thanks for the video. Remember hearing the news of the crash on the radio late at night and could not believe it. Had purchased the album with the flames and then after the crash that cover was replaced with one without the flames.
Does anyone remember the first time they heard this song? Subject matter aside, it sent shivers thru my very core. No one knew what was to come. Those shivers were a premonition. Let's sufice it to say, LaRue was justifibly upset. She did the right thing. Need I say more?
I heard a story on Howard Sterns. Artimus Pyle revealed on that fatal flight, that pilots said we're going down and everybody buckle up. Ronny refused, I guess he had a death wish or something. Anyway Artimus survived, broke his shoulder or something, but went looking for help. They landed in a swamp way down south. When he finally found a house(it took over an hour) this crazy redneck guy shoots him.Talk about a bad day.
@joekoool102 There is an interview with one of the survivors(Gene Odum) on youtube ,and he said Ronnie was sleeping on the floor. just type in Lynyrd Skynyrd Plane crash on you tube .It wouldnt let me post the link . He seems to be honest ,but who knows.........................
The pinnacle in Rock was reached in '77' for everyone else...but not for LS. They would have been jammin' today to throngs of old and new. Think... if..just if...LS would have put on a tour today with Duane Allman steppin in for a set. Todays Rock Bands would have lined the roads just to get a 'smell' of true greatness....and would have left thinking........WTF were we thinking?
3 of the best gituar players in the same band and you can always tell who is doing the lead. I think Gaines was the best though, then Collins, then Rossington but they are all fucking great
I love this song. But I don't get how people will rip on Hip Hop and then name drop Justin Bieber and Lady Gaga. I like Hip hop, most hip hop fans hate Justin Beiber. In fact most Hip Hop fans are all about the lyrics. Southern Rock like Lynyrd Skynyrd and The Allman Brothers were all about hard hitting lyrics that told the stories of the poor and working class. Hip hop is no different. I'm not talking about Rap or RnB or that Bling hop stuff either. I'm talking Hip Hop, hard hitting stuff.
Everytime i watch this i get shivers when Steve gaines and allen collins are playing facing each other near the end. Allen Collins had such a hard life after the plane crash , RIP allen you were amazing and will never be forgotten.
this has to be one of van zants last live video, if i was there in thoes stands i would yell not to get on that plane in 3 months.... RIP Ronnie Vant Zant, October 1977
Had chance to see them on their last tour in Philly 1977. The were on the bill with Fleetwood Mac at JFK Stadium. The weather forecast was for rain all day, so I didn't go. Damn, it didn't rain until after the concert!
@FloridasSon I'm pretty sure Gary was just taking a hit off his cigarette. If he had shot the bird at Ronnie, he probably would have gotten his ass whupped.
Charisma! Ronnie Was loaded with it!! He was the heart and Soul of Lynyrd Skynyrd. Maybe they should have retired the name. Not for me to judge. I guess.
wow from wales, these guys were without doubt the best musicians this century. zepelin, sabbath, purle ,,i all love, but could not hold a candle to these guys,, thanks for all the notes that make my head happy, kipper
I lived with Leon in 1987 for about a year. He use to talk about the crash and how he sat between Steve and Ronnie. He said he remembered a light and then seeing Duane Allman who told him its not his time and to go back brother Leon. Ok Leon was on allot of drugs then, but the sincerity in which he told it was amazing. A good -hearted guy who never really shook off the tragedy.
@nynyrocks My friend that started with them in 64 and Left them in 76 said he was on the Plane once and that was enough for him. He still hates flying on tour! Can you blame him?Don't Forget all our Florida bands were and are a family. Good Story NyRocks I've heard it before so I can vouch for it being consistent and what he said btw ;-) Our Bands all like each other and like I said their Family, I miss Hughie from the Outlaws and btw their playing again!
@nynyrocks if I would have seen Duane Allman and new that Ronnie was going to be with him I would have shot myself as soon as I got out of the hospital.lol
To this day, seeing these videos hurts. I still remember the tragedy of the crash like it was yesterday, and then losing one by one till, of the original folks, all that is left is Gary. I've seen many artists who I liked leave us ..But for some reason when I see this I just miss them so very much.
This the shit right here. All band members are involved not like the bastard country artists today that are concerned about themselves only. Thats the problem with music today: selfishness. Nobody cares about making good music just about making money and "wooing" ladies. Skynyrd knew that it took a BAND to make good music. I guess Im done with my rant for today lol.
Too bad that people these days decide to listen to this "stylistic" bullcrap that people call good music. yes, i am talking about hip-hop and other auto tuned stuff. i'm 15 and find that this is skill and talent. TAKE THAT JUSTIN BIEBER AND REBECCA BLACK!
@Motorbreath82 You are wise for your age ,kid. There is no possible comparison to incredible musical talent Like the classic Rock bands had ,to the corporate ,artificial garbage ,that Disney ,and Nickalodeon try to market to kids .our parents ,or at least your Dad must be cool ,to have pointed you to his old collection, or maybe you discovered it on your own . Gangsta Rap & Hip hop is total Garbage,not even music. It is theft of someone else's art ,and talentless Bullshit.
i just seen the band that is playing under the name "Lynyrd Skynyrd" a couple days ago,they opened for ZZ Top.I think its awesome that their music is still touring today.Even tho Gary Rossington is the only original left from the band.I will never forget the concert,and i will see them again if they come back through Illinois.....definetly one of the best concerts i will ever go to
i was at a yard sale and found an old cowbow hat, it looked just like Ronnie's. I put i on and said to my Dad "what song is it you wanna hear"!!?? An old man walked by and I saw a tear in his eye, he just turned and smiled and gave me a thumbs up and walked away. That shows you that music is the best medicine. And if music is medicine then Skynyrd is the Aspirine, it cures everything
Actually Hawk, Artimus is far from an original member.But you are right Ed King was hugh in the bands success.He is the most techinically proficient player the band ever had.But Steve was the spark that the band really needed at that point.It was scary to see how good they could have been.
