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This version of Blue Sky is my favorite song of all time. Numero Uno. I grew up listening to it in the late 90s because my dad had a somewhat bootleg copy of the Stonybrook '71 show before it became an archive release. This was all before I really got to listening to and 're-discovering' the ABB as an adult. To this day, years later, it still (and always) picks me up when I'm down and is thrown on whenever I'm having a hectic day. Dickey's cut is beyond powerful , ferocious, and is truly one of his greatest, IMO. As for Duane, I'm not sure there's really adequate words to describe his playing here. I have never heard anything else that sounds even remotely like his playing here. It hits on as many feelings and emotions as he ever does---its on a another level for me with Liz Reed AFE, Duane's second solo on Mountain Jam EAP, and the wailing slide solo on Layla. And then there's Berry Oakley. This version is what it is because of BO's playing underneath that can understandably go overlooked because of Duane and Dickey. But his playing here is otherworldly. And we get not just 1 solo, he's riffing the entire song, first with Duane and then with Dickey. Truly remarkable how he's playing his own stream of consciousness at times but is still intimately in sync with the lead and keeping time/playing off Jaimoe/Butch. Surreal that just 6 weeks later Duane was gone. It's awesome someone else brought it up for some attention for a bit. Will forever be a treasure and always the gold standard for Blue Sky in my book.

This version of Blue Sky is my favorite song of all time. Numero Uno. I grew up listening to it in the late 90s because my dad had a somewhat bootleg copy of the Stonybrook '71 show before it became an archive release. This was all before I really got to listening to and 're-discovering' the ABB as an adult. To this day, years late, it still (and always) picks me up when I'm down and is thrown on whenever I'm having a hectic day. Dickey's cut is beyond powerful , ferocious, and is truly one of his greatest, IMO. As for Duane, I'm not sure there's really adequate words to describe his playing here. I have never heard anything else that sounds even remotely like his playing here. It hits on as many feelings and emotions as he ever does---its on a another level for me with Liz Reed AFE, Duane's second solo on Mountain Jam EAP, and the wailing slide solo on Layla.

And then there's Berry Oakley. This version is what it is because of BO's playing underneath that can understandably go overlooked because of Duane and Dickey. But his playing here is otherworldly. And we get not just 1 solo, he's riffing the entire song, first with Duane and then with Dickey. Truly remarkable how he's playing his own stream of consciousness at times but is still intimately in sync with the lead and keeping time/playing off Jamie/Butch.

Surreal that just 6 weeks later Duane was gone. It's awesome someone else brought it up for some attention for a bit. Will forever be a treasure and always the gold standard for Blue Sky in my book.

Amazingly insightful and well stated post-particularly the comments about Duane and Berry

And at the end Berry Oakley says "Very Hot".

The studio version is such a joy. A beautiful musical experience. Never gotten tired of hearing it or any of the gems on Eat A Peach.

Now without a doubt the most powerful and rocking live version is this version. The power and energy and advanced musicianship of Dickey, Duane and Berry and

and the rest of the band is proof positive the original band was the high watermark of the Allman Brothers. Sometimes I wonder if the later lineups should have used the name as the post Jerry version of the Grateful Dead was only the Dead.

There are some great versions on YouTube by Dickey, Dan Toler and Chuck from 1986, several from Dickey and Warren, one from Raleigh, N. C. by Jack and Dickey, 1999 from Derek and Dickey and a couple from Derek and Warren which suffer vocally but have good guitar channeling of Duane and Dickey licks. But there was an energy and drive that apparently came from Duane Allman that left ABB land in October 1971 and never returned.

Both Jaimoe and Butch commented over the years including post 2014 that there was an energy and magic that left when Duane died and it never happened again.

Amazingly insightful and well stated post-particularly the comments about Duane and Berry

Thanks, brother. Appreciate the kind words. I felt a post on a thread with this title deserved a good-effort, honest response from me, given how much I've extracted from this performance over the years. Cannot tell you for certain how many times i've listened to this version in total, but I am 100% accurate when I say that it blows my mind every damn time. Duane's genius is striking--and obvious really--but BO's nuances are simply fascinating. I don't have a musically trained ear, but I know magic when I hear it.

[Edited on 10/27/2018 by SkyDog4President]

One of the really cool things about this version was pointed out here on the boards around the time the CD came out

In the farthest reaches of the Stoney Brook gymnasium, you hear "Blue Sky!" as they're tuning up after OWO -- & before Duane introduces it

This was 5 months or so before its studio release in Feb. 1972
Yep this band had its fans

the Clemson version was always a bit rough sounding
when 9/16/71 Warehouse tape was discovered in 1997, 7th heaven w/the 1st good sounding Blue Sky w/Duane

then the archive release & this extended version, where you hear how it was evolving
just amazing amazing stuff -- one of the original band's best shows, & X2 indeed on SD4P's & blackey's posts --
the guys, Duane & BO in particular, on Dreams take to an even more cosmic level (to my ears), the playing so well described on BSky -- nothing can top the studio BSky, just 1 set of ears listening

[Edited on 10/27/2018 by Stephen]

dusted this off - thanks for the reminder
Blue Sky and Dreams from that are among my favorite ABB recordings
The Wharehouse version of BS is killer too

My all time favorite song, I have loved all ABB versions of the song. First set is an awesome version.

I've said it before - "BS" is a masterpiece along with "Mtn. Jam" Eat A Peach. "BS" is also one of my favorite, if not favorite songs in my life. "MTN. Jam Eat A Peach is also the other. "Dock Of The Bay" is also up there. Think I'll play some Stonybrook today.
P. S. I also think Boston Common is a killer show.

Really cool to hear it on the Skydog box lp set, On side A of lp 14 you hear the studio version followed by this live version, only 2 songs on that side, I play that side more than any other of the 14 lps in the set.

This version of Blue Sky is my favorite version, and the show is at the top of my list of favorite live ABB performances. I frequently listen to this while mowing grass on Saturdays in the summer. I am not a guitar player myself, but I like the raw energy of this performance as much or even more than the tight, polished performance from Live at Filmore East (which is also an incredible performance). Duane's playing is awesome as usual, but Dickey's and Berry's playing seems more bold and in your face than in earlier concerts. The versions of blues covers Statesboro Blues, One Way Out, and Trouble No More are about the best ever in my mind. Then the 25 minute You Don't Love Me and jamming 19 minute versions of Dreams and Liz Reed are unbelievable. Even without Whipping Post and with some sound quality issues, this is an incredible live show.