffoon are greatly mistaken. The man was bad to the bone and as real as it gets.
I heard he quit drinking in latter 1976 and wanted to concentrate on family. He was also thinking of leaving the group. He sounds like a very straight guy here, telling things like it was. On stage he is clearly enjoying himself. He gave the fans their money's worth.
I don't think I've ever met anybody that thought he was a drunken bufoon. I think everybody knew he was a genius, but also knew he ruled the band with an iron fist and could get pretty violent if he didn't like your attitude.
Ronnie is still my hero & always will be. Ronnie's singing voice was so real & uniquely phenomenal. I never get tired of listening to Lynyrd Skynyrd. And in any interview I've ever heard, his voice has always given me such a calming mesmerizing effect. He was extra ordinary with talent unmeasurable, such a gift we lost way too soon. Southern by the sweet grace of God. Us southern ladies love our southern men 'cause they're the best. Ronnie had that raw manly no nonsense attitude that blended well with his sweet southern charm and just like Elvis, go ahead and count all the other icons that have come from our beautiful South Land, so with that, I end with my best Rebel Yell. Lynyrd Skynyrd STILL & WILL FOREVER LYVE ON.
I'm Latino you know my cousins in Mexico grew up as well as I did on Lynyrd Skynyrd and we still play their music today and believe me we worn out a lot of LP'S, 8tracks as well as cassettes. Got the chance to see them in Detroit downtown Michigan back in the 70s they truly blew the place apart we were all in amazement young Motown detroiters. One good thing about growing up in Detroit everybody and anybody as well as the great blues players made damn sure they hit Detroit Michigan from all the history from the Motown and well as the great blues players of the past that played in Detroit and lived in Detroit before they moved on to Chicago and Chess records.
Skynyrd hated being referred to as Southern Rock.they were just rockers for the common people, the real world. Lynard Skynyrd was about the real world, period.
Glad i stumbled on this. I've remarked elsewhere Cry For the Bad Man is underrated. As a band, the dimension Mr Billy Powell adds in several monumental songs, chiefly Mr Breeze, pulls newcomers to LS in with his play. Breeze is the most potent dose of happiness ever recorded.
R.I.P. TO All, A Great Interview Here, I can hear the band in Rock & Roll Heaven, With Ronnie and the Guy's writing New Songs, Lord, They were in their Prime when the Plane Crashed, who can imagine what the next album would have sounded like, It would have been a tough job to do a Better album than Street Survivors, but with Steve Gains on Board, they could have topped it, They were just getting Better all the time, The older albums before Steve Joined, were all Great, Skynyrd Never did a Bad Song, I love them all, By Favorite Band of all Time, they just had a Magic to them, Cousin Figel
Skynyrd as was The Allman Brothers, Marshall Tucker, Dicky Betts, Barefoot Gerry, ect were the sound track of my highschool years and college. I can remember our high school football coach during spring drills coming out and telling us Governor Wallace had been shot during his presidential run. From that point on Sweet Home Alabama became a heartfelt song to me. It was as though Skynyrd had single-handedly stood up for the South. I saw Skynyrd at the Tennessee State Fair along with Blue oyster cult because n 74. 867 now I think I'm still trying to get over the hangover.😂 RIP Ronnie I hope you're catching big bass in that Big Lake in the sky.
Ronnie made sure the band was always at its best. How?? Practice Practice Practice. They always played their music exactly the same way live as in the studio. Just a great group of musicians
I was getting chill bumps listening to Ronnie speak. Skynyrd is my all time favorite rock and roll band. I was also blessed to catch Skynyrd in July of 1977 about three months before the plane crash. I still have my ticket stub.
I still miss Ronnie being here. He was nothing like the current band. He was a big brother to everyone and was kind of beyond the left/right divide, even back then. He was a product of the ghetto meets hippiedom meets Southern culture.
@@Mysterywhiteboy78 Four Walls of Raiford - deals with the plight of a Vietnam Vet, Curtis Lowe deals with race, Mr Saturday Night Special - is anti guns, much to the chagrin of the tribute/pretend version of the band. Ronnie was a hippie from a redneck/roughneck part of town: I used to live there my self 30 years ago. Peace
I think it was Billy Powell who said " we all had our little fist fights, busted lips and bloody noses, but nobody really wanted to tangle with Ronnie, sombody always ended up with a broken bone".
I love that Bob Burns comment - “For what a free bird is here, ain’t nothing going to compare to the free birds we’re all gonna be later on … all of us!”
❤❤Ronnie Van Zant was so far ahead of his time. Absolutely nobody has ever commanded a stage before him or since him, he owned it. I loved him the second I saw him on TV. I still love Ronnie!! Always wiil! !!❤❤
Growing up in Jacksonville always gave me a strong connection to these guys and I was fortunate enough to have seen the original band, my first concert on my fourteenth birthday at their homecoming show in Jacksonville. One memory I treasure to this day.
