and king a former guitarist for the us rock band leonard skinner and co-writer of the hit song sweet home alabama has died he passed away in nashville tennessee at the age of sixty eight had been battling cancer king helped create leonard skinner's powerful triple guitar sound prominent on such rock classics as free bird. the legendary king there and just a reminder of the top stories that we're tracking for you this hour firefighters have been battling a major blaze on the outskirts of burlington which has forced around six hundred people to evacuate their homes some have now been able to return fire crews say the blaze is now largely contained but they're still being hampered by the second world war munitions buried in the forest and the e.u. has rebuked italy for its threats to withhold funds from the block where migrant ship dispute around one hundred fifty migrants have been held on a rescue ship in a sicilian port for over a week. and that does it for us we'll see you at the top of the hour. good call. good luck to. you play as. you call. self come. back to tell me enjoy the ch

nashville tennessee at the age of sixty eight he had been battling cancer and king helped create leonard skinner it's a powerful triple guitar sound prominent on such rock classics as free bird. at king there and before i let you go reminder of our main headlines this hour. reports are coming in of new wildfires breaking out near the german capital berlin firefighters have already been battling the major blazes which has forced around six hundred people to evacuate their homes fire crews are being hampered by second world war munitions buried in the forest. a mile of rock and roll in on behalf of the entire new scene thank you so much for spending this part of your day with us the news continues at the top of the hour. nico he's in germany to learn german. polish people why not learn with him online on hold while and free stuff from the w.c. learning course because for me.

host: ed king, a former guitarist for the rock band leonard skinner and cowriter of sweet home alabama has die d. he had been battling cancer. he helped create the triple guitar sound prominent on the classics in rock such as " free bird." ♪ that's it. you are up-to-date. i will have more for you at the top of the art. in the meantime, there is always the website, dw.com. have a good day. ♪ . does does not. to the foreign legion to another reference section on france24. and from from. home [inaudible] runs on he's in the main man drawing lines south allalah [inaudible] jack jack [inaudible] president

it became an icon of southern rock music with leonard skinner, alabama, and other groups.t is continuing really until our own time. but, this is part of the heyday. this is especially the heyday in the late 1970s and early 1980s of the generally, and the dukes of hazard. the flag of the good old boys. not dangerous. good old boys. southern, but hearts of gold. a bit rough around the edges, perhaps. it was such a strong symbol of that, that warner bros. trademarked the generally unprotected the trademark fiercely, because it was the most popular character, and a moneymaking character on the tv show. this was the popular culture with which we all grew up. it was wildly different than what happened before world war ii. more on that later. but, it wasn't just good old boys that use the flag. there was not so good people. you have tarnished the reputation of the confederate flag, as nobody else has. the ku klux klan, marching with the flag, particularly, this is the part of -- southern poverty law center in montgomery in the early 1980s, i believe. the clan, was born immediatel