I was at this concert, 18 years old, just graduated high school. What a day it was. Music was hot, weather was hot, chicks were hot! So happy I was able to see Skynyrd in person before the devastating plane crash. They were so good and the best was still ahead of them. The songs/music the world lost, what a shame. Frampton and Santana were great that day too, great times that are long gone forever......
I was there too. I was only 13 years old and went with my friends who are 14 and 16 years old definitely was a hot day and the best concert I have ever been to!! Lynyrd Skynyrd completely rocked! Though I loved everybody that played that day! I really love Peter Frampton and Elton John and Santana but we were all there to see Lynyrd Skynyrd!! But I also really wanted to see Elton John. So many good memories of those days and the music. So glad I was able to be in that time.
Stan C Oh my gosh.. sooo lucky! I saw all of the first few years shows.. always running down to the front when the gates opened. Trying to find mysel fun some of these videos. Magical days.
No such thing as sunscreen, huh? The place is glowing pink. My boyfriend always wanted me to sit on his shoulders and he'd be eating handfuls of shrooms, smoking Columbian gold, probably already shared a fifth - he never dropped me, but I have no idea how he stayed up! Partied hard and went to see just about everyone that came to Texas. youtube almost takes you there. And thanks for uploading the whole fabulous concert!
I watch this as much for the crowd as I do for Lynard Skynard. I miss the 70’s and the joy I felt back then. Life was so uncomplicated. I can feel what it was like back just by watching the crowd. We went and did things back then and no one sat around inside or on their pc’s or phones (and not one overweight person or cell phone in that crowd anywhere!!) I miss those days and hate that my kids don’t know life like I did back then. Best days of my life ❤
Ronnie Van Zant was the fucking man. He led his band like nobody else ever has. The way he walked, the way he talked, he was not to be fucked with and that band knew who ran the show and he led them the right way. They blew up faster and bigger than anyone else behind Ronnie’s leadership. It’s crazy what he was able to do making the decisions for the band and doing so without any advising or any experience with such pressure and superstardom...doing so and being smart enough to turn down a lot of money knowing they’re worth more money.
Oh God yes, I want my 1977 back. I turned 12 that October 13th. The plane of the GREATEST BAND EVER- LYNYRD SKYNYRD went down 7 days later. That is 7 DAYS into my 13th YEAR. And as of the day of this July 77' concert, I had been playing guitar for about 2 weeks. Music became my life! Steve Gains is in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, so so sad his life was cut short that tragic day, but so wonderful to know that his talent just sneaked by as the 4th 6-steel string slinger of Skynyrd's lineup. People say, "Steve Gains would have become a legend!" No, he IS A LEGEND!
No one will ever put more heart and soul in a solo like Allen Collins does with Freebird!!! Best band ever and never will there be again!!! Fly on Freebirds ur music will stand the test of time and generations to come!!!
-> Brett Dent Please do not indulge in envy as I just happened to be 27 years old when you were born, and 19 at the time of the show. It was, however, a great show. And the band was completely " tight ". Peace Brother . . .
Time has flown by 11/06/58 I was at the Paramount in Seattle wash.for the On The Hunt Tour. Seattle Coliseum for the Gimmie Back My Bullets and One More For The Road Tours At the 3,000 seat Paramount Theater i turned around during the solo on Freebird and every single soul in that place as playing there own air Guitar
Mark W Can we be friends n you can tell me all about it please? I'm a huge fan of the real Skynyrd n just finished the book TURN IT Up by Ron Eckerman. .....my birthday is also the same day as Ronnies. ........just a different year. ......I relate to Ronnie n his group sooo much. ......they are part of me in a way I can't explain. ......Maybe I was born in the wrong generation?
I was thinking the same exact thing. Makes me think. Time travel? Like how is this footage so good like it's Dam good. Rest in piece to the great ones who have gone but will never be forgotten.
The excitement of the crowd would build as Freebird was played and then explode when it got to the solos. Saw them in St Petersburg four days before the crash; the crowd behaved exactly as the crowd in this video.
Because Rolling Stone is a bunch of pansie asses that know nothing about playing guitar. This is the same magazine that had Nirvana solos in the top 100 and that’s comedy
who made that list clearly never listened to those 3 legends play together, gary, Allen and steve were super super talented, at least we still have gary, still going at nearly 70 years old.
Bharat Naik Ronnie was A Prophet! He was a Real Leader & took care of all those Kids in his Band! They were the Nirvana of the 70s! Why do ALL the Best Rockers DIE SO YOUNG??? If they are all on the Otherside...it won’t be so bad to Go there🙏Bless Them ALL💕
Somewhere, out in that crowd, I was standing, with 4 of my shipmates. Had no idea who the hell these guys were. Found that out later after buying their LPs. We bought "dirt weed", that we smoked and smoked and smoked, and convinced ourselves we were high. Great concert that day.
in '77 I had some Japanese friends who a couple of them 1 time bought some weed, they couldn't understand why they didn't get high from it, so one of em asks me, being American, to check it out... I took a whiff in their baggie and told em, basically, they could put it on their pizza and eat it! I then explained how some dirtbags mixed cheap Mexican weed w/ basil & oregano... to sell it to unsuspecting "rookies", that's how it was explained to me in '75-'76. Yeah, life's a good teacher, hopefully people learn from experience.
