Lynyrd Skynyrd - Saturday Night Special {acoustic}

[Dorothyannish]

BRILLIANT!!!

[dirmo77]

Theirs a Skynyrd acoustic album called Endangered Species released in 1994 

[BeboAltizer]

this version has so much more grit and balls!!!

[mcgaheefamily]

Ilived around the atlanta area.I cant believe i missed that show. the name is endangerd species

[deeznuttz315]

I would love to learn to play this song the way they are. Can anyone give a quick lesson so i can watch or some tabs?

[joshua97ify]

im gonna see'em next friday in atlanta

[JGGNR]

is it just me or is it very ironic that johnny van zant is singing this song considering the whole god and guns thing? seems to me that the message to this song and the message to god and guns are in complete contradiction. thats why ronnie van zant is the only true skynyrd front man for me.

[BoromirGurl26]

@JGGNR God and Guns is not literally about Guns 

[SuperGuitaraddict]

@JGGNR : contradiction? Not really if you can distinguish between the context of the terms "38 Special" which is a cheap gun purchased for the likely purpose of crime and the term "Peace Maker" which has context of a honest person's gun used in self-defense as used in God and Guns. The owner's intent for the use of the gun is the key distinction.

[dagerback]

@SuperGuitaraddict Really? "Hand guns are made for killin', they ain't no good for nothin' else"! Hm... how come they never play this song live anymore? Cause it's all about God & Guns these days... I love their music and Johnny's voice but...

[vodarklord]

@dagerback so what they had a song called gimme back my bullets talkin about government tryin to take the guns and that was ronnie so shut up

[SkynyrdLover1]

@vodarklord Ronnie was actually talking about skynyrds songs to the charts not about guns and government

[BoromirGurl26]

@dagerback hey Dude! First of all RONNIE wrote this song not Johnny and second of all if you knew anything about the God and Guns Album you'd know it's not about actual guns, it's about protecting our freedom. At least that's what I got out of all the interviews I've watched. So until you have your facts straight don't say anything.

[dagerback]

@BoromirGurl26 First of all: I Know RONNIE wrote this song. Me saying that I love Johnny's voice doesn't mean that he wrote this song! I'm just saying that I love Johnny's voice! That's it! Second of all: I'll say and think whatever I want to and if you are truly about "protecting our freedom" you should welcome a discussion! Don't live in a glass house and throw rocks at me! The best way to get your point across is NOT to tell people to shut up.

[10yearvet]

@SuperGuitaraddict VERY good distinction of "owners intent". EXACTLY what try to get across to all these gun control idiots. HOWEVER... you need to get the terms straight. A "38 special" is a high quality, 38 calibre handgun originally developed by Smith and Wesson. A "Peacemaker" was a 45 calibre colt developed by Colt in 1886. "Saturday Night Special" was a name given to a hand gun of any calibre that was of very poor quality by unknown fly by night manufacturers.

[rainbowsky27]

I love Skynyrd....one of my favorite bands from the 70'S.......but there's no comparison to the original members!!! Collins, King, Pyle, and the one and only RONNIE VAN VANT, now that was SKYNYRD!!!!! FREE BIRD FOREVER.....

[achimgrieser]

yeah !!!

[kjsongster]

I'm sorry but... no I'm not-just makes me miss Ronnie!!!!

[psychopath45]

wow this man can really sing:)great video thanks

[padraig314]

This is amazing, i never saw Skynyd do an acoustic gig before, are there many recorded ones out there?

[surfboy7]

I don't think so, I'm not sure if there are any bootlegs though... They probably only played acoustic back then to promote the endangered species cd.

[padraig314]

I guessed that alright yeah, thanks for the quick rely though

[seganone]

endangered species

[TonyBeazley]

great stuff....looks like its from 88-89 tour...

[kevymay1969]

classic song!! the greatest band ever!!!

[halfordsss]

who`s the guy with the white hat?

[dirmo77]

I think its Randall Hall he played with Skynyrd when they got back together he also played on the The Last Rebel

[norway8989]

johnny van zant is just awesome. and the whole band as well

[aeronnen]

Great! Go Johnnie Go!

[ipshake]

I wish I had a southern man!

[mipoxa]

ehh!.. i wish i were a southern man

[IgorStaley]

Ronnie R.I.P