Isn't it a shame that after all these years these discussions still break up into old feuds. Gregg and Dickey let it go, maybe we need to
seems pretty obvious to me... Dickey Betts was not in the band. therefore no great output of studio recordings.
I don't know. It's not like Dickey was knocking out a ton of original songs or studio albums after his ousting from the ABB. The well has been mostly dry for both Dickey and Gregg since the 70s.
dickey released an album in the early 00's and by 2007 had 4-5 brand new tunes again he was playing live plus a few covers. my guess is that was going to pretty much be the next studio album but he never got around to it.
anyone remember the name of all the songs?
get away
girl with the deep blue eyes
having a good timethere was at least 1 more
My Get Away was a tune penned by Mike Kach .. always thought it should have been shopped around Nashville - I can hear someone like Travis Tritt singing it...
seems pretty obvious to me... Dickey Betts was not in the band. therefore no great output of studio recordings.
I don't know. It's not like Dickey was knocking out a ton of original songs or studio albums after his ousting from the ABB. The well has been mostly dry for both Dickey and Gregg since the 70s.
And we got Peakin' At The Beacon to fulfill a contractual obligation as they did not have enough material for a new studio Album in 2000. At least that is my understanding.
i never heard the part about the material. i heard the band had become unhappy with epic and didn't want to give them anymore new material so they released that to finish the contract
I believe you are correct now that you jogged my old struggling memory.
No. They made their money by playing live. Gregg was sick, Warren and Derek wanted out, the band was over, that's why there was no studio album at the end.
All of that is true but I don't think Warren & Derek wanting out was really an issue until really late, like 2012 (plus or minus). There was a lot of time between 2003 & 2012 but as others have mentioned there were other issues. Gregg's health being #1 I suppose. And some of the songs that have been suggested for the album that never was didn't come along until Warren & Derek began to want out. I do wish we had gotten one but on the other hand, I never dreamed in 2000 that we would still have quality ABB for another 15 years. We are blessed!
[Edited on 12/6/2019 by KCJimmy]
I remember a interview with Butch Trucks before one of the Beacon runs in the later years where he mentioned Gregg had wrote a couple songs. I don't know if that was just Butch just hyping the Beacon run up or if they had songs during the rehearsals and just chose not to try them. I am glad they did finally play Just another rider and a Rivers gonna rise.