That jam between Collins and Gaines at the end of Freebird is epic as hell and I’m not a southern rock fan much, but that’s immortal greatness right there !
Back when you could fly the the Confederate flag and know one got butt hurt about it. People just got along and enjoyed the Music. Forever a Skynyrd fan!! :-) Peace
The frame right at 14:12 is so striking. The camera comes from behind the girls on the shoulders to frame Allen there just ripping it up. Beautiful and powerful. Real people experiencing a real band.
Gator33able same here I’m an ole Kentucky boy I lived ,breathed and my class mates nicknamed me Lynyrd and it really saddened me when I heard that the plane went down!
dogfish ale yeah I know this shows 2 hours and 1 minute long and I wish I had it all used to have it on VHS but now I'm fucking rumbled down the fucking RUclips with their little bit of fucking Cutthroat shit
Collins and Gaines really seemed to enjoy performing together on that stage. Definately not to take anything away from King, but this was one awsome lineup!!
Artimus Pyle is still alive. Gary Rossington, the last surviving original member and last living person to play on the debut album, has became a Free Bird.
We were there....we went to all the Days on the Green ...I was 30......back in the day when there were no restrictions and no violence, especially gun violence.....magical times
And Gary Rossington and Leon Wilkeson. Gary was the one along with Ed King and Ronnie that made this great song in their hell house a few years before this was shot.
Steve Gaines pushed Allen and Gary to new heights but there chemistry is undeniable. Steve is just my absolute favorite!!! Thank you Ronnie for having a dream and pursuing it for us to have the best rock band of all time.
R.I.P Ronnie Van Zant 🎤🤘 R.I.P Steve Gaines 🎸🤟 R.I.P Allen Collins 🎸🤟 R.I.P Gary Rossington 🎸🤟 R.I.P Lion Wilkeson 🎸🤟 R.I.P Billy Powell 🎹🤟 R.I.P Cassie Gaines 🎤🤘
I'm 54 years old and have seen a lot of great RnR, but I have to say... this is the greatest performance I have ever seen anywhere, anytime by anybody... RIP all you guy that are gone, you were absolutely the GREATEST!!!
Johnny Reb Greatest rock and roll band to ever set foot on a stage,bar none.Mr.Van Zant was by far the greatest front man also.This line up only made one album together,Street Survivors,(my favorite)Can you imagine the albums they would've made?Long live The Lynyrd Skynyrd Band.Long live Ronald Wayne Van Zant.
I was at this day on the green and 15 years at the time. Hearing this again really brings me back to such a wonderful time in my life. This was such an epic show including Peter Frampton, Santana, and The Outlaws. I had so much fun this day. Little did we know that Ronnie and others would die in a plane crash about two months later.
+Khataroo Aloha my friend. Yeah I was there too. One of my FAVS is when Graham brought ACDC to the Bay Area They opened DAG circa 78 and since I worked in a record store I opened that Mall (Serramonte) every day to WHOLE LOT OF ROSIE/ DIRTY DEEDS
I've watched this a few times.and always.. i see all the kids in every hig school in the whole bay area there.. such great times ! my heart misses that so much ( btw..saw ZEP that same summer..second day
I always have mixed feelings when watching these old Skynyrd performances. On one hand, the music is brilliant and timeless. On the other hand, it is heartbreaking to watch this knowing what ghastly fate awaited these vibrant, talented young people only a short time later. Of the 10 band members on that stage, 3 died in their 20s, 1 in his 30s, 1 in his 40s, and 2 in their 50s. Sad.
We are all sad about what happened. But when I hear Skynyrd a huge grin comes across my face and I just let myself enjoy this great music. What a waste to just sit around and mourn and be sad. That's not what this music is about. It's about enjoying life and having a shit-kickin good time enjoying this timeless music. Put a stiff drink in my hand and turn it up as loud as possible and I'm in hog heaven with the biggest shit-eaten grin you ever saw. And I'll be toe tappin and knee slappin and singing to the top of my lungs
I loved the music so much! Went with some friends to the Tampa fairgrounds in '75 to see them. I had never heard of them. Their stage performance was full of heart and soul, just blew me away.....
You have good taste. I was 14 when I first heard Sweet home Alabama. Me and my older brother were hitchhiking back from the beach and this dude picked us up and alabama came on the radio and he said hey have y'all you heard this band before? they kick ass, and he then turned the radio up full blast. I was a Lynyrd Skynyrd from that day on!
I was 16 when this show took place. Growing up in the South the local gun shop had an awesome selection of cutting edge music on vinyl and 8-Track. Lynyrd Skynyrd sold out fast.
I was there that day. There were four bands that played in this order: The Outlaws, Santana, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Peter Frampton. Lynyrd Skynyrd was the best. They had everyone stomping their feet to the music.
Watching this was like you were there. How awesome they were. Just phenomenal. Why oh why did it have to end so tragically. Just doesn't seem fair. Tears and laughter came out of me when they went into the lead guitar parts. They were such great musicians and song writers. Just seemed like they were really great people, not perfect but who is? They were and still are my favorite band. Loved playing their music on guitar. Big influence in that. May we all meet each other in God's kingdom.
