Lynyrd Skynyrd's Terrifying Incident With Ronnie 😦

[@johnmarshall3903]

RIP Ed King

[@jbl7946]

Ed Sure seemed like a Great guy Just imagine the Stories he Had 😂 R i p Ed King thanks for the music!!

[@kennyg63]

Totally agree with you. R.I.P. Ed King

[@frankrichards3089]

Ronnie knew how talented Ed was and vice versa. They wrote some incredible songs together 😊

[@robert.m4676]

It’s really too bad Ronnie not apologizing. I know Steve is a great guitarist but imagine Ed king not leaving. He was the spark that gave Skynyrd their extra sharp edge. I love Allen’s playing the most. But Ed’s leads are just next level!

[@Shel230]

No Gary was

[@robert.m4676]

@@Shel230now I love Gary I really do. But Ed brought more tasteful licks to the band. But I’d take Allen Collins over Gary any day of the week. The Beauty of Lynyrd Skynyrd is there ain’t a bad guitarist in the bunch. Allen had to show Gary how to bring a song to a climax for years on the leads. Gary was great but Allen was the glue.

[@JaquelineGoodspeed]

​@@robert.m4676 All were needed to make the band and the particular music created. There's only 1 original band. Just one.

[@ScumBagInFL]

I'm torn I love Ed but I also really love Steve Gaines lol

[@bobmurray38]

Listen to Freebird with original lineup, then with just Gary and Allan. Even after they added Gaines, the was still a huge hole in their sound! RIP Ed 😂

[@e.k.izzle32]

Ed was skynard imo. Nothing against gibsons i love them, but Ed's stratocaster to their gibsons was just beautiful mix.

[@kevenrowe2958]

Ed was crucial to Skynyrd sound and gave them another element , the foundation and the true sound of Skynyrd will always be Ronnie , Allen and Gary those 3 are Skynyrd

[@jdsouther1958]

@kevenrowe2958 what about Bob?

[@billydeewilliams9104]

@@jdsouther1958 Talkin bout guitars bub...

[@sethroberts627]

Steve gains was born to be in skynyrd, but different to ed, he did not replace him. He just was a perfect addition

[@AbleBodied]

I watched the entire documentary yesterday. Awesome! Great work!.

[@stefanidowling]

Which documentary was it? I’m just curious😊

[@billypater5287]

IT'S A SAD CASE OF AFFAIRS SUCH A FANTASTIC BAND HIT AFTER HIT AWESOME GUITARIST 🎸🙏 R.I.P.

[@nimitz1739]

But why are you screaming?

[@WoodysOpinion101]

What was sad is what happened behind the scene's... ronnie was out of control...😂

[@henry-r1f]

@@WoodysOpinion101 I think the entire Band was, Maybe Gene Odom could have fixed it but we'll never know. They were for sure burning the candle at both ends.

[@EddieDumont-ny1gt]

@@henry-r1f I agree with that statement, I worked with Ed at a camp ground in New Jersey that his wife's parents owned when he first left Skynyrd in 75. He didn't mention names but said that he was there to play music and the band had lost focus of that and alot of negative things began to happen and he decided he had to leave. I'll always remember him making the comment that he doubted that the band would last another 5 years if it continued on the track they were on. They would be dead 2 years later from the crash.

[@SteveSteeleSoundSymphony]

Ed King is such a great guitarist. He wrote their best songs and his solos were generally the most important to the songs. Steve Gains later took over the Ed King role, and was great. But Ed is my favorite.

[@NorthCascades]

Agreed. I thought they were unstoppable during that short amount of time when both Ed and Artimus were in the band

[@jdsouther1958]

I always wondered if Steve Gaines would have been in the band longer if Ronnie would have try to beat on him too? Being around people that wanna fight or get violent when drunk sucks

[@wallofrock6725]

I heard Ronnie didn’t mess with Steve at all.

[@EddieDumont-ny1gt]

@@jdsouther1958 it's the truth, Christ, Bob Burns, Skynyrd's original drummer had a nervous breakdown because of Ronnie's bullshit that started when Ronnie got drunk. But it's the past, that group of people are gone and we as fans of their music should focus on the music now, not them.

