hmm... I checked about 6 am...didn't see the Duane Allman shadow so I went back to bed...then you snuck in the 2:32 a.m. post at 6:40 am or so..
tricky....

This picture is from the neo-lambchop era of Allmandine. This is also a 'cross-period' of Allmandine, being that there is no glow surrounding Duane...that began once he acquired
his 58...(which began the 'burst period' and ended the 'sushi period')

I wonder if Gregg has THIS shirt stashed somewhere. Peacock, schmeacock...gimme the polka-dots !!!

I used the lower-back machine for the first time at the gym yesterday and had a bad night. Anatomy's not my strong suit and it took me a while to even figure out what was back there that could hurt. Do I have bone sockets back there? No, I don't think so.
Plus this upgrade/design stuff is depressing me.

The "neo-lambchop era." I love it. What's the sushi period? His foray in El Ay?

I'm not sure that Gregg ever stashed anything but his stash. A lot of mental energy goes into being a drug addict.

I think the mental energy is spent in finding new reasons to hate oneself..a pre-requisite for truly intense drug use. I understand Gregg's plight, it's a bitch living in Duane's shadow. (my oldest brother's name is Duane..they were born the same year and month)

The Sushi era is also referred to as the L.A. era, does that help ? (i'm making this up as I go..hope thats alright) I can make fun of California..I married a girl (if you want to call her that) from there once.

I think seeing Duane play the Whiskey would have been about as cool as Peidmont..hell, I'd give a big toe to have seen him just once..a big toe and my Les Paul.

Donnah..Mrs. Csason has a 'gym' here..I do my best to stay away from it, that way I never wonder
which device to stay away from..

The inverter is NOT considered a workout machine.

So you know it then? Yes, it was the inverter. I had a hell of a time just figuring out how to work it (What am I doing? Pushing with my feet?). I'll stick with my regular machines from now on.
We have a huge Y right down the road and I've been going M-F. Oddly enough, I look forward to Tuesdays and Thursdays for my yoga class. Man, does that stuff feel goooooood. I thought I would hate it.

There are a lot of things to feel sorry for Gregg for, but...
I'll stop. I get letters complaining of my mistreatment of him.

Nice pic. You folks think Gregg had it rough living in Duane's shadow, imagine being Dickey Betts. ;-)

csason, I know it's not the same, but I'll trade my copy of Fillmore East for your Les Paul. You can even keep your toes.

:-D

Scott

There's more to Dickey than meets the eye if he could take it. He went from being the hot guitar player sung about "Rock and Roll Hootchie Coo" to being "Not Duane."

Here, better late than never, eh? Nice pic as usual...( and one I have never seen before, btw)

I was wondering when we were going to hear from you, Carl.

I partnered up with a guy 'back in the day' and we did a lot of Allman bros tunes as part of our routine...he was probably a lot like I have heard Duane was, very intense, i.e. demanding about music.

It was worth it, the intensity..I am sure.

If you listen to "Mountain Jam" on both the Fillmore East album and the "Live at Ludlow Garage" album, you hear Duane playing a lot of licks that showed up later from Dickey in Jessica & in Rambling man.

Dickey had skills, no doubt. Duane was the original one, though.

Saw Dickey playing at some awards show last year with Keith Urban, and Urban mopped the floor with him on the guitar.

Naturally, Dickey is getting up there in years and I am sure arthritis is not being kind to him. I'm sure he's a nice fella.

Scott

Keith Urban?! A prettyboy singer wiped the floor with Dickey on *guitar*? Aargh! Tell me that isn't true.

I think Scott is referring to the Southern Rock tribute done on the Grammy's a few years ago. While it's true Dickey sounded pretty crappy that night, Keith Urban has nothing on him. Just because he played a perfectly decent, errorless solo, doesn't mean jack. You can go to any guitar shop in the world and hear a 12 year old do the same. Dickey has got what most guitarists lack: soul. All you have to do is listen to the Fillmore East album. Or if you want something more recent, check out the ''2nd Set'' Allman Brothers live album. Dickey's playing is awesome, not flawless, but awesome nonetheless. Music is a lot like conversation: it's not how fast you say something, but WHAT you say. Can't speak for the present, but Dickey had a lot to say. Keith Urban?? Please.

