Don't know about y'all, but I think his butt looks sorta big in those pants.

I wouldn't know a thing about that, Joseph. It would never occur to me to check out his butt and I'm surprised at you for doing so. My my, what a dirty mind you have.

Gear week Joe.....is that a strat I see? Lordy, Lordy DA, say it ain't so. Who is that in the upper left hand corner in the first pic? Looks like they are doing a little drumming. I know it's not Claude....little help here. Dicky & Duane...nothing in the world finer!

Oh yea, his butt looks just fine in those pants. No strips to be seen...lol.

Donnah,(as Cindy bows with arms outstretched) we're not worthy!(repeat twice). Thank you as always oh procurer of the pics

Wail on, Skydog!

I think it's Duane's 1961 Gibson SG/Les Paul. I have a picture of that guitar which is what I'm referencing. It looks like the same guitar anyway, but somewhat lighter.

And Joe, his butt looks just fine. :P

Do you ever watch TOP GEAR? (a British car show that runs on BBC America) They said that Duane Allman plays their title song.

I myself do not get the BBC America channel. Do you know what song it is James?

You know on second thought I think Joe's right - Duane's butt does look a little big in those pants.

Not you too, Lisa! Imagine, staring at his butt! lol Who would do such a thing? Next thing you know somebody will be wondering where we can find some nekkid pitchers of the guy. :)

Geez, Starla D- you just triggered a horrible childhood memory I've been trying to suppress for thirty years: I was about eleven years old (so, c.1976), and my brother and I were staying with my hippie aunt- (the coolest person I ever knew). She had a book of rock photography ("Shooting Stars"?) and she joyfully traumatized me with what I recall as a full-frontal shot of H.D. Allman. That was a lot for me to forgive.

Where was this shot taken? Do we know? Looks almost like they're playing a school auditorium or something.

Thanks, Donnah!

Yes, seeing all those ribs sticking out all over the place can really traumative...oh wait. I presume it wasn't the ribs that upset you.
Well, if you were Surfer Jolene instead of Joe, you would still be thanking your aunt, lo these many years later. Damn chromosomes.
"Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, I'm begging you, please don't take my man!"

No, it wasn't the ribs. It was that I was eleven years old and- did I forget to mention this?- my aunt was a girl. And three or four pages later, there was Janis Joplin, in the same sorry condition, which was actually not as bad. Or maybe I had just gone numb or blacked out or retreated into one of my other sixteen personalities or something.

You women- always creating a hostile environment for male sensitivities. They should have some kind of training program for all of you.

One more relevant story on this same aunt, around the exact same time: on a trip somewhere, Kathy pulled off of I-75 here in Georgia, stopped in at a Stuckey's (remember them?) and bought a drink to swallow some medication with. Tapped on the shoulder, she turned to see our boy Gregg, asking what she had just taken. "Medication for lupus", she said. "It won't do anything for you." "Just lemme have some", says Gregg. He stayed after her. They kept going back and forth, and finally, she said "Look, I'm a registered nurse- I PROMISE you it won't do anything for you." Gregg was crushed. She needed a can of GBG.

I think seeing Janis Joplin as the good lord made her would cause even a raving satyr to at least give pause and ponder the monastic life.
Your aunt should have told Gregg that the lupus medicine would make his hair fall out. That would have shut him up a lot quicker.

Definitely an SG.

No need to bring up Janis Joplin nekkid. Dear Lord in heaven, that's just cruel, bless her heart.

Maybe that JJ one wasn't as traumatic as Duane's full-on junk (or am I making that worse than it was?) because I wasn't entirely sure what I was looking at.

Anyway, Donnah, you can keep that one in your hip pocket if you ever need a week's worth of Surfer-Joe-B-Gone.

Did I mention, in last week's long-distance request, that in the classic H & H portrait, Duane is rising from the grave, with guitar?

STUCKEY"S.....pecan rolls were the speciality. Geez Louise do I remember. My folks and I used to do a lot of traveling and my Mom had started me a charm bracelet with charms of every state we visited. Always got my charms at Stuckey's. I had 46 out of 50 states on that bracelet. Not Alaska or Hawaii, Washington state or Oregon. Had all the rest though. I don't know what happened to that bracelet.....wish I could remember. Of course there are alot of things from the 70's I can't remember. Don't know if it's my age or what I was doing back then.;)

I agree on the nekked pics of JJ.....(shuddering). Now Joe the nekked ones of Duane are not upsetting at all. His butt definitely didn't look big in the buff! You need to find out if that Aunt of yours still has the book. That would be an interesting read (or look).

Your memory of Gregg sounds about right. Definate GBG moment. Have a Blue Sky weekend everybody!

Wail on, Skydog!

Hey Joe, did that book happen to have a picture of Jim Morrison naked? I wonder how one would go about obtaining said book.

You butt heads are killing me....

I'm off to Bolivia in the morning. Gotta satisfy my blood lust.

Have a great week!

I have a friend who has a poster of Jim Morrison with his shirt off. Talk about being traumatized! All I'll say about that one is, his nipples look diseased. Possibly contagious. Eewwwwww.