[@EddieDumont-ny1gt]

@@jdsouther1958 I had a friend that rented a room from my best friend that was the nicest guy in the world when he was sober, but give him some liquor and he'd be a straight whack job who wanted to mix it up with everyone for no reason and it sucked.Booze can destroy people and I think it's crazy that it's legal and weed isn't. Oh well.

[@christopherbako]

Ronnie also knocked out 2 of Billy Powells teeth out. Billy was the piano player.

[@katherineskrzynecki3347]

Yes, indeed he did!

[@smilinacha]

Ed was not only a great guitar player but a good dude all the way around. Same can be said for all of the guys including Ronnie. RIP Lynyrd Skynyrd🇬🇧

[@wildestcowboy2668]

Ed was a good guy Ronnie was a piece of....

[@louisbelanger8792]

For sure!

[@joelhoward8211]

Did you know them?

[@edwardnulton7228]

I think that alcohol and drugs caused all of Ronnie’s blow ups but they were being fed them by their management and from the venues on top of their own stashes and the mix of drugs and alcohol on top of the torture tour he finally flipped. Ed was an amazing addition to the band and he was also a great writer and him leaving the band was a huge hit in my opinion but they did finally get Steve Gaines and he was also a great fit and not only did he write he also sang so he was a great replacement for Ed but Ed helped write some of their most popular songs and that’s always going to be a part of his legacy. RIP Ed

[@smitlag]

I think Ronnie was a good band leader and writer. And by most accounts sober, he was a good guy. But his tendacies towards bullying had been with him all of his life. Combining that with alcohol is a bad mix. He either would have ended up in jail or an early grave from other means. Because bullies always eventually run into that one guy that they should have left alone.

[@pristineclear8604]

speaking from first-hand accounts, usually when you run into that guy that owns you. It can sober you up to that kind of lifestyle(fighting). I think if somebody in the group could have constrained him physically. Some of that s*** would have stopped.

[@smitlag]

@pristineclear8604 a lot of fighting is pure attitude. The rest of the guys were not huge bulking guys, and they had been together since high school. I heard a story from Danny Joe Brown of Molly Hatchet. When asked if he knew Ronnie, he replied he did. "The first time we met, we nearly got into a fight." I'm a bit more curious as to how that would have turned out. Personally, just my taste, I think Molly Hatchet would have blown Skynard off the stage. But I have also heard that Jacksonville was a pretty rough area to grow up.

[@pristineclear8604]

Yeah that probably would have been interesting, especially seeing that Ronnie was not that big. But if you're a tough guy it doesn't matter how big you or they are sometimes.

[@smitlag]

@pristineclear8604 true lol! What's that old expression "not the size of the dog, but the fight in the dog"

[@ClaryDPrince]

@pristineclear8604 there was Somebody in the Band that Ronnie didn't Bully and that DID Throw Him Around atleast Once.... And that was Artimus Pyle... Pyle had been a Sergeant in the Marines... and didn't Smoke Cigarettes.... But the Night that Ronnie cut loose on Rossington- and Cut Him with a piece of broken Glass.... Artimus got really pissed Off Bad and Threw Ronnie ALL Around the Room....💯‼️💯 There's pictures of Them Together just a Day or two later... with Gary and Ronnie's hands Both are Bandaged up.... with Ronnie reaching over Collins and grabbing Gary's hand... They All Look Depressed in those pictures.... .

[@tripwire5590]

The irony of Ronnie writing "That Smell" about Gary Rossington while he was dealing with his own alcohol and drug issues

[@louisbelanger8792]

It just gave him ideas to write a song when Gary smashed his torino and nothing else! Its just a song!

