Posted on 01/29/2009 2:23:39 AM PST by South40
NEW YORK (Billboard) – Lynyrd Skynyrd keyboardist Billy Powell died Wednesday morning (January 28) at his home in Orange Park, Fla. He was 56.
According to the Associated Press, Powell called 911 around 12:55 a.m., saying he was having trouble breathing. Rescue crews arrived at the home, but Powell was pronounced dead just before 2 a.m.
Orange Park Police Lt. Mark Cornett told the AP that Powell had missed an appointment yesterday for a cardiac evaluation.
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were gonna miss you billy, say hi to ronnie and dimebag darrell for us!
Bummer. I wanted to BE Billy Powell about 30 years ago...
I grew up in Jax, FL in the same neighborrhood. I've always been a fan.
RIP Billy.
Damn!
RIP
Go fly, Free Bird.
RIP.....Say hi to Ronnie,Steve and Cassie.
Who was killed in the crash?
Ronnie Van Zant is/was and will always be LYNYRD SKYNYRD.
Everybody in that band DIED in that swamp over 30 years ago....Allen Collins, Leon Wilkeson, Billy Powell...all had problems with "THEIR DEMONS" and suffered through years of drug and alcohol abuse....Artimus Pyle supposedly abused his own kids..( the kids later said he didn't do anything) and Gary Rossington has battled alcoholism.
A couple of the roadies have either killed themselves..It is one of the saddest stories in rock and roll...They acquire new guitarist Steve Gaines...He BREATHES NEW LIFE into the band...with his guitar playing/singing and songwriting...the album "STREET SURVIVORS" comes out on Monday October 16, 1977 and that Thursday night their private plane RUNS out of fuel en route to Baton Rouge La...29 people were aboard...It killed the 2 pilots and the 4 others...But they all died in one way or another.
RIP Billy Powell on the piano...
Ronnie Van Zant is/was and will always be LYNYRD SKYNYRD.
Everybody in that band DIED in that swamp over 30 years ago....Allen Collins, Leon Wilkeson, Billy Powell...all had problems with "THEIR DEMONS" and suffered through years of drug and alcohol abuse....Artimus Pyle supposedly abused his own kids..( the kids later said he didn't do anything) and Gary Rossington has battled alcoholism.
A couple of the roadies have either killed themselves..It is one of the saddest stories in rock and roll...They acquire new guitarist Steve Gaines...He BREATHES NEW LIFE into the band...with his guitar playing/singing and songwriting...the album "STREET SURVIVORS" comes out on Monday October 16, 1977 and that Thursday night their private plane RUNS out of fuel en route to Baton Rouge La...29 people were aboard...It killed the 2 pilots and the 4 others...But they all died in one way or another.
RIP Billy Powell on the piano...
RIP.
I fell in and out of love with LS at different times in my life and the current version touring borders on the fraudulent but pure talents like Powell are always entertaining to watch and listen to.
Rock was not my genre of music as a teen however it was and still is the Classic Rock of KVs Dads so I learned to like it in our young dayz together.
KVs Dad and Sisters came up to see KV last year and so funny they brought gifts of Harley Davidson Sweatshirts and Lynard Skynard Tees.
KV genetically picked up some of that Southern Boy attitude but his genre is Southern Gospel.
FREEBIRD!
Think I saw the original band 3x. Never saw them after..
RIP, all y'all
Saw them once in the mid-70s in Louisville, at the Convention Center (later known as Louisville Gardens). They were drunk, swilling Black Jack from the bottle, fighting with each other on stage, etc. It was horrible.
Saw them a couple years later at Freedom Hall in Louisville. We were literally right up front, leaning on the wall, 10-15’ from the closest band members. A top 5 show ever for me, they were just great.
Goodbye Billy Powell, I'm going to miss you.
One of the best to ever play rock and roll on the keyboards.
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