Ed King is never recognized by the rest of the band and it just sticks in my craw. He wrote, with Gary, the opening riff.... but then wrote two of the best solo's to fit a great song. And then wrote Sat. Night Special among others. I just can't think of Skynyrd in the same way unless they recognize Ed which they rarely do.
I was a friend with Ed and he told me that the only person who he was a real friend to him was Ronny. Ed and Gary always fought and Ed ended up hiring his personal body guard to protect him from the band. Gary resented him because he wasn't a "southern boy" and Ed didn't deserve to be in Skynyrd. He also had to sue gary and the band to get writing rights to Alabama and other songs he helped write. A lot more Ed told me but i wont get into those stories but Gary definitely hated Ed in the past and Ed had no interest in him as well. I personally think since Eds passing, gary has realized what Ed gave to the band and gives a little more credit now but not as much as he deserves
People complain about Ed leaving the band in the middle of a tour, which of course was not cool but all they ever did was fight drink and party and tear up hotels. Ed King wasn't into all that and they treated Ed like shit and an outsider and he felt like he didn't fit in and he got tired of it.
Did you not see them give Ed credit for creating the hook from the simple riff Gary was playing? Gary literally said I was doing this and Ed came in with this, which is the riff we know from SHA.
Why is so little credit given to Ed King. This man could hold his own with all of you and he was one of the reasons you guys were so great. Give him the credit he deserves
@@ehunnicu I never said he was a "good guy" I don't know. I never knew him and I never said I was there. How did you come up with all that?? I just don't think he ever got enough credit for his contributions to the band and that song. WOW...chill out Edward no need for all that. Damn SMH Apparently you're not a Skynyrd fan
Ed left the band hanging in the middle of a tour, that's never going to be forgiven. If he had some balls he would have stood up to VanZant, even if he didn't win he would have gotten respect for doing it instead of just leaving without any notice.
Nice to see them Give Credit to Allen Collins, a greatly under rated Guitarist. He Played His Ass Off Every Single Time & Got It Done Always. Ed King got Short Shrift....Undeservedly
This band was lucky enough to have the great RVZ, Gary, Allen, and Leon. Yet they were also lucky enough to have Ed King and Steve Gaines in their own respective eras.
This is so awesome!!! At 57 years old and still in a working band, it's awesome to amazing to be able to get taught SHA from Gary Rossington, OMG!!! What a great world we live in!!! ✌🏻💚🎸
Funny watched that earlier tonight, then watched this. Met Ed one night and he played with us all night long. And my buddies and I SUCKED! But he was gracious and kind and amazing.
Rip Gary rossington, you played your heart out up till your final days of life I know you are looking down from heaven on your brothers as they transition into a new fassed of life and carrying on the legacy of lynyrd skynyrd.
Well, they seem to enjoy what they do! I like how Ed King once commented he started using a Strat because all the other guys were using Gibsons and he wanted to break up the sound a little bit to give it a distinct tone - and boy he sure did on this song with the Strat! I guess that's Sparky's job now (whoever he is) 😎
Ed King was an integral part of the early Skynyrd sound. So many of Gary and Allens riffs and ideas, Ed was able to either work around, or expand on the original riff or idea. A bummer that his time in Skynyrd wasn't very long. But would say later that he did the right thing getting out when he did.
Gary is so humble and doesn't give himself enough credit for creating the Skynyrd sound along with Allen and Ronnie. He's one of the greatest to ever do it!
I remember when I was about 12 and I had just begun to learn guitar. We didn't ha e youtube and all of the resources that are here today. I heard an album by Skynrd and I knew right then that that was the way I wanted to play amd sound someday! I was blown away by how good they were and how great they sounded! They schooled me very well!
Couple years back was just getting into Skynyrd and ABSOLUTELY had a new favorite band (i was born in 89) .. drove up to N.C. to my sister's family house for Thanksgiving..Jammed Skynyrd the JUST about the whole way up from Central Florida. Well on way back home I was hitting some traffic near Jacksonville, knew the band was from there and from seeing a documentary on RU-vid I knew that the Van Zant family home is a historic house. So I Googled the address and hopped off interstate, bout 15 mins and I pull up to the house and sat there in my car jamming out for a few minutes.. the place is gated all round with cameras on every side! Just on the corner of a random neighborhood street... went home and bought the first Lynyrd Skynyrd T shirt I came across at the mall lol. My favorite guitar parts/ solos is hands down "The Needle and the spoon "! I learned the intro and some riffs but I'm 2 years on off into playing and I want it to be the first ROCKIN Tech song to get down . LORD WILLING! 💖 💖📖💖✝️💖☮💖💞💖☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️💖!
this video isn't about who wrote what parts...its about skynard being a band...THEY wrote the songs...not one person. Not just the guitar players but the keyboard player..drummer..and let's not forget ronnie coming up with the words and heart of it all...great video. I have never seen the new skynard...i'm a fan of the original stuff but i think the newer guys have to heart of the band in them...so maybe i will give the newer stuff a go now. thanks for the great video on the grreatest band ever.