There is only one..You can add another to the band that plays on in another place - Billy Joe Powell......he passed sometime ago..there are only two left - Gary Rossington , and the "outcast" Artymus Pyle. He has asked the continuing question about Roniie - IF I LEAVE HERE TOMORROW ?the rock-n-roll world has said YES, we will remember you, Ronnie ...and Stevie, and the Honk-ettes, Leon, Allen, and Billy...They must have a great band in the afterlife...they're all there
@hawk1866 One more, Ed King, who was a huge part of the band's development and sound on so many of their great ealier hits, He is and will always be an original Lynyrd Skynyrd member, everybody seems to forget him when they mention Gary and Artimus, dont get me wrong , I am a big fan of them too.
I was a senior in high school when this one broke and this is exactly what it was like. My parents moved me to Mississippi in the late 70s and this was for real our way of life and I adapted well. I later moved to Jacksonville, Florida and ran with the fast and cool there. It is amazing that I made it out and am now the parent of an 11 year-old son who loves this music. I am vicariously reliving it all thru him! He is a third generation rocker! He'd say "forget Beiber, rock on Ronnie!
I WAS AT ALL WINTERLAND CONCERTS FROM 1972 TO 1980 WAITING IN LINE FROM NOON TO THE VENUE OPENING DOIN AND TRYING ANYTHING PEOPLE WOULD OFFER US. REMEMBERBER 2 DOLLAR TUESDAYS. I SAW KISS THERE FOR 2 DOLLARS.PEACE KEVIN MR. PARTY ANIMAL STILL RAISED IN FOSTER CITY CA. MILLS GRAD 74
hey this song helped me thru my drug crazed years....really...my friend and i made a pact not to shoot drugs...and not to wrap ourselves around a tree of death with wiskey! These guys saved my life in a sense.
we see them at Hilton collisium in Ames Iowa just a few short weeks before there plane crash...we waited at the doors was one of the first 50 or people through the door and got a spot down front right up to stage.....best concert we ever seen......i still blame my loss of hearing on that concert my ears rang for a week.........awesome as hell
I love the way Gary, Allan, and Steve split up the guitar parts.. They never seem to crowd each other . Its very obvious that they were a hard working band to have that kind of sound live in the 70s. Lot of practice went into that sound.
Great song, love it! I never seen them, but from what I've listened to, their songs were even better live, very polished live band. They achieved a lot in a short amount of time & I have the utmost respect & admiration for them. May their music live on forever.
This is about the SMELL OF DEATH Skynyrd guitarist Gary Rossington, who bought a new car, got drunk, and crashed it into a tree, then a house ("whiskey bottles, brand new car, oak tree you're in my way"). The band was supposed to start a tour in a few days, but had to postpone it because of Rossington.
I think this is their best version of this song (my fav LS song). There are some Rossington fills which they dropped for the album at 3.07, 3.15, 5.30 and 5.37 and Billys piano fill at 2.03 was also dropped. I love em. RIP
@jasason10: wow, if your profile is correct and you are indeed 34 years old, you really need to read up on your music history. "He was playin heavey metal licks before there was anything called metal."
this was 1977, almost 10 years AFTER the first "metal" bands, 6 years after black sabbath's "paranoid", 2 years after iron maiden and motorhead started.
No passengers in this band...a double kick drummer, a lead bass player, best honky tonk/rock piano player ever, 3 super yet different guitarists and then there is Ronnie captivating presence, great lyricist etc... RIP
My favorite from them. How the hell did three of the most incredible guitarists end up in the same band. The chances of this seem astonomical...yet it did happen.
can't get enough of it...seen it 100's of times and am still mezmerised..wow...the best version of the best song ever from the best album ever, by the best band ever. from Australia
I had the honor and privelage of seeing this very same line-up of Skynyrd in April, 1977 in Nashville, Tn. with the Atlanta Rhythm Section as their opening act. I never dreamed when I was watching them play one of the greatest live sets I've ever seen performed that night, that the heart and soul of the band would be ripped away and killed a very few months later in Gillsbug, Mississippi. Fly on Freebirds!! For you truly were nothing but pure talent!!
Favorited this, as I watched & listened....Ronnie, "Tomorrow might not be here for you", Steve, Cassie, Allen, Leon , Billy. Was it just me or did the only two left alive, Gary & Artemus(from Band) seem to be seen less....than the others? Probably one of those weird coincidences, if anything at all. Considering the date, song, hindsight...ect., Great yet sobering vid, definitely NEEDED, that's for sure. R.I.P. All & continued support for Families & Band......Thanks for posting....great vid.
Just thinking...7 people in this video are dead and gone...JoJo...Cassie...Steve...Ronnie...Leon...Billy...Allen...It's our job to keep their memories alive by playing their music and passing it on to the next generation!
@SteveGLS Steve Gaines Lynyrd Skynyrd? Is that what that stands for? I have a tattoo of Steve on my right calf done by world renown tattooist Tom Renshaw.
