Lynyrd Skynyrd - Call Me The Breeze - 7/13/1977 - Convention Hall (Official)

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Call Me The Breeze
Recorded Live: 7/13/1977 - Convention Hall - Asbury Park, NJ
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Personnel:
Ronnie Van Zant - Vocals
Allen Collins - Guitar
Steve Gaines - Guitar, Vocals
Gary Rossington - Guitar
Leon Wilkeson - Bass, Background Vocals
Billy Powell - Piano
Artimus Pyle - Drums
Cassie Gaines - Background Vocals
Leslie Hawkins - Background Vocals
Jo Jo Billingsly - Background Vocals

[@jameshenry7802]

The best band on earth. No frills. Just pure honky tonk rock and roll. Rest in peace Gary Rossington.

[@omarmunozcastorena4466]

Fly high Gary, free bird!

[@allencollins6031]

Stars n Bars rock n roll

[@joesnose1647]

When Music was Music.

[@shadowplay2801]

the greatest southern rock band, period........

[@michaelmckenzie5232]

Sorry,BEST band ever

[@synthonaplinth5980]

Molly Hatchet and The Allman Brothers would like a word with you....Blackfoot, Wet Willie and Skynyrd, also. Paul Goddard of Atlanta Rhythm section, too.

[@shadowplay2801]

@@synthonaplinth5980 i know i right😉

[@jbojoify]

@@shadowplay2801 yea allman bros definitely want a word with you

[@awaken77]

Billy Powell kicks ass with rock'n'roll piano solo. RIP

[@luvmedrums4057]

Gary Rossington solo&Billy Powell piano solo are so badass

[@randymarsengill6035]

People, this is what perfection looks like.

[@brendafile612]

Yes indeed!!

[@pink12espresso]

PERFECTION!!! at it's Finest Indeed. Every Single Player❤️

[@gmh101358]

LS firing on all pistons....back in 77 the boys could outplay anybody....

[@nickpavlovich2312]

EPIC SKYNYRD WILL LIVE ON FOREVER. ROCK ON IN HEAVEN GARY ROSSINGTON. MARCH 10, 2023

[@bendavidson7122]

Southern Rock at its FINEST

[@tramainecampbell591]

One of my favorite lynyrd skynyrd songs of all time

[@fhj8598]

It's a cover, of JJ Cale's song 😊

[@jamesrockford2626]

Billy Powell was THE most badass keyb player ever

[@dhruvtrivedi7689]

agree

[@mjs4x6]

+James Rockford I loves me some Billy Powell but Jerry Lee Lewis is way more badass.

[@jamesrockford2626]

mjs4x6 yeah was badass, just ask his cousin that he married

[@evandroprestesbrum7721]

Lynyrd...Forever!!! " Billy "destroyer" Powell !

[@Dagger_323]

+mjs4x6 Billy woulda smoked him

[@johngibsonmusic]

Steve was one of the greatest players ever! I miss him.

[@ZoSo1973]

I listen to a variety of different music, mainly rock and roll and blues, and in the end this is the one band I always come back to because they're the perfect rock band, everything you need and nothing you don't. Ronnie was not only a great singer, he was also a very talented songwriter and one of the best frontmen cause he didn't have to jump around on stage yet had a very strong presence. They had not 1, not 2, but three kickass guitar players that each had their own distinctive style and sound. They had a piano player that was a madman, somewhere between Mozart and Jerry Lee Lewis. Truly great American music!

[@FrancisMcAnarney]

grand funk railroad

[@keithj6251]

Thank you sir, wherever you are from.

[@888strummer]

Firstname said it all!!!

[@kingforty881]

Perfectly said!

[@ramsareit]

Steve Gaines wasa the best of them...muscian-wise, I thnk

[@conlindonlei2690]

Steve Gaines was one on the best and Ronnie knew it . He really gets it ! Two of the best to ever make Music. Steve one bad ass, listen at 50 secs.

[@sethbrooks6794]

Steve Gaines was such a great addition to the band.

[@martinleavitt6094]

👌

[@matspurs1629]

huh it was Allan

[@sethbrooks6794]

@@matspurs1629 wtf are you talking about

[@matspurs1629]

@@sethbrooks6794 huh it was Allan

[@sethbrooks6794]

@@matspurs1629 what the fuck are you talking about?

