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Wow! Lots of interesting reading since yesterday afternoon. Politics, morality, censorship, media bias, capital punnishment...and Dickey Betts!! :boomerang: Not gettin' in on that. Nope. No sir. Ticket sales: Didn't the "sacred" era of The Allman Brothers Band happen in front of mostly small audiences at performing arts center-sized venues? And then wasn't their national popularity (and presumably their draw at the gate) at an all-time high in '74 or so, for the "Win, Lose Or Draw" tour? When everyone in the band freely admits that their playing was sub-par, and that they were basically falling apart backstage? I mean, what do ticket sales signify? Higher ticket sales equals better music? Not to me. Higher ticket sales means higher ticket sales and nothing more. No direct correlation between quantity and quality that I can see. In my opinion, the best thing out there right now is the Derek Trucks Band, and they usually don't play to more than a few hundred people. Red Dog, glad to see you posting again, but with all due respect, please don't presume to draw a dividing line between the "true" Allmans people and everyone else. I don't think that is fair. Kind of like when people arbitrarily decide who the "true" Americans are, the "true" Christians, the "true" fans, and so on. So much grey area to work with. Two great bands out there that seem to enjoy what they're doing, why not look for what brings us together rather than what divides us? Not sure where these shows are happening in which people get let in for free or for $5, but I want in on some of that action! Bought lawn seats at the last minute for the three shows in Georgia and North Carolina last summer, and wound up paying more than if I had bought them online sooner, and for sure more than I was expecting to pay for a spot on the grass. Definitely no shortage of activity at the ticket windows those nights. Nudity: One of my favorite cheesy, feel-good movies from the 70's was "Oh, God!" with George Burns as God and John Denver as Jerry, the loveable, average guy that God chooses to appear before. So the first time Jerry actually sees God in person, so to speak, he is in the shower, and God tells him to come out and talk to him. Jerry says, "I can't." "Why not?" God asks. "Because I'm naked." "What, you think I don't know what you got?" God asks. "That was another mistake I made. Giving people shame. What do they need shame for?" :boomerang: Hey, you guys have been great! I'll be here all week... 🙂