Burns left and was replaced by Artimus Pyle in 1974. By then, they had settled on a lineup that included bassist Leon Wilkeson, keyboardist Billy Powell, and guitarist Ed King. The band released its first album, (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd), in 1973. The band spent five years touring small venues under various names and with several lineup changes before deciding on "Lynyrd Skynyrd" in 1969. The group originally formed as My Backyard in 1964 and comprised Ronnie Van Zant (lead vocalist), Gary Rossington (guitar), Allen Collins (guitar), Larry Junstrom (bass guitar), and Bob Burns (drums). Lynyrd Skynyrd ( / ˌ l ɛ n ər d ˈ s k ɪ n ər d/ LEN-ərd SKIN-ərd) is an American rock band formed in Jacksonville, Florida. (Aug.See band members section and members list article "Top 100 Classic Rock Songs."Aol Radio blog. "Death to Freebird? One Facebook page wants just that." Bizmology blog. "To The Dude Who Yelled Out 'Free Bird" During Obama's Inaugural Youth Ball: For Once, It Was Funny." MTV News. "That Joke isn't Funny Anymore." Glorious Noise blog. "Rock's Oldest Joke: Yelling 'Freebird!' In a Crowded Theater." Wall Street Journal. "Musicians Against the Calling Out of Freebird (MACOF)." March 1, 2006. Links to lots more information about Skynyrd, "Freebird" and the folks who request it in crowded concerts can be found on the next page.
#FREE BIRD LIVE FREE#
We're all free to respond to the phenomenon as we choose - whether we find it annoying or inspiring. Maybe the song's lyric, "I'm as free as a bird now," explains it all. Neither the stories about the origin of "Freebird" nor the idea that it has become a joke that won't die addresses the lingering popularity of hollering "Freebird" at any and all musicians (and live events in general) well into the 21st centuryīut maybe that's OK. One night, the band played it three times. Dry County, a Chicago-based band, plays it every time it's requested at a concert.Mike Huckabee's band, performed it in New Hampshire, calling it the "Southern national anthem of rock." In 2007, Capitol Offense, former Arkansas Gov.
A recent performance in 2009 got the Portland, Maine, audience on its feet. The band Phish has performed a humorous, a cappella version (complete with guitar solo) on many occasions since 1987.In 2009, Jackson Browne did a 4-minute acoustic version while performing in North Carolina."If you're going to yell 'Freebird,' yell 'Freebird' at a Jim Nabors concert." "It was never meant to be yelled at a cool concert - it was meant to be yelled at someone really lame," he says in an interview with The Wall Street Journal. Matthews insists that he never intended for it to be yelled at every concert, however. KevHeads did their master's bidding, and a tradition was born. Kevin Matthews, a Chicago radio personality, claims to have originated the whole "Freebird" phenomenon when he called upon his fans, known as KevHeads, to yell the song title out at a Florence Henderson (she played mother Carol on "The Brady Bunch") concert in the late 1980s. The other often-given explanation comes from an unlikely place considering the band's Southern roots - Chicago, Ill. Skynyrd was performing at the Fox Theater in Atlanta, when deep into the concert lead singer Ronnie Van Zant asked the crowd, "What song is it you want to hear?" The answer was a resounding "Freebird." The epic, nearly 15-minute-long live version of "Freebird," including the question and answer, appeared on the Skynyrd album "One More From the Road." This recording is often cited as the reason "Freebird" is shouted at concerts. So, how did this tradition of hollering "Freebird" at any and all public venues - appalling to some, a funny joke to others - get started? We'll take a trip back to the 1970s and '80s on the next page to find out. Or maybe yelling "Freebird" is considered a shout-out to the band itself, which has suffered many losses over the years, including the deaths of Ronnie Van Zant, the lead singer on "Freebird," and other band members in a 1977 plane crash.
On this Aol Radio list, it comes in at No. It's an epic sound consistently named one of rock's greatest songs. It starts out as an almost-ballad, a song about a man who's getting out of a relationship because he's "as free as a bird," and builds to a rousing battle between two lead guitars. It could be because of the song itself - a nine-minute piece in the studio version, but often 14-plus minutes when Skynyrd (as the band is known to fans) performs it live, as they do to this day. What makes people (some call them obnoxious morons, rednecks, hicks or worse) request "Freebird" at indie-rock concerts, churches, President Barack Obama's youth inauguration ball, baseball games, even classical performances - all inappropriate places people report having heard "Freebird" hollered from the audience to musicians who aren't likely to have the song in their repertoire?
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