Guest Book

I'm going to post my JFD stuff here, instead of the Forum thread, cause a few of these need the wider audience. Not going with my usual long rambling post, split it up, try to earn a living in between. First and foremost, the thank-yous. Be it known to all that my contribution to this year's Jam For Duane was damn near zilch. Mr. Brent Sibley handled dealing with all the bands (except CRS), fronted the cash for the rooms for the bands, took care of all aspects of the t-shirts, took care of all aspects of the silent auction. Then he found out his friend Lefty and band tragically couldn't join us, had to put together a 2 1/2 hour show Friday night. He took care of the logistics for the out-of-town bands, handled the scheduling for Saturday, ran the open Jam Saturday night. When he got home Sunday, he got a call and had to spend 6 hours in the studio. Y'all try to imagine the stress. He does this for the love of what Duane Allman brought to this world, and for the love of us fans. Nothing else. Thanks to Carl Weaver for providing a place for us to have fun, giving up the things that a business normally does for several days, bring CRS to our world, making phone calls, going through the hassle of getting the grill up and running, meeting the health dept. codes--so many little things like that that don't get noticed. Giving us free reign of his business on Saturday. Thanks to Carl's hard-working staff--to Chris McLeod, who was there on the sidelines all the time, to take care of any needs, to John, on the soundboard for what--eleven straight hours Saturday? After Friday night. Thanks to Bailey, working the merchandise table for the same 11 hours. And to the rest of the staff--stocking ice, mixers, cleaning up, looking after all of us. And a huge thank you to the members of the Capricorn Rhythm Section. So many things these men could be doing, other than spending time with us, jamming Saturday, signing autographs. A special thanks to Tommy Talton for hanging around, sitting in with the Skydogs Sat. night. And thank you to my friend Ann Sandlin. She's right there for advice for me or Brent, helps behind the scenes in ways I bet I don't even know all about. She sees the bigger picture, through a different set of eyes. Doesn't have to put up with any of this, but chooses to do so. 'Twas nice to see her and Kim go onstage for the encore Will The Circle Be Unbroken Fri. night, hope somebody got a picture. Back to work....more later.