Yup. Makes the video even more surreal. Very very sad crash. But Jojo had a premonition and tried to warn them, but they did not listen and boarded the plane anyways.

Oh Jojo was one of the backup singers.

The pianist was classically trained and was a groupie of this band. The band left to grab a bite and came back to studio and heard him playing the piano. The rest is history! Watch the masterful documentary called “Muscle Shoals” where this band recorded…. you will learn tons about the music of the 60-80’s and still being recorded today

You owe it to yourself to go down this rabbit hole brother! It’s a deep one fa sho!

@@G-Lander388. I’m pretty sure Billy was a Roadie not a groupie, The crew was beginning to pack it up, hen Billy sat down at the piano and started playing the opening of Freebird, just off the top of his head. Ronnie and Ronnie and Gary heard it, and offered him the job.

damn straight!!!!

never knew we had it so good.

not sure about open minded but yeah. The 70's were great., if we only knew...

We had just recovered from the Kennedy King Kennedy assassinations, Vietnam, and Nixon's resignation. We had Jimmy Carter as our president and just celebrated the nation's 200th birthday. It was also before the time when our food was poisoned with Roundup and GMOs. There was no high fructose corn syrup, just real cane sugar. There were no toxic plastic food packages, everything was packaged in glass cans or cellophane and was many times more nutritious than food is today, even organic stuff. So we were all healthy, active, not looking at electronic screens that didn't exist yet 24/7, it was not a 24-hour a day world either so people were actually sleeping at night. We were well-adjusted, all feeling good about things. I had a high school graduating class in 1979 of 144 students and I can tell you that there were at most three kids in the entire class that could even be considered a little overweight, only one of them was obese and she ended up being a mental health patient who had suffered from an abusive home. Things are very different these days. It breaks my heart to see all the things that have been lost to our children and grandchildren. People didn't lock their doors on their cars or their houses unless they were on vacation, there was no AIDS epidemic or 9/11 Nanny state and we were able to do anything an adult had the right to do at age 18 still. We had for the most part all grown up in two parent homes with a stay-at-home mom. And we were still taught things in school like music, cooking, how to play an instrument, speaker foreign language, and we still had art and literature in our schools. All of that changed with the Iran hostages, Ronald Reagan, AIDS and 9/11.

I'd love to go back, like you say free

So true! It was so great growing up in the 70s, wish I could go back for a visit!

@@connieburns4837as someone born in 2000, i wish i could grow up when my dad did. in the 70s. be an adult in the 80d get to live life freely. must’ve been so good.

And actually danced and enjoyed live concerts instead of holding up our smart phones and stand there like robots.

@@lisasinatra9383 I know I was happy growing up in the ‘80’s. I was born in ‘75. I was always outside with friends. Tell me, do you ever see a pack of kids on their bikes anymore?

i was a lot younger.

Yes!

Absolutely!!

I used to sing Simple Man to my boys when they were little.. I still cry every time I hear that song😢

@@angiemaney761 SAME!!

Simple Man is a must Cliff. I introduced this song to my son as a young teenager and continue to send it to him periodically! I hope if he marries one day, he’ll dance with me to Simple Man!!!

Stuff has moved way too heavy into hip hop imo. We need to find a balance. Almost every show, trailer, etc. uses hip hop now. And I LOVE Hip hop don't get me wrong, there's just something about throwing a GOOD rock song on a trailer or in soundtracks that hits different. This era of rock was unmatched.

Yes! Livin life and enjoying music with no distractions. Besides the topless girls and couples making out..lol

And no sunscreen 😂

And people lived in the moment and made the most of it.

The lyrics back then made sense. We had small children then. Life was so different then. I now fear for our great grandchildren who are little. 😢

The way I'd put it is, "I'd go back BECAUSE I'd be giving up my cell phone." Nobody ever knew where we were- esp our parents! Perfect time travel scenario- going back, being young again, & knowing then what I know now! Great post, friend!

@@andychisarick6879 fair point.

