In addition to writing some of their best tones w Ronnie

All with a cigarette dangling from his mouth.

I swear his solo on this song is one of the best I have ever heard from any rock musician. It hit the spot perfectly. Great great song.

That is what a real musician does. It's a matter of what scales and notes you play to make it sound a certain genre.

Talent.

yes, he was gettin' it. i'm so sorry to hear that Ronnie drove him nuts and he just had to get out from under Ronnie's scrutiny. It was brutal,,, no man should be riddin' like a dog just to be a rock-star.

I don't like the sound of the amp in that solo it's too thin and abrasive. Like Steve Gaines solo better.

@@designstudio8013yeah, but great note selection and pacing

@@designstudio8013 it wasn't a Steve Gaines solo, it was an Ed King masterpiece, played by Steve Gaines

@@designstudio8013 I'm pretty sure the sound you don't like is due to the fact it was recorded 49 years ago with inferior equipment. I can't hear all of the instruments very well at various points in the song, but I'm just grateful to hear and watch any videos from that time period with Lynyrd Skynyrd.

I agree Bob was great 👍 this line up was true defining sound of Lynyrd Skynyrd with Ed and Bob! Miss these guys 😔

If not Ronnie would kick ass so .....

Yes he was but always that triple threat

...some people

He really was the catalyst to getting them over the hump.. he’s smokin’

AMEN!!!

“Best” is an opinion and you know what they say about that

Indeed good, but he left by his own choice, just packed up and gone. It was indeed due to the fact he was way to liberal for them guys, and southern culture can be a bit hard to take for a liberal. Artimus had his fights to in later years. But the force to be reckoned with was still to come, and gone to fast, Steve Gaines. I loved ed as well it's a shame they all couldn't have played lived and laughed....

I would say Allan Collins playing his famous 1958 Gibson Explorer was better. But Gary, Ed and Steve Gaines were great guitarists as well.

Love Ed King but Steve Gaines was awesome too 🎶 🎸

Artimus was a better drummer

Nice cutie

Plus he's got a cig smokin it

Allen Collins for me 🙂

@@patrickolivier1 I’ll go for that.

I was about to write something about his technique also. Picking hand barely moves and neither do his fretting fingers. They barely leave the strings

Ed was always in Ed Land...

Gary wan't looking to thrilled either.

Billy was the only one who had formal musical training. He was a trained as a classical pianist. He was originally a roadie for the band until Ronnie heard him play. He then became a member of the band.

Can you add more to that story?

Quite a story behind that Firebird! He was on his bike coming home from guitar lessons when a 54 Chevy pulled up beside him... The guys in the car were known for being kinda rough, and Collins thought they were gonna steal his Firebird... Allen rode hard to escape the punks, down alleys and thru yards... Home finally! And the bad guys were in his driveway! 😔 It was Ronnie, Gary and Bob! Wanna play in our band? 😆

​@@doubleuplsst3149 I read that Allen actually ran up a tree to hide from them haha

Don't forget Leon

Brain fart, Artimus.

Even sadder now that he's gone too !!

That’s awesome! I bet you got to hear some of their biggest hits before they were famous! 🤘

@nellAyrreP I did and they were also nice guys. They were playing as My Backyard then before changing thier name to Lynyrd Skynyrd. Funocchio's was a fun place to work and I was fortunate to see many of bands who became famous.

@@billwalker7556 that’s so awesome. You’re very lucky. I’m going to see Skynyrd and ZZ Top live in September down in Georgia. Im from Tennessee. It won’t be the same without Gary. But it’ll be cool to see Billy Gibbons live. I was at The Ryman last year where Gary’s last show was. You probably got to see his first and I got to see his last lol

@@nellAyrreP I live in Georgia and went to college in Johnson City. I have seen them both several times. I'm sure you will enjoy the show. I went all 3 nights when Skynyrd recorded thier live album One more from the road at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta. In 1976. I have an original copy that they all signed for me. Tickets were $7.50 each night. The Outlaws opened for them all 3 nights The best 3 shows I have ever seen them do. The Fox was rocking those 3 nights. Where are you going to see them?

@@billwalker7556 that’s so awesome dude. It was probably magical to see the original Skynyrd live. And I will be seeing them at the Ameris Bank Amphitheater in Alpharetta, Georgia on September 5th

Not really, Jimmy Page had been shredding since Led Zeppelin’s first album which came out 7 years before this

@@RobotMillionaire agreed...

@Sven Nordqvist they are both great musicians but I would most definitely say Page was a shredder. You gotta remember the time Page was in, there was no Eddie Van Halen or Steve Vai to copy!

@Sven Nordqvist if you’re such a big Led Zeppelin fan then you should probably listen to the solo on communication breakdown and then tell me that isn’t shredding

I read that every song is an actual true story

Jax Proud!

@@ktwebbdevil fosho......

Yes he did play the solo. If you want to here him play it with better audio check our the version from Atlanta 93

Ronnie apparently wanted the band to perform the songs the same way every time when on stage. He didn't like improvisation. Re the solo on MCA, I've sure I've seen a video here on KZfaq or heard a radio interview in which Ed said that though he thought he played the solo on the album version really well , his first take in the studio was even better but some problem meant it wasn't recorded

Don"t think anyone back then cared... It was all about the music!

@@fullthrottlejeffry yes thats for sure. I think Skynyrd best lineup was with Ed King. We all know LS is RVZ/AC/GR

@@antrcapo Yep. Ed came way after. Don't forget Bob, tho... I've read the song Am I Losing was about Bob...

HOLYAMENTOTHAT

me too,but I don't have that know how

I have no ability to fix it.Wish I did

sadly you are correct

1975 FUCK u expect

@@matthewrogers6866 A cameraman in 1975 couldn't see that Allen Collins was playing lead? It had nothing to do with technology, and everything to do with competency.

​@@BruthaVIIISame about Freebird the Movie. Too bad out of focus stuff.

In fact when Steve got in the band this song really came to life. It changed all the guitar parts for the better

​@@michaelreinsmith6947 for me Ed was better. Steve was too much into funk, r&b.