Lynyrd Skynyrd-Call Me The Breeze-1977

[RebelSpiritof77]

Dedicate this to the QB of the 2011 New Orleans Saints, an outstanding year regardless of coming up just short in a remarkably amazing playoff game against the 49ers!

[rolesvill]

RONNIE !!!!!!!! YOU BASTARD! hes up there with elvis for sure.

[MrDBLSROCKS]

BILLY POWELL ! ! !  "the" Skynyrd line-up

[TonyBeazley]

Billys really cooking on this one!!!!!!!

[vanillashake2]

@dragon8814 Cool Story, Bro.

[ZazzOffGuitars]

I was blessed to see these guys in the summer of 1976 at Memphis, Tennessee. Stood about 15ft in front of stage. Don't know what happened but I was never the same after that day. Freakin unreal how good these bunch of musicians really were !

[SteveGaines]

@ZazzOffGuitars July 4, 1976 Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium...Skynyrd, Blue Oyster Cult, The Outlaws and ZZ TOP on a Sunday....

[bretty456]

I agree. Top notch.

[SuperStonini]

great band may be too much great to still live !



[EpiLesPaulJunior]

Gary Rossington is the most wicked guitarist I've ever seen and in this song he's at his best!! What an image, cool and steady and at easy I LOVE THAT GUY!!!

[HotRodRudy]

Nothing today compairs to the level of the skill the band members had back then. Anyone with ears can pick up the subtle details each member contributes. You just don't see that anymore and they represent what is lacking in our music today. All we are left with is a tone def audience that would rather play with their I-phones and a music industry that could care less about quality.

But I just want the good old days back....

[yhs1981]

Freerunninfrog your a dick get off this site. Lynrd Skyrnd will always be remembered in rock history.

[yhs1981]

Holy shit history in the making!!!!!!!!!!

[ElmoPiano]

The sheet music for Billy Powell's piano solo can be found at manymidi.com/sheetmusic.htm

[Matlike1]

wasted fucking talent.

[kat4107]

Billy Powell tearin up the keys!

[rhjernigan]

This is real southern rock !!!!

[briantusin]

This song has one of Gary's best solos, no doubt about it. I don't think you can find a better guitar duo than Gary and Allen.

[WheelSlip8]

More and more these days, the greatness and genius of Lynyrd Skynyrd is talked and revered about under the same breath as Jimmie Rodgers, Robert Johnson, Hendrix and Elvis Presley!!

Damn I miss that era!!!!

[mcgaheefamily]

there is not a band better than the origanal skynyrd to ever walk on stage.the two people that put they down they dont like this song is either crazy or from new york.

[prieka2]

@mcgaheefamily I take great offense to your comment. I was born and raised in New York, and i idolized Skynyrd along with all of my friends! I play guitar because of their music and will always cherish their music along with my family. Ronnie's dream was to play MSG in New York!

[WheelSlip8]

It's freakin amazing to watch Ronnie sing. The way he carried himself on stage is priceless.

[lynyrdSkynyrd9100]

Rossington = THE BEST !!!

[Bassntx]

Can't drive slow listening to this song.

I'll bet they had a blast making this song!

[domin77148]

Rossington at 1:20 just kicks ass

[gr1zzlyadams]

my father attended this show and oh how i wish to have been there

[lpmccook]

I love Ronnie's Stage Presence!! God Damn!!

[hijinx16921]

Awesome! Steve Gaines is my most favorite guitar player ever

[disciullo77]

Just simply the coolest band to ever exist. We were very lucky to have them pass through the Jersey Shore on that final tour.

[carters3334]

I saw them may 1 1977 in charleston wv with dickie betts and 38 special they were great! The best concert i ever went to,

[bettset]

just think--only 3 months & a few days later after this show it happened

[tommyfisher62]

R.I.P skynyrd

[jawneeshow101]

i remember that day to, that's weird i was also in 8th grade

[bearing44]

I remember October 1977. The word came over on the radio. I was in eighth grade art class. I still believe to this day that the CIA had a hand in that plane crash. Skynyrd was so popular, it was making our young minds mush. Thank the feds for my 3 years regular army infantry. Thank the VA hell yes, and social security. Just line up to get robbed

[babamuna66]

"Billy Powell on the piano." Priceless. Just another thing that raised this beyond way above the Southern Rock stereotype. Thank you for posting this.

[SteveGaines]

Check out Steve Gaines 'fills"...That boy just had "it"..DAMN!

[Freebird10201977]

@SteveGaines Yes he did.

[rolesvill]

@SteveGaines dam right steve gaines, steve gaines was just as good as the rest of em, just a shame. he must have sold his soul to ronnie.

