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Prayers going out for you and Donna and THE MANY devastated by these storms......

The lord has answered our prayers. May he burn in hell. Some closure to the victims & their families. Peace

Best news I 've heard in a long time. Toast to the Navy Seals and to all our service women and men who are doinfg their duty!

Osama Bin Laden is DEAD, killed by US ground forces and his dead a$$ DNA tested. Thanks to our brave troops that took on this exceptionally dangerous mission. Great day for America and hopefully a rallying point to regain some sense of unity. We never gave up we never stopped looking.

Great news Jody!

Now that's some uplifting Sunday morning reading! Thanks! :yep:

From: Michael Katon Subject: Duane Allman 1970 LAX Thanks for posting this!...after reading what you wrote just now about Duane I'd like to share an interesting story about Duane....around 1970 I was a teenager on my first far away trip from home ( Michigan)...I got on a plane for the first time in my life at the Detroit airport and got off in Los Angeles...I went there to visit my brother who had been living there for several years playing music and being an artist (he lived in Venice)my brother said I better get out to L.A. if I was serious about being a musician so I did...the first thing that freaked me out after getting off the plane was seeing a real live palm tree outside the exit door at LAX...my brother wasn't there on time to pick me up so I walked back in to find a pay phone to call him...so I find the pay phone and this guy walks up like he's waitin' for me to get done with the phone...I had my suit case and guitar case with me sittin' at my feet while calling my brother...anyway all of the sudden I realize it's Duane Allman!....After no answer from my brother I hang up and Duane says, "how ya doin' man?"...I go, "I'm OK man...do you need the phone?"...he says, "no...I just wondered what kind of guitar you have in that case"...I go, "it's a Gibson SG"....he goes,"Let's check it out"....so we squat down right in the middle of LAX ...I had to pull my knife out and cut off all the masking tape that me and my Dad had wrapped around the case...and he helped me pull off the tape!..... when I open it up he says,"man I've got one exactly like that!...that's a really nice one man!...he asked me in a very polite way,"do you mind if I pick it up?"...I said "Hell no!"...so he very carefully pulled it out of the case and hit a couple licks!....right in the middle of the airport while we are still squated down with people walking all around us!...he asked me where is was from and where was I playing...and what was I doing in L.A. etc... and I told him my story and told him that I had his record and that we did his songs in my band back home...and he said,"really? which ones?" I told him...he said,"wow..thanks man, that's cool to hear!".......He handed me back the guitar ...I put it in the case...we stood up and he said,"well I have a plane to catch...he held out his hand and said, "what was your name?"...I said, "Mike"....so he's shaking my hand and says, "well Mike it was nice to meet you and thanks for letting me check out your guitar"...he said,"keep pickin' them blues brother...yer gonna make it!".....then walked away into the airport..... He was totally polite and unassuming....and treated me (a skinny little pimple faced teenager) like I was a fellow brother musician....and that stuck with me to this day.....I still have the guitar and some of the masking tape is still on the case.....Duane was an Allman Brother...but that day so long ago he made me feel like he was my brother................Michael Katon

I want to send best wishes to Brent for great success. May the South also have a speedy recovery.

Here's a nice review of Warren's new album from the Buffalo News... 3 1/2 stars We already know that Warren Haynes is one of the finest electric guitar soloists going. His work with the Allman Brothers Band, the Dead and his own Gov't Mule has assured Haynes a slot in the hall of six-string legends. Haynes can blow with the best of them. But "Man in Motion," his new solo album, reveals a side of Haynes that may surprise some. It's an album of killer R&B and Stax-style soul songs that is centered on his eminently soulful singing. No overtly lengthy jams, no Cream-style power-trio workouts -- just serious Memphis sounds, tracked with the help of such luminaries as George Porter Jr., Ian McLagan, Ruthie Foster and Ivan Neville, among others. Don't fret, jam-lovers -- it's not like Haynes doesn't solo here. He does, often and well, opener "Man in Motion" being only the first example of many. It's just that the groove is never sacrificed in the process. Haynes and Co. tracked the album live, inside Willie Nelson's Pedernales Studios, and that in-the-room vibe is certainly a plus. It's Haynes' songwriting and singing, though, that carry the day for the most part -- even if the ensemble playing is often downright exquisite. The man who penned "Soulshine" for the Allman Brothers Band has delivered a handful of emotion-soaked soul burners in that mode here. "A Friend To You" is a shining example of this ballad-based aspect of Haynes' writing. Haynes has also proven himself to have a more supple, funkier side to his musicianship than one might have imagined. Spontaneous, sometimes playful, and always soulful, "Man in Motion" is a welcome addition to the already considerable Haynes oeuvre.