Lynyrd Skynyrd - Comin' Home (Bristow, Va 5-24-98)

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Recorded in Bristow, VA May 24, 1998. RIP Hughie Thomasson and Leon Wilkeson. Hughie plays slide on this rarely played gem from Skynyrd's Muscle Shoals sessions (available on the excellent CD "Skynyrd's First: The Complete Muscle Shoals Sessions")
Lynyrd Skynyrd 1998:
Johnny Van Zant - Vocals
Gary Rossington - Guitar
Hughie Thomasson - Guitar
Rickey Medlocke - Guitar
Leon Wilkeson - Bass
Billy Powell - Piano
Jeff McCallister - Drums
Dale Krantz Rossington & Carol Chase - Background Vocals

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@justin_wright 3 жыл бұрын

Gary playing the intro riff at the end always gives me cold chills

@mikewild1822 11 жыл бұрын

I appreciate how they tried to stay true to the spirit of that song, even JVZ

@scotty7663 Жыл бұрын

This is a hauntingly beautiful song, written and played masterfully. Gary is Legendary in his playing toward the end. RIP Gary, God Bless You! Best song ever to have never make it to the mainstream. 50 years after the og it is one of my favorite songs of all time. Timeless!!!

@adnanhmunshi Жыл бұрын

Nailed it my friend! I listened to it at least 25 times in the past 7 days. Underrrated and not understood by many

@kcleary6876 Жыл бұрын

Dam, Billy Powell on the keys sounds like a childhood memory of my favorite carnival! Joyous!

@lbuckley2 9 ай бұрын

I had just gotten my drivers license when I heard this on first and last album which had come out I’ve been looking for years for a live version and found this after all these years Ive always loved it A lot of songs on that album are great Just saying Great song Under rated at that If you guys get a chance listen to the album First and last Wino Lend a helping and Coming home Great songs And Rick Medolock playing drums back then Only southerners can write such songs Yes sir

@HugoMartzhmh 16 жыл бұрын

once the Skynyrd sound starts its impossible to turn away man,great band.love their music

@meichelea1 14 жыл бұрын

i miss leon wilkson

@MultiBaldEagle 14 жыл бұрын

I love Johnny's Tee-shirt...."Fly on proud Bird. You're free at last".

@TonyBeazley 17 жыл бұрын

Thanks for posting this......One of the more emotional songs that was written....saw them play this in 88 with Ed KIng....unbelievable !!!!

@rokhamrr Жыл бұрын

@@BEASTofBurden2024 '88 a good spot. If you're from Ga. we may be kin. @Tony Beazley - I saw both legs of the 87-88 tribute tour. Thankfully they kept the Skynyrd music going for people that like live rock music.

@mumincacciatorino 11 жыл бұрын

One of the best Lynyrd's song!!!! With an amazing guitar solo!!!

@jaxflfreebird 8 жыл бұрын

I guess I can DIE now. Just watching Rickey and Gary on guitar on this all time favorite Skynyrd song of mine did it for me.Thanks for this upload. Why has this GREAT song been so NEGLECTED for the last thirty more of less years????

@mikeglo168 7 жыл бұрын

I second that. I had no idea Rickey could play as well as he can sing. This is just so GOOD!

@susanward4843 5 жыл бұрын

Agrred!

@michaelandmelanieasby4378 4 жыл бұрын

Whats gets me is....they were kids man writing this epically haunting tune....I wonder if Ronnie had thoughts of this song having duel meanings...coming home to the house from the road or coming home to Heaven when life here ends?

@joshuachaires7220 3 жыл бұрын

@@michaelandmelanieasby4378 Rickey played on the original version too.

@EranBee 15 жыл бұрын

God damn... When they show Gary's fingers during the solo before the end... Despite his old age, he's ridiculously accurate in his playing... it's so smooth I was left with my jaw open... So accurate, smooth, and full of emotion. He is the best.

@rosemarygranat3981 3 жыл бұрын

When was that ? I am trying to catch up on him

@EranBee 3 жыл бұрын

@@rosemarygranat3981 that 11 year old comment reply though. Lol. It's about 4:45 - 5:15

@expo7112 2 жыл бұрын

For real!

@RicardoGutierrez-xh1kn 8 жыл бұрын

i totally in love with the album ``Southern by the Grace of God`` God¡¡¡¡ hear this song in my home theater with all volumen is just....... AMAZING

@edwardsteward3115 5 жыл бұрын

My friend listen to the original version from First And Last.

@janiceraines9077 11 жыл бұрын

I was introduced to this song by this really special guy. I love him with all of my HEART!;)

@jakerandall123 17 жыл бұрын

Thanks for posting this. I was there that night. Peter Frampton opened and the Boys came on took the stage and no one sat down until they stopped playing!! What a hell of a night!

