I was lucky to see Lynyrd Skynyrd at the Spectrum in Philly about a year or so before the plane crash. A friend of mine had an extra ticket and asked me to go with him. Unfortunately, although I had heard of the band and knew maybe one of their songs, I really wasn’t familiar with their music.
One thing I remember clearly was the lead singer Van Zant getting testy because people kept yelling “Free Bird” as soon as they took the stage. I know it’s a standing joke nowadays, but it’s based on true fact - - saw it with my own eyeballs. Ronnie finally snapped and said something like, “Yeah yeah - - you know we’ll be doing that at the end!”
I was talking to a friend about them the other day — Rudy Guiliani needs to court southern voters, but he listens to dead opera singers on his ipod, telling people Pavarotti was a friend of his — while down south we listen to Lynyrd Skynyrd.
I went to a concert of theirs back in the mid-70’s with ZZ Top, Blue Oyster Cult and the Outlaws — I was up front with festival seating. ZZ Top was the headliner but Skynyrd was everyone’s favorite.
Second Helping is my personal fave.
Nice to know for us Philly football fans that our fellow citizens can be obnoxious in other venues. Consistency is everything. :)