Mr Misunderstood
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If you haven't already, I highly recommend checking out the Tedeschi Trucks band. Keeping the Allmans legacy alive and well and probably the best touring band around right now.
Yup, already have.
If you haven't already, I highly recommend checking out the Tedeschi Trucks band. Keeping the Allmans legacy alive and well and probably the best touring band around right now.
RIP Dickey Betts.
Massive contributor to American music. A giant among giants.
I'm guessing it's a long shot that anyone on this board saw the original ABB with Duane and Berry Oakley, if that makes you feel better. But yeah, I saw the ABB at the NVMC around maybe '78 or '79, and the Cups.I'm so jealous of all you mofos who were able to see these bands live in their prime AND Islander Stanley Cups.
Nice, I'll check out those Johnny Carson clips.I didn't hear that yet today - sorry to hear it. I guess that makes Jaimoe the last surviving member of the original band? As much as he makes the "greatest ever" lists up near the top, Duane was probably underrated himself, but Dickey even more so.
BTW, I can't recall ever seeing Dickey playing a Strat before? Only SGs and Les Pauls. That video is news to me!
If you've never seen it before, there are a couple of videos of the ABB on the Johnny Carson show where they do a song as just the band and then the Tonight Show Band joins them for a second number. It's pretty cool to see Doc Severenson jamming with Dickey!
I'm guessing it's a long shot that anyone on this board saw the original ABB with Duane and Berry Oakley, if that makes you feel better. But yeah, I saw the ABB at the NVMC around maybe '78 or '79, and the Cups.
That makes sense. Those 2 guys are probably in the same talent ballpark as Duane and Dickey circa 1970-71. I've seen videos of that incarnation but never saw them live. I still need to see Trucks Tedeschi Band live - I had tix and stayed long enough to see their opening act one night but had to leave before they took the stage (long story).Nice, I'll check out those Johnny Carson clips.
By the way, the ABB version with Derek Trucks and Warren Haynes was incredible. One of their finest periods IMO.
Whats your top 5 then?BTW, I should mention that if I had to pick my favorite all-time song, In Memory of Elizabeth Reed from Fillmore East could be it - top 5 for sure. And Dickey wrote that.
I'm guessing it's a long shot that anyone on this board saw the original ABB with Duane and Berry Oakley, if that makes you feel better. But yeah, I saw the ABB at the NVMC around maybe '78 or '79, and the Cups.
Born in the USA - BruceWhats your top 5 then?
I’ve seen virtually every version of the ABB except the original. The Allman Betts band will be at the Knight Theatre in May.True, I'm probably overestimating some of your ages. Still seeing ABB in the 70's is pretty great enough, did you see Little Feat with The Fatman?
Okay, here's a shot at that, not in order, and forgetting plenty I'm sure, limiting myself to no more than 1 song by a single artist/band, and no way can I keep it to five:Whats your top 5 then?
I didn't know PKs mom put out a record.Carving Out the Eyes of God - Goatwhore
I saw a ton of Allman shows. I recall Dickie playing a yellow strat a few times. He was also pitching PRS guitars for a while and played those a few times, probably required.BTW, I can't recall ever seeing Dickey playing a Strat before? Only SGs and Les Pauls. That video is news to me!
I went to my local store and it was a zoo. Line a round the block waiting to get in, cars parked 4-5 blocks away... I kept driving lol.Anyone do RSD this year?
I wanted the At-The Drive In LP, but they were out. I did get the Ramones 75 demos (sound great: clear and crisp), and the Didjits 2xLP (mostly for the demos.)
I went to my local store and it was a zoo. Line a round the block waiting to get in, cars parked 4-5 blocks away... I kept driving lol.
There's a record store one block from me. I poked my head out the window at 8 and saw a line maybe half a block long, so I sauntered over at like 10. Still lots left, but I guess I should have gotten in line if I wanted that At The Drive-In LP.I went to my local store and it was a zoo. Line a round the block waiting to get in, cars parked 4-5 blocks away... I kept driving lol.
I went to my local store and it was a zoo. Line a round the block waiting to get in, cars parked 4-5 blocks away... I kept driving lol.
Did Agnetha pass away?I’ve seen virtually every version of the ABB except the original. The Allman Betts band will be at the Knight Theatre in May.
It's almost as if people like real music when they can access it, but the industry does everything in its power to prevent that.
Well, what I'm saying that is if you file through the examples I gave, the big record companies basically don't do that. They actively try curate what is "popular." Then, due to things they don't anticipate, a swell of activity pokes its head up and disrupts that.Just my 2 cents but it feels like at least "during my day". The Bg record companies would take whatever is popular then mass produce copycat bands doing the same thing
Well, what I'm saying that is if you file through the examples I gave, the big record companies basically don't do that. They actively try curate what is "popular." Then, due to things they don't anticipate, a swell of activity pokes its head up and disrupts that.
For instance, take the vinyl to CD transition. The markup from the 7.98/8.98 LP to the 14.98 CD encouraged stores to transition quickly. As that happened in the mid-late 80s, stores quickly turned over their inventory as demand got fierce. The manufacture of CDs wasn't fully online. Indies, for a short time, with their low overhead, could get CDs into stores and stores would stock them, just to get anything to put on the shelves. This led to bands and labels that wouldn't ordinarily get a spot in stores to get their product in front of people. This didn't last long as the majors squashed independent distributers by snapping up all the manufacturing plants. But, that window of time where people could walk into a store and get weird shit made people more receptive to this type of music, which sowed the seeds for the Nirvana schism and led to the eventual 90/91 breakout of independent music into the public. Labels like SST, Dischord, Merge, Subpop, Epitaph, Lookout, etc were all of a sudden selling 80k, 90k, 100k copies of their top bands. Of course, the big companies scrambled and grabbed a lot of these bands, who crumbled, thus killing that momentum.