Lynyrd Skynyrd has premiered a new animated video for the classic 1974 song “Sweet Home Alabama” to coincide with today’s release of Fyfty, a four-CD compilation celebrating the 50th anniversary of ...

It’s been 50 years since Ronnie Van Zant first implored listeners to turn it up and sing songs about the Southland. "Sweet Home Alabama,” which would certainly be the signature song of any band that ...

As the guitarist recalled on the Ultimate Classic Rock Nights radio show, Van Zant was offended by a pair of Young songs that he didn't feel properly reflected the South. "We loved him," Rossington ...

“Sweet Home Alabama” figured into notable pre-fame moments of Taylor Hicks’ life. At a Hoover High school talent show, he played harmonica on a cover of Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Southern rock anthem with some ...

Ed King, a former guitarist for Lynyrd Skynyrd who co-wrote the band’s iconic hit “Sweet Home Alabama,” has died at the age of 68, his family announced on Facebook Thursday. “Ed was our brother, and a ...

“Sweet Home Alabama” is a Southern rock classic, and rightly so. Alabama people aren’t surprised to hear Lynyrd Skynyrd’s familiar anthem playing in bars, at football games, in supermarkets, in ...

King was born in California in 1949. A talented musician from a very early age, King was one of the founding members of the popular rock group Strawberry Alarm Clock. King played with the band all ...

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. Ed King, who co-wrote the Lynyrd Skynyrd hit "Sweet Home ...

Christian Holub is a writer covering comics and other geeky pop culture. He's still mad about 'Firefly' getting canceled. Ed King, a former guitarist for Lynyrd Skynyrd who co-wrote the band’s iconic ...