Meanwhile I grew up in NY, got into them in 88 and they are one of my top 3 ever. I loved southern rock so much I went to college in the south, lived that way of life and loved it along with all the great people I met. Point is, you Jax folks are lucky to be there, but Skynyrd was so awesome it even made some Yankees almost Southern by the grace of God 👍🏻
Being from Jacksonville I grew up on the Northside. This guys grew up on the Westside.I had a Uncle that was same age as RVZ and knew him[ from Plymouth Race track] he sounds just like him. He passed in 1987 and when I hear his voice it sounds like my Uncle
Clearly Van Sant was so locked in.A true leader in so many ways. Greatness, getting greater, greater @ greater. The addition of Gaines,the dedication in studio, definitely improving,perfecting,.. on stage@ in studio. The skill getting better musically,@ his singing constantly getting better. Fantastic interview!! Also,they brought back the honketes on the road. Once on stage a true team, putting on aAplus show.
I do love these documentaries and stuff hearing the band members talk. I don't mean to sound disrespectful but when you overlay there voice with the song it kinda takes away from it.
The longest and best interview I ever heard with Ronnie. Interesting the immense respect he showed toward Tom Dowd as a producer & how he got the very best out of the band.
IMO every song on Nuthin Fancy was great….in fact every song they ever recorded was great. I’ve never had a Skynyrd song come on and changed it to the next song in the queue.
Love Skynyrd Interviews. Love to hear Ronnie’s the most. But love them all. I’m sure there’s more out there some with him. Maybe oneday they will upload them all
WLIR Garden City Long Island was an oasis for southern rock in the Northeast before they went New Wave. I remember Gregg Allman saying he was amazed at the amount of support the Allmans got on LI on the radio compared to other places is in the North. Sounds like Earle Bailey doing the interview but not sure. Always loved Lynyrd Skynyrd, Ronnie was one of the great front men RIP.
Wow!! I can't believe how down to earth and humble this man is .I love what he said about building a holiday Inn near the swamp and turning Jacksonville into another concrete Miami. Way ahead of his time.
I was born and raised in WPB and sometimes I wish I didn’t have to live to see the extreme damage to our environment and wild life by this disgusting development. Thank your county and city commissioners for selling out to ruthless developers.
Ronnie Van Zant , 11 times lol he is the underground king of rock & roll would of knocked out Elvis cold his dad Lacey was a prize fighter 18 wheeler driver Ronnie loved fishing fighting and his friends that’s it…
I seen rainbow at the Fox in Atlanta , some girl had a backstage pass but she was too shy to go back so I said let me use your pass and I'll go get you a souvenir soon as I walked in the door Roger Glover was standing there I got his ,Jo Lyn Turner and Bobby Rondanellis autograph then I seen Ritchie Blackmore leaning against the wall and I walked past him and said excellent concert Ritchie and he nodded at me in thanks I walked right out on the stage and stood where Ronnie stood that was my goal the autographs and talking to Ritchie were a bonus I also got some pieces of a strat he destroyed for the girl ,she was happy and so was I. RIP Skynyrd brothers.
In 1996 when Free Bird The Movie came out, Ronnie was a great guy who loved everybody and would give the shirt off his back. In 2018 when they made If I Leave Here Tomorrow...he was a tyrannical drunken violent asshole. Sounds like a really nice laid back guy in this interview...so which was it? Hey, still love Skynyrd forever! As a musician and 70s enthusiast, Lynyrd Skynyrd's one of my all-time favourites. Long live rock!!!
I think Ronnie had a Jeckle and Hyde personality. He was a different person when he drank. We have a story and pictures of how some Spanish guys beat the crap out of Ronnie while out on the road. He came away with two black eyes. And you know Allen got himself paralyzed way after the songs That Smell, Poison Whiskey and The Needle and the Spoon. Allen also got Debra Jean Watts killed in the same car crash. And Artimus was convicted in a court of law for doing something to two underage girls. That was back when he was dating their mother. Who knows what happened. It's lucky we don't know the worst of celebrities. For instance, Stevie Nicks killed Don Henley's unborn child via an abortion. You don't hear people talking about that. Maybe she'll write a song about it and make is sound cool to have an abortion.
I have all skynyrd’s albums except recording’s from muscle shoals. I have to say I absolutely love the album nothin fancy. There are some great songs on that album, actually in my opinion, every song on that record is awesome. I love it❤. Ronnie you and Alan Steve Leon billy Gary and Cassie are so very loved and missed !!!! THANKS FOR THE GREAT JAMS, awesome work . Dean kilpatrick is very missed as well. 💯 🤘🏼💀🤘🏼 ♥️ 🤘🏼💀🤘🏼
Would have loved to have seen the original crew live. One of a kind, completely unique sounding band that immediately reached out and grabbed me. Never heard a song I didn't like, and that will absolutely never change. Thank you Lynard Skynyrd for all the great music.
I saw them in 1977 in Chicago. I was17 and 3 carloads of us went. I think I paid 6 or 7 bucks for a ticket. We were all tripping on blotter and having a great time. Ted Nugent was the headliner. 38 Special, Journey and REO Speed Wagon too, if I remember correctly.
I saw them twice... 1977 and a month is so before the plane crash. They were awesome! Yet, I've seen them twice thereafter. Johnny and the others did give the glory not only to God but to the memory of L.S.