@edsteward4363 9 жыл бұрын

Billy, Leon and Hughie !

@tinacious1969 10 жыл бұрын

He's good but not as good as Ronnie. Rip Ronnie. Glad we got his brother to carry it on tho. Long live Skynyrd!

@pjyork8879 2 жыл бұрын

he's not tryin to replace Ronnie

@t.a.169 4 ай бұрын

Johnny sucks !

@amikos363 16 жыл бұрын

Unbelievable! Randall Hall did the solo on the Tribute Tour and it was way different. Rickey hit this dead on just like Allen's original solo.

@PhantomDetectivesLLC 2 жыл бұрын

Notice Ricky also plays the same kind of guitars as Allen too. It was a shame Ricky couldn’t have joined in 1987 when Skynard reformed. But at that time he was fronting Blackfoot.

@larryn2682 2 жыл бұрын

@@PhantomDetectivesLLC Rickey

@gary22664 15 жыл бұрын

Ahh, I was at this show!! My first Skynyrd concert, as a matter of fact. This was a kick-ass show too. I just learned several days ago that Billy died in January, and just a few minutes ago that Hughie died last month. The Southern Rock world, and I will never be the same without that amazing guitarist and piano playing Skynyrd ORIGIONAL band member. Rest in peace brothers, we will greatly miss you....

@bobravenscraft5376 5 жыл бұрын

I wonder if anyone can listen to this and not think about Ronnie he is home waiting for the rest Gary artimus we all must feel this

@BIRDT83C 13 жыл бұрын

THIS JAM BRINGS ME HOME IN MY MIND EVERY TIME

@screaminhemi 15 жыл бұрын

love em all.but this is my fav.play this when i been gone and headed home my baby.thank you lynyrd skynyrd

@phogroian1 11 жыл бұрын

It's such a great song and sounds so good here. Thanks for posting this.

@TheDicamillo 9 жыл бұрын

The guitar has perfect tone. I love it.

@gordonparks6463 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you Sir for posting this.

@Shorty111R 13 жыл бұрын

Absolutely one of my favorite Skynyrd songs ever! Fuck YEAH! Needs more cowbell! I mean LEAD GUITAR during the solos.

@Revolution1117 12 жыл бұрын

I did some research and you're correct re: Ricky Medlocke playing drums on the original studio recording of Comin' Home, which is on the album "Skynyrd's First: The Complete Muscle Shoals Album". Honestly, I had no idea Ricky was associated with the band in the beginning, let alone a (part-time) drummer for them.

@larryn2682 2 жыл бұрын

*Rickey It first came out on the "First And Last" album in 1978.

@PhantomDetectivesLLC 10 ай бұрын

@@larryn2682Ricky was a fantastic replacement for Allen when he rejoined in 1996.

@rosemarygranat3981 3 жыл бұрын

Us forever and true.

@Possummam 15 жыл бұрын

this song helped me when i was in the army

@chuckm4540 5 жыл бұрын

Little know fact, Rickey Medlocke played drums on this track when it was recorded back in '71. After Bob Burns took some time off in '71 and '72, Rickey filled in on drums.

@jru1966 14 жыл бұрын

He's the original drummer on this tune...check it out!

@jraines0131 11 жыл бұрын

My daddy saved me once again I love him so much!!

@nytrayfl2 11 жыл бұрын

Great song. They should do this one live more often.

@SECRETSINTHEINKWELL 16 жыл бұрын

The Best Southern Rock band ever...

@oranstelly5393 5 ай бұрын

Yeah, heard or read, thats not Allen's guitars Rickey playing ?

@toddrichardson9479 3 жыл бұрын

Hughie on slide. A master at work...

@larryn2682 2 жыл бұрын

Nowhere close to the original slide by Ed King.

@hellpig4309 2 жыл бұрын

@@larryn2682 Nope. Was originally recorded before Ed ever played with them.

@pinkfloydd6936 8 жыл бұрын

The best version of Johnny singing like Ronnie

@fladiverdown 15 жыл бұрын

I like the way this opens with Billy Powell!! See ya in heaven BP.

@ladyfire1499 2 жыл бұрын

Props for showing the solos up close so us students can learn the ways of the masters.

@varminttank 2 жыл бұрын

I love this song ..

@robertguetschow7759 11 жыл бұрын

This was the lineup they had the first time I saw them(a few months after this recording), and probably the best lineup since the crash...

@edwardsteward3115 5 жыл бұрын

Not without Ed King and Artimus

@chalo513 11 жыл бұрын

RIP Billy Powell ! Best piano tickler of the ivoires in the south !

@rosemarygranat3981 3 жыл бұрын

He's still. ALIVE!;!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@rosemarygranat3981 3 жыл бұрын

Bring the chord back right to pinky top right of piano

@georgegaylord 9 ай бұрын

Four pre 1977 crash members of Skynyrd on stage that night was almost like the old day

@rosemarygranat3981 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you 💕☺️ I do too!!!!!!!!!!! Here we go and move on. That's our music too !!!!!!!!

