This song is Rock and Roll Royalty, but you’ve really got to hear the live version. It’s bloody well out of the world. It takes a song already at 100 and turns it up to 150. New sub, leaning toward Patreon after I see a bit more from you.

You're correct. 2 lead guitars, a rhythm guitar, bassist, pianist, drummer, lead singer, and background singers. The twin guitar leads were always flawless working together!

Check out the song they did of Jimmy Rodgers. Called T for Texas T for Tennessee. It is amazing song for one... T for Texas t for Tennessee t for Thelma that women made a fool out of me.. Cheers Brother

Lynard Skynard was the name of the bands Gym teacher.

@@thomasbrown3032”Leonard Skinner”

thats the best part. "They started out doing the speed limit then pushed it" nope buddy they still are going the speed limit just you wait lmao

Same!!!

I knew he was going to have an enjoyable listen when he said he was vibing the guitar at the intro... ...I thought to myself: just you wait buddy. Cheesing the whole time lol

I've always pondered this one... IS it a guitar solo? Is it a duo solo? I mean it IS two guitarists. I would say three but I think Ed King played bass on this one.

I could hardly wait for him to get to the break and experience it for the first time!

I get caught up and drive a little fast when this song is on...

Absolutely!!

George Banks already tried that plea 🤣

Top 5 Rock songs of ever

😂

Absolutely!

Right on man

What I wouldn't give for some Disco.

Whats sad is in 2070's they will reminisce on today's music...

Yes it was

❤😂😂😂

3 guitars deep😂!

Hahahaa Riiiight???

​@shellybay817 is that more than ballz deep 🤔

Hahaha. Totally.

Way to go on the three guitars that sound can only be produced by three guitars

@@cosmicman621 What's up with all the points man? It's almost impossible to read.

Southern Rock will kick ass!! #ROCKONBABY

@@cosmicman621 you don’t have a clue what you’re talking about. Allen Collins always played the end solo, but all three guitarists played throughout the entire song when they played live.

@@dangroce82 Allen Collins, Gary Rossington and Ed King from the strawberry alarm clocks

I love seeing the reactions of the generations that didn't know this song.....sort of like us hearing it the first time, so many years ago. I was born in 63....

I was born in 88 and that was my first thought!

Born in 61 and this is still one of my all-time favorite songs!! Ever.

1960 me, too.

I was also born in 60 and in the south. This was the national anthem of the southern US! As time went on I learned that they didn't make a bad song. Ever.

When my time comes I want freebird to be played at my funeral

It's on my funeral playlist, too. Sorry about your brother. Sounds like he had some boss friends.

That was an epic send off. Sorry about losing your brother, but I guarantee he had a huge smile as he was sent off into the ether.

😂😂😂

I can literally say that it ranks up there with the top 2 greatest solos I've ever heard from a guitar. Like Jesus Christ!!!!!!

Can’t tell you how much I enjoyed watching him hear this solo for the first time!

I mean, you don't actually believe this dude had never heard Free Bird before, right?

​@@Eggy79Yea that seems crazy to me lol, this song was in Forrest Gump and who hasn't watched that? One of the greatest movies ever made.

top 1000 indeed.

Hearing The Greatest Guitar solo in rock and roll history for the first time? PRICELESS!

3 guitars playing solo

so sorry you lost your son, friend

Bless your son, he sounded very cool. Don't worry, you'll see him again someday ...

Peace be with you

i miss my daughter like a picture misses that refrigerator magnet. Like a thirsty desert misses rain drops.. Bless your heart.. may you be given everything that was taken was from you.

Love you Ms. Jones... The year this song came out, I lost six of my high school friends in motorcycle accidents and another who was paralyzed from the neck down. My mother sat me down and made me promise her I wouldn't ride motorcycles... I kept my promise and am so sorry for your great loss.

I've seen so many (esp black) people who listen to a quality rock track, and end up loving it; whether it's this, Queen, Iron Maiden, GnR, or whoever. Music can totally change people.

Yo, I remember my friend hearing "Dear Prudence" for the first time. He literally made me stop whatever we were doing so he could hear the song, and we just sat there till it was done.

