Lynyrd Skynyrd Free Bird ( Live 2003) Full version best audio

Live concert in Nashville, Tennessee (2003). It was during their Vicious Cycle Tour, and marked the band s 30 years of rock n roll. Free Bird was first featured on the band s debut album in 1973. Released as a single in November 1974, it became the band s second Top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in early 1975, where it peaked at, 19. A live version of the song also reached the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1977, peaking at, 38. Free Bird also achieved the, 3 spot on Guitar World s 100 Greatest Guitar Solos. The lyrical portion of the song was written early in the group s history. Roadie Billy Powell was discovered as a keyboardist for the band when he played the intro piece to Free Bird at a high school prom. Lead vocalist Ronnie Van Zant noted his talent and invited him to join. Allen Collins s thengirlfriend, Kathy, whom he later married, asked him, If I leave here tomorrow would you still remember me Colli br, br,