Let me tell you, I feel ripped off for never getting to see Lynyrd Skynyrd live in concert with all the original members. I just watched them play Freebird live in 1977 on TV, and I was just amazed. Aside from simply not having guitar parts like that in a song anymore, Allen Collins played the entire solo live, not missing an ounce of passion. Allen Collins wasn’t the man on slide guitar, that part doesn’t seem too tough as long as you can play slide guitar, which I can’t figure out, even after watching him play it exactly how I thought you weren’t supposed to play slide. But that’s besides the point. Allen Collins completely nailed the solo… the long solo. And no guitarist today would probably even try to play it, and if they did, they’d probably cheat it all kinds of ways on stage. What a shame we’ve lost so many great musicians over the years.
I’m currently watching: Freebird: The Movie