Ed King RIP

Just saw this sad news. Ed King of Lynyrd Skynyrd died today of congestive heart failure.

In memory of Ed, as Ronnie VanZant said during the recording Sweet Home Alabama a song Ed co-wrote, "Turn it up."

https://www.theindychannel.com/entertai ... dies-at-68

I've liked Lynyrd Skynyrd for so long but never really knew all the band members, or that Ed King co-wrote some of me favorite Skynyrd tunes. I was suprised however to learn that he was a founding member of (and lead guitarist for) Strawberry Alarm Clock! I really liked "Incense and Peppermints" growing up.

Sad stuff.

I just watched " If I leave here Tomorrow " and Ed explains why he left the band. There was a very interesting group dynamic going on. The movie is one of the better music documentaries I have seen to date , I can't recommend it enough.

Dan, I just learned the Strawberry Alarm Clock connection as well. Incense and Peppermints always was a great sounding song to me.

glvourot, I will look for that movie, thanks!

My heart goes out to his family. Ed's son and I were shipmates in the Navy back in the late 1980s. He was a really nice guy.

Ken

Dan, I just learned the Strawberry Alarm Clock connection as well. Incense and Peppermints always was a great sounding song to me.

glvourot, I will look for that movie, thanks!

That movie, is a Showtime movie that just aired last week IIRC. It is a pretty good documentary of the band and all their iterations and happenings prior to that terrible day in 1977 when we lost a fair amount of the band in a plane crash. Too muck Smoke and too much coke, look what's going on inside you.