I met the MAN while they were recording "Street Survivors" at Studio 1 Doraville. An honest to God Southern gentleman. He would told you Southern man don't need your bigoted comments anyhow..
Gosh, Ronnie you are missed. Freebird was one of the top three. I was seven when you died. My brother was 18, would fart, and sing "That Smell" 😂😢😂. Rest in peace, y'all ❤️.
Molly Hatchet, 38 Special, and LYNYRD SKYNYRD are from Jacksonville, Florida And as you notice - they are each one of a kind and close to perfectionist with their performances . The best of the best . I know You Ain't the One, but I bet you are Double Trouble - you know when a black cat cuts your trail - LORD they come in pairs of two ... Were you a Simple Man before Tuesday left ? You probably have a lot of Things Goin' On now that you are a Free Bird . Take care of that Mississippi Kid and stay away from the Poison Whiskey . If you can, please Gimme Three Steps for learning how to resist the temptations of going to The Jug and meeting up with Linda Lu . Cause I'm just a Truck Drivin' Man . The Jug was a saloon, not far from the high school . Swamp Music - LYNYRD SKYNYRD . Hey - it's a simple song as far as lyrics but the band churns out the rhythm, bass and side riffs so busy and non-stop that it is very hard to concentrate on any part because there is so much goodness going on from each member . I promise if you listen to this song on headphones you will want to play it over and over at least 100 times . It is my favorite song of all time : ( won't you - play a simple song for them - that's the only thing they want to love and understand ) The reason why I like this song so much is that every member of the band is steadily slamming out the jam during the entire song . I can taste strawberry, peach, apple, raspberry, grape, cinnamon, cherry, banana, pecan, watermelon, avocado, persimmon, and fried bream . ( with salt and black pepper ) I would very much like a ' Second Helping ' ( Their Second Album 1974 ) I just listened to it 5 times after making this comment . Make that 6 times . I went to the same high school they went to - 10 years after them . Robert E. Lee High School They named the band after their gym teacher who kept bugging them about their hair . ( Leonard Skinner ) I have about 8 thousand mp3 files of about 40 rock groups from the 70 ' s . That is the only song I play - over and over and over - sometimes more than 10 times in a row . In 1975 when I was in 12th grade - we skipped school and stayed on the bus . The bus driver - an older black man, Mr. McKenzie ( we thought of him as similar to Curtis Loew ) took us to his house and we installed an old 8 track tape player and speakers on the bus . Of course the first tape to play was Pronounced . ( don't tell anyone - but - he gave us a beer ) Another of my favorites of theirs is ' Railroad Song ' and ' Made In The Shade ' . I worked at the railroad in ' 78 and worked with an engineer named Randy Heron - he was friends will everyone in the band and their families . He introduced me to Gene Odom ( Security and body guard for the band - survived the crash ) one evening at The Jug . I lot touch with Randy years ago . If someone knows him, please have him email me at the address on my channel about page . Gene Odom - on working with Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Rolling Stones and Plane Crash/ HOWGO ruclips.net/video/kFTLK0RP7DE/видео.html Another time, he introduced me to the singer of the Allen Collins band - ( Jimmy Dougherty ) Which reminds me of another of my favorites of his : Chapter One ruclips.net/video/dayMpivPlCk/видео.html
Definitely glad I was around when Skynyrd was happening. The first 2 albums and Street Survivors were masterpieces!! They were by a million miles the best Southern rock band EVER!!
Wow. This guy had a real Jekyll and Hyde thing going on. Sounds so soft spoken and personable here, but damn, some of the things he did even to his own best friends. I'm glad I found this, it drives home the "simple man" inside the monster.
@@jaxflfreebird Oh my. Not a nice thing to say huh? An asshole comment huh? Lets clear up one thing right now, I have been a Skynyrd fan since they existed and I damn sure aint no idiot Liberal. I'm just being honest. And busting out Billy Powells front teeth or cutting up Garys hands with a broken bottle were not nice things to DO!! In fact, they were really asshole things to DO! I used to party and do stupid things too and I DID mention that Ronnie was just being human like a lot of us. So take it easy, we are not so different. I know a few people who do the Jekyll and Hyde thing after a few drinks. It sucks. Frankly I would prefer that they just stayed sober.
Never wrote down any song done by memory Leon Wilkerson was my friend saw them last at champagne jam Atlanta girl friend was dating ARS drummer seen some crazy things😅
I KNEW when i saw 'JaxFreebird' this was gonna be a good one- Thanks for uploading this one- 'Bullets' is my favorite Skynyrd album, IF i had to pick one, And it was Allens favorite too. Well at least thats what he told me.
I'm honored to have you here. Someone who knew Allen Collins. So cool. When you think of Skynyrd, the original band, the only one that matters, Allen was either a third or a fourth of the band, that is if you included Ed then Allen was a fourth of the band. Without Ed, Allen was creatively and music wise a third of the band. Without Ronnie, Allen and Ed you have the modern band. I respect Gary and he's a Legend but the band should have ended when Billy died. What's the point of calling it Skynyrd after that. Anyway, hoping this isn't an insult to you. It's just how I feel. Allen's solo album was quite good. I've never even owned an Rossington album. I didn't care for what they did when they opened for Skynyrd in 87 here in Jax. I'm pretty sure they opened. I guess I should check the paper. They opened later for the band though.