Lisa: sorry, I have no idea what song it is. I wouldn't have known it at all if the host hadn't mentioned it.

Lisa: I cannot contribute to the delinquency of a minor by furnishing you with such material. But for a mere 50 cents plus postage, I'll be happy to send you a glossy image of Surfer Joe looking surprised at the privy in a sexy red union suit. For an extra ten cents, I'll send the one where the flap's closed.

Cindy: but in how many of those Stuckey's did you get to meet Gregg Allman? For a handful of Sudafed tablets, you could have gotten him to sing "Every Hungry Woman" while you gnawed on one of those pe-can rolls.

If you ever get to the Stuckey's in Honolulu, I need to hear about it.

Oh heck! Duane's "naked" picture wasnt very shocking at all! His "junk" was hid carefully behind some leaves he is holding in front of him. lol...just a young skinny naked kid. I see nothing offensive about it.

Now for the rest of the story...the famous pictures of all the ABB naked in the stream were taken by a professonial photographer and were staged.

Seems like the boys in the band, including Duane werent too hip on shedding their clothes. So, the photographer offered to join in and get naked too. So he did just that! Now, that they were all comfy, naked together, the shots were finally taken. Some of them were used in a record album and he didnt give permission for it,nor credit, nor did he get any money for the shots. He didnt even know they used them till he bought the record.

Heck they werent money shots! They were naked shots! lol...but in a lot of ways they were "right on the money"! lol. oh thats funny.

The naked shot has been used on more than a few magazine covers with no complaints. As far as I know, it wouldnt harm anyones poor little mind even if they were a kid. but, then I have never seen any totally naked shots of Duane or Jim Morrison. I havent been looking for em either! lol

Wondering now if Duane ever met the plaster caster girls..or maybe they were before their time. If you dont know who they are you can probably find out about them online. Kinky girls those. Definitely not, g rated.

I would like to see Donnah post Duane's little ole naked butt here. Hes so skinny if he stood sideways..he would be almost invisible. I swear those boys never ate back then. Probably too busy being high to bother. Its a miracle there is still a touring ABB band!

Anyway, your comments would be precious to behold! And by the way Duane's butt is actually really tiny. Read the other day that some of his shirts in "The Big House" are a size small. Very skinny kid back then.

Wail on brothers and sisters, play the blues!

Y;all get nakeed hear...(I have a friend when he hears comments that surprise him always says the same thing, "Weeeel, my nakeed ass!") It always makes me laugh!

Well, okay, Sheila, if you say so1 *shimmies out of capris, tosses t-shirt over chair, and reaches for a couple of handfuls of flowers to hold in strategic places, gives wide Playmate smile*
Cheeeese!
'Kay, who's gonna go next?

If I even walk around the house in my underwear, my parakeets will throw up.

Wail on, parakeets!

By the way, been meaning to ask: what does Dickey's shirt say, and where was this picture taken?

I have a great new name for a band: Surfer Joe and His Pukin' Parakeets! Let's give 'em a big hand, folks!
Dickey's shirt says something like "One Tequila, Two Tequila, Three Tequila, Floor." Something profound like that.

Starla and Surfer Joe, I literally laughed my "ass" off at your comments! The funniest comments Ive heard in a long while!

I would guess then than actually ABB were the original "Naked Brothers Band"! lol but in a literal sense, as I would never compare ABB to a lousy tiny bopper band.

I could dig that, Surfer Joe and his puking parakeets! Has a nice ring to it somehow. :>

Im sure Duane and the boys wouldnt have minded a nakeed audience at all! After all it wasnt that unusual with the Woodstock generation and all.

And Starla would have stolen Duane's attention and heart with the above mentioned moves!

For Starla only! (and fellow Duaniacs only!)

Set the scene: Imagine this! A sunny day in mid-summer in Georgia. A secluded wooded spot with a stream gurgling in the background. One lone photographer in tow, totally nakeed. One Duane Allman totally nakeed, with leaves in front with a big ole Duane grin. Starla, his little Star, *shimmies out of capris, tosses t-shirt, and reaches for a couple of handfuls of flowers to hold in strategic places, gives wide Playmate smile" and they pose together for the cover of Rolling Stone Magazine!

Sheila, you made me a star! A pin-up girl for the Woodstock Generation! *beams, blows kisses, starts braiding flowers into hair* I'm giggling like a schoolgirl, something I haven't done since... I was a schoolgirl!

And in the picture, Duane's thought balloon: "Thank God this isn't Janis Joplin!"

Alternate thought balloon, as he checks out our friend: "Uh-oh...gonna need a bigger leaf."

Starla, after hours of study, I have concluded that Dickey's shirt contains the following text: "Gas, Grass, or Ass; Nobody Rides For Free."

Well, Starla you deserve it girl! You are definitely one of a kind, and in a good way too!

You add much enjoyment to the wkly Wed pic with your wit and charm here at Florida-Cracker!