[@pristineclear8604]

I'm sure it was consensual tho. But I get it.😅

[@billypater5287]

I fell to my knees when I heard this song after I got SOBER REALIZED THAT IT WAS ALL ABOUT DRUGS AND DEATH ☠️ HIT ME HARD IT'S AMAZING HOW THINGS HAPPENED WHEN YOU GET SOBER YOU COME OUT OF A FOG AN SNAPS YOU OUT OF THE FUNK YOU BEEN IN FOR 29 YEARS OF DRINKING AND DRUGGING WOW 😳

[@EddieDumont-ny1gt]

You are a damn fool. Anyone ever tell you that. If not someone should have. Shut up and sit down fool.​@@louisbelanger8792

[@shannonbunch1003]

If RVZ would have been a " nice guy" so to speak, their wouldn't have been a " Lynyrd skynyrd " his personality ( like it or not) was the driving force behind what made the band who they were.... with all that said Ed King was a class 🎬

[@academyofshem]

Ronnie wasn't a nice guy. He was a drunken jerk.

[@JaquelineGoodspeed]

​@@academyofshem Ronnie was the lead

[@academyofshem]

@@JaquelineGoodspeed Yeah. Great singer, great songwriter. Horrible person.

[@EddieDumont-ny1gt]

@@shannonbunch1003 he sure was and I knew him, his younger brother Casey and me hung out with the same crowd and Ed was down to earth and real. A very nice man who was a wonderful guitar player

[@shannonbunch1003]

@EddieDumont-ny1gt I'm talking about the band, the hell house , being on the road , Ronnie was hard to work for, basically wanted perfection... He didn't care to get mad if things didn't sound right... that's how " Hell house" got its name... I have no doubt ( off the clock) he was different. He was a family man when they weren't touring, like to fish, and loved his daughter...

[@stogiedude]

Ed told me many times of Ronnie’s brutal temper, which bordered on psychotic. Ed told me that RVZ had some serious mental issues. Today, medication might have helped. A shame.

[@cynthiabelknap8655]

He was most likely an alcoholic to try and self medicate some type of mental disorder. Bi polar maybe??? Well something they didn’t know much about back then.

[@BST-lm4po]

Ronnie had a lot of stress trying to keep it all together. It's a shame that he released his stress in violent ways. If he could have finished that last tour he probably could have taken a long break and enjoyed some of the fruits of his labor! Probably would have just gone fishing and chilled out!

[@chrismorgan7494]

That's no excuse. He needed an ass whooping.

[@jamesburton1812]

​@@chrismorgan7494you sure couldnt have done it

[@pristineclear8604]

​@@chrismorgan7494you must mean Ronnie

[@chrismorgan7494]

@@jamesburton1812 Anyone could've done it, except you.

[@meltedmarshdaddy]

​@jamesburton1812 You are scared Of 5 ft Ronnie van Zant 😂 Or its a crush. One of the two.

[@HeyMon747TGIF]

Sad Situation🎸《☆》RIP all my lost LYNYRD☠️SKYNYRD Guitar HEROS✌️😎☮️🎸🎸🎸🏜👉🍺🍺🍺

[@jamescromer550]

Ronnie grabbing Gary's hand and jamming a broken bottle into it while screaming "you'll never play guitar again!" was the worst I ever heard about. Black eyes are one thing, but that was over the top. Gary bandaged it up and played the next night. There's video of him playing with that bandaged hand. What a trooper!

[@ltcolumbo9708]

Good for you ED...missing you

[@JaquelineGoodspeed]

Theres only one lynrd skynrd and they all started out as FRIENDS growing up in the best era ever. Lets not forget this. No one is perfect but all their dysfunctions came together to give their fans the best of times. The only thing left to say is " THANK YOU. "

[@katherineskrzynecki3347]

Truth!

[@GeoffWelch-pd4zg]

Spot On

[@David-dt3ge]

* Lynyrd Skynyrd

[@EddieDumont-ny1gt]

@@JaquelineGoodspeed Right on bro, nobody's perfect, Lord knows that I've screwed up a lot of things that were very dear to me because I was a complete asshole when I got drunk and a person will only accept an apology so many times before they cut you loose and turn their back on you. I put down the booze 3 years ago and my life has been far better because of it.