@SteveGLS They all went too soon didn't they? I don't think there was a Skynyrd curse or anything like that. I just think they all played hard right up to the end. R.I.P. to all of them. Skynyrd always was and always will be my favorite.
I saw Skynyrd at the San Diego Sports Arena in approx 74.hey opened for Dave Mason & Stevie Miller. Crowd rioted after in Tower Records prkng lot When they died I was working at a Pizza Inn in KC & cried . They were certainly just peaking as a band . Steve Gaines could have been a big star.It's fn amazing that "Free Bird" has jumped from generation to generation to today's kids who love that song !!! Lastly, their ability to include a anti drug/alcohol song on every album is a tribute : karma
This has been my favorite song (and still is) since I first heard it in 1977. I gotta say I prefer this version than the street survivors realease. This version has a couple of billy powell and gary rossington fills that they dropped for the album. RIP from Australia
I was lucky enough to see this show - just 3 months before the band's fatal plane crash. Guitarist Steve Gaines & his sister Cassie (background singer in Honkettes) were old school friends from Miami, Oklahoma. Stevie was a magical addition to LS guitarists. Sadly, both he & Cassie died in the crash 33 years ago this month, as did lead singer Ronnie Van Zant. Goosebumps.
Forever young in our hearts, may each of you rest in peace.
Ronnie will always be miss as will steve cassie gaines allen kathy collins dean kilpatrick RIP 10/20/1977. I wish I coulda seen the full bad play in concert.
I saw them at their last Chicago performance at Soldier Field 1977. Superbowl of rock. .38 Special, Journey, REO Speedwagon, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Ted Nugent. I was 13 and bought a guitar a week later and never put it down! Ronny Van Zandt had a cast on his leg that day and Billy Powell was playing a beautiful white piano, ah, such fond memories...R.I.P brothers!
dam they were an awesome band! Theres no way they could ever go back to this! SHit sometimes i think id like to start a southern rock band, but man these boys and gals were raised in that, thats all they knew and it was beautiful!
with billy gone now, only gary left i think. when he makes it up to heaven with the boys and girls GOD is gonna have him one smoking hot kick-ass southern rock band!!!
I was there in these great times. I played with a band called "HIGHWAY" and in our show evernight was Simple Man_Tuesday Gone and Freebird and still do um today 35 years later. Thats the kind of music these guys done_TIMELESS_ fly on FREEBIRD.
This is my favorite song from my favorite albaum and band and it has been that way since I first heard it in 77.... RIP they were the best. I prefer this version better that the studio version as they deleted the piano fills at 2/04 and 2.08 and the guitar fills at 3.08 3.15 5.30 and 5.38. Thank God they reformed with Johnny and pumped out some great albums. The new band, however, never seem to be able to recapture the intensity and brooding of this song when they do it live. from Australia
@hairdoggy, you got that right!! @LynyrdSkynyrdLover~ Thanks for the clip. I love this video. At 2:16- 2:27 Ronnie dooesn't seem to take his eyes off Gary...Love the body language and the little bump at ~2:24, Can't seem to get enough of this these guys...
@hairdoggy, you got that right!! @LynyrdSkynyrdLover~ Thanks for the clip. I love this video. At 2:16- 2:27 Ronnie dooesn't seem to take his eyes off Gary...Love the body language and the little bump at ~2:24, Can't seem to get enough of this these guys...
What freaks me out is everyone on stage here (except Ronnie and Steve) were 25 years old. I mean 25 years old! And their owning the stage, and writing and creating music that will live forever! It's kinda scary how much talent these boys had.
If it werent for the Southern wail and the pianos, Skynard would have been as heavy as Zeppelin, and maybe Sabbath! Either way this Original lineup was the ONLY Skynyrd to speak of!! Simply Legendary!
man this was there finest hour , they were never better , tighter or more creative than this period, steve gaines brought a whole new dimension love it!!
god i wish i could go back in time and stop them from getting on that plane i always wonder how much further they could have gone and how many more great skynyrd songs
My favorite version of my favorite song... I just love the extra powell and rossington fills that they dropped for the album...
wozjj 17 hours ago
thanks for the video. Remember hearing the news of the crash on the radio late at night and could not believe it. Had purchased the album with the flames and then after the crash that cover was replaced with one without the flames.
bpederson01 20 hours ago
Does anyone remember the first time they heard this song? Subject matter aside, it sent shivers thru my very core. No one knew what was to come. Those shivers were a premonition. Let's sufice it to say, LaRue was justifibly upset. She did the right thing. Need I say more?
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"great song...but it refers to the smell of nigas:/"
LOL!
440John 1 week ago
@nynyrocks....thanks for sharing....
mscrazybone24 2 weeks ago
I heard a story on Howard Sterns. Artimus Pyle revealed on that fatal flight, that pilots said we're going down and everybody buckle up. Ronny refused, I guess he had a death wish or something. Anyway Artimus survived, broke his shoulder or something, but went looking for help. They landed in a swamp way down south. When he finally found a house(it took over an hour) this crazy redneck guy shoots him.Talk about a bad day.
joekoool102 2 weeks ago
@joekoool102 There is an interview with one of the survivors(Gene Odum) on youtube ,and he said Ronnie was sleeping on the floor. just type in Lynyrd Skynyrd Plane crash on you tube .It wouldnt let me post the link . He seems to be honest ,but who knows.........................
joeyboogenz 4 days ago
The pinnacle in Rock was reached in '77' for everyone else...but not for LS. They would have been jammin' today to throngs of old and new. Think... if..just if...LS would have put on a tour today with Duane Allman steppin in for a set. Todays Rock Bands would have lined the roads just to get a 'smell' of true greatness....and would have left thinking........WTF were we thinking?
danc317 1 month ago 2
3 of the best gituar players in the same band and you can always tell who is doing the lead. I think Gaines was the best though, then Collins, then Rossington but they are all fucking great
CerpinTaxt1983 2 months ago
@CerpinTaxt1983 I was thinking the exact same thing, except I say Gaines was best, then Rossington.
