From the SHOWCO page on Facebook, I've never seen this particular shot before. It was taken on October 20, 1977, the day the crash occurred.
Re: Artist of the week 12/13/10 Lynyrd Skynyrd
Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2013 8:25 am
by Swamp
The guy that took over as musical director for the stadium in Jax said he would no longer play "Sweet Home Alabama" over the P A system. (it always fired up the crowd) The Jags haven't won a game since. It's the "Sweet Home Alabama Curse"
On a related note, the Simple Man cruise left port yesterday. 5 days of RnR on the high seas. We'll be doing "Swamp's Lynyrd Skynyrd Reality Tour" this weekend. Just wish I had a short bus.
Re: Artist of the week 12/13/10 Lynyrd Skynyrd
Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2014 10:38 pm
by Kudzu Guillotine
Johnny, Donnie and Ronnie. Ronnie would have been 66 yesterday.
Re: Artist of the week 12/13/10 Lynyrd Skynyrd
Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2014 4:40 pm
by Kudzu Guillotine
Re: Artist of the week 12/13/10 Lynyrd Skynyrd
Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2014 8:00 pm
by dbtfan4life
kickass vid!!! thanks for sharing
Re: Artist of the week 12/13/10 Lynyrd Skynyrd
Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2014 2:41 pm
by Kudzu Guillotine
dbtfan4life wrote:kickass vid!!! thanks for sharing
No problem. I'd love to hear more from Rickey, especially about the early days of Skynyrd and Blackfoot. Speaking of which, funny how the current state of Blackfoot (they're touring and recording with no original members) was completely skirted in the interview.
I'm pretty sure I've never seen this before but I did hear bits and pieces from this concert on the radio way back when. If I'm not mistaken, this is the very first time the surviving members of Lynyrd Skynyrd had convened onstage together since the plane crash. It was also the last time Allen Collins performed with Lynyrd Skynyrd in any form. For this version of "Freebird", they're joined by Charlie Daniels and members of the Charlie Daniels Band at Charlie's Volunteer Jam V, which was held on January 13, 1979 at Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee. This rendition of "Freebird" takes on an extra air of poignancy as no one sings lead vocals (just as they would do on the Tribute tour in '87). When they reformed for good in 1987, their first appearance was also at one of Charlie's Volunteer Jams (see below).
Tennessee Concerts Lynyrd Skynyrd's very first reunion after the 1977 Lynyrd Skynyrd plane crash. Surviving members of the band perform "Call Me the Breeze" with several members of the Charlie Daniels Band at Volunteer Jam V in Nashville, Tennessee at the Municipal Auditorium in 1979. Skynyrd band members included Allen Collins, Gary Rossington, Billy Powell and Artimus Pyle. Leon Wilkeson still had a cast on his arm and could not play, although he did come out on stage. Taz DiGregorio (R.I.P.) from the Charlie Daniels Band sang on this version of "Call Me the Breeze". Charlie Daniels & Charlie Hayward from the CDB also played on this, as well as conga player Jamie Nichols. The Nashville Volunteer Jam was an annual event hosted by the Charlie Daniels Band in the 70's & 80's. This was the first song of the first Lynyrd Skynyrd reunion since the plane crash that killed 3 members.
Volunteer Jam XIII September 6, 1987 Starwood Ampitheater, Nashville TN
Re: Artist of the week 12/13/10 Lynyrd Skynyrd
Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2014 6:06 pm
by ramonz
I don't know how to put a YouTube vid up w/ a pic, just know how to do the link, but if you haven't seen this, and love early Skynyrd ('75), check out this amazing show from Winterland in San Fran. I'd seen it before (and sorry if it's been posted), but it crept back into my world this afternoon. And after a few beers, it's as real and authentic as anything I've ever heard. Turn it up - the band's hot tonight! Black and white footage to boot.
ramonz wrote:I don't know how to put a YouTube vid up w/ a pic, just know how to do the link, but if you haven't seen this, and love early Skynyrd ('75), check out this amazing show from Winterland in San Fran. I'd seen it before (and sorry if it's been posted), but it crept back into my world this afternoon. And after a few beers, it's as real and authentic as anything I've ever heard. Turn it up - the band's hot tonight! Black and white footage to boot.
