Lynyrd Skynyrd - Day On The Green - 07/02/77 - Oakland Coliseum Stadium (OFFICIAL)

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  • Lynyrd Skynyrd - Full Concert
    Recorded Live: 7/2/1977 - Oakland Coliseum Stadium (Oakland, CA)
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    Setlist:
    0:00:00 - Sweet Home Alabama
    0:06:58 - Freebird
    Personnel:
    Ronnie Van Zant - vocals
    Allen Collins - guitar
    Gary Rossington - guitar
    Steve Gaines - guitar
    Artimus Pyle - drums
    Leon Wilkeson - bass
    Billy Powell - piano
    Cassie Gaines - vocals
    Jo Billingsley - vocals
    Leslie Hawkins - vocals
    Summary:
    Just three and a half months before the fateful plane crash that killed Skynyrd members Steve Gaines, his sister, backing vocalist Cassie Gaines (of the Honkettes), and lead vocalist Ronnie Van Zandt, Lynyrd Skynyrd played this 4th of July weekend program in Oakland.
    While this is only a partial recording of the show, two of the three songs are probably the ones you would skip to anyway: "Sweet Home Alabama" and the legendary closing track that has inspired legions of concert-going yokels to make millions of ironic requests over the years, "Free Bird." The first track is an excerpt of a standard Skynyrd live show cover, Jimmie Rodgers' "T for Texas" The guys take six minutes to stretch their legs on this version of "Sweet Home Alabama." The song had been released three years prior as a response song to the Neil Young numbers "Southern Man" and "Alabama," which were both critical of southern politics. Ironically, by some reports, Van Zant was wearing a Neil Young t-shirt at the time of this performance.
    The show is closed with "Free Bird," which by many fans' estimations is only rivaled by Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" as the most epic closing song in rock history. Allen Collins handles most of the five-minute solo, while Gary Rossington plays the "bird-chirp" guitar parts, which are not on the original recording, as well as the slide work on the opening riffs. Billy Powell also plays a masterful piano solo that is unique to the live show.
    While Lynyrd Skynyrd would release the multi-platinum Street Survivors in October of 1977, the band's structure would be fundamentally devastated by the crash of their private Convair 240 that took the lives of three members, as well as the pilots and assistant road manager Dean Kilpatrick, and terribly injured every other member, except for Honkette, JoJo Billingsley, who was at home with her children and had reportedly begged the band to quit using the plane after dreaming of such a crash.
    From the ashes of this Skynyrd incarnation, Van Zant's younger brother, Johnny, stepped in and made Lynyrd Skynyrd a popular band once more when they reformed in 1987. Lynyrd Skynyrd is planning to release an unearthed recording of pre-plane crash Skynyrd in 2009.
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  • @michaelperry122
    @michaelperry122 Před 4 lety +58

    I was at this concert, 18 years old, just graduated high school. What a day it was. Music was hot, weather was hot, chicks were hot! So happy I was able to see Skynyrd in person before the devastating plane crash. They were so good and the best was still ahead of them. The songs/music the world lost, what a shame. Frampton and Santana were great that day too, great times that are long gone forever......

    • @juansarabia7530
      @juansarabia7530 Před 11 měsíci +6

      I too was there as a 20 something year old.

    • @betsylbigelow
      @betsylbigelow Před 6 měsíci +4

      A great show...I was there, too 😎

    • @BillGorman
      @BillGorman Před 3 měsíci +3

      I was there too, but a year older than you, from Fremont.

    • @debw9351
      @debw9351 Před měsícem +3

      I was there too. I was only 13 years old and went with my friends who are 14 and 16 years old definitely was a hot day and the best concert I have ever been to!! Lynyrd Skynyrd completely rocked! Though I loved everybody that played that day! I really love Peter Frampton and Elton John and Santana but we were all there to see Lynyrd Skynyrd!! But I also really wanted to see Elton John. So many good memories of those days and the music. So glad I was able to be in that time.

  • @bubhub64
    @bubhub64 Před 9 lety +351

    Jesus Christ, bring back the 70's! Please!!

    • @stanc8474
      @stanc8474 Před 9 lety +31

      bubhub64
      Damn right! You can't find this today, unfortunately. How lucky were some of us older folks to experience this in real time?!

    • @geerterri
      @geerterri Před 8 lety +7

      +Stan C
      But we are no longer teenagers, and I wouldn't want to be. TG.

    • @starlitblond
      @starlitblond Před 7 lety +8

      Stan C Oh my gosh.. sooo lucky! I saw all of the first few years shows.. always running down to the front when the gates opened. Trying to find mysel fun some of these videos. Magical days.

    • @nataliegilbreth6614
      @nataliegilbreth6614 Před 7 lety +19

      No such thing as sunscreen, huh? The place is glowing pink. My boyfriend always wanted me to sit on his shoulders and he'd be eating handfuls of shrooms, smoking Columbian gold, probably already shared a fifth - he never dropped me, but I have no idea how he stayed up! Partied hard and went to see just about everyone that came to Texas. youtube almost takes you there. And thanks for uploading the whole fabulous concert!

    • @maggieg60
      @maggieg60 Před 7 lety +9

      Amen! Some of the greatest days of my life.

  • @secondamendment
    @secondamendment Před 7 lety +286

    I need to build that time machine I have been thinking of.........anyone want in?

