Lynyrd Skynyrd (1 Viewer)

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hi i am new here so i i have put this in the wrong place or you all hate Lynyrd Skynyrd please be nice to me, or I might cry. I had a customer the other day said that he has read that LS are playing dublin and Belfast in Feb. He said it was in classic rock magazine, anyone in the know, know if this is true or not. I can't find any mention of it anywhere.

 

[LUKAS]

Personally, i love Skynyrd.

I don't care what anybody says, saw them live(well 2 of em) with Deep Purple 7 years ago at the point. Best concert ever!

 

[big homeless]

I know they're playin in Scotland and England, and they're a damn site better than Keane.

 

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I know they're playin in Scotland and England, and they're a damn site better than Keane.

yeah the guy said that it was in a list of gigs, england and scotland were mentioned and at the bottom it said O2 dubin and odyssey belfast but in feb which is a good bit before the other dates in may.

 

[CinnamonBoy]

Who's in the band these days?

I love them once I heard Ronnie Van Zant was buried in his Tonight's The Night t-shirt.

 

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i'm not actually sure, there have been about 3 have died since the dublin gig,I think johnny van zant is there and rossington and collins but not sure who else.

 

[nlgbbbblth]

Billy is gone. RIP.

http://www.jacksonville.com/news/me...kynyrd_keyboard_player_bill_powell_dead_at_56

Billy Powell, a longtime keyboard player for Lynyrd Skynyrd who survived the band's 1977 plane crash, died at his Orange Park condo early this morning, according to police.
Orange Park Police Chief James Boivin said Powell called 911 from his condo in Club Continental and was pronounced dead at 1:52 a.m. after rescue crews performed CPR on him. Boivin said he was told Powell had an appointment with his heart specialist Monday but never made the appointment.
Current Lynyrnd Skynyrd singer Johnny Van Zant spent 22 years with Powell in the band. He said the band took the news of Powell's death hard.
"You know, they say they've got one hell of a band up in heaven. My brother Ronnie up in heaven is probably saying, 'Billy, what took you so long?' I'm sure they're catching up on things in heaven."
Powell, who went to Bishop Kenny High School, joined Skynyrd in 1972 after working for the Jacksonville band for a couple of years as a roadie. He was seriously injured in the Oct. 20, 1977 plane crash that killed singer Ronnie Van Zant and five other people.
Johnny Van Zant said his brother invited Powell to join the band after he heard him playing piano during a rehearsal of "Free Bird." "Ronnie said, 'What's that?' and Billy said, 'That's the introduction to 'Free Bird.' Ronnie said, 'I like that. You're in the band.'"
The piano introduction to the song became a highly anticipated part of the band's live show, though Johnny Van Zant said Powell was sometimes relucant to jump into the spotlight with it.
"He'd say, 'I don't want to do that, I'm embarrassed to do that,'" said Van Zant. "I'd make him do it: I'd say, 'Come on, it'll make their night.' It made mine."
Earlier this month, Powell and the band took a four-day cruise, called the Simple Man Cruise, on a ship out of Miami with "4,000 crazy Skynyrd fans," said Van Zant.
The band had recorded several songs for a new album and had upcoming gigs in Lousiana, Mississippi and Orlando. They will be canceled, said Van Zant.
"We've got to lay our brother to rest," said Van Zant. "That old saying, the show must go on, always counts. Unless you die."
Guitarist Gary Rossington and Powell were the only members of the pre-crash incarnation of Skynyrd who were still playing with the band. As for the future of the band,Van Zant said, "That's really the last thought in my head. I've given 22 years to the band and hope to do it for another 22."
Van Zant he spoke with Rossington, who lives in the Atlanta area, this morning. "He's hurting," he said. "You know, he was very sad and wondering why all us brothers are leaving him, why he's still here."
Rossington's wife, Dale, reached by telephone this afternoon, said her husband was too distraught to come to the phone. "We're just lost," she said, fighting back tears.
She said band members had long been worried about Powell's health. "But he had such a big huge heart of gold, such a huge abiding faith in God and his savior Jesus," she said.
Powell was married to Ellen Vera Powell and had four children.
"For me," said Van Zant, "if anybody reading your article wants to do something, say a prayer for Billy and his family. That would be greatly appreciated."