A-fucking men.

And I thought it was a game of tiddlywinks with marbles 😕

That's Our Job, to teach the next Generations of kids all about this Beautiful Music & These Musicians!! I raised mine knowin their Rock & Roll History!! Working with the Grandkids now!! We all need to be doing this, so this is never lost!!

This is REAL rock'n'roll kiddies. Pay attention, you might learn something by watching this video.

Amen

Rock On Brother!

ABSOLUTELY RIGHT🙏

❤

What a great memory to have witnessed and cherish daphne.

What a show that had to be Daphne and a great memory to be able to share with people 💯

aThey were talented and humble

What a very lucky girl you were sweetie!! Cherish that moment forever.

Same goes for Artimus Pyle. That Guy could play for Months at a time. He was just incredible.

I recently saw the new documentary on Lynyrd Skynrd called If I Leave Here Tomorrow and Rossington talks about how they fired Billy as a roadie once they found out how talented he was on piano and hired him as their keyboard player. He was classically trained and Rossington said they had to tell him to not include so many notes and to simplify his style for their rock tunes and man what a compliment he made to their music.

Absolutely 👍

I love Billy and all but he didn't play as tight as he could have. I always find hiccups in his playing in all of their live shows.

@@Mr.CoachBeaulieu not sure about this show but the for the longest time LS only had vocals in the monitors....so all the guys were playing merely off stage volume and anything that bounced back from the FOH speakers. Not the optimum set up for meter and tempo.

Amen!

That flag is rising again in 2019!!

That's right my brotha cuz you're gonna leave a lot of pissed off ancestors

And in England too, right!

God Bless. Ronnie is Playin in Heaven now.

Possibly? I'll just go ahead and say definitely (with all due respect due to the Allmans).

High school class of 1978? I was right there with you.

Me too! 1978. Remember hearing on the radio about the plane crash. Was devastated!! Best band ever. I still go see Skynyrd anytime they’re in Houston. The kicked ass this summer on the Sharp Dressed Simple Man tour. I guess since ZZ Top are from Texas, they headlined. Shame. Skynyrd tore up the Woodlands! No disrespect for ZZ Top! But Skynyrd stole the show! I think Ronnie is looking down and is proud of his brother and him keeping the legacy going.

Not possibly. They are the best and always will be.

Not sure if I ever remember seeing Ronnie smile like that on stage.

Oh man Steve Gaines would have gone places

Imagine the songs they could have done...😔

For real. He was amazing.@@loganfortune6698

No kidding. They were just hitting their stride after Street Survivors. @@patrickmccormack5385

steve was off the charts . this band didn't have to be this good, but they were. 75% of how good they were would have satisfied many

Tom Storm I couldn't agree more

Tom Storm dude Ronnie,Allen Gerry and Steve's shit! NOTHING will ever come close,his voice and those guitars there's no words

Just smiles and giggles!

You got that right!

Gadang right

This right here in southern rock epitomized. No one did it better. Only other was Marshall Tucker band.

AGREED!!

What other band has opened for the Stones one year and Zep the next and blowing each of them off the stage?

No band ever could do what they did and twice - and they blew the place apart wherever they played - don't ever mess with LYNYRD SKYNYRD -@@mikelair9144

Yep! Gary was my favorite band member. This song kicks serious ass!! 😅

⁠@@mikelair9144I would have loved to see the Stones in their heyday late 60’s-early 70’s “Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out!” etc… Saw them 25 yrs ago w/Jonny Lang opening, great show.

i'd have to agree with that

Johnny Hawkins Not by me. I really don’t like to pick a best anything, they all added a certain flavor. Allen had energy, Gary is smooth and stalked the stage, Ed is a flatout, badass picker, and Steve was becoming phenomenal. All were great guitarists in their own right. Saw Bobby play for the first time tonight. Hard for me to choose between Artie and Bob. Liked them both. Leon was clearly the best bassist in the group and Billy the best piano player, though. They were all part of a great team. Rickey too. Oh yeah, and the Honkettes.

He’s one of the baddest mofos ever

I CONCUR

I wonder if this death pool betting being uncovered in recent plane crashes actually goes waaaaay back... ironically many OF GREATEST HUMANS MEET JESUS TOO SOON

I agree. I saw them a few weeks before their plane crash in August of 1977 at Angel Stadium in Anaheim. Being seated in the upper deck was a bit scary as that level must of been swaying a few feet up and down during Free Bird from everyone jumping and dancing. Just like this topic, Lynyrd Skynyrd crushed the other top level bands that day which included Ted Nugent and REO Speedwagon.