    • @GISLabor
      @GISLabor Před 5 lety +8

      yes

    • @fartknocker8363
      @fartknocker8363 Před 5 lety +3

      The remnants are all around you.....go forward...not back. The fight is right there. I dig the music thing...but better music is waiting to be heard.

    • @daletennant5553
      @daletennant5553 Před 5 lety +8

      Please let me know if you decide to go through

    • @paulj0557tonehead
      @paulj0557tonehead Před 5 lety +14

      Oh God yes, I want my 1977 back. I turned 12 that October 13th. The plane of the GREATEST BAND EVER- LYNYRD SKYNYRD went down 7 days later. That is 7 DAYS into my 13th YEAR. And as of the day of this July 77' concert, I had been playing guitar for about 2 weeks. Music became my life!
      Steve Gains is in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, so so sad his life was cut short that tragic day, but so wonderful to know that his talent just sneaked by as the 4th 6-steel string slinger of Skynyrd's lineup. People say, "Steve Gains would have become a legend!" No, he IS A LEGEND!

    • @vectro4284
      @vectro4284 Před 5 lety +4

      Well, there is somebody holding a Motorola at 0:27...

  • @kellyelizabeth1575
    @kellyelizabeth1575 Před rokem +34

    I watch this as much for the crowd as I do for Lynard Skynard. I miss the 70’s and the joy I felt back then. Life was so uncomplicated. I can feel what it was like back just by watching the crowd. We went and did things back then and no one sat around inside or on their pc’s or phones (and not one overweight person or cell phone in that crowd anywhere!!) I miss those days and hate that my kids don’t know life like I did back then. Best days of my life ❤

    • @Michaelcartellone-vr1ce
      @Michaelcartellone-vr1ce Před rokem +1

      Hello, how are you doing today? Nice meeting you here.

    • @matthewbonner2261
      @matthewbonner2261 Před rokem +3

      I feel the same , just want to slip back in time ! Magical….I love the crowd , I was 19 then . I feel like I know them . Hope your doing well .

    • @matthewbonner2261
      @matthewbonner2261 Před rokem +2

      @@Michaelcartellone-vr1ce pretty good , they say don't stay in the past....but if I could go back , DAMN !!!

    • @troyperkins7051
      @troyperkins7051 Před 10 měsíci

      LYNYRD SKYNYRD

    • @pixnstix
      @pixnstix Před 4 měsíci +1

      It's cool seeing these videos, but I if I could kill the internet , I would in a heartbeat. Yes, life was better back in the 70s/80s.

  • @bonzo713
    @bonzo713 Před 6 lety +135

    Look at that crowd!... What a beautiful site.

    • @chungasrevenge9222
      @chungasrevenge9222 Před 4 lety +7

      All the girls were there to see Peter Frampton

    • @lynyrdskynyrd7779
      @lynyrdskynyrd7779 Před 4 lety +3

      @@chungasrevenge9222 and? dumbass

    • @mikenealon4042
      @mikenealon4042 Před 3 lety +11

      not one phone

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  • @randytritt4610
    @randytritt4610 Před 6 lety +125

    No one will ever put more heart and soul in a solo like Allen Collins does with Freebird!!! Best band ever and never will there be again!!! Fly on Freebirds ur music will stand the test of time and generations to come!!!

    • @davidmercer9370
      @davidmercer9370 Před 2 lety +6

      You got that right you sure got that right

    • @XOkie
      @XOkie Před 2 lety +4

      He looks like he's wasted in every video but he sure can play. You're right. He OWNS Freebird. RIP Allen.

    • @kevenrowe2958
      @kevenrowe2958 Před rokem +3

      @@XOkie he just had lazy eyes

    • @garygiannini5945
      @garygiannini5945 Před 11 měsíci +1

      @@XOkie Who cares if he was wasted ....! I was wasted when I attended..!

    • @mr.breeze8796
      @mr.breeze8796 Před 8 měsíci

      @@garygiannini5945 Heeheeheeeee!

  • @markw1354
    @markw1354 Před 7 lety +93

    I was at that show, before Ronnie got killed in the plane crash. At 58, I was in my 20's. Time has flown by . . . RIP Ronnie, peace all . . .

    • @markw1354
      @markw1354 Před 7 lety +9

      -> Brett Dent Please do not indulge in envy as I just happened to be 27 years old when you were born, and 19 at the time of the show. It was, however, a great show. And the band was completely " tight ". Peace Brother . . .

    • @srrings
      @srrings Před 6 lety +7

      Time has flown by 11/06/58 I was at the Paramount in Seattle wash.for the On The Hunt Tour. Seattle Coliseum for the Gimmie Back My Bullets and One More For The Road Tours At the 3,000 seat Paramount Theater i turned around during the solo on Freebird and every single soul in that place as playing there own air Guitar

    • @davidbrickey3677
      @davidbrickey3677 Před 6 lety +4

      Mark W I'm same age.

    • @lucy0537
      @lucy0537 Před 6 lety +4

      Mark W Can we be friends n you can tell me all about it please? I'm a huge fan of the real Skynyrd n just finished the book TURN IT Up by Ron Eckerman. .....my birthday is also the same day as Ronnies. ........just a different year. ......I relate to Ronnie n his group sooo much. ......they are part of me in a way I can't explain. ......Maybe I was born in the wrong generation?

