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To: Flavious_Maximus

Yes - I was honored to see Skynrd just once. Legendary show.


60 posted on 05/26/2023 3:33:40 PM PDT by frithguild (The warmth and goodness of Gaia is a nuclear reactor in the Earth's core that burns Thorium)
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To: frithguild

I saw the original lineup twice.

The first time was TERRIBLE! They were falling down drunk, drinking Black Jack from the bottle, fighting each other on stage. Fortunately main act was Blue Oyster Cult, so the night wasn’t a total loss.

And in making sure it was a LS/BOC billing, I came across this. Pretty sure this is what I witnessed.
Why Lynyrd Skynyrd and Blue Oyster Cult’s Crews Once Fought
https://ultimateclassicrock.com/lynyrd-skynyrd-blue-oyster-cult-fight/

In any case, I saw LS the next year in Freedom Hall in Louisville, from right up front, and it was just a killer show.

The other LS story I tell was from the 1990s at a Neil Young show. Some idiot was yelling “FREEBIRD!” between songs as people were wont to do in that era, and Neil had enough of it and was haranguing the guy/crowd. Somewhere in there, Neil said something like “Those guys are dead!”, at which point a loud cry came up from across the way about 8 rows back, maybe 75’ from us (I had really good seats) “NO WE’RE NOT!”

Rossington and Collins were in the crowd! LOL


63 posted on 05/26/2023 4:09:19 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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