I was at this concert helping out back stage. This was one "ROCKIN" concert when Skynyrd hit the stage. It totally "SUCKS" to High Heaven that there will never be a concert like this again. I no longer got home from Oakland California to Columbus Ohio and I heard the breaking news of the plane crash. 109 days later and tragedy struck. As I watch them from the front in this video, It's shocking that not one of them had a clue what the short future held. God Bless them all and hope they have Heaven rockin for when we all get there...
Actually I believe it was Miss Hawkins,one of the Honkettes grandmother had A dream,a premonition type dream that the plane would crash and so Miss Hawkins refused to board and go with them that night and consequently she didn't crash in Mississippi with Ronnie,Cassie and Steve and the rest of the band and crew. Hman intuition is a powerful and strange thing. Another gift from the good Lord I guess. Take care.
@@feellucky271 ~ I saw an interview where several members didn't want to board the plane, but Ronnie told them "If it's your time, It's your time" and if they didn't get on the plane they were fired. That's why Miss JoJo Hawkins was fired from the group. I'm telling ya Mr. Lucky, after being back stage at that concert and flying back to Columbus Ohio about 5-6 weeks later and hearing the news of the crash, it rocked my world to a major extreme. I was bummed for a long time. I haven't been on a plane since...
Ronnie reached for the sky the words are a haunting reminder that we all ride a relationship till it bends or breaks then it ends ..The relationship with the Music and the band is as long as a great song . will never end .Ronnie and this music stand alone.
So so blessed to be right up in the middle of all those feathered hair girls rockin out to this amazing band. Sun burnt to the max but a small price to pay to the rock gods! 3 months later it was over
I was there - I think I saw me in the crowd too! Anyway, I can assure everyone that no adults were harmed by the rebel flag backdrop seen in this video. Back then, we actually had some character, some sack and we weren't pussies. Oh, and the chicks were hot too, but we were all quite young then.
Man-o-man, you speak a lot of truth right there Brett. I couldn't have said it any better. It's so sad to see what a phony baloney shell of "open-minded culture" the SF Bay Area has descended into since these great times.
I agree with you 100%! I saw Skynyrd a couple of times in Oakland. I finally found someone selling Lynyrd Skynyrd Southern By The Grace of God Flags on eBay. I've looked for years. I bought 3 of those puppies. I WILL fly them PROUDLY! I live in the country in the Central Valley in Ca. And we are independent, tough, and gentlemen.
For everyone here bashing the liberal thinkers back then; I was there that day. We WERE the liberals, assholes. And so was Lynerd Skynerd. Whatever offends the people today, is the product of calculated divisiveness. We're not the sheep. You are. So fuck you. Sincerely, a Grandmother
I hope Gary's family feels the love and appreciation the fans have for this unique and outstanding talent and founding member of the greatest band in history
Saw this video for the 1st time today. A group posted on FB. I'm enjoying Sweet Home Alabama when all of a sudden I see myself and 3 friends sitting backstage (@4:28). What a total TRIP!!!
The 70s had such great talent in rock music. What other era could offer a lead singer who is short, balding with a gut and zero stage moves? LS is possibly the greatest American band ever.
.38 Special, with Ronnie's younger brother Donnie, had released their first studio album, 38 Special, two months before this concert. Lynyrd Skynyrd's plane crash was October 20, 1977, three months after this concert and 5 months after .38 Special's first album. With this plane crash, all the members of .38 Special lost all of the "big brothers" that they had grown up around.
Missed this concert but attended 6 day on the green in Oakland CA. Lived 50 minutes away. Can’t believe how I long for those days and dream of the past.
Bring back all the men and women that have given us such precious and priceless music !!I know that can’t happen, but it is a lovely thought. I miss the original Skynyrd lineup so badly😢😢😢
This one has some great shots of the Honkettes, Cassie in the middle. I watch her and I think oh my god, you've been gone for 46 years, I just can't believe it. Too see her on stage with the girls doing their thing, Wow, That's so tough.
I was in the Navy and my ship just got in and the good hippie friend of mine from Berkeley said Lynyrd Skynyrd's playing but we didn't have tickets so we had to buy them from a scalper. That was the biggest and best concert I have ever been to and this old hillbilly has been so happy most of my life that I went.
How blessed these people were to be able to see Lynyrd Skynyrd in person! Look at this amazing crowd! That's pure American right there! My heart goes out to the Skynyrd Family as I know this must be a hard day. Cheers to the best band EVER!
Kings of southern rock. Man to have been there I'd go back in time to immerse in the joy of Lynyrd Skynyrd and damn it warn ronnie don't get on that damn plane.... Huge loss....
"Kings of southern rock." I understand your opinion, they were truly great, I go with Allman Brothers Band, tho, personally; they were all great, though. I missed LSB in Philly, was too young to ever have seen ABB with Dwayne.
kewlbreez77 Skynyrd was more of a rock band and their influence was deeper than the Allmans. The Allmans were a good band, but they were just like the Grateful Dead. Jam on and on until you don't know what the hell your listening to. Skynyrd could write songs with meaningful lyrics with great licks and grooves. The Allmans made some great music, but I can't connect to their music. Two completely different bands.
Oh man, those were the days. Still trying to find myself in these videos. I always made it down to the front. Tube tops and super blonde, feathered hair lol. The Days on the Green in Oakland were amazing. Bill Graham knew how to put on a show.