  • @criagwade9195
    @criagwade9195 Před rokem +7

    Lynyrd skynyrd at their best, everybody in their right place. couldn't have ever played it better.

  • @jimmycoscia2539
    @jimmycoscia2539 Před 5 lety +107

    Ronnie was a man's man. just stood there singing his ass off. no prancing around the stage. miss these guys

    • @Allan-et5ig
      @Allan-et5ig Před 3 lety +8

      Also - gotta love his scowl.

    • @kevingyurecz8177
      @kevingyurecz8177 Před 3 lety +12

      Ronnie always went barefoot also. He was a southern badass.the whole band!

    • @jdmvogel
      @jdmvogel Před 2 lety +10

      Ronnie Van Zant was the fucking man. He led his band like nobody else ever has. The way he walked, the way he talked, he was not to be fucked with and that band knew who ran the show and he led them the right way. They blew up faster and bigger than anyone else behind Ronnie’s leadership. It’s crazy what he was able to do making the decisions for the band and doing so without any advising or any experience with such pressure and superstardom...doing so and being smart enough to turn down a lot of money knowing they’re worth more money.

    • @lt2339
      @lt2339 Před 2 lety +9

      @@jdmvogel
      I just wish he was smart enough to refuse to get on that plane.

    • @rcbuck5384
      @rcbuck5384 Před 2 lety +4

      NO BOOTS ON STAGE

  • @Datenkabel
    @Datenkabel Před 6 lety +50

    Gets my vote for best crowd ever

  • @Donna777
    @Donna777 Před 8 lety +72

    Damn...Ronnie had SWAG!! They all did!!!

  • @stansmad
    @stansmad Před 6 lety +177

    Steve Gaines & Alan Collins unbelievable !

  • @shawnl9156
    @shawnl9156 Před 4 lety +66

    Lynyrd Skynyrd one of the best rock bands of all time. And I love the crowd in this video. Not all tatted up and no cellphones! Those were the days!

  • @iagoribeiro4940
    @iagoribeiro4940 Před 6 lety +28

    The footage quality is unbeliavable

    • @adamdorsey8157
      @adamdorsey8157 Před 2 lety +3

      I was thinking the same exact thing. Makes me think. Time travel? Like how is this footage so good like it's Dam good.
      Rest in piece to the great ones who have gone but will never be forgotten.

    • @kalebkorona9004
      @kalebkorona9004 Před 2 měsíci

      The camera men that recorded this will forever be heroes as well. This is the closest to time travel as you can get@@adamdorsey8157

  • @deaconsonnycarr.1963
    @deaconsonnycarr.1963 Před 2 lety +21

    I remember those days growing up Lynyrd Skynyrd if you didnt live those days as a youth you will never understand.

    • @debw9351
      @debw9351 Před měsícem

      Well said I agree 100%

  • @hondomckee.8232
    @hondomckee.8232 Před 6 lety +57

    The frame right at 14:12 is so striking. The camera comes from behind the girls on the shoulders to frame Allen there just ripping it up. Beautiful and powerful. Real people experiencing a real band.

    • @g.o.centric8143
      @g.o.centric8143 Před 3 lety +3

      Wow... I just read that as it was happening... crazy

  • @MrPhillyfan09
    @MrPhillyfan09 Před 8 lety +43

    R.I.P. Brothers...Greatest Southern Rock Band of all time!!!

  • @leodurocher5454
    @leodurocher5454 Před 6 lety +42

    at their absolute peak here. Hard to believe it ended for this great band less than 4 months later....what a damn shame

  • @brianhenderson9470
    @brianhenderson9470 Před 3 lety +20

    70's music lead by Skynyrd was simply the best ever.

  • @GMHG777
    @GMHG777 Před 2 lety +21

    That jam between Collins and Gaines at the end of Freebird is epic as hell and I’m not a southern rock fan much, but that’s immortal greatness right there !

  • @bharatnaik9597
    @bharatnaik9597 Před 9 lety +35

    "If I leave here tomorrow, will you still remember me.." How utterly prophetic and sad. One of the finest footages around....

    • @geerterri
      @geerterri Před 8 lety +3

      +Bharat Naik
      He wrote it with Duane Allman, of the Allman Brothers, in mind. Duane died in 1971 in a motor cycle crash.

    • @gewdferyew4844
      @gewdferyew4844 Před 6 lety +5

      Terri Geer Apparently Allen's wife asked him that.

    • @michelebergman4336
      @michelebergman4336 Před 4 lety +2

      Bharat Naik Ronnie was A Prophet! He was a Real Leader & took care of all those Kids in his Band! They were the Nirvana of the 70s! Why do ALL the Best Rockers DIE SO YOUNG??? If they are all on the Otherside...it won’t be so bad to Go there🙏Bless Them ALL💕

    • @ElizabethJohnson-ss4ce
      @ElizabethJohnson-ss4ce Před 2 měsíci

      @@geerterri Freebird was written in 1970. It was not written about Allman.