Springfield Mass June 15, 1977. General Adm. $6.50 It will always be #1 on my list. front, center 10’ from stage. I caught a can of Miller Ronnie threw from a case into the crowd. Some dude ripped it from my hand. I was 15.

I was lucky enough to see the original band 3 times. I wouldn't trade those experiences for anything!

I saw them in San Diego (Sports Arena) on that tour. The Outlaws opened for them, and also closed with them -- it was amazing to see six lead guitarists lined up and taking turns showing off. It ranks among the best shows that I've seen.

@@stevenpeyton7476 Sounds Awesome! Saw Outlaws and Molly Hatchet also in Springfield Ma. Great show.

Waylon Jennings live might be better.

Except the Outlaws! Green Grass and High Tides....

@@darwinutter1892 Not !!!!!!

@@Ledprostate Nope, Outlaws, Great, Skynyrd the Greatest.

that damn plane crash CHEATED the world 🌎

Wouldn't have had it any other way!!

God bless that band

They will remain++++++

Right fuckein on

Smen to that

Certainly got my attention as well

If only Ed was with them, it would have been a 4-guitar army!!!!

I agree.

Absolutely

i think between him and Steve Gaines

​@@shawnbopko858 you got Gary rossington and also Allen Collins who wrote/played pretty much the whole solo for Freebird And with Steve,,,,I mean there aren't even words they're just so damn good! Leon killin' it on bass play in those super thick strings like a damn mandolin with that badass look, Artemis destroying the skins keeping it real! Aaaagh, I was the lead singer/guitarist of band for over 20 years, not even close. We did do an amazing cover of Freebird I'll give us that which no bands I knew could do,,,, we were playing bars in Tri-Cities and I looked like I was 15 years old we were only about 18,19 years old at the time our lead guitarist was phenomenal he'd sit at home on his bed and learn all these solos note-for-note while we were out partying. Then a bunch of little punks would get up onstage at the bar and blow the roof off the stage and any other band that was on our venue that night all thanks to Mike our guitarist and Skynyrd.

Wilkeson* Just sayin'. ✌️❤️

For sure ! Incredible

He was the busiest bassist who NEVER sounded busy. His parts are killer....On The Hunt might be might favorite...so creative.

He knew his machine was complete with Steve in the band.

You can see how much Ronnie loves it at 4:45

ChristianFreedude

got to party with Steve gains

Terry Morrison you fuckin lucky sob..

Agreed! . . Steve Gaines was one of the best of all time!

In a biography I saw Artimus Pyle talked about that moment and it was Ronnie watching Steve play his solo with that slide and how Ronnie knew how amazing Steve was and how lucky they were to have him. He was just smiling at everyone like this guy is good, really really good.

I heard that RVZ was a rather nasty bit of work and a bully to other band members? apart from Artemus. Who would of beaten the shite outta him if he tried it on. However great frontman and band. So.lucky got to see them in the UK. 1976 at Knebworth my 17th Birthday. That morning I passed my motorbike test, picked up my brand new Kawasaki Z1B, picked up GF, rode to concert, popped my cherry in the fields in the evening. Most memorable day of my life, with brilliant music. Next to the birth of my own 5 sons later on in life

@@williamwallace2278 Ronnie was said to be a mean drunk. But sober he was said to be the sweetest guy you could meet. He was older than the others (Allen Collins was 4 1/2 years younger, for example) and so sort of an authority figure. He's even been called "Papa Ronnie".

he's cracking the whip, making sure his johnny rebs are cranking out that confederate rock

Damm right he did

Oui 😁

Ja 😊

Oh yeah

👍🏻

Don't let that flag hit the ground! Rock On!

...not to mention how they resurrected and brilliantly arranged this1920s tune (Jimmie Rodgers Blue Yodel) made it their own

@@littlechickadee1 some might argue that the band just being up there playing without any "extras" makes for a dull performance since it's essentially just music and nothing else. I have seen cover bands perform and I feel like it's the same deal with them for a lot of people, even though many of them are very good. I am a guitarist and played flute and did performances in my junior high and high school bands, so I actually have an appreciation for good music and good playing. But I feel like other people might not have this same appreciation.

I agree but I also love their Winterland 1976 and Winterland 1977 performances as well. I just wish you could find this concert on DVD or Bluray without commercials. What a gem this video is and the talent that was on stage that day blows me away.

