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Location: Nashville TN. | http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/61980759 |
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Posts: 5563
Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | Wow, this is an absolute bummer...Rest in Peace Billy...
One of the best...sadly irreplaceable...
My thoughts go out to the band and his family...
Same age as me...time is flying by... |
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April 2004
Posts: 13303
Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Sad times when they die and they are the same age as you are (meaning me)! |
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December 2001
Posts: 7211
Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | A very under appreciated keyboard player.
Say what you will about FREEBIRD, many assoiciating a "guitar" song....
But check this out...
Freebird on Piano
then check out this video of the gang and listen for the Piano... Free Bird Live when you get close to time 3:15, but make sure you have a tissue or two on hand.
Other than Lynyrd Skynyrd , Blue Oyster Cult, and Meatloaf, I can't think of any other groups that incorporated piano into rock so seamlessly and consistently as part of their sound. |
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Posts: 10777
Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Yeah... I didn't really think about it until now, but all of the keyboard work for Skynyrd is awesome. |
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October 2007
Posts: 2711
Location: Vernon CT | He will be missed! Any of the original members left? |
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March 2005
Posts: 5563
Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | Gary Rossington, Artimus Pyle |
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January 2002
Posts: 14127
Location: 6 String Ranch | The flags in Jacksonville will be at half mast. |
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Billy Powell RIP