I used to hate rock , then , I heard some classics like money for nothin', Freebird, Sweet home alabama, and a pretty good song, the unforgiven. All of them, beautiful songs.

Please don't pause quite so much . A lot of people wait till the end for the main critique . Fair enough a wee pause here and there but c,Mon mam ✌

I have the same opinion about country music. I know some people oh I hate all country music. Then I let them listen to things like Charlie Daniel’s who has a kind of blues/jazz feel to a lot of his songs. And they are like oh. Or someone likes classical and they are like oh he plays the violin in his musics. There are a lot of older songs that I feel have a large range of appeal.

Absolutely

I get you girl, and I grew up in the ‘49’s and ‘59’s, but I knew great music when I heard it! I grew up with my teenager’s. Loved it!❤

And no right-wing hate radio.

Amen - I’m 65

Amen to that!

Got that right! ❤

How did your friend never hear Free Bird, they were both produced by Lynyrd Skynyrd

@@williamjaramillo5105 He was a poser. That was part of the reason I played Freebird for him. He loved SHA because that’s a song country boys love, right? I literally told him “if you think that song is good, then you’re gonna have your mind blown here in a moment”.

@William Jaramillo 15 years ago was a weird time. You had people know specific songs but not really know the band and all of their songs.

Ah, ok, thanks for clearing that up

Yes two 🎸 guitars ! Loved your reactions !

"Simple Man" was what introduced Lynyrd Skynyrd to me and it was just by chance it came on a Playlist. I never sought their music because I made a poor assumption that they were scream metal or something

Because it is truly worthy of the amazement!

dat burd free arf still

Skynyrd was my go to band! Loved them then, still do.

Can’t believe it has been that long ago. 🕊🙏

Or the last time

Every time for me

stank face best face

I’ve heard the song 1000x and I still get happy when it picks up

yep child of the 70's rock girl here...loved hearing for the first time back then...

What a beautiful tribute is that! Thank you!❤️🙏🏻🇺🇸

Shit I didn't even know

RVZ was not only one of the greatest in music but was by far the coolest.

@@TCJACJ2000 Yep, It's true!

Rest fine man

it should be a crime to pause once you reach the halfway point of freebird, its like a roller coaster, once you at the top, the only way is the absolute ride in front of you

😂👏🙌

He's got no idea at this point 😂

😎👍

My thoughts exactly...

Doing that thing again 😅😅😅😅😅

Indeed! War Eagle!

Music knows no color! Great video!!!

SWEET HOME ALABAMA HOME OF THE TIDE

​@@dalef9441music is what brings all together heals the mind and soul

Alabamy ❤

Man, finding an old album in dads closet, or hanging out with the cool aunt/uncle, learning how to rock n' roll are special memories for many of us. Thanks for passin it down!

I’m happy to have been born in the 60’s and absorbed some of this in the 70’s. High school was all about “can you memorize all the words to Freebird?”

Those of us old enough (I was a teen) to have lived through the 70s, were blessed with the last great decade of musicians. There's a few around but they are controlled by corporations.

70 hear and yep, not only a classic as music itself but there performances were great and a major part of the times. truly a great loss in that airplane crash :(

@@ronbertka7023 I'm 43, so more of a 80s-90s kid, and I couldn't agree more. I realized this around the age of 16, truly the greatest generation for music that will ever be. Led Zeppelin got me hooked, and found so many more in high school and college. It's funny, because I barely listened to my age music, aside from the rap Gods of the 90's-00's.

What blows me away about the Oakland concert is the ENERGY of both the band AND the audience. They fed off each other, fed into each other, supported each other. If Oakland City Utilities could have sent that energy to some sort of rechargeable battery, they'd STILL be using the captured gusto to light up their nights!

Making the guitar sound like a bird in Atlanta hell yes they can!!

Yep, saw them with the Marshal Tucker band TWICE!!!!