[@samuelkenneth7648]

Damn they dont even need any playback they just play it live and its legendary "Thats the way its supposed to be"

[@Greenriver842]

Love Steve Gaines playing

[@donfilkins298]

Gary's solo is epic!!

[@michaeltassi6018]

So underrated

[@thomasbeasley578]

RIP GARY ROSSINGTON 71

[@debrasamson6154]

Who in the hell would thumbs down Lynyrd Skynyrd?

[@richardgray8593]

I ask the same thing about Bieber videos.

[@thisisme3238]

@Debra Samson. Only an idiot would do that....

[@autogolazzojr7950]

@@richardgray8593 damn straight

[@joeszczechowski8333]

Neil Young lol

[@grantbassett2048]

" Billy powells piano tallent" Bloody love it. Fingers of fire!!!

[@allencollins6031]

Fingers of fire. Very well said

[@kitimomgraves]

We say he makes that piano get up and walk

[@signaltechsinalizacaoacust190]

I readed that he was a Roadie of the band

[@zomisland03]

Absolutely the very best southern ROCK band ever!!!!!

[@ralphcordero4496]

Us who grew up in the 70s were lucky to listen to music like this

[@jaypercival431]

Yes Sir, we were lucky.

[@williamhoffmann8639]

Dawn Skippy bro !!!😊

[@raymccraine2449]

I'm a proud Southern Man and have always loved Skynyrd. This is pure joy. Call me the Breeze is the best. Don't forget; Mr Breeze!

[@dimitrisaivaliotis5616]

Sorry that song isn't by JJ Cale?

[@jamesakins9656]

Stevie never got the spotlight but dear god he could roll

[@thefucci]

Billy Powell on the piano

[@wowojeejee]

Three of the best guitarists I've known in my 62 years. Great JJ Cale tune done with perfection!

[@gregorcarp1]

Not bad piano either.

[@gregg6033]

nobody burns the stage down like lynyrd skynyrd. pyles drums really coming through on this adio

[@garethleitner9547]

Artemus Pyle did such a great job as drummer, and he never failed to give credit to his predecessor, Bob Burns.

[@da324]

RIP Gary. You did real good man!

[@NorthFlaMan]

Amazing Rhythm Section (on top of everything else). Artimus Pyle can make those drums “dance” and Leon Wilkeson not only keeps the beat, but provides an amazing background voice. Reminds me of Michael Anthony’s voice. Side note... There is a band named after Artimus Pyle called “Artimus Pyledriver”... southern heavy metal band. They “Rock”

[@ScottF80]

Nobody played piano better than Billy Powell.

[@shellthomas3123]

BEST BAND IN THE WORLD ❤️❤️❤️

[@TheVanig]

The absolute greatest band that ever was in the world since forever!

[@elsamere]

I freaking love these guys.

[@Shaun.OBrien]

Rest in peace Gary. One of the best ever 😢

[@mcse4946]

Gary Rossington and Allen Collins BEST GUITARIST EVER!

[@blackcavalier60649]

Steve Gaines ,unreal

[@wowojeejee]

Steve Gaines is right up there also. They all have different styles that merge really well together. Three of the best in R&R history!

[@pjm-xc8ny]

Steve Gaines too!!! Don't leave him out!!

[@STANTON2061]

Sandra Ramsey Don’t forget Stevie Gaines!!!

[@dylanwatson1287]

Steve and Ed King were better!

[@laserbeam002]

One of the best rock bands ever. God bless'em. Really sad the band has had so many tragedies over the years. Also sad too many american's no longer know what good music played by truly talented people really is. They really think all this rap crap is art. They have been dumbed down.

[@andysmith1338]

+laserbeam 002 Oh noo, now I'm going to need a safe place away from your words.And counseling.too...We are doomed. Todays college kids..suck,and the flag?? They would not like that Macro aggression at all.

[@emichaels2112]

This is probably the best live version ever. Amazing guitar playing on this song. They were "on" that night.

