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Lynyrd Skynyrd - Freebird | Live at Oakland Coliseum Stadium (1977)
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From Jacksonville to the world stage, Lynyrd Skynyrd brought raw Southern rock to life with fiery guitar solos, unforgettable lyrics, and a rebellious edge. This channel captures the band at their best — loud, proud, and unapologetically authentic.
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Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama - 7/2/1977 - Oakland Coliseum Stadium
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Lynyrd Skynyrd - That Smell - 7/13/1977 - Convention Hall (Asbury Park, NJ)
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Explore the sound of Lynyrd Skynyrd with “Sweet Home Alabama – Live at Oakland Coliseum Stadium 1977” — a historic performance of the band’s Southern rock anthem during their unforgettable 1977 concert. Bursting with pride, groove, and guitar-driven swagger, this live version of “Sweet Home Alabama” captures the spirit of the era and showcases Skynyrd’s tight musicianship and crowd-commanding energy at one of their most iconic shows.
Recorded Live: 7/2/1977 - Oakland Coliseum Stadium - Oakland, CA
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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.
Explore the sound of Lynyrd Skynyrd with their full concert at Winterland in 1975 — an electrifying performance that captures the band’s Southern rock firepower during a defining moment in their early rise. Featuring iconic tracks like “Freebird,” “Sweet Home Alabama,” “Gimme Three Steps,” “Saturday Night Special,” and “Call Me The Breeze,” this set showcases the band’s explosive guitar work, tight rhythm section, and Ronnie Van Zant’s commanding vocals. Recorded at San Francisco’s legendary Winterland Ballroom, this concert offers a raw and unforgettable experience of Skynyrd in their prime.
Setlist:
0:00:00 - Whiskey Rock-A-Roller
0:04:06 - I Ain't The One
0:07:56 - The Needle And The Spoon
0:12:35 - I'm A Country Boy
0:17:19 - Gimme Three Steps
0:22:30 - Don't Ask Me No Questions
0:25:59 - Saturday Night Special
0:31:25 - Railroad Song
0:36:24 - Call Me The Breeze
0:42:49 - Sweet Home Alabama
0:48:18 - On the Hunt
0:54:34 - Freebird
Recorded Live: 4/27/1975 - Winterland (San Francisco, CA)
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Personnel:
Allen Collins - guitar
Ed King - guitar
Artimus Pyle - drums
Gary Rossington - guitar
Ronnie Van Zant - lead vocals
Leon Wilkeson - bass, background vocals
Summary:
By the time Lynyrd Skynyrd played this sold-out show at San Francisco's Winterland ballroom, they had become the unmistakable kings of Southern Rock. Spearheaded by charismatic frontman, Ronnie Van Zant, the group had taken southern boogie from the swamps and brought it to the masses.
There is an enormous amount of energy and power in the multiple guitar mix of the band, and that is clearly apparent when they launch into solos on these songs. The group had built a solid following via AOR radio by 1975, and songs like "Sweet Home Alabama" and "Free Bird" had given the band enormous crossover appeal. The group was coming off two hugely successful albums, its debut (pronounced leh-nerd skin-nerd) and 1974's Second Helping, and they had recently replaced original drummer Bob Burns with Artimus Pyle.
This show was recorded during the band's tour promoting their 1975 album, Nuthin' Fancy, and it features Lynyrd Skynyrd at the top of their game. It was also one of the last shows featuring their original three-guitar lineup, as Ed King left the band midway through the tour. Skynyrd confidently played its brand of riff-driving Southern fried rock boogie to near capacity crowds on this entire '75 tour.
Poignant songs like "The Needle And The Spoon" are balanced against established Skynyrd rockers such as "Saturday Night Special" and "Gimmie Three Steps." Songs like "Whiskey Rock-A-Roller", J.J. Cale's "Call Me The Breeze", and "Sweet Home Alabama" are played here in their early forms-many of these classics would re-emerge as part of the must-do repertoire of so many country artists.
The band ends the show with a predictable but crowd-pleasing, version of its radio anthem, "Free Bird." Sadly, the band would change drastically when some of its members, including lead vocalist Ronnie Van Zant, would die in a plane crash two years after this show was recorded.
Explore the sound of Lynyrd Skynyrd with their full concert at Convention Hall in 1977 — a historic live performance from the band’s original era, recorded just months before the tragic plane crash that changed rock history. This setlist captures Skynyrd at full power, with explosive renditions of “That Smell,” “Sweet Home Alabama,” “Free Bird,” “Saturday Night Special,” and more. Blending Southern swagger, blues-rock grit, and triple-guitar brilliance, this concert is a powerful testament to the band’s raw energy and lasting legacy.
Recorded Live: 7/13/1977 - Convention Hall (Asbury Park, NJ)
Setlist:
0:00:00 - Workin' For MCA
0:04:55 - I Ain't The One
0:09:03 - You Got That Right
0:13:22 - Saturday Night Special
0:19:24 - That Smell
0:25:14 - What's Your Name
0:28:44 - Gimme Three Steps
0:33:43 - Call Me The Breeze
0:39:12 - T For Texas
0:48:48 - Sweet Home Alabama
0:55:06 - Free Bird
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Personnel:
Ronnie Van Zant - Vocals
Allen Collins - Guitar
Steve Gaines - Guitar, Vocals
Gary Rossington - Guitar
Leon Wilkeson - Bass, Background Vocals
Billy Powell - Piano
Artimus Pyle - Drums
Cassie Gaines - Background Vocals
Leslie Hawkins - Background Vocals
Jo Jo Billingsly - Background Vocals
Recorded Live: 9/9/1994 - Capitol Theatre (Passaic, NJ)
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Setlist:
0:00:00 - Simple Man
0:07:25 - Various Interviews
0:20:20 - Workin' For MCA
0:25:34 - Various Interviews
0:33:37 - I Ain't The One
0:37:29 - Various Interviews
0:47:49 - What's Your Name
0:53:46 - Interview
0:55:18 - Curtis Loew
0:56:07 - Call Me The Breeze
1:02:34 - Sweet Home Alabama
1:09:11 - Interviews
1:11:50 - Freebird