[@jamesdamron2065]

RIP Ed

[@haroldfadorka3816]

One thing about Ed King is he had enough personal integrity and self respect he decided to bail on the Skynyrd tour ,rather than continue to take Ronnie's abuse. Sometimes a Man needs to move on to more favorable work conditions. RIP Ed King. While Skynyrd toured in Europe and drinking in their hotel a drunken Ronnie Vanzant knocked out the front tooth of the talented piano player , Billy Powell. RIP Billy Powell. I really like all Vanzant brothers, please don't misconstrue my feelings about Ronnie. Unfortunately Ronnie was the source of a lot the unnecessary tension due to his heavy drinking . Towards the end of Ronnie's life it should be noted he got his own alcohol abuse under control and left this world with his Boots on. RIP Ronnie Vanzant. RIP Gary Rossington, the last remaining original member of Lynyrd Skynyrd.

[@pristineclear8604]

Did he and Billy fight did Billy fight him back. It sounded like Ronnie needed somebody that could constrain him n the group

[@haroldfadorka3816]

@@pristineclear8604 I'm not sure if Billy fought him back.. If you search for one of the original documentaries they were talking about the day's the whole band were abusing drugs and alcohol. I recall Billy Powell got one of his big front teeth knocked out and he required dental work to repair the dental problem. Gary Rossington said Ronnie Vanzant loved to go to Piss City. When the band were around Muscle Shoals Alabama recording music, they used Truck Stops to shower as they had no money. The band members with their long hair would get made fun of by red neck truck drivers and the whole band would crack lose on the assholes. Gary said Ronnie was the best fighter and would put a serious ass whooping on them.. To answer your questions do a search on KZbin for the band's early documentaries and you will find the specific details your inquiring about. All the Best... Harold....

[@marshallrogers8011]

Ronnie Van Zandt didn't mess w/Artimas Pyle since he was a Marine!!

[@roquefortfiles]

Love Ed. So sad he's gone.

[@dnews9519]

They didn't call it the torture tour for nothing. 🤣

[@frankrichards3089]

Ha nope

[@Acducec]

Smart guy left before the Plane went down

[@kathyrais574]

It was luck, not smarts

[@kathyrais574]

I love Ed but thought it was shifty the way he snuck away like a black cat do & left the band high & dry. He was tired of Ronnie's violence. I get that but he hirt Allen & Gary the most. They were mid tour & they had to figure out who was gonna play what parts of Ed's, it really put yhem in a bad position, luckily they knew it all so well that they coukd play his stuff

[@EddieDumont-ny1gt]

​@@kathyrais574you have no idea what you are saying. Ed didn't sneak off any where, he left because he was tired of the negative bullshit and left , I knew Ed and he had more class in his little finger then the whole band did with the exception of Artimus Pyle who threw Ronnie's ass all over the hotel room the night he cut Gary's hand by stabbing it and as for leaving Gary & Allen in a fix, with the way they all treated Ed he owed them nothing and they were lucky that he came back for the 1987 Tribute tour because I'd of told them to kiss my ass but Ed was to much of a nice guy. That's a fact bro.

[@kathyrais574]

@@EddieDumont-ny1gt am I supposed to be impressed you say you knew Ed? I said I loved Ed but no one is perfect, including Ed. Multiple sources say he took off in middle of the night, in a way I don't blame him because he didn't want too go another round w/Ronnie but he could have told rest of the band out of respect but he didn't & it was wrong IMO. It isn't just that, he also took snacks on the road & when guys got the munchies, he would sell them slim Jim's & other snacks & then couldn't figure out why he didn't fit in. The other guys were just the opposite, sharing their frustration & whatever they had. I also didn't like how he sued Gary over royalties on SHA. IDK the particulars abt the money, if they owed him money, I get that but he claimed he & Ronnie wrote SHA, & apparently court believed him. He had a rug made for his place in Nashville that looked like a record of SHA & it said written by RVZ & Ed King. He placed it in the foyer so everyone could see it but then on a later video he told the story abt how SHA & said it was Gary playin the riff over & over again & Ed wrote the song from there. His words were have to give credit where credit is due, if it wasn't for Gary there would be no SHA. That's why Gary I'd named on the album. I doubt the story that after they both fame up w/beginning that Gary just walked away, my guess is they kept up that creative process & finished the song together. I am sure you will not admit to anything other than Ed was perfect & if you really knew each other then Ed is perfect to you. I think it is a Lil sad that you make it sound like Ed was an angel & rest were assholes. And don't even get me started on Artimus.