[@Stratostrophic]

These dudes were ON that night. Im a musician and i can see everything going on here in snaps of fingers. Steve had some real soul to his playing, a lot of blues licks in these fills. Just flawless playing and a lot of improv playing. Its also fun to watch Ronnie look at Steve’s playing and be in tune with it, that’s a connection only a musician can understand. Been there many times on stage.

[@daviddunham2517]

I didn't know just how "on" they were! Thank God for you tube! I was at this show but hearing this sober is a whole different level of awe

[@kevinbollinger2083]

What a fantastic rendition of this song! Gary Rossington and Billy Powell tearin' it up!

[@jeremygoins7115]

Yup R.I.P to them boys. Old skynyrd is still the best by far.

[@timquesinberry6692]

Wow Ronnie had one hell of a stage presence just stood bck and listen so much talent

[@izak89in]

Steve Gaines was a heallva player knew how to fit right in and spice skynard up a few...there energy and chemistry blew right threw the atmosphere.

[@welldonebrainn]

Steve Gaines is just lights out. Unbelievably great player. One of those guys who had a entirely unique way of making a guitar sound. For me, only a handful of guitar players really make a guitar sound like nobody else. Their sound is so distinct that you know it is them playing within a few notes...instantly, really. Steve is in that category for me. An all-time type of talent, and it is a GOD DAMN shame that he never got to flourish. How I wish for more from him...

[@gunthervonschneider1380]

Not putting down Steve in any way, he was a great guitarist, but his sound wasn't that unique to be honest. Plenty of strat players sound like that.

[@davidrhelmick72]

@@gunthervonschneider1380 you high bro?

[@brianmuehe1393]

Definitely not gonna put the dude down BUT. You know when the but comes its exactly what that person said they weren't going to do. Dudes nasty on this with all these fills.

[@888strummer]

Gaines was great but Rossington's lead solo is fantastic in this song. All 3 were great

[@douglasgay4497]

On the level of Mark Knopfler.

[@houstonrebel4449]

Billy Powell: Best piano player ever

[@rpena8546]

Billy Powell piano, born in Corpus Christi Texas!

[@houstonrebel4449]

@@rpena8546 Yep. Corpus Christi. Music major/roadie for Skynyrd before they realized he was a classically trained pianist.

[@martinleavitt6094]

👍

[@raydennis2784]

Good Lord he can play

[@robertkeough1839]

The boys are killing it

[@gabexoxox4546]

I love this old Lynyrd Skynyrd!!!

[@tabathabrabham6384]

Rest in Peace 🙏 Guys

[@Greg-wz6fp]

Hi we're Lynyrd Skynyrd and we're here to kick ass and blow the doors off of this place

[@waynefournier1126]

I was born 1965 and I have 3 older brothers and one sister. I'm a twin and the youngest of them all. I remember my second oldest brother coming home from the VIETNAM WAR He was a decorative MARINE. He would ALWAYS play this song and other ones from this group. I didn't know who the HELL I was listening to but truly fell in love with them. I'm now 57yrs old and DESERT STORM ARMY SPECIALIST 1984-1992 HOOAH ARMY 🪖 STRONG. And still rocking out LS for life.

[@cathywhite9415]

Thank you & your brother for your service sir 🙏 🇺🇸

[@fredrodriguez2695]

Love me some Lynyrd Skynyrd!!!! Allways makes my day....

[@tsterioff]

this is music... they can actually play what they play on their albums!

[@saldivar198066]

I was thinking the same thing. Sounds just like the album but better because it's live.

[@humanskull182]

I never knew this was live until I saw it on KZbin. Before that, I just thought it was studio. Man these guys played great

[@chrishill1073]

hans larson They're Kick Ass live.

[@googoo-gjoob]

rvz told the guit boys...'i wont tell you what to play. but i will tell you to chart everything we record. because the people come to hear the records and you WILL play it the SAME way every time."

[@bryannepveu6807]

Only Lynyrd Skynyrd could talk a great J. J. Cale song and rock it!

[@stever6474]

My favorite band of all time and one of the first bands to play with a three-guitar lineup. I could listen to just the intro to this song all day long. Gone way too soon. They would have had a crazy number of hit songs had they all lived.

[@keithj6251]

I bet they had another five or six albums of Gold & Platinum left in them.

