ed king played lead guitar on sweet home alabama.
ed king played lead guitar on sweet home alabama.
who played lead guitar on sweet home alabama?
ed king
the pbs show "independent lens" aired a documentary on muscle shoals and its place in music history in mid-april 2014.









































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lynyrd skynyrd









































bullet::::- ronnie van zant – lead vocals









































bullet::::- ed king – lead guitar, backing vocals (first "woo" at the end of the last chorus)









































bullet::::- leon wilkeson – bass guitar, backing vocals (second "woo" at the end of the last chorus)









































bullet::::- bob burns – drums









































bullet::::- billy powell – piano









































bullet::::- allen collins – rhythm guitar (left channel)









































bullet::::- gary rossington – rhythm guitar (right channel), acoustic guitar (left channel)









































additional personnel
sweet home alabama
southern rock band lynyrd skynyrd wrote their song "sweet home alabama" in response to "southern man" and "alabama" from young's 1972 album "harvest". young has said that he is a fan of both "sweet home alabama" and ronnie van zant, the lead vocalist for lynyrd skynyrd. "they play like they mean it," young said in 1976. "i'm proud to have my name in a song like theirs." young has also been known to play "sweet home alabama" in concert occasionally. to demonstrate this camaraderie, van zant frequently wore a neil young "tonight's the night" t-shirt while performing "sweet home alabama". crazy horse bassist billy talbot can often be seen reciprocating by wearing a jack daniel's-styled lynyrd skynyrd t-shirt (including at the "live rust" concert).
southern man (song)