At the end of the interview Ronnie talks about next project is the live album they will be dueing at the Fox Theater in Atlanta, which all here know as One More From the Road. For me the single greatest rock album ever produced and this and that tour with the newly added Steve Gaines took them to new heights, really at the top of the heap so to speak. I still play the heck out of it when out cruising on my Victory Cross Country motorcycle.
Great interview. Ronnie was a very talented soft spoken person who talked from the heart. No fancy words just telling stories like they should be told.
I got to visit Ronnie's original grave in Orange Park Florida 40+ years ago. I was born in Jacksonville Florida. The band's Southern Rock was and still is part of our city. Ronnie's Mom said "Ronnie was the meanest of all (of them)". All the parts of a person make them who they are. He was a special person and Yes, a True Leader.
Well this interview was about the music..wondeful poet and musician. I was privileged to see them play in Duval I believe the year before the crash! One of the most memorable times of my teenage years!!
Good grief Ronnie was an absolute genius. People who think he was just some drunken buffoon are greatly mistaken. The man was bad to the bone and as real as it gets.
He was a one of a kind, never to be duplicated.
I heard he quit drinking in latter 1976 and wanted to concentrate on family. He was also thinking of leaving the group. He sounds like a very straight guy here, telling things like it was. On stage he is clearly enjoying himself. He gave the fans their money's worth.
He had vocal chord problems. Nodes. I think.
I don't think I've ever met anybody that thought he was a drunken bufoon. I think everybody knew he was a genius, but also knew he ruled the band with an iron fist and could get pretty violent if he didn't like your attitude.
@buzzbuzzerson3592 I agree. I never have heard this man referred to as a drunken buffoon or anything like it.
Love those classic Skynyrd boys but most of all Ronnie. Now Gary is up there with him. R.I.P. boys.
Ronnie Van Zant was intelligent, soft spoken and a true talent.
Don’t get around him when he’s drunk because he’s clean your clock 😂 mean some bitch when drinking, just what I’ve read about 😮
Not so soft spoken when he's hammered, lol.
Yeah, I bet he threw many a 👊🏻
He was an ass😂
He was. The alcohol took away from his genius.
What a great interview I love the fact that Ronnie explains some of what the songs were written about
Same here, I loved hearing about the genesis of some of their songs! 😎❤️
Ronnie is still my hero & always will be. Ronnie's singing voice was so real & uniquely phenomenal. I never get tired of listening to Lynyrd Skynyrd. And in any interview I've ever heard, his voice has always given me such a calming mesmerizing effect. He was extra ordinary with talent unmeasurable, such a gift we lost way too soon. Southern by the sweet grace of God. Us southern ladies love our southern men 'cause they're the best. Ronnie had that raw manly no nonsense attitude that blended well with his sweet southern charm and just like Elvis, go ahead and count all the other icons that have come from our beautiful South Land, so with that, I end with my best Rebel Yell. Lynyrd Skynyrd STILL & WILL FOREVER LYVE ON.
Beautifully stated. I’m a Yankee man (New York City) but respect Ronnie and Gary ( may both RIP). Ronnie had that calm suave natural Southern accent.
Me too
Amen sister! Amen! From one Southern gal to another!🤘😎🤘❤
Lyrical genius and best front man of ALL time gone waaaaaay too soon at only 29 😪
Please. Be sure that record labels and sponsors fueled the alcohol. They were only getting better! Be respectful!
Agreed! Rip RVZ. Fly high free bird!
@@6111tbyrdtf are you yappin about?
Them Boys never wrote a bad song and I hope they're still writing. Rip
street survivors sucked... every other album - GREAT.
you trippin street survivors is fire@@bishlap
@@bishlapSkynyrd didn't make a bad album
@@bishlapthanks for letting us know you know nothing 😂😂
Love this. I'm from the Westside of Jacksonville. 103d St, Riker Rd. Even though I'm a black man,I love myself some Lynryrd Skynyrd.
Westside Bestside!!
DUVVVVALL
Damn I miss Ronnie.
Black, white, whatever it don't matter cause we are all SKYNYRD NATION!!!
SKYNYRD FOREVER ❤️🇺🇲
I'm Latino you know my cousins in Mexico grew up as well as I did on Lynyrd Skynyrd and we still play their music today and believe me we worn out a lot of LP'S, 8tracks as well as cassettes. Got the chance to see them in Detroit downtown Michigan back in the 70s they truly blew the place apart we were all in amazement young Motown detroiters. One good thing about growing up in Detroit everybody and anybody as well as the great blues players made damn sure they hit Detroit Michigan from all the history from the Motown and well as the great blues players of the past that played in Detroit and lived in Detroit before they moved on to Chicago and Chess records.
Lynyrd Skynyrd is for ALL people! Everyone is included. 🙋🏻♂️👍
imagine saying ‘as a black man’ when these skynyrd boys play blues and rock both with roots to african culture LMAOO
Long Live Southern Rock 🎸🥁‼️RIP Ronnie Van Zant And All Members ‼️
Skynyrd hated being referred to as Southern Rock.they were just rockers for the common people, the real world. Lynard Skynyrd was about the real world, period.