Exilemainstreet 1 month ago
@Exilemainstreet they complement each other perfectly they are
amazing
CerpinTaxt1983 1 month ago
hahaha got some coke
21787001086948 2 months ago
Hell yeah !
ctenochaetus 2 months ago
South Baby!
ctenochaetus 2 months ago
great song...but it refers to the smell of nigas:/
MsNemesis7 2 months ago
@MsNemesis7 what an ignorant comment
wozjj 2 months ago
@wozjj Yes, your comment certainly is "ignorant"-- as in not experienced with "nigas"--like yours truly is, you deracinated twat.
440John 1 week ago
does anyone know why artimus pyle isn't in a band? Why did he left?
overdriven77 2 months ago
@overdriven77 He had a blue with Rossington....
wozjj 2 months ago
this is one of the best of their original early on days when they were really clikin together...just an opinion
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Wow. This sounds great. This is one of the better concert vids on YT from a sonic perspective. Impressive. Thanks for the upload.
TruthAxe 3 months ago
im with you this is one of the best bands out there you im only twelv i love anythig 80s and lower its skill not beat
amandakostenko 3 months ago
I love this song. But I don't get how people will rip on Hip Hop and then name drop Justin Bieber and Lady Gaga. I like Hip hop, most hip hop fans hate Justin Beiber. In fact most Hip Hop fans are all about the lyrics. Southern Rock like Lynyrd Skynyrd and The Allman Brothers were all about hard hitting lyrics that told the stories of the poor and working class. Hip hop is no different. I'm not talking about Rap or RnB or that Bling hop stuff either. I'm talking Hip Hop, hard hitting stuff.
twoonisx 4 months ago
Everytime i watch this i get shivers when Steve gaines and allen collins are playing facing each other near the end. Allen Collins had such a hard life after the plane crash , RIP allen you were amazing and will never be forgotten.
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BeBopDeluxe85 4 months ago
@FloridasSon He was just taking a hit off of his cigarette. It wasn't uncommon for Gary to smoke and play simultaneously.
Zachmitchell1992 4 months ago
this has to be one of van zants last live video, if i was there in thoes stands i would yell not to get on that plane in 3 months.... RIP Ronnie Vant Zant, October 1977
11dwalls 4 months ago
I saw them in Houston in early -76 with The Outlaws opening. Great show!
jatras 4 months ago
Had chance to see them on their last tour in Philly 1977. The were on the bill with Fleetwood Mac at JFK Stadium. The weather forecast was for rain all day, so I didn't go. Damn, it didn't rain until after the concert!
TaserTracks 4 months ago
@FloridasSon I'm pretty sure Gary was just taking a hit off his cigarette. If he had shot the bird at Ronnie, he probably would have gotten his ass whupped.
BufordWoody 4 months ago
Is that the crowd cheering and clapping when Steve Gains does his solo? Him and Gary are great picking off each other!
joesimi 4 months ago 2
These guys SIMPLY put every other band in history to shame. Sorry, they are just sooo good. I cannot believe how few hits they have.
SKATE0LIVE0GLIDE 5 months ago
Always been my favorite Skynyrd song
theblitz8 5 months ago
Charisma! Ronnie Was loaded with it!! He was the heart and Soul of Lynyrd Skynyrd. Maybe they should have retired the name. Not for me to judge. I guess.
MrTenitis 5 months ago
Charisma! Ronnie Was loaded with it!!
MrTenitis 5 months ago
wow from wales, these guys were without doubt the best musicians this century. zepelin, sabbath, purle ,,i all love, but could not hold a candle to these guys,, thanks for all the notes that make my head happy, kipper
kipperkinsey 5 months ago
Damn sure nobody can do it like they done it....simply the BEST...
gtrpkr65 5 months ago
Steves strat is da best !
atomicplayboy4u 5 months ago
This is in the top ten R&R songs evAAAAAAAAAA !
atomicplayboy4u 6 months ago
I lived with Leon in 1987 for about a year. He use to talk about the crash and how he sat between Steve and Ronnie. He said he remembered a light and then seeing Duane Allman who told him its not his time and to go back brother Leon. Ok Leon was on allot of drugs then, but the sincerity in which he told it was amazing. A good -hearted guy who never really shook off the tragedy.
nynyrocks 6 months ago 11
@nynyrocks My friend that started with them in 64 and Left them in 76 said he was on the Plane once and that was enough for him. He still hates flying on tour! Can you blame him?Don't Forget all our Florida bands were and are a family. Good Story NyRocks I've heard it before so I can vouch for it being consistent and what he said btw ;-) Our Bands all like each other and like I said their Family, I miss Hughie from the Outlaws and btw their playing again!
mespasticpunk 5 months ago
@nynyrocks if I would have seen Duane Allman and new that Ronnie was going to be with him I would have shot myself as soon as I got out of the hospital.lol
12889414 4 months ago
@nynyrocks... if you lived with Leon in 1987, you would be senior in high school...how does that happen....
johnediamond 2 months ago
@nynyrocks Who is Leon?
