Skynyrd: An American band (Interview)

What is the best video in your opinion? Also, don't you hate those old videos that pan the crowd when the group is really jamming or doing a solo?

Free Bird: The Movie is comprehensive. The menus on the DVD are real lousy--no song list! But it puts together songs from three or four different shows from 1976-77. Sound quality is good. There are a few crowd shots, but mostly the focus is on the band. Not a lot of needless filler, just the band on stage playing. The VHS may be out of print, but it can be had on ebay easily.

If you are a die hard like me, you might want to get "The Old Grey Whistle Test" on ebay, or some bootleg VHS that has it. It's pretty much the best known bootleg video out there. It's from a 70s rock concert TV show from Europe. The band played in 76 (with just the two guitarists) to a studio audience. Ronnie's lean and mean. The bootleg I got also had some clips thrown in from 1975--not sure from where--German TV I think. And it had a few little clips from a Pepsi Tribute to Skynyrd that I would desperately love to obtain. The clips on the bootleg are short, but it appears this was some sort of American tv show that had the band on stage post-Street Survivors, pre-crash. That was Skynyrd at it's finest, IMO.

Anyway, get yerself a copy of FreeBird: The Movie, crank up the sound system, and rock on from "Workin' for MCA" to "Free Bird."

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