  • @roltyd22
    @roltyd22 Před 6 lety +5

    Man would I love to go back 40 years ..fun times that are long gone lol

  • @dogfishale4988
    @dogfishale4988 Před 8 lety +47

    13:21 one of the best jams in history begins

    • @edreebenaker5094
      @edreebenaker5094 Před 6 lety

      dogfish ale yeah I know this shows 2 hours and 1 minute long and I wish I had it all used to have it on VHS but now I'm fucking rumbled down the fucking CZcams with their little bit of fucking Cutthroat shit

    • @WhoisVinnie
      @WhoisVinnie Před rokem

      13:13

  • @florenciapoli6184
    @florenciapoli6184 Před 7 měsíci +3

    This was an incredible Day on the Green.

  • @MrPhillyfan09
    @MrPhillyfan09 Před 8 lety +32

    Greatest fan reaction to Freebird I have ever seen!!! Oakland is southern rock no doubt!! Skynyrd forever!!!!

  • @robertwischnia842
    @robertwischnia842 Před 3 lety +14

    I was at that Day on the Green and I’ve seen this video 1000 times and I still get goose bumps. Great band just reaching its peak.

  • @Gator33able
    @Gator33able Před 8 lety +35

    never got to see them ,but I sure got to grow up with their music. SKYNYRD Forever

    • @stephenadams1714
      @stephenadams1714 Před 6 lety +1

      Gator33able same here I’m an ole Kentucky boy I lived ,breathed and my class mates nicknamed me Lynyrd and it really saddened me when I heard that the plane went down!

  • @kawasakiwhiptwo5821
    @kawasakiwhiptwo5821 Před 9 měsíci +3

    Must be pretty awesome to look back and see your sister singing back up for you.
    R.I.P. you two.

  • @tedGEGI
    @tedGEGI Před 9 lety +31

    Somewhere, out in that crowd, I was standing, with 4 of my shipmates. Had no idea who the hell these guys were. Found that out later after buying their LPs. We bought "dirt weed", that we smoked and smoked and smoked, and convinced ourselves we were high. Great concert that day.

    • @kewlbreez77
      @kewlbreez77 Před 6 lety +3

      in '77 I had some Japanese friends who a couple of them 1 time bought some weed, they couldn't understand why they didn't get high from it, so one of em asks me, being American, to check it out... I took a whiff in their baggie and told em, basically, they could put it on their pizza and eat it! I then explained how some dirtbags mixed cheap Mexican weed w/ basil & oregano... to sell it to unsuspecting "rookies", that's how it was explained to me in '75-'76. Yeah, life's a good teacher, hopefully people learn from experience.

    • @MichaelSmith-xb5cp
      @MichaelSmith-xb5cp Před 6 lety +5

      I remember that Mexican dirt weed from back in the day, gave you a headache...paraquat

  • @brutebiz82
    @brutebiz82 Před 2 lety +8

    Santana; Lynyrd Skynyrd; Peter Frampton all in their primes and all performing on stage that day. What an awesome experience for concert-goers.

  • @RandyTWA
    @RandyTWA Před 6 lety +33

    That right there is how it’s done boys and girls!!!

    • @srrings
      @srrings Před 5 lety +3

      seen skynyrd 3times in Seattle talk about a melt down the whole night built up to freebird and air guitar was invented

  • @jollie6040
    @jollie6040 Před 2 lety +10

    The best band in history to this day!!!

  • @mr.breeze8796
    @mr.breeze8796 Před 7 lety +51

    there IS NOTHIN MORE AWESOME THAN THIS SHIT RIGHT HERE

  • @davewayne3983
    @davewayne3983 Před 7 lety +11

    3 words for ya :)...............TURN IT UP

  • @Lockemeister
    @Lockemeister Před 8 lety +17

    Too awesome for words

  • @khatarootube
    @khatarootube Před 8 lety +82

    I was at this day on the green and 15 years at the time. Hearing this again really brings me back to such a wonderful time in my life. This was such an epic show including Peter Frampton, Santana, and The Outlaws. I had so much fun this day. Little did we know that Ronnie and others would die in a plane crash about two months later.

    • @loriphilpott6389
      @loriphilpott6389 Před 8 lety +15

      +Khataroo I was ther too!. I was 17 years old. Good times, good memorises!

    • @acmeman
      @acmeman Před 8 lety +9

      +Khataroo I was not there but I feel like I was. Maybe my soul was....

    • @montgomerydenzer8805
      @montgomerydenzer8805 Před 8 lety +10

      +Khataroo My very first concert after graduating High School (Daly City) Stoned off my ass

    • @montgomerydenzer8805
      @montgomerydenzer8805 Před 8 lety +7

      +Khataroo Aloha my friend. Yeah I was there too. One of my FAVS is when Graham brought ACDC to the Bay Area They opened DAG circa 78 and since I worked in a record store I opened that Mall (Serramonte) every day to WHOLE LOT OF ROSIE/ DIRTY DEEDS

    • @montgomerydenzer8805
      @montgomerydenzer8805 Před 8 lety +3

      Day on the Green----Peter Tosh/ Edie Money/ Santana/ Rolling Stones78 Mick's bday and very late

  • @ald668
    @ald668 Před 5 lety +20

    For me, the greatest band---EVER!

  • @bigblue1762
    @bigblue1762 Před 6 lety +19

    Great band. What else needs to be said

  • @maxthomas1850
    @maxthomas1850 Před 9 měsíci +2

    It was Day on the Green and I was there. Still have pictures on slides with my Minolta zoom lens. Good old days.