I saw this show and they were already superstars. This was the SECOND time I saw Lynryd Skynyrd. The FIRST time was way back in 1973 at the Cow Palace when they were nobodies who opened for the Who on the Who's Quadraphenia Tour. I was all going get these guys off the stage and let the Who play. Then they whipped out a twenty minute version of "Free Bird" I became a fan right then and there.
+Richard Johnson He was a genius, wasn't he? But LS had been playing all over the country, and had hits, before BG added them into his Day On The Green concerts.
I was at this concert, 18 years old, just graduated high school. What a day it was. Music was hot, weather was hot, chicks were hot! So happy I was able to see Skynyrd in person before the devastating plane crash. They were so good and the best was still ahead of them. The songs/music the world lost, what a shame. Frampton and Santana were great that day too, great times that are long gone forever......
I too was there as a 20 something year old.
A great show...I was there, too 😎
I was there too, but a year older than you, from Fremont.
I was there too. I was only 13 years old and went with my friends who are 14 and 16 years old definitely was a hot day and the best concert I have ever been to!! Lynyrd Skynyrd completely rocked! Though I loved everybody that played that day! I really love Peter Frampton and Elton John and Santana but we were all there to see Lynyrd Skynyrd!! But I also really wanted to see Elton John. So many good memories of those days and the music. So glad I was able to be in that time.
I was there 17 years old
Jesus Christ, bring back the 70's! Please!!
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Damn right! You can't find this today, unfortunately. How lucky were some of us older folks to experience this in real time?!
+Stan C
But we are no longer teenagers, and I wouldn't want to be. TG.
Stan C Oh my gosh.. sooo lucky! I saw all of the first few years shows.. always running down to the front when the gates opened. Trying to find mysel fun some of these videos. Magical days.
No such thing as sunscreen, huh? The place is glowing pink. My boyfriend always wanted me to sit on his shoulders and he'd be eating handfuls of shrooms, smoking Columbian gold, probably already shared a fifth - he never dropped me, but I have no idea how he stayed up! Partied hard and went to see just about everyone that came to Texas. youtube almost takes you there. And thanks for uploading the whole fabulous concert!
Amen! Some of the greatest days of my life.
Lynyrd skynyrd at their best, everybody in their right place. couldn't have ever played it better.
I watch this as much for the crowd as I do for Lynard Skynard. I miss the 70’s and the joy I felt back then. Life was so uncomplicated. I can feel what it was like back just by watching the crowd. We went and did things back then and no one sat around inside or on their pc’s or phones (and not one overweight person or cell phone in that crowd anywhere!!) I miss those days and hate that my kids don’t know life like I did back then. Best days of my life ❤
Hello, how are you doing today? Nice meeting you here.
I feel the same , just want to slip back in time ! Magical….I love the crowd , I was 19 then . I feel like I know them . Hope your doing well .
@@Michaelcartellone-vr1ce pretty good , they say don't stay in the past....but if I could go back , DAMN !!!
LYNYRD SKYNYRD
It's cool seeing these videos, but I if I could kill the internet , I would in a heartbeat. Yes, life was better back in the 70s/80s.
Ronnie was a man's man. just stood there singing his ass off. no prancing around the stage. miss these guys
Also - gotta love his scowl.
Ronnie always went barefoot also. He was a southern badass.the whole band!
Ronnie Van Zant was the fucking man. He led his band like nobody else ever has. The way he walked, the way he talked, he was not to be fucked with and that band knew who ran the show and he led them the right way. They blew up faster and bigger than anyone else behind Ronnie’s leadership. It’s crazy what he was able to do making the decisions for the band and doing so without any advising or any experience with such pressure and superstardom...doing so and being smart enough to turn down a lot of money knowing they’re worth more money.
@@jdmvogel
I just wish he was smart enough to refuse to get on that plane.
NO BOOTS ON STAGE
I need to build that time machine I have been thinking of.........anyone want in?
yes
The remnants are all around you.....go forward...not back. The fight is right there. I dig the music thing...but better music is waiting to be heard.
Please let me know if you decide to go through
Oh God yes, I want my 1977 back. I turned 12 that October 13th. The plane of the GREATEST BAND EVER- LYNYRD SKYNYRD went down 7 days later. That is 7 DAYS into my 13th YEAR. And as of the day of this July 77' concert, I had been playing guitar for about 2 weeks. Music became my life!
Steve Gains is in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, so so sad his life was cut short that tragic day, but so wonderful to know that his talent just sneaked by as the 4th 6-steel string slinger of Skynyrd's lineup. People say, "Steve Gains would have become a legend!" No, he IS A LEGEND!
Well, there is somebody holding a Motorola at 0:27...
Look at that crowd!... What a beautiful site.
All the girls were there to see Peter Frampton
@@chungasrevenge9222 and? dumbass
not one phone
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Steve Gaines & Alan Collins unbelievable !
STAN MADAY Allen
They were on fire!🔥🔥
Gaines left too soon. A great duo.
watching Steve and Allan together just jamming like crazy! That is just amazing!!
You're forgetting Gary rossington the best too
No one will ever put more heart and soul in a solo like Allen Collins does with Freebird!!! Best band ever and never will there be again!!! Fly on Freebirds ur music will stand the test of time and generations to come!!!
You got that right you sure got that right
He looks like he's wasted in every video but he sure can play. You're right. He OWNS Freebird. RIP Allen.
@@XOkie he just had lazy eyes
@@XOkie Who cares if he was wasted ....! I was wasted when I attended..!