[@EddieDumont-ny1gt]

@kathyrais574 Hey Kathy, I was so busy celebrating the return of President Trump that I wasn't on the phone much. As for your response , as for the date regarding Skynyrd blowing the Stones away while on the same bill, that did happen and as for my knowing Ed King, I did know and work with him back in 75 when he first left Skynyrd in the middle of a tour and he left for what he felt were good reasons. As for his part in his part in the making of SHA , he said one thing other people said other things who are any of us to say who was right. I wasn't trying to impress anyone by saying that I knew him, hell, I've been a jazz & R&B drummer for 50+ years and know alot of people in the business and played professionally throughout the 80's & early 90"s in the casino's as a house musician for different casino's in Atlantic City, NJ. Anyone in the business knows that we all sight read and play behind the singing groups that are billed there to perform, I don't have to know anyone from a band to be some one, I do the same things that the bands do except I don't have to travel around the world spending long periods on the road being away from loved ones playing the same songs over and over until you begin to become bored with them and hate playing them which most members won't admit to fans. Tours suck and are only done to promote a bands new music and make money, plain and simple anyone who says otherwise is a liar with the exception of Skynyrd, when they reformed in 87 and saw how well they were accepted and decided to keep it going which was Gary Rossington' s decision it was done to keep the dream that Ronnie had alive, remember that they weren't known that well when the plane went down. The whole thing was sad and I am not going to put anyone on a pedestal nor am I going to demonize anyone. Skynyrd was a badass band who put out a lot of great music in the short time they were around and were cut short way too soon because of the plane crash on 10/20/77 and we'll never know how far they would have gone. I'm a jazz & R&B fan and drummer but I do like all kinds of music if it's good and has soul. Skynyrd had that in spades and as fans we should enjoy the great music they left us to enjoy instead of arguing about things that took place 40+ years ago between people who are gone. Have a Blessed day. .

[@bosshoss64]

Strawberry Alarm Clock

[@billydeewilliams9104]

Nice Googling!! 🤓

[@josephbuehl9429]

Rock and roll demands hell, like Glass to neck, friends no more, but the music still lives, I want to see that movie.

[@alb.dersame]

Ed King, you were a very important part of the Lynyrd Skynyrd phenomenon. You were a hell of a great guitar player too brother. I wish i could hear from you first hand, of what went through your mind when he had that broken lamp at your throat! Wish we could shoot the $hit Ed!

[@pristineclear8604]

I'll speak as if I'm Ed. I can't believe this is happening but yet I can. I'm tired of this sick mother called Ronnie. No one needs to take this s***. It's time to fly the coop. Good riddance u motherfuker. Remember, Not My thoughts but Ed's thoughts.

[@tracymcelhenie3988]

Excellent , once there dead start kickin em . Listen to the music the not the drama...Skynyrd Lives RIP Gary Rossington.

[@academyofshem]

So we should idolize bad people simple because they were talented in some area? Get real.

[@kathyrais574]

​@@academyofshemyou don't have to do anything. Your choice

[@EddieDumont-ny1gt]

@@academyofshem I don't think you idolize anything but yourself. Your opinion means nothing to fans and you're not a fan.

[@academyofshem]

@@EddieDumont-ny1gt You should have stopped after the first three works: "I don't think." Yes, my opinion means nothing to those who don't think.

[@aprilgosa5779]

It's dangerous to stop drinking cold turkey

[@hermansohier7643]

Tell me about it ,i went in a psychosis for 2 months after stop drinking cold turkey .

[@WTHenry2023]

My step brother went into cardiac arrest and died after going cold turkey, after 40 years of excessive drinking, at his girlfriend's behest.

[@rodneywoodcock8235]

A bunch of guys who all get along doesn't always make a great band. Look at all the classic groups who couldn't stand each other, or had that one jerk member, but made legendary music. It's like there has to be that tension to make something great.