@vilsonborges6821 4 жыл бұрын

Someone in 2020??

@phillyfranko 13 жыл бұрын

so good...

@BOBWICKEDCLOWN 15 жыл бұрын

RIP Billy Great song

@jraines0131 11 жыл бұрын

I listened to this song over and over waiting for my daddy to bring me HOME:)

@slodevolos 15 жыл бұрын

BEAUTIFUL SONG

@keithlester4040 6 ай бұрын

Woowee what a tune

@cesarttito 10 жыл бұрын

una de mis favoritas

@kaptainkaos1202 Жыл бұрын

I was there! Wayyyy in the back having the time of my life!

@Scotanthony1 8 ай бұрын

Do you see the look on Leon’s face as he’s looking over at Gary while he’s tearing it up on his outro solo? He basically played that solo almost note for note, as it is on the album. Great stuff!

@RainbowLady1263 13 жыл бұрын

Ifovor the piano i am typing to the beat !!! love U Live on till we meet

@debralynnthomas 11 жыл бұрын

RIP Billy Powell....

@leonardostumpo 9 жыл бұрын

perfect armony!

@Ramoninsane 15 жыл бұрын

Great band big band i love them even though they re dead

@marcelopfellows 14 жыл бұрын

Muito bom!!

@showmick 14 жыл бұрын

awesum band...i dont understand y they have remained so un derrated.....excelent song too....

@oranstelly5393 4 ай бұрын

And what the story of him joining in the begining?

@Revolution1117 13 жыл бұрын

Gotta be one of my favorite Skynyrd songs ever. Could have sworn that was Ed King on this one, but not according the vid poster's "line-up" remarks, though. I can't still seem to find a live vid on Comin' Home with Ronnie and the original line-up, though :(

@beer-juice2377 Жыл бұрын

Told my siblings that I want this song played at my funeral

@ShaneMcCrae 16 жыл бұрын

The guy who played the drums on the original recording of this tune is Ricky Medlock, the same guy who plays the first full solo on this performance, on the Explorer. He was the original drummer for the band. Bit o' trivia.

@mbeast009 16 жыл бұрын

i couldnt agree more

@the72u7h4 2 жыл бұрын

Ronnie nailed it. Johnny does a good job, but never ever got really close to Ronnie.

@davidcoleman4291 2 жыл бұрын

Is that a bad thing

@fladiverdown 16 жыл бұрын

Friday night in Boca Raton Florida. Ten rows from center stage. They brought the A Game!! Skynyrd kicked it big time!!

@thebluesrockers 14 жыл бұрын

it's nice to see Ricky take so much pride in playing Allan's solo's, and he does them so perfect. I sure hope God doesn't call any more of them home any time soon. The only original left is Gary. with a stroke and a heart attack in his past. I sure hope he lives on for a long time. and may the others R.I.P. thanks for the upload. I never get tired of the classics....

@myloridarlin 6 жыл бұрын

thebluesrockers Rickey Medlocke was a founding member. Look it up.

@dakkadakka9189 3 жыл бұрын

@@myloridarlin he was a founding member of Blackfoot yes but skynyrd no, though he did do some work with them for their muscle shoals album

@thunderdrumass 14 жыл бұрын

Sure miss Allen Collins pickin in this tune!!!!!!!!!!

@joshuachaires7220 3 жыл бұрын

Be thankful we had the original drummer from the studio recording of this song replace him on guitar in Ricky Medlocke. And Ricky plays the same kind of guitars Allen did 🙂.

@andrewsparr9287 2 жыл бұрын

Need more haters. How dare loved ones carry on the music, love, and legacy.

@ritzinfxbg 16 жыл бұрын

Nissan Pavillion is in Bristow. It's Northern Virginia near Manassas.

@roberta.elliott2208 9 жыл бұрын

hughie could play circles around medlocke and rossington both. given the opportunity. would of loved to hear his take on medlockes lead here.

@pwibo 6 жыл бұрын

While I love Hughie, Rosington in no slouch on guitar. I don't believe you are giving him his due.

@markcarey4069 4 жыл бұрын

That's F'd up. Gary is, was Skynyrd and always will BE

@markdinicols2956 Жыл бұрын

wow

@Muchentuchenful 12 жыл бұрын

Gary FuckinRossington ROCK"S!!!

@charliehennessy6810 2 ай бұрын

Gary was a bad ass

@grgoldner 14 жыл бұрын

Way to go Rick Medlocke....

@turdhat 16 жыл бұрын

My old drum teacher !! Jeff McCalister from Louisville, Ky. Think he still teaches.