I just came to say this - Knebworth baby, Knebworth will blow his mind🤠😄

Like so many others who came up at this time know, bands TOURED. I don’t think I ever had a moment where these bands live weren’t at least as good as the record-often better. For one, they didn’t make records with auto tune, etc. that’s hard to reproduce in person. Next, these acts were bands, not just a singer with back up dancers. We knew and appreciated not just the singer but the drummer, etc equally. Finally, these groups made records but the live performances is why they got into music in the first place.

how did a corpse get onto youtube

@@averymusicalperson And how does a disrespectful douche know music!???

@@averymusicalperson Your spitting your💩 at a lot of corpses here and are REALLY REALLY DISRESPECTFUL TO THE BEST ROCK BANDS EVER THAT'S BEYOND YOUR INTELLGENCE! WHAT A DOPE SHZZZ IS EH' ROCKERS!!!

@@averymusicalperson 😂😭😭😂🤣😭😂🤣 You're one hilarious joke!

@@averymusicalperson Like a fool you just cursed your Rock-n-Roll soul homie!

I actually cried during this video watching his reaction! I remember the first time I heard this song and the feeling I had. I still get emotional every time I hear it though :)

Top THREE in my book!!

Erfectly described!

First time I saw them was the reunion tour. And when they did Free Bird they put Ronnie’s hat on the mic and the audience sang it. Still gives me chills thinking about it. Wish I could have seen Ronnie but I was too young

Couldn't disagree more. The tempo isn't paced, the instrumentals aren't balanced, sometimes the mics fade in and out. Why do people recommend the live version over the optimized version?

One More From the Road. Live at The Fox Theater 1976. It's the only version I'll listen to. Every other version is watered down. There is music in the studio version. But there is no soul. "Play it pretty for Atlanta "

@@elmacorn5766 Thank you. Glad I'm not the only one. The studio/album version sounds awful by comparison.

Wow that’s an amazing story

My first time hearing this song was at my first concert which was skyward. My older brother who was 8 yrs older took me and my friend to it. I was in the 9th grade and it was the last song. They melted my face was melted off and I have been a die hard since

OH DAMN, you just said the greatest comment ive ever heard, I wish I was there to see them play through in the dark, that's a religious experience

@@saremy127 I didn’t even add that. It was dark and night, all the stage lights went out. Total power loss. Before smart phones and I’d say 1/10 had lighters going on and off.

Saw them live too, supporting Golden Earring - imagine that. But although I'd seen the album cover, I knew nothing about them. Southern US boogie was *not* my thing, and except for Sweet Home Alabama, I hated the set - until the encore. First time I heard Freebird was live, and I still remember it 50 years later.

Never gets old

Absolutely 💯✌️♥️

I remember the day of the plane crash. I was a freshman in high school. If I remember correctly, I was at lunch when I heard the news. I felt like my heart stopped beating. I haven't heard this song for a while. I was crying like a baby the whole song. Watching Polo's reaction made me smile through the tears! ❤

I looked for the documentary, heard it was on Netflix but it's not, currently.... have you seen it?

In 1973, I was 5 years old. I'm too young to remember the first time that I heard Lynard Skynard. These songs are timeless, and they've always been with me. I was a baby in the 60s, a kid in the 70s, a teen in the 80s, and a full adult by the 90s. I grew up with the best 3 decades of music. (The 90s were OK, but nothing like 60s-80s.)

My brother and his girlfriend had tickets to the venue they were going to…. They kept those tickets… did not want the refund. They still have them.

Hahaha

Whilst quaffing bourbon like there was no tomorrow :D

it's actually even better live

Oh yes, they can, and yes they did....

@@jamescaylor6864 W. Brian Belcher I agree. The live version has the big BOOM! buppa-buppa-buppa-buh BOOM! finish as opposed to the album cut's fade out.

"play it pretty for atlanta"

It was 17 minutes when I saw them live.

Exactly, they sometimes would play this for 30 minutes straight on full on jam session.

I seen them also. This song was pure perfection. Didn't time it but didn't care. Just enjoyed every second

If polo does a take on the live version. His video will exceed an hour.