@@wrestlerx8494 WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

All of the stage shows these days are to hide the shity music..

yes, yes and yes

Zach Carlson FUCKING 100percent right on.....

gary Mucha They were the motherfucking best.

This was my generation's music, one of the best bands ever. Gone, but never forgotten. I'm a proud Southern woman, happy to claim them as my own. Ronnie Van Zant's poor brother, Johnny, has tried to fill in, but he lacks Ronnie's talent and charisma. The band was a gathering of the right group of talented musicians who came together and owned the world. RIP, free birds. Long may you soar.

i seen them in the 70s wow they were great

Thomas Stevens they also blew away the who on the first tour

In the 70's I wasn't as keen on this song because it sounded a lot like the Allman Brothers One Way Out, which is another excellent song. That doesn't mean so much now and it is one of my favorite tunes by them.

I read the Stones came out late, played shitty and a couple of songs in the crowd was hollering for Skynyrd. They soon left the stage and didn't finish the set.

@@sdgakatbk they simply jazzed/ rocked up an old blues tune by the Singing Brakeman, Jimmie Rogers. I can't recall anyone doing this before Ronnie.

ONE OF THE GREATEST LIVE BANDS OF ALL TIME! GOOD TIMESBACK THEN! WTF HAPPENED TO GOOD MUSIC!!!

bad bob *the best

The Best

The best of the South.Too bad Gregg Allman was killed early in his career,l could just see those two bands going at it in the mid to late70's for prominence of King of Southern Rock!

And rightly so.

@@carywest9256 Duane.

I'm sure you've heard of the Allman Brothers, correct??!!!

John Paul Jones from Zeppelin played Piano on lot of their songs as well. No Quarter live, Southbound Suarez, Fool in the rain, Hot dog and Darlene.

I'm sure you've heard of the Rolling Stones and countless others also...?

Powell was, & still is a highly underrated keyboardist, one of the best ever in RnR history 💪😉

Uhmmm... you probably should listen to a whole lot more rock music then, because many of those greatest bands had a piano player who took a lot of solos and otherwise was an integral part of the band's sound. I mean... what would rock and roll be without piano anyway? It started with Fats Domino and Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis playing the piano.

These guys are real men. Where do you find real men these days?

Before people took a knee

Never underestimate our love for America and our flag. Never forget 1776, WWI and 2. Philly Freedom.

Trump Lost hahahahaha hahahahaha crybabies

@@ganymeade5151 We fought for the right to not worship your flag. Trump Lost hahahahaha hahahahaha crybabies... Go to north Korea or Russia where forced patriotism is a big thing...

@@ganymeade5151 it's a piece of cloth...it's worthless. And trump Lost hahahahaha

Then VOTE DAMMIT!! You, ten of your friends, ten of each of the their friends. Remember: "The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to sit and do nothing."

demecrats

+Jack Arrowood Better than the Beatles!!!!? oh wait the Beatles didn't play live lol

***** fuck the bealtes

***** free broke up before skynyrd really came out though. I do recall A.C. asking Paul Rodgers to join his band 'horsepower'

***** definitely can hear free on stuff like "on the hunt"

saw them 3 times by 1977 that was the good times met Allen in Jacksonville back in 84

Artimus Pyle hhuh

i don't think he gets near enough credit for what he brought to this band--he could bang them drums!!

Artimus is arguably the coolest member

Artimus Pyle Great drumming Artimus.

Yes he does!!Guy kills it!!👊👍🇺🇸

Well,since they played several hours later they probably didn't notice

.... Skynyrd took the day, the Stones came on stage at 11.30 pm and were crap, we went to see them but left after 30 minutes of a very dull performance. There was only one Lynyrd Skynyrd and they were the Very Best in the World.... Rip you beautiful people.

+Nightwing690 he's smiling as if to say We got this ...he was such a perfectionist.

What a fantastic band and Steve Gaines was some guitar player and how good on slide!!!!!!!

He digged Steve

Every time I watch this vid, I'm waiting for that grin. Ronnies' and mine.

Cant believe i found this wow

+smichaelb1980 Says it all right there, don't it?!

+smichaelb1980 I fucking love that part of the video. Ronnie, true Patriot.

im a texan im tired of the skin heads using the flag for hate proud southern texas boy

smichaelb1980 if the flag touch the ground have to burn it

Yep...Ronnie Van Zant, would make a song about that today! That is how much we been disrespected in the USA, with idiots running out great COUNTY AMERICAN into the ground. But, we were "Born Rebels and Die Rebels!" We are kicking ass and taking names.... draining the swampers.

Best southern rock band ever !