  • @tampetrie2858
    @tampetrie2858 Před 9 lety +21

    Pure classic Southern Rock , bless all y'alls hearts.

  • @TGM9A1
    @TGM9A1 Před 8 lety +35

    God damn, Steve could play that guitar !!!!

    • @Tyler_3
      @Tyler_3 Před 7 lety +11

      TGM9A1 allen Collins as well! rip to them both

    • @dylanwatson1287
      @dylanwatson1287 Před 6 lety +5

      And Gary Rossington and Leon Wilkeson. Gary was the one along with Ed King and Ronnie that made this great song in their hell house a few years before this was shot.

    • @RockFan98
      @RockFan98 Před 6 lety +4

      The best Guitarist Skynyrd ever had

    • @timothym3777
      @timothym3777 Před 5 lety +5

      Allen Collins wrote the song with Van Zant

    • @drewfear4474
      @drewfear4474 Před 5 lety +6

      Steve Gaines pushed Allen and Gary to new heights but there chemistry is undeniable. Steve is just my absolute favorite!!! Thank you Ronnie for having a dream and pursuing it for us to have the best rock band of all time.

  • @ramonalautzenheiser9397
    @ramonalautzenheiser9397 Před 5 lety +15

    I loved the music so much! Went with some friends to the Tampa fairgrounds in '75 to see them. I had never heard of them. Their stage performance was full of heart and soul, just blew me away.....

  • @1927su
    @1927su Před měsícem +1

    Here it is 2024 & this popped up on my phone- love it . I never tire of Ronnie VZ & the band, sure thinking of Ed King as well. So many gone but NEVER FORGOTTEN! Rock in Peace you’all .

  • @flashy5150
    @flashy5150 Před 6 lety +16

    10:16 Billy Powell, whom "made" Lynyrd Skynyrd the best -- a pure master of the piano.

  • @carlolding7699
    @carlolding7699 Před 2 lety +4

    I was 17 and was able to experience Santana, Frampton and Skynyrd for less than $20! HEAVEN!

  • @anthonyfontenot2334
    @anthonyfontenot2334 Před 6 lety +30

    Don't know how Allen, Steve, and Gary are not in Rolling Stones top 100 guitar players

    • @partsbdf
      @partsbdf Před 2 lety +6

      They are in my Book!

    • @RobertJ890
      @RobertJ890 Před 2 lety +4

      Because Rolling Stone is a bunch of pansie asses that know nothing about playing guitar. This is the same magazine that had Nirvana solos in the top 100 and that’s comedy

    • @andrewperkins8532
      @andrewperkins8532 Před 2 lety +5

      who made that list clearly never listened to those 3 legends play together, gary, Allen and steve were super super talented, at least we still have gary, still going at nearly 70 years old.

    • @richardstover6907
      @richardstover6907 Před rokem +1

      It's a damn shame.... Gary and Allen for sure should be high on that list

  • @kathiereilly2733
    @kathiereilly2733 Před 2 lety +2

    I was there!!

  • @mr.breeze8796
    @mr.breeze8796 Před rokem +5

    I hope Gary's family feels the love and appreciation the fans have for this unique and outstanding talent and founding member of the greatest band in history

  • @kaoseast1
    @kaoseast1 Před 9 lety +12

    Ronnie reached for the sky the words are a haunting reminder that we all ride a relationship till it bends or breaks then it ends ..The relationship with the Music and the band is as long as a great song . will never end .Ronnie and this music stand alone.

  • @anthonysmithey11
    @anthonysmithey11 Před 3 lety +27

    Collins and Gaines really seemed to enjoy performing together on that stage. Definately not to take anything away from King, but this was one awsome lineup!!

    • @rcbuck5384
      @rcbuck5384 Před 2 lety +5

      RONNIE ALWAYS TOOK BOOTS OFF BEFORE GETTING ON STAGE . FEELING THE ROCK!!!

    • @deanmatson299
      @deanmatson299 Před 2 lety +2

      All the good die young sorry

    • @WhoisVinnie
      @WhoisVinnie Před rokem +2

      Artimus Pyle is still alive. Gary Rossington, the last surviving original member and last living person to play on the debut album, has became a Free Bird.

  • @SuperDrJeckyl
    @SuperDrJeckyl Před 6 lety +40

    In my mind they were the best ever live band Thanks so much for this.

  • @geerterri
    @geerterri Před 6 lety +9

    .38 Special, with Ronnie's younger brother Donnie, had released their first studio album, 38 Special, two months before this concert. Lynyrd Skynyrd's plane crash was October 20, 1977, three months after this concert and 5 months after .38 Special's first album. With this plane crash, all the members of .38 Special lost all of the "big brothers" that they had grown up around.

  • @randypiplica5790
    @randypiplica5790 Před 8 lety +14

    I was at this show...Just amazing.

  • @JamesG1126
    @JamesG1126 Před 2 lety +6

    This is a real rock band with real rock stars!

  • @bigstyx
    @bigstyx Před 2 lety +4

    Missed this concert but attended 6 day on the green in Oakland CA. Lived 50 minutes away. Can’t believe how I long for those days and dream of the past.

  • @randystallard8079
    @randystallard8079 Před 4 lety +10

    Perfection and nothing but!!!!❤✌

  • @sidmansfield9152
    @sidmansfield9152 Před 6 lety +28

    Lynyrd Skynrd was just cool!!! They just went up to play and didn't put showing their ass to the forefront! . . I like that!