MrBbme99 1 day ago
@nynyrocks Who is Leon?
MrBbme99 1 day ago
@MrBbme99 Skynyrd bassist Leon Wilkerson!
uggatrip 1 day ago
Ronnie was the music that he did more than any other performer
skswig1 6 months ago
To this day, seeing these videos hurts. I still remember the tragedy of the crash like it was yesterday, and then losing one by one till, of the original folks, all that is left is Gary. I've seen many artists who I liked leave us ..But for some reason when I see this I just miss them so very much.
OPTIMISPOOH 6 months ago 3
This the shit right here. All band members are involved not like the bastard country artists today that are concerned about themselves only. Thats the problem with music today: selfishness. Nobody cares about making good music just about making money and "wooing" ladies. Skynyrd knew that it took a BAND to make good music. I guess Im done with my rant for today lol.
meant8 6 months ago
ROBIN WILLIAMS CAR TYPHOON XM.?/GABBY LOGAN AMY WILLIAMS SAFECRACKER WATCH
whotaughtyou 6 months ago
one of my all time favorites . . . love the triple guitar attack
StoweTexas 6 months ago
Gary Rossington is truly a Legend in his own time.
BufordWoody 6 months ago
It's few an far that bands sound this good live- only ROCK and ROCK.
ZenZill 7 months ago
Too bad that people these days decide to listen to this "stylistic" bullcrap that people call good music. yes, i am talking about hip-hop and other auto tuned stuff. i'm 15 and find that this is skill and talent. TAKE THAT JUSTIN BIEBER AND REBECCA BLACK!
Motorbreath82 7 months ago 18
@Motorbreath82 HEY WE DONT so calm down dude. lets start a movement, of real music
ThePrincessDavina 4 months ago
@Motorbreath82 you must be a koon from the trees that know we comin back to get ye..hehehe.
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@cpett017 lol whats that from?
Motorbreath82 2 months ago
@Motorbreath82 once again, kids trying to be cool. no one gives a shit ur 15! lol
rolesvill 2 months ago
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@Motorbreath82 Take a chill pill, kid. Why must you name drop like a little bitch? Go drink some of daddy's liquor.
JohnLawrenceCobraKai 1 month ago
@Motorbreath82 You are wise for your age ,kid. There is no possible comparison to incredible musical talent Like the classic Rock bands had ,to the corporate ,artificial garbage ,that Disney ,and Nickalodeon try to market to kids .our parents ,or at least your Dad must be cool ,to have pointed you to his old collection, or maybe you discovered it on your own . Gangsta Rap & Hip hop is total Garbage,not even music. It is theft of someone else's art ,and talentless Bullshit.
joeyboogenz 4 days ago
This is about Gary Rossington's wreck in that Gran Torino when he almost died and the band fined him I think
nmk1226 7 months ago
This is about Gary Rossington's wreck in that Gran Torino when he almost died and the band fined him I think and maybe he almost died
nmk1226 7 months ago
3 out of 545 people don't know what music is.
TonyPeesTunes 8 months ago
i just seen the band that is playing under the name "Lynyrd Skynyrd" a couple days ago,they opened for ZZ Top.I think its awesome that their music is still touring today.Even tho Gary Rossington is the only original left from the band.I will never forget the concert,and i will see them again if they come back through Illinois.....definetly one of the best concerts i will ever go to
x85DogsOfWar85x 8 months ago
i came.
santafecard 8 months ago
Thank you so very much buddy for seing my favorite band.
godro67 8 months ago
3 months and 1 week to the day
kissklassics 8 months ago
how close is this to the last day?
JohnAllanification 8 months ago
HAPPY EASTER ALL
bearing44 9 months ago
start at 2:52 when the girls are twigging like tree branches
bearing44 9 months ago
I love the way Allens keys shine when he jumps into a dual lead with Steve.
bearing44 9 months ago
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The last concert I went to was Lynard Skynard in October of 1977. Greenville.Wish I still had the album and the ticket stubs.
wileycoyoteengineer 9 months ago
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The last concert I went to was Lynard Skynard in October of 1977. Greenville.Wish I still had the album and the ticket stubs.
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wileycoyoteengineer 9 months ago
dam i love the old skynyrd!!!
njrun 9 months ago
magic
marydwyer14119 9 months ago
i was at a yard sale and found an old cowbow hat, it looked just like Ronnie's. I put i on and said to my Dad "what song is it you wanna hear"!!?? An old man walked by and I saw a tear in his eye, he just turned and smiled and gave me a thumbs up and walked away. That shows you that music is the best medicine. And if music is medicine then Skynyrd is the Aspirine, it cures everything
whitepride603 10 months ago 2
Hats off for skynyrd
mopar36068 10 months ago
always love the guitar solos in this song the best.
Rockzilla67 10 months ago
Actually Hawk, Artimus is far from an original member.But you are right Ed King was hugh in the bands success.He is the most techinically proficient player the band ever had.But Steve was the spark that the band really needed at that point.It was scary to see how good they could have been.
MrMonkeyman63 10 months ago
3 people od'd before they could figure out the meaning of this song...
screwfulton 10 months ago
Ronnie Van Zant's t-shirt: "Who the fuck are the rolling stones?" ... Big Balls!!
priestharis 10 months ago
I lived this song,glad I got through it all alive,oak trees do not move.