And Keith Urban is no great shakes as a singer either. Any guy with a bit of looks who can carry a tune in a bucket can be a singer in Nashville. You could swap them around with each other and barely notice a difference.
I knew it couldn't be true. I can't stomach Keith Urban.

We can sit here and bash Keith pretty boy Urban all night, I guess. My point was that Dickey was having a bad night at the Grammys and struggled. Keith DID mop him up that night. Keith also played spectacularly on the Crossroads show with John Fogerty last year. I am not a huge Keith Urban or pop music fan, but the kid can play guitar very well. To deny it is to say you have not listened.

But he's no Duane ;)

right.

first thing: it's the grammies!!!! puh-leeze! like they'd ever get it right. jazz is southern, blues is southern, country (and western) is southern, rock and roll is southern. wake up, rest of the country/idiots in charge!

re: urban. he's pretty and he's a killer musician/writer of treacle for the gals/guitarist but he ain't no dickey betts and if he was here, he'd be saying the same. and am i the only one to notice urban's solo squiddles sounded a lot like dickey's major scale meanderings?

lester young couldn't play as well when he was older nor could billie holiday sing with the strength youth brings but ah, the craftiness of the experienced warrior. so dickey made what would be considered "a few clams" along the way. you live his life. he stands in no one's shadow. duane always said good things about dickey. two different styles. cheese and chalk!

good lord, i'm hearing tim mcgraw sing without studio/live augmentation. don't people get it? they have computers that will pitch correct you as you sing live nowadays. take ozzy and his live "triple tracked" vocals.

and has johnny van zant been singer for skynyrd longer than ronnie yet?

As soon as McGraw started singing I was wishing he had an explosive vest full of "Pro Tools." They can make even Kenny Chesney sound good.

I can't keep up with the new Lynyrd Skynyrd and which brother is currently singing, Donnie, Johnie, Lonnie, Connie. It's too hard.

Hey, anybody know if the Grammy people sent Dickie a fax telling him not to come back?

lmao now! and they say northern women can be cutting!!

Morning, Donnah :-)

"Major scale meanderings" ... that was great.

Morning, Scott.

For folks coming in straight to comments, I added a vid. After this week, I'll turn it into a straight link over to YouTube so I don't have to pay the bandwidth freight for it.

Thanks for the vid, I did not see it until you pointed it out, Donnah.

Hey, listen, I am sorry if I came off as bashing Dickey too much earlier. Dickey plays way better in that video than my memory was telling me he did. And he was jamming with Duane when I was too young to talk. :) I did not mean to come across as harsh as I did. I did not mean to talk smack about my betters, and Dickey deserves my respect.

:)

hey scott,

thanks for giving me something to get red about.

i dinnae think it was bashing though.

i gotta quit reading the news and start writing more about squiddles and meanderings.

also i had a date last weekend wherein we watched keith urban's dvd. yeah it was liberally seasoned with audio sweetening but once i got past the formulaic factors, he's a good picker

All right, we're all on the same page now.

To me it just sounded like regular live Dickey, and there wasn't a guitar solo in there for him to either successfully hotdog on or crash and burn.
Has time been kind to him? No it hasn't. His voice was always on the thin side, and it wasn't in good form during that show. That's normal for someone as well-up in years as he is. Will he remain the master of his instrument when he's BB King's age? In my opinion, probably not. He's no clean-liver. He's spent too many decades abusing his poor body, and the alcoholism will necessarily take its toll on his skills.
Now I'm going to go listen to "Blue Sky" and be happy. So, thanks for that, Dickey. :)

Right on. :)

He gave us Elizabeth Reed too. :) Who wrote that he could have pointed to that and said "I wrote that" and be done forever? I ferget. Someone here I think.

You are right, that show did not give him any room at all to move around. Telling a jammer to get it done in fifteen seconds is like... well, I dunno. It isn't right. Modern audiences are not conditioned to appreciate a 25 minute exposition on the guitar, they want it here, now, done.

Fools. :)

one note brought down the walls of jericho.

and isn't that one note of b.b. king the reason we're all chasing duane's tail as he chased b.b.'s?

still. it's so nice to be able to have a musical dialogue with y'all folks.

donnah, quit with the insights. clean-liver.....punny!! :)

Heh, I amuse myself if no one else.

> one note brought down the walls of jericho.

I guess. I thought it was a lot of shouting that did it, after all the trumpet playin'. Talk about a long jam... seven days? I don't think even the Allman's played that long of a jam

;-)