Lynyrd Synyrd (Page 1 of 2)

Eva and I will see them on Tuesday in Stuttgart. I appreciate very much that they didn´t cancel the gig due to another untimely dead band member.
Günter

Yeah going to see The Mighty Lynyrd Skynyrd on Sunday at London's Brixton Academy
Since way back in 1973/4 whan i first heard Freebird on the John Peel radio show .... have always had a special love for this band , so so many great songs so so many great guitar licks and to see Mr Gary Rossington the only original member (who has been through and seen so much change) will be another milestone in my own musical journey , to me he is a Iconic Rock Legend , and has any one band made that many Rock Classics (only Zep maybe)
So i'll be there singing and what a way to finish this best month in decades
"If i leave here tomorrow"

......................... Michael

on a side note there is a JB connection , the great producer Tom Dowd collaborated on the brilliant "Gimme Back My Bullets"  album and on that one of my fave Skynyrd tunes
"Searchin"   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUnXygYSoxA

Michael - you are seeing them tomorrow (Sunday in Brixton) - Man you are in for one hell of a show.

We got in line at 5.30pm doors opened at 7. Wore the RAH T shirt - who's Joe Bonamassa.............. Some new fans on their way Joe! Beforehand got talking to some of the roadies - there were loads!!! One had been with the band for 18 years and remembered Joe when he opened for them when Joe was only 18! Then another roady joined us and saw my shirt and said he worked with Joe in the US last year - "Jeez he really kicks **** - I hear he's doing really well in Europe!" Well, yes I said. He's getting kinda popular round here I said - you bet he said, he deserves to!

Anyway Ainsley came on for half an hour and he was fantastic, MUCH better than he was at Dingwalls. The sound was perfect, they were tight as hell and really rocked the place and got a brilliant reception - you could tell they were well chuffed! (Pleased for our American chums)

Skynyrd were just superb, they connected immediately with the crowd and Johnny Van Zant's eyeball to eyeball with the audience was just amazing, he held everyone in the palm of his hand, wound everyone up and the place just bounced from the first song to the last. The atmosphere was something else. Every player and singer was really into the gig and the only slight problem was Gary Rossington being off key in a couple of numbers. Bit of a surprise I have to say! Not withstanding that it was probably the gig of the year for me (with the exception of a certain gig at the RAH) What a brilliant night -

Pics from the gig from my little Cannon Ixus - they wouldn't let me in with the DSLR :-(

http://www.flickr.com/photos/12559573@N … 2649/show/

Thanks for the write up Geoff, sounds like I missed a good 'un. Your pics are great too, they really capture the atmosphere....plenty of posturing going on....great stuff!

Tripsy

I saw Skynyrd at the glasgow gig and thought they were excellent!

It was the first time ive seen them live and hopefully not the last.

Hearing Freebird live was unreal awell as hearing Tuesdays Gone.

Unfortunatly i left my camera at home so took videos from my phone.

I will try n post them on flixr if i can figure out how to lol ...oh and you will have to excuse my dreadful singing.

Here's one the right way up - Freebird encore - Enjoy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_i4H5jEtojQ

Just a few more hours to go until we see them here in Stuttgart ... that sounds like we´re in for a treat!

Eva

We had a lot of fun - even if you need iron elbows to stay standing near the stage. They played open air, the venue was sold out. In German I´d call their stage performance "rauh, aber herzlich"(rough, but heartfelt). They didn´t need really a singer because the audience sang all the lyrics at full volume.

By the way: you make a lot of new friends wearing a Joe shirt in a Lynyrd Skynyrd concert. I was never addressed by so many people concerning my shirt, assuring me what a brilliant artist Joe is. They were right.
Günter