His stint with the band was brief, however, and Powell rejoined Lynyrd Skynyrd when the band reformed and remained a member until his death. It was not until 1972 when bassist Leon Wilkeson left the band that Van Zant took King up on his offer and asked him to join Skynyrd as the band's new bassist. Another tragedy has struck in the Lynyrd Skynyrd camp. I saw the gun. The 100 Greatest TV Shows of All Time Once they realised what Id been doing, Allen and Billy would get in their usual share of licks at the hotel bar, [but] Gary and Leon, and even Allen and Billy, expressed their appreciation.. Im a hack who got lucky!! Early Life of Ed He said yes. The audience has grown to love the new guys, too.. He'll stick his head in the sand and let other people do his dirty work for him. Ronnie was a mean drunk, but before that meanness there was another, nicer stage hed have given you the shirt off his back; hed give you his watch, or buy you drinks all night until something came along to make him mad., Powell concurs: He was kinda scary when he was drinking, because it made him like Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. [6] The band's popularity waned considerably in the early 1970s. She never really did anything for Lynyrd Skynyrd as a band. He was with Skynyrd for less than a year and a half before dying in the plane crash, which happened a month after his 28th birthday, and he only recorded one live and one studio album with the band. In later life, Jacksonville was his home and where he died. Both he and Gaines were among the band members inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006. The first time I knocked out all my teeth, which was pretty devastating for a 20-year-old. He was one of the founding members of the LA-based Strawberry Alarm Clock, a mid-1960s pop psychedelic rock band. So I had no idea what it would be to put a movie together. The tour is named, Last of the Street Survivors Farewell Tour. In a 2005 interview with Classic Bands, King said that he began playing guitar in 1961 when he was 12. Ed King, ( Lynyrd Skynyrd/Strawberry Alarm Clock) September 14, 1949 August 22, 2018 was born in Glendale California and a guitar prodigy from early on in his life. Thr group's third brilliant guitarist Ed King talks about joining Lynyrd Skynyrd after being asked by founding group frontman Ronnie Van Zant [11] Following King's death, former Lynyrd Skynyrd bandmate Rossington released a statement saying, "Ed was our brother, and a great songwriter and guitar player. I never made a deal. (@kirstenkayyyy) August 23, 2018, Sad to hear of the passing of Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Ed King. The band would have several more changes with members departing and some new additions for a few years, including the departure of Burns and addition of drummer Artimus Pyle (via Oldies). Kenny doesn't know. What a fascinating story Ed King has to tell! It was owned by this guy who lived a couple of miles up from the cabin near the road in a little town called Green Cove. A subscription makes a thoughtful gift for both family and friends. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) _ A former drummer with the rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd was sentenced to eight years of probation for molesting two young sisters. The saddest irony was that not only was Street Survivors their best album in years, it also turned out to be their most successful. I just felt that I had a wealth of knowledge for this. The band spent five years touring small venues under various names and with several lineup changes before deciding on "Lynyrd Skynyrd" in 1969. Maybe Tom was getting too old, or his ears werent as good as theyd been, Powell says. As helicopters arrived to rescue the survivors, so did the gangs of rubber-neckers and souvenir hunters. Think about this as well. Ed King had left and the band lacked its three-guitar attack. Her little brother Steve, shed been telling them, was a natural and they really should check him out. But as a result of Powell's death, the band canceled several dates. See Neil Young Sing Angela Bassett Did the Thing on The Tonight Show, See the Beths Deliver Refreshing 'Expert in a Dying Field' Mini-Set on 'CBS Mornings', The YSL Case Is Stretching Fulton County's Justice System to Its Breaking Point, The National Stay Up Late to Perform 'Tropic Morning News' on Fallon, David Lindley, Multi-Instrumentalist Who Shaped the Sound of Soft Rock, Dead at 78, How Deem Spencer Learned to be Vulnerable on His New Album adultSW!M, Netflixs Sex/Life Is Back to Satisfy Your Softcore Desires, Alex Murdaugh Juror Says Cellphone Video, 'Big Liar' Testimony Led to Guilty Verdict. The band were four dates into an intended 45-show trek, dubbed The Tour Of The Survivors, when disaster struck. Artimus