This is the demo for Lynyrd Skynyrd's (Ronnie Van Zant, Bob Burns, Ed King, Allen Collins and Gary Rossington) "Freebird" (Collins - Van Zant) from the Muscle Shoals tapes before Billy Powell joined the group from roadie to keyboardist.

This power ballad was on their 1973 debut album "(Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd)" and others. The single included producer Al Kooper on organ and was issued late the next year then peaked in the top twenty in 1975. The live version is close to fifteen minutes long and usually wraps up a concert.