FACTS!!! I'd be standin' right next to ya: PHONELESS!!!

Sweet Home Alabama, Simple Man, Tuesdays Gone, Call Me The Breeze and The Ballad Of Curtis Leow is a good start.

I'd give up my cell phone my computer my auto start car

well said

I could not agree more.

Exactly!

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Everyone was healthier, happier, friendlier and free!!!!We had the BEST rock bands ever!!!!! It’s sad that this era is not played and enjoyed more! Untimely deaths unfortunately! Lynyrd Skynryrd was one of the best bands ever!!!!!

thats when everything started going down hill in our country. Disco sucks.

@@36karpatoruski I remember seeing graffiti on walls in Staten Island that said, “Disco sucks!”. Also this. T WHO E I didn’t know what that meant. Circa 1982. I was 7 and remember.

👍🏼😂🤘🏼😎

Truth man

It's more than the government and media. People are different. There's so many angry, cruel, and hateful people in our world now. People would rather stand around with their phones and livestream a murder than help. Nobody helps anybody, nobody trusts anybody, and we've been driven apart by lies and propaganda.

I did not know how Skynard came up with their name. That's interesting,thanx for sharing that info,I've followed music since the 70s. I recall when Brownsville Station became Foghat,as well as others I can't recall right off the top of my head. I was also a HUGE Grand Funk Railroad fan! I have most of their albums on original vinyl! I did some trading in high school for records,I traded a dude for Deep Purple Machine Head. Traded a chick for Grand Funk Railroads 1st album also. Lots of wonderful memories....

Guitar solo??? There’s 4 guitars on stage.

@@ianstradian3

@@mcwilliams4546 a base guitar is still a guitar… so 4

@@ianstradian It’s spelled bass. And it’s referred to as a bass, not a bass guitar. Skynard was famous for their “three guitar attack”.

@@mcwilliams4546 referring to a guitar as a Bass ( sorry I misspelled I was in a hurry) does not mean it’s not a Guitar. Just like the classical instrument the Bass Violin, it is still a Violin.

Curtis Lowe is one of my favorites

@@starlawilson9011one of my favorites as well… and they died (well 3 key members anyway) 3 years before I was born… Ballad of Curtis Lowe, Simple man, freebird, gimmie three steps… so many great songs in their library.

Curtis lowe, is one of my favorites, also Free bird, simple man both Skynard and (Shinedown), Tuesdays gone and the hunt are all favorites of mine.

Curtis Loew was the only Skynyrd song Ed King ever covered once he left the band- said it was his #1 favorite Skynyrd song

That's me all time Skinner Favorite

I was 7 and I remember no sunscreen just some baby oil and peroxide or lemon juice. ❤️❤️ No fake everything back then all natural beauty.

funny though, we were all thinner back then. There were very few gals that were hefty. nowadays its the opposite and there are more heavy then not it seems like. im seventys through and through im still thin, tan at least a farmers and i listen to great music.

I was 17 and grew up with this. Oddly, Skynard’s final full concert was in my hometown but they perished en route to their next gig at LSU. The final concert was just days before my 18 birthday. Southern rock was big then! The Marshall Tucker Band members were raised just 40 or so miles from my hometown so they played a good bit around home. In fact, they were part of band who opened for Charlie Daniels years later and the band was called 7 More. After some time during the concert, Charlie Daniels invited them to join him on stage and they all finished out the concert together. It was such a heartfelt concert! I mention this only because Donnie Van Zant of Skynard played with Marshall Tucker and they didn’t advertise “7 More”, we just got the best of Southern rock that evening! Fabulous concert in the early 2000’s. That was a time when life was so much more simple and fun.

@@renelpatat I grew up a little over an hour from Spartanburg.

Artimus Pyle, the drummer, is not an original but he is very much alive. He has his own band and honors the memory of the fallen members.

I was there too!

