I had read this year's ago but forgot the name of the article. Thanks so much for sharing it again!! Even more hilarious and surreal than I remembered. LMAO! Great way to start my Tuesday morning, laughter truly is the best medicine, unless er...you are this hapless humorist who had his guitar manhandled by Dickey in the worst way. LOL!
Feel sorry for Gregg in those days, he fell asleep in his food alot. Cher said he did the same thing in a plate of spaghetti & meatballs, and a musician on FB some time back who backed up Gregg in the early 80's in some dive club said the same thing. It is oddly funny though. This entire thing is just way too funny. Thankfully all the ABB band members came through this period with their creativity and dignity restored and in tact.
[Edited on 6/13/2017 by ArleneWeiss]
At first I thought this was Spinal Tap, Caricature kind of "journalism" (and it could be).....
Then it dawned on me it could very well be true.................. 
yowza, boys.....
Thanks, I've never seen this one. Sweet, a bit of homage too to Duane, and funny as anything too!
"It's Duane Motherfucking Allman," said some Oxford Don standing near me." LOL!
This is the part I like, warmly funny, while reverential and bittersweet homage & tribute.
"Eight months later, a friend called to tell me that Duane Allman was dead. I'd never met Jimi or Janis, so, as bad as those deaths were, they weren't personal. After I hung up the phone, I started to cry. But about two minutes later, the image of me putting a hot dog into Allman's hand, appeared in my mind, freeze-frame style. I began to smile through my tears. I don't eat franks anymore. I'm middle-aged and I take care of myself now. But should I ever see anyone, anywhere, ever eating a hot dog, I also hear a searing slide lick in my head. And a familiar voice belting out,
"Wake up mama, turn your lamp down low." And as much as I miss that great band and that brilliant guitar player, I feel okay. He may have been steeped in the blues. But everytime I think about Duane Allman? You know, man? I feel alright."
I really like this humorist's style. He really seems to love the ABB, and has experienced some great moments crossing paths with them, and can reflect with much whimsy & wit, yet keeps things classy and brimming with homage.
