Ed King was the only dude that could lay it down like allen played it in my opinion. His playing on the solo screamed straight practice and pure heart

Ed King does an AWESOME job on the solo......hard to play/mimic Allen's greatness on Freebird but Ed does a damn good job here.

There are no words to dercribe the feeling that I feel when I hear this song. This is a true masterpiece.

I was at the tribute tour concert in Jacksonville, Florida (Skynyrd's hometown). To say people were emotional was an understatement. The backup singers were all crying their eyes out, at the site of the entire crowd reduced to tears. Personally I cried through the whole concert and unashamedly I might add. I wasn't alone lots of people did.

Ed playing Allen's solo? cool and how appropriate :) props to both

I love this song! It's so freaking amazing ... the lyrics and the solos ... so much feeling on them! RIP L.S.

We were in the front row of the balcony @ the Tower Theatre outside of Philly when Rossington Collins Band performed an instrumental Freebird with RVZ's hat on the mic stand. I honestly was worrying the balcony was going to collapse it was bouncing so much. Summer of 1980, I believe.

The tribute to Ronnie with the hat on the mic just makes me all sad. Great tribute and one of the best rock anthems of all time. Priceless. Thanks for sharing.

This is the first song I heard from them and it has become a staple on my drive to work every morning and from work. It reminds me of all the good people dead from which music poured freely.

i love how gary rossington holds that note at 1:39- 1:43, gives me shivers. amazing band.

This song still blows me away after all these years \m/

@ 1:55 there is an edit & segue into the audio from the '76 Live LP audio then back to the '87 performance in time for King's interpretation of Collins' classic solo. -P.S. The TeleBird was a creation of the late Gary Smalley of The American Music store (pre 1995), and was a Guitar Tech for LS as needed.

I remember back in 87, when they did the first reunion tour, I forget which band member it was who said he never saw Ronnie write ANYTHING down. So long as the guitarists remembered a given song's riff, Ronnie always remembered the words.

im italian and i still cry thinking that they are gone...and i still yell freebird when bands ask fr a song...

just imagine the chills to this song when BOTH brothers in Skynyrd family were there to play it at a concert!!!...& those days are gone!!...still 38 years on...you still rock guys!! let rock never die!

please give us back : ronnie,steve gaines,leon,allen collins,billy powell. we all miss them

fittin tribute to a tragic accident !!! i wasnt even born but i can appreciate an feel the emotons runnin from this classic anthem , an the hat on the mic stand, wat a tribute to his brother !!!!!! long live the freebirds!!!!! skynyrds forever !!!!!

Billy will you pass alone how much we miss ronnie and the rest of the family we lost then and now. Bill RIP my friend. You too will be missed.

saw them in philly in 74. didn't know much about them but sumwon gave me tickets. Smoked some mary jane and nothing been the same since. Love this song.

words are not enough pure magic, will listen to this forever and a day.

I was There.....UNBELIEVEABLE!

Awesome tribute to a group of phenomenal artists. Each member plays their instrument with ease in this epic song ~ they don't make em like this anymore..

fly on freebird and keep on rocking baby!!!!!!! SKYNYRD ARE THE BEST BAND IN THE WORLD....LOVE THIS BAND FOREVER! ROCK´N ROLL

Beautiful I love the the Lynyrd Skynyrd band

So much for no one but Ronnie singing it. Now Gary's even gone and they're still calling themselves Lynryd Skynryd.

I remember going to see Skynyrd for the first time on the reunion tour (I was 16) ive seen them 3 times since (or 4 cant remember) this song NEVER does or will get old.

So many of them have left us now... I truly hope that their spirits can look down from the vault of eternity and see just how much joy they bring to the world even now

I love Ted's music aswell, Cat Scratch Fever oh yeah!!!

They made this a better place to live.....from Jacksnville, Florida.

Boyd, I know you're now floating down Heaven's ultimate river - and I can just picture your sweet, unforgettable smile as you paddle along! This song will always remind me of you and your love of music, of good friends and fun, of nature, and of just life itself! Rest in peace....you left us way too soon :( You'll be sorely missed here on Earth, but you're "free as a bird" now....

I really love this Song, particularly the Version from the "Southern by the Grace of God" Album from the 1987 Tribute-Tour, which this Version unfortunatly isn´t. This here is from the California Concert, on the Album it was from the Dallas-Gig, 14:50 long. Don´t mess with Texas! ;)

Im garyianneales missus, just become a fan at the age of 46years old, this vid made me cry!! in a good way..... This number lifts me up whatever my mood XXX

R.I.P lynyrd skynyrd. Hell ya, this is my favourite southern rock band

SO many members have passed away, not only in the planecrash, but afterwards too. This is one of those songs that really gets to you. 10/10....epic.

This version almost made me cry!!!

thanks for this moment. thanks you made it happen, that I can see it .... love and peace and ... fly on freebird.

Best post crash line up

A True Hymn of the music, I Love Lynyrd Skynyrd.

Ohh man i'm 13 years old since i was a little kid i've been listening to rock !! today all people listening to Justin bieber lady gaga..... in my world that's not music !. I would wish that i was born in the 70's that was the time when music actually was (MUSIC) THUMBS UP IF YOU WANT THE ROCK BACK!!!