All we have left are our memories. I'm thankful each and everyday that I was alive to enjoy this phenomenal band.
Glad i stumbled on this. I've remarked elsewhere Cry For the Bad Man is underrated. As a band, the dimension Mr Billy Powell adds in several monumental songs, chiefly Mr Breeze, pulls newcomers to LS in with his play. Breeze is the most potent dose of happiness ever recorded.
Cry ...is definitely underrated.
Billy Powell plays classical piano in a rock band, the dude was so talented.
Agreed !!
a genius just listen to him the way he talks that's why this guy is so special he relates to the Working Man
R.I.P. TO All, A Great Interview Here, I can hear the band in Rock & Roll Heaven, With Ronnie and the Guy's writing New Songs, Lord, They were in their Prime when the Plane Crashed, who can imagine what the next album would have sounded like, It would have been a tough job to do a Better album than Street Survivors, but with Steve Gains on Board, they could have topped it, They were just getting Better all the time, The older albums before Steve Joined, were all Great, Skynyrd Never did a Bad Song, I love them all, By Favorite Band of all Time, they just had a Magic to them, Cousin Figel
I'm not bullshitting. Ronnie Van Zant and some of my brothers would have a goddamn good time back in the 70s. God bless him!
Skynyrd as was The Allman Brothers, Marshall Tucker, Dicky Betts, Barefoot Gerry, ect were the sound track of my highschool years and college. I can remember our high school football coach during spring drills coming out and telling us Governor Wallace had been shot during his presidential run. From that point on Sweet Home Alabama became a heartfelt song to me. It was as though Skynyrd had single-handedly stood up for the South. I saw Skynyrd at the Tennessee State Fair along with Blue oyster cult because n 74. 867 now I think I'm still trying to get over the hangover.😂 RIP Ronnie I hope you're catching big bass in that Big Lake in the sky.
Ronnie made sure the band was always at its best. How?? Practice Practice Practice. They always played their music exactly the same way live as in the studio. Just a great group of musicians
Hardest working band ever
Yep they were great. One of the greatest bands there ever was.
How sad is this. So much talent just simply gone . Missing this group alot
I was getting chill bumps listening to Ronnie speak. Skynyrd is my all time favorite rock and roll band. I was also blessed to catch Skynyrd in July of 1977 about three months before the plane crash. I still have my ticket stub.
Awesome American music
Living and being raised in Jacksonville Florida they have to be our number one band and yes we'll see him again😢
@dalebaxley5698 you were blessed. You had Savatage too, one of my favourite all-time bands.
R.I.P. Criss Oliva and all the Skynyrd family members 😢
I went to the '77 concert as well!
Amazing... God Bless.
I still miss Ronnie being here. He was nothing like the current band. He was a big brother to everyone and was kind of beyond the left/right divide, even back then. He was a product of the ghetto meets hippiedom meets Southern culture.
When sober.......he was a dick when he drank .......proverbial drunk redneck hahaha
I don't hear him talking about politics so this doesn't make much sense to me, although he did seem like a father figure to the band.
@@Mysterywhiteboy78 Four Walls of Raiford - deals with the plight of a Vietnam Vet, Curtis Lowe deals with race, Mr Saturday Night Special - is anti guns, much to the chagrin of the tribute/pretend version of the band. Ronnie was a hippie from a redneck/roughneck part of town: I used to live there my self 30 years ago. Peace
No mention of Ed King …sweet home Alabama was his riff…rip..Ed…fine guitar player
I think it was Billy Powell who said " we all had our little fist fights, busted lips and bloody noses, but nobody really wanted to tangle with Ronnie, sombody always ended up with a broken bone".
didnt he knock Billys front teeth out.................................................................Twice?
God, I miss Skynyrd!
I love that Bob Burns comment - “For what a free bird is here, ain’t nothing going to compare to the free birds we’re all gonna be later on … all of us!”
❤❤Ronnie Van Zant was so far ahead of his time. Absolutely nobody has ever commanded a stage before him or since him, he owned it. I loved him the second I saw him on TV. I still love Ronnie!! Always wiil! !!❤❤
Growing up in Jacksonville always gave me a strong connection to these guys and I was fortunate enough to have seen the original band, my first concert on my fourteenth birthday at their homecoming show in Jacksonville. One memory I treasure to this day.
Jax girl here too.
@@maryreilly5092 Hope you had an opportunity to see them as I did in '76. They were incredible. And as you know, Jacksonville rocks, girl
@@Skynyrdforever I did see them several times but not as early as you did! Aren't we lucky?
Meanwhile I grew up in NY, got into them in 88 and they are one of my top 3 ever. I loved southern rock so much I went to college in the south, lived that way of life and loved it along with all the great people I met. Point is, you Jax folks are lucky to be there, but Skynyrd was so awesome it even made some Yankees almost Southern by the grace of God 👍🏻
@@ericbutler739 You're a Southerner now too, just for loving L.S. as much as we do here in Jacksonville! Thanks for being a True Fan!
Being from Jacksonville I grew up on the Northside. This guys grew up on the Westside.I had a Uncle that was same age as RVZ and knew him[ from Plymouth Race track] he sounds just like him. He passed in 1987 and when I hear his voice it sounds like my Uncle
One bright cat
Clearly Van Sant was so locked in.A true leader in so many ways. Greatness, getting greater, greater @ greater. The addition of Gaines,the dedication in studio, definitely improving,perfecting,.. on stage@ in studio. The skill getting better musically,@ his singing constantly getting better. Fantastic interview!! Also,they brought back the honketes on the road. Once on stage a true team, putting on aAplus show.
I do love these documentaries and stuff hearing the band members talk. I don't mean to sound disrespectful but when you overlay there voice with the song it kinda takes away from it.
NUTHIN' FANCY is a damn fine album.
Rare to hear that but I agree with you
@@dp-rq8nq Country boy...Railroad song ...all soundtracks to our lives at some point....Whiskey rock a roller... just keeps on giving those vibes man.
@@lunarmist428 And do leave out "Am I losing"
@@dp-rq8nq All of 'em are tops....👍
Of course On the Hunt... Billy Powell & Leon 's bass lines are the " secret weapon.".....IMO
The longest and best interview I ever heard with Ronnie. Interesting the immense respect he showed toward Tom Dowd as a producer & how he got the very best out of the band.
Around 11:25 "you just gotta keep doing it or the public will forget you..." Not yet, Ronnie.
Never Big Dog.
IMO every song on Nuthin Fancy was great….in fact every song they ever recorded was great. I’ve never had a Skynyrd song come on and changed it to the next song in the queue.
Nope me either but second helping was my fav
@@slabbusterrtr7690 pronounced for me
I Need You was a great song
@@DojacksYes! Never hear anything about that song but I think it might just be my favorite. It's a real special song.
Love Skynyrd Interviews. Love to hear Ronnie’s the most. But love them all. I’m sure there’s more out there some with him. Maybe oneday they will upload them all
Ronnie was wise beyond his years.
Guy never even wrote stuff down ,he is the best ever
So articulate and smart......WHAT A TALENT..... RIP RVZ!!!!!!!
I can't think of 1 single song from all their records that I don't like. Can't say that for 99% of bands
WLIR Garden City Long Island was an oasis for southern rock in the Northeast before they went New Wave. I remember Gregg Allman saying he was amazed at the amount of support the Allmans got on LI on the radio compared to other places is in the North. Sounds like Earle Bailey doing the interview but not sure. Always loved Lynyrd Skynyrd, Ronnie was one of the great front men RIP.
I listened to WLIR all the time up in NY. Alot of fans up there at the time
RIP GARY, Your with your brother's now.
GENUINE!
Wow!! I can't believe how down to earth and humble this man is .I love what he said about building a holiday Inn near the swamp and turning Jacksonville into another concrete Miami. Way ahead of his time.
I was born and raised in WPB and sometimes I wish I didn’t have to live to see the extreme damage to our environment and wild life by this disgusting development. Thank your county and city commissioners for selling out to ruthless developers.
Ronnie Van Zant , 11 times lol he is the underground king of rock & roll would of knocked out Elvis cold his dad Lacey was a prize fighter 18 wheeler driver Ronnie loved fishing fighting and his friends that’s it…
And making the best music ever heard on this planet!
As talented as Ronnie Van Zant was,there's only one Elvis,he was and still is considered the King of Rock n Roll.
The greatest song writer ever to not make 30 wow what might have been but thank goodness for what we got
I Q off the charts right here
what a cool interview, thanks for posting it.
So cool to hear Ronnie
Ronnie Van Zant died in 1977, and Skynyrd died with him.
And it’s good for a tax write off To darn funny Love the skynyrdboys
He has a pleasant speaking voice. He doesn’t sound like the tyrant and bully he often was.
He wasn't drinking. Al Kooper was the rip off.
Gotta love Lynyrd Skynyrd
I seen rainbow at the Fox in Atlanta , some girl had a backstage pass but she was too shy to go back so I said let me use your pass and I'll go get you a souvenir soon as I walked in the door Roger Glover was standing there I got his ,Jo Lyn Turner and Bobby Rondanellis autograph then I seen Ritchie Blackmore leaning against the wall and I walked past him and said excellent concert Ritchie and he nodded at me in thanks I walked right out on the stage and stood where Ronnie stood that was my goal the autographs and talking to Ritchie were a bonus I also got some pieces of a strat he destroyed for the girl ,she was happy and so was I. RIP Skynyrd brothers.
Brings a tear to my eye.
Breaks my heart all over again
This is the absolute best video. Ronnie says "lyrics were nothing" regarding Alan and Freeboard.
What’s freeboard ?
Oh, yeah! I wish I had a hundred friends like him 😕
What song is it you wanna hear.
I’m waiting for him to say Alright, Alright, Alright
Hi ! Wow ! What more can said about the greatest of the greatest ? A true Blessing for sure !! ❤
In 1996 when Free Bird The Movie came out, Ronnie was a great guy who loved everybody and would give the shirt off his back. In 2018 when they made If I Leave Here Tomorrow...he was a tyrannical drunken violent asshole. Sounds like a really nice laid back guy in this interview...so which was it? Hey, still love Skynyrd forever! As a musician and 70s enthusiast, Lynyrd Skynyrd's one of my all-time favourites. Long live rock!!!
I think Ronnie had a Jeckle and Hyde personality. He was a different person when he drank. We have a story and pictures of how some Spanish guys beat the crap out of Ronnie while out on the road. He came away with two black eyes. And you know Allen got himself paralyzed way after the songs That Smell, Poison Whiskey and The Needle and the Spoon. Allen also got Debra Jean Watts killed in the same car crash. And Artimus was convicted in a court of law for doing something to two underage girls. That was back when he was dating their mother. Who knows what happened. It's lucky we don't know the worst of celebrities. For instance, Stevie Nicks killed Don Henley's unborn child via an abortion. You don't hear people talking about that. Maybe she'll write a song about it and make is sound cool to have an abortion.
If I leave here tomorrow movie was fake.
I have all skynyrd’s albums except recording’s from muscle shoals. I have to say I absolutely love the album nothin fancy. There are some great songs on that album, actually in my opinion, every song on that record is awesome. I love it❤.
Ronnie you and Alan Steve Leon billy Gary and Cassie are so very loved and missed !!!!
THANKS FOR THE GREAT JAMS, awesome work . Dean kilpatrick is very missed as well. 💯
🤘🏼💀🤘🏼 ♥️ 🤘🏼💀🤘🏼
Great interview. I lived on Long Island and had this on 8 track back in the 70’s.
my friend had tickets to a Nassau Coliseum concert that never was in October 1977...
Temporarily living near Clay County. He’s here. You can feel it.
Great interview but to many adds. Glad to hear him talk about my home state and I agree about what he said of Miami. Rock for ever Lynyrd Skynyrd.
Whoa. Incredibly welll spoken man.
Smart as hell and a musical genius
Would have loved to have seen the original crew live. One of a kind, completely unique sounding band that immediately reached out and grabbed me. Never heard a song I didn't like, and that will absolutely never change. Thank you Lynard Skynyrd for all the great music.
I saw them in 1977 in Chicago. I was17 and 3 carloads of us went. I think I paid 6 or 7 bucks for a ticket. We were all tripping on blotter and having a great time. Ted Nugent was the headliner. 38 Special, Journey and REO Speed Wagon too, if I remember correctly.
I saw them twice... 1977 and a month is so before the plane crash. They were awesome! Yet, I've seen them twice thereafter. Johnny and the others did give the glory not only to God but to the memory of L.S.
Never be another skynyrd
If only Aerosmith bought that aeroplane 👍🍺
always seemed so polite
Great interview
Hope they didn’t ask him any stupid questions
Rip guys Skynyrd 4 ever
I'm glad Ronnie mentioned my idle,J.J. Cale.👍
You idle an engine. You mean idol.
Yep.....1976 when things were not so complicated - And lgbtq+FO was in the closet
I met the MAN while they were recording "Street Survivors" at Studio 1 Doraville. An honest to God Southern gentleman. He would told you Southern man don't need your bigoted comments anyhow..
You wouldn't have said that to his face computer warrior. Stfu
@@rickkohnken4776Speaking for a dead man now,are you......😂😂😂
MuscLe ShoaLs !
Ronnie could have made a good Billy Jack.
I’m glad I got to see them
Never be forgotten....fly high brother.
Playing pretty for Atlanta...
Gary,Allen and steve T for Texas best guitar battle ever
Don't forget the " T" for Tennessee!
I can listening Ronnie for days non stop.
How many van zants you got 🇺🇸 😅
The simplest thing in the world 🩵
Ed King was gone by this time. Just two guitar players, he said. By the way, the interviewer is Dennis McNamara.
This is all gold!
Ronnie sounds like Lt. Dan
Gosh, Ronnie you are missed. Freebird was one of the top three. I was seven when you died. My brother was 18, would fart, and sing "That Smell" 😂😢😂. Rest in peace, y'all ❤️.
Molly Hatchet, 38 Special, and LYNYRD SKYNYRD are from Jacksonville, Florida
And as you notice - they are each one of a kind and close to perfectionist with their performances .
The best of the best .
I know You Ain't the One, but I bet you are Double Trouble - you know when a black cat cuts your trail - LORD they come in pairs of two ...
Were you a Simple Man before Tuesday left ? You probably have a lot of Things Goin' On now that you are a Free Bird .
Take care of that Mississippi Kid and stay away from the Poison Whiskey .
If you can, please Gimme Three Steps for learning how to resist the temptations of going to The Jug and meeting up with Linda Lu . Cause I'm just a Truck Drivin' Man .
The Jug was a saloon, not far from the high school .
Swamp Music - LYNYRD SKYNYRD .
Hey - it's a simple song as far as lyrics but the band churns out the rhythm, bass and side riffs so busy and non-stop that it is very hard to concentrate on any part because there is so much goodness going on from each member . I promise if you listen to this song on headphones you will want to play it over and over at least 100 times .
It is my favorite song of all time : ( won't you - play a simple song for them - that's the only thing they want to love and understand )
The reason why I like this song so much is that every member of the band is steadily slamming out the jam during the entire song . I can taste strawberry, peach, apple, raspberry, grape, cinnamon, cherry, banana, pecan, watermelon, avocado, persimmon, and fried bream . ( with salt and black pepper )
I would very much like a ' Second Helping ' ( Their Second Album 1974 )
I just listened to it 5 times after making this comment .
Make that 6 times .
I went to the same high school they went to - 10 years after them .
Robert E. Lee High School
They named the band after their gym teacher who kept bugging them about their hair . ( Leonard Skinner )
I have about 8 thousand mp3 files of about 40 rock groups from the 70 ' s .
That is the only song I play - over and over and over - sometimes more than 10 times in a row .
In 1975 when I was in 12th grade - we skipped school and stayed on the bus . The bus driver - an older black man, Mr. McKenzie ( we thought of him as similar to Curtis Loew ) took us to his house and we installed an old 8 track tape player and speakers on the bus . Of course the first tape to play was Pronounced . ( don't tell anyone - but - he gave us a beer )
Another of my favorites of theirs is ' Railroad Song ' and ' Made In The Shade ' .
I worked at the railroad in ' 78 and worked with an engineer named Randy Heron - he was friends will everyone in the band and their families . He introduced me to Gene Odom ( Security and body guard for the band - survived the crash ) one evening at The Jug . I lot touch with Randy years ago . If someone knows him, please have him email me at the address on my channel about page .
Gene Odom - on working with Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Rolling Stones and Plane Crash/ HOWGO
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Another time, he introduced me to the singer of the Allen Collins band - ( Jimmy Dougherty )
Which reminds me of another of my favorites of his :
Chapter One
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Definitely glad I was around when Skynyrd was happening. The first 2 albums and Street Survivors were masterpieces!! They were by a million miles the best Southern rock band EVER!!
I got my driver's license in 1974 Charleston South Carolina love listening on the 8th tracks back then had it going on great memories
Wow. This guy had a real Jekyll and Hyde thing going on. Sounds so soft spoken and personable here, but damn, some of the things he did even to his own best friends. I'm glad I found this, it drives home the "simple man" inside the monster.
@@jaxflfreebird Oh my. Not a nice thing to say huh? An asshole comment huh? Lets clear up one thing right now, I have been a Skynyrd fan since they existed and I damn sure aint no idiot Liberal. I'm just being honest. And busting out Billy Powells front teeth or cutting up Garys hands with a broken bottle were not nice things to DO!! In fact, they were really asshole things to DO! I used to party and do stupid things too and I DID mention that Ronnie was just being human like a lot of us. So take it easy, we are not so different. I know a few people who do the Jekyll and Hyde thing after a few drinks. It sucks. Frankly I would prefer that they just stayed sober.
@@beestoe993truth !
Never wrote down any song done by memory Leon Wilkerson was my friend saw them last at champagne jam Atlanta girl friend was dating ARS drummer seen some crazy things😅
I KNEW when i saw 'JaxFreebird' this was gonna be a good one-
Thanks for uploading this one-
'Bullets' is my favorite Skynyrd album, IF i had to pick one,
And it was Allens favorite too.
Well at least thats what he told me.
I'm honored to have you here. Someone who knew Allen Collins. So cool. When you think of Skynyrd, the original band, the only one that matters, Allen was either a third or a fourth of the band, that is if you included Ed then Allen was a fourth of the band. Without Ed, Allen was creatively and music wise a third of the band. Without Ronnie, Allen and Ed you have the modern band. I respect Gary and he's a Legend but the band should have ended when Billy died. What's the point of calling it Skynyrd after that. Anyway, hoping this isn't an insult to you. It's just how I feel. Allen's solo album was quite good. I've never even owned an Rossington album. I didn't care for what they did when they opened for Skynyrd in 87 here in Jax. I'm pretty sure they opened. I guess I should check the paper. They opened later for the band though.
@@jaxflfreebird no insult to me, that is EXACTLY how i feel!!!!!
At the end of the interview Ronnie talks about next project is the live album they will be dueing at the Fox Theater in Atlanta, which all here know as One More From the Road. For me the single greatest rock album ever produced and this and that tour with the newly added Steve Gaines took them to new heights, really at the top of the heap so to speak. I still play the heck out of it when out cruising on my Victory Cross Country motorcycle.
Long live Skynyrd
I followed LS as youngster because they were no frills, genuine down to earth hard hitting bad ass guys making iconic music.
Ronnie really was an original. And had quite a soft speaking voice.
Great interview. Ronnie was a very talented soft spoken person who talked from the heart. No fancy words just telling stories like they should be told.
Sure. Robbie VZ was a really nice guy when he dragged Allen Collins ahead by the floors.
I got to visit Ronnie's original grave in Orange Park Florida 40+ years ago. I was born in Jacksonville Florida. The band's Southern Rock was and still is part of our city. Ronnie's Mom said "Ronnie was the meanest of all (of them)". All the parts of a person make them who they are. He was a special person and Yes, a True Leader.
Well this interview was about the music..wondeful poet and musician. I was privileged to see them play in Duval I believe the year before the crash! One of the most memorable times of my teenage years!!