That video just freaking rocks

Best fuckin video ever

Three playing 😂 My favorite band❤

best live

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Who played lead guitar on Free Bird? 2 guitars. twin lead guitar solo Although this video hit the KZfaqs a few years ago, we thought you'd enjoy hearing the isolated guitar-solo track from Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Free Bird." The solo on the song-which was played by Allen Collins and Gary Rossington-comes it at Number 3 on Guitar World's list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Solos of All Time.

@@billwalker7556 Allen Collins is still underrated as a guitarist for how many people recognize and commend his work.

@@Rorymoa I agree

@@Rorymoa Lynyrd Skynard was an underrated band as well. Of all thier hit songs, none of them ever reached #1 on the charts. Thier highest charted song was Sweet Home Alabama which topped the charts at #8. The iconic song Free Bird only reached #38 on the charts. They were an iconic band that begun as teenagers originally formed in Jacksonville, FL.they were inducted into the rock and roll Hall of fame. Yet still never recieved the accolades they deserved.

No it was only 2 guitars playing a twin lead guitar solo originally played by Alan Collins and Gary Rossington.

I can't even imagine how this must have felt back then. There are few things in life I regret. Born in '78 I'm too young to lifed through this time of music history. It's good to get stories from old time music lovers to get an idea how it was back then. Thanks for that impression.

​@@florianmaschke269I was born in 69' so, was fortunate enough to hear much of this music when it was originally airing on the radio. My love for music began very very young as a result. Was a teen in the 80's, just as music was becoming corporate crap. I always have and always will prefer the music of the 70's above all else.

​@misslora3896 I was born in 98, and if I could to back in time it would be for a concert of the 70s for sure

@@steveharvey3351 Yeah. If I had a time machine I know exactly where I'd be right now. I'm grateful for what I did get to experience of the 70's, but would love to have been there to live it in my teens or 20's. It was an all around far better time on top of the music.

I watched it in the 40 anniversary, god my first real concert, I went loco Mostly this song and was played at the final if my memory help me.

75 here. Love it!

I’m 28 and it’s one of my favorite songs of all time! Got to see them in 2019 and it was an experience! Nothing like seeing them back in the day I can guess!

I want it buried with me and played non-stop (with solar to charge up the battery) (but the Oakland live '77 version)

44 and one I’ve always loved too ❤

I agree , I was fortunate to experience them live in Tucson Az , 6 months before the tragic plane ✈️ crash …. I was 19 yrs old and flying High ! 🦅

May your father Rest in Peace until you reunite... He is as free as a bird

Love when beautiful things like this happen.

My sympathy. Glad this song means so much to you. Just lost my husband of 43 years in Oct. Our wedding song was Precious & Few.Some songs just hit your heart. I wish you well.❤🕊🙏✌🌻🌻

Thank you for sharing, michwenz8413. I had a similar situation when my father passed away but it was a Johnny Cash song that came on the radio. All the same, we can't always get what we want but if we're lucky, we get what we need.

Anthem of the South. Blew us away when we first heard it in the 1970's and stops us dead when we hear it today. Thank you ,Polo. You are my favorite reviewer. I appreciate your style.

Amen

I can't imagine. That must have been wonderful!!

I was at Sturgis

I yell free bird at every concert I go to.

I pulled into the TA truck stop in Pa close to the N.Jersey line, in the Poconos area of the state, and met a waitress, that wanted me to go up into the mountains there, to meet her later, and these guys were playing, I got there about 4:30 pm, and stayed till they came on around 9 pm, … just sitting there drinking some beer, and got hammered, and was ready to dance on the tables by the time they got yo this tune, … but was too drunk, … great thing was I had a cab over Pete, and slept it off in the truck, … went the next afternoon back to the trkstop yo pickup my trlr, and saw her there again, … I was still hammered, … but was ok, … I dropped off my load, on Monday, & reloaded for Wisconsin, and was gone again, … but the band was fantastic, … those stories from back in the day, … man we had some great times, …

Technically theres 4 guitars 5 if you include the bass.. but everyone forgets about the acoustic guitar layered in there

Actually 4, the bassist is 🔥 too

Yeah…the end soloing is all Collins

Leon Wilkeson laying down that bass line. He was all over the neck!🎶🎸

@@catherineroper6521 leon wasn't on this album and ed's playing bass so there's only 2 guitars.

