Gosh Butch, please put Dickey in your past, it would be healthy!
I was going to say that when you let someone become an obsession to you like this they have entered and taken control of your psyche. Butch, you won the battle but Dickey's winning the war. Let it go, man.
It doesn't seem like an obsession, he mentions Dickey because Dickey was part of the band, part of all that went on with the band over the years, and when he eleboarates on things surrounding certain events, if Dickey's input or refusal to be part of it were going on at that time, why should he now try to leave that out? There were disagreements, that is no surprise to anyone, Butch or any of the band members should be able to tell their story their way.
[Edited on 3/28/2015 by gina]
I never got impression Dickey was against playing festivals. I think "the festival idea" he may've been against was the ABB, Inc. (or whatever ABB legal entity) creating a festival of their own for family bands and friendly bands to play. Just like he was against the ABB, Inc. from creating Moogis or Flying Frog Records or any other side business venture unrelated to the ABB, Inc.'s core business function of being a bluesion rock & roll band and playing/writing/recording music. He sure as hell didn't want to co-mingle ABB, Inc. money with Butch's business ventures.
Whatever, they all need to get over it and move on. Some of them have; other(s) clearly haven't. The only way I could see the ABB ever being viable again as a band without Derek or Warren being involved is if they have some combination of Dickey, Chuck, or Jackie P. back in the band. They have to fill those two slots with musicians with historical relevance to the band. Too late in the band's career to start afresh with new musicians entering the picture and (re-)shaping the band's sound, without risking tarnishing the band's legacy and/or sucking bad.
Um...Butch...jimmy hall is singing for jeff Beck in New york when wanee is going on.
Butch Trucks interview.
Uh, I like his drumming.
"But when Dickey [Betts] was in the band he said he ain't doing it because if it was my idea, Dickey wouldn’t do it."
With the exception of Wanee, a great idea that has done very well, this is probably a good overall policy.
How are Moogis and Flying Frog Records doing these days?
Sorry, I just had to say it...
"But when Dickey [Betts] was in the band he said he ain't doing it because if it was my idea, Dickey wouldn’t do it."
With the exception of Wanee, a great idea that has done very well, this is probably a good overall policy.
How are Moogis and Flying Frog Records doing these days?
Sorry, I just had to say it...
careful....you're making too much sense!
"But when Dickey [Betts] was in the band he said he ain't doing it because if it was my idea, Dickey wouldn’t do it."
With the exception of Wanee, a great idea that has done very well, this is probably a good overall policy.
How are Moogis and Flying Frog Records doing these days?
Sorry, I just had to say it...
Moogis provided some great Beacon shows. I think they all did a great job with that, regardless if it wasn't a money-making venture. (and yes I remember some of the technical challenges, but it was still a great idea and people loved it).
[Edited on 3/31/2015 by gina]
If Moogis had just done the 40th anniversary Beacon run and stopped there, then it likely could have been considered a success.
Moogis provided some great Beacon shows. I think they all did a great job with that, regardless if it wasn't a money-making venture. (and yes I remember some of the technical challenges, but it was still a great idea and people loved it).
That is precisely the point - however much people may have loved Moogis and however great a job they did, it and Flying Frog Records were not successful business models.
If you look at how Butch envisaged these two projects developing, they were ultimately flops. Butch was going to have Moogis streaming live music from a permanent network of clubs with up to 200,000 subscribers but, in the end, he couldn't even make the Beacon viable.
[Edited on 3/31/2015 by Shavian]
I feel sorry for Butch, he sounds like a bitter, old man to me. Guess he knows that in a few years from now nobody will remember the drummer Butch Trucks. The guitarist Dickey Betts and his iconic compositions will be remembered for a long, long time. Dickey's place in music history is safe and he earned it.
BTW, how about those Pegasus recording studios....... 😛