If you quote this post you can see what I did to your original youtube link. Basically just use the youtube button instead of the URL, and leave out everything but the cryptic code after the '=' sign in the youtube-URL.
And thanks for the the heads up.
Re: Artist of the week 12/13/10 Lynyrd Skynyrd
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2014 10:04 am
by Swamp
Kudzu Guillotine wrote:I'm pretty sure I've never seen this before but I did hear bits and pieces from this concert on the radio way back when. If I'm not mistaken, this is the very first time the surviving members of Lynyrd Skynyrd had convened onstage together since the plane crash. It was also the last time Allen Collins performed with Lynyrd Skynyrd in any form. For this version of "Freebird", they're joined by Charlie Daniels and members of the Charlie Daniels Band at Charlie's Volunteer Jam V, which was held on January 13, 1979 at Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee. This rendition of "Freebird" takes on an extra air of poignancy as no one sings lead vocals (just as they would do on the Tribute tour in '87). When they reformed for good in 1987, their first appearance was also at one of Charlie's Volunteer Jams (see below).
I believe it was aired live on the radio here in Jax. I taped the whole thing on cassette but have no clue where it is now. I did not know there was video. Thanks for this. I remember tearing up that night.
Re: Artist of the week 12/13/10 Lynyrd Skynyrd
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2014 12:39 pm
by Kudzu Guillotine
Swamp wrote:I believe it was aired live on the radio here in Jax. I taped the whole thing on cassette but have no clue where it is now. I did not know there was video. Thanks for this. I remember tearing up that night.
I didn't know there was any footage either, I just remember listening to the broadcast on our local AM country station while me and one of my other brothers were out gathering firewood.
Re: Artist of the week 12/13/10 Lynyrd Skynyrd
Posted: Tue May 13, 2014 12:46 am
by Kudzu Guillotine
From the All Things Music Plus page on Facebook:
Ron Eckerman, a survivor of the Lynyrd Skynyrd plane crash, passes.
Ron Eckerman was an early pioneer in the concert industry. In 1973, he began producing concert tours and created a concert lighting / tour management company, Clearlight Enterprises. The organization toured with the top bands of the era: Fleetwood Mac, Peter Frampton, Willie Nelson, WAR, Humble Pie, Foghat, Alvin Lee, Waylon Jennings, Trapeze, Montrose, Gary Wright, Foreigner, and many others.
In 1976, he took on the challenge of managing Lynyrd Skynyrd tours, and witnessed and participated in their meteoric rise to fame and worldwide acclaim. After recovering from the tragic plane crash that put an end to the original Lynyrd Skynyrd, Eckerman went on to produce in television, film, and stage, and taught theater and artist management at Santa Monica College.
Mr. Eckerman has been writing short stories, technical manuscripts, and financial articles for the past few years.
His book "Turn it Up!" is a memoir about his experience with the 1970's concert scene and the rise and fall of one of the world's most legendary rock bands, Lynyrd Skynyrd.
RIP Brother.
Re: Artist of the week 12/13/10 Lynyrd Skynyrd
Posted: Thu May 15, 2014 8:30 am
by Rocky
Anybody read Turn It Up?
Re: Artist of the week 12/13/10 Lynyrd Skynyrd
Posted: Thu May 15, 2014 8:58 am
by Kudzu Guillotine
Rocky wrote:Anybody read Turn It Up?
This is the first I've heard of it but may have to check it out.
Re: Artist of the week 12/13/10 Lynyrd Skynyrd
Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2014 1:03 am
by Kudzu Guillotine
From the October 17, 1978 issue of Circus magazine.
Remainder of the review:
...is not what makes Skynyrd's First And ... Last their finest hour as well. Rather, it's the uncompromising drive -- untempered by commercial considerations -- at the heart of every performance that makes this record a winner clear away. And if you gotta go, there's no better way to say goodbye.
Re: Artist of the week 12/13/10 Lynyrd Skynyrd
Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2014 8:26 am
by Rocky
Skynyrd's First: The Complete Muscle Shoals / First And Last record is just fantastic.
