Billy was amazing. The things he could do to dress up three simple chords were the icing on the cake for this incredible band. Not repetitive, but arranged perfectly to go with the other players in the band. Isolating the piano track makes you realize what a genius he really was.
That shows just how well he was trained as a classical pianist. When he plays he has a flow that could well be any orchestral piece from the great classical composers. That is why Lynard Skynard are such a good band. Their compositions are on the same level as these greats!
Met this awesome man years ago. I was in awe of his presents. I ask if I could just touch his talented hands. He was so flattered he kissed my hands. He then told me he had never met someone that asked him that and was most flattered. Oh man, I was the flattered one.❤💋
It is my understanding that this amazing musician was classically trained! It is the soul and love he possessed for music that took every song to amazing heights and put soul in his classical background!! Rest In Song Billy!
His piano was without a doubt the final ingredient to make this band what it was. His piano is just as powerful a part of their sound as the 3 lead guitar attack. Without him, it was not the same band. I never saw the original band but I did see them one time with Gary, Leon, Billy, Artimus and Ed King. Also saw them with 3 original members,Gary,Leon and Billy and although they were missing Allen Collins,Ronnie, Artimus ,Steve ,Cassie and Ed King it was still really something to see. They sounded flawless, literally played the tunes note for note. Ricky Medlock did a hell of a job playing Allen Collins parts. I could only imagine what it was like seeing the original lineup. I saw half the original lineup in the late 90s and I was amazed how good they still were. It's a tragedy what happened to these guys, especially Allen Collins, he never recovered from the crash and then losing his wife and child was the end for him. So 😢 sad.
@@michaelstratton6701 no doubt my man.. even seeing just a part of that band you could see with out a doubt how awesome and talented they were. Saw various incarnations of Skynyrd over the past 35 years. From 5 members down to 3.. after Leon died I saw them one last time with Gary and Billy and it still was great but Leon had great feel and just was missing something. Without Billy the secret weapon of Skynyrd I refused to go anymore. Billy and his piano elevated skynyrd to their greatest heights.. he was one hell of a musician.
@@maxinecatherall6840 for sure , the element he added just made them that much greater!! People talk about Rick Wakeman, Elton John, Chuck Levelle and their keyboard and piano skills but I’ll put Billy Powell up there with those guys, he’s that good!!
Thanks for this! As a life-long recording studio pianist, this made me smile :) Billy has solid time, is very even and consistent in his parts, plus he doesn't pummel the keys. I like that the piano is providing colorful harmonic overtones that enhance the guitars and help flesh out the overall mix.
You can't pummel the keys in a song like this, you'll run out of steam and your hands will fall off. This is what separates musicians with technique and without.
Lynyrd Skynyrd’s secret weapon! As awesome as all the other musicians were in the band, Billy really was the key that differentiated them from all other bands.
As A hard charging guitar lover I got to agree with this comment. Absolutely positively 100% Billy Powell was Lynyrd Skynyrd’s secret weapon. What a great comment dude.
BP played Mozart ein klien nacht musik at soundcheck 1 day 50 of us stoppedvin our tracks....its a mozart masterpiece and to hear that steinway from 20 away...
Billy Powell piano..3 lead guitarist..Female back up singers.Double kick bass drum .. Ronnie's vision/sound..and southern pride made them a unique band
For some interesting insight to Billy Powell(in particular, the piano solo in Free Bird), watch the Muscle Shoals documentary. There's a segment on the band and how Billy was a roadie before they discovered what an amazing keyboard player he was.
Are you sure? Sounds just like the studio version to me including the end solo. Some bands/players do reproduce their parts and solos verbatim in concert (Rush and Journey I've noticed both seem to do this) but I wouldn't have thought Billy did. I'll take your word for it if you're sure!
@@richforman @Richard Forman yep, I'm positive. For one, according to Ed King, the original masters for the studio version were lost long ago, but also there are a few differences here & there in how Billy played this performance - easiest one to hear is that he starts the piano solo up an octave compared to where he plays on the studio version. Ronnie Van Zant was always very adamant about his band not improvising too much, so Billy always played parts very close to what was on the recording.
