RIP Ed King of Lynard Skynard....

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nooshinjohn
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Lost another good one today. He was credited as being a co-writer of Sweet Home Alabama.

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2018/08/23/ed-king-former-guitarist-for-lynyrd-skynyrd-who-co-wrote-sweet-home-alabama-dead-at-68.html
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  • vmaxer
    vmaxer Posts: 5,116
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    Sad, RIP
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  • decal
    decal Posts: 3,205
    edited August 2018
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    https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/lynyrd-skynyrd-guitarist-ed-king-dead-at-68-714847/ (Better article)

    Best guitarist they ever had,IMHO. Rest easy Brother Ed.
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,015
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    Thanks for the great guitar playing ED!!
    I enjoyed it then and ever since too.
    You can rest now.
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
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  • adb3da
    adb3da Posts: 506
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    I just watched that new Skynyrd documentary on Showtime earlier this week and Ed King struck me as the healthiest one of the living members. Looks can be deceiving I guess. Per the Rolling Stone article he had been battling lung cancer. RIP to a great one.
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 24,560
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    R.I.P brother
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  • gp4jesus
    gp4jesus Posts: 1,969
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    The Big “E!” Certainly one of best.
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  • Msabot1
    Msabot1 Posts: 2,098
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    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    Lost another good one today. He was credited as being a co-writer of Sweet Home Alabama.

    http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2018/08/23/ed-king-former-guitarist-for-lynyrd-skynyrd-who-co-wrote-sweet-home-alabama-dead-at-68.html

    Among others...all the way back to The Strawberry Alarm Clock..Alabama..when it hit the top 40 airwaves..was undoubtably the ballsiest single that was ever spun..RIP..you are in good company Ed King...
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  • dromunds
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    I just saw the Showtime documentary on Skynyrd and it really illuminated some things for me about the band, and especially Ed King. He quit the band mid-tour after being unable to stomach their smash-up-the-hotel-rooms shite anymore, and thus was spared from the subsequent plane crash that killed his replacement, along with that guy's sister who was a back-up singer that got him into the band, Ronnie, and others. A California boy, always seemed out of place in that band, but one heck of a guitarist. My college girlfriend used to love Skynyrd, and especially Second Helping. The documentary was very interesting and brought back a lot but there was also so much I didn't know.
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