Billy Powell
Birthday
1952/06/03
Day of death
2009/01/28 (56 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Corpus Christi, Texas
Also know as
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Biography
Born in Corpus Christi, Texas, Powell grew up in a military family (his father was in the U.S. Navy) and spent several years of his childhood living in Italy where his father was stationed. After his father died of cancer in 1960, he moved with his family back to the United States and settled in Jacksonville, Florida. He met his lifelong friend, Leon Wilkeson in elementary school. Billy's interest in piano began to grow and he began taking piano lessons from a local teacher named Madalyn Brown. ...Read more
Acting
(1996) Lynyrd Skynyrd - Freebird, The Movie & Tribute Tour
as Himself
(1975) Lynyrd Skynyrd: The Old Grey Whistle Test
as Himself
(1976) Lynyrd Skynyrd: Live at Winterland 1976
as himself
(2018) If I Leave Here Tomorrow: A Film About Lynyrd Skynyrd
as Himself
(2008) Lynyrd Skynyrd - Live from Freedom Hall
as Keyboards
(1996) Lynyrd Skynyrd: Live at Rockpalast
as Himself
(1987) Lynyrd Skynyrd - Tribute Tour
as Piano
(1999) Lynyrd Skynyrd: Lyve from Steel Town
as Piano
(2003) Lynyrd Skynyrd: The Vicious Cycle Tour
as Piano
(2021) Lynyrd Skynyrd: Live at Knebworth '76
as Self
(2006) Lynyrd Skynyrd - Live in Atlantic City
as Self
(1997) Behind the Music
as Self
(2002) CMT Crossroads
as Self