  • @maryannmerritt3922
    @maryannmerritt3922 Před 5 lety +12

    So so blessed to be right up in the middle of all those feathered hair girls rockin out to this amazing band. Sun burnt to the max but a small price to pay to the rock gods! 3 months later it was over

  • @derekponteri1491
    @derekponteri1491 Před 4 lety +6

    I was born in 98... and I can gladly say . This is real and good and soul music.

  • @rocker2462
    @rocker2462 Před 9 lety +23

    What a band!

  • @rockuhard76
    @rockuhard76 Před 3 lety +60

    I always have mixed feelings when watching these old Skynyrd performances. On one hand, the music is brilliant and timeless. On the other hand, it is heartbreaking to watch this knowing what ghastly fate awaited these vibrant, talented young people only a short time later. Of the 10 band members on that stage, 3 died in their 20s, 1 in his 30s, 1 in his 40s, and 2 in their 50s. Sad.

    • @po5541
      @po5541 Před 3 lety +4

      Yes same here so sad

    • @ursulaschlapbach311
      @ursulaschlapbach311 Před rokem +4

      Very sad and very disturbing!

    • @ursulaschlapbach311
      @ursulaschlapbach311 Před rokem +3

      In deutsch: das wirft einige Fragen über unsere Gesellschaft auf! It s the same in Switzerland: Society really sucks

    • @mr.breeze8796
      @mr.breeze8796 Před rokem +4

      We are all sad about what happened. But when I hear Skynyrd a huge grin comes across my face and I just let myself enjoy this great music. What a waste to just sit around and mourn and be sad. That's not what this music is about. It's about enjoying life and having a shit-kickin good time enjoying this timeless music. Put a stiff drink in my hand and turn it up as loud as possible and I'm in hog heaven with the biggest shit-eaten grin you ever saw. And I'll be toe tappin and knee slappin and singing to the top of my lungs

    • @jonathancook3389
      @jonathancook3389 Před rokem +1

      We never know what not where life has in store for us.

  • @wassupdoc2780
    @wassupdoc2780 Před 3 lety +16

    Watching this was like you were there. How awesome they were. Just phenomenal. Why oh why did it have to end so tragically. Just doesn't seem fair. Tears and laughter came out of me when they went into the lead guitar parts. They were such great musicians and song writers. Just seemed like they were really great people, not perfect but who is? They were and still are my favorite band. Loved playing their music on guitar. Big influence in that. May we all meet each other in God's kingdom.

  • @joebaby555
    @joebaby555 Před 5 lety +12

    What a great clip! Those solos were classic and the Freebird end jam was on of the best I’ve ever heard. Wow...ripping with energy and talent!

  • @srgrounds
    @srgrounds Před rokem +2

    Comon people, it don’t get any better than three screaming lead guitars. Miss you guys so much.

  • @tomiasthexder7673
    @tomiasthexder7673 Před 9 lety +13

    Killer performance! Some sweet guitar solos in there.

  • @jeffsmith7215
    @jeffsmith7215 Před 8 lety +24

    THANKS FOR PUTTING THIS ON UTUBE IT IS REALLY HEART TOUCHING. RIP

    • @dallasnoah7160
      @dallasnoah7160 Před 8 lety +3

      glad there music lives on for my grandchildren to enjoy

  • @RhymeandReason63
    @RhymeandReason63 Před 9 měsíci +2

    I was there! 13 years old and my first concert. Two of my sisters took me for my 8th grade graduation present.

  • @brianketelboeter8522
    @brianketelboeter8522 Před 9 měsíci +3

    all i can say is "Yes! Yes I will remember you Mr van Zant"

  • @mr.breeze8796
    @mr.breeze8796 Před 7 lety +34

    I'm 54 years old and have seen a lot of great RnR, but I have to say... this is the greatest performance I have ever seen anywhere, anytime by anybody... RIP all you guy that are gone, you were absolutely the GREATEST!!!

    • @stonefly4894
      @stonefly4894 Před 6 lety +3

      Johnny Reb Greatest rock and roll band to ever set foot on a stage,bar none.Mr.Van Zant was by far the greatest front man also.This line up only made one album together,Street Survivors,(my favorite)Can you imagine the albums they would've made?Long live The Lynyrd Skynyrd Band.Long live Ronald Wayne Van Zant.

    • @jameshodonicky4329
      @jameshodonicky4329 Před 6 lety +4

      Lynyrd Skynyrd is the greatest American band ever assembled. Back then I know they would blow the doors off any band on the bill, even Led Zeppelin.

  • @ethangoode635
    @ethangoode635 Před 9 lety +3

    Allen Collins holy shit... I mean, all of them were fucking incredible.

  • @donfilkins298
    @donfilkins298 Před 6 lety +46

    Best rock band to ever grace this planet

  • @lynnm.goodman.3508
    @lynnm.goodman.3508 Před rokem +2

    Bring back all the men and women that have given us such precious and priceless music !!I know that can’t happen, but it is a lovely thought. I miss the original Skynyrd lineup so badly😢😢😢

  • @richardjohnson474
    @richardjohnson474 Před 9 lety +9

    Thank you Bill Graham If it wasn't for him having the presence of mind to film this great band alot of people would'nt have seen them.