@@garygiannini5945 Heeheeheeeee!
I was at that show, before Ronnie got killed in the plane crash. At 58, I was in my 20's. Time has flown by . . . RIP Ronnie, peace all . . .
-> Brett Dent Please do not indulge in envy as I just happened to be 27 years old when you were born, and 19 at the time of the show. It was, however, a great show. And the band was completely " tight ". Peace Brother . . .
Time has flown by 11/06/58 I was at the Paramount in Seattle wash.for the On The Hunt Tour. Seattle Coliseum for the Gimmie Back My Bullets and One More For The Road Tours At the 3,000 seat Paramount Theater i turned around during the solo on Freebird and every single soul in that place as playing there own air Guitar
Mark W I'm same age.
Mark W Can we be friends n you can tell me all about it please? I'm a huge fan of the real Skynyrd n just finished the book TURN IT Up by Ron Eckerman. .....my birthday is also the same day as Ronnies. ........just a different year. ......I relate to Ronnie n his group sooo much. ......they are part of me in a way I can't explain. ......Maybe I was born in the wrong generation?
I was there! 13 years old and my first concert. Two of my sisters took me for my 8th grade graduation present.
What was your impression of them that day?
It was Day on the Green and I was there. Still have pictures on slides with my Minolta zoom lens. Good old days.
Going through my mom’s things after she passed a few years ago and found a picture taken at this show.
Gets my vote for best crowd ever
Lynyrd Skynyrd one of the best rock bands of all time. And I love the crowd in this video. Not all tatted up and no cellphones! Those were the days!
Some kids even eating apples
THE Best BAND of ALL-Time.........
@@troyperkins7051 No doubt about it
The footage quality is unbeliavable
I was thinking the same exact thing. Makes me think. Time travel? Like how is this footage so good like it's Dam good.
Rest in piece to the great ones who have gone but will never be forgotten.
The camera men that recorded this will forever be heroes as well. This is the closest to time travel as you can get@@adamdorsey8157
Damn...Ronnie had SWAG!! They all did!!!
@@steveng1624 👀
I remember those days growing up Lynyrd Skynyrd if you didnt live those days as a youth you will never understand.
Well said I agree 100%
Best rock band to ever grace this planet
Thats RIGHT!!!!
Without a shadow of a doubt
R.I.P. Brothers...Greatest Southern Rock Band of all time!!!
Pantera takes that
beautiful ladies. NO WOKEness. Endless blue skies and the best guitar 🎸 playing this side of the Milky Way.
70's music lead by Skynyrd was simply the best ever.
I was 17 and was able to experience Santana, Frampton and Skynyrd for less than $20! HEAVEN!
Hello, how are you doing today? Nice meeting you here.
The excitement of the crowd would build as Freebird was played and then explode when it got to the solos. Saw them in St Petersburg four days before the crash; the crowd behaved exactly as the crowd in this video.
Don't know how Allen, Steve, and Gary are not in Rolling Stones top 100 guitar players
They are in my Book!
Because Rolling Stone is a bunch of pansie asses that know nothing about playing guitar. This is the same magazine that had Nirvana solos in the top 100 and that’s comedy
who made that list clearly never listened to those 3 legends play together, gary, Allen and steve were super super talented, at least we still have gary, still going at nearly 70 years old.
It's a damn shame.... Gary and Allen for sure should be high on that list
all i can say is "Yes! Yes I will remember you Mr van Zant"
"If I leave here tomorrow, will you still remember me.." How utterly prophetic and sad. One of the finest footages around....
+Bharat Naik
He wrote it with Duane Allman, of the Allman Brothers, in mind. Duane died in 1971 in a motor cycle crash.
Terri Geer Apparently Allen's wife asked him that.
Bharat Naik Ronnie was A Prophet! He was a Real Leader & took care of all those Kids in his Band! They were the Nirvana of the 70s! Why do ALL the Best Rockers DIE SO YOUNG??? If they are all on the Otherside...it won’t be so bad to Go there🙏Bless Them ALL💕
@@geerterri Freebird was written in 1970. It was not written about Allman.
Somewhere, out in that crowd, I was standing, with 4 of my shipmates. Had no idea who the hell these guys were. Found that out later after buying their LPs. We bought "dirt weed", that we smoked and smoked and smoked, and convinced ourselves we were high. Great concert that day.
in '77 I had some Japanese friends who a couple of them 1 time bought some weed, they couldn't understand why they didn't get high from it, so one of em asks me, being American, to check it out... I took a whiff in their baggie and told em, basically, they could put it on their pizza and eat it! I then explained how some dirtbags mixed cheap Mexican weed w/ basil & oregano... to sell it to unsuspecting "rookies", that's how it was explained to me in '75-'76. Yeah, life's a good teacher, hopefully people learn from experience.
I remember that Mexican dirt weed from back in the day, gave you a headache...paraquat
This is a real rock band with real rock stars!
That jam between Collins and Gaines at the end of Freebird is epic as hell and I’m not a southern rock fan much, but that’s immortal greatness right there !
Man would I love to go back 40 years ..fun times that are long gone lol
Back when you could fly the the Confederate flag and know one got butt hurt about it. People just got along and enjoyed the Music. Forever a Skynyrd fan!! :-) Peace
at their absolute peak here. Hard to believe it ended for this great band less than 4 months later....what a damn shame
10:16 Billy Powell, whom "made" Lynyrd Skynyrd the best -- a pure master of the piano.
