Lynyrd Skynyrd Free Bird Live August 21st, 1976

And there you saw it, folks. One of the best American blues rock guitarists, ever. Yeah, I know Hendrix was unmatched, Allman was terrific, Bloomfield was great, et al. But Allen Collins was a stripped down, meat and potatoes, precisely delivered, pentatonic blues guitar player; and a lot of these riffs are like Paul Kossoff's, only sped up and supercharged with a little bit of Southern twang tossed in here and there. On the record, he did the dual leads all himself. That's how good he was. Amazing. Sad that he's gone. Sad that most of them on that stage are gone. What a tight, rockin', soulful and bluesy sounding band. With such a full sound. With Ronnie singing his heart out -- just like on the record. The UK music fans obviously had a treat that day. Peace out to all.

When i was 16 i liked Skynyrd Im 60 now i love Skynyrd I miss the world i grew up in I miss how great and free we were

I don't care what people say, This is the best guitar solo ever 🔥

2024 and I'm still listening to this great song!!!!!! Rock on!!!

Absolutely the Greatest Southern Rock Band Ever! Right On! 💯💯💯💯!

This song could go on continuously for 20 years and it still would be my favorite song ever!!!! I love it when it ramps up!! Take me back to the 70's please!!!!!

Wow, us grandmother's now, looked good back then! Yeah I'm 64 now, was 16 back then in those days! ❤ long live Southern Rock!!!

And this my friends is why you go to live concerts

Not bad solo for a kid never wanted to play lead guitar, thank God he got over that. I can't imagine a world w/o Free Bird

The greatest 14 minutes in rock history.

Here it is 2023 and now all the original members of Lynyrd Skynyrd are gone. They might be gone but never will they be forgotten. So fly high on that Eagle in the sky. I would like to thank you all for this tremendous music that you left us with. Until the road ends and my time on earth is done I'll see you all again one day. Long Live Lynyrd Skynyrd.

Back when Americans (even 20 year olds) appreciated freedom....back to the music, that guitar solo is so far off the charts, the sound is still traveling the universe.

Allen Collins was so in a zone, I’m surprised he or his guitar didn’t burst into flames! Great performance

If I could only watch one band perform one song live, hands down this song at this concert would be my choice every dang time.

I was a teenager in the 70's. Teenager's today are so different. I feel sorry for them. Life was so much simpler. We weren't a plastic society, no cell phones, no computers, etc. The best part was that concert tickets were less than 10 dollars and others in the audience were respectful of each other. There was trust amongst us. I wouldn't have missed it for the world.

This is a true American song My people And we all know who we are👊😎👍

The day lynyrd skynrd showed the world who was the best band

Best version of this song. Thank you Ronnie, Alan, Billy, Gary and everyone else. From the bottom of my heart, I can't thank you enough for what you gave to the world

The greatest solo in history 😌

"If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? " The almost cosmic irony of that question gets me. Lynyrd Skynyrd will be remembered as long as we have music. A magnificent song by a magnificent band.