Billy's white grand piano, man i cant tell you how much that thing means. someday i hope to own one just like it. Billy were all going to miss you and hope to see you one day soon

Possibly the best rendition of Freebird.

What a way to respect his brother! then to have Charlei Daniels do a voice over this is the greatest. This is what music is supposed to be. Thanks for posting this video i have never seen this one befor.

That solo is chilling

Completely agree with you, Johnny gave ultimate respect to his brother and did ronnie proud when he took over. great job - LYNYRD SKYNYRD LIVES ON

@fondoogle i agree with you all the way. skynyrd was a real true southern rock. there never will be another singer like ronnie van zant

ronnie van zant was truely a free bird. and a free bird he will always be. you will never be forgotten ronnie.

i agree with you 100%, i do miss the 77 skynyrd band. i do rember back in october 77, hearing that there plain had crashed and ronnie,steve gains,cassy gains, dean kilpatrick, chuck flowers were dead, and it hit me hard that they were taken from us way to soon. may god bless there soul's and may they rest in peace

Peeter1000, the video is of Lynyrd Skynyrd after the plane crash when they agreed to join together along with Johnny Van Zant to do a tribute for the 10 yr anniv. It was so well recieved that is caused them to agree to keep doing it. Recently pianist Billy Powell just died putting the future of the band in question again

Beautiful!!!

Most excellent!!! Great song too!!

Best auido of this "AWESOME" song here. Thanks uploader!!

awesome song i just wish i could have been alive during this..... Live on RONNIE!! rock in heaven

1:39 How Gary holds that note ran chills up my spine.

This made me cry.

One word .......... AWESOME!!!!!

@fondoogle hit the nail on the head. no one plays solos these days, its about selling. to quote school of rock "they forgot a little something, its called the MUSIC"

@PatriotChristian -Great props to great musicians...For those of us that were blessed to hear such classics they will live on....

I think so. Of course, I mostly wanna hear Freebird..it NEVER gets old.

Ronnie was a simple man,he's now free as a bird livin' in Sweet home Alabama!

fly on proud bird your free at last, hope to meet u guys again someday at refer lake

Hard to describe how awesome this is.

Fly on proud bird, you're free at last... RIP Billy Powell

that song.. it's seriously TOO fucking good.

IN1987 I WAS 18 AND HAD ALREADY SEEN SKYNARD 12 TIMES , IM 44 AND SEEN THEM IN CONCERT A TOTAL OF 32 TIMES 12 WITH VAN ZANT AND THE REST WITH THE REPLACEMENT LUV THEM

this one always give me the chills

This is a beautiful tribute. Brother to brother. Your brother is truly a free bird now. I will put a feather in my visor in my car as a tribute to all the free birds alive and or dead. I am a free bird and I salute all the freebirds. I salute all those who think they are grim reapers because they survived death and it is my mission to let them know they are angels in disguise. To all the angels in disguise. I hold up a bottle of Jack Daniels. I don't drink but I still hold a bottle in case.

The "never will sing this song" was lifted lol

Great video!!

love this song!

One of the coolest bands ever.

You're Free as a Bird now Ronnie... Rest in peace!

ill always remember him playing that white piano live R.I.P Billy the world will miss you

Right bro right on long line skynrd and free bird forever.

than again God would want a great band to play for Him......

the solo just will never feel the same as the way Ronnie leads the song into the solo and Allen playing the solo it self...

A very emotional video indeed. Very good job!

ONe of the greatest bands that ever lived

thank you

what a great song, great vid dude!!!

Great Song!

====If you love this song, look for Green Grass and High Tides by the Outlaws. An amazing ten-minute southern rock anthem you will also love, with a screamin' hot guitar section! =====I think it was great that during the Rossington-Collins years and during the early reunion years, they only did FreeBird as an instrumental, leaving out the late Ronnie's vocals. They didn't have to do it that way but they did and I give them credit for it.

good song Lynyrd Skynyrd is a good band Van Zant Reast in Peace with God

this is amazing! I hope you are in the Heaven Billy :) R.I.P.

It was Johnny that put the hat on the mike. They also used old clips of the band when Ronnie was still living along with Steve Gaines and his sister a backup singer named Cassie. They spotlighted each of them in this video.

Yea that was .. amazing..

Check the "Tonight's the Night" t-shirt Ronnie has on at 2:31 . . . . . class all the way. This was when musicians REALLY respected each other and each other's work. I wonder what "Powerfinger" would have sounded like from Skynard . . .

The Best The Best The Best forever !!!!

The hat over the microphone. I lost it at that point!

congratulations 300.000 views anyway best solo in the world cheers man ;)

This is the only one of there songs that I like. This song kicks Ass

yeah Amen !!

One SICK ending there!!

And we can't forget that we lost Billy Powell this year. R.I.P

i agree with you, he will never be able to even come close to his brother ronnie at all. ronnie van zant was one of a kind

a true classic...

thx mate :)

I like that part that goes DUNA DUN DUN DUNA DUN DUN!! DUNA DUN DUN DUN DUN DUNANANA!

i agree that this is an excellent version of free bird. it got me teary eyed as well. another version of this song that is great is from the album: one more from the road

f-ing awesome... RIP boys

Amen!!!!