An incredibly strong performance from all ten actors🎸🎸🎸🎸🎶🎶❤
Greatest fan reaction to Freebird I have ever seen!!! Oakland is southern rock no doubt!! Skynyrd forever!!!!
The frame right at 14:12 is so striking. The camera comes from behind the girls on the shoulders to frame Allen there just ripping it up. Beautiful and powerful. Real people experiencing a real band.
Wow... I just read that as it was happening... crazy
never got to see them ,but I sure got to grow up with their music. SKYNYRD Forever
Gator33able same here I’m an ole Kentucky boy I lived ,breathed and my class mates nicknamed me Lynyrd and it really saddened me when I heard that the plane went down!
This needs to be in an Archive of Legendary Live Performances
3 words for ya :)...............TURN IT UP
13:21 one of the best jams in history begins
dogfish ale yeah I know this shows 2 hours and 1 minute long and I wish I had it all used to have it on VHS but now I'm fucking rumbled down the fucking RUclips with their little bit of fucking Cutthroat shit
13:13
The best band in history to this day!!!
That right there is how it’s done boys and girls!!!
seen skynyrd 3times in Seattle talk about a melt down the whole night built up to freebird and air guitar was invented
The place went nuts i will never forget that day
My friend Robin was in the front row
I don't think she knows she is in the video
For me, the greatest band---EVER!
Al D for many.
Secon that Motion...
This was an incredible Day on the Green.
I was at that Day on the Green and I’ve seen this video 1000 times and I still get goose bumps. Great band just reaching its peak.
Collins and Gaines really seemed to enjoy performing together on that stage. Definately not to take anything away from King, but this was one awsome lineup!!
RONNIE ALWAYS TOOK BOOTS OFF BEFORE GETTING ON STAGE . FEELING THE ROCK!!!
All the good die young sorry
Artimus Pyle is still alive. Gary Rossington, the last surviving original member and last living person to play on the debut album, has became a Free Bird.
We were there....we went to all the Days on the Green ...I was 30......back in the day when there were no restrictions and no violence, especially gun violence.....magical times
God damn, Steve could play that guitar !!!!
TGM9A1 allen Collins as well! rip to them both
And Gary Rossington and Leon Wilkeson. Gary was the one along with Ed King and Ronnie that made this great song in their hell house a few years before this was shot.
The best Guitarist Skynyrd ever had
Allen Collins wrote the song with Van Zant
Steve Gaines pushed Allen and Gary to new heights but there chemistry is undeniable. Steve is just my absolute favorite!!! Thank you Ronnie for having a dream and pursuing it for us to have the best rock band of all time.
R.I.P Ronnie Van Zant 🎤🤘
R.I.P Steve Gaines 🎸🤟
R.I.P Allen Collins 🎸🤟
R.I.P Gary Rossington 🎸🤟
R.I.P Lion Wilkeson 🎸🤟
R.I.P Billy Powell 🎹🤟
R.I.P Cassie Gaines 🎤🤘
Pure classic Southern Rock , bless all y'alls hearts.
In my mind they were the best ever live band Thanks so much for this.
I'm 54 years old and have seen a lot of great RnR, but I have to say... this is the greatest performance I have ever seen anywhere, anytime by anybody... RIP all you guy that are gone, you were absolutely the GREATEST!!!
Johnny Reb Greatest rock and roll band to ever set foot on a stage,bar none.Mr.Van Zant was by far the greatest front man also.This line up only made one album together,Street Survivors,(my favorite)Can you imagine the albums they would've made?Long live The Lynyrd Skynyrd Band.Long live Ronald Wayne Van Zant.
Lynyrd Skynyrd is the greatest American band ever assembled. Back then I know they would blow the doors off any band on the bill, even Led Zeppelin.
I was at this day on the green and 15 years at the time. Hearing this again really brings me back to such a wonderful time in my life. This was such an epic show including Peter Frampton, Santana, and The Outlaws. I had so much fun this day. Little did we know that Ronnie and others would die in a plane crash about two months later.
+Khataroo I was ther too!. I was 17 years old. Good times, good memorises!
+Khataroo I was not there but I feel like I was. Maybe my soul was....
+Khataroo My very first concert after graduating High School (Daly City) Stoned off my ass
+Khataroo Aloha my friend. Yeah I was there too. One of my FAVS is when Graham brought ACDC to the Bay Area They opened DAG circa 78 and since I worked in a record store I opened that Mall (Serramonte) every day to WHOLE LOT OF ROSIE/ DIRTY DEEDS
Day on the Green----Peter Tosh/ Edie Money/ Santana/ Rolling Stones78 Mick's bday and very late
I've watched this a few times.and always.. i see all the kids in every hig school in the whole bay area there.. such great times ! my heart misses that so much ( btw..saw ZEP that same summer..second day
Great band. What else needs to be said
I always have mixed feelings when watching these old Skynyrd performances. On one hand, the music is brilliant and timeless. On the other hand, it is heartbreaking to watch this knowing what ghastly fate awaited these vibrant, talented young people only a short time later. Of the 10 band members on that stage, 3 died in their 20s, 1 in his 30s, 1 in his 40s, and 2 in their 50s. Sad.
