Lynyrd Skynyrd Loses Another Original Member  |
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 Billy Powell, 56, original keyboardist for the Southern rock group Lynyrd Skynyrd died Tuesday night of a possible heart attack. The original band came together in 1973. Several members of the band died in a plane crash in 1977 including the lead singer Ronnie Van Zant. Ronnie's brother Johnny reformed the band in 1987 with the surviving members of the original group. Free Bird & Sweet Home Alabama were their two most notable songs. In my opinion, Lynyrd Skynyrd & Marshall Tucker were the two GREATEST Southern Rock bands of ALL time!!! Please tell me your memories of Lynyrd Skynyrd.
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1.  jennifercrowe (528) | 10 months ago |  I grew up listening to Lynyrd Skynyrd. This was one of the greatest bands of all time in my book. The world lost a great person. I remember my brother and me always singing their songs and my father as well.
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 LadyMarissa (2638) | 10 months ago | Yes, they were one HOTTT band!!! Especially considering the competition at the time!!! | |
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| 2. Irishfrndly65 (7301) | 10 months ago |  Free Bird...ah Free Bird. I still remember my friends yelling that at any band that played anywhere. They'd get way in the back and hold a light and yell, "Freeeeee Biiiirrrdddd"! Crazy nuts! It was funny when they did it!
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| LadyMarissa (2638) | 10 months ago | Seems we shared some friends Irish!!! Any band worth their salt should be able to play Free Bird & play it well!!! | |
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3.  patriciaqualls (4607) | 10 months ago |  I love all of their songs. He will be greatly missed. Now he can be with his band members. Rest in peace Billy Powell.
I got to see them in concert they were awesome in 1999.
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| LadyMarissa (2638) | 10 months ago | I almost got to see their last concert. My Dad nixed that idea a the last moment. It took me years to learn to forgive him!!! | |
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| 4. nanajanet (2656) | 10 months ago |  I do not have a lot of special memories but I liked their music a lot and was sad when the plane crashed.
It just teaches us to live life to the fullest each day try to have no regrets.
I can only imagine the music in Heaven with all the great musicians and singers over there!
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| LadyMarissa (2638) | 10 months ago | Yes, Heaven should be rocking tonight!!! There are some GREAT musicians jamming together tonight!!! | |
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| 5. dragon54u (9370) | 10 months ago |  I wasn't really into music until I was in my forties, in 2000. Lynyrnd Skynrd became a huge part of my life then, merging southern music with rock and blues. That band has been through a lot of changes, tragic. Yes, it's probably the best southern rock band of all time. But that band pales beside Pink Floyd, my favorite band of all time that encompasses blues, rock, metal and punk.
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| 6. p1kef1sh (5628) | 10 months ago |  I thought/think that Lynard Skynard were wonderful too LadyM. The thing that surprises me is that Billy Powell was only 56. I always thought that they were much older than that. They have quite a following over here although we have managed a few moderately well know bands ourselves. Bands like Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple and Black Sabbath all spring to mind. I think that they are heard of in the US as well. LOL. Very sad when we see our heroes start to shuffle off this mortal coil isn't it?
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