[@markwarne1462]

lynyrd skynyrd the best band ever i agree... Stevie Gaines the missing link !

[@andybenstead7240]

billy powell was a genius keys player

[@weggawoody8116]

oh yeah the keys my favorite musical instrument

[@mr.g3588]

Great solo Rossington bravo

[@ianh1263]

This band. This is THE line up. Just cooking !!!

[@greggdavis9708]

There will never be another Ronnie Van Zant his brother is okay but it's just not him

[@michaelmckenzie5232]

JJ gotta be proud!

[@jonatanmaricelo]

Amazing guitar tone

[@kneedeepinbluebells5538]

3:04 O'l Billy Powell: A Can O' Budweiser Sitting On The Piano & A " Little Something " In The Paper Cup Next To It ... RIP Billy Powell

[@samzavala1368]

Just one helluva piano man. Miss him.

[@josephjames6618]

Just makes my feet wanna dance ! Love this song and band what guitar riffs and piano simply the best American rock band ever

[@puckshooter]

Who's stupid enough to put a thumbs down on something like this. if you're gonna do that why even find yourself on the page..

[@jaypercival431]

Agreed, Sir.

[@sandramccoy1245]

I heard all this southern rock when it was first made and am still listening. It holds up! Beyonce, Brit.....will we be listening to anything of this quality after 40 years. Don't think so. We were so lucky to have the Stones, Clapton and so many more to return to instead of the crap of today. Yeah!

[@kelpnougatcrunch9430]

Very True.

[@sandramccoy1245]

You just included one of my favorites "They call me the Breeze" - that and "That Smell". Thanks for agreeing. I'm interested - what age group are you to also have an interest in the 'timeless wonders'?

[@sandrahoward9277]

Sandra McCoy ......5o yrs old and still rockin ! I was a preteen when I discovered Skynyrd.....they have been my favorite group ever since :)

[@reharris904]

Im from Jax FL hometown kid love watching the band perform they made us proud

[@denniscampbell3604]

Only 27, but I remember this being rock on the classic stations but they still played 50s and 60s stuff not Metallica r nirvana

[@conlindonlei2690]

Ronnie really got it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@cs-7]

One of the greatest southern rock jams ever written.

[@ssgking1]

this is so amazing love this song so much watching one of greastest band of all time GOD BLESS,

[@WhizzingFish12]

Such a KICK. ASS. BAND. This song really shows Gary's talent for fast, controlled, melodic leads and Billy tears up the piano. For me, along with the Allmans and CCR, the greatest American rock band.

[@lenardgecse2761]

This is a really amazing piano solo!!

[@UsacHunt]

Ah man how much fun is that band having.😁🎸👍

[@hotwheel6663]

I saw them 3 days earlier in Chicago best sounding live band I ever saw to date.

[@chrisames2795]

Billy Powell Boogie wooooo!!!!

[@moneybagshastings2247]

Hell yeah! R.I.P. Billy!

[@mikenealon4042]

powell CRUSHED it!!

[@hcirgew1]

Steve Gaines may be the best guitarist ever. Ronnie got it.

[@antrcapo]

Dont agree. Great player for sure but no better than Allen Collins or Rossington or king

[@johnthomasstarr2182]

hell yea miami oklahoma.

[@80Smetalrox]

All I can say is that the world will never know how great he could've been, I believe he had why more potential than we ever will know.

[@davidrhelmick72]

@@80Smetalrox exactly brother

[@Zulumann25]

Gaines was a smoker

[@googoo-gjoob]

yeah, Allen's intro was nice. Gary's lead, too. but for me...the heart of this song was ALL the fills played by Steve....."one day Skynyrd will be in Steve Gaines shadow."...rvz if only.

[@dylanvanover8424]

They put on such a good show

[@trainman42dude]

And they didn't need 'purty' costumes or 'artsy' backdrops either. Just a total kick-ass jam session by talented musicians playing their own instruments. Too bad there are only a few videos of Ronnie Van Zant's band in action. I've watched these vids dozens of times.

[@pattihousley4806]

My favorite driving song! Can be dangerous, though!!

[@mitchkenvin259]

Was at this show. Second concert I ever went to.

[@mitchkenvin259]

Third concert I ever went to. Summer into 10th grade, what a time.

