Hal Leonard Lynyrd Skynyrd - Greatest Hits

This songbook has all the Lynyrd Skynyrd songs we know and love, but it is frustrating that so many of them were written in keys with many sharps/flats (aka the black keys) that require advanced piano-playing skills and definitely the ability to read music. But this negative also is a positive, because it personally helps me bone up on my most rusty area of piano-playing, which would be the more advanced stuff. Of course I'll never be able to hold a candle to the late, great Billy Powell (We're not worthy!) , who in my opinion gave this band it's extra-special appeal (when paired with the phenomenal song-writing skills of the late Ronnie Van Zant) in the guitar-laden world of Southern Rock. However, with some practice and the right level of experience, it is possible to play the songs in this book and sound like you know a thing or two about tickling the ivories. It took a long time, but with this song book, I finally found a worthy payoff for all the years of my youth when I was required to take piano lessons.

I was so disappointed. I bought this book for Free Bird and it did not have any of the special guitar solo details. In addition, the book I bought had obviously been used before and returned.

I was hoping for more piano solos. Free Bird was only a few pages long and we all know it's worthy of at least ten. But, I guess that's where improvising comes in and I do not possess that talent.