Members Mandolin Picker Posted August 25, 2018 Members Share Posted August 25, 2018 On Wednesday Ed King of the southern rock group Lynyrd Skynyrd died. He was 68 and died from cancer. What's not well known is his connection to the song 'Sweet Home Alabama' and how a California 'hippie' came to be an integral part of the song and one of the best known Southern Rock bands in history. From AL.com Ed King was from California. Yet the first words we hear before the infectious riff on "Sweet Home Alabama" - "One, two three!" - belong to the Glendale-born King, who co-wrote the song with Gary Rossington and Ronnie Van Zant. King died Wednesday at age 68 with a plethora of great songs under his belt. But one stands out among the rest, the one that's in response to Neil Young's "Southern Man" and "Alabama." So how did a Californian come to co-write the rock-and-roll anthem of the American South? Read the rest at https://www.al.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2018/08/the_story_of_how_ed_king_helpe.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Luke17 Posted August 25, 2018 Members Share Posted August 25, 2018 Al Kooper sang backup vocals on the recording ...(Left Channel) known fact. according to a philly Radio Station today, Al uttered the famous phrase ‘Turn it up’ in the intro. This could be merely conjecture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AlamoJoe Posted August 25, 2018 Members Share Posted August 25, 2018 Ed's playing stood out on their records too. His snake like Strat playing weaving in between Rossington and Collin's Gibson onslaught. When he left the band, it's no mystery why they recruited Gaines. Besides being really talented he was also a Strat devotee. Kooper was a major force in getting the band broken nationally, and instrumental in producing their first couple of albums. Al is the "Yankee Slicker" referred to in "Working for MCA". Always got a kick out of that. I was a Kooper fan way before LS came around...Boy did he work with some killer musicians. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rlspencer Posted September 17, 2018 Members Share Posted September 17, 2018 Been watchin the LS documentary "IF I LEAVE HERE TOMORROW". it explains why ED left and how the band handled its fame. Poorly. they were rejected by NINE major record companies AFTER recording FREEBIRD. very sad watchin this had to stop several times and regroup. They never should have gotten on that plane... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Luke17 Posted September 17, 2018 Members Share Posted September 17, 2018 Well, they got on the plane, It was a matter of logistics and expediency... Ritchie Valens, The Big Bopper, Buddy Holly, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Rick Nelson etc. all got on the plane. On a tour, you just can’t take a tour bus cross country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AlamoJoe Posted September 17, 2018 Members Share Posted September 17, 2018 Well, they got on the plane, It was a matter of logistics and expediency... Ritchie Valens, The Big Bopper, Buddy Holly, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Rick Nelson etc. all got on the plane. On a tour, you just can’t take a tour bus cross country. Waylon Jennings gave his seat up. Eric Clapton gave his seat up. They both lost friends. We all lost icons. LS waited too long to upgrade their bird. Any machine you put your ass in has the potential to kill you. Especially if my wife is driving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Luke17 Posted September 18, 2018 Members Share Posted September 18, 2018 Waylon Jennings gave his seat up. Eric Clapton gave his seat up. They both lost friends. We all lost icons. LS waited too long to upgrade their bird. Any machine you put your ass in has the potential to kill you. Especially if my wife is driving. Haha AJ, your poor dear wife’s ears are probably ringing...again.🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rlspencer Posted September 19, 2018 Members Share Posted September 19, 2018 Well, they got on the plane, It was a matter of logistics and expediency... Ritchie Valens, The Big Bopper, Buddy Holly, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Rick Nelson etc. all got on the plane. On a tour, you just can’t take a tour bus cross country. well; I believe it was a matter of RONNIES EGOMANIA, he wantin to be the boss and being needlessly harsh and less than thoughtful about what "could" go wrong with a sick plane engine. a basically dumb ass move which cost him and others their lives. it also seems that when a voice gets bigger/louder than the governments voice that voice is silenced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AlamoJoe Posted September 19, 2018 Members Share Posted September 19, 2018 well; I believe it was a matter of RONNIES EGOMANIA, he wantin to be the boss and being needlessly harsh and less than thoughtful about what "could" go wrong with a sick plane engine. a basically dumb ass move which cost him and others their lives. it also seems that when a voice gets bigger/louder than the governments voice that voice is silenced. Funny...I don't remember LS being politically active at all. It is also a matter of record that RVZ had been complaining about the airplane for weeks, and arguing they needed a new one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Luke17 Posted September 19, 2018 Members Share Posted September 19, 2018 Funny...I don't remember LS being politically active at all. It is also a matter of record that RVZ had been complaining about the airplane for weeks, and arguing they needed a new one. Yeah, that’s kinda the version I heard...after reading Rispencer’s post about the Egomania and sick plane engine, I was sort of scratching my cabeza and thinking I must have missed that angle/theory.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rlspencer Posted September 20, 2018 Members Share Posted September 20, 2018 I get what yer tryin to relate luke and joe, It is also a matter of record that terrorists and NOT controlled demolition, brought down building #7/Twin towers even though the world now, "knows" better. it's a matter of record that OJ was found NOT guilty and now everbody "knows" he did it. it appears from that bit of footage that Ronnie is bullyin the others into gettin on the plane. YOu know how a goode pilot walks around his plane before he takes off? it's to make himself double check EVERYTHING. it' seems that drugs and alcohol played a role in his thought processes and motivations. Was there a second shooter? hell yeah! that was a president and his brother..would whoever kilt Jack and bobby and Martin oh my, might feel the "need" to silence a too strong, popular, almost worshipped voice? what if they ran for office? in conclusion, I like Skynyrd and it sux what happened to a most Iconic group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rlspencer Posted September 20, 2018 Members Share Posted September 20, 2018 I got a bit off topic there fellers, after seein the documentary I got a better understanding of not only ed and how and why he came about but more of why he left the group. Rip. Ed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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