Pyle was originally charged with capital sexual battery in assaults on the 4- and 8-year-old girls. Or why not treat yourself? I would hope and pray that if anything happened to me, the guys would carry on playing [without me], so my wife and kids would be helped out., It was strange to think that Johnny Van Zant had been with Skynyrd for twice as long as his brother, fronting them for 16 of their 30 years thus far. Same level? You must log in or register to reply here. Judy lied to a judge a year ago and got this consent order, and she said that I was violating it because I was trying to do a movie for profit. Its the best one weve done since then, and Im hoping it could do for this line-up what Street Survivors did for the original band. And therein lies the problem., Drugs, it seems, were less of a concern than alcohol and violence, but their presence still lurked in the background. He chipped in with I Know A Little and the country-blues workout Aint No Good Life. It was a cabin at the end of this field. Gear Head's. Gear Head's. . It is what it is, and, as far as I'm concerned, from now on that is the story. At home he stayed out of the spotlight and was pretty normal. Rossington: For a long time I wouldnt talk about the plane crash. was frontman Ronnie Van Zant, a violent, tyrannical boozer whose unpredictable . When I was in the band, we hated to fly. Our thoughts and prayers are with Sharon and his family. Kings death was announced on August 23. Future Publishing Limited Quay House, The Ambury, Before his time with Lynyrd Skynyrd, King was a co-founder of the famed psychedelic band Strawberry Alarm Clock, best known for their 1967 hit single, "Incense and Peppermints." . They had just performed in Connecticut in January, per Set List. But we did our best to understand, Rossington continues. Skynyrd had three guitarists at that point, King and founding members Gary Rossington and Allen Collins but King was an outsider from the start. It shipped gold in 10 days flat and had sold a million by the end of its first month in the chart, eventually becoming their biggest seller. Ronnie Van Zant, Ed King, Gary Rossington, Allen Collins, Bob Burns, Leon Wilkeson, Billy Powell performing Sweet Home Alabama May 12, 1974 in Hamburg Germany shortly after release of single in USA. sws1 Member Messages 13,309 Aug 26, 2017 #13 27sauce said: Not how I would describe him at all, based on how he presents himself online, anyway. The legendary Southern rock band's former . We were sued by a bunch of blood-sucking weasel attorneys the entire time that we were trying to do the movie. And we play Lynyrd Skynyrd music better than any band in the world. #Edking pic.twitter.com/JTMfGGw0cd, Kirsten King? King later recalled that Van Zant's drinking drove a wedge between the two of them, and that it eventually became an "unpleasant situation." Ultimately, King quit Lynyrd Skynyrd in 1975. After leaving Lynyrd Skynyrd in 1975, King spent time working on his own personal musical projects. He made a hell of a hard decision to leave, but in the end it was the right one. Either way, we put a stop to it., Rossington: We didnt like the tones and sounds that Tom was getting. But it was the best thing I ever did. The band continued with only two guitarists for a few months before discovering Steve Gaines in 1976. For Lynyrd Skynyrd, 1977 was both the best and worst of times. Amid the kind of surreal circumstances that could only have occurred in the 70s, the 26-year-old was invited to audition for the band on stage in front of an audience in Kansas City. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Loo320c79aI&feature=youtu.be. The plane floated and you could feel your stomach roll up into your oesophagus Everybody on the plane gasped. Here are some of the most poignant messages of support: #BREAKING: Legendary guitarist Ed King passed away yesterday at the age of 68. Steve was a great player but I wouldnt put him above Ed. But when he was sober he was the neatest, coolest guy Ive ever met. Its archival material includes recently discovered radio interviews with Van Zant, guitarist Allen Collins and bassist Leon Mad Hatter Wilkeson. Ronnie and I would go fishing instead. Hey Ed King FANS come on over to SKYNYRD FRYNDS FORUM and join the party Sept 24, 2020 2:51:13 GMT -5. JavaScript is disabled. I'd like to give all of them a piece of my mind for being so damn greedy. . According to writer Jaan Uhelski, Lynyrd Skynyrd's beginnings date clear back to 1964 at a ball field in Florida, where Van Zant inadvertently smacked a ball right at Bob Burns and knocked him out. You cant blame the pilots; they obviously wouldnt have flown if they knew what was gonna happen., Among the main recipients of Van Zants bullying, Billy Powell makes an astonishing admission of the thoughts he was having