Authorized Bootleg: Live at Winterland, San Francisco Mar. 07 1976

by Lynyrd Skynyrd

Overview

Part of Universal's Authorized Bootleg series, this album captures a gig Lynyrd Skynyrd gave at the Winterland in San Francisco on March 7, 1976. Skynyrd were in the midst of supporting their fourth album, Gimme Back My Bullets, and compared to its companion in the Authorized Bootleg series, which captures a concert four months earlier in Cardiff, Wales, this is a greasier set, even if the group has added backing vocals and synthesizers to its lineup. Despite these auxiliary players, the focus is where it always has been with Skynyrd live: gritty, funky backbeats and intertwined guitars that sometimes achieve moments of grace -- on "Tuesday's Gone" and the opening half of "Free Bird" -- but usually just kick up dust. While this isn't necessarily Skynyrd at their on-stage peak -- and the sound is just a little bit muffled -- it is very, very good and worth the time of any serious fan in need of a fix of the band at its near prime. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	03/31/2009
Label:	Geffen
UPC:	0602517975194
Rank:	91470

Tracks

1. Cry for the Bad Man
2. Saturday Night Special
3. Searching
4. I Got the Same Old Blues
5. Gimme Back My Bullets
6. Tuesday's Gone
7. The Needle and the Spoon
8. Gimme Three Steps/Call Me the Breeze
9. Sweet Home Alabama
10. Free Bird

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Lynyrd Skynyrd   Primary Artist
Cassie Gaines   Vocals (Background)
Jojo Billingsley   Vocals (Background)
Artimus Pyle   Drums,Percussion
Leon Wilkeson   Guitar (Bass),Vocals
Leslie Hawkins   Vocals (Background)
Billy Powell   Keyboards
Ronnie Van Zant   Vocals

Technical Credits

Gary Rossington   Composer
Duke Ellington   Composer
Ed King   Composer
J.J. Cale   Composer
Ronnie Van Zant   Composer
Edward King   Composer
Steve Allen   Composer
Allen Collins   Composer