Lynyrd Skynyrd Guitarist Ed King mit 68 Jahren gestorben

[UK Prog 1970]

Der Gitarrist von der Psychedelic Band Strawberry Alarm Clock und der Southern-Rock Band Lynard Skynard ist am 22. August 2018 verstorben.

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/lynyrd-skynyrd-guitarist-ed-king-dead-at-68-714847/

 

[peter55]

"Sweet Home Alabama" ... ein absoluter Rockklassiker ...

R.I.P., Ed ... und grüße

 

[GEH]

Ohhh ...

Ed war mein Lieblingsgitarrist unter all den vielen, die bei Lynard Skynard gespielt haben.

Interview:
http://www.classicbands.com/EdKingInterview.html

Q - You wrote that guitar riff for "Sweet Home Alabama" didn't you?
A - Right.
Q - How long did it take you to write that?
A - Oh, man, we wrote that song in half an hour, but it took us about a half a day to put it together. The song came real quick. 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. Finally, after maybe 10 - 15 minutes, he got up and sang a verse and a chorus. Then, I just put the song together. I knew where to take it. It wasn't very difficult. There's not many changes in it. Every verse, there's like a new wrinkle added to it, but it pretty much stays the same. That wasn't even work. That was too easy. Anything you wrote with him was pretty easy. If he didn't latch onto it in the first five or ten minutes, then you'd go on to something else.

Ruh in Frieden Ed!

 

[gidarr]

Vielen Mitgliedern von Lynyrd Skynyrd war leider kein langes Leben beschieden! Ed King, der für den Sound der Band mit den drei Lead-Gitarristen mitverantwortlich war, spielte bei Lynyrd Skynyrd zwar eine Fender* Stratocaster, hätte aber lieber eine Gibson Les Paul gespielt, wie er einmal in einem Interview sagte. Er war auch an anderen Stücken der Band beteiligt, so am fantastischen "Workin' For MCA".

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Workin' For MCA

 

[guitar-slinger]

Wie bitte???
Oh nein, das ist hart. Möge er in Frieden ruhen.

 

[GEH]

@gidarr
Am Ende deines "Working for MCA" Videos wurde mir zufällig das hier verlinkt, ganz nett, kannte ich noch nicht:

 

[Blumi_guitar]

so sad

R.I.P. Ed

... und jetzt spielen nochmal alle, die eine Gitarre haben, das signature riff von Sweet Home Alabama

 

[MrRojo]

R.I.P., Ed...

 

[Cadfael]

One more from the road...

 

[Talentfrei]

R.i.P.

 

[egokenny]

Oh weh...thanks for one of the most played Rock‘n‘Roll evergreens ever, Ed.

R.I.P.