The guitar solo was practically spot on. I never expected them to be THAT good, especially for a high school band!

Lynryd Skynyrd's secret weapon was practice. These kids must hve worked extremely hard to learn this.

I'm from Orange Park, Florida and I'm 66 years old, Skynyrd played at my High School when I was in the 10th grade. We had no Idea their music would still be played 50 years later. Thanks and great job.

They all killed it but can we take a moment to appreciate the bass player just keeping that steady fucking rhythm all a long. What a beast

While you're all mesmerized by the guitars, don't sleep on the drummer. Dudes got some sticks.

these kids are the coolest in that entire room. the drummer is unbelievably good

Never thought I’d see a rickenbacker, les Paul, and a telecaster in a highschool band being used for free fucking bird. These guys are fucking legends.

FINALLY A GOOD CROWD. NOBODY CHEERS FOR TALENT ANYMORE. THIS IS AWESOME

I have a feeling the teachers appreciated that performance more than the students. Also look how happy the guitarists are at 8:28, they know they just killed it.

"Free Bird" as a high school graduation song? Perfect. I like to hear people play with joy and these guys sure did. The great mystery is where are they now?

These guys are the main characters. We’re all living in their world.

Someone in the crowd: “Play Freebird!” These kids:

imagine grinding out free bird and no one of your class even knows lynard skynard but everyone still loved it 😂

This feels like the ending of a movie where the guitar player has been bullied all year but he gets the strenght to prove he's worthy. When everyone stands up, credits.

I have to say when that red headed young man broke out and started free wheeling the guitar part I started tearing up and wept all the way till the end. Such talent! I am amazed!

As a fellow drummer myself, I have to give props for the absolute control this band's drummer has over the level he hits each drum and cymbal as to not overpower sound. Awesome 👍

Today, this song is almost 50 years old. It does my old ears good to hear these young guys playing this music so faithfully. Schenectady, huh? OK. I guess New York is still doing a few things right. I met Billy Powell once. Salt of the earth. Cried myself to sleep in October of 1977.

Been watching free bird covers all day. This one is by far the best I've seen. Well done all around.

Dynamite! But the drummer shouldn't be overlooked...Perfect beat, played even all the way through...Well done lads!

I was there for my brothers graduation. Can confirm the whole place was screaming

Vocals are a touch wobbly but damn these kids rock! The lead guitarist is stomp down amazing and the drummer already a major rock band drummer.

I Did NOT Expect THAT Guitar SOLO To Be Like THAT!!! I Hope He's Still Playing?!!? Imagine How Good He Is NOW! 👍👀👌 DAMN!!!

As a giant Lynyrd Skynyrd fan these kids are great. Lead guitar was great drummer was really really good he looked like a young Artemus Pyle. Keep that music alive forever

Hero of the day is the teacher playing the bass... dd a great job! Everyone did!

Way off the charts for a High School Band. Well done. It has been nine years since this came out. Hope they are all thriving.

Never really seen anyone shred a Rickenbacker till now lol that was awesome

Ronnie Van Zant would be raising his hand in appreciation to these you budding lads . Very guys , keep the guitar strings alive for the generations . You proved it can be done. Cheers 03/12/2022

The drummer didn't get enough recognition! Great drumming!

As an old fart who has seen the original band plus the Steve Gaines/ Artimus Pyle lineup and later years with Gary, Rickey and Hughie on guitars, this is damn cool. Allen Collins would be proud. Y'all truly do it justice. Keyboards would be nice, but you have three fine guitar slingers so it's hardly missed. Outstanding job, gents. I hope to see you in a band rocking your asses off soon!

This drummer knows how to fill!!!

As a fellow guitar 🎸 player and a father of high school children this was truly bad ass and as a dad I’m proud of how this generation has stepped up big time in the talent department.

Waited for the guitar solo, and I am *not* disappointed. man's on fireeee

The kid playing the rickenbacher has some soul....

These kids played it like they wrote it.

