I think it first was played at the UP shows 2010

They played that at the 2009 Beacon shows as well. It's actually the only part of the song I care for so I agree it definitely improved the song. The original opening riff was always nails on a chalkboard to me, definitely prefer the funky little bass line.

I like the Derek solo that was put into the song sometime around that same time too. This instrumental break section is about 3 minutes long. It's in a different key, starts with a cool Oteil baseline and would have made for the basis of a good song where vocals could have been added (same with the Warren coda that was in a different key added to No One To Run With around 2011).

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I really like the song, but the best part imo is the Derek break. Also different time signature (12/8) with a nice transition back to 4/4. Love that part

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Rocking Horse was recorded minus Dickey's guitar for Where It All Begins (1994). Dickey had decided to go home so the band recorded Soulshine and Rocking Horse and left space for Dickey's guitar to be added when he returned to Jupiter, Florida at Burt Reynolds studio. When Dickey returned he did add guitar parts to Soulshine but refused to work on Rocking Horse. Dickey said he had a song Mean Woman Blues that was going on the album. Dickey decided that he would ask Warren to sing it though. Butch later wrote he thought Rocking Horse was the better of the two and complained it was Dickey hogging the writing and bullying the rest of them which is why he has more money than the rest.

I wish we had the internet in the 70's. Butch may have posted then too. He did rag on Gregg Allman in the print media some back then. During Win, Loose or Draw he told one reporter " You can't count on Gregg Allman for anything". And how they are having to often record without Gregg. When I read that I realised the sessions were not going well. Johnny Sandlin finally took the tapes to LA and Gregg did do his parts out there. But he and Butch dont appear on some tracks.

High Falls and You Cant Loose What You Never Had are as good as anything on Brothers and Sisters. Rest of album was uneven which was surprising after Brothers and Sisters sold over 4 million copies and made the ABB the number one band in North America. They lost that position in 1975 and never returned to number one except with us loyal fans.

Rocking Horse was recorded minus Dickey's guitar for Where It All Begins (1994). Dickey had decided to go home so the band recorded Soulshine and Rocking Horse and left space for Dickey's guitar to be added when he returned to Jupiter, Florida at Burt Reynolds studio. When Dickey returned he did add guitar parts to Soulshine but refused to work on Rocking Horse. Dickey said he had a song Mean Woman Blues that was going on the album. Dickey decided that he would ask Warren to sing it though. Butch later wrote he thought Rocking Horse was the better of the two and complained it was Dickey hogging the writing and bullying the rest of them which is why he has more money than the rest.

I wish we had the internet in the 70's. Butch may have posted then too. He did rag on Gregg Allman in the print media some back then. During Win, Loose or Draw he told one reporter " You can't count on Gregg Allman for anything". And how they are having to often record without Gregg. When I read that I realised the sessions were not going well. Johnny Sandlin finally took the tapes to LA and Gregg did do his parts out there. But he and Butch dont appear on some tracks.

High Falls and You Cant Loose What You Never Had are as good as anything on Brothers and Sisters. Rest of album was uneven which was surprising after Brothers and Sisters sold over 4 million copies and made the ABB the number one band in North America. They lost that position in 1975 and never returned to number one except with us loyal fans.

My first shows were 1973 with the Lamar Chuck lineup.
They were a really good band but a different band than the original which as Blackey rightly points out was the grail.
I think Lamar really was fun to watch and he could play.
I saw The Gregg Allman solo tour in 1974. Then Dickey and Great Southern in 1978.
But I don't remember much Allman Brothers stuff happening in that time frame.
It was like they splintered after the fame Brothers and Sisters brought.
The Marshall Tucker Band, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Charlie Daniels, and The Outlaws were touring steady those years and took up the slack.
The Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia Band, Hot Tuna, Kingfish, and The New Riders filled out the rest of the time for us kids back then.
Those were good times.

Thanks for all the information. I cannot find a Pre-2009 Rockin' Horse with the Oteil intro. So I think Porkchop Bob is correct.

Speaking of Mr. Chop... Great job on that TTB "Hard Case" video.

Your work is timeless.

The song was always a good showcase for guitar solos from Derek and Warren but always looked at it as a Govt Mule song.

Rocking Horse was recorded minus Dickey's guitar for Where It All Begins (1994). Dickey had decided to go home so the band recorded Soulshine and Rocking Horse and left space for Dickey's guitar to be added when he returned to Jupiter, Florida at Burt Reynolds studio. When Dickey returned he did add guitar parts to Soulshine but refused to work on Rocking Horse. Dickey said he had a song Mean Woman Blues that was going on the album. Dickey decided that he would ask Warren to sing it though. Butch later wrote he thought Rocking Horse was the better of the two and complained it was Dickey hogging the writing and bullying the rest of them which is why he has more money than the rest.

I wish we had the internet in the 70's. Butch may have posted then too. He did rag on Gregg Allman in the print media some back then. During Win, Loose or Draw he told one reporter " You can't count on Gregg Allman for anything". And how they are having to often record without Gregg. When I read that I realised the sessions were not going well. Johnny Sandlin finally took the tapes to LA and Gregg did do his parts out there. But he and Butch dont appear on some tracks.

High Falls and You Cant Loose What You Never Had are as good as anything on Brothers and Sisters. Rest of album was uneven which was surprising after Brothers and Sisters sold over 4 million copies and made the ABB the number one band in North America. They lost that position in 1975 and never returned to number one except with us loyal fans.

My first shows were 1973 with the Lamar Chuck lineup.
They were a really good band but a different band than the original which as Blackey rightly points out was the grail.
I think Lamar really was fun to watch and he could play.
I saw The Gregg Allman solo tour in 1974. Then Dickey and Great Southern in 1978.
But I don't remember much Allman Brothers stuff happening in that time frame.
It was like they splintered after the fame Brothers and Sisters brought.
The Marshall Tucker Band, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Charlie Daniels, and The Outlaws were touring steady those years and took up the slack.
The Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia Band, Hot Tuna, Kingfish, and The New Riders filled out the rest of the time for us kids back then.
Those were good times.

You and i share a very similar musical history-those were great times musically.