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Yeah I caught the Gregg clone on Queer Eye last night. When they asked him what kind of music his band played his response was "blues and a little southern rock." I was just waiting for the words "Allman Brothers" to come from his mouth. Of course I had to watch the rest of the show to see if his band played any Brothers tunes at the end...no dice. I kinda thought the guy looked like Gregg from the late eighties on crack. On a totally different subject I bought the DVD documentary on the 2003 Bonnaroo music festival titled “270 miles to Graceland.” The main reasons I shelled out $30 for it was because I attended the festival and for the footage of the Brothers’ playing a tasty version of Desdemona. The Brothers portion starts out real cool showing the guys greeting each other for the first time since the Beacon shows and having a group shot taken. Then they go into the concert footage and everything is looking good and sounding good until the completion of Gregg’s piano solo. Much to my dismay the song is edited and jumps about half way into Derek’s solo and then at the end of that, and I mean before hitting the bridge guitar riff/chorus, they jump to about three-fourths the way through Warren’s solo. I was so pissed!!! I know the Allman’s gave them the right to use their song but I can’t believe they would allow the director to edit and mess with their music/art. The editing job sounds like crap too. It is also not noted that the songs content is edited. For a person that might not be familiar with the tune it is really a crappy representation of the Allman’s music. I know I would walk away from hearing it shaking my head. If I had known this was the case I would have never purchased the damn thing. I really want to email the director/producer of the DVD and demand my money back for false advertisement. I also wonder if the Allman’s management is aware what they did with the Brother’s music and if it is legal. Anyways I hope everyone has an enjoyable Thanksgiving. I am looking forward to seeing the Atlanta folks on the 26th of December at the DTB show. Take care, Ryan