as he lay dazed and wounded in that Florida swamp twilight: You want the truth? he asks. He touches on it in this interview too - basically he got tired of the drama. After Allen was left paralyzed following a car accident, he handpicked Randall as his replacement for Skynyrd's 1987 tribute tour. This surprises me because he worked with Steve Gaines. That was never easy. Chris Chamberlain. He was 68. Can you imagine the royalties he gets just from Sweet Home Alabama? The song came real quick. Seems silly now but was a big deal then. Copyright 2023 Endgame360 Inc. All Rights Reserved. Artimus is mad at us and has tried to cause trouble, but he quit the band, he shrugs. I broke my finger the second time, and the third I got pretty messed up but nothing like the plane crash.. Ed King - Lead guitar on "Mississippi Kid". Ed King, the guitarist for Lynyrd Skynyrd, has died at the age of 68. Why did members of Lynyrd Skynyrd choose to name their band after their high school gym teacher? My reaction to that is: I don't give a damn what he thought it was. Wilkeson left and was replaced with Ed King, who would later be replaced, too, with Steve Gaines. I wrote my book, which has not been released because of Judy's lawyers, but it will be released. I jumped up and down, but I got through the two 11-hour days. Guitarist Ed King (1949-2018) was a member of the legendary Southern Rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd for their first three albums. You must log in or register to reply here. Chris Chamberlain. Of writing the song with bandmate Ronnie Van Zant, King claimed, we wrote that song in half an hour, but it took us about a half a day to put it together. Then I would go out and get drunk. But certainly not better. Skynyrd were finally getting their bullets back. Finally, after maybe 10 15 minutes, he got up and sang a verse and a chorus. I don't care if it was a ricochet. The deadly crash changed the band forever. He would undergo a transplant in 2011. An iconic guitar owned by Ed King of Lynyrd Skynyrd, and that once was stolen from the "Sweet Home Alabama" co-writer at gunpoint, is now in the custody of the King of Americana, Jason Isbell. Roger Daltreys voice wasnt up to par, so our whole attitude was to just take em out. When Strawberry Alarm Clock disbanded, he became an official member of Lynyrd Skynyrd in 1972, replacing Leon Wilkeson on bass when Leon had left the band briefly. They toured so much that days off just didn't exist, and when they did, it was into the studio to record.. The famed keyboardist was one of the band's most recognized members, but he was not an original member, despite what some might think. [12] Coincidentally, Steve Gaines was born on the same day as King, September 14, 1949. The cabin was on a creek. But I was never knocked unconscious, and I remember everything that happened. But there were many more gigs ahead, the most glamorous of which was an opening slot for the Rolling Stones at Knebworth Park. But a decade into the band, Leon Wilkeson joined the group to replace Junstrom, and a new member and keyboardist named Billy Powell was also part of the new lineup. Very sad to hear of his passing. About the decision to leave the band, King said well, I was out of my mind for quitting. So when Powell officially joined, despite not ever facing the ire of Coach Skinner, he too had long hair and fit right in. Maybe we didn't have the exact right plane, maybe there's a couple of sequencing things, but we had to do things that way. I asked them all to come to the table, but they chose to try to diminish my role in the band. Send us a tip using our anonymous form. Gary James' Interview With The Guitarist for Strawberry Alarm Clock and Lynyrd Skynyrd Ed King It's not often that you get to talk to someone whose been in not just one, but two legendary groups. Use code SKYNYRDHARDCORE and grab your pre-sale tickets now! When Ed King passed away in August 2018, the Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist left more than classic songs like "Sweet Home Alabama" and "Saturday Night Special" as his legacy. Our band played the same bars as the Outlaws: The Depot, My Back Yard, Losers. Certainly, as Rolling Stone recently reported, theyre now having their first hit single since Jimmy Carter was in the White House in the shape of Red, White And Blue. How hands-on were you with the story?I spent 22 hours with the the director, Jared Cohn. It was calculated that some 207 gallons were unaccounted for. Gaines was killed in a plane crash along with his sister Cassie Gaines and Van Zant on October 20, 1977. He hated to fly I never talked to anybody about that plane. Alligators would come up out of the creek and sit on the shore and listen to the music; it was real fun. Ive personally totalled three trucks, Gary says. They