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On SkynyrdвЂ™s first live album, 1976вЂ™s One More from the Road, Van Zant can be heard asking the crowd, вЂњWhat song is it you wanna hear?вЂќ The overwhelming response leads into the 14-minute version of the song that became iconic. вЂњOf course, that was the song everyone gravitated towards!вЂќ вЂњMCA said we couldnвЂ™t put a 10-minute song on an album, because nobody would play it,вЂќ recalls King. A 3:30 radio edit was cut and the single, at 4:10, became a Top 20 hit. The original album version of the song clocked in at almost 10 minutes and according to Rossington and Ed King, MCA objected to putting such a long song on the bandвЂ™s debut album.

вЂњWe didвЂ“and Billy went from being a roadie to a member right then.вЂќ вЂњOne of our roadies told us we should check out this piano part that another roadie had written as an intro for the song,вЂќ says Rossington. The structure of вЂњFree BirdвЂќ was set, but it was still lacking one final element the elegant piano intro, which was written by then-roadie Billy Powell. Ronnie said, вЂWhy donвЂ™t you do something at the end of that so I can take a break for a few minutes.вЂ™ I came up with those three chords at the end and Allen and I traded solos and Ronnie kept telling us to make it longer we were playing three or four sets a night, and he was looking to fill it up and get a break.вЂќ That was not by design, recalls Rossington: вЂњWhen we started playing it in clubs, it was just the slow part. Like вЂњStairway to Heaven,вЂќ one of its chief competitors for the unofficial title of rockвЂ™s most epic song, вЂњFree BirdвЂќ starts out as a ballad before becoming a solo-fueled rocker. Play them again.вЂ™ He said, вЂI got it,вЂ™ and wrote the lyrics in three or four minutes-the whole damned thing! This instrumental was recorded by Lynyrd Skynyrd, and released 49 years ago on Monday 1st of January 1973.

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Then one day we were at rehearsal and Allen started playing those chords again, and Ronnie said, вЂThose are pretty. The instrumental for Free Bird is in the key of C Major, has a tempo of 118 bpm, and is 9 minutes and 7 seconds long. He thought that he had to change with every chord.

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Recalls Gary Rossington, вЂњAllen had the chords for the beginning, pretty part for two full years and we kept asking Ronnie to write something and he kept telling us to forget it he said there were too many chords so he couldnвЂ™t find a melody. But while everyone recognized the grace of the chord progression, Ronnie Van Zant could not come up with a suitable vocal melody. Guitarist Allen Collins came up with the music to вЂњFree BirdвЂќ very early in the bandвЂ™s songwriting process. Originally released on pronounced leh-nerd skin-nerd (MCA, 1973)

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