@@RandomPerson56789I wonder what turned Ronnie off on improvisation, I wonder how big a fan he was of the Allman Brothers? If he didn’t care for improvisation.
@@RB-pm2ni I saw an interview Ed King gave many years ago where he said Ronnie wanted to give the fans their money's worth and wanted the band to sound the same live as they did recorded and also sound the same live every time they played.This is the reason they rehearsed constantly at Hell house and their guitar solos were pre-written and rehearsed.In short,he did not want any surprises on stage during a gig......
@@gravynogfigured Billy would’ve stuck to a plain acoustic piano or basic electric but the tone is weird especially in the bass so maybe it is a Yamaha CP series. Hmm
These particular stems are ones I just found on a random site and it happened to be an old live performance. It comes already separated as flac or ogg files which you can open in programs like Audacity. I'm not sure how they typically get "leaked" since I don't think you can just take a full song and separate it into good sounding multitracks. It's just the audio that the mic recorded and somehow, maybe during the making of a live CD or remastering, it was leaked to the internet, I believe. Let me know if you want to know more or if you have any other songs that you would like to hear like this.
It’s obvious that his entire piano track was overdubbed in a studio setting As there is absolutely no bleed from anything else you would normally hear on a live stage recording
@@AtomizedSound UM..............EVERYONE! All instruments are going through thier own channel into the mixer and from there out to a multi track recorder.....
@@RichTancredieveryone” is kind of overzealous to be saying that. Most bands for live albums are not overdubbing their own parts I bet. There’s lots of bleed thru though and I’m gonna say this band didn’t overdub their parts for live release. I can’t say conclusively of course but to say everyone is definitely not true
This is amazing. You can learn a lot about rock piano from the way he plays. It's not as simple as some people think.
Believe me no pianist who has tried to replicate those 6ths runs thinks it is easy!!!
I like it! It’s not perfectly in time in spots but it’s ok, it’s rock n roll!
Who thinks playing the piano is easy?
@@stevenponte6655 They are 3rd runs, but the 3rd is an octave lower.
@etabeta73funnily enough Billy Powell was a formally trained classical pianist lol
Billy was amazing. The things he could do to dress up three simple chords were the icing on the cake for this incredible band. Not repetitive, but arranged perfectly to go with the other players in the band. Isolating the piano track makes you realize what a genius he really was.
That shows just how well he was trained as a classical pianist. When he plays he has a flow that could well be any orchestral piece from the great classical composers. That is why Lynard Skynard are such a good band. Their compositions are on the same level as these greats!
Billy Powell. LEGEND!!!
Thanks for the likes!
I'd love e to hear others from the great Billy Powell
Billy Powell was SO talented!! 👏🙌
Notice how clean and crisp he played? Wow!
Excellent performance by an incredible musician, Rest In Peace Billy 🙏
Met this awesome man years ago. I was in awe of his presents. I ask if I could just touch his talented hands. He was so flattered he kissed my hands. He then told me he had never met someone that asked him that and was most flattered. Oh man, I was the flattered one.❤💋
Legend. Awesome memory you have.
Angelic
I had,some fun w Leon staying up 3 days...I got some stories
Such a tasteful method of inserting piano between three guitars. There isn't a lot of room. Billy Powell filled the spaces perfectly.
exactly! it's quite a trick to not walk on the guitar parts
or muddy up the bass, and still be playing an actual part :)
@@seanemmettfullerton I played keys in a band for 12 years with just 1 guitarist and some times 2. With two I really had to back off....let alone 3
@@niltomega2978 LOL... yeah, acres of space with just one guitar :) you can stretch out on the couch and put your feet up...
Solo @3:52, Awesome, all of it! Thank you for posting, Billy Powell was great.
It is my understanding that this amazing musician was classically trained! It is the soul and love he possessed for music that took every song to amazing heights and put soul in his classical background!! Rest In Song Billy!