I was fortunate enough to graduate high school in 1980. Rock music was heard through the country and enjoyed by us all. I never dreamed our generation of music would still be popular amongst the young generation of today. These kids gave me goosebumps and a smile from ear to ear. I couldn't sit still 😂. Please keep the greatest era of music to ever be alive and beating 💪😎✊ 👏👏👏

The look on the two guys in the middle right as they’re finishing the song truly encompass that feeling on stage, nailing a song, making the crowd roar. Just pure adrenaline and ecstasy

I’m from Jacksonville Florida and you guys did us proud! Skynyrd would be impressed

So grateful that younger generations are paying homage to great songs and groups. You performed amazingly well.

Where are these guys now 9 years later? That solo was killer!!! 👏🏼 wow!!

It's official in my book....the '13 Niskayuna Seniors DO ROCK! OK...this was June 2013. I grad. hi school in Arizona in '73....so what is that...40 years earlier. Free Bird came out just a few months after I grad. hs in '73....and I saw the original band Lynyrd Skynyrd do it live in different shows maybe 5 or 6 times during the years after that. I've heard Free Bird probably 200K times in my life since, and I STILL dig it. And I'll be honest....when that redhaired lead guitar player hit those particularly tough licks at around 5:25....the hair on my 67 yr. old arms came STRAIGHT UP, I'm not joking. Those guys nailed it pretty damn good.....especially for 17-18 yr. olds. Man, I'm glad I surfed into this! Hopefully they ALL got laid that night.....and have all gone onto the sane and steady pursuit of their dreams as now mid to late 20's men...likely with families. God Bless that entire school. So wonderful to see guys so much younger that dig the heavy rock we Boomers burned lotsa ganga to then, lol.

I'm 61 years old and I remember when this song came out. DAMN BOYS you got it.

When I see a free bird cover click on it, when it's a school graduation only an hour away from my home... well I have to watch it for sure!

I was in high school when that song was released. Listening to them play literally brought tears to my eyes. Amazing rendition. That was ten years ago. I hope these boys went on to do great things, musically or not. Beautiful.

They will forever be known as the true coolest kids in that school for generations 🐐

That was simply amazing. I've seen many people attempt that song and absolutely butcher it. This was spot on. These boys are true musicians.

The way those guys were smiling up on that stage is one in a million. Nothing else like it. I’ve you’ve never been in there shoes I pray you feel it one day. It’s truly amazing.

Let's not sleep on that bass player! Guitarists were awesome and that drummer was next level but that bass was so in tune with the rest of the band that it really brought the whole performance to the next level. Fly high brothers 🤟

GREAT just GREAT!! Every time I hear this song for the past 50 years (70 now), I tear up. I have my reasons - and yes, it has to do with a girl, after I returned home from the war. But today when I heard these guys knock it out of the freekin park...I actually cried. Well done men!

You made this old man smile, well done!

Stumbled across this.... STRAIGHT UP KILLED IT!

What a great guitar solo, I bet the crowd was spinning with joy🐀

dAAAAAAANG, put a big ole smile on my face when they started playing that guitar 🎸 can't stop smiling 😊 My husband is now in Heaven but he partied with Leonard Sknard back in the day in Jackson, Fla when they were just starting to go out on the road. RIP KENNY, Miss you more than you'll ever know!

This video gave me chills and a lump in my throat! Those young men totally kicked ass. How cool it must have been to be in that graduating class! My class of 86’ graduation was about as boring as anything could be.

Please tell me they went on to tour the world under the band name Ginger!! That would be amazing! lol. seriously though..these guys are pretty good!

that entire instrumental section was aced from the guitarist, drummer, slide, etc. all parties involved. nailed it. like shit.

the seniors are thinking When will this end?!?!..... NEVER

Great stage presence! Not over the top showmanship, but they demand respect from the audience. Nobody left that performance untouched by their magic. Anybody know what happened to these guys?

I’m much older than these gents and I just cried a little. There is hope!

When Ronnie left this world I just wonder if he knew what a legend he would become. So glad these kids are keeping his music going .

The school band played this song at my cousins graduation in 2019 in Deer Lodge Montana. I think the parents and teachers appreciated it more than the students. Great job guys

this made me cry. the joy on their faces, their incredible talent, the bittersweet venue that is a high school graduation... can't imagine how cool and proud they must have felt performing this for their peers, parents, and teachers. they absolutely smashed it!!! Beautiful video

I can't even fathom how good this performance must've been live

Hot damn they were great. Huge props to Red on the Rickenbacker his solo was amazing but man that drummer is a human metronome.