MegaEzra1 10 months ago
for D. Allman...everybody RIP!
birdofprey51 10 months ago
too much coke and too much smoke... can't you smell what's going on around you ? ????
aslushy 11 months ago
There is only one..You can add another to the band that plays on in another place - Billy Joe Powell......he passed sometime ago..there are only two left - Gary Rossington , and the "outcast" Artymus Pyle. He has asked the continuing question about Roniie - IF I LEAVE HERE TOMORROW ?the rock-n-roll world has said YES, we will remember you, Ronnie ...and Stevie, and the Honk-ettes, Leon, Allen, and Billy...They must have a great band in the afterlife...they're all there
hawk1866 11 months ago
@hawk1866 One more, Ed King, who was a huge part of the band's development and sound on so many of their great ealier hits, He is and will always be an original Lynyrd Skynyrd member, everybody seems to forget him when they mention Gary and Artimus, dont get me wrong , I am a big fan of them too.
TheLowerider 10 months ago
Bad ass!!! this song is very cool!!!
ratadecampo77 11 months ago
I was a senior in high school when this one broke and this is exactly what it was like. My parents moved me to Mississippi in the late 70s and this was for real our way of life and I adapted well. I later moved to Jacksonville, Florida and ran with the fast and cool there. It is amazing that I made it out and am now the parent of an 11 year-old son who loves this music. I am vicariously reliving it all thru him! He is a third generation rocker! He'd say "forget Beiber, rock on Ronnie!
kj8636 11 months ago
I WAS AT ALL WINTERLAND CONCERTS FROM 1972 TO 1980 WAITING IN LINE FROM NOON TO THE VENUE OPENING DOIN AND TRYING ANYTHING PEOPLE WOULD OFFER US. REMEMBERBER 2 DOLLAR TUESDAYS. I SAW KISS THERE FOR 2 DOLLARS.PEACE KEVIN MR. PARTY ANIMAL STILL RAISED IN FOSTER CITY CA. MILLS GRAD 74
KEVDOG718 11 months ago
@KEVDOG718 shame we'll never see those prices again. Now people are paying a hundred to see Charlie Sheen mumble incoherently!
HearingLossProvider 9 months ago
hey this song helped me thru my drug crazed years....really...my friend and i made a pact not to shoot drugs...and not to wrap ourselves around a tree of death with wiskey! These guys saved my life in a sense.
motorgirlwhirl 11 months ago
Artimus Pyle was the perfect drummer for that band. No one before him or after could hold a pair of sticks to him. He always had a plan!
12groney 11 months ago
@12groney
artimus pyle is a us marine, that is why he was perfect, because he was supposed to be their, at the time of the crash.
and what ever marines do they attack it, he attacked the drums
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@12groney
artimus pyle is a us marine, that is why he was perfect, because he was supposed to be their, at the time of the crash.
and what ever marines do they attack it, he attacked the drums
micjew 11 months ago
we see them at Hilton collisium in Ames Iowa just a few short weeks before there plane crash...we waited at the doors was one of the first 50 or people through the door and got a spot down front right up to stage.....best concert we ever seen......i still blame my loss of hearing on that concert my ears rang for a week.........awesome as hell
curbshoppin 1 year ago
I also love the fact that all three were playing different guitars that carry there own unique sound.. Its just a great sound.
kevinphunt 1 year ago
I love the way Gary, Allan, and Steve split up the guitar parts.. They never seem to crowd each other . Its very obvious that they were a hard working band to have that kind of sound live in the 70s. Lot of practice went into that sound.
kevinphunt 1 year ago
Ronnie always liked to watch his guitar players play.....He loved it !!
bobbyozb 1 year ago
3 people obiously stink!
chocolateman85006 1 year ago 3
Great song, love it! I never seen them, but from what I've listened to, their songs were even better live, very polished live band. They achieved a lot in a short amount of time & I have the utmost respect & admiration for them. May their music live on forever.
Bucketbothead007 1 year ago 2
yehhhhhhhhhh
WhatUsee00 1 year ago
yep sure do miss them
barnabas50 1 year ago
At 0.48 "too much coke and too much smoke..look whats goin on inside you"...it seems to me that he is looking at Rossington when he is singing it.
wozjj 1 year ago
This is about the SMELL OF DEATH Skynyrd guitarist Gary Rossington, who bought a new car, got drunk, and crashed it into a tree, then a house ("whiskey bottles, brand new car, oak tree you're in my way"). The band was supposed to start a tour in a few days, but had to postpone it because of Rossington.
dacrd 1 year ago
a very polished live band!
TheHabit00 1 year ago
I like how they double the "oak tree you're in my way" part with backing vocals. They didn't do that on the studio version.
Exilemainstreet 1 year ago
to bad they died....
Domonski 1 year ago
nuff said....
curtislahr 1 year ago
I think this is their best version of this song (my fav LS song). There are some Rossington fills which they dropped for the album at 3.07, 3.15, 5.30 and 5.37 and Billys piano fill at 2.03 was also dropped. I love em. RIP
wozjj 1 year ago 2
One of my favs Skynyrd was a badd ass band R.I.P.
fenderjones 1 year ago
Wow - to have seen this live would have been amazing !!
temp960 1 year ago
JoJo is still alive and well.