[triplehhh1996]

rock on skynard

[jayy444]

I dont see how anyone can put this band down... this is my favret band and im a 80,s baby! this is the only band i like ALL of there songs. Love the playing thay all do.......Rip Lynyrd Skynyrd

[matt88008]

Fantastic! ... A legendary band at the height of their powers ... tragically just a few months before the plane crash ... Skynyrd had so much potential which sadly was cut short with that tragedy ... a truly great rock band, one of the finest that ever played .. yet amazingly still very under-appreciated as witnessed by some of the witless comments posted on this thread!

[rvz77]

Thats cause they don't have any idea what good music is. They're no talent assclowns that prefer to listen to cajun west and britney spears. SKYNYRD RULES 4EVER assfaces

[freerunninfrog13]

One good song don't make no great rock band.

[freerunninfrog13]

I realize they have talent, that's obviously shown in this clip, and this is a great song. I'm saying that most of their other songs aren't quite up to par.

[Matlike1]

You obviously have no idea what you are talking about.

[twickrnham]

The greatest American rock band the world has ever seen...and yall know it!!!!! Dont bother tryin to explain it to others, they just dont get it, and they never will.

[domin77148]

@twickrnham You hit it right on the head. But I always try to explain it and sometimes I succeed

[blackcavalier]

@twickrnham I couldn't agree more. Awesome Band

[freerunninfrog13]

Good jam. Sounds a lot like the Allman Brothers Band's version of 'One Way Out' though. Skynyrd was much more fake than the Allman Bros or any other blues bands, but still, they had a few good tunes.

[shotgunsteve93]

Fake?, What are you talking about Lynyrd Skynyrd wasn't fake.

[gethighwithjimmypage]

haha are you fucking serious? skynyrd blows those bands out of the water by a mile. fake? they are WAY more real than the allmans will ever hope to be.

[freerunninfrog13]

Way more real, eh? Firstly, look at how these faggots are dressed, and secondly, listen to any other song that isn't "Call Me the Breeze" and it fucking sucks.

"Woah-oh that smell! Can't you smell that smell!"

[Freebird10201977]

Wow. This is not even worth slaughtering with my throbbing Lynyrd Skynyrd expertise.

[freerunninfrog13]

Give it your best shot. Although, I'm not impressed with someone who has a PhD in the study of mediocre music.

And by the way, Free Bird was a song with terrible lyrics, a very boring first five minutes, and an overrated solo that anyone could play with their eyes closed.

[Freebird10201977]

Then let us see you do it you dumb cunt.

[freerunninfrog13]

I would gladly show you if I had any type of video camera to record it with.

But you don't need to a camera to lay down some "throbbing Lynyrd Skynyrd expertise" so SLAUGHTER IT already, bitch! Unless, of course, you just don't know what the fuck you're talking about.

[Freebird10201977]

It is funny how in there is at least one grammar error in every comment you leave me. Remember these are the guys who blew the Rolling Stones off of the stage and who opened for The Who and Ted Nugent without being booed off of the stage which in themselves are great musical achievements. Anyway, like I said earlier I have no interest in wasting my time with you. If you don't believe that I know my Skynyrd trivia, look in the comments of almost every Lynyrd Skynyrd related video posted here.

[freerunninfrog13]

Ted Nugent was another relatively talentless musician, though I can't see why a southern band like Skynyrd would ever be opening for The Who.

Anyway, if you really believe that Skynyrd was a "great" band who actually had some meaningful music, I really can't take you seriously. Cheap southern rock, for the most part.

[Freebird10201977]

Without going through their discography, tell me all of the songs that were written by them that you know.

[freerunninfrog13]

I've only heard their main hits that are played on the radio. You've got...

-Call Me the Breeze (good song!)

-Free Bird (okayy song)

-That Smell or whatever (stupidest song of all time)

-Three Steps (decent, still kinda stupid)

-Sweet Home Alabama (pretty good song)

The rest, I'm sure, are probably garbage and not worth listening to anyway.. May be wrong, but I doubt it. Not a very serious band.

[Freebird10201977]

I could continue wasting my time with you but it isn't worth it. Later.

[freerunninfrog13]

Ah, of course. I forgot that you had important things to do, like patrol the rest of the Lynyrd Skynyrd videos' comment sections 24/7. Forgive me.

[guitarGUNFIGHT]

How are they not a serious band? That is the most ignorant statement I've ever heard. Haha. You're a complete fool. They worked harder than any other band ever. They practiced for 16 hours a day every day in a tiny hot box. They worked their asses off. They were more serious than any other band. More serious than lets see..uh, the beatles, or should I say the Backstreet Boys of the 60s. You are out of your mind. All those songs up there are awesome, as well as their ENTIRE catalogue. Moron.

