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Who the hell is Barry?

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steved
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After all these years why do people still refer to B.O. as Barry???
Burns my ass everytime I read it. Lol. Just a peeve. I know, dont sweat the small stuff. Don't get me started with Greg.

[Edited on 3/1/2020 by steved]

 
Posted : February 29, 2020 1:33 pm
robertdee
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I use to get that in the mid 1970's at concerts. Which one is Barry? I didn't know Barry was a black guy. Which ones are the Allman Brothers? Why isn't Gregg singing Ramblin' Man? He sings it on the radio. Which one is Duane? That guitar solo Duane plays on Ramblin' Man is hot. We heard it on the radio today.

At LS shows. Which one is Lynyrd Skynyrd? Why is Lynyrd Skynyrd not playing one of those guitars and just sings?

Which ones are the Doobie Brothers? The one singing right now and the drummer on the left are the Doobie Brothers right? I remember saying "Yes that is Tom Doobie singing and his brother is the drummer on the left.

 
Posted : February 29, 2020 3:58 pm
Rusty
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Barry was the bass player when Dewayne and Dickie were in the band.

 
Posted : February 29, 2020 4:25 pm
gotdrumz
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In modern times, typing on a device can engage this thing called auto-correct. It can change "Berry" to "Barry" and go unnoticed by the person typing. Thank goodness for people with peeves and burnin @$$holes. Ask 100 people on the street who B.O is and I bet you get 100 replies of Barack Obama? Oh yeah, those same 100 people would say a tractor is in the barn or the field and a base is on diamond. What ya gonna do?

 
Posted : February 29, 2020 4:38 pm
robertdee
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Well you are right about spell check. It changes my words all the time. And drives me nuts.

Wasn't Derek Trucks the leader of Derek and the Dominos?

I do understand why a lot of nominal fans of J. Giles Band thought the singer was J.

 
Posted : February 29, 2020 4:44 pm
robertdee
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Y'all know about Berry Oakley's handle evolution in the band? Not long after the band formed in 1969 they called him B.O. And the B. O. was actually for body oder. By 1970 it evolved into SMELL. But I never heard Duane call him Smell on mic on stage. But Duane did say B.O. on stage.

 
Posted : February 29, 2020 4:49 pm
gotdrumz
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Y'all know about Berry Oakley's handle evolution in the band? Not long after the band formed in 1969 they called him B.O. And the B. O. was actually for body oder. By 1970 it evolved into SMELL. But I never heard Duane call him Smell on mic on stage. But Duane did say B.O. on stage.

I almost used body order in my analogy, but figured Obama sufficed better currently as far as modern relevance.

Laterz

 
Posted : February 29, 2020 5:01 pm
Stephen
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I know ya know it’s the J Geils Band Smile - all good, It Ain’t What You Do, It’s How You Do It, haha (one of their top Top songs)
Yeah funny how BO’s initials got him that nickname, Big Linda mentions it as Stink on the Please Call Home DVD

 
Posted : February 29, 2020 5:15 pm
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My favorite: "How can they call it The Allman Brothers? There's only one brother. The other one is dead!"

My answer: "Is there anyone named Doobie in The Doobie Brothers?"

 
Posted : February 29, 2020 5:35 pm
steved
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Hey Gotdrumz I wasn't just referring to your post. It happens a lot. If if we were talking about the average man on the street I definitely get it. This isn't the street.

And B.O. was also referred to as Stank by Big Linda too wasn't he?

[Edited on 3/1/2020 by steved]

 
Posted : March 1, 2020 2:51 am
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