Yes same here so sad
Very sad and very disturbing!
In deutsch: das wirft einige Fragen über unsere Gesellschaft auf! It s the same in Switzerland: Society really sucks
We are all sad about what happened. But when I hear Skynyrd a huge grin comes across my face and I just let myself enjoy this great music. What a waste to just sit around and mourn and be sad. That's not what this music is about. It's about enjoying life and having a shit-kickin good time enjoying this timeless music. Put a stiff drink in my hand and turn it up as loud as possible and I'm in hog heaven with the biggest shit-eaten grin you ever saw. And I'll be toe tappin and knee slappin and singing to the top of my lungs
We never know what not where life has in store for us.
Must be pretty awesome to look back and see your sister singing back up for you.
R.I.P. you two.
Santana; Lynyrd Skynyrd; Peter Frampton all in their primes and all performing on stage that day. What an awesome experience for concert-goers.
I loved the music so much! Went with some friends to the Tampa fairgrounds in '75 to see them. I had never heard of them. Their stage performance was full of heart and soul, just blew me away.....
@jeremygreen1526 it's my married name. My ex was from Ohio
@jeremygreen1526 how are you doing in 12/23
I was born in 98... and I can gladly say . This is real and good and soul music.
You have good taste. I was 14 when I first heard Sweet home Alabama. Me and my older brother were hitchhiking back from the beach and this dude picked us up and alabama came on the radio and he said hey have y'all you heard this band before? they kick ass, and he then turned the radio up full blast. I was a Lynyrd Skynyrd from that day on!
I was 16 when this show took place. Growing up in the South the local gun shop had an awesome selection of cutting edge music on vinyl and 8-Track. Lynyrd Skynyrd sold out fast.
This band was and will be the best ever. They'll never another band that great God bless all of them in heaven and the one's still with us we love you
Hello, how are you doing today?Nice meeting you here.
They're gone from Earth; But, Will live in my heart until I'm consumed by life....
I was there that day. There were four bands that played in this order: The Outlaws, Santana, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Peter Frampton. Lynyrd Skynyrd was the best. They had everyone stomping their feet to the music.
How can anyone follow THAT?!
Frampton had to be a let down
Green Grass and High Tides
Watching this was like you were there. How awesome they were. Just phenomenal. Why oh why did it have to end so tragically. Just doesn't seem fair. Tears and laughter came out of me when they went into the lead guitar parts. They were such great musicians and song writers. Just seemed like they were really great people, not perfect but who is? They were and still are my favorite band. Loved playing their music on guitar. Big influence in that. May we all meet each other in God's kingdom.
I was born 7-5-41 and I'll be 81 this July 5th 2022 and I'm still jivin' too FREEBIRD.Remember this country is free because of the brave.🗽👍
I was at this concert helping out back stage. This was one "ROCKIN" concert when Skynyrd hit the stage.
It totally "SUCKS" to High Heaven that there will never be a concert like this again.
I no longer got home from Oakland California to Columbus Ohio and I heard the breaking news of the plane crash. 109 days later and tragedy struck. As I watch them from the front in this video, It's shocking that not one of them had a clue what the short future held. God Bless them all and hope they have Heaven rockin for when we all get there...
Actually I believe it was Miss Hawkins,one of the Honkettes grandmother had A dream,a premonition type dream that the plane would crash and so Miss Hawkins refused to board and go with them that night and consequently she didn't crash in Mississippi with Ronnie,Cassie and Steve and the rest of the band and crew. Hman intuition is a powerful and strange thing.
Another gift from the good Lord I guess.
Take care.
@@feellucky271 ~ I saw an interview where several members didn't want to board the plane, but Ronnie told them "If it's your time, It's your time" and if they didn't get on the plane they were fired. That's why Miss JoJo Hawkins was fired from the group.
I'm telling ya Mr. Lucky, after being back stage at that concert and flying back to Columbus Ohio about 5-6 weeks later and hearing the news of the crash, it rocked my world to a major extreme. I was bummed for a long time. I haven't been on a plane since...
Hi Steve , do you know of any other videos of this concert ??
What a band!
The Best!
Johnny C You got that right!
Perfection and nothing but!!!!❤✌
I was at this show...Just amazing.
Me too!
I saw em like 3 weeks before this at jfk stadium in Philly dickey Betts j geils band an Frampton also that day
Too awesome for words
Ronnie reached for the sky the words are a haunting reminder that we all ride a relationship till it bends or breaks then it ends ..The relationship with the Music and the band is as long as a great song . will never end .Ronnie and this music stand alone.
So so blessed to be right up in the middle of all those feathered hair girls rockin out to this amazing band. Sun burnt to the max but a small price to pay to the rock gods! 3 months later it was over
Comon people, it don’t get any better than three screaming lead guitars. Miss you guys so much.
I was there - I think I saw me in the crowd too! Anyway, I can assure everyone that no adults were harmed by the rebel flag backdrop seen in this video. Back then, we actually had some character, some sack and we weren't pussies. Oh, and the chicks were hot too, but we were all quite young then.
Man-o-man, you speak a lot of truth right there Brett. I couldn't have said it any better. It's so sad to see what a phony baloney shell of "open-minded culture" the SF Bay Area has descended into since these great times.
And I don’t know if I’ve ever met someone who doesn’t love skynyrd
and now were all getting old----er.