[@rgsliwa8298]

JJ Cale wrote a great song which really was a masterful performance I will always cherish. Rest in peace and may Jesus bless you in heaven.

[@kellienicolebrooksschettin6598]

It seemed like every time I got my 1972 Barracuda on the highway,and that car would hit 3rd gear final drive this song would come on the radio,1981 or 82,some I just started by one cassette after another I didn't get them all but it sure was the sound track for American kids grown up north or south,like the Allman brothers drive up and down the highway to Florida a lot the eagles,Molly hatchet and Deep PURPLE....never too much guitar,I even got one my self and started learning to play it just to do a solo gig,because finding a band that wanted to commit to music and work at it seemed impossible,not finding the style influences that match more stupid fighting,make it first then fight all u want but the music comes first....piece out thanks.

[@Callie0715]

Kellie Nicole Brooks Schettino I’ve never owned an automatic, even now I’m driving a 2002 Merc Cougar 5-speed with 6-CD player and let me tell you the stereo sound is better than any vehicle I’ve been in. I crank up the tunes and the whole neighborhood looks . Lol When I had my ‘82 Camaro it was a 3-speed with sunroof. My ‘67 Firebird was a 4-speed. AND I saw Lynyrd Skynyrd in person in ‘76. Plus blessed to see so many other artists in person, Black Oak Arkansas, Uriah Heap, Leonard Cohen, AC/DC twice, Mott the Hoople, oh man I could go on and on. Thanks for inspiring me to write this.

[@kygirlhighlands]

I mean... the song is already going 170 miles an hour... then you have Billy Powell who starts hitting all those 64th and grace notes on the piano keys. LEGENDS.

[@ralphdyer4471]

Not long before it all ended, dammit. Favorite band of my youth. Heck, still are.

[@Terick5]

Favorite song of all time

[@robertschroder6089]

I remember when I was a youngster in Skynyrd were putting out some really good music. But I was a dead head so I would listen when my friends had them on! But when I got older. I started to listen to the lyrics and the music was great. And I would play them on guitar and listen to them when ever I could. Great Band. Unfortunately most of them died from liquor bottles hitting them in the head in a bad plane crash!!! What a shame man!!!!!!!!

[@leibstandartejager8582]

Billy you may be one of the best, dancing on the ivory 💽

[@albertozenonlillo8511]

1978 llamame la brisa,primer tema q escuche de linyrd skinyrd y hasta el dia hoy sigo a esta banda. 8 -2-2015. Hoy tengo 52 años lleno de muy buena musica.gracias x todo.

[@angelhill4452]

WOW IF I COULD TURN BACK TIME.

[@shaneanderson2106]

I love it

[@richardberentson8832]

Billy one of A kind. So great

[@howardcoles3537]

Sandra McCoy - I totally agree with you. Just seen this video for the first time. Sheer musical brilliance ! I wish I had known years ago how great Lynyrd Skynyrd were - I would have gone to see them at Knebworth in the 70's. I only discovered them through KZbin videos a few years ago. What a fantastic band they were , listening to videos like this always makes my day !

[@gregmccall3750]

Billy Powell best damn piano player ever

[@JacobSanders-zc7sq]

Absolutely agree. He was the reason I began playing.

[@johnnychally]

love this guys!! born too late we were, but they still kick azz

[@tomengel8218]

Blow the roof off the place boys!

[@mikebaggs2051]

Another great one love it

[@glynnpeeples7133]

Ain't none better

[@rippledeadwood]

That is music! Love this band today most are gone.

[@cathywhite9415]

Now that we lost Gary Rossington 😢 all the original Lynryd Skynyrd band are now gone...unfortunately 😢 May they all RIP 🙏 Ronnie Van Zant Steve Gaines Allen Collins Gary Rossington Leon Wilkeson Cassie Gaines Jo Jo Billingsley Leslie Hawkins Billy Powell Ed King Bob Burns 🕯🕯🕯🕯🕯🕯🕯🕯🕯🕯🕯 Fly high Freebirds 🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊

[@cynthiabrock3608]

I came out on break and this was playing on the radio🥰🥰🥰

[@leokz3968]

Great song, great band, unforgotable music. Greetings from Barcelona