    • @geerterri
      @geerterri Před 8 lety +2

      +Richard Johnson
      He was a genius, wasn't he?
      But LS had been playing all over the country, and had hits, before BG added them into his Day On The Green concerts.

  • @caymusfreemark7855
    @caymusfreemark7855 Před 5 lety +6

    I saw this show and they were already superstars. This was the SECOND time I saw Lynryd Skynyrd. The FIRST time was way back in 1973 at the Cow Palace when they were nobodies who opened for the Who on the Who's Quadraphenia Tour. I was all going get these guys off the stage and let the Who play. Then they whipped out a twenty minute version of "Free Bird" I became a fan right then and there.

  • @beebeedavis240
    @beebeedavis240 Před 3 lety +10

    This band was and will be the best ever. They'll never another band that great God bless all of them in heaven and the one's still with us we love you

    • @Michaelcartellone-vr1ce
      @Michaelcartellone-vr1ce Před rokem

      Hello, how are you doing today?Nice meeting you here.

    • @troyperkins7051
      @troyperkins7051 Před 10 měsíci

      They're gone from Earth; But, Will live in my heart until I'm consumed by life....

  • @caliblue2
    @caliblue2 Před 3 lety +6

    Omg Allen’s guitar solo😲😍 the music of my awakening⚡️ sooo freaking badass

  • @gregwilliams4201
    @gregwilliams4201 Před 6 lety +6

    1976 though 77 no band could touch these guys they were on fire...RIP Ronnie

  • @peck404
    @peck404 Před 6 lety +4

    Ronnie🎶😉 man he looks so happy I love seeing the audience😉🎶

  • @starlitblond
    @starlitblond Před 7 lety +3

    Far frickin out!! Man those were the times.. the magical Days! Still trying to find myself in these videos. I always made it down to the front. Tube tops and super blonde feathered hair. That would be so cool to find me.

  • @scotthares
    @scotthares Před 7 lety +263

    I was there - I think I saw me in the crowd too! Anyway, I can assure everyone that no adults were harmed by the rebel flag backdrop seen in this video. Back then, we actually had some character, some sack and we weren't pussies. Oh, and the chicks were hot too, but we were all quite young then.

    • @scotthares
      @scotthares Před 7 lety +30

      Man-o-man, you speak a lot of truth right there Brett. I couldn't have said it any better. It's so sad to see what a phony baloney shell of "open-minded culture" the SF Bay Area has descended into since these great times.

    • @josiahjohnston5190
      @josiahjohnston5190 Před 6 lety +16

      And I don’t know if I’ve ever met someone who doesn’t love skynyrd

    • @wesnorthcutt639
      @wesnorthcutt639 Před 6 lety +11

      and now were all getting old----er.

    • @RodRocker2010
      @RodRocker2010 Před 6 lety +14

      I agree with you 100%! I saw Skynyrd a couple of times in Oakland.
      I finally found someone selling Lynyrd Skynyrd Southern By The Grace of God Flags on eBay.
      I've looked for years. I bought 3 of those puppies. I WILL fly them PROUDLY!
      I live in the country in the Central Valley in Ca. And we are independent, tough, and gentlemen.

    • @janetdavis7355
      @janetdavis7355 Před 5 lety +16

      For everyone here bashing the liberal thinkers back then; I was there that day. We WERE the liberals, assholes. And so was Lynerd Skynerd. Whatever offends the people today, is the product of calculated divisiveness. We're not the sheep. You are. So fuck you. Sincerely, a Grandmother

  • @khatarootube
    @khatarootube Před 9 lety +32

    I was at that show. It was an epic day for me.

    • @janetdavis7355
      @janetdavis7355 Před 5 lety +6

      Me too! Me and my friends layed down a blanket between Home and First Base. Just a couple of years out of high school. We made that little space our own for several years. Cheers!

    • @karenligotino2284
      @karenligotino2284 Před 4 lety +4

      I was there too..wish I could rewind back lol

  • @steveng1624
    @steveng1624 Před 3 lety +4

    Them guys was making some UNBELIEVABLE music together in the 70's.

  • @stevemason5173
    @stevemason5173 Před 2 lety +6

    I was at this concert helping out back stage. This was one "ROCKIN" concert when Skynyrd hit the stage.
    It totally "SUCKS" to High Heaven that there will never be a concert like this again.
    I no longer got home from Oakland California to Columbus Ohio and I heard the breaking news of the plane crash. 109 days later and tragedy struck. As I watch them from the front in this video, It's shocking that not one of them had a clue what the short future held. God Bless them all and hope they have Heaven rockin for when we all get there...

    • @feellucky271
      @feellucky271 Před rokem +3

      Actually I believe it was Miss Hawkins,one of the Honkettes grandmother had A dream,a premonition type dream that the plane would crash and so Miss Hawkins refused to board and go with them that night and consequently she didn't crash in Mississippi with Ronnie,Cassie and Steve and the rest of the band and crew. Hman intuition is a powerful and strange thing.
      Another gift from the good Lord I guess.
      Take care.

    • @stevemason5173
      @stevemason5173 Před rokem +1

      @@feellucky271 ~ I saw an interview where several members didn't want to board the plane, but Ronnie told them "If it's your time, It's your time" and if they didn't get on the plane they were fired. That's why Miss JoJo Hawkins was fired from the group.
      I'm telling ya Mr. Lucky, after being back stage at that concert and flying back to Columbus Ohio about 5-6 weeks later and hearing the news of the crash, it rocked my world to a major extreme. I was bummed for a long time. I haven't been on a plane since...

