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    • Sep 14, 1949
    Guitarist Ed King is born in Glendale, California. After a stint in The Strawberry Alarm Clock, he joins Lynyrd Skynyrd, playing on "Sweet Home Alabama," ranked in a Country Music Foundation book among the 500 greatest country singles in history
    Jun 10, 2006
    Billy Ray Cyrus has a surprise for his CMA Music Festival performance at Nashville's LP Field: Lynyrd Skynyrd's Ed King straps on a guitar for "Sweet Home Alabama." Also appearing: Brad Paisley, Martina McBride, Josh Turner and Craig Morgan
    Oct 18, 2007
    Alison Krauss teams with Robert Plant for a "CMT Crossroads" taping at The Mill in Lebanon, Tennessee, with band members T Bone Burnett and Buddy Miller. In the audience are Michelle Branch, John Waite, Ed King, Holly Williams, Jessica Simpson and Bill Lloyd
    Aug 22, 2018
    Former Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Ed King dies at his Nashville home. King co-wrote "Sweet Home Alabama" and received co-writing credit on the Kid Rock country hit "All Summer Long," built on the "Sweet Home" signature riff
    Sep 2, 2018
    Lynyrd Skynyrd plays its final hometown show at TIAA Bank Field in Jacksonville, joined on the bill by Jason Aldean, Kid Rock, The Charlie Daniels Band, Blackberry Smoke and The Marshall Tucker Band. Skynyrd dedicates "Sweet Home Alabama" to the recently deceased Ed King
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