Come on everybody smashing on Medlocke I dont see it the way everyone else does he seems genuinely grateful and beside he was the frontman for Blackfoot enough said!!
By the way Ed King was and always will be I believe most important to the band his work on resonator or dobro can never be discounted He will live on forever
I Love this music! Love Lynyrd Skynyrd! Miss Ed King no longer here. He left us with greatest music. I never get tired of listening to Sweet Home Alabama!
I’m glad that Gary gave Ed King credit for improving the riffs. It matches Ed’s story I heard him tell in 2017. That Gary was play D G C and Ed came up with all the lead and special picking.
@@ccmkoho The iconic intro was not Gary's riff; that was Ed King's input. Gary's initial part, as demonstrated by the unassuming Ed King, was rather elementary albeit the catalyst for Ed's parts. Ed was not someone to self-aggrandize, but let's give credit where credit is due.
This is really great stuff! Seeing and hearing how the song is played by the men themselves and the stories around it. Great guys with a great message at the end.Thank you!
I wish Duane Allman lived to hear them do 'Free Bird' live in England in 1976, the day they blew the Stones off the stage. And zoom in on him in the crowd during Gary's slide guitar.
Gary should have given Ed King more credit for the band's success. Without Ed there is no Sweet Home Alabama it would have never made it to a album without his input period!
@@peterbilt-bo1vy Gary was playing the notes but Ed played it the way you hear it on the album. Gary made the riff. Not going to explain it anymore than that. Ed also wrote the soles.
A few years ago you guys played the fair at Washington, Missouri. Simple man made me cry. I was remembering where I was when the plane crash was anounced. Thank You guys.
Nothing fancy Street survivors pronounced Lynyrd Skynyrd second helping one more from the road hindsight is 20/20 I wish I could go back to 1977 so are you guys up in Poughkeepsie New York I was so stoned unfortunately don't remember much of the show except that you guys were great thanks a lot Lynyrd Skynyrd love you then love you now peace Rock on
Ricky was in the band for a very short time drumming when the band was first starting out in Jacksonville. I played with Ed, Artie, Bob, JoJo and Leslie for 2 years in the mid-2000's in The Saturday Night Special Band (some video on RU-vid) - without a DOUBT, Ed credited Gary for coming up with that riff that Ed called "chiming", but everything else other than lyrics, was ED KING. Sparky, your one sounds pretty good, but try using a seashell, like Ed did. It provides a sifter, rounder, kind of dulled start tone that was unmistakably Ed King. (Ed is known for picking with a seashell, lots of info on the web about that). Ed passed last year. He was a friend and while he may have had some differences with other band members, i can tell you for certain that he loved his bandmates - business got in the way, thats all it was. R.I.P Ed King.
Ed was on a different level, look at the pictures, he is usually looks different than the rest. Being from California while they were a tight knit group from the deep southeast. Probably saved his life when he left the band and the replacements died. Ed tells the story of how Sweet Home Alabama was written in several different videos, easy to find. Ed's videos are great, much more interesting in a video than the other guys, like this one. Ronnie was the driver that made Lynyrd good. He pushed them to practice relentlessly, the first albums show tremendous polish and detail even today. He also pushed Cassie to get on the plane when she knew it was going to crash.
Taterly Saladman It was Allen that didn’t want to get on the plane and Ronnie convinced him to get on anyways by saying that it doesn’t matter cuz when it’s your time it’s your time
I would say 5th best... Ed King hardly ever remembered how he play anything the time before... But he would just play it differenty.. And He kept quitting the band...
@@ehunnicu I call BS. Yes, Ed did leave once in the middle of Torture Tour and it's really not much mystery as to why. The second time was due to health reasons. You do realize the man had a heart transplant and numerous other health issues? Why so much smack? You seem to have some weird axe to grind with regard to EK. As much as I love LS, I think it eats at Gary somewhat that the #1 song that everyone knows LS for was pushed over the top primarily by EK's input (intro & solo) although certainly Gary's initial D,C,G had input as well. Of course, it's not like 10 billion songs aren't based of those three chords.
@@vectortonto1 "I would have to say Steve Gaines was that the best guitar player". Maybe from a technical standpoint (the debate is really pointless). But, in terms of guitar-based song-writing that defined southern rock and stood the test of time there is really no contest to any of those three...not even close, imo.
