Rock N' Roll lost a true legend today. The piano player from Lynyrd Skynyrd died this morning at 56. Many of the band's members were lost in a plane crash in 1977, but Billy survived and continued to tour and play with Lynyrd Skynyrd. Billy was one of my major influences and Lynyrd Skynyrd was the first concert that I ever attended.
Rolling Stone Article
Free Bird
Tuesday's Gone
"Cause I'm as free as a bird now,
and this bird you cannot change"
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Imagine how many more great LS songs that could have been if that plane crash had never happened....I'd never heard of Billy Powell, but I'd heard his piano work...he was incredible and will be missed.
ReplyDelete-Nate R.