The writeup overlooked mention of Dickey Betts when carrying on w/out Duane & BO

great sentence tho

”at their best they transcended genre; they just were”

almost looks like a Dean Reynolds type of book🤙thx for the heads-up 

There are a lot of Allman Brothers books coming out lately. Is there really anything new to learn for those of us who know all of the stories?

Looking at the author's Amazon page, this is another in a series of books that casts a wide net of subjects - everything from Phil Collins to James Bond. That's fine for him and casual fans, a lot of us know trivia about a lot of different topics, but it doesn't sound like he has any unique sources that the rest of us aren't already privy to. I just can't imagine there's much new a fellow fan could learn from this, and the reviews of his other books seem to echo this. Might be an entertaining read, but likely retreading the same material we already know in a different package. Listen to a bit of the podcast, and doesn't change my mind.

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There are a lot of Allman Brothers books coming out lately. Is there really anything new to learn for those of us who know all of the stories?

Looking at the author's Amazon page, this is another in a series of books that casts a wide net of subjects - everything from Phil Collins to James Bond. That's fine for him and casual fans, a lot of us know trivia about a lot of different topics, but it doesn't sound like he has any unique sources that the rest of us aren't already privy to. I just can't imagine there's much new a fellow fan could learn from this, and the reviews of his other books seem to echo this. Might be an entertaining read, but likely retreading the same material we already know in a different package. Listen to a bit of the podcast, and doesn't change my mind.

I think the Podcast is misleading, they tend to talk more history than totally focus on the music, which the book is .

This is not an oral history of the ABB. I have a few books from this " On Track" series on different artists. What they do is go through ,like the title says, Every Album, Every Song. Its an analysis of the recorded material.

John Lynskey from the Big House - Director of Archives, Publisher/Editor of Hittin The Note , gave some help to Andrew Wild and read the manuscript before it was published. He gives a pretty good ringing endorsement. 

@jszfunk 

I understand the series, like I said, I browsed through his other books and I read the subtitle. I'm sure it's a fine read and I appreciate his fresh angle. Any new book that hooks new fans is only going to help grow the brand of a defunct band. That promotes future releases and gets a new generation of visitors to Macon and inside the Big House, which is Lynskey's goal. So that's great.

I'm just saying for us longtime ABB dorks here, unless you're a completist, I don't see any new information or insight. The section of the podcast I listened to recounts the history and construction of "Dreams" and "Whipping Post". I think most of us super fans, especially those of us who also play music, are well-versed on histories and details of the band's songs. A lot of this information is already contained in other publications, he's just focusing on it. That's cool, but Imaskipit.