[@4kTrainVideos]

Very cool! 🙏🙏

[@bertmustin]

Ronnie was a bully. Ed was always an outsider.

[@EddieDumont-ny1gt]

@@bertmustin sadly Ed was not close to the other members of the band, all because he wasn't from the South. He had alot of talent and he was a very humble guy who was the only member who had actually been in a professional band in the past . He didn't get the respect he deserved from the other band mates and it's sad because Ed King was a very good guy and I worked with him in New Jersey back in the mid 70's right after he left the band and I'm surprised that he went back with them because the one that wanted him there and asked him to come join died in the plane crash on 10/20/77

[@josephcottone3347]

AEROSMITH LOOKED AT THE PLANE BUT THEY DIDN'T BUY IT OR MUSIC HISTORY WOULD HAVE TAKEN A DIFFERENT TURN. R.I.P ALL OF YOU 😢❤

[@satananchannel8746]

Ronnie just wanted to die in a plane crash. He wanted to die. That’s why he rented a messed up plane for his trip.

[@JaquelineGoodspeed]

Ed made the right decision.

[@katherineskrzynecki3347]

Yes, yes, R I P, ED!

[@JJ-FOXTROT]

Change one thing change everything

[@tarakb7606]

RIP Ed King.

[@gottadomor7438]

47 years ago today. Things work out the way they do for a reason ... EK wasn't on that plane. RIP to this iconic rock band's now gone ...

[@raymondbludoomanscibran5334]

🤔😪Sad sad state of affairs! It's sad that ' The Hand of Fate' would deal this awesomely talented & hard working band such a devastating blow!😪💔

[@robert.m4676]

Man you ain’t kidding! Cut down deep in their prime!

[@rogerwilliams5366]

So True

[@clayhillhomestead3321]

According to Gene Odom he claims the road manager took the plane the day before and flew to get cocaine. Not realizing the engines were not running correctly and burned a lot more fuel than normal. They should had enough left to get to Greenville but didn't because of the badly running engines. Fuel gauges didn't work. There is a video of Gene telling the story.

[@bobmurray38]

Amen to that Brother! 😎

[@RickShortt]

Sweet home alabama. Ed king. Enough said

[@jos642]

ED King gave guitar lessons here at M&M music in Vineland nj back in the day RIP Brother 🙏❤️🙏

[@terrihawley420]

I always wonder what could have been had rvz sg and cg not perished in the plane crash and how more gr8r the band would have become?RIP LS MEMBERS 😢

[@tylerdurden9135]

Artemus Pyle was a former Marine, I wonder if Ronnie bullied him.

[@EddieDumont-ny1gt]

@@tylerdurden9135 no he didn't, he threw Ronnie all over the room the night he cut Gary's hand he was so pissed off about it. He's the only one left alive.

[@michaelstark8581]

Ed King is the most likable and interesting person in that band.

[@dr.know-it-all5148]

Ed was the very best. RIP free bird

[@SamHollidayV]

Ed King: rock and roll legend

[@zhongda404]

No point discussing all these now . As a band , they were all one , produced great music , each filling a gap , not one great than another.

[@Mr_Squirrel_T]

I watched this documentary last night every skunked fan should watch it

[@GeorgeG.T.Johnson]

Ed,helped Skynard make that step,to the Superstar level,but he wasn't ever gonna be one of em!!! Skynard had four of the 10 best,Guitarist of all time and know telling how good,Collins,Rossington,and Gaines,could have been,if they could have player another 2 tours,but that ain't how it's was written

[@shelleyharris9349]

Lake Charles

[@deecee901]

He sounds unstable as much as I admire his work.

[@chrissvenningson1747]

Ronnie Van Zant really wasn’t a “Simple Man”… sad

[@cthulholmhastur5317]

🤔 I truly enjoyed king's playing on early Skynyrd, and wondered why he left. Now I know.

