Great read, yes, but it's a rip-off.
This write-up was copied word-for-word from a Rolling Stone feature on the band, November, 1999. I still have the hard copy issue so pulled it out to verify.
Great read, yes, but it's a rip-off.
This write-up was copied word-for-word from a Rolling Stone feature on the band, November, 1999. I still have the hard copy issue so pulled it out to verify.
It credits the source at the bottom of the article. I too remember the original article from RS.
Great read, yes, but it's a rip-off.
This write-up was copied word-for-word from a Rolling Stone feature on the band, November, 1999. I still have the hard copy issue so pulled it out to verify.
It credits the source at the bottom of the article. I too remember the original article from RS.
Guys, this does NOT rip off anything. Rule Forty Two is the official website of Rolling Stone Contributing Editor, Gavin Edwards. He is the actual Rolling Stone Journalist who wrote this great and very insightful and in depth essay/interview with The Allman Brothers Band. He wrote it as well as all of the other artist interviews listed on the right hand side of the page and is an author as well.
Gavin's name/credit is also stated at the top of the page of the ABB interview.
Please read his main page of the website. This is Gavin Edwards' own website that has all of his interviews on it. Main page folks please refer to.
Here's the table of contents for his music interviews and it includes the ABB interview which is listed at the top.
http://rulefortytwo.com/articles-essays/music/
[Edited on 6/12/2017 by ArleneWeiss]
I didn't dig out my hard copy but I remember it as being the same thing as well.
Everything in Moderation. Including Moderation.
The Harley/heartarche thing is an amazing kicker. What a great ending.
The Harley/heartarche thing is an amazing kicker. What a great ending.
I always remember that line from the story, and I always half expected to hear a song with some form of that line in it. It was definitely easy to read in between the lines, this wasn't a very happy band at the time.
I still have this copy of Rolling Stone. There is a great band photo (probably by Kirk West) in the feature on the band. The opening paragraph about them not socializing and Bert Holman having to take band votes definitely was foreshadowing.
At the time, I thought the author focused too much on the negative (specifics about attendance on a raining night in Portland and no specifics about the crowd sizes in Boston where they sold out Great Woods twice in Summer 1999 nor any stats on the Beacon sell-outs).
And yes, definitely some lyrics in this exchange from Gregg:
“[The 1980s] made me really remember who I was. I had to tote that organ a few times. It weighs the same as a heartache, but if you want to play badly enough, you’ll carry the damn thing.”
The same as a heartache? Allman cracks a smile. “No, the same as a Harley. 406 pounds. Nothing weighs as much as a heartache.”
That should definitely be a song lyric, and it's a terrific article with some details I haven't seen anywhere else, including the stuff about Boots. Good thing that Gregg managed to take the plunge with dogs again. And yes, that article has a lot of foreshadowing: the fact that the guys wouldn't talk face to face was a clear danger sign, the small crowds out West and Butch's comments about a smaller touring schedule were both hints of things that came to pass later.