I was just turning 16 that summer, about to be 64 next week. Mom of 3, grandmother of 3. Those concerts were such fun, but I can injure myself sleeping now, I'd never last sitting all day on a 12x12 inch patch of grass! LOL

I am one of those girls, I was at this day on the Green and at 67 aI am still a whole lot of rock and roll

My bet is they still look better than most of these girls today. Still sexy as hell too. And if you wanted one, you had to look her in the eyes and ask. Rejection was real. And so was a yes and a smile.

All of the band was on the plane when it crashed except 1 backup singer but 2 members and a backup singer passed in the crash. A total of 6 ppl died in the crash.

There is a nice sized memorial to them at the crash site.

@@derklavierspieler7491 Yes I am aware of that. My intention was to answer the question the reactor had about naming the band in a short concise manner. 🙂

Yep.

late 70's most of the 80's, every cover band at a club, when asked what song they want to hear, everyone yelled t FREEBIRD!

Kinda all gone. Rickey Medlocke is still kicking and he was their first drummer. He left to form Blackfoot right before they got a label contract. You’re not wrong, but kinda, sorta…. It’s how you look at it.

​@@shawn5928 Artemis as well.

It was also that people weren't working themselves to death at 3 and 4 jobs just to just try to make rent.

@@oldeskul very true with that.

The girls weren't covered in 50 different kinds of makeup and fancy clothes. Not saying we didn't wear any makeup, but the natural look was the normal. We were all so free and the beauty of just being ourselves.

We had Coppertone if you didn't mind looking Orange.lol But that's also when we used to have a Yellow Sun instead of that blinding white ball you see nowadays. 🚜🤠🐂

@@Ozarkprepper643 Yeah or oil to attract the sun. Or the copper tone was like 10 spf 🤣

'Cuz I live at home in a trailer

​@@Theoryofadj"This ain't cool im in a rage he's tapping my mom and we're almost the same age" 😂😂

Agreed ❤

Please Clifford

@@chrisstanley2152 cliff, when the people are using, 'Clifford', you Know it's serious! Lol 🥰

Totally agree with you and I've said for years that they was more talent on that stage at one time than most bands put together everywhere.

Only Ronnie,Steve and Cassie Gaines were the band members that died.It was a shame fr those three,but more members lived than died.

Gump was Vietnam, a little B4 this .

Wow I didn't know that about Ronnie,I mean I knew he was good. That's amazing though,thanx for sharing,have a good one!

​@@JDogg73and always performed barefoot so he could feel the music's reverberation through the stage

@@dgw6092 Right,I did know that. I had a gf that lived in Tennessee and said Skynard practiced in Dale Hollow. Not sure where that's at though. I miss those original guys,just some good Ole country boys rockin'!

3 lead guitarist

likely they were way cooler than their grandkids.

Molly Hatchet!! one of my favorite bands of all time and agree with you growing up in the 70s Molly was my go to Southern Rock Band as well- went harder!! UFO; Nugent; Sabbath; Zeppelin; Floyd; Little Feat….

Molly Hatchet Flirtin' With Disaster,one of my faves!!

What a cool story! That's what it's all about...I've got a super quick story too. (I'm class of '79.) Anyway my whole life I heard Ronnie's final lyrics as "Won't you fly-y-y-y-y free bird." Just the word "fly" long & drawn out. Then a few years ago one of these reactions had lyrics & I saw its really "Won't you fly HIGH free bird." All these years- I was so embarrassed! If you listen both ways you see it makes a big difference. "Fly high" is a much more powerful image, y'know? Oh well live & learn but I'm still embarrassed- quietly, to myself- every time I hear this!

@@andychisarick6879 very cool story. Yes the “HIGH “ always makes me more powerful.

@@darlenecronin242 Hey you're pretty funny, wish I'd known you back in high school! And you've got the same last name as REO Speedwagon's singer, maybe music's just in your blood. Take care, be well!

Amen! I'm ready to see the Lord as well my friend. The world is getting too crazy and weird anymore to suit me. Wouldn't bother me if I didn't wake up in the morning...

That's beautiful. You've been blessed.