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July 2, 1977 - Oakland, CA

Posted on 7/2/21 at 11:04 am
Posted by Ghost of Colby
Alberta, overlooking B.C.
Member since Jan 2009
15580 posts
Posted on 7/2/21 at 11:04 am
Oakland looks like a fun place to be in 1977, especially when Skynyrd is in town.

Freebird
Posted by Tigerbait2323
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2010
412 posts
Posted on 7/2/21 at 11:05 am to
Wish I was there
Posted by West Palm Tiger561
Palm Beach County
Member since Dec 2018
1751 posts
Posted on 7/2/21 at 11:05 am to
Greatest performance
Posted by Trauma14
Member since Aug 2010
6553 posts
Posted on 7/2/21 at 11:05 am to
Every hippy in that crowd voted for the policies ruining the bay area now.
Posted by AlwysATgr
Member since Apr 2008
20829 posts
Posted on 7/2/21 at 11:08 am to
Knew what this was about from the date and place.

Grest version. Amazing how those Southern misogynists made all those west coast women buy tickets and cheer in front of the stars & bars at that.
Posted by HogBalls
Member since Nov 2014
9130 posts
Posted on 7/2/21 at 11:15 am to
Would have hands down been the greatest band ever if not for the crash.
Posted by DevilDagNS
Member since Dec 2017
2974 posts
Posted on 7/2/21 at 11:16 am to
America had so much potential.
Posted by The Spleen
Member since Dec 2010
38865 posts
Posted on 7/2/21 at 11:18 am to
quote:

Would have hands down been the greatest band ever if not for the crash.





My dad saw them open for the Stones and said they blew the Stones off the stage. And he was a huge Stones fan. Only saw them once and always said it was the best live performance he ever saw, and he was a 60's hippie and saw a lot of concerts.
Posted by northshorebamaman
Cochise County AZ
Member since Jul 2009
38294 posts
Posted on 7/2/21 at 11:27 am to
My parents were there. My dad is briefly visible.

Posted by dukke v
PLUTO
Member since Jul 2006
216397 posts
Posted on 7/2/21 at 11:29 am to
A great great tune…….
Posted by 0x2102
Southeastern Texas
Member since Dec 2020
1700 posts
Posted on 7/2/21 at 11:41 am to
Bill Graham’s “Day on the Green “. I attended several in the late 70s and early 80s. Great show.
Posted by Chad504boy
4 posts
Member since Feb 2005
178594 posts
Posted on 7/2/21 at 11:43 am to
all the white people left oakland from that day on.
Posted by bricksandstones
Member since Nov 2015
1712 posts
Posted on 7/2/21 at 11:44 am to
Was this the apex of American society?
Posted by Beauw
Blanchard
Member since Sep 2007
4190 posts
Posted on 7/2/21 at 11:49 am to
I bet the demographics have changed dramatically.
Posted by HogBalls
Member since Nov 2014
9130 posts
Posted on 7/2/21 at 11:56 am to
Not a fat person in attendance.
Posted by Tall Tiger
Golden Rectangle
Member since Sep 2007
4257 posts
Posted on 7/2/21 at 11:58 am to
40 million+ views on YT. With "the flag" clearly visible.

Check out the new CD/blu ray combo pack of Skynyrd Live at Knebworth '76. Unfortunately the video is not as good as that Oakland footage, but the audio is amazing and you are getting the full show. They opened for the Stones in front of an estimated 150,000+ fans.

Also check out the new Skynyrd plane crash memorial in Gillsburg, MS.

This band was the Southern Led Zeppelin.
Posted by Cliff Booth
Member since Feb 2021
3226 posts
Posted on 7/2/21 at 12:00 pm to
Bunch of braless women without pounds of makeup on, baw with a Bud heavy sitting on top the piano, southern rock... I'm jealous.

It's almost jarring to see a crowd of people in Oakland cheering on a band with the battle flag hung behind them. Amazing how different things are today.
Posted by VeniVidiVici
Gaul
Member since Feb 2012
1728 posts
Posted on 7/2/21 at 12:05 pm to
And only 4 months later…

Posted by DevilDagNS
Member since Dec 2017
2974 posts
Posted on 7/4/21 at 7:24 am to
quote:

Was this the apex of American society?


Tough question. I have always thought the 70's were the apex of American music. But the economy was in the tank for most of the 70's and politically we were a mess, much like today.
Our exit from Vietnam was a disaster and crime in American cities was off the charts.

Of course none of that holds a candle to what is happening today. I think the 80's were better in general, but not musically.
Posted by FLBooGoTigs1
Nocatee, FL.
Member since Jan 2008
59222 posts
Posted on 7/4/21 at 7:34 am to
quote:

And only 4 months later


Heading to Baton Rouge for a concert and crashed in Miss. I know a few folks out here that knew the Van Zant's when they were growing up in the Westside of Jacksonville.
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