Best band, PERIOD! No weak link in this chain!

Let's not forget weirdumis on drums-him and Leon held the whole gig together.

Vic V Guitars sounded GOOD !!! DAMN SHAME INDEED, FATE !!!??? Better audiowould have helped !!!

Look at Ronnie keen in on to Steve Gaines guitar playing at around 4:48 everyone else sounds great but watch in stare over Steve's shoulder.

I think his guitar players blowing his mind lol

I love that smile!!

You could even look at how the music has endured and how to this day, the different iterations of the band play on. You know had that crash not happened they would have been a powerhouse for decades. They set an example that influences musicians still. What a great band...

Ghat saying came from. Stone wall Jackson right before they went in to battle with the union army. At vicksburg

Fuck that flag. Racist

Judi Harbin mine. To. Brother

Love that !

@@softhotty Indeed the band got a renewed spark when Mr. Gaines joined.

@@googleusergp Ed King was instrumental in Skynyrd making it though. He inspired Ronnie to write and create original material/ Keep in mind, In Ronnies eyes Ed had done something they hadnt done yet, recorded a national Hit with " insense and Peppermints " so you know...Ed had credibility with Ronnie. Less forget Ed had masterful skills himself. My three favorite Skynyrd albums were there first three...all 3 had Ed King. Thats just me. Loving Steve Gains the more I learn about him, love his playing for sure.

@@softhotty Both were equally great contributors, I agree. Mr. King felt that he never fit in because he was a 'hippie from CA" and not from the South as he put it.

@@googleusergp Ive heard him say though to your point, "Hey, I'm from the south...southern California". But yea, he felt like an outsider for sure. But it seems to me the guys were pissed or atleast not happy when Ronnie ran Ed off in a threatening incident...allegedly. Im guessing kind of a "last straw" deal.

I love Ronnie and Depeche Mode. They are definitely different but Skynrd opened for The Who and The Who used technology to make music. I like it all

S4 Dreamland don’t know if you have seen the documentary where they talk about that moment and his smiling at Gaines . I guess he had just joined the band recently . An awesome moment for an awesome band .

Lynyrd SKYNYRD is the best fuckin band EVER to hit any stage in the entire world!!!!!

Mark Baim after french rock lol

Hey Mark that is just Rock at its best. Old, bluesy, whatever, this was out of this world

Only second to the Allman Bros Band !

favorite all time song, 1st heard in 78, im 52, listen to this at least a cpl times a week,

Last day of 2020. Still sounds so good.

Couldnt have been done in studio any better.Sound was perfect.

That's a good one about the skin on the hotdog

¡God bless you, Ronnie!.

Pink Floyd headlined Knebworth in 1975, the year before. Can you imagine if they followed this? I love Pink Floyd too, they're brilliant, but they wouldn't know what to do after this. Not really in the mood for 'Wish you were here' after this...

Greg Dolecki nope. Seen stones in 81 and they sucked!

The Rolling Who?

The Stones were at their pinnacle as a live act during 1969-1973. The Mick Taylor years were not only their most productive in the studio, but, he, as a player, also transformed and elevated the band from a sloppy garage-tinged act to one of the best live bands on the planet. When he left the Stones in 1975, the band suffered for a few years, and, as a Stones fan, I can admit that they regressed in 1976 -- Knebworth is no exception, either. Ronnie Wood worked great with the Faces, but I have never particularly cared for him as a member of the Stones.

fkn hope so, seen them a few times, still amzing.@Jim Con

Are you still alive ? It’s 2022 bro

Me too damn right we're still alive and jamming I was 20 only got see them once at rfk in Washington DC. Seen the tribute band couple times no were near Ronnie and the fellers 🎵🎹🎶

Effing right Allen kicked ass and Wilkerson played his bass off. This is my favorite song from that tour. People just don't understand how great this band was.

Edward Bailey Do I need i repeat how great Allen was. He smoked it

I'd say Steve Gaines Was The Catalyst~!!

It surely wasn't a competetion....but it was saud the stones and who had the air taken out of them that day... skynryd went I. First..the other 2 bands were said to have sleepwalking through there sets..wild....

I’ve said it before and started many an argument, but with no disrespect to Allen, Ed or Steve, Gary, for my ears (don’t beat me up) was the sound of Lynyrd Skynyrd. Not saying he was better than those guys. In fact, an argument could be made that Gary was the least accomplished of the four, but he had a touch and tone with that Les Paul that was so unique.

@@melodymakermark I was born in 1991 my dad made me appreciate real rock n roll.