MrSkynyrdfan 1 year ago
@MrSkynyrdfan Sadly, JoJo passed away in June of cancer.
milkman557 1 year ago
steve was my 3rd cousin my grandpa grew up with him to bad i never got to meet him RIP cousin
MrSkypimp 1 year ago
steve was my 3rd cousin my grandpa grew up with him to bad i never got to meet him RIP cousin
MrSkypimp 1 year ago
I got chills when allen comes in at about 2:49 He was playin heavey metal licks before there was anything called metal. I sure miss him.
jasason10 1 year ago
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@jasason10: wow, if your profile is correct and you are indeed 34 years old, you really need to read up on your music history. "He was playin heavey metal licks before there was anything called metal."
this was 1977, almost 10 years AFTER the first "metal" bands, 6 years after black sabbath's "paranoid", 2 years after iron maiden and motorhead started.
PooPoo2U 1 year ago
No passengers in this band...a double kick drummer, a lead bass player, best honky tonk/rock piano player ever, 3 super yet different guitarists and then there is Ronnie captivating presence, great lyricist etc... RIP
wozjj 1 year ago 43
@wozjj not to mention the female vocalists. This band was perfect for the music they played
3star2nr 8 months ago
My favorite from them. How the hell did three of the most incredible guitarists end up in the same band. The chances of this seem astonomical...yet it did happen.
gl797 1 year ago
can't get enough of it...seen it 100's of times and am still mezmerised..wow...the best version of the best song ever from the best album ever, by the best band ever. from Australia
wozjj 1 year ago
I had the honor and privelage of seeing this very same line-up of Skynyrd in April, 1977 in Nashville, Tn. with the Atlanta Rhythm Section as their opening act. I never dreamed when I was watching them play one of the greatest live sets I've ever seen performed that night, that the heart and soul of the band would be ripped away and killed a very few months later in Gillsbug, Mississippi. Fly on Freebirds!! For you truly were nothing but pure talent!!
GBeret83 1 year ago
Favorited this, as I watched & listened....Ronnie, "Tomorrow might not be here for you", Steve, Cassie, Allen, Leon , Billy. Was it just me or did the only two left alive, Gary & Artemus(from Band) seem to be seen less....than the others? Probably one of those weird coincidences, if anything at all. Considering the date, song, hindsight...ect., Great yet sobering vid, definitely NEEDED, that's for sure. R.I.P. All & continued support for Families & Band......Thanks for posting....great vid.
kneapoe51 1 year ago
Absolutely LOVE this song!!! Skynyrd Nation!
coachkrafcisin 1 year ago
Just thinking...7 people in this video are dead and gone...JoJo...Cassie...Steve...Ronnie...Leon...Billy...Allen...It's our job to keep their memories alive by playing their music and passing it on to the next generation!
Rest in peace my brothers and sisters...
SteveGLS 1 year ago 82
@SteveGLS Agreed...I miss Billy's beautiful piano ~as well~just recently
JennaP46 1 year ago
@SteveGLS Steve Gaines Lynyrd Skynyrd? Is that what that stands for? I have a tattoo of Steve on my right calf done by world renown tattooist Tom Renshaw.
Freebird10201977 1 year ago
@Freebird10201977...You guessed it...Steve Gaines Lynyrd Skynyrd!
SteveGLS 10 months ago
@SteveGLS JoJo is still alive and living in Alabama. She's a gospel music singer...yep!
SuperDrJeckyl 1 year ago 2
@SteveGLS Ooops, sorry, I was wrong. She did indeed pass of cancer. Very sad, indeed. What a legacy of tragdey.
SuperDrJeckyl 1 year ago
@SteveGLS hey, it's okay. jax city. they are in a better place, for sure!
aslushy 11 months ago
@SteveGLS They all went too soon didn't they? I don't think there was a Skynyrd curse or anything like that. I just think they all played hard right up to the end. R.I.P. to all of them. Skynyrd always was and always will be my favorite.
TheChuck624 11 months ago
@SteveGLS Speaking as the next generation. Thanks.
mollers92 8 months ago
@SteveGLS I was just thinking the same thing,,,,so sad,,,,,,,,
emcgivney 5 months ago
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SteveGLS 1 year ago
just a live kick ass song!
anjana484 1 year ago
I saw Skynyrd at the San Diego Sports Arena in approx 74.hey opened for Dave Mason & Stevie Miller. Crowd rioted after in Tower Records prkng lot When they died I was working at a Pizza Inn in KC & cried . They were certainly just peaking as a band . Steve Gaines could have been a big star.It's fn amazing that "Free Bird" has jumped from generation to generation to today's kids who love that song !!! Lastly, their ability to include a anti drug/alcohol song on every album is a tribute : karma
keeper275 1 year ago
This has been my favorite song (and still is) since I first heard it in 1977. I gotta say I prefer this version than the street survivors realease. This version has a couple of billy powell and gary rossington fills that they dropped for the album. RIP from Australia
wozjj 1 year ago
@slobdogsophie: metal's got nothing to do with Skynyrd.
I was lucky enough to see this show - just 3 months before the band's fatal plane crash. Guitarist Steve Gaines & his sister Cassie (background singer in Honkettes) were old school friends from Miami, Oklahoma. Stevie was a magical addition to LS guitarists. Sadly, both he & Cassie died in the crash 33 years ago this month, as did lead singer Ronnie Van Zant. Goosebumps.
Forever young in our hearts, may each of you rest in peace.
zimmiesgirl 1 year ago
@zimmiesgirl yes i know. it was just a reference
slobdogsophie 1 year ago
SWEET...
lisagirlpooh70 1 year ago
ludes? quaaludes?
ertolv 1 year ago
Ronnie will always be miss as will steve cassie gaines allen kathy collins dean kilpatrick RIP 10/20/1977. I wish I coulda seen the full bad play in concert.
crazyjay2101 1 year ago 2
HELL YEAH !!!!!!!!!!!!!
