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XO, much as I love saying the same thing year in and year out, blaming Gregg doesn't make any sense. (Or Butch, which an equal number of people do.) Gregg, Butch and Jaimoe obviously agreed, so either blame them all or stop trying to pick which one was the evil mastermind. (When you talk about feeling bad for someone, that generally comes across as pity.)

While I'm on a roll here with running my mouth ::grins:: let me make a comment about last nights Dead show! OMG! It was awesome! Gonna have to get that 3 CD pack thingie they offer for $22 of the shows...geeze. Warren fits in soooo well with everyone he plays with! The musicians workaholic! Never ISN'T playing somewhere with someone, so it seems! The whole show was wonderful...wish I was going to tonights show in Camden as well! If I wasn't going to see Dickey tomorrow night...I'd be going to see Warren's acoustic show in Philly! BTW...like so many others, I've resented Gregg for his outing Dickey...but I am as always... loyal to the ABB. Only comment I have about that is this...If Duane was still around, it would never have happened. Period. Once a brother... always a brother.

Southpaw! ::chuckles:: What a hoot!

Having recently dabbled in helping book shows, my limited experience tells me ChrisR is right. Musicians focus on music--not bookings. Dickey uses an agency, I've spoken to them several times. They handle the booking. Hemlock, Derek and Otiel completed the front line in 2000. I was at the 5/7 show and found it interesting to watch Derek and Otiel basically run the band. Dickey's response was one of his best performances ever, IMHO. My friend SPDB has told me how the current line-up in his band gives him some freedom from having to do all the singing, run the band, and play spontaneous solos. Maybe Dickey and the band were dealing with a similar dynamic in 2000. I don't know. I do know 5/7 was Dickey's last show with the band.

Everyone should lighten up. Relax and enjoy the day. Maybe listen to a little Blue Sky!

Idlewildrick. I'm not certain who you are refering to either, however keep in mind that the atrists do not book their shows. They have agents who do it for them. In otherwords if there were an owner of a trucking company and one of your trucks needed service that individual wouldn't be out there twisting wrenches, they would have a professional do it. The same is true with an artist. They are not booking gigs. They're writing songs and playing music. They hire a professional agent to do their bookings. Like you and I, agents are human and screw-ups happen. To suggest an artist intensionally double booked a gig is ludicrous and plainly goes to show that you are speaking about a field that you are not involved in professionally. Additionally, if an artist doesn't show for a gig, A) They don't get paid and B) Depending on the contract, They most likely will be subject to pay a fine or face legal action. You may want to take a look at some performing contracts. I deal with them fairly often and while no two are exactly the same, they pretty much are somewhat simmilar. The exceptions being how strong the penalty is for non-performance. On a larger show where there's promotion involved, expect attornies to be involved. Believe me, if an artist doesn't show, he ain't gettin' no money! Put that outa yer head! Regarding the guitars, I know of a guitar player named Dickey Betts who is a grammy award winner as well as being bestowed with the anoitment of "One of the 10 most influential guitarists in the history of Rock" by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Well, Dickey had been playing a Stratocaster since 1997, either as his main guitar or as his slide guitar. Gibson offered to make a signature Les Paul about 5 years after he was playing the Stratocaster. Additionally, they use their own pick-ups even though Dickey is sponsored by Seymore Duncan, which he uses in his Stratocaster and his old Les Paul, Goldie. Gibson was fully awhere that Dickey intended to use his Stratocaster before, during, and after they started his signature series Les Pauls. Everything laid out on the table in black and white. No suprises for any of those involved and both parties agreed to it going in. My guess is that your friend has the same type of arrangement.

hey gang good morning:cool: happy sunday all:waving:

Hey Look! Ticket onsale date for the Raleigh show is now known....

Dead @Darien Ruled! Warren was , well very pleasing to ears with solo, also anyone there notice the erie sound of warren sounding like brent mydland on just a little light? This show was clean, a must have, even my past criticism of bob weir is no longer valid..these guys rock... see you all at Darien 09/06 for Allmans? If you've never been, come to Darien! :flower: :getdown: :glow: