THIS GUITAR SOLO!!! First Time Reaction to Lynyrd Skynyrd - "Free Bird"
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I'm 70 and I was there...Those kids are now grandparents / great grandparents. What a wonderful time in my life. Being free and carefree. The best of times and memories.
Harley and Skynyrd forever
Right on man! I was there too. Epic performance. Frampton was also really good that day! Those ‘Day on the Greens’ were the best. A few weeks after this concert Zeppelin played. Was their last concert ever in the United States. Rock on man!
I saw them on their Gimme Back My Bullets tour with The Outlaws opening. Best part was when both bands performed Sweet Home Alabama together.
Some younger than you but glad you witnessed this show man. I’m jealous man. 👍
Right back at 'ya Vern. Keep rockin' dude.
Those young girls in the crowd are grandmother's now, I'm 64 and looking back I believe the 70s was the best decade to be a teenager
I would have to agree but the 80s were pretty damn good too.
@@davidmalone3317 I'm the first year of Gen X, which straddles both decades.
I couldn't pick one, but because both decades were better than all the rest.
@MrVvulf I was too young in the 70s to fully enjoy but I came of age in the 80s so that
@@davidmalone3317 one difference is 70s teens had the midnight special, American bandstand,Hee Haw and soul train 80s teens had MTV
@@ChuckHuffmaster And we had some really good rock n roll radio stations in Memphis, Jackson,and Nashville,TN. Road tripped a lot in both decades.
Billy Powell was a roadie for the band. One day he just happened to sit down at the piano and start playing Free Bird. Ronnie Van Zandt was walking by, stopped to listen and said "Are you fucking kidding me?" Billy, horrified that he made Ronnie mad said "What, Ronnie?". Ronnie said "You can play like that and you never told us?". Billy was in the band the next day.
That was at Muscle Shoals he was a classical piano player
Excellent, I never knew that.
Billy blew me away w/Call Me the Breeze
@@kevlar99 Yep! My fav LS song.
What a great story, I didn't know that!
What a time it was to be alive! Outdoors with 80,000 of your closest friends, 85° and sunshine, girls in bikini tops, guys in tank tops, everyone in cut off jean shorts. No phones, tan skin, red cheeks and everyone with long hair. Damn, this takes me back. Yes, your granny and pappy were cool AF. Well done.
And God Bless 70's girls!!!! The most beautiful ever!!!
@@paulkaiser9632less makeup back in those days .
RIP Gary Rossington. Haunting to know all the guys on the front of that stage, hair flowing in the wind, in their prime are now all freebirds. Thanks for all the great music.
Also, legend has it, that the guitar solo at the end, goes on and on, across the Universe, forever and ever!
I wonder who bought his property? I lived next door for a while in a small trailer park south of Jax near the county border - his black wrought iron gate with a big GR on it was cool.
The drummer Artemis pile is still alive. He has his own band now.
If ever one Legend is to be true, i hope it's this one.
Ronnie Van Zant: "If I leave here tomorrow would you still remember me?"
Yes Ronnie, forever and always
we also remember he was a racist
@renevargas8616 Ronnie Van Zant was absolutely NOT racist! Where's your proof? Or are you just a liberal snowflake who thinks by default every white person has to be racist 🤔
@@renevargas8616 Have you ever listened to The Ballad of Curtis Loew?
@@renevargas8616 must be a deranged liberal re+ard im guessing?
@@renevargas8616 no we don't
3:58. The moment you realize, you will never be as cool as your Grandma was......
nor live in the same kind of oakland. its all gone. forever.
Yes, very 😢@@easterworshipper5579
Now that's an encore!!! They had 3 guitarist and the bass. Allen Collins in all white wrote the guitar solo while still in high school. That was Gary Rossington playing the slide at the beginning. Steve Gaines in red pants and Leon Wilkeson on bass, Artimus Pyle on drums and Billy Powell on the piano, and of course Ronnie Van Zant on vocals. Started out a group of boys from just outside of Jacksonville, Florida and Ronnie was the driving force that pushed this band relentlessly. One of the greatest bands ever.
Skynyrd forever. Thanks for a great reaction. ✌️
I spotted a Les Paul custom, a red SG, and a 1958 Gibson Explorer, a genuine Korina model that Allen Collins bought off Eric Clapton.
Great reaction, Stacey. Lynyrd Skynyrd was so badass. This concert was filmed just about 3 1/2 months before the plane crash that killed Ronny, Cassie, Steve, Dean, and the two pilots. The opening lyrics “If I leave her tomorrow would you still remember me?” are so haunting. ❤🙏😊
Yep, October 20th 1977 their plane ran out of fuel (due to a fuel leak) and crashed in the woods of McComb MS.
It was also just a little while after they ditched the drugs and heavy drinking... absolutely the peak of their career.
Lo-res footage of this hit the internet a year or two before RUclips. It wasn't widely known, even in the Bay Area local music/live performance world, that it existed before that.
If it had happened during the satellite age like Queen at Live Aid, I think it would be considered as a more landmark event in rock and roll history than it is.
Lynyrd Skynyrd the name says it all. What a name for a band playing in the 70s was pure magic. They are heaven on earth hands down.
Im 67, a writer and guitarist who saw Skynyrd live three times. THis band was exceptional. Allen Collins, the guy in white who did the solo is my hero. He is the reason I picked up guitar back ni 1977. Collins was a wildman, genius born to play guitar. I am writing a book about him. He had a tragic life, but that said, his solo is considered to be of the top two guitar solos of alltime! Not bad for a self taughter musician from Jacksoville, FLA. At the concert you watched, they had opened for The ROlling Stones. Critics all agreed that on that day, Skynyrd blew the Stones off the stage. Stacey, it was a superb broadcast and I enjoyed your reaction and enthusiasm to one of the greatest live performances in rock and roll. Keep up the great work, you are a beautiful woman. God bless.
I always love watching people that don't know this song watch this video and react to it. When the tempo kicks up and the crowd starts going bananas it is always such a surprise for the reactor.
Stacey, I'm happy your channel exists. Thank you for your genuine reactions. You're such a sweet person.
I'm 69. I feel sorry for you young kids. Most likely you will never experience that energy live. Today with all the synthesizers and voice correctors (or what ever they call them), there is no replacement for pure talent. A handful of renegade backwoods boys became a legend. Sadly all but one of the folks you saw on stage are gone now. Ronnie the front man died in a plane crash just a few short months after this concert. He predicted early in his life he would never see his 30th birthday, he was 29. In addition to his death Steve (one of the guitarists red pants) Cassie, Steve's sister and backup singer and Dean Kilpatric road manager, also perished in the crash. Allan Collins guitarist in white was confined to a wheel chair after a severe car accident and died in 1990, Billy Powell (Piano) passed in 2009. Leon Wileson (bass) in 2001. Gary Rossington, with the fantastic solo and the bird chirping sound passed just last year. Artimus Pyle the drummer is the only one left. Many of us Skynryd fans believe that Free Bird had a very special meaning for Ronnie. "If I leave here tomorrow, will you still remember me?" Yes we will Ronnie! Lynyrd Skynyrd will live on forever.
Just thought you might like a little history to go along with the amazing music.
Great video.
I'm 78 years old and I have only been to 1 concert in my life.
I got back from Vietnam in Aug, 1968... grew my hair and beard down to my azz...in June of 1969 two buddies and I decided we wanted to Hitch-hike from Connecticut to Calif....a week or so later we were in San Jose at one of my friends sister's house and 2 of us decided to head back to Conn. A few days later we got a ride from a bunch of long hairs in a Step Van who were going to a Concert in New York State a few weeks later in Aug. 1969...
Yep Woodstock !
I picked the right Concert to go to !
I'm 75 and spent all my summers in the 60's in Lake Luzerne, NY. I too went to Woodstock. Sorry, mate, but no Lynyrd Skynyrd there.
The guitarist who played the chirping sounds was Gary Rossington who just passed away last year. He was playing Free Bird at his last performance. God bless him and the others who have kept the music going.
The 1970's rock era was all about amazing and long guitar solos :)
The national anthem of Southern Rock and Roll
If I may say, With all due Respect.. in my heart its one for ALL OF Rock & Roll!
The first video I saw was you responding to Metallica Enter Sandman. You are a beautiful woman. Try to do The Ride. It is by David Allen Cole. It is still crazy that I have lived all my life where all this has taken place.
Kuklux klan anthem you mean. They were so racist
@@renevargas8616 maybe you are the racist
@@renevargas8616 Alright Timmy, back to your room. The adults are talking.
When I watch the videos from this concert and Wembley, I love watching Allen, his legs stomping to the drums. He really felt it when he played, you could tell.
I always thought of this song as the stairway to heaven of southern rock
Those 2 songs were frequently interchanged as #1 & #2 for best rock songs ever, as well as most requested. Can't go wrong with either one of them, unless your Wayne, in a guitar shop. Stairway has that honor!
Its the redneck american anthem
it's wild because you know they can't hear themselves playing their music, and to be able to play through it and just crush it, shows how talented they all were.
You just witnessed greatness young lady
I grew up in the 60's and was in college from '76 to '82 and this song became me - so much so that when Lynyrd Skynyrd was performing a couple of years ago in New Jersey an ex-girlfriend from college and her husband went to the concert - I still live in Texas and she called me so I could listen to this song over the phone - she texted me after the song was done that she wanted me to hear my song lol - I went to school and played at The University of Texas and as as a football player and a Sagittarius I was Free Bird and still am a wanderer - I have listened to other first reactions and yours is by far the best - you are an old soul - no insult intended - but you understand in your soul what the music of the 60's and 70's means and how it touched us and defined us back then - we didn't just listen to the music - we felt it in our souls! Have a wonderful day - Namaste
Greatest southern rock band ever with a tragic history
Spot On, you could say that about the Allman Brothers as well.
I was a freshman in High School when this concert happened... Enjoy every minute of life people, because time flies by so fast.
Yes Ronnie we still remember you and ALWAYS will. Rest in peace to Ronnie, Steve, Cassie and Dean.
Actually they are all gone now.
@@Buddha-of8fkArtimus the drummers still alive
One of my favorites! I thoroughly enjoyed watching your reaction to this song. Especially the rocking out part.
Stacy, you are the first one in all of these reactions I've seen to this video to say "So many beautiful people in the crowd. Everyone is gorgeous." Well, Stacy, so are you, my dear. However, yes. If you look in the crowd, there was a natural beauty and no horrific trends yet. There were no hideous and huge tattoos everywhere (especially the ladies), no ugly piercings, no embarrassing clothing, etc. It was just a time of natural beauty and incredible music. We will never get those times again.
and bell bottoms!
LOL. No trends, as if bell bottoms and long hair weren't trends and little rebellions against the trends of the past? Please.
I give you SO much credit!!! You are the first person I have seen react to this (out of a hundred or so) that heard just how much that bass guitar was bringing to the song. It is easy to miss with the great lyrics, and all that lead guitar work. Artemus is also killing it on the drums from the beginning to the end. Poor Artemus is the one who, after the plane crashed, wandered injured badly over to a ranch house for help in a daze- only to be shot in the shoulder by the trigger happy rancher!
bass
@@allendesalme197 I always do that!
Some dispute if Artemus was actually shot. Although the farmer or his wife did indeed fire the gun to ward off as they were in fear of who may be approaching them. Atriums and two other survivors who had to look like hell after the crash let alone the wild hair etc so they would have looked a little scary coming out of the deep woods and approaching their property. And the farmer has said with the helicopter circling in the area( there just happened to have been some military training in area and the helicopter later ended up hovering above the crash with their spotlight providing light to rescuers as it was otherwise pitch dark) what came to his mind was a search for escaped convicts. The farmer finally understood the situation and did then provide help.
@@bradsense7431 Thanx for the further info on this.
@@88pjtink you’re welcome. I watch a channel by LS long time friend and roadie named Craig Reed and I learn this from him and all the guest he has on who relate all these stories about the band. That is why I say some dispute about Artemus actually getting shot because there are even conflicting stories by those actually there. It is interesting that the stories from the plane crash survivors are not all the same but I guess each experience was different and it was such a traumatic event. Craig Reed for instance was unconscious for a week or so. His memory is just before the plane hit the trees and next waking up in a hospital bed many days later. Amazing there were not more deaths from that crash.
I’m 68 years old and saw Lynard Skynard live in Columbia South Carolina - while attending college there- as a backup band for Blue Oyster Cult. We went to that concert specifically to see Lynard Skynard. The next opportunity to see them in my Junior Year at LSU in Baton Rouge,LA. That was the concert they were flying to when their plane crashed. They offered a refund for that show but I kept my tickets and they are framed on the wall in my den even today. Yes, the 70’s were amazing.
OMG!!! You were there, too!!! I was serving at Ft Jackson, and was driving past the Colosseum...saw the marque showing BOC. Being a fanboy, I thought if I just parked I could likely get a ticket. Sure enough I got in. Skynard tore the house down. Made me a lifelong fan. BOC did as well and to this day, my favorite concert...well 1B
1A came a few months later (I recall the show was late July ..right?) In November Marshall Tucker had just come home from their first national tour. The show was billed as "Marshall Tucker and Special Friends". Toy and the boys played an hour-long set, then asked us if they could take a break and then come back and play more. What you gonna say? In ten the band came back and asked if they could just relax and play some old standards. The first was "Orange Blossom Special". About halfway thru the first stanza, this big, tall drink of water in an Aussie duster and a 15 gallon hat walked up...bumped Toy, leaned into the mike and grumbled " You can't play this song without a fiddle, son". Yep, Charlie Daniels. When that song was done, Doug picked up his flute, and blew the four note intro to "Fooled Around and Fell in Love" and Elvin Bishop walked up to the mike, looked at Doug and announced, " If you're blowin' the flute, I guess I better sing my song, huh?" Then a group assembled, broke up. A keyboard set rolled up on stage, and the assembled group began "Ramblin' Man" joined by Greg Allman and Dickie Betts. The entire group jammed thru a few more songs, then Toy stepped up and asked us if they could take another break. He promised more to come. I glanced at my watch. 10:15pm. Ok, sure. An encore with a few more songs...home by 11. Well, as it happens, Toy comes back out ten minutes later, after the roadie's had shuffled some equipment around, including replacing the keyboard set with a baby grand, and announced to the crowd " We thank you for your support. We know y'all made it possible for us to be on this national tour, and we would like to thank you." In the background...the percussion intro to "Gimme Three Steps" as Toy announced that his gift to us was Lynyrd Skynard. Could a knocked me down with a feather. Skynard played damn near every song on 1st and 2d album, a bunch from 3d, and then asked for a break. Whatcha gonna do? Tell 'em no, and send em home? After the break the whole damn shebang...every musician who had taken the stage that night came out to sing Charlie's "The South's gonna do it Again" and then Ronnie asked that iconic question "What song is it you wanna hear?" Yeah. To watch and listen to Gary and Dickie trade slide licks...and to see Charlie and Albert swapping lead licks...priceless. Cops came in at 12:30am and shut the place down...bogarts.
That was at the Opera house...that lil venue a couple blocks N and E of the Capitol. Maybe 2500 peeps...max. Crystal clear sound. Perfect acoustics.
I've seen well over 300 shows in all genres from classical to country to grunge to prog to just good ol rock n roll. Never has any show I've seen eclipsed that one.
I'm 70 now. Don't get out to shows much anymore. I will always remember that night...always.
I grew up in the 60's & 70's with this music.
The music in those days changed music forever and for the best I think.
I was born in 1964 the Last year of the Baby Boomers. I am 60 years old and I am so glad I grew up in the 60's and 70's and 80's a golden age of music. Free Bird is the most requested song at concerts. Someone will shout out Free Bird and a band will laugh or smile. Occasionally a Band will start playing Free Bird. Please react to Lynryd Skynyrd song Sweet Home Alabama. Please react to the Live version from the 1977 Concert from Oakland. It is the same concert as the Free Bird reaction.
Another great Lynryd Skynyrd song Simple Man.
Freebird!
Dolly Parton on stage
F R E E B I R D ! ! !
So she did, search youtube for this
Dolly Parton - Free Bird (feat. Lynyrd Skynyrd) (Official Audio)
They're legends and this performance is history! There will never be another sound like the original southern rock.
One of the GREATEST bands ever. I saw them in D.C. about a year earlier (1976). My first concert ever. and YES, people were much healthier back then. Everyone outdoors in the fresh air and NO cell phones! It was an incredible time to be alive.
If that was at RFK stadium, I was there. Aerosmith, Ted Nugent, and Nazareth. It was an overcast day, but the sun started peeking out at the beginning of the song. All the bands came out in limousines, but Skynyrd came out in a VW bus.
@MikeBUSA that show at RFK stadium was legendary. I didn't get to go to that one. I saw Lynyrd Skynyrd at the Capital Centre.
@@neillenet291 , I saw them the next year - I think July 1977 at the Capital Center. At the RFK gig, Ed King had quit and they didn't have Steve yet. It was only Allen and Gary. The '77 concert had Steve.
@MikeBUSA yeah, when I saw them, steve gaines was already there. October of 76. Steve was great, but I would have also loved to have seen them with ed as well.
I got to see them in '76, R.i.p. to those who no longer with us. You are missed, but your music lives on.
I saw them in Philly at JFK Stadium in 1977, just prior to this concert. They opened for Peter Frampton, who had the biggest album in the world at that time. I was 16 and my girlfriend was 14. She was the prettiest girl there. We were about 40 feet from the stage. It was a magical day that I will never forget. Great reaction. Thanks for the memory.
So did you marry that girl?
@@chadm6981 No. She broke my heart a week after I graduated high school.
Guitar duo, & at time trio. True Masters at work. Easily one of my favourite bands of all time
Absolutely love trawling the net for peoples first time reaction to THE guitar solo.
The last TRULY free generation that existed,smoking weed in the sunshine living their best life experiencing THE greatest period in music. No smartphones,no heavy security staff,just pure magic.
This song is one of those things that, even in the Pixar movie "Cars" there is a moment at a car press conference, where the crowd goes silent, and a voice cries out, "Freebird." The kids in the theater had no clue as to why their parents were howling in laughter.
Legend has it that Allen is still playing the solo in the after life...
We are so lucky to have recordings like this. This version is my favorite for sure. 'Day On The Green' this was called. One of a series of Stadium Concerts in Oakland California. This one had Peter Frampton, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Santana, the Outlaws and maybe a couple more.
All the girls were there to see Peter Frampton, his 'Frampton Comes Alive' album was huge at the time (1977). This was also about 6 Months before the plane crash that killed Lynyrd Skynyrd's Lead Singer, one of the backup singers and her brother who was one of the guitar players that anchored the band. Most of the other members were also severely hurt.
The piano player Billy survived but was severely injured, once healed he rejoined the band. I always loved how he was once a roady for the band, showed them the bit he wrote for this song, next thing ya know, he is in the band. How cool was that?
And THAT Dear Young Lady is how you end a concert! Glad that you enjoyed them! 😊
The 70’s were great, we had youth and hope for the future and now we are in our future with all these great memories which none of us will forget. It was a great time to be alive for sure. Now I’m in my 70’s and music is still alive with our youth. No cell phones, no computers just the best bands ever. Thank you for your reactions you have a knack for this. ❤
Hi again Stacey, imagine the scene….its 1977, I’ve applied for tickets to see this new band Lynyrd Skynyrd at Lancaster University in England. Every morning I come down the stairs and check the letter box, nothing, day after day…then out of the blue an envelope, tickets! I’m a teenager, hardly experienced anything in life and here I am going to see a band from South USA in a small corner of Northwest England! Mind blowing! They were everything you could have imagined and more…being a drummer my eye kept an eye on their drummer, an excellent performance (although he did drop his sticks about 6 times during the fast part in Freebird, easily done, as I can testify). Now it’s 2024, you’ve just seen it for the first time and yes, you made me cry once again 😀! A truly lovely reaction, thank you, thank you. You always reignite long ago memories for me and I love you for it! I’m sure at some point you will read about the tragedy the band suffered and I’m certain that will make you cry, I’ll leave that there and allow you to discover it for yourself.
I am SOOO jealous you're hearing this for the first time. I wanna hear it again for the first time. Stacy Long time fan! FREEBIRD!!!!! This is where it came from. Ronny Van Zant used to ask the crowd all the time "what do you wanna hear?" everyone would scream FREEBIRD great reaction love your content
I was at that concert back in 1977, just a couple of months before I got out of the Navy. It opened with Blue Oyster Cult, followed by Lynyrd Skynyrd, then finished with Peter Frampton in the Oakland Coliseum Stadium for the 4th of July weekend. Good times! But hey, if you really want to see the ultimate guitar solo, then check out the Chicago - 25 or 6 to 4 - 7/21/1970 - Tanglewood (Official) video!!! 💖
There is a *reason* why FREE BIRD is one of the all-time greatest songs of the classic rock era... and you just experienced it 👍😁
it's nice to discover a little gem like this. let me tell you something about them that a lot of fans and people miss. All their songs are about real life things that they, their friends or families experienced and about things going on in their community.
The sweet sweet sounds of the 3 Guitar Army
I was one of the lucky ones to see them in Savannah GA and I was ready to see them again but.
Sadness took over still remember that night 😮
Awesome show fershur
I was there, my first concert.
Great, great show.
The lineup:
The Outlaws, Santana, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Peter Frampton.
Iove to see people listening Freebird for the first time and their pure joy and shock, when the solo hits😂😂
A great time to be young. Put me in a time machine and send me back there!! Great memories 👍
I've seen them twice in concert, great show. 🤘😁
The 70's were the best period in music , check the crowd , no cell phones and we had the time of our lives . Skynyrd was an outstanding band , Free Bird and Sweet Home Alabama everybody knows but there are SO many other great songs , the Second Helping album is a masterpiece , I have every one of their albums .
OMG! I am 68 years old and live in Canton, Ohio. I was out visiting relatives in Frisco and we went to this concert. This was not just a concert but an incredible journey thru the minds and spirit of what can only be described as the greatest decade of music. Period.
You are so eloquent. I love the way you describe the musical experience.
Yeah, you are right. Things were different then. A simpler time with astounding music. I am so grateful to have been there. The memories come alive when we see you discover even a hint of what we experienced. It is great that you are open to this.
The guitarist is beyond level insane. Love the lead singer, love the pianist, BUT did you see the enormity of the crowd?!?!?!?! They've got to be playing to 10s of thousands of people right there!!! What an experience...if only I had been alive when this went down, instead of a year later.
I was 6 but my mom wouldn't let me go.
That guitarist is Allen Collins, as a guitarist imo he's extremely underrated
We need more skynyrd Stacey, lots to go at, gimme the steps and ode to Curtis lowe are my favourites from these geniuses 👍❤️🏴
The "crying" guitar is Gary Rossington playing what's called slide guitar which is where he plays with a sleeve on one finger (usually glass) and slides it up and down the neck picking different notes to make it "cry". It's common in blues.
LOL! Now you know why the fans went crazy right before the guitar explosion. They knew what was coming. This is the definition of ICONIC! 🙃
That's the type of concert I like since I was young: no fancy clothes or pyros, just music.
YES!!!!!! This made my day, one of the cornerstones of Southern Rock....& Stacy just jamming out with a big smile! 🔥🤘😎🔥
And that is why there have been so many requests to listen to this BEYOND CLASSIC song. It's a masterpiece and will live on forever.
Just watched you listening to Skynyrd I was 18 when sing came out currently 72 listening to that song thousands of times still love it every time thought your response was great lots of Southern Rock! Outlaws Green Grass High Tide /Blackfoot Train / and many more The core group of LS died in plane crash after concert Lakeland Florida they mourned and regrouped and have been Timeless ever since !!
I'm so glad you got to Lynyrd Skynyrd! They have so many great songs! You literally can't go wrong! I suggest Tuesdays Gone,That Smell and Simple man!
First half: tender break-up song; no blame cast at anyone; sorrow is expressed. Second half: THE BIRD IS FREE! Hang on tight! In truth, there are FOUR GUITARS; very few people include Leon Wilkeson on bass; he has a consequential 35 second stretch near the end of the song when he's just about breaking a finger pulling on those cables that serve as strings on a bass guitar! Thank you so much for noticing Leon's contribution to this iconic song. As an old-fashioned compare-contrast exercise, take a listen to the studio (album) version and let us know what you hear. There aren't enough reactions to this live "Free Bird" performance; thanks for your vid!
This song was a rock ANTHEM in my youth.
Everyone had this record, it was played at every part.
Amen! Best song ever
62 and I was there.. Never missed any concerts, Day on the Greens brought together all the best bands.
Freebird was played at every keg party in the late 70’s. It was our anthem. Love was in the air!
The guitarist who was playing slide, Gary Rossington passed away earlier this year. The guitarist that played the main part of the guitar solo is Allan Collins
There are several songs from the 70's that were so epic we (who are blessed to have come of age in that era) remember exactly where we were when we heard them the first time...Free Bird is one of those songs. That said, the movement of this ballad is often underappreciated. You're impression of the first half is correct. It's melancholy, reflective of the anxiety of a stifling relationship. The 2nd half of the song, the epic guitar solo, captures the jubilation of casting off the shackles of that lugubrious commitment... It is the musician's perception of becoming, and being, a "Freebird"... Just as we can visualize (in our mind's eye) a bee flying from flower to flower while listening to Rimsky-Korsakov's "Flight of the Bumblebee", we can imagine a bird's immunity from gravity while listening to "Freebird". btw...I genuinely enjoyed observing your reaction. It was clear to me, as the song began, you didn't have a clue as to what you were about to experience!
I'm 67 and you're listening to the soundtrack of My Life The Allman Brothers Lynyrd Skynyrd ZZ top all the southern rock bands I was born in Georgia and I was right into this. I graduated high school in 75 this was all over the radio❤❤❤❤
Born the same year in Wisconsin and it was the same here.
No cellphones, fresh young faces. Jacksonville, Florida represent. Saw their next to last performance at Miami Mrine Stadium, RIP Ronny, Steve and Cassie.
Billy Powell the keyboard player was a cousin of mine.
It’s weird when I am feeling a little down I like watching people discover this vid for the first time!
If you ever want to discover what a brilliant talent he was,
search Billy Powell call me the breeze,
he played the keyboard part one handed.
Rip Billy and Stacy thank you for the great reaction! 💓
Not too weird. I love the first time reactions, too and never tire of the vid.
My favourite highschool band. Im 63 now and love their music and deep, meaningful lyrics. Everybody in this huge crowd was having a good time. These people are all grandparents today or have passed on. I saw no tatoos or people swinging around with booze bottles in hand. They mhad fun just as they were. Yes, we are very privileged to have grown up in the seventies. Thanks for this.
Check out their live Freebird when they opened for the Rolling Stones in England. They were told not to go out onto the tongue part of the stage. They did and the Stones made the fans wait over an hour because of the reaction of the crowd.
I was there serving in the ARMY in Germany, it was a great concert and we gave less than a good shit about the delay
As a Gen Xer it is so cool to see younger generations appreciating our music. Best times ever!!
Oh yes, your face in the caption says it all.... mind blown 🤯. A few weeks after this concert, 3 Bandmembers, Ronnie van Zandt (Lead singer), Steve Gaines (Guitar) and Cassie Gaines (Singer) died in a plane crash in 1977. Ronnie van Zandt is one of the members who wrote this song.
Stacy this song is almost always played at funerals (rosary for Catholics) this was my son's favorite song and I didn't know he liked rock when he passed in 2005 we played it at his services this song always brings me closer to him even after almost 20 in February 😢😂
One of the most iconic guitar solos of all time! I’ve only ever heard the studio version. Thanks for introducing me to this live version!
That's what happens when you only listen to top 40 am garbage rock radio playing same short songs every 15 min ..you miss the great versions and miss the good stuff
You made me cry, Stacey. The yearning that you so eloquently and humbly expressed over missing out on the life (lives) that your parents and the rest of us experienced brughtme to tears. I thought deeply at how blessed we were back then, and more, how different life and society and entertainment is today.
The awesome thing is that you kids can watch and listen anytime over and over and over. Back then, we only had the radio or record player to listen over and over. To actually see the performances we'd have to go to the concerts or stay up until past midnight to catch the performances on tv. There were few VHS tapes of these concerts. There was NO internet. No digital storage devices. NO 'ease of access'. We'd have to walk out of our houses or drive, to the local library and then search, patiently and persistently to find the videos, if the local library was blessed with a copy of the performances.
So, yes, we did have the best music, but, we also were challenged to hold onto the musical performances. Technology has come a long way and it affords you kids that opportunity to dive deep into musical history. For that, I am grateful. But, yeah, 'our' world was a LOT more fun back then.
I thank you, Stacy, for wanting to stretch your musical wings and explore the landscape as it was, as it is now, and perhaps where it may go from here.
God bless.
-eric
"He must increase, but I must decrease."
Lynyrd Skynyrd’s signture was three lead guitarists. It allowed the, to have duelling lead guitars, lead guitars in harmony while the third played rythym. You will find they took it in turns to shine.
Plus Ronnie said himself he wanted something that gave him a break - kicked ass for the band and the fans - so he could enjoy a beer 😊🍺
Probably one of the most iconic shows of all time. Everybody knows about Oakland 77!
I’ve seen a lot of concerts in my life and these boys never disappoint 🤙
Stacey can finally begin to mass produce attitude cat shorts to the Free Bird guitar solo 😹
I told you it was a stand-out performance, I love everything about this, the band , the crowd, the sunshine, the energy, it all came perfectly together
😂 we were lit in the 70s nice reaction ✌️
You haven't lived until you experience Freebird live in person.
yes 3 great guitarists who complimented each other so well. Saw them in Birmingham England in 1977, just before the tragic plane crash in Oct '77. They had another guest guitarist for the Freebird encore, Pete Haycock (Climax Blues Band) who jammed with them - what a night, best concert ever.
Nice review. I went to a Catholic HS from 1980-84. They usually closed the school dances with Freebird. Start out with a slow dance and then cut loose. Man I miss those days.
All I can say is you get it and you are one of the most amazing reactors that I’ve ever watched!!! I lived that music and your parents were lucky as me!❤
Welcome to "real" music... this is only an example of the musical art that was generated in the 60s and 70s... no auto-tune... just great sounds. I am glad you were able to experience this band from my teen years. Thanks for bringing it.
whats sad is the record companies are not above autotuning these old records and calling it a 'remaster'. its terrible times we live in.
The music radio station I listen to on the weekend plays the entire cut of this song. All nine minutes because the guitar solo is just that legendary.
My father was in a band called southern cross and they used to play this song every night at the end of the third set.
Thank you! Every Summer Bill Graham Productions in San Francisco would put together a series of concerts called Day on the Green at the Oakland Alameda Coliseum outdoors stadium. They would book all the best acts all summer long. This one also featured Peter Frampton and Santana, as if Lynyrd Skynyrd wasn't enough 😂 As a high school kid, I got to witness in one show AC/DC Van Halen Pat Travers Foreigner and Aerosmith all in one show for 11 bucks! Everyone would be partying before 10 am on the way in!
After this song, I don't think I ever attended a concert in the 70s or early 80s, regardless of the band (except for Pink Floyd), where when there was a lull in the music someone would scream out Free Bird! Of course the crowd would all scream. It's a one of a kind.
As many times as I've heard this song since the 70's, I always thought it started out soft and mellow and just picked up and rocked on. It never occurred to me that the beginning was melancholy - until you mentioned that word! And, to me, that changed everything. I had never tied the pace to the lyrics. Of course the impending breakup was melancholy, and the shift comes when they're freed, and the song goes on and on as they soar far away!
Two fun facts about skynyrd and this song is that gary rossington who is playing the sg with a slide has a pipe cleaner in his guitar to achieve this sound. And there is a southern saying to describe what happens as the final note ends its called shittin and a gettin which means getting away fast so when the note hits they chuck their instruments to their roadies and be shittin and a gettin.