TheJeffCrest 1 year ago
Where did you get this video.
MsFreebird13 1 year ago 3
HELL YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HorrorAtic 1 year ago
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best skynryd song ever
michaec1 1 year ago
best skynyrd song ever.
michaec1 1 year ago
I saw them at their last Chicago performance at Soldier Field 1977. Superbowl of rock. .38 Special, Journey, REO Speedwagon, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Ted Nugent. I was 13 and bought a guitar a week later and never put it down! Ronny Van Zandt had a cast on his leg that day and Billy Powell was playing a beautiful white piano, ah, such fond memories...R.I.P brothers!
Dave the guitar guy
americanrides 1 year ago
dam they were an awesome band! Theres no way they could ever go back to this! SHit sometimes i think id like to start a southern rock band, but man these boys and gals were raised in that, thats all they knew and it was beautiful!
Bigrusssthefuss 1 year ago
+tell ya what you can't get anymore melodic than that. You can just feel the emotions. My all time favorite solo. Just beautiful period
1980motley 1 year ago
This was really good Music ! ! I miss it
TheHarri24 1 year ago
these dudes were fuckin' awesome.....I dare you to refute that statement
mocus1 1 year ago
what a band!!i miss them so much!!
456japan 1 year ago
gary gary GARY ....wowzers
amylinnlevi 1 year ago
I especially enjoy how neither gaines, collins or rossington fuck up at all. They play it better than the studio version. Simply amazing.
BeBopDeluxe85 1 year ago
Steve Gaines guitar brought so much to Skynyrd sound ! Love his strat twang along side rossington and collins gibsons :)
atomicplayboy4u 1 year ago
with billy gone now, only gary left i think. when he makes it up to heaven with the boys and girls GOD is gonna have him one smoking hot kick-ass southern rock band!!!
dettigs 1 year ago
@guitarGUNFIGHTxxx you got great taste!!!my favorite song ever also. truly a pefect song!
dettigs 1 year ago
The fact that this was released around the same time as the crash is "eerie"
JiveAss666 1 year ago
The best song of all time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
boeingbrj1 1 year ago
I LOVE that higher solo part at 3:06. sounds so ominous. what an amazing song.
matthewmerix 1 year ago
I was there in these great times. I played with a band called "HIGHWAY" and in our show evernight was Simple Man_Tuesday Gone and Freebird and still do um today 35 years later. Thats the kind of music these guys done_TIMELESS_ fly on FREEBIRD.
LARRYJOECASHEN 1 year ago
whao ... memories might fail ... but the soul does not ...
ggforeigner 1 year ago 2
ronnie was so hottttttttt....so sexy and a bad ass mother fucker....the whole band
amylinnlevi 1 year ago 2
Leeds, England, 1976, AWESOME. Manchester 2009 & 2010 AWESOME Lynyrd Skynyrd live forever.
dsowden 1 year ago
This is my favorite song from my favorite albaum and band and it has been that way since I first heard it in 77.... RIP they were the best. I prefer this version better that the studio version as they deleted the piano fills at 2/04 and 2.08 and the guitar fills at 3.08 3.15 5.30 and 5.38. Thank God they reformed with Johnny and pumped out some great albums. The new band, however, never seem to be able to recapture the intensity and brooding of this song when they do it live. from Australia
wozjj 1 year ago
@hairdoggy, you got that right!! @LynyrdSkynyrdLover~ Thanks for the clip. I love this video. At 2:16- 2:27 Ronnie dooesn't seem to take his eyes off Gary...Love the body language and the little bump at ~2:24, Can't seem to get enough of this these guys...
jlvnurse 1 year ago
@hairdoggy, you got that right!! @LynyrdSkynyrdLover~ Thanks for the clip. I love this video. At 2:16- 2:27 Ronnie dooesn't seem to take his eyes off Gary...Love the body language and the little bump at ~2:24, Can't seem to get enough of this these guys...
jlvnurse 1 year ago
This is the best line up of the band EVER! R.I.P. My brothers! You will always be missed but, your music and memmories will live on forever!
hairdoggy 1 year ago
At 56 years old I got to enjoy them. They are still number one with me! R.I.P. Boys. Your music plays on. But, we sure do miss ya'll!!
huntingun1 1 year ago 33
@huntingun1
Amen! i named my oldest child after Ronnie vanZant:)
NativePrincessful 1 year ago 2
What freaks me out is everyone on stage here (except Ronnie and Steve) were 25 years old. I mean 25 years old! And their owning the stage, and writing and creating music that will live forever! It's kinda scary how much talent these boys had.
Man why did that plane have to go down?
eewright2001 1 year ago 3
God i had paid a million to see this!!!!!!!!!!
Lynyrd Skynyrd for life!!!
kamikaze2800 1 year ago
If it werent for the Southern wail and the pianos, Skynard would have been as heavy as Zeppelin, and maybe Sabbath! Either way this Original lineup was the ONLY Skynyrd to speak of!! Simply Legendary!
timtjs 1 year ago
man this was there finest hour , they were never better , tighter or more creative than this period, steve gaines brought a whole new dimension love it!!
pldigout 1 year ago 2
god i wish i could go back in time and stop them from getting on that plane i always wonder how much further they could have gone and how many more great skynyrd songs
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