wouldn't resume the tour until April 2009. All rights reserved. They should have the courage to use another name. King met members of the future Lynyrd Skynyrd when they were opening for Strawberry Alarm Clock in early 1968. It will be published. Powell laughs when reminded that Collins once claimed they never knew how to play in front of 15,000 people sober. Following the incident, King said he returned to his hotel room, thinking what the hell am I doing here?, packed his belongings, and left without a word, leaving his bandmates to wake up the next morning to find out he was gone (and Rossington and Collins to scramble to rearrange the songs to make up for Kings absence). ET and PT. Using all the discretion he could muster, Odom made it his business to arrive first at each venue, removing one of the two bottles of whisky and another of the three bottles of champagne supplied on the groups backstage rider. Would love your thoughts, please comment. They still play the old hits, but none of their new material has gone gold or platinum. I knew where to take it. About the decision to leave the band, King said "well, I was out of my mind for quitting. The redneck in him made him want to fight a lot. I spent long periods of time on the phone with them. With the planes fuel tanks empty there were at least no fires or explosions, but most of the passengers who survived suffered serious injuries that caused them permanent physical damage. With its lead singer dead, along with other members, many knew Lynyrd Skynyrd was done for good. They've given my paycheck away to 15 different drummers that can't play the parts. Sometimes we even had to play without him, wed get Charlie Daniels or whoever was around to sing with us a bit to make it up [to the fans]. Visit our corporate site (opens in new tab). It took three years for all the survivors to collect our thoughts and get over the bitterness. 'Lynyrd Skynyrd: If I Leave Here Tomorrow' premieres on Showtime August 18th. And now Skynyrd fans will be able to see a story that they've been wondering about probably for years. [5] The band referred to this unique new setup with King as the "Three Guitar Army". I'm talking about $1,000-an-hour basically criminals that would sue their own mothers who were coming coming after me and Cleopatra films. Gainess presence also had the knock-on benefit, Powell says, of taking some of the pressure off Ronnie [because] Steve was a great singer, too. However, what the band previously thought of as their unassailable relationship with producer Dowd began to unravel as heated arguments broke out during the mixing of the Street Survivors album. YMMV. More than a quarter of a century later, Rossington still recalls the tours few completed gigs in Miami, St Petersburg, Lakeland and Greenville with a strange mixture of warm contentedness and chilling foreboding. Kings replacement, Steve Gaines, was killed in a 1977 plane crash along with Ronnie Van Zant and Gaines sister, Cassie. I got hit with something, and he just doesn't want to admit the truth. King said he visited the cemetery after the crash to pay his respects, and it was then that he discovered that he and Steve had been born on exactly the same day: September 14, 1949. Lynyrd Skynyrd said their 2003 album Vicious Cycle was of the same calibre as Street Survivors, and that Ronnie Van Zant would have wanted them to keep on rocking. He later rejoined Lynyrd Skynyrd in 1987 but was forced to leave the band again in 1996 due to congestive heart failure. [10] King detailed his initial exit from the band in the documentary If I Leave Here Tomorrow: A Film About Lynyrd Skynyrd, saying "Ronnie [Van Zant] and my guitar roadie who changed my strings were thrown in jail in Ann Arbor. When we started adding those songs, thats when the light-bulb went off. He left on the understanding that he would rejoin once he regained his health, but the band did not allow him to rejoin.King, along with all pre-crash members of Lynyrd Skynyrd, were inducted into the . Sign up below to get the latest from Classic Rock, plus exclusive special offers, direct to your inbox! The free birds were still flying, but considerably older and wiser. Check out Lynyrd Skynyrd's music online: Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/4MVyzYMgTwdP7Z49wAZHx0 iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/artist/lynyrd-skynyrd/id97262 Amazon: amazon.com/Lynyrd-Skynyrd/e/B000APSX8Q Website: lynyrdskynyrd.com/ Follow Marty On Social Media! Van Zant, Steve and Cassie Gaines and band crew member Dean Kilpatrick were all said to have been killed on impact. Skynyrd fans - and I'm not trying to be facetious - are not getting younger, and I wanted them to hear the story. And although Dowd had sent engineer Barry Rudolph in his place, Elson played a huge role in