Ed King

Ed King (born September 14, 1949 in Glendale, California) is an American musician. He is most well-known as the guitarist for psychedelic rock band Strawberry Alarm Clock and Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. Image File history File links Ed King This work is copyrighted. ... Image File history File links Ed King This work is copyrighted. ... September 14 is the 257th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (258th in leap years). ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday. ... Nickname: The Jewel City Motto: Official website: http://www. ... Psychedelic music is a musical genre inspired by or attempting to replicate the mind-altering experience of drugs such as cannabis, psilocybin, mescaline, and especially LSD. It is not rigorously defined, and is sometimes interpreted to include everything from Acid Rock and Flower Power music to Hard Rock. ... Strawberry Alarm Clock was a psychedelic rock band from Los Angeles, best known for their 1967 hit Incense and Peppermints and their appearance in the film Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls. ... Southern rock is a style of rock music that was very popular in the 1970s, and retains a fan base to the present. ... Photoshoot for 1973 debut album Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd Lynyrd Skynyrd is an American Southern rock band, described by All Music Guides Stephen Thomas Erlewine as the definitive Southern rock band, fusing the overdriven power of blues-rock with a rebellious, Southern image and a hard rock swagger. ...

King was one of the founding members of Strawberry Alarm Clock, formed in Los Angeles in the mid-1960's. The band's largest success was with a song that King co-wrote, "Incense and Peppermints" (but, along with keyboardist Mark Weitz, didn't get credit). The song reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in October 1967. Their follow-up single, "Tomorrow", reached #23 in January 1968. Strawberry Alarm Clock was a psychedelic rock band from Los Angeles, best known for their 1967 hit Incense and Peppermints and their appearance in the film Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls. ... Nickname: City of Angels Official website: http://www. ... Incense and Peppermints is a song by Strawberry Alarm Clock. ... The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. ... Look up October in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ...

King met the members of Jacksonville, Florida-based Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd when the band opened up for Strawberry Alarm Clock on a few shows in the early '70s. It wasn't until 1972 that he joined Skynyrd, replacing Leon Wilkeson on bass, who left the band briefly. Wilkeson rejoined the band, and King switched to guitar, creating the triple-guitar attack that became a signature sound for the band. Nickname: Where Florida Begins Motto: Official website: http://www. ... Southern rock is a style of rock music that was very popular in the 1970s, and retains a fan base to the present. ... Photoshoot for 1973 debut album Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd Lynyrd Skynyrd is an American Southern rock band, described by All Music Guides Stephen Thomas Erlewine as the definitive Southern rock band, fusing the overdriven power of blues-rock with a rebellious, Southern image and a hard rock swagger. ... Strawberry Alarm Clock was a psychedelic rock band from Los Angeles, best known for their 1967 hit Incense and Peppermints and their appearance in the film Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1972 calendar). ... Leon Wilkeson (02 April 1952 - 27 July 2001) was a founding member and bass guitarist of rock group Lynard Skynard. ...

His guitar playing and songwriting skills were an essential element to the band's first three albums, Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd; Second Helping and Nuthin' Fancy. King co-wrote Skynyrd's biggest hit song "Sweet Home Alabama" and it's his voice you can hear counting off the tune before launching into his famous Stratocaster riff. Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd is a September 1973 album from Lynyrd Skynyrd. ... Second Helping is an April 1974 album from Lynyrd Skynyrd. ... Sweet Home Alabamas cover Sweet Home Alabama is a song by Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, which first appeared in 1974 on their second album, Second Helping. ...

King decided to leave the band in 1975 during the 'Torture Tour'. He was replaced by Steve Gaines in 1976, who was killed in a plane crash along with singer Ronnie Van Zant on 20th October, 1977. Coincidentally, Gaines and King share the same birth date. 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... Steve Gaines Steve Gaines (September 14, 1949) – October 20, 1977) was an American musician. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1976 calendar). ... Ronnie Van Zant (January 15, 1948 – October 20, 1977) was the lead vocalist, primary songwriter, and a founding member of the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. ...

King was one of the guitarists for the reunited Lynyrd Skynyrd in 1987, until being forced to leave in 1996 due to congestive heart failure. He left on the basis that he would rejoin once he regained his health, but the band did not allow him to rejoin. King filed a lawsuit for breach of contract, which was settled out of court in 1999. 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

King, along with all pre-crash members of Lynyrd Skynyrd, are 2006 inductees into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

External links

• Ed King's official site
• Official Lynyrd Skynyrd History site