Its like being able to go back in time and be there and watch as it was recorded
His piano was without a doubt the final ingredient to make this band what it was. His piano is just as powerful a part of their sound as the 3 lead guitar attack. Without him, it was not the same band. I never saw the original band but I did see them one time with Gary, Leon, Billy, Artimus and Ed King. Also saw them with 3 original members,Gary,Leon and Billy and although they were missing Allen Collins,Ronnie, Artimus ,Steve ,Cassie and Ed King it was still really something to see. They sounded flawless, literally played the tunes note for note. Ricky Medlock did a hell of a job playing Allen Collins parts. I could only imagine what it was like seeing the original lineup. I saw half the original lineup in the late 90s and I was amazed how good they still were. It's a tragedy what happened to these guys, especially Allen Collins, he never recovered from the crash and then losing his wife and child was the end for him. So 😢 sad.
I did twice 75 and 77. Cap Center and Nashville Speedway.. Billy came out to a baby grand, flipped his tux tails up and kicked ass..
My son,grandson and I seen that lineup too minus Allen Collins, they were awesome, along with my brother and best friend, awesome memories
@@michaelstratton6701 no doubt my man.. even seeing just a part of that band you could see with out a doubt how awesome and talented they were. Saw various incarnations of Skynyrd over the past 35 years. From 5 members down to 3.. after Leon died I saw them one last time with Gary and Billy and it still was great but Leon had great feel and just was missing something. Without Billy the secret weapon of Skynyrd I refused to go anymore. Billy and his piano elevated skynyrd to their greatest heights.. he was one hell of a musician.
BEST E V E R!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@maxinecatherall6840 for sure , the element he added just made them that much greater!! People talk about Rick Wakeman, Elton John, Chuck Levelle and their keyboard and piano skills but I’ll put Billy Powell up there with those guys, he’s that good!!
I miss Billy Powel, great pianist!!!.
Billy puts the key in hon-key tonk. Hes like the tinsel on the Skynyrd Southern Christmas Song tree.
dude this helped me so much, can't believe it has less than 1000 views. Thank you!
:)
Tout simplement monstrueux, chapeau l ami.r i p
Thanks for this! As a life-long recording studio pianist, this made me smile :)
Billy has solid time, is very even and consistent in his parts, plus he doesn't
pummel the keys. I like that the piano is providing colorful harmonic overtones
that enhance the guitars and help flesh out the overall mix.
and squeezing all those tasteful licks between 3 guitars.
@@niltomega2978 totally... Wizard-level playing :)
Because he was classically trained??
You can't pummel the keys in a song like this, you'll run out of steam and your hands will fall off. This is what separates musicians with technique and without.
Lynyrd Skynyrd’s secret weapon! As awesome as all the other musicians were in the band, Billy really was the key that differentiated them from all other bands.
As A hard charging guitar lover I got to agree with this comment. Absolutely positively 100% Billy Powell was Lynyrd Skynyrd’s secret weapon. What a great comment dude.
From strength to strength and never to be repeated. Loved forever!!
What a pro. Great time feel, harmonic sense. Never bangs the keys.
My uncle..... 🙏 I love you.....always and forever.. these videos make me cry so much.. ❤❤
He was so talented 💔
Cant be sad and listen to this.
Astounding. Just trying to count this out has my brain in knots.
this is an insane find
The best to ever do it!
this is beatifull...really beatifull
An old roadie (Arnold Stone) told me about. I could never find it. Here ya are...thank ya kindly.
From 3:52 on, think Scott Joplin (writer of the Entertainer)
BP played Mozart ein klien nacht musik at soundcheck 1 day 50 of us stoppedvin our tracks....its a mozart masterpiece and to hear that steinway from 20 away...
what a legend
Priceless. The view count must roll over after a billion.
Billy Powell piano..3 lead guitarist..Female back up singers.Double kick bass drum .. Ronnie's vision/sound..and southern pride made them a unique band
I never realized he was playing all those licks and fills with two hands
Southern Man don't need enten 'round anyhow.
Aaahoooo werewolves of London
Thanks for the audiotrack👌
For some interesting insight to Billy Powell(in particular, the piano solo in Free Bird), watch the Muscle Shoals documentary. There's a segment on the band and how Billy was a roadie before they discovered what an amazing keyboard player he was.
Thanks for sharing wow
wow wish I found this isolated track when I played in the tribute band...but I got it almost note for note anyway
Ahh, what a master!
