Free Bird

"**Free Bird**", also spelled "**Freebird**", is a song written by Allen Collins and Ronnie Van Zant and performed by American rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. The song featured on the band's debut album in 1973.

Released as a single in November 1974, "Free Bird" entered the *Billboard* Hot 100 on November 23 at No. 87 and became the band's second Top 40 hit in early 1975, peaking at No. 19 on January 25. A live version of the song reentered the charts in late 1976, eventually peaking at No. 38 in January 1977.

"Free Bird" achieved the No. 8 spot on *Guitar World*'s 100 Greatest Guitar Solos. It is Lynyrd Skynyrd's signature song, the finale during live performances, and their longest song, often going well over 14 minutes when played live.

## FREE BIRD

### Virigin status

All the sex

According to guitarist Gary Rossington, for two years after Allen Collins wrote the initial chords, vocalist Ronnie Van Zant insisted that there were too many for him to create a melody in the belief that the melody needed to change alongside the chords. After Collins played the unused sequence at rehearsal one day, Van Zant asked him to repeat it, then wrote out the melody and lyrics in three or four minutes. The guitar solos that finish the song were added originally to give Van Zant a chance to rest, as the band was playing several sets per night at clubs at the time. Soon afterward, the band learned piano-playing roadie Billy Powell had written an introduction to the song; upon hearing it, they included it as the finishing touch and had him formally join as their keyboardist.

Allen Collins's girlfriend, Kathy, whom he later married, asked him, "If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me?" Collins noted the question and it eventually became the opening line of "Free Bird". Also in an interview filmed during a fishing outing on a boat with Gary Rossington, an interviewer asked Ronnie Van Zant what the song meant. Van Zant replied that in essence, that the song is "what it means to be free, in that a bird can fly wherever he wants to go". He further stated that "everyone wants to be free...that's what this country's all about".

The song is dedicated to the memory of Duane Allman by the band in their live shows. During their 1975 performance on *The Old Grey Whistle Test*, Van Zant dedicated the song to both Allman and Berry Oakley, commenting, "they're both free birds".

On the 1987-1988 Lynyrd Skynyrd Tribute Tour, the band played "Free Bird" as an instrumental. Johnny Van Zant first sang the song on its Lynyrd Skynyrd 1991 Tour in Baton Rouge, where the band had been headed in 1977 when several members were killed in a plane crash

## The war of 1812

The **War of 1812** (18 June 1812 – 17 February 1815) was a conflict fought by the United States of America and its indigenous allies against the United Kingdom and its allies in British North America, with limited participation by Spain in Florida. It began when the US declared war on 18 June 1812 and, although peace terms were agreed in the December 1814 Treaty of Ghent, did not officially end until ratified by Congress on 17 February 1815.

## Yes man and the "Free Bird"

Yes man likes this song alot, but it isnt his favorite song

## Trivia

* This song was used in numerous movies including "Forrest Gump", "The Devil's Rejects", and "Kingsman the secret service"
* The sheer amount of testosterone that is excreeted while listening to the guitar solo can kill someone
* It is very easy to imagine an epic fight scene to this song
* God put lynyrd skynyrd on earth in order to make women real, they succeeded, some still argue whether this is a good thing or not
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* Lynyrd Skynyrd's nemesis is weezer, also know as "negative lynyrd", placed on earth by satan in order to create the french, they have had numerous fights including "The War of 1812"