British guitarist reacts to Ed King being the BACKBONE of Alabama (Tribute) 

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Ok im disappointed you didnt invite me lol

jxm1677 “I know a little” Ed is awesome in that one also

Exactly!! Ronny shunned him after he left the band. Too bad.

@@redshield3296 That's Steve Gaines, who replaced Ed. Steve is another force of nature in terms of talent, snuffed out much too early in the plane crash. Interestingly, they were both born on the very same day. There's some but not much footage of his playing, but Street Survivors is his Skynyrd album, and it's a whopper. God bless them both!

Indeed. Sometimes I've wondered if he would have died many years ago in that plane crash if Steve Gaines hadn't replaced him... and if Steve would have lived as long as he did instead. Both Free Birds now. RIP

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Cant argue that larry geetar

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Right on Matt. Not many people know the songs. Poison Whiskey also. He was a player and a half...Cheers my fellow Skynyrd fan...

thanks matt! for the mention of the other songs! in peticular SWAMP MUSIC, you can tell ryte off, it's ED'S!! i had the chance to talk to ED during the TRIBUTE TOUR, i was invited to the PEAVY COMPANY piknyk, in MERIDIAN, MS., and ED was his usual self? i was sittyn with ARTI, RANDALL, LEON, JIMMY and ED was outside the tent, sittyn by himself, i spoke to him and he grabed a chair and sayd sit a spell!! we talked about 3hrs., my LORD! i could ryte a book*****

He didn't have a writing credit on the track, but the lead on "Am I Losin'" is Ed as well. One of my favorites.

Ed was a musical genius. He arranged the majority of Skynyrd's music during his time with them. I went through a period where I listened to Skynyrd about as loud as I could. As I've gotten older I now listen through headphones to get the separation of the 3 guitar parts. Ed always found a part for himself to compliment Gary and Allen . Phenomenal guitar player. RIP.

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Tony Cole yeah, he was

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The music stopped and started with Ronnie Van Zant nobody else, period.

Hair Bear without Ed King Sweet Home Alabama never would have been written. Subsequently Skynyrd owes practically 90% of their success to that song and therefore to Ed King for writing it. Amongst all the members in that band the two most important to its success were Ronnie and Ed. But to make the statement that nobody but Ronnie made it happen is about as laughable a statement as I’ve ever heard.

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Kooper was looking instead of listening. Its G major. Loved Ed , a man of no small talent. Humor and love for the music he created. Swamp Music, I need you, Saturday Night Special, Curtis Lowe, MCA,Am I losing, and off course a very much underrated song , the Last rebel. All Ed. An incredible guitar player with a signature tone. More importantly he was a man of special presence and love . You will be sorely missed Ed. :(

@@frankquinn1296 yes i agree he will be sorely missed

@@frankquinn1296 you must remember. That they always tuned to 430 a half step down from standard and freebird also had a special tuning . also Gary Rossington is who im quoteing about the song being in D while Eds solo is in G . listen to the interviews

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No Ricky they didn't, only simple man and Gimme back my bullets was tuned down a half step. Rossington tuned is high E down to D, but you can play the slide solo in standard tuning. The tribute band plays half a step down because Johnnie voice is blown

Grand Funk, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, The Doors, Doobie Brothers, Eagles, Allmans and on.

jimmy hendrix, jimmy page , eric claptain and so in all great

Why did/do they never get the respect they deserved. I have yet to find a best guitarist of all time w/any of their names. I don't get it

@@kathyrais574 artimus was interviewed awhile back.He was asked what guitar player would he like to jam with.He said Jimi Hendrix.Everyone of these guitarists and musicians will tell you hendrix was the best.Even Rolling Stone listed Jimi hendrix voted best guitar player.

@@GoldSeals not a big Artimus fan so don't listen to what he says. I misspoke though abt what I meant. I meant as in a list of best guitarists of all time. Top 50 or whatever. I would say for me Hendrix, Clapton & Stevie Ray probably my top 3 but I would certainly think out of 5 guitarists 1 would make the list of tops. You almost always see best guitar solo of all time, Free bmBird is usually top 3. Also some have Allen & Gary best guitar duo on Free Bird. It is like that is the only song they get acknowledged for. IMO Allen great lead esp. Gary & Ed played lead, rhythm & slide, could do it all. Poor Steve was just getting started, way he came in to Skynyrd & 10 wks later he is out there with the big boys playin at Knebworth. I guess he just didn't have enough time. I think he might have been the the next SRV, if you listen to his stuff in Crawdad, to me he even sounds like SRV at points. Whole band really underrated inc their guitar players. If you look in RNR HOF, there are people from 60's/70's that never made it in but some 80's/90's people already in there. That whole thing is a joke, if you get inducted, you still have to buy tickets to come? WTF is that all abt?

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two totally different approaches but both are in my top-5 players....Gaines was a monster singer also...yikes.

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Jeffrey L. I say the same thing..Ronnie was the heart and soul of Lynyrd Skynyrd. Lynyrd Skynyrd died Oct. 20, 1977..

@@JannaBrewer I had just graduated high school. They were coming to my area and I was ready to take my whole weakly (not weekly...lol) paycheck and buy tickets to see them...I was so sad! They were my favorite band and I played my drums to their albums constantly!😳

74dart man That’s really cool! I loved the “real” Lynyrd Skynyrd, too, but I never got to see them💔

@@JannaBrewer they were great! I did see them years later. When they did "Freebird"...out of respect for Ronnie, they did it as an instrumental. No vocals. They just put Ronnies hat on the microphone stand, and played the hell outta that song! Still gives me goosebumps and a tear in my eye! Chokes me up every time I think about it!☺

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Tennessee Gem Wow! The guitar on that song is outstanding, though I think Allen Collins doubles on the solo if I’m not mistaken.

@@valanme I didn't know that, great song though. Thanks Mike.

I need you is a favorite of mine , I just heard it as an adult last month

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Well, me hero died in 86 (Phil Lynott ), and I decided there , and then, to never grow up!.....and I have never done since.... 30 years on, and going :D

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I'm 61 and thankfully pretty healthy. Been a rough year, though every year's been rough lately. Gotta keep on Keepin' on :)

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Yea, but nobody plays it right.

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I think Ed was 17 when he played in the Strawberry Alarm Clock.

The documentary is professionally filmed. The fretboard close-ups during solos are fantastic. Gotta check it out.

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@@wingsofpegasus Thanks to you, man. I've heard music explained in a lot of ways over the last 40 years but no one ever did it the clarity and justice that you do, and poetically, with such honor for the artists, too. I hope you're a music teacher as well as musician :o)

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Hmm sounds more like the writing of say night special to me.

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-MBftFjxWbN0.html actually he says that gary started it, but the strat riff is ed's. sat night spec has a similar story.

Wow you should tell people more about that situation, I think people would eat that up! He must have been an incredible humble person!

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You heard of Strawberry Alarm Clock, formed in Los Angeles in the mid-1960s..Ed was the founding member of that also.

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Scott F. Yes Bob was still playing drums, and Leon was on this song/album on bass.

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Ed, Billy and Leon were the true musicians in the band. They understood theory. Gary, Ronnie Alan, etc... were "garage band" fanatics. And that doesn't say anything bad at all about them. Great blend of talents, great consistent sound (even when they changed to Peaveys) and just a great fit.

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