[@michaelmiller1690]

I feel like they would have broken up if that plane crash wouldn't have happened... Bc you can't take but so much from someone

[@charlesking5328]

I remember just prior to their last tour , Ronnie was interviewed in People magazine. Where he had set the booze aside and was focused on the music and had been working out for the tour. Seemed to have rebounded back to his music. Few weeks afterward is when the plane went down. Wish I still had that copy of People. 😢

[@chrisweimer937]

I think that rest in peace is all I can say, about this video

[@marcusbuckner5582]

Night after night, yep. A form of cabin fever that turns ‘cannibalistic’ to some. I can hear RVZ now; ‘this is my GD band, I started it’……as a picker I can relate. RIP ladies and gents.

[@papasmurf5598]

Good thing that Ed was invited back after Ronnie’s death because that proves other members were on his side. From other reports Ronnie could be a bully and pitted other band members against each other for his amusement. I think it was the Alcohol for sure.

[@SarahJoDanetteGosa]

Alcohol withdrawal is no joke and is dangerous and it is usually advised that you should quit alcohol under the care and supervision of a doctor you can have seizures and even die Alcohol Withdrawal is reported to be the worst of any substance withdrawal

[@EddieDumont-ny1gt]

@@SarahJoDanetteGosa that don't mean he should be able to bully the band the way he did.

[@jukebox5308]

Ronnie just want the whole band to quit drinking and drugging at that time because they were getting famous and had a lot of shows booked

[@graceanneful]

Sounds like he was on a dry drunk and without true recovery. “ when the spiritual malady is overcome, we straighten out mentally and physically “ ( AABook)

[@ACRRYBKA]

Who's telling this?

[@ClarydwoodsyWoodsy]

Ed King,,

[@raymondreid4987]

Hell, when he left, it wasn't the same.

[@BeverlyReed-c7f]

RONNIE VAN ZANT HAD THE VISION AND CREATED AND BEGAN LYNYRD SKYNYRD...I KNOW, I WAS THERE!!! EVERY NIGHT IN THE COMIC BOOK CLUB, DOWNTOWN JACKSONVILLE!!!!

[@brandondavidson2200]

I don't think rvz was a very nice guy.

[@chrismorgan7494]

He needed a routine ass beating.

[@marcusbuckner5582]

Little man syndrome

[@RAH1869]

Alcohol it was alcohol.

[@mumbles215]

A drunk man speaks a sobers man words (including actions)

[@bobstone8667]

Ed left just brefley befote the deadly crash, RVZ prolonged Ed's life for a short time.

[@georgialjones623]

Love you Ronnie. Rebel. g

[@kevinkhoy7171]

Folks don't realize Ed was touring in a band Strawberry Alarm Clock. 5 yrs before Skynyrd. So by 1975 Mr King wanted off the road! Besides those Sweet Home Alabama publishing checks💲Enable Him to get off the road!

[@EddieDumont-ny1gt]

@@kevinkhoy7171 that's your opinion

[@RBFR01]

What did Ed do to piss Ronny off so much?

[@pewsterbaby]

Be intelligent. That's enough of a threat to a person like Ronnie Van Zandt.

[@uncletio0428]

Ed King "Well, the night before I quit. We had actually played 2x nights before in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and Ronnie got thrown in jail along with this guy I knew named John Butler, who took care of my guitars. And it was his job to change my strings everyday. Anyway, they didn't show up in Pittsburgh, the next show, until like five minutes before the show started. They showed up, they had just gotten out of jail...and during the show that night, I broke 2x strings during "Freebird" in which I never did before. (I always played a 'Gibson SG' guitar during that song...I still own that guitar.) Anyways, during the limo ride back to the hotel, Ronnie started giving me hell, and wanted to fight...so the limo driver pulled over, got out and said you guys have to get another ride! I got back to the hotel and decided that I didn't need or want this lifestyle anymore, so I then parted ways during the night and flew home."

[@HappyHermitt]

Being human

[@EddieDumont-ny1gt]

@@pewsterbaby right on bro !

[@peeldonionz]

70s drugs must of been 🔥

[@justinwatch]

Great songwriter but what a mess in personal life

[@Hippy-l1e]

Ronnie was a suffering alcoholic.