[freerunninfrog13]

Practicing 16 hours a day obviously didn't pay off. They came up with mostly shit songs, and a few OK ones. Shows how talentless they were. And aint nobody thumbs up-ed your comment either, you dumb fuck.

[guitarGUNFIGHT]

Didnt pay off? They were a thousand times more driven and talented than any of the bands you listed. I don't even see why I'm wasting my time with such an ignorant fool as yourself. They were poor kids off the street with a dream, and they worked hard and made that dream come true. They wrote honest music that regular people could relate to. At least they wrote about meaningful things, while Zeppelin (who I dont even MIND) was wasting their time with fairytales and Lord of the Rings..

[freerunninfrog13]

I'll say it again.

"Oh-oh that smell! Can't you smell that smell!"

[guitarGUNFIGHT]

yes. the smell of death. what do you not understand about that? they wrote songs about what they wanted. they didnt change them for anyone. if you dont like those lyrics, then get the fuck off skynyrd videos. are you fucking stupid? why would you come on and shit on a band you dont even like? you're a complete tool. and a tool with no musical taste at that.

[freerunninfrog13]

What I don't understand is why they had to write such a stupid fucking song.

I came on this vid because I like this song and performance. Just most of the rest of the band's songs are shit.

[guitarGUNFIGHT]

no. youre entitled to your opinion and all, but that is just wrong.

[codyn1]

You dick! Evidently you don't realize how much talent this band has.

[guitarGUNFIGHT]

haha i know right? this guy is a fucking idiot. get a life freerunning. you have no musical taste whatsoever. It's real intelligent to attack the way they are dressed. And all their songs are amazing. Lynyrd Skynyrd facefucks the beatles and zeppelin and the allmans combined.

[Freebird10201977]

Word bro'.

[freerunninfrog13]

You're over here putting down the Beatles, Zep, AND the Allmans? Talk about no musical taste, fucktard.

[guitarGUNFIGHT]

Yes because those bands are nothing compared to Skynyrd. So yes I will put them down.

[thebigredminstrel]

It's so sad when people leave negative comments about groups they obviously don't like... morons...

[guitarGUNFIGHT]

Haha. Thumbs fucking up to that!

[Freebird10201977]

Word.

[TheDangerranger55]

hell yes rvz rocks

[ZiggyTillman]

Jack Daniels if you please... They were the BEST!

[dt1955jr]

good southern jam yeahhhhhhh

[v6v6v69]

YEAH!!!

[KYLEMORICE]

ROCK ON BOYS..KYLE

[waltzingtilly]

I was praying for pubic hair n bigg boobs stuffin my bra and never even had a snowballs chance of even knowing this great ness!!

however i did get my prayers answered and then some...!

[SteveGaines]

OH ON THE GUITAR.....It was it sounds like to me..

[wammzy]

what did RVZ SAY AT 1:20-1:25

[finally39]

He says " Asbury Park that's the way it's supposed to be!" Then he says " oh play that guitar" and Gary Rossington plays his Les Paul like only he can play it! This show is being filmed at Asbury Park NJ so Ronnie was just giving a shout out to the crowd, or he was just telling those Springsteen loving yankees that this is the way music is supposed to be.

[Bassntx]

Amen to that comment, brotha!

[gethighwithjimmypage]

i agree except they didnt think that way. they werent like southern nazis haha. they loved all the fans, from everywhere.

[SteveGaines]

Use can hear that old MXR phase shifter on Gary Rossington's solo....

[scrapiom]

Dont wanna ruin your nickname,but hope you are at least as good playing guitar as mr Gaines is...

[SteveGaines]

Hell, Man NOBODY in SKYNYRD before or since was as Good as Steve Gaines he was on a different level than everybody else. Even Ed King said:..STEVE GAINES PARTS ARE A BEAR. I bet he never bitched about learning mine like I bitched about learning his...GREAT wasn't the word for Steve Gaines.

[Freebird10201977]

Ronnie Van Zant said that Lynyrd Skynyrd will one day live in Steve Earl Gaines' shadow, and if it wasn't for the plane wreck on October twentieth, nineteen seventy-seven, his prediction would've been proven as correct.

[SteveGaines]

RVZ knew he had a special talent in Steve and decided to let him shine on "Street Survivors"..one can only imagine what Steve and Ronnie would be doing today...There is no doubt in my mind that Steve would be doing his own thing..He had just TOO MUCH MUSIC to offer...Shame..he was the BEST GUITARIST Skynyrd ever had...

[Freebird10201977]

Indeed. I disagree that Steve would being doing solo projects currently if he were around to but everything else, in my opinion, is a valid statement. Steve Gaines might not have been the best guitarist, vocalist, and lyricist in the history of individuals in that field, but he is my favorite musician of all time.