I agree with you 100%! I saw Skynyrd a couple of times in Oakland.
I finally found someone selling Lynyrd Skynyrd Southern By The Grace of God Flags on eBay.
I've looked for years. I bought 3 of those puppies. I WILL fly them PROUDLY!
I live in the country in the Central Valley in Ca. And we are independent, tough, and gentlemen.
For everyone here bashing the liberal thinkers back then; I was there that day. We WERE the liberals, assholes. And so was Lynerd Skynerd. Whatever offends the people today, is the product of calculated divisiveness. We're not the sheep. You are. So fuck you. Sincerely, a Grandmother
I hope Gary's family feels the love and appreciation the fans have for this unique and outstanding talent and founding member of the greatest band in history
Saw this video for the 1st time today. A group posted on FB. I'm enjoying Sweet Home Alabama when all of a sudden I see myself and 3 friends sitting backstage (@4:28). What a total TRIP!!!
I wish i was around during the 70s, cherish your moments!
Susan McKenna backstage? 4:28 is a shot of the crowd. Regardless, how jealous am I not to have been around during this era!!!
1976 though 77 no band could touch these guys they were on fire...RIP Ronnie
THANKS FOR PUTTING THIS ON UTUBE IT IS REALLY HEART TOUCHING. RIP
glad there music lives on for my grandchildren to enjoy
The 70s had such great talent in rock music. What other era could offer a lead singer who is short, balding with a gut and zero stage moves? LS is possibly the greatest American band ever.
there IS NOTHIN MORE AWESOME THAN THIS SHIT RIGHT HERE
Ronnie🎶😉 man he looks so happy I love seeing the audience😉🎶
Killer performance! Some sweet guitar solos in there.
.38 Special, with Ronnie's younger brother Donnie, had released their first studio album, 38 Special, two months before this concert. Lynyrd Skynyrd's plane crash was October 20, 1977, three months after this concert and 5 months after .38 Special's first album. With this plane crash, all the members of .38 Special lost all of the "big brothers" that they had grown up around.
Missed this concert but attended 6 day on the green in Oakland CA. Lived 50 minutes away. Can’t believe how I long for those days and dream of the past.
Bring back all the men and women that have given us such precious and priceless music !!I know that can’t happen, but it is a lovely thought. I miss the original Skynyrd lineup so badly😢😢😢
Lynyrd Skynrd was just cool!!! They just went up to play and didn't put showing their ass to the forefront! . . I like that!
i was there, sitting behind home plate about 10 rows up
What a great clip! Those solos were classic and the Freebird end jam was on of the best I’ve ever heard. Wow...ripping with energy and talent!
This one has some great shots of the Honkettes, Cassie in the middle. I watch her and I think oh my god, you've been gone for 46 years, I just can't believe it. Too see her on stage with the girls doing their thing, Wow, That's so tough.
I was there that day
Wish you would tell us a little about your experience there? That had to be one concert that feels like it happened yesterday for you.
I was in the Navy and my ship just got in and the good hippie friend of mine from Berkeley said Lynyrd Skynyrd's playing but we didn't have tickets so we had to buy them from a scalper. That was the biggest and best concert I have ever been to and this old hillbilly has been so happy most of my life that I went.
How blessed these people were to be able to see Lynyrd Skynyrd in person! Look at this amazing crowd! That's pure American right there! My heart goes out to the Skynyrd Family as I know this must be a hard day. Cheers to the best band EVER!
Kings of southern rock. Man to have been there I'd go back in time to immerse in the joy of Lynyrd Skynyrd and damn it warn ronnie don't get on that damn plane.... Huge loss....
"Kings of southern rock." I understand your opinion, they were truly great, I go with Allman Brothers Band, tho, personally; they were all great, though. I missed LSB in Philly, was too young to ever have seen ABB with Dwayne.
kewlbreez77 Skynyrd was more of a rock band and their influence was deeper than the Allmans. The Allmans were a good band, but they were just like the Grateful Dead. Jam on and on until you don't know what the hell your listening to. Skynyrd could write songs with meaningful lyrics with great licks and grooves. The Allmans made some great music, but I can't connect to their music. Two completely different bands.
Omg Allen’s guitar solo😲😍 the music of my awakening⚡️ sooo freaking badass
Hello, how are you doing today? Nice meeting you here.
Oh man, those were the days. Still trying to find myself in these videos. I always made it down to the front. Tube tops and super blonde, feathered hair lol. The Days on the Green in Oakland were amazing.
Bill Graham knew how to put on a show.
Yes, those tube tops and over the shoulder boulder holders! 😂
Them guys was making some UNBELIEVABLE music together in the 70's.
I saw this show and they were already superstars. This was the SECOND time I saw Lynryd Skynyrd. The FIRST time was way back in 1973 at the Cow Palace when they were nobodies who opened for the Who on the Who's Quadraphenia Tour. I was all going get these guys off the stage and let the Who play. Then they whipped out a twenty minute version of "Free Bird" I became a fan right then and there.
Miss the 70’s, this is the best band ever!!
I am not musically inclined, but these guitarists are great!
Thank you Bill Graham If it wasn't for him having the presence of mind to film this great band alot of people would'nt have seen them.
+Richard Johnson
He was a genius, wasn't he?
But LS had been playing all over the country, and had hits, before BG added them into his Day On The Green concerts.