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| 2 Jul, 1977
| lynyrdskynyrd
Posted on 04/27/2026 1:47:13 PM PDT by MtnClimber
From a "Day On The Green" concert promoted by Bill Graham, 2 July 1977. A brilliant live performance, they also played "Sweet Home Alabama". I was able to replace the audio as this performance was used in "Freebird - The Movie" of which a soundtrack album was issued. Unfortunately there is no track for "Sweet Home Alabama".
MtnClimber: I saw the band on October 18, 1977 at the Lakeland (FL) civic center on the next to the last performance before the plane crash. It was the 5th time I had seen them.
The devastating Lynyrd Skynyrd plane crash near Gillsburg, Mississippi on October 20, 1977, claimed the lives of both pilots and about half of the band's members.
TOPICS: Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: californial; lynyrdskynyrd; oakland
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To: MtnClimber
The last time there were so many white people in Oakland.
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posted on
04/27/2026 1:48:36 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
("I am Charlie Kirk!")
To: MtnClimber
I heard it on the radio on my drive to college on Monday morning.
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posted on
04/27/2026 1:49:29 PM PDT
by
MtnClimber
(For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
To: MtnClimber
I’ve always loved this song, but after it was used in a Budweiser ad with the horse and the eagle, I love it even more.
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posted on
04/27/2026 1:50:23 PM PDT
by
murron
To: MtnClimber
Try this one on for size.
1st time Freebird was ever recorded. Circa 1969
My wife’s dad and his partner recorded it and five others in their studio here in Jacksonville back before MCA scooped them up.
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posted on
04/27/2026 1:54:56 PM PDT
by
V_TWIN
(America....so great even the people that hate it, won't leave)
To: MtnClimber
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posted on
04/27/2026 1:56:39 PM PDT
by
V_TWIN
(America....so great even the people that hate it, won't leave)
To: V_TWIN
The link was provided, it is the remastered link.
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posted on
04/27/2026 2:04:09 PM PDT
by
MtnClimber
(For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
To: V_TWIN
OK, I got it, it was an early version!
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posted on
04/27/2026 2:07:26 PM PDT
by
MtnClimber
(For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
To: MtnClimber
Probably a minority opinion here, but I’ve never liked that song.
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posted on
04/27/2026 2:14:53 PM PDT
by
ealgeone
To: MtnClimber
I was there at that show. And Skynyrd was not the headliner. Peter Frampton was. Lets see the order of bands was I think Carlos Santana, then the Outlaws, Lynyrd Skynyrd and then Frampton.
What a fantastic show it was
To: MtnClimber
Just dropping in to say how much I loathe, hate and despise this song.
/puke.
Feel free to disagree.
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posted on
04/27/2026 2:46:50 PM PDT
by
Responsibility2nd
(Import the third world. Become the second world.)
To: abigkahuna
Plane crash occurred same year. California girls were pretty. Little slice of Americana gone with the wind.
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posted on
04/27/2026 2:56:09 PM PDT
by
odawg
To: Responsibility2nd
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posted on
04/27/2026 2:57:45 PM PDT
by
central_va
(XI won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
To: abigkahuna
Music really is dead isnβt it?
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posted on
04/27/2026 2:59:16 PM PDT
by
central_va
(XI won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
To: V_TWIN
I remember you writing about this event some time ago— incredible to hear it!!!
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posted on
04/27/2026 3:03:23 PM PDT
by
drwoof
To: MtnClimber
Billy Powell went to my high school. Way, way, way before I did, but it’s a claim to fame for ol’ BK.
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posted on
04/27/2026 3:10:13 PM PDT
by
Sirius Lee
("Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.)
To: drwoof
Yeah, anytime Skynyrd comes up I can’t resist bragging. π
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posted on
04/27/2026 3:24:05 PM PDT
by
V_TWIN
(America....so great even the people that hate it, won't leave)
To: V_TWIN
Don’t I could, either. Just too damned cool!
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posted on
04/27/2026 3:25:28 PM PDT
by
drwoof
To: Responsibility2nd
What are you, a commie?
Unbelievable. SMH
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posted on
04/27/2026 3:26:17 PM PDT
by
V_TWIN
(America....so great even the people that hate it, won't leave)
To: MtnClimber
Itβs not possible to play Free Bird too loud.
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posted on
04/27/2026 3:28:31 PM PDT
by
central_va
(XI won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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