RIP Billy Powell

66chevyIISS
66chevyIISS Posts: 857
edited January 2009 in The Clubhouse
http://www.news4jax.com/news/18584568/detail.html

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Billy Powell, the original keyboard player with the southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, died early Wednesday at his Orange Park home.

Powell was 56.
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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited January 2009
    RIP too young. :(

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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited January 2009
    disneyjoe7 wrote: »
    RIP too young. :(

    When was the last time anyone heard of a rock and roller living to be REALLY old. They all seem to die young. Sex, drugs/booze, rock'n'roll and hard/fast living must take it's toll.

    RIP Billy. I enjoyed your music.
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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited January 2009
    True too young for me. :)

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  • BottomFeeder
    BottomFeeder Posts: 1,684
    edited January 2009
    Wow. Another original member of a terrific band goes out.

    RIP
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    zingo Posts: 11,258
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  • jgido759
    jgido759 Posts: 572
    edited January 2009
    A little off topic, but with Billy's passing, who is left from the original band?
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  • comfortablycurt
    comfortablycurt Posts: 6,745
    edited January 2009
    Wow...this is the first I've heard of this one. That's to bad...It seems like there's been a lot of that going around lately. There have been a lot of really significant people dying these last couple years. I guess that'll always be happening though.

    To bad...he was a great keyboard player.
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    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited January 2009
    jgido759 wrote: »
    A little off topic, but with Billy's passing, who is left from the original band?

    Bob Burns is still alive and kickin in the metro Atlanta area. I still see him and Marsha every 2 weeks or so. Bob was the original drummer for Skynyrd.
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