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.
I like the Knebworth version better...
I saw Billy with the band a couple of weeks before he passed away. Same thing with Brent Midland in 1990. You don’t want me going to the show if you’re a keyboard player.
I saw Billy with the band a couple of weeks before he passed away. Same thing with Brent Midland in 1990. You donβt want me going to the show if youβre a keyboard player.
Did you also happen to meet with any of the drummers from Spinal Tap?
Sure I do. I love brutal commentary, as long as it's honest. And even if it's not. Been punched. Been kissed. Don't get on stage if you can't handle it I say.
Same here, but that should be obvious to anyone who reads my music posts.
I saw them at Anaheim Stadium around 1977,still in high school
Best song of the 1970s is Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy by the Andrews Sister (1973)
Partied with them..............Drummer was an ex Marine............
Incredible how popular this song STILL is after 53 years. I believe it has stood the test of time - unlike the garbage I hear now...
I well remember when the plane went down - what a sad day that was.
My own kids - and now grandkids (!!) love this song and it is on their own playlists.
The only way to hear Framptom is live, in a very large stadium with a very large crowd.
Yes, that sounds like a fantastic show...
I’ve seen similar vid and soundtrack and this is much improved.
I grew up in the SF Bay Area in the β70βs but never got to see any of the amazing acts that came to the Oakland Coliseum. I did however get to see Lynyrd Skynyrd on two occasions - once at a pretentious Bay Area venue and the other at a venue in the Sierra Foothills (red state California). At the Bay Area venue, Johnny Van Zant came out wrapped in the stars and bars, which elicited a chorus of boos from the left wing nitwits in the audience. We were rewarded with a crisp, 45 minute set after which the band left - no encore. At the other venue, we enjoyed an amazing two hour concert with multiple encores - my ears are still ringing!
My class song!
which elicited a chorus of boos from the left wing nitwits in the audience.
What did they expect?
With the bud can on the piano
Fair point, but the response from the audience definitely affected the bandβs
interest in the show.
“I saw them at Anaheim Stadium around 1977,still in high school”
I missed that same show, I wasn’t making much money yet so my Concert schedule was a bit minimal. A couple of my best buddies went and IIRC concert goers received a free Skynyard 7” vinyl single???? I think Ted Nugent and Foreigner were on the bill as well?
I meant what was the audience’s expectations? Why would a lefty even go to their show?
Oh, got it. Sorry, a little slow tonight. Not sure why, other than it was a major act for that venue. Maybe they forgot about Skynyrdβs southern heritage.
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