Beautiful enough to make a grown man cry

I can’t imagine how many times they had to hear Freebird to play it this well.. good job

I really like how the bassist is acting almost the same as the original on the live version, its a different Time and its still the big man of the group rocking out while playing the bass 🙂

Every one of these musicians brought their best game on this night. Kudos to them. Rehearsal hours must have been really fun!

That solo just made me cry with pride. Well done boys .

Normally I don't like this song because I've overheard it so many times but these kids are really good and I even caught myself bobbing my head up and down as they started jamming. Very good job and props to the drummer. You need a good drummer to keep the beat going.

Truly amazing!! Well done! I recently got to see Skynyrd in concert and this is exactly how they sounded live!!!

Crazy to believe that this was 11 years ago and it’s still GOLD 🏆🏆🏆

The kid shredding the solo, his dad is LAPPING up every second of this shit 😂

It's a Freebird kinda Afternoon...... these kids were graduating Seniors at Niskayuna last year.... they certainly rocked the house!

the lead guitar players emotion before he hits the solo oh my... they absolutely crushed it

This was our class song for 1977. It was not allowed to be played for the graduating ceremony !!! Great job !!!

From Senegal ( West Africa)- They made it me appreciate the original band. You raised him well and kudos to the band 👏👏👏👏

As a young fella myself, this is my favourite song no matter what tune comes on me, fair play lads class 👌 Edit I didn't know it was 9 years ago hope they're still rocking 🤘🤘🤘🤘

What an amazing cover of a brilliant song. All the boys and the teacher rocked, and to see the guys at the end facing each other and no doubt saying. We nailed it. Well done, all of you rocked and took the roof off

As someone who lives/went to school in that area and has gone to proctors theater multiple times, I can say it’s a truly amazing experience.

This was my brothers graduation, hands down the best live performance I’ve ever seen in my life.

If that didn't get them laid, there's no hope. My high school band didn't sound like that...It was 1965 after all. A wonderful graduation to remember!

THESE GUYS ARE GREAT,LIKE SOMEONE SAID IN A PREVIOUS POST I WONDER WHAT THEY ARE DOING NOW,I HOPE THERE STILL JAMMING OUT,GREAT JOB GUYS

These guys have had a perfect High school memory. just amazing

Free Bird was my graduation song as well. Unfortunately, we didn't have you guys there to play it live for us! Nice job, guys!

So glad i got this jewel on my recommended, absolute masterpiece 🙌🏽

Wow, the young men did an exceptionally great job on a really tough song. Bravo, you made your school, teachers, parents and me proud….👏👏👏👏

Great job! I lived up there back then. My most recent "viral" video is also "Free Bird" and the analytics indicated that this was one of the videos people would watch before and after, so they fed each other. Jeesh, these "kids" would be in their late 20's now. Awesome to finally find the match to my band's performance video. Rock on, and I hope they're still performing.

OH MY FUCKING GOD THAT MUST HAVE BEEN THE BEST FEELING EVER THEY FUCKING ROCKED IIIIIIIIIT

There is still hope for music with kids like this…..

Wow, the final guitar solo was spot on, note for note! Well done!

11 years ago and this still is the best school rendition of free bird ive ever seen.

I was expecting a lower quality but damn they got that solo. Props to them. They did it and loved doing it.

This brought tears to my eyes! I saw Skynyrd at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia right before they died. I never got over their deaths, love em!

The drummer looks like a bassist and the bassist looks like a drummer

I love this sooooo fucking much guys playing and feeling the music guy in the dark blue to the pink started hyping him up like "we are here and we gonna rock" I love when people express their realness

Incredible performance gentleman! Brings back high School memories of my favorite band. I was at Jacksonville University my first semester of college when the plane crash happened. I was able to make my way to Ronnie Van zant's viewing at a local church. One of the saddest days of my life. Rock on fellas!

my lord these kids Killed it! awesome!

Unglaublich! Great show guys! This is one of my favorite songs and you made my day!

just got this on my time line as this is one of my favorite songs, I assume. Very cool performance.

What really catches my eye on this video, is great musicianship by these seniors and the fun they are having playing! Well done to all of you! I hope you kept on playing well past your high school years.