Alabama Life & Culture Watch actress Cara Delevingne play ‘Sweet Home Alabama’ on guitar behind her head on Fallon Published: Sep. 04, 2019, 8:17 a.m.

It’s been 50 years to the day since Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Sweet Home Alabama” was first released in 1974 and became a tune recognized and beloved by listeners all over the world.

As Fallon produced an electric guitar from behind his desk, the 27-year-old was very eager to demonstrate her unusual skill.

Ed King was from California. Yet the first words we hear before the infectious riff on “Sweet Home Alabama” — “One, two three!” — belong to the Glendale-born King, who co-wrote the ...

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Former Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Ed King who co-wrote the signature Southern rock anthem, “Sweet Home Alabama,” has died.

More than 40 years after its release, Lynyrd Skynyrd's Sweet Home Alabama is still one of the most recognized rock anthems celebrating the deep South. It's also a song with a complicated legacy.

A collection of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member Ed King’s guitars are available for purchase at Carter Vintage Guitars in Nashville, including the guitar that King wrote “Sweet Home Alabama ...

Ed King, a former guitarist for Lynyrd Skynyrd who helped give the band its distinctive three-guitar sound and co-wrote hits including “Sweet Home Alabama,” died Aug. 22 at his home in Nashville.

When Skynyrd recorded its 1974 album “Second Helping,” King and fellow guitarist Gary Rossington developed the signature “Sweet Home Alabama” riff and singer Ronnie Van Zant wrote the lyrics.

The rocker played guitar for Lynyrd Skynyrd from 1972 to 1975 and from 1987 to 1996. He co-wrote one of the band’s classic songs “Sweet Home Alabama.” ...

(CNN) – Ed King, who co-wrote the Lynyrd Skynyrd hit “Sweet Home Alabama,” the tune with the classic riff that became a Southern rock anthem, has died. The retired guitarist died … ...