Billy Earheart

William Thaxton Earheart III (February 21, 1954 – May 13, 2025) was an American organist and piano player and original member of the Amazing Rhythm Aces. He and the Amazing Rhythm Aces won the Grammy Award for Best Country Vocal Performance By A Duo Or Group in the 19th Annual Grammy Awards for "The End Is Not In Sight (The Cowboy Tune)".^[1]

Billy Earheart III
Earheart in 1976
Background information
Birth name	William Thaxton Earheart III
Born	(1954-02-21)February 21, 1954 Tullahoma, Tennessee, U.S.
Died	May 13, 2025(2025-05-13) (aged 71) Fulton, Mississippi, U.S.
Genres	Country
Occupation	Musician
Instrument(s)	Keyboards, synthesizer
Formerly of	Amazing Rhythm Aces

Earheart played piano for Hank Williams Jr.'s Bama Band for more than twenty years. He also played with artists including Al Green, Eddie Hinton, Memphis Slim, Waylon Jennings, BB King, and others.^[2] He played on over 200 albums.^[3]

Earheart died from cancer on May 13, 2025, at the age of 71.^[2]