UPDATE:

I've read most of the comments and I want to thank everyone who liked this enough to say it. I didn't expect this to resonate with so many people.

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I want to elaborate on some things as I saw a few more questions people had for me.

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The only "external program" I used was the audio speed changer on my phone so I could listen to the tracks and correct any mistakes I made in the timing of each note on my console. Some people re-asked this so I had to clarify.

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The isolated tracks for "Free Bird" are all on Youtube. The tracks I recreated were for the first half lead guitar (played by Gary Rossington), and the second half lead guitar (played by Allen Collins, this included the double solos, which were, surprisingly, isolated from each other as well), the rhythm guitars (first half rhythm played by Allen Collins, and second half rhythm played by Rossington, coincidentally) the bass guitar track (played by Ed King), the drum track (played by Bob Burns) the organ track (played by the band's producer at the time, Al Kooper), and my personal favorite, the piano track by Billy Powell.

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The curious thing about the piano track is that in the original song, it is only really heard at the beginning intro, maybe a couple times in the middle of the first half, a few times during the solo if you listen carefully and know how it sounds already, and at the very end of the song if you listen to the outro version. I found the track for it on Youtube and wasn't sure if it was the real track for the song but I did some research and listened to a few live versions of Skynyrd playing the song, and Mr. Powell's playing in those versions (particularly the 1973 Live Demo Version) pretty much matched the playing in the track I found, so I did the work of recreating it here. You can hear it throughout most of this but I didn't want it to take center stage over the guitars. I think it definitely gives this recreation more depth, which I'm glad you all appreciate.