Love it.thanks.
This is the track from the "One More from the Road" live album, recorded at the Fox Theatre, Atlanta in July 1976.
Are you sure? Sounds just like the studio version to me including the end solo. Some bands/players do reproduce their parts and solos verbatim in concert (Rush and Journey I've noticed both seem to do this) but I wouldn't have thought Billy did. I'll take your word for it if you're sure!
@@richforman @Richard Forman yep, I'm positive. For one, according to Ed King, the original masters for the studio version were lost long ago, but also there are a few differences here & there in how Billy played this performance - easiest one to hear is that he starts the piano solo up an octave compared to where he plays on the studio version. Ronnie Van Zant was always very adamant about his band not improvising too much, so Billy always played parts very close to what was on the recording.
@@RandomPerson56789I wonder what turned Ronnie off on improvisation, I wonder how big a fan he was of the Allman Brothers? If he didn’t care for improvisation.
@@RB-pm2ni I saw an interview Ed King gave many years ago where he said Ronnie wanted to give the fans their money's worth and wanted the band to sound the same live as they did recorded and also sound the same live every time they played.This is the reason they rehearsed constantly at Hell house and their guitar solos were pre-written and rehearsed.In short,he did not want any surprises on stage during a gig......
He was incredible
can someone make 3h version of this 😃
Any way you could get the free bird live piano track from this concert??
@@enten161 ok thank you
I want the little jingle at 37 sec as a door bell... just saying
Are all these different Skynyrd tracks taken 'the recordings from 'One More from the Road'? They are superb, and very cool!
Estou tendo muita dificuldade de tocar essa música, principalmente na hora do improviso
can you do sweet home alabama from 1975 whistle test live sound???
4:22
Is this actually him playing? Peter kays has nailed every note thst billy plays
Peter Kays is good,but not that good....
Where did this recording come from? It's amazing. I love isolated tracks from old songs like this
It's good but. ....is that Mr.Powell. or a craft beer
Very interesting tone... hints of CP70 in there. Is that an electric piano or just some weird, weird compression?
I would say CP70/CP80 for sure, especially since it's the track from the live album, as RandomPerson56789 mentioned in another comment.
@@gravynogfigured Billy would’ve stuck to a plain acoustic piano or basic electric but the tone is weird especially in the bass so maybe it is a Yamaha CP series. Hmm
Just curious how did you do this? Will you do it for another recording of Skynyrd?
These particular stems are ones I just found on a random site and it happened to be an old live performance. It comes already separated as flac or ogg files which you can open in programs like Audacity. I'm not sure how they typically get "leaked" since I don't think you can just take a full song and separate it into good sounding multitracks. It's just the audio that the mic recorded and somehow, maybe during the making of a live CD or remastering, it was leaked to the internet, I believe. Let me know if you want to know more or if you have any other songs that you would like to hear like this.
enten ruclips.net/video/9xbjmGxhBcs/видео.html if you could do this one for a piano track that would be great.
@@DanielSmith-jp8fo I don't have access to that. There are probably a handful of people on the planet who could get you that.
@@DanielSmith-jp8fo By the way, fuck the confederate flag and fuck Trump, just wanted to say that.
@@enten161 wtf
How have you isolated the piano ?
It's magic.
Obviiusly he had access to the master recordings and each seperate track taken from this show.
It’s obvious that his entire piano track was overdubbed in a studio setting As there is absolutely no bleed from anything else you would normally hear on a live stage recording
Turn up your speakers. There's tons of bleed over.
@@BucF16 Thats from his headphones dude.....
Overdubbed for a live album? Idk who does that
@@AtomizedSound UM..............EVERYONE! All instruments are going through thier own channel into the mixer and from there out to a multi track recorder.....
@@RichTancredieveryone” is kind of overzealous to be saying that. Most bands for live albums are not overdubbing their own parts I bet. There’s lots of bleed thru though and I’m gonna say this band didn’t overdub their parts for live release. I can’t say conclusively of course but to say everyone is definitely not true
That was weird
Dont think thats billy himself
2seprate tracks
4:05
4:10
4:21
4:24