the re-recording process. As news of Ed Kings death spread, there has been an outpouring of emotion on Twitter from Kings fans as well as peers. After I spoke for a while about it Id have the blues for the rest of the day. I love Gary Rossington, with all my heart, as a brother. [4] King died in his Nashville, Tennessee, home on August 22, 2018, at 68 years of age. During the latter half of 1976 Van Zant had begun to tell people he was quitting the booze or at least reducing his intake. They had just performed in Connecticut in January, per Set List. Rossington: Wed been taught by the best. They're awful. I wanted the beating to stop, but not like it did. King told Louder Sound, I always knew something would happen to them after I left. In a separate interview, King said about the crash, I could see something coming, but I didnt know it was that. I was injured so I couldn't yell too loud, but I told them, "You wait." King's departure in 1975 happened during a particularly difficult tour that the band dubbed the "Torture Tour", a tour that also claimed drummer and founding member Bob Burns weeks earlier due to a mental breakdown. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. The guitarist passed away in 2018, leaving behind a legacy of great music and fascinating stories. Most things I've read are some version of "too much chaos": I think the other guys in the band alienated him, somewhat, too, as he was the west coast guy. Copyright 2023 Penske Business Media, LLC. The 1974 song was their claim to fame and helped skyrocket the band to notoriety. pic.twitter.com/viOjOC4kw2, DolfanGary (@DolfanGary) August 23, 2018, Ed King Dead: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know, Please review our privacy policy here: https://heavy.com/privacy-policy/, Copyright 2023 Heavy, Inc. All rights reserved. Lynyrd Skynyrd is the definitive Southern rock band, fusing the overdriven power of blues-rock with a rebellious Southern image and a hard rock swagger. Off Topics. Ed has said many times it was the incredible pressure from the record company and constant touring mixed with drugs and booze that finally ended it all. Back in those days cocaine was the drug it was everywhere we went. All of the other band members had grown up in the same part of Jacksonville, Florida, while King wasnt even a Southerner, but a native of Glendale, California. Of course, a man who attended a Catholic high school during his formative years would have some type of allegiance to faith. I've been dragged through the mud; I've been falsely accused. She also was church soloist by the time I was 10 or 12 and . Gary is a trooper. ZZ Top and Lynyrd Skynyrd Announce Sharp Dressed Simple Man Tour, Gary Rossington Calls Current Lynyrd Skynyrd a Tribute Band, Lynyrd Skynyrd Hanging It up in the Next Year or so, Lynyrd Skynyrd Show Enduring Rock N Roll Spirit in Los Angeles, Damon Johnson Talks Gary Rossingtons Return to Lynyrd Skynyrd, Lynyrd Skynyrd Add More U.S. I started off with that riff and Ronnie was sitting on the edge of the couch, making this signal to me to just keep rolling it over and over. With fatherhood on the horizon, the 29-year-old had realised it was time to consider settling down. A mere three days later, three band members were dead, killed in the plane crash that, ironically, painfully, stupidly, turned them into a legend. Just like when Jake Tapper interviewed Judy Van Zant and the rest of the band members, Billy Powell and Gary, he could tell that they were not telling the truth and that they were covering up. Powell along with the newest lineup of Lynyrd Skynyrd had been on tour since late 2008. Going back to the day of the crash - were you alone when you went to the farm? pic.twitter.com/wMrGC0GIS7, Jesse Knutson (@JesseKnutsonNC5) August 23, 2018, Remembering the one and only Mr. Sweet Home Alabama, Ed King. Hed wait till an hour before the show [to make a decision], and it put us on the spot. Larry Junstrom, an original member of the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd and the longtime bassist for .38 Special, has died. The film, Lynyrd Skynyrd: If I Leave Here Tomorrow, covers a lot of ground: the bands rise from Jacksonville, Florida, the plane crash that killed vocalist Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist Steve Gaines and several crew members, their return and unflinching use of the Confederate flag. He touches on it in this interview too - basically he got tired of the drama, I worked with Al Kooper for a bit in the 80sonce asked him who was the best guitar player he ever worked with. The band had several names before they decided on Lynyrd Skynyrd (via Oldies), and the intention behind it was to mock the coach that despised their locks. If we did everything in proper sequencing, the movie would be a 