Thanks. Had not seen that show before. 

Don't care for the camera work. Good show but not one of their hot, hot shows of 1990. 

Warren seems to be having amp or something problems. 

With all due respect to Johnny Neal, he isn't close to fitting into this band like Chuck Leavell. I understand why Gregg wrote in his book that it didn't work and he voted for no renewal of Johnny's contract when it ran out in late 1990. 

Johnny Neel’s contributions were much better in 1990 than in ‘89 - but I agree he wasn’t a perfect fit.  
However, I do wish the band had stayed with a 2 keyboard configuration instead of adding Marc the next year.  I like Marc a lot and appreciate all his work through the years - but if there needed to be a 7th member - i think there was more musical bang for the buck keeping it a piano/keyboard player rather than a percussionist.  Having another soloist to take over most or all of the keyboard solo space and limit how often Gregg was on that role would have created some more interest in those jams. Gregg is a fine accompany player - but his solos/contributions to jams were pretty uninspired for the most part.

Another voice to break up the guitar solos  would have provided some diversity to the proceedings. It’s a big reason why I like the Fall ‘09 shows with Bruce Katz so much - just brings a little different flavour and a little less of Gregg’s repetitive solo playing.

@slothrop8 I hear what you're saying, there were some great Dickey & Warren versions of "Jessica", but it was never the same without keys, even when they'd noodle on "Mountain Jam". It was nice when Chuck, Kofi, or Bruce would sit in on keys, definitely added another flavor that Gregg just didn't seem interested in bringing. I always felt he didn't want to over play.

But the first thing that always stood out to me at the start of every ABB show was that rhythm section - it was a powerhouse and I'd take Marc over keys since there are only a handful of songs where I miss something more than Gregg's piano/hammond solos ("High Falls" and "Jessica" being the most glaring).

@porkchopbob. Interestingly the version with Warren playing in Chuck's place on 2nd Set released in 1995 but recorded live in Raleigh, NC in 1994 won a Grammy for best rock instrumental. The only time the band won as far as I know. Paul Riddle plays in place of Jaimoe. 

I went to several shows of that leg of the summer of 1994 and Gregg introduced Paul at each one saying he is from the original Marshall Tucker Band. Gregg would mention Jaimoe is out with a bad back. 

The Marshall Tucker Band was playing shows that summer but Paul Riddle was no longer a member. Well even Toy Caldwell was no longer with that band when he passed away. 

More recently Dickey was talking to Dan Rather and said Duane Allman was such a huge part of the band that they had to grow another arm if they were going to continue to play and that became Chuck Leavell. Dickey said Chuck was so involved in shaping Jessica and working out how the band arranged it that Chuck probably should have shared in the writing credit. 

I just listened to the band at Madison Square Garden in 1973 on YouTube. It's an audience tape but you can hear Dickey and Chuck very well and both are outstanding all night. Lamar Williams also is good. 

Jessica, I think, belongs to Chuck as much as Dickey. Chuck really makes the song and Chuck said in an interview a few years ago that he called Dickey and asked if he could make Jessica his signature song for his solo shows and Dickey said absolutely and that Chuck is a big part of how that song sounds. 

I think they offered Chuck the piano seat when they decided to do a big tour in 1989 for the Dreams box set but Chuck was busy with the Stones. Johnny Neal was in Dickey's band then and good friends with Warren so they took him but Gregg and Butch didn't think it was working. 

After Johnny was cut loose it was Butch who brought Marc into the band. Butch said he always wanted a good percussion player between him and Jaimoe and they tried Bill Stewart in 1975 and 76 but the band had gotten so screwed up by then that instead of offering anything to Bill Stewart they broke up. But Jaimoe said not long after Marc was added that Marc was playing his parts but rather than get mad he would just find some new parts. 

Bill Stewart sounds good on drums on Gregg's Laid Back.