It’s time to pay respect to the memory of American guitarist Ed King (1949-2018), who was born 75 years ago today. He co-founded the band Strawberry Alarm Clock, who had a number 1 hit in the US with Inscense and Peppermints in 1967.
Strawberry Alarm Clock - Incense and Peppermints
However, Ed King is arguably best known for his time in Lynyrd Skynyrd (72-75), were he co-wrote several songs, among them what may be the band’s signature song, Sweet Home Alabama. It was Ed who came up with the iconic guitar riff of the song. I know I posted this song when Garry Rossington passed last year. But Ed was not in it. So here’s another version, with Ed counting in “One, Two, three” and doing most of the soloing. Cheers to Ed King’s memory 
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama
In an interview I once saw with Ed King, he told how the song came to be. Some of the guys were in Skynyrd’s rehearsal space, and Ed was messing around on the guitar when he stumbled upon a riff that sounded good. When he kept repeating it, singer Ronnie van Zant got up from the couch and came over. He whispered something in Ed’s ear, and told him to keep working on it. What Ronnie whispered was the opening lines to what was to become Sweet Home Alabama. In this simple manner a classic song was born.