10-part, two-hour-per-part miniseries. We threw him in the van. Theres footage of them playing live, remembrances of writing Sweet Home Alabama and an explanation of the rebel flag. Whenever this band goes on stage our only goal is to blow everyone elses doors off, says piano player Billy Powell. A clip from the juxtaposes the tragic plane accident with the bands hard-partying image. It was always me and Allen Collins that fought, Powell explains. So I thought I was qualified to tell the story. Judy and Vector [management] and all of those people have stolen millions of dollars from me that could have been in my bank account. Sweet Home Alabama is a stonking song, but Skynyrd's singer Ronnie van Zant wanted it both ways: to be both a bourbon-chugging rock rebel and the Yankee-baiting bigot that Young was decrying . Worse, at another gig, in North Carolina, Van Zant lost his voice following a lengthy booze and coke binge, and stumbled offstage midway through the performance. This clip is pretty funny.. especially from 8:42 cool guy with a sense of humor and his solo (the first one on the original SHA track) is brilliantly constructed and totally killer (just ask Greg Koch,,,). He made a hell of a hard decision to leave, but in the end it was the right one. He was marvelously talented that riff in Sweet Home Alabama? He died, presumably from cancer at his Nashville home on August 22, 2018. All the founding bandmates save for Junstrom and Collins went to the school. I have every reason to be bitter and pissed off. "[11] King referred to himself as a peaceful "Southern California hippie" and the band's predilection for drunken brawling never sat well with him; the incident which led to his departure was merely the final straw.[8]. Johnny saidyeah. But long hair was part of their look. We never bought it, people just gave it to us. He did one album with the band. After the group disbanded, King joined "Lynyrd Skynyrd" in 1971 and contributed to their first three albums. His words have appeared in a variety of music publications, including RAW, Kerrang!, Metal Hammer, Prog, Rock Candy, Fireworks and Sounds. After a bitter legal battle, drummer Artimus Pyle was finally able to tell his version of Lynyrd Skynyrd's tragic plane crash in the recent movie Street Survivors. Why Did Spotify Have an Official Hitler Radio Playlist? A cause of death was. The trouble. It may sound like I'm bitter; I'm not bitter. Thats not what we were about. The southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd is most famous for their catchy (and sometimes controversial, per Country Living) hit song "Sweet Home Alabama." When it comes to Skynyrd continuing without Ronnie, hed still want his music to be heard, he continues. Because of today's technology and the CGI special effects, when we're coming into those trees and we're crashing, it looks and feels real. About the decision to leave the band, King said "well, I was out of my mind for quitting. I know he will be reunited with the rest of the boys in Rock and Roll Heaven. My sons, they wrote music for the movie. Its all part of my story and its made me who I am.. People have to get blamed when people die, but I dont hold anyone responsible. When Ronnie was killed, Judy became an instant billionaire. It truly was a blessing to have had the chance to spend time with him a little over a year ago. All Rights reserved. that was great. Editors picks We can talk about it a little if you like., Despite the traumas, it hasnt stopped him, or indeed anyone else in Skynyrd, from getting on planes again. Those survivors who were still able to walk away from the wreckage, including Artimus Pyle, did so. Wed been playing the same set for a long time, so we decided to do most of Street Survivors, with Sweet Home Alabama, Free Bird and a couple of others, but mostly it was the new stuff. Because of Ronnie, Randall also developed a close relationship with Allen, who eventually recruited him to join The Allen Collins Band after the plane crash in 1977. Ed now plays guitar with the group. If I Leave Here Tomorrow: A Film About Lynyrd Skynyrd, Passion Pictures, Directed by Stephen Kijak, 2018, "Former Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Ed King dead at 68", "Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Ed King dead at 68 NY Daily News", "Legendary Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist, Rock Hall inductee Ed King Passes Away At 68", "Former Lynyrd Skynyrd member Ed King dead at 68", "Lynyrd Skynyrd biographer on Ronnie Van Zant's underappreciated talent, complicated relationship with Old Confederacy", "Lynyrd Skynyrd Guitarist Ed King Dead at 68", "Remembering Lynyrd Skynyrd's Deadly 1977 Plane Crash", "Rock Legend Ed King Now Spends His Free Time Searching For Epic Meals", "R.I.P.
why did ed king leave lynyrd skynyrd