[Dunwyche]

God bless Billy powell, RIP brother..

[petebradt]

Steve Gaines and Billy Powell were the monsters in that band. Good god they were great.

[Matlike1]

@petebradt they were all monsters and were all great.

[marchoftha]

@petebradt Amen brother

[cookbeans1]

A fine example of Good Ole Southern Rock.... RIP Billy and now you are playing for the Angels in Heaven with Ronnie Cassie and Allen all in there with you.

I miss all of you !

[rachelmil9]

piano player is insane

[Telecatplayer]

I fuckin love you guys

[jesseinmontana]

Miss you Mr. Powell RIP

[aaretz]

R.I.P. Billy

[buckee64]

I love the old fashioned Bud Can on Billy's piano.

[finally39]

R.I.P. Brother Billy. You will be missed greatly!

[reeldeel91]

Friggin awesome video. Ive only seen the ones on Youtube where there in concert at the U.K... Thx for uploading this. Its great to see them on video when they where still alive. God rest there souls.

[waltzingtilly]

I was just learnin how to shoot whisky, wished I could have been in his underpants!!

[Freebird10201977]

Tony, where in the hell did you get this excellent footage?

[MrBreeze31]

HOLY SHIT!!

[3rdhpug]

I always liked Skynyrds work. he did some cool shit!

[Freebird10201977]

Who is "he"?

[rachelmil9]

lol

[gethighwithjimmypage]

HAHA. wow...

[Freebird10201977]

What?

[guitarGUNFIGHT]

youre a retard is what. i cant even like, find it in me to waste my time destroying you with my knowledge of this band and how amazing they are. get the fuck out.

[kerrberr14]

2:45-4:05 is the CRAZIEST, most AMAZING thing EVER in Classic Rock hystery.! YEAH

[jesscomom]

i need you is the best apology song

[mebloke69]

drop outs??music makers,gifted,passionate,talen­ted guys from JAX FL

[Freebird10201977]

My hometown.

[Tushman83]

one of da best rock songs ever,,, me and my band can play this but nowhere near good as this,,, Skynard Rocks

[TupacShapiro]

Flawless as usual, even live.

[flatlandsparky]

Leon and ronnie always had the most kickass hats

[BillyWayne711]

On a fateful day in October 1977, the 20th day to be exact, that talent was almost silenced in a swamp in McComb Mississippi. "I ronic," that music was born in a swamp and almost ended in a swamp. Skynyrd and their music will forever live in my heart. Thanx Lynyrd Skynyrd for the song that you gave us!!!! (R.I.P) Ronnie, Allen, Steve, Leon, Cassie Dean, and Hughie Thomasson the Outlaw Man, who was not just a friend, but a memember for 9 years....SWAMP MUSIC YALL....

[JuiceyLoosey]

can't believe timeless music legends get 2,665 views on youtube after seven months, and then dumbasses who act like retards get over 14,000....

[JuiceyLoosey]

(forgot a few there hahaha oops....14,000,000)

[BillyWayne711]

Thats because today its all about style and fashion. If you are cute and can wear Gucci or have your britches down around your ass and a bunch of bling in your teeth, then, only then, by todays standards you are cool. When you dont have talent you have to make up for it by an image and that my musical friends is sad. Skynyrd were a bunch of high school redneck drop outs that had a dream and they lived that dream by, hard work, and hard times, and many hours spent at HELL HOUSE in the swamps!!!!!

[kylesmomsabitch111]

ya gotta love em

[kingcan18]

méchante bonne toune:)

[impala666]

God Bless Billy Powell. That dude plays his ass off.

[RockyTop37]

Skynyrd practiced so much you HAD to like them. Some of, and maybe the best, musicians ever.

[rchrdhazze]

skynyrd we never die, this band rocks alwayswill, aint no changes in me,

[paulkalmes]

jesus h christ, they sure were good!

[apekiller2001]

Greatest rock band ever. I love em'.

Especially with Gaines. However, Ed King was

a bad MF too........and Collins...Jeez.

GOD'S house band now.......

[MYFREEBIRD]

There will NEVER be another!

Skynyrd was the GREATEST band ever!!!!

[whiteroom51]

no way, beatles will always reign as #1, but skynyrd was very good.

[finally39]

The Beatles were gifted but they couldn't jam like that. The Fab Four also had something else working against them. They were undeniably foreign, aliens from a far away land, and they talked funny. You see, Skynyrd is part of the American experience, a piece of our culture and musical history. If you happen to be like me and hail from or have ties to the Confederate States then it gets in your blood. It becomes part of who you are, and what you stand for. Not to mention music that you can't top!

[77Babygirl29]

Definitely some of the world's greatest guitarists, eh? Unbelievably awesome band, loved them so, so much.