    • @matthewbonner2261
      @matthewbonner2261 Před rokem

      Hi Steve , do you know of any other videos of this concert ??

  • @TheScorpions8080
    @TheScorpions8080 Před 9 lety +6

    That was awesome😝

  • @AlyRaeKY
    @AlyRaeKY Před 3 lety +2

    How blessed these people were to be able to see Lynyrd Skynyrd in person! Look at this amazing crowd! That's pure American right there! My heart goes out to the Skynyrd Family as I know this must be a hard day. Cheers to the best band EVER!

  • @lisaduggan2558
    @lisaduggan2558 Před 9 lety +7

    Check it out, frame 27!! I was there and IT ROCKED!!!!

  • @jeepers251
    @jeepers251 Před 2 lety +1

    this show should be on cd and dvd

  • @kuekenliebe
    @kuekenliebe Před 3 měsíci +1

    An incredibly strong performance from all ten actors🎸🎸🎸🎸🎶🎶❤

  • @jamesunger8433
    @jamesunger8433 Před 7 lety +7

    Kings of southern rock. Man to have been there I'd go back in time to immerse in the joy of Lynyrd Skynyrd and damn it warn ronnie don't get on that damn plane.... Huge loss....

    • @kewlbreez77
      @kewlbreez77 Před 6 lety

      "Kings of southern rock." I understand your opinion, they were truly great, I go with Allman Brothers Band, tho, personally; they were all great, though. I missed LSB in Philly, was too young to ever have seen ABB with Dwayne.

    • @Max-eo1ik
      @Max-eo1ik Před 6 lety +3

      kewlbreez77 Skynyrd was more of a rock band and their influence was deeper than the Allmans. The Allmans were a good band, but they were just like the Grateful Dead. Jam on and on until you don't know what the hell your listening to. Skynyrd could write songs with meaningful lyrics with great licks and grooves. The Allmans made some great music, but I can't connect to their music. Two completely different bands.

  • @angeliquelusk5292
    @angeliquelusk5292 Před 7 lety +8

    What I would give to be back in the 70"s. Oh Yeah My Heaven Right down front at the stage, right at there feet.......

  • @Gator33able
    @Gator33able Před 8 lety +8

    Man that had to of been a AWESOME Concert .So many times i wish I could of seen them

  • @JerryMack
    @JerryMack Před 3 lety +4

    I was there that day. There were four bands that played in this order: The Outlaws, Santana, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Peter Frampton. Lynyrd Skynyrd was the best. They had everyone stomping their feet to the music.

  • @WilderMom
    @WilderMom Před 9 lety +33

    HOT Damn!!! That was good!! I was there, but never woulda thought I'd be watching it all these years later on CZcams. :-)) Thanks so much!!

    • @marysmith6228
      @marysmith6228 Před 9 lety +3

      Georgia Wilder Wish we was back in the 70's! Man this Rocks!

    • @WilderMom
      @WilderMom Před 9 lety +8

      You're right Mary smith​ it does ROCK!! I was so lucky to be able to see so many of the coolest 70's bands. Being a teen in the SF Bay area back then was very cool. :))

    • @fat5662
      @fat5662 Před 8 lety

      +Georgia Wilder yea

    • @fat5662
      @fat5662 Před 8 lety

      +Georgia Wilder sweet home Alabama not the title song

    • @WilderMom
      @WilderMom Před 8 lety

      *****​ Love your profile picture! ♡ My son Derek made that sweet cat animation. 🐱

  • @aprilhaynes7488
    @aprilhaynes7488 Před 4 lety +12

    I am not musically inclined, but these guitarists are great!

  • @peterjackson9632
    @peterjackson9632 Před rokem +2

    What a brilliant live rock band they were.
    I was lucky enough to do front stage security (as a student I just enjoyed the gig and let the crowd go mad as I remember) at their De Montfort Hall gig in Leicester UK on Valentines day 1977 so just 5 months before this gig was filmed.
    I saw as it turned out their last ever original line up gig in the UK.
    Fantastic memories of an awesome live band.

  • @TK-vk3vz
    @TK-vk3vz Před 7 měsíci +1

    I've watched this a few times.and always.. i see all the kids in every hig school in the whole bay area there.. such great times ! my heart misses that so much ( btw..saw ZEP that same summer..second day

  • @steverock5480
    @steverock5480 Před 9 lety +7

    WOW I WAS 21 AND WAS THERE THAT DAY I CANT BELIVE IT. BILL NEW HOW TO DO IT RIGHT THATS FOR SURE RIP RONNIE AND BILL

  • @gman49600
    @gman49600 Před 8 lety +9

    the amazing thing is how good there tone was. this is 1977 .with todays amps and gear just think what they would sound like.

    • @rs8707
      @rs8707 Před 2 lety +4

      Not any better. They are all trying to emulate the vintage amp sound of the 60s and 70s now...

  • @jamesward2686
    @jamesward2686 Před 9 dny +1

    Never gets old

  • @angelacaudill537
    @angelacaudill537 Před 2 lety +1

    Love this. I was there.🌹😎