Der am 14. September 1949 in Glendale (Kalifornien) geborene US-amerikanische Songwriter und Gitarrist Edward C. «Ed» King ist am 22. August 2018 in Nashville (Tennessee) gestorben. Besonders bekannt war er als Mitkomponist von «Sweet Home Alabama» und als Mitglied der Band Lynyrd Skynyrd geworden.
Ed King, the Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist who joined the band in 1972 to give the Southern rock group its iconic three-guitar sound, died Wednesday in Nashville. He was 68. A cause of death was not specified, though King had been battling lung cancer and had recently been hospitalized for the disease.
Joseph Hudak
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/lynyrd-skynyrd-guitarist-ed-king-dead-at-68-714847/
Ed King, Former Lynyrd Skynyrd Guitarist Dead at 68
Gil Kaufman
King was best known for his association with legendary rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. He served as a guitarist and bassist for the group from 1972 to 1975. He would later return in 1987, but he parted ways once again in 1996. During his time with the Lynyrd Skynyrd, he co-wrote the timeless classic «Sweet Home Alabama.» At the beginning of this track, King’s voice can be heard counting «one, two, three» ahead of his memorable guitar riff.
Dory Jackson
https://www.newsweek.com/lynyrd-skynyrd-ed-king-cause-death-what-happened-1088100
In an interview with Gary James, King recounted writing Sweet Home Alabama with Van Zant, who died, along with the band members Steven and Cassie Gaines and the band’s road manager Dean Kilpatrick, in a 1977 plane crash.
«We wrote that song in half an hour, but it took us about a half a day to put it together,» said King.
Jake Nevins
Einer der Bandgründer, Gary Rossington schrieb auf Twitter: «Ich habe gerade von Ed’s Tod erfahren und bin schockiert und traurig. Ed war unser Bruder und ein großartiger Songwriter und Gitarrist. Ich weiß, er wird sich mit den anderen Jungs im Rock and Roll Himmel wieder vereinigen.»
http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/musik/lynyrd-skynyrd-ex-gitarrist-ed-king-tot-a-1224676.html
Video:
Sweet Home Alabama ~ Live 1974 ~ HD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDz2rVgv0uM
Mehr:
https://www.discogs.com/artist/475150-Ed-King-2
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000120275
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_King
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