[@sethfriedman2462]

He didn't die.

[@shelleyharris9349]

St. Charles

[@RAH1869]

?

[@markkleindorf9185]

Bi-polar

[@MikeBrown-gk9uf]

The drumme r did ñot get shot wh.en the plane. Went down; {£)

[@kennetholiver1632]

He said he was shot but i think he might not tell the truth sometimes he tells a different story than some of the other survivors

[@RAH1869]

Yea sometimes what Pyle says I just can’t truly believe, some of it yeah okay that’s tru but I don’t believe he got shot… also walking through a swamp without any shoes and almost stepping on a snake…nuh uh I don’t believe that, and that’s some lyrics from(cry for the bad man)

[@georgialjones623]

His inner demons ? He missed his girlfriend and i missed him . Georgia lynn..if falwells cult was jim jones back "then"..,tonnie had demons via microservers and his jealous wife judy. She is still that and really doesnt look prosperous as an alcoholic rossington. Widow? Didnt ronnie divorce her because she couldnt brush her teeth faster than a piggy in heat? Rip

[@shannonpatrick77]

What did you try and say lol

[@georgialjones623]

Tonnie is typos.ronnie is correct.

[@georgialjones623]

Boulder

[@RAH1869]

I had 13 strokes trying to read that

[@stevelewis1982]

Let's face it, Ronnie, "couldn't hold his liquor". A great song writer and leader of my favorite band but man the drama.

[@uncletio0428]

One requirement of a great leader is self control. Alcohol is called 'Spirits' for a reason...and is a gateway for the devil to set up a workshop in your life...be careful. *I've lost way...more than I ever gained with having alcohol apart of my life! - *Skynrd themselves wrote a song 'Devil in the Bottle.' - 1st Corinthians 6:9-10 kjv

[@stevelewis1982]

@@uncletio0428 I agree with you. I think

[@BeverlyReed-c7f]

DON'T EVER CRITICIZE RONNIE VAN ZANT...HE WAS LYNYRD SKYNYRD, HE HAD HIS REASONS!!! I KNOW!!!!

[@EddieDumont-ny1gt]

@@BeverlyReed-c7f how could Ronnie be Lynyrd Skynyrd when he didn't play an instrument. He was a member of the band, nothing more.

[@georgialjones623]

The world of pain is franfreezie. Ronnie was douthern rock from jacksonville..i inspired free ird and real asinine fools want to kill me,but not ronnie nor jeith richards..bye

[@RAH1869]

I had an aneurysm trying to read that

[@charlesking5328]

I heard the theme from The Twilight Zone .

[@Neil-Aspinall]

Can't stand 'man' bands like LS

[@mumbles215]

Go watch the bangles then.

[@Neil-Aspinall]

@@mumbles215 Ya don't get what I mean Mum.

[@EddieDumont-ny1gt]

@@Neil-Aspinall then stop putting remarks in a spot that's for fans not trolls or haters.

[@MrCapeman1]

The road is hard

[@bobmurray38]

…and the Road goes on Forever…

[@markhemphill5299]

What I really think I think Ronnie Van zant backstab Ed Kane cuz he wanted him out of the band

[@scottharrison9083]

Ed wanted to take a month off to rest but two weeks in he was out of the band

[@toddmcintosh83]

It’s Ed King. He joined the band after leaving Strawberry Alarm Clock. Alcohol takes its toll on relationships when the alcoholic becomes violent! Simple case of too much booze ruining a good thing! They were fortunate to have Cassie Gaines recommend her brother Steve as a replacement for Ed! The decision to leave the band probably saved Ed King’s life, as he wasn’t in the plane crash that would later kill Ronnie, Steve and Cassie and seriously wound most of the others!😉😒

[@joelhoward8211]

Ed was a laid back California Dude​@@toddmcintosh83

[@EddieDumont-ny1gt]

@@markhemphill5299 who the hell is Ed Kane. Never heard of him and I don't feel that you are a real fan.

[@andrewsandoz8005]

Red neck R&R. Never got the appeal?

[@shannonpatrick77]

You don't have to.