So, hope you dream of moonbeams and Duane tonight! And hopefully now you can sing with conviction the old Dr Hook song, "Cover of the rolling stone" with conviction. Cause when I was typing the above I could actually picture you and Duane on the cover of that famous magazine!

flash back to the photo shoot. After the tastefully done cover shots are finished the photographer puts his jeans and t-shirt back on and splits. And Duane gets that shitface grin on his face and drops the leaves and chases his "Star" into the woods with giggles being heard echoing across the wind.
You dont need much of a imagination to guess what happens next!

Sheila, you're sweet. Maybe you could be in the pic too. The girl sitting on the rock (fully dressed if you prefer) holding guitar.
Starla's thought balloon: "Thank god it isn't Jim Morrison."
Alternative thought balloon: "Now what do I do if it turns out I'm expected to actually get into that picturesque but chilly-looking water?
Small furry woodland creatures, observing merry chase: Hey, what's your hurry? Late to a fire or somethin'? (I always picture small furry critters as having that wise-guy kind of accent.) Hey, girlie, you'd run a lot faster if you wasn't holding up them boo-kays! (small furry critter-type cackles and snickers.)

Well.....about Dickey's shirt...I think it says Warehouse....no comment on the Pukin' Parakeets, the Rolling Stone cover or the after photo shoot goings on......if the shirt doesn't say Warehouse it could say Ho'house but I think it's the former.

Carry on all.........

James - I googled TOP GEAR & this is what I found on Wikipedia - "Top Gear has always used an adaptation of The Allman Brothers Band's instrumental hit "Jessica" as its theme song since the original series started in 1977. The show used part of the original Allmans' recording of the song up until the late 1990s, but later series and the 2002 relaunch use updated cover versions."

The only thing though is Dickey Betts wrote Jessica after Duane had already died. So if the guy said Duane plays it he was mistaken.

Probably not Starla, the guys in the band back then didnt allow the girls on the road. They had to stay home and take care of the babies and house. Thats just the way it was back then. The water might have been very cold, but coulda felt good if it was a really hot Georgia afternoon.

Im surprised no one mentioned Dickey's guitar strap! I dont remember seeing a picture of him wearing a Zebo strap similar to Duanes before this shot.

I know that Berry had a Zebo for his bass, and Duane owned at least 2 versions of the strap. One with a big brass ring and one with a smaller ring. I never figured they be very comfortable to wear. The brass is heavy and would tarnish easy. It surprised me to see Dickey wearing one in this picture. I didnt notice it right away.

Wail on brothers and sisters and wail on Duane into the moonlight. I wonder if he's still chasing his little Stara into the starry night?

I guess we will never know! What ever happens in the woods stays in the woods, with the little furry animals except for the shot on the cover of the Rolling Stone!

Hot day or not, I know that twhenever I'm around some body of cold water and a fun-loving guy, I all too often find myself pushed, pulled, enticed or sometimes even just picked-up-and-dropped into that water. I'm resigned to it. See, you can tell from the cover photo that I've already taken my watch off.

Do you know how to swim Starla? If not, at least wear some water wings (even if nothing else). :)

Yes, I can swim, so no funky orange plastic Swimmies for me. As I said, it isn't the water itself so much as the coldness of it. *shivers, steps carefully back from the edge, looks mistrustfully around*
"yes, I know I'll like it once I get into it, but I really don't want to get into it, see? No, I'm not chicken! Who you calling Chicken?!"

The only comment I have in return Starla, is "Time flys when your having fun"!

Wail on skydog, and lets get "nakeed" and play the blues! Gawd, wouldnt that be a sight! giggling...I so bad, but Im not "nation wide"

*hoots with laughter*
Well, okay, I guess I better not show the white feather here. *takes deep breath, gets running start, and hits the water with tremendous splash*
Oh Sheila, did I splash you? Oops, sorry, I forgot you weren't nekkid yet.
Serves you right. lol

I aint about to get nakeed either! Im shy! lol
and I dont like public goosebumps from cold water!
burrrr! That water looks cold~

While under the influence of copious amounts of sloe gin, I once striped naked at a country bonfire and gave a verbal dissertation on the positive aspects of public nudity to my stunned audience. I must have been channeling my inner Duane. In my twisted mind, I thought this would make the ladies swarm onto me. WRONG!!!

I also recall years ago, the Nation Lampoon doing a fake ad for celebrity rock star vibrators. You could get the King sized "Jimi" or the smallest, the "John Denver". I believe Duane was listed in the larger catagory though I'm not asking to see any proof.

Here Sheila, try these two lily pads out for an interesting "modesty top." lol
Willard, jesus! roflmao I don't know which is funnier, you staggering around naked and drunk extolling the virtues of being naked and drunk in public, or the "rock star vibrator" thing. Poor poor John Denver! I always did like "Sunshine on my Shoulders."
*flips onto back in the water* Or really, sunshine anywhere else.

Anyone twitter here? Im a twitterhead! lol.. cause of the boredom factor of being stuck inside all the time... look me up and read my goofy opinionated stuff...Im skydogv

Wail on Skydog

Surfer Joe Big butts are in the eyes of their be holder..."I like big butts and I can not lie!"
It does sound funny..

That's not really a "big butt" anyway. That's a "cute lil' bubble butt" and it's very becoming on gentlemen.