Billy Powell, keyboardist with the rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, died of a heart ailment at his condo in the Jacksonville, Florida, suburb of Orange Park, police said Thursday. He was 56.
Billy Started with the band in 1972 and was one of the surviving members of the imfamous 1977 plain crash that took the lives of lead singer Ronnie Van Zant; guitarist Steve Gaines; Gaines's sister, vocalist Cassie Gaines; an assistant road manager; and the pilot and copilot.
He was truly an inspiration to the keyboard players of today much the same that Jerry Lee Lewis was to those of the 50's and 60's.
Among the Southern rock band's acclaimed songs are "What's Your Name," "Freebird" and "Sweet Home Alabama," all released in the 1970s. "Sweet Home Alabama" reached the top 10 in 1974.
You will be missed by true Southern Rock fans...fly high freebird.
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