This is the exact reason i watch reaction videos

Hell yeah Bill

who the fuck forgets how good free bird is?, but yeah, i want my first time back

@@ArchieN1761 I think I specifically said how you can forget how good it is…when you’ve heard it a million times.

@@maineiacialamen

So we’ll said.

They're now saying speeding is legal during the Free Bird Solo.

GF of 6 years broke up with me this weekend, was driving my old CRX on the Autobahn where the limit was 120. This song came on the radio and I nearly went 100 over the limit. I'm not saying that it was smart or good but I can relate 100%.

If you get pulled over listening to Free Bird all you have to do is keep it playing as the officer approaches. They will hear it and then let you off with a warning.

I got pulled over going 53 in a 30

Leon Wilkeson~Mad Hatter RIP ❤️❤️❤️

Agree Leon was a master. The were all great at what they did.

Great point man, that bass line drives the song. I’m a guitar player but they’re mostly just noodling while that bass carries the whole thing 🤘

@@davidpratt9881 from a drummer don't forget Artimus Pyle on drums.

Comon' bro! don't tell me you never heard that song before! Can I, as a white Irish man do a review of "For All My Niggaz & Bitches" Song by Tha Dogg Pound and The Lady of Rage? It would be funny but some how I think I'd get in trouble 🤣🤣

Knebworth 1976

"Play it purty, for Atlanta"

Saw them do this live in concert before the crash It was amazing

The long version was almost 45 min

I saw them in 94 with Teddy and and Bad co.

Well said brother. I gigged drums for years. I can't get enough of "On The Hunt." Most bands screw Skynyrd up. They always get "That Smell" wrong. We fronted Molly Hatchet at a club back in the day. A guy in the crowd yelled free Bird when Hlubek was tuning up. He said, fuck free Bird. Roland was cool. Crump was cool too. Hlubek we as blow nose to asshole.

Welcome to Rockville...2 yrs ago..LIVE !! And YES they can still play exactly the same as back in 70s..AMAZING SHOW !!

I remember seeing them in Oklahoma

Also this is a or 75 recording so it’s pre plane crash

actually i think its three lead guitars and a bass

@@jaycarlin6942 it’s multi tracked on the solo, but it’s all Allen Collins playing. Rossington played the slide and rhythm, but Collins played all the solo work when the fast tempo kicks in. And one hell of a guitarist, Ed King, playing bass on this.

and the best end of a movie ever... devils reject... exactky so i wanna die once...

They were called the three guitar army

Unlike most of the great solos discussed this is remarkably easy to play. There are just four basic movements in the whole solo. And that is not to take away from the musicianship on display. It is always much easy to recreate than to create.

Easy, LoL. Sure, just not easy to play it right, LoL.

nicely described

Yep!

Perfectly stated!!!!!

Agree!! Seeing the crowd react and dance/sway is epic. Old video also has more beautiful women then I ever saw in concert video.

One of the few songs that the live version is way better than the studio version

Agreed! The live version from Oakland '77. There's even a badass piano solo.

@@philpennington826 Live in Knebworth in '76 when Ronnie walks the guitarists out on The Rolling Stones tongue stage is epic.

Only the life performance in Oakland California is any good

As a member of Gen alpha I do have respect for anybody who doesn't like free bird

I'm 58 and I agree 1000%!

62 and is on fire

Listen to Saturday night special from them as well...what a story that was!! #1rated, and loved band in all of the 70s.hands down

RESPECT

Totally agree

Ma'am, i think you hit the nail on the head. With a hammer....

Agree.

Is right 👍

Great music is timeless. 🔥 I'm GenX. I remember where I was when I first heard this song. I was at a party in high school, 1992. My buddies older brother came downstairs, didn't say a word, hit stop on the CD player, glared at us and proceeded to play this on his turntable. We all just sat around and listened for hours. This began an appreciation for classic rock. Now, I do similar things with my nieces by showing them Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Oasis, Blur, The Verve....minus the booze and Marlboro. 😅

Oh So true.. The 70s rocked. glad I got to grow up in that era. Feel like young kids these days are missing out big time

Alright, tough question : which area is better, the 70s or the 80s?

