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Nic, so sorry to hear about Pam's mom. Keeping you all in my prayers.
And Lynn! WOW! Glad all will be OK with you. Hope it's not too painful, and we'll see you and Karen again real soon.
I just came back from performing in Philadelphia....I heard about the death of A.Lee from the groundbreaking band "Love"....terrible shame...Music is important ....it really is.
Nic & Pam, I'm so sorry for your loss. My condolences to Pam and her family. Nic, I hope your Mom will be alright & out of the hospital soon. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your families.
Lynn, geez, thank God! you will be alright. You work in a rough trade. So glad for a good outcome. Hope the pain isn't too terrible and you heal up real quick.
Sending lots of love to all...
Some prayers and good thoughts needed in our direction.
My daughter has worked in a doctors office for the last year and 1/2 and just quit last week to go to grad school. Today we found out that one of the doctors died while on vacation in Mexico. He was a child psychologist who was great with the kids. His office was covered with Star Wars posters and had at least 3 aquariums with "Dora" fish and other goodies. He was just 41 married and had two small boys whom he had just gotten a puppy for.
Give your loved ones a big hug , time waits for no one
Lynn -- We're so sorry to hear about your injury. Sending thoughts of healing white light your way.
-- Stephanie & John
Hey there sweet family,
Unreal ... I've been tied up at my "real job" all day and haven't had a chance to read the GB until now. What sad news ... Nic & Pam, our hearts and prayers are with you as her journey continues.
Lynn Bomberry in an accident? Goodness ... we're beyond thrilled that you're going to be ok *k*. Maybe we could send you some Hurricanes playoff tapes to watch during your recuperation 😉
Take care and know that you are loved,
Lana
....awwww shucks, Bupp. Hugs brother Randy.
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Knew I must have missed something, scrolled back and saw the posts about Nic and Pam's Moms....so very sorry, guys. Terrible.
Glad to get good news on Lynn.
EAPFP
JFD..hell yeah..been waiting for that announcement
Lynn,
Hope you feel better real soon !!
For those on the fence about going
to GABBA this year, GO!! Lefty Collins and the NMB will rock you and play their collective asses off for you. It
is a good thing to support the music
we all love. Whereever, whenever, and however we can.
I doubt I would have rushed out to buy the Layla record if our Southern hero of the times, Duane Allman, was'nt on their. We all were aware of Clapton from all the other bands
and for the most part, loved him. But, living in the South and being into the music, Duane was our man. Yes, I know we all love him but at that time, we kinda felt like he was one of us, right or wrong. There were few, very few, if any, really great players from our region of the world and Duane put us on the Map. Hell,most folks did'nt even know where Macon was. Understand, this is before the
ABB really made it big. Growing fast
and enlightening all that got to hear the "preachin'". Duane made it happen......
We honor Duane with the "Jam for Duane" each year and to continue to enlighten those who need educatin'.
It's soo cool to play a gig and do an ABB song from the Duane days and have people singin along. And these are young people, under 25. Just an
amazing thing.
The Jam for Duane is on Oct. 28th
with lots of music and fellowship of
true Duane fans. You're all welcome, it's free, and we will do all we can to help make your visit a pleasant one.
Jammin' for Duane,
spdb
Will the Brothers Please come to southern california to do a show this summer, I will even settle for Vegas or AZ
Get well soon Lynn!!!
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good news Lynn...Luke, I have no pull at all...as witnessed by my band driving 12 hrs to new york city last thursday night, playing back to back 6 hr shows and driving 12 hours back on sunday...no bus, no driver, no luxuries..i am blessed to play with great players and great people that pay the price to get to play anywhere, anytime..hard work...that's all the "pull" I have..
Here's a link to Bobby Whitlock's Myspace site. I meant to add it to my last post...CRS.
Bill
http://www.myspace.com/bobbywhitlockcococarmel
:clapping: Lynn!! Thank goodness!
Whoooo Hooooo Lynn!! May your recovery be swift and complete!
....a little hug and pat on the head for Sista Elizabeth...
I think that I'm sort of a hybrid in this who came first, the chicken or the slide guitar...As a musician in the Daytona area, naturally, I was acutely aware of what Duane was doing...hell it was almost impossible to ignore it. He was the local whiz-kid that we all knew in our hearts, was headed to bigger and better things, one day...hey, come to think of it, I was right about one for a change! 🙂
We were also aware of Clapton because of his work with the Yardbirds, the Bluesbreakers, and Cream. It was pretty hard to play the clubs that we did in 1968 without a healthy dose of British Blues as well as Butterfield, and some tasty Chicago blues. Duane covered lots of Yardbirds music, early on, and I feel sure that is where he initially became acquainted with Clapton. Actually, I have a recording of Gregg playing electric piano with my band on "Sunshine of Your Love" in 68 during one of the Hour Glass trips to Daytona. So Gregg and Duane were certainly familiar with Clapton, and even happy to play some Cream in a jam here or there.
I'll never forget an old friend, here in town, handing me the Derek and the Dominos album, right after it was released, and asking me if I knew who it was. The word had spread in music circles around here pretty quickly, early on, and a lot of us knew that Duane was working on a project with Clapton, but as Bobby Whitlock said, "nobody ever heard Layla until a year after the band exploded, and Duane had died." That was the odd thing about that album...it almost got s**t-canned because no one knew who Derek was until a year after it was released.
Anyhoo, it's all good, and what Duane taught Clapton will live on forever, in everything that he plays and records. Bobby Whitlock's early albums were rumored to have Duane playing on them, but according to Bobby, it's Clapton playing that sweet melodic slide, so at least Clapton learned a thing or two from the master.
Just my two cents worth. BTW if you haven't seen Bobby Whitlock's myspace site...check it out. He has a new version of Layla that I think most will find very interesting.
Bill
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Prayers for Pam, Nic, Karen and Lynn. Somehow, I've always found August to be a time when I've lost loved ones or people took sick. Whenever, it's never easy. I wish you all as much easiness as possible.
Re some previous posts about EC - I knew of him from Yardbird days, but only remotely - Jeff Beck was the standout for me. I was a major Cream and Blind Faith fan. I did NOT, however, buy Layla because of EC. For me, that was Duane's album and my reason for purchasing it as soon as it came out. I bought everything I could find that Duane played on so I had much of the Anthology material "back in the day" (love that phrase - it makes 36 years ago sound so much more palatable).