It's a testament to their songwriting abilities that they had Comin' Home and Was I Right or Wrong and they never released them in the band's original lifetime.
Re: Artist of the week 12/13/10 Lynyrd Skynyrd
Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2014 1:22 pm
by Kudzu Guillotine
Something I hadn't really thought about before that was pointed out to me last night via the comments on YouTube are the similarity between "Ain't Too Proud To Pray" and "Get Where I Belong" by Free. Skynyrd always readily admitted they were influenced by Free which I definitely heard in their rock stuff but not so much in their mellower material, except it's very prominent here. The Rickey Medlocke songs reveal a very different side of Skynyrd, one that's so different that those songs almost don't sound like them at all. It may be for that reason that he doesn't sing those songs in the current version of the band but I think it would be cool if he were allowed to. Also sad that he's not allowed to contribute new songs and is pretty much relegated to playing the part of Allen Collins in the current version of the band. Maybe even stranger is how Blackfoot continues without him or any original members. Talk about being denied your own identity, except Medlocke appears to be perfectly ok with it.
Re: Artist of the week 12/13/10 Lynyrd Skynyrd
Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2014 2:08 pm
by Rocky
Good call Kudzu. That is clearly the same chord progression.
Re: Artist of the week 12/13/10 Lynyrd Skynyrd
Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2014 2:15 pm
by Kudzu Guillotine
Rocky wrote:Good call Kudzu. That is clearly the same chord progression.
....and again I'm reminded of how there's so much music but so little time to discover it all. I know very little of Free beyond the hits and a deep cut or two.
Re: Artist of the week 12/13/10 Lynyrd Skynyrd
Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2014 5:51 pm
by RolanK
Kudzu Guillotine wrote:
Rocky wrote:Good call Kudzu. That is clearly the same chord progression.
....and again I'm reminded of how there's so much music but so little time to discover it all. I know very little of Free beyond the hits and a deep cut or two.
Paul Kossof. Guitar legend. Can't remember if he's been mentioned in any of the guitar treads yet. He might belong there.
Re: Artist of the week 12/13/10 Lynyrd Skynyrd
Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2014 12:54 pm
by Kudzu Guillotine
Jerry Lee Lewis is covering "Mississippi Kid" on his next record, Rock n' Roll Time which is due on October 28th. More info here.
Re: Artist of the week 12/13/10 Lynyrd Skynyrd
Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2014 2:22 pm
by Kudzu Guillotine
Reading this and the responses to it both at the American Songwriter site and on FB make me wonder if this is the most controversial and open to interpretation tune in the Skynyrd (pre-crash) catalog. I think I've just answered my own question.
Isbell's gonna be part of this along with Lynryd Skynyrd, Trace Adkins, Alabama, Gregg Allman, Charlie Daniels, Peter Frampton, Warren Haynes, John Hiatt, Jamey Johnson, Aaron Lewis, moe., Govt Mule, Robert Randolph, Blackberry Smoke, Cheap Trick and Donnie Van Zant. More artists TBA.
To download the entire broadcast, click on the image below.
In 1978, the surviving members of Lynyrd Skynyrd, except Leon Wilkeson (severely injured after the plane crash), recorded, with many friends, the Super Jam 1 in Doraville, Georgia.
Some of the finest southern musicians reunited that day…
Gary Rossington Allen Collins Artimus Pyle Billy Powell Dickey Betts Charlie Daniels Jimmy Hall Bonnie Bramlett Robert Nix The Outlaws Lenny Le Blanc Tazz Digregorio Mike Duke Barry Bailey
01. Intro 02. Jitterbug 03. Cocaine 04. Reflections 05. Southbound 06. Don’t Want To Go Down There 07. Any Way You Want It, That’s The Way I Want It To Be 08. Another Pretty Country Song 09. Ain’t That Lovin You, Baby? 10. Call Me The Breeze
Re: Artist of the week 12/13/10 Lynyrd Skynyrd
Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2014 4:05 am
by dbtfan4life
really excited to see the Artimus Pyle Band at the Orange Peel tonite!! Followed by Patterson Hood Friday nite at Grey Eagle. Gonna be a couple kick ass days in a row!!
(it always fired up the crowd) The Jags haven't won a game since.
