Lynyrd Skynyrd dedicated a pair of recent performances of their 1974 smash, 'Sweet Home Alabama', to their former guitarist Ed King

A founding member of the Grammy-winning gospel group the Blind Boys of Alabama has died.

The drummer who helped give some of James Brown's most indelible hits their signature snap, John "Jabo" Starks, has died at age 79. Starks' manager, Kathie Williams, confirmed that he died at his home in Mobile, Alabama, after battling leukemia and myelodysplastic syndromes, according to The New York Times.

Alabama Shakes aren't a flashy band, so it won't come as a surprise that they went with a very understated approach to the video for the title track from their recently released album Sound & Color.

They released their second album of the same name earlier in April