Rick Nelson & The Stone Canyon Band Easy To Be Free Live 1971

[@cherylb2008]

Rest In Peace beautiful Randy Playing in heaven with Rick

[@susammarks8502]

Oh. My. God. This. Man. Was. Absolutely. Gorgeous. And. Had. The. Voice. To. Match.

[@cynthiaennis3107]

Face & voice of an angel! And probably the sweetest guy, too!

[@johnhepfer4484]

Rip Rick and Randy. We love you 😢

[@owensclock]

Rick's days as a teen idol were way behind him at this point, circa 1970, and he was coming into his own as an artist and writer. I've always loved this song. Tom Brumley's work on steel guitar and Randy Meisner & Alan Kemp's harmonies help make ETBF one of the most beautiful songs Rick ever wrote and recorded..My all time music idol.

[@tenbroeck1958]

Ricky was a pioneer of Rock n Roll, Rockabilly, Country-Rock, and the Singer Songwriter movement. He worked with Randy Meisner, James Burton, Tom Brumley, & Alan Kemp - among others.

[@TJPoppy]

Randy’s beautiful voice reverberates in this dreamy song, rest in eternal Peace Rick & Randy 🤍🕊️

[@jimfowler276]

Rick was & is one of my favorites of all-time & so is Randy Meisner! seeing & hearing them together is awesome to say the least! Thanks for sharing!!!

[@jesmelric]

Glad you enjoyed :)

[@jimfowler276]

Yes sir! Thanks

[@DiamondTreasures]

One of my favorites! I met Rick years ago in '73..what a great guy! Nice to see Randy Meisner on bass!

[@diannacasey1007]

I'm so glad I found this gem, love to share it! ❤

[@Zeva2009]

My favorite song of his, and one of my favorite songs ever! He had the voice of angel.

[@cynthiaennis3107]

Yep...voice & face of an angel.

[@vanessao4978]

He’s So Beautiful ♥️

[@cynthiaennis3107]

Love Rick’s smile at the end! ♥️

[@sauquoit13456]

On this day in 1970 {April 29th} Ricky Nelson performed "Easy To Be Free" on the ABC-TV musical variety program 'The Johnny Cash Show'... Almost two months earlier on March 1st "Easy To Be Free" had entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart at position #81; it spent six weeks on the Top 100 and on weeks five and six it was at #48, that was it's peak position on the chart... Between 1957 and 1973 he had fifty-three Top 100 records; nineteen made the Top 10 with two* reaching #1, "Poor Little Fool" for 2 weeks in 1958 and "Travelin' Man" for 2 weeks in 1961... He just missed having two more #1 records when two of his records peaked at #2; "A Teenager's Romance" for 1 week in 1957 and "Stood Up" for 3 weeks in 1958... Sadly, Eric Hilliard Nelson passed away at the young age of 45 on December 31st, 1985... May he R.I.P.

[@cynthiaennis3107]

Great stats! 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

[@michaelnivens6267]

Rest In peace Ricky

[@XtinaMaria]

those eyes! ♥️

[@cynthiaennis3107]

Beyond beautiful!

[@valdudfield7007]

Love this song ❤️

[@twelve-t4c]

groovy drummer

[@RussellJoynerKKB]

THANK YOU FOR THIS!!! IT IS MY FAVORITE SONG BY RICK...plus..look at this man...i am not gay,,but he is the prettiest man i have ever seen!!!!

[@cynthiaennis3107]

Really...he & David Cassidy were the prettiest / most gorgeous looking guys with talent I’ve ever seen! Rick’s complexion is flawless, too! Incredible! Almost otherworldly!

[@DennisFTowle-gi3gf]

Very Beatlesque! Groovy! :)

[@jeffkahl]

Far out! Thanks for the info! Happy New Year!

[@traceycline5441]

Randy

[@jesmelric]

@freshieboy I'm happy to share!

[@jesmelric]

@cherokeebubba Glad you enjoyed. I have another live performance of this song I will be posting soon, so keep your eye on my channel.

[@willdrucker4291]

Wowww...I wonder if this appearance was before or after the infamous Madison Square Garden incident which inspired Rick to write “Garden Party”...seeing that this concert and the MSG show were both held in 1971...can’t believe any crowd would boo this band off a stage....smh

[@valdudfield7007]

True, never should have been booed. Fantastic singer

[@jesmelric]

@jeffkahl Yes, it is.

[@jesmelric]

@nightjasmine25 So glad you enjoyed!

[@svjim1]

Looks like the Greek theater at the Point Loma Nazarene University, San Diego.

[@cynthiaennis3107]

Thank you! 🙏🏼

[@patriciamalast5960]

Listen to Randy aWWWWWWWWWW

[@cynthiaennis3107]

He sounds great!

[@avengernemesis7990]

@@cynthiaennis3107 Love Randy Meisner.. Australia ❤️

[@jeffkahl]

is that Meisner on bass?

[@cynthiaennis3107]

Yeah, he’s there, but I can’t tell if he’s playing bass or not.

[@cynthiaennis3107]

On second play, it looks like he’s picking bass.

[@Terrance413]

Randy Meisner playing bass

[@dallasgunsmoke]

Perfect Footage, but what is with the sound?

[@cynthiaennis3107]

Thanks, I thought it was just me.

[@jesmelric]

Hi, I have never come across any footage from that concert, I don't believe any exists, however I'm not positive.

[@cynthiaennis3107]

Wow! Impressive place to play! Anyone know where this was?? Thank you! ♥️🌹🌿

[@winterlandboy]

Hi ,,Do you know if any footage exists of that now infamous Madison Square Garden Concert in 72? I would love to see that.

[@cynthiaennis3107]

I don’t think that was filmed.

[@ricknelsonfan]

​@@cynthiaennis3107elvis was filmed

[@mrJimCharles]

Mr Nelson died in 1985.

[@cynthiaennis3107]

Only his body...his spirit lives on...

[@jamesy4003]

He created w Randy the Eagles sound before the Eagles