Gary I always wondered where that sound was coming from now I know thanks so cool and by the way I was at the 30yr anniversary show at the Blossom music in Cleveland Ohio I got the 30 yr guitar deal everyone singed it and when I met you I was so shocked I couldn't speak 🤣 but that was then not now fan all my life thanks for the great music!😂😂🇺🇸🇺🇸😳
Awesome fellas《☆》The Comic book II was a club on Atlantic blvd in Atlantic beach, FL about 2-1/2 blocks from the Sea Turtle Inn on the ocean. It's a McDonalds now but I went to a Sea Level concert there back in 1976 and members of the Allman brothers band showed up to jam with Chuck Leavel & his band. I think it was Greg Allman, Dickey Betts & Butch Trucks but the place was overflowing with people & it was like an Allman brothers show in a small nightclub 🌱🤓🌱
Deb, Ed King did write the opening riff which is of course the most recognizable part of the song but a good portion of the rest of the parts were Allen and Gary... they all seem to agree on this.
@@clausm2203 Ed King said himself that a major fill-riff used in the song, was something initially Gary came up with, then Ed said he played the classic D,C,G opening riff on top of it. He said he'd have never come up with his iconic main riff, had Gary not come up with his riff, first. That is straight from Ed, ( and it's here on the U-Tubes) so that's at least one fairly major guitar part that, according to Ed, he did not write.
@@markrodgers2976 hi mark i was not there even tho i wish a was...;) but yes gary came up with the melody witch made ed come up with the classic intro...and he also played bass on freebird not a lot of people know that but yes awsome band the orginal band was just epic...:D ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ZFHdMzeL054.html
They never liked Ed much. Lol. I'm kidding, but Ed himself said he never felt like he fit in. I loved Ed King. He didn't like violence among the band or the lyrics to "On The Hunt." Ed came up with the riff they used for Sweet Home Alabama, played the solo's etc. Yea, I'd say Ed could call this his song. I always do. Ed wrote tons of great LS songs. There is a RU-vid video of a "Tribute To Ed King" where a guy plays a bunch of Ed's LS songs. They are all great and the list goes on and on.
@@caseynicholson9190 you.dont know shit, with out Ed King they wouldn't have come up with the three guitar sound. And he wrote sweet home Alabama, whiskey rock and roller. Played slide on Curtis Lowe, because Gary and Allen weren't capable, wrote Saturday night special etc.
Even they are playing it not the way it sounds on record. It's a subtle difference, but Ed King slides into the B note on the A string by including a Bb note so it's like. 0-1-2 on the A string rather than 0-2. I hope this makes sense. It's a minor detail, it doesn't matter, but take a listen to the record and see. It's very subtle.
Little known fact: Rickey was the only other person to sing lead vocals for Skynyrd until Ronnie died, AFAIK. I had no idea Rickey sang for Skynyrd back then. I knew he was and original member but didn't know he sang until I read through some song credits from back in the day
@@gungadin164 Also, Rickey is not an original member. The band was actually started in 1964. Of course they had a different name then but they are the ones that became Lynyrd Skynyrd.
If you are a true Lynyrd Skynyrd fan and know anything about guitar this never gets old. I can sit and listen to these guys. For ever. Best Guitar Duo is Don Felder and Joe Walch but Gary and Allen have never gotten or never get the recognition they deserve, as far as I am concerned Allen and Gary are the best of the best. And it's because no one today plays or can even come close to play that style. It needs to be preserved. And it will I think if we can hold on to Ricky, Gary and Sparky. I'm actually teaching my self and taking lesson to play blues and southern rock on a Gibson Les Paul, a Fender strat and also Learning a resonator, to be able to play the slide from the Les, and the strat, and also do Curtiss Lowe on the resonator just for the sound. Of course you gotta have that Blues bottleneck slide. God Bless you guys and may the Free Bird keep on Flying till she calls us home
I imagine once in awhile what might have happened if the pane made its trip. Steve was just getting started with Skynyrd in my opinion. And I try real hard to picture Ed coming back in and 4 guitars smokin'... Gary, Allen, Ed and Steve could have written some stuff that even surpassed what we know. Heaven should be rocking now like it never has... God family country and rocknroll.
@@russblack443 All of the band members living or past seem to have said bad things about Gary at one time or another. I wished he would cut the BS, make up with Artimus, and rock on for a good many years
All right. Nice interview. Kind of humanized the tribute band that the so called Skynyrd is and has been for all these years. I've pretty much ignored the various iterations since the plane crash. Death of Lynyrd Skynyrd for me. Good to hear Rossington and Medlocke give respect and attribution to RVZ, AC, Ed K, even Billy Powell and Steve Gaines. Most disturbing was the absolute and irrefutable disrespect to Leon Wilkeson, Artimus Pyle, and (even) Bob Burns.
Relic 1776 you make a valid point and I agree. Having said that, Steve Gaines wasn’t there for long and there were numerous changes even when Ronnie was alive.
@@genedolen9166 Was lucky enough to see them in 2000..Billy and Leon were still alive and playing there asses off.. it was such a good show. Johnny sounded a lot better then also.
Allen, Ronnie, ed king , and Gary wrote the first three albums , check out the old interviews with the band members, this is a little on them trying to give Blackfoot a little light in my humble opinion but ed king did the hook on guitar that made sweet home Alabama huge