@13tiamat 13 жыл бұрын

poxa, quem negativa um som desse ? banda inteiramente perfeita.

@MarkDiSciullo 15 жыл бұрын

Strange...didn't Ricky Medlocke actually play drums on the original recording of this? Now he's playing the leads? Very cool.

@GBeret83 12 жыл бұрын

FUCKING SWEET!!

@ronfargnoli6442 10 ай бұрын

listen to ed king's 1975 overdubbed outro solo to this......unbelievable

@roertsgrooters-mf2oy 8 ай бұрын

Billy Powell nobody played the ivorýs like Billy he played it pretty

@GrnEyed81 15 жыл бұрын

Bristow is the home of Nissan Pavilion, which has become DC's summer concert venue much as Merriwether Post used to be. It is amazingly proximate to several Civil War battles, including both Battles of Manassas and skirmishes that have now been lost geographically due to the sprawl of DC. Very appropriate..... BTW, what I luv more is watching Billy Powell - we lost him now and w/out his piano there would be major pieces missing in the completeness of the music.

@jaxflfreebird 12 жыл бұрын

Hughie's solo is pretty decent but I think Rickey's solo is weak to poor. And Ed King did play the solo on this song. Also, there is no existing live recording of Comin' Home with Ronnie. If it was ever played live it would have been back before Skynyrd's first lp, before Al Kooper "discovered" them. This is probably my favorite Skynyrd song. It's haunting and sad. Just an incredible song.

@RockFan98 5 жыл бұрын

Allen actually played the main solo and Gary does the outro solo. King did all the little slide licks overdubbed in 1975.

@pjburke131 3 жыл бұрын

@@RockFan98 I don't know where some people get their information.

@jessngarymurphy9032 7 жыл бұрын

riding the iron horse I listen everyday while riding the bike

@jaxflfreebird 8 жыл бұрын

Ronnie would NOT have been caught DEAD in SKINNY JEANS. Johnny is just an embarrassment at times. Love the gong just not what I have had to see and hear. Rest in Peace Ronnie knowing you never TRIED to look SEXY. You were a MAN and we all respected you being one.

@davidcoleman4291 3 жыл бұрын

You ain't scene enough pictures

@davidcoleman4291 3 жыл бұрын

I like the picture where ronnie has two black eyes and sticking our his tongue with 16 yr female star of THE EXORCIST

@vonkiser 13 жыл бұрын

Nice.

@ritcheyrocker 15 жыл бұрын

i like JVZ and RVZ the same. my dad saw original skynyrd and i have seen new skynyrd and its just another generation of skynyrd fans

@oranstelly5393 4 ай бұрын

Yeah, good ways to bring the past of good southen music from the South

@hatehildog 15 жыл бұрын

Thanks for posting. Dont you mean Bristol VA?

@richdyas 14 жыл бұрын

IS THAT STEVE BEATON ON PIANO 180

@darellgullion4888 Жыл бұрын

Ohh yeah. Rickey Medlocke was with Lynyrd Skynyrd before Bob Burns was. Just like Kid Rock said that Lynyrd Skynyrd had more members that the YMCA.

@etuoo 14 жыл бұрын

Billy Powell on the 88 tooth monster

@charliehennessy6810 Ай бұрын

SKYNYRD WERE THE BADDEST MOFOS TO EVER TAKE THE STAGE PERIOD.....

@rosemarygranat3981 3 жыл бұрын

646 NYC

@VCorvelli 13 жыл бұрын

I was there!!

@satafranz 13 жыл бұрын

Did I see a vibrato bar on that tele?

@TonyBeazley 15 жыл бұрын

ED KING added alot to that lead part...and don't forget it....

@biolectron 15 жыл бұрын

He is correct Bristow is an unincorporated town in Prince William County, Virginia. Bristol is southern Virginia

@joebananas415 Жыл бұрын

Kenny powers on the piano 🤘

@BudMovies 11 жыл бұрын

Ronnie died in 1977. It's his younger brother Johnny.

@travlnmn41 14 жыл бұрын

Medlocke is not playing the intro correctly. This is an example of why Allen Collins chose Randall Hall to play his part, not RM. You can flame me all you want, but that's the truth.

@RockFan98 5 жыл бұрын

I agree, Their are quite a few songs that he doesn’t play it very well and nails others(Free Bird being a prime example of both)Randall was def better than Medlocke in a lot of ways but not perfect. I think they could have gotten someone a little better than Hall(even though Hall can certainly play)but I am glad they did respect Allen’s wishes

@pjburke131 3 жыл бұрын

Overall, RM plays much closer to Allen on most of the songs, including the solo on this one. But the version on Southern By the Grace of God (first solo aside) sounds more like the original. Some of that is due to Ed's playing. I think RM does a much better job of emulating Allen, although RH is a fine player and WAS Allen's choice.