I always say the 70s, 80s, and 90s were the golden era for music. Everything happening nowadays in music was built on the groundwork laid by the amazing bands from those years.

Yasssss we did.

Agreed. The 70s had the BEST music 👍

My husband was there!

Thanks for the tip! Happens to be my birthday (67) LYNYRD SKYNYRD FOREVER🎉❤

@@kimberlynads Happy birthday !

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think him and BB King are the only 2 men (that I know of) that changed a broken string in the middle of a song.

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@@ThePawsitiveMind-onFacebook I think SRV did also.

Incredible guitar player!

Not just talent. He must have an incredible IQ, highly intelligent at such a young age. Rarely do geniuses get to express their intelligence in a form of art.

I'm 13 years old and I'm so glad i was raised on Skynyrd, the Beatles, the rolling stones, etc and not taylor swift or any of that trash! You have a blessed life for being able to grow up then.

Yeah we do

I'm right there with you!

I was a teen and I put on Zappa at my friend's parent's Xmas party, and they all lost their minds (in a good way) and were shocked I knew him. Thank my dad.

We SO had THE BEST MUSIC!

I was young adulthood but excited that you were able to enjoy it as a youngster. Greatest Era to be a music lover. ❤❤❤❤

You hit on it saying ... like an out of body experience ❤

Live in Atlanta. Beautiful version!!!! Brings me to tears every time I hear it. If I'm not mistaking it was the last recording of that song. The piano solo at the beginning is so much better than the album version. For those that haven't heard it : kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Z9Ggm8qQ0L2xp3k.html

@@dashoeman last recording was August 24* 1977 Fresno selland arena, ur welcome

@@diegogardner6218 what album was it on?The Atlanta version I’m referring to was on Gold and Platinum. First album I ever heard. It was my dad’s and I first learned to play the drums from that album.

Now that you’ve heard the studio version, next is to hear the live version…what a blowout!!! The guitar solos/shootout in the live version are fantastic!! And the crowd…..well you just have to see it! Happy Holidays

@@dashoeman nice, it wasn't an album but here on KZfaq, there's about 8/11 of the full songs from that day scattered all over the internet, the last actual clip/footage of them was in a Pepsi commercial from 77 also on KZfaq

Sorry to hear about your friend. But, over the last 25 years, he's probably gotten to experience some badass rock shows up there.

Wow. This is beautiful, I'm sorry for your loss🙏🏽

Very nice send off for your friend Kenny much Love ✌

May your friend Rest in Peace.

I live in Jacksonville, definitely going to listen to it on my next beach night walk. RIP.

Agree, but I extend it into the mid-nineties. Pearl Jam on MTV unplugged was the official end of the great music era for me. Oh, and I'll also give the Chili Peppers honorable inclusion.

Agree, but gotta throw 90s in there

Absolutely 60, 70,80s best music ever. I'm gonna throw the 50s in there too

saw it live.... and its like it was, well a long time ago in a fog that cost alot of money not yesterday. BUT THEY KILLED IT

I would actually prefer them to do the Free Bird live version, it just shows the talent these guys have, live and raw.

yeah, the live version with the giant confederate f*&^ng flag in the background 😪

I just watched it.

Live in Oakland.

Ronnie Van Zant was the singer, he didn't play guitar. His brother was not with him in the crash.

@@ozemc 🤔 It was quite some time ago. I am not surprised I got facts skewed, being as I am not a fanatic of music. I appreciate the correction.

Yes we did! The 70's were great.

Maybe have him try Whiskey Myers, songs: American Outlaw, Gasoline....Broken Window Serenade etc....

Why do all of the good songs need to be created multiple decades before i was born

Try bare noble

Marcus King, Gary Clark Jr are two current GREAT southern rock/blues guitarists

I'm in so much grief that I first heard this when I wasn't a rock fan and I DIDNT actually like it until recently... Yes I know, I was a simple and dumb young fellow.

Really, it is pretty hilarious that theu have no idea what is about to hit them!

YESSSSSSS

💯