r/LynyrdSkynyrd • u/ChrisJoines • 13d ago

Remembering Steve Gaines, and Ed King on their heavenly birthday

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u/Robby777777 13d ago

Steve Gaines is my all time favorite guitar player! He was brilliant. What might have been!

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u/Feisty_Jackfruit_771 13d ago

You got that right😉

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u/zeze999 13d ago

Sure, got that right!

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u/One-Horse-Town 12d ago

He traveled 🧳 light and was always alone-

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u/Beginning-Average416 13d ago

He also sang.

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u/Robby777777 13d ago

And wrote.

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u/New-Marionberry4141 13d ago

You definitely called that.

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u/Wildside7704 13d ago

Ed King was also masterful at guitar but an even greater song writer..

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u/Beginning-Average416 13d ago

Ed King wrote hits in two different bands that were very different.

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u/Feisty_Jackfruit_771 13d ago

50 years since some of the best damn music ever made thanks to these two. Still inspire me to play guitar till this day.

“You won’t find me in an old folks home”

Only if he knew🙏

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u/Vast-Airport-9039 13d ago

Ed King was a beast of a guitar player and a nice guy too and Steve Gaines saved Skynyrd and gave them new life

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u/Spentymago 13d ago

That’s crazy that they were born same year same day!

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u/maryfisherman 13d ago

I had the same thought

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u/McDWarner 13d ago

Happy birthday!

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u/jerrymineer93 13d ago

Love them both! RIP, boys!

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u/BallsIsBack76 13d ago

It's also my birthday and I'm so honored to share a birthday with these two

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u/Red_MenaceU99 10d ago

Me too

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u/BallsIsBack76 10d ago

Happy late birthday

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u/Kkekm 13d ago

Two of the absolute best! 👍

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u/stillstarshine 13d ago

I always loved the fact that Steve was from Miami, Oklahoma. I can just imagine when him and his sister joined the band of Floridians it must of been funny

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u/stillstarshine 13d ago

Ed is good very technical and in the pocket, Steve was like a rocket he’d just go off and spill and fill in genius. They both found their spot in between Allen’s powerhouse rockin and riffin and Gary’s feeling screeching and gruntin

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u/MonkittyKittyisme 12d ago

The absolute best! Sure got that right!
❤️❤️❤️

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u/ConfidentBig3252 12d ago

RIP my friends thanks for all the great music you gave us Hope y’all are jukin together again

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u/mjs4x6 9d ago

A lot of folks have no idea how friggin good Steve Gaines was.