Lynyrd Skynyrd - FreebirdRecorded Live: 7/2/1977 - Oakland Coliseum Stadium - Oakland, CAMore Lynyrd Skynyrd at Music Vault: http://www.musicvault.comSubscri. Foreigner Mile High Stadium, Denver, CO - Jun 26, 1977 Jun 26 1977. I still have hair, Peter not as much. English |, Peter Frampton, JFK Stadium Philadelphia, Philadelphia (US) - Jun 11, 1977, JFK Stadium Philadelphia, Philadelphia US. Use this setlist for your event review and get all updates automatically! Formed in Jacksonville, Florida in 1964, the band performed for a decade before releasing its debut studio album " (Pronounced 'Lh-'nrd 'Skin-'nrd)" in 1974. On July 2 of 1977, Lynyrd Skynyrd closed their set with "Free Bird" for their Day on the Green at Oakland Coliseum. Donnie Van Zant (formerly of .38 Special) and Johnny Van Zant of Lynyrd Skynyrd What bands played at the Roundup at JFK Stadium June 20 1981? Without question, the 1977 line up of Lynyrd Skynyrd was among the strongest, for several reasons. No joke I was there and saw it with my own eyes. Select from premium Lynyrd Skynyrd 1977 of the highest quality. Tour statistics Jan 9, 2022 - June 11th, 1977 - Lynyrd Skynyrd performs at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia, PA Over 100,000+ in the audience I actually have a recording of Lynyrd Skynyrd's set that day. And after the concert at 10th and Packer in the Holiday Inn lobby I saw Ronnie VanZant and got his autograph on the back of my ticket stub. Lynyrd Skynyrd is planning to release an unearthed recording of pre-plane crash Skynyrd in 2009. Use this setlist for your event review and get all updates automatically! It was a cloudy/overcast day and we did feel a rain drop or two, but nothing that would make you leave your seat. . Lynyrd Skynyrd - Full Concert Recorded Live: 7/13/1977 - Convention Hall (Asbury Park, NJ) More Lynyrd Skynyrd at Music Vault: http://www.musicvault.com Subscribe to Music Vault:. Angel Stadium of Anaheim. American southern rock group, Lynyrd Skynyrd, performing at John F. Kennedy Stadium, Philadelphia, USA, 11th June 1977. Select from premium Lynyrd Skynyrd 1977 of the highest quality. It included the songs "Free Bird," "Simple Man," "Gimme Three Steps," and "Tuesday's Gone." We were huge J. Geils fans which drew us there. Ironically, by some reports, Van Zant was wearing a Neil Young t-shirt at the time of this performance.The show is closed with \"Free Bird,\" which by many fans' estimations is only rivaled by Led Zeppelin's \"Stairway to Heaven\" as the most epic closing song in rock history. I remember having cherry flavor ice cones. First Concert without parents. I also had tickets to see co-headliners Lynyrd Skynyrd/Ted Nugent at Madison Square Garden in New York for November 7th of that same year, but we all know what happened. Lynyrd Skynyrd - FreebirdRecorded Live: 7/2/1977 - Oakland Coliseum Stadium - Oakland, CAMore Lynyrd Skynyrd at Music Vault: http://www.musicvault.comSubscribe to Music Vault on YouTube: http://goo.gl/DUzpUFPersonnel: Ronnie Van Zant - vocalsAllen Collins - guitarGary Rossington - guitarSteve Gaines - guitarArtimus Pyle - drumsLeon Wilkeson - bassBilly Powell - pianoCassie Gaines - vocalsJo Billingsley - vocalsLeslie Hawkins - vocalsSummary: Just three and a half months before the fateful plane crash that killed Skynyrd members Steve Gaines, his sister, backing vocalist Cassie Gaines (of the Honkettes), and lead vocalist Ronnie Van Zandt, Lynyrd Skynyrd played this 4th of July weekend program in Oakland.While this is only a partial recording of the show, two of the three songs are probably the ones you would skip to anyway: \"Sweet Home Alabama\" and the legendary closing track that has inspired legions of concert-going yokels to make millions of ironic requests over the years, \"Free Bird.\" The first track is an excerpt of a standard Skynyrd live show cover, Jimmie Rodgers' \"T for Texas\" The guys take six minutes to stretch their legs on this version of \"Sweet Home Alabama.\" The song had been released three years prior as a response song to the Neil Young numbers \"Southern Man\" and \"Alabama,\" which were both critical of southern politics. add whatever song you remember! Ronnie Van Zant leads the band vocally wearing a top hat and a cool, Ive-been-here-before demeanor. Billy Powell also plays a masterful piano solo that is unique to the live show.While Lynyrd Skynyrd would release the multi-platinum Street Survivors in October of 1977, the band's structure would be fundamentally devastated by the crash of their private Convair 240 that took the lives of three members, as well as the pilots and assistant road manager Dean Kilpatrick, and terribly injured every other member, except for Honkette, JoJo Billingsley, who was at home with her children and had reportedly begged the band to quit using the plane after dreaming of such a crash. [url=https://www.setlist.fm/edit?setlist=7bc4b6e4&step=song]Edit this setlist[/url] | [url=https://www.setlist.fm/setlists/lynyrd-skynyrd-1bd6ad50.html]More Lynyrd Skynyrd setlists[/url], ZZ Top and Lynyrd Skynyrd Announce Co-Headlining Tour, Mid-Hudson Civic Center, Poughkeepsie, NY. I was there Artists Lynyrd Skynyrd. Unfortunately, the band only enjoyed his presence for a few years, as he along with several other members of the band died in a plane crash just three months after the Oakland Coliseum performance. Went with Gina Tortorice and friends. I thought he's going to kill me, actually cooled him off. For starters, a band only gets better with time, at least for the most part. Lynyrd Skynyrd is a pioneer of the Southern Rock genre. All day on the green! The crowd erupts with excitement as the instruments all start to join in. Remember like it happened yesterday, once Skynyrd finished up, and Frampton came on, we left. Lynyrd Skynyrd + J . Jun 11, 1977 Peter Frampton + Lynyrd Skynyrd + J Geils + Dickey Betts JFK Stadium Philadelphia, Philadelphia (US) Jun 11, 1977. Click to send us an email with your image usage requirements. I was at that show on June 11, 1977. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home AlabamaRecorded Live: 7/2/1977 - Oakland Coliseum Stadium - Oakland, CAMore Lynyrd Skynyrd at Music Vault: http://www.musicvault.. When they let the white doves go when they start to play free bird was awesome, I was 14 years old and my first concert. WATCH: Lynyrd Skynyrd Blow Away Oakland Coliseum with Freebird in 1977, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxIWDmmqZzY, Lynyrd Skynyrd Freebird 7/2/1977 Oakland Coliseum Stadium (Official) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxIWDmmqZzY). And you might also get help in the Once the jam starts ripping and rolling, Lynyrd Skynyrd starts gaining steam. Frampton was great, but Skynyrd stole the show with 91,000 in attendanceI remember there was an announcement that Aug. 13, Led Zeppelin would be coming to JFK, and tickets were to go on sale at a later date. 2023 My Concert Archive This 1977 concert might have been the bands strongest showing.