Billy Lyall

Billy Lyall
Born William Lyall
(1953-03-26)26 March 1953
Edinburgh, Scotland
Died 1 December 1989(1989-12-01) (aged 36)
Occupation Singer, musician
Years active 1969 -1989

William "Billy" Lyall (26 March 1953 – 1 December 1989) was a Scottish musician.

Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Lyall was a keyboard player, vocalist and occasional flautist with Pilot, and an early member of the Bay City Rollers. He was keyboard player for Dollar between 1978 & 1982, and also contributed to The Alan Parsons Project with fellow Pilot members. He left Pilot in early 1976 and released a solo album, Solo Casting later that year. He also contributed string arrangements and synthesizer parts to an album by the band Runner (Island records) in 1979.[1]

Lyall died of AIDS-related causes in 1989, aged 36.[2] Bay City Rollers' manager Tam Paton later revealed that Lyall was gay.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Runner - Runner | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-01-09.
  2. ↑ Uhelszki, Jaan (25 October 1999). "Courtney to Get Behind the Camera". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 4 October 2006.
  3. ↑ Jonsson, Hannes A. (23 January 2000). "Tam Paton Spills The Heinz Baked Beans!". Retrieved 14 October 2008.


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