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hey gang good moring:cool: One of jai best drumings was at red rocks 01 Ive been loving you too long, is that the right name of the tune....just awesome..... can somebody tell me what this means"EAPFP",who wrote it, and why????

Red Dog said.... "All you have to do is see him in person with a jazz band and you will know what I am saying." Meaning Jaimoe. I know what you are saying and I encourage everyone if you ever get the chance to see Jaimoe outside of the ABB then GO! Not just a jazz gig, (or jass as he says) but any band outside the ABB and you will not hear him play the same way with the Brothers again. It changes your way you hear and feel the music.

If I can do it without sparks flying I would like to agree whole heartedly with Red Dog on the "Woman Song" as he put it. There are some great versions from the 90s and some cool versions of it after the 90s. But it has never been the same since the early 70's and the stops (or lack of them) is the key. I have always wondered why they made the sublte but very noticable changes. At one point I said to myself that is one song they will never capture right without DB. I think if they played it more like the original band did that it would be a big improvement. ================= OK confusion srikes - Thought Dog was talking about Liz Reed. Since they reunited in 89 they hold a note in the main melody line instead of stopping like they used to. I always wondered why they don't go back to the way they used to play it. This one has cool aspects now but never the same with out DB

Late but not forgotten. Happy birthday to a very sweet lady. Lady Jodie, with love, I hope you had a great day. Very nice take on the playing of Brothers Dickey and Duane. I must say I enjoyed the talk. If one does get confused then try to pick up the rhythm. Dickey is weaker and not really pushing like Duane. Duane's rhythm is much stronger and a lot more funky. Wow somebody must be talking to me. I have the tube on the Don Imus show, which I always check out. Right now they are playing the original version of Blue Sky. I have never heard Imus play an Allman Brothers song before. Like I said, someone is talking to me. If I can add a lick about the drum playing and hope no one thinks I am being a disgruntled employee. Butch is more Classical and hard driving. Has a lot of energy. Jai. is the Jazz drummer. Butch can play jazz as good as most, but Jai, is the man in the jazz world. All you have to do is see him in person with a jazz band and you will know what I am saying. The man is unreal with his tone and tuning. Dynamics are unbeatable. Just like Butch, in his style. Show me a drummer that can drive a band like a train. That is why Dickey called him the TRAIN. Butch has stayed with basically the same runs. That is why I said before that he needs to practices. Jai is more, a lot more creative. He has to be to find things to play. Butch and Marc take up a lot of space. To get his licks in he has to be creative. Blows my mind with the stuff he comes up with. I might add if you want to train the ear for Dickey's sound on solo's, then listen to Black Hearted Woman. Dickey does all the lead work on that song. I can't count the times I have heard people say they thought it was Duane. Speaking of the Woman song The band has never has got that song right from the time Chuck and Lamar left the band. If you go back and listen to the original version you will hear distinct stops at the end of the song. Which fools you into thinking its the end after each stop. The last sets up the ending, which just puts ants in your pants? Some great playing came out of that jamming. I used to tell Dickey that they did not do this anymore and he would try to get the stops right but for some reason the band could never get it right. Came close, but not like the way they used to kick it out. Its great now, but not like the original. I hope this did not come across like I was trying to fix the band. Which is something I have been doing for over thirty years, with my suggestions. Some they take and some they tell me to shut up. When they would tell me shut up. I would, never take it the wrong way. Just started thinking how to get my next suggestion across. I had and still have many. SUPPORT THE TROOPS AND REMEMBER THE VETS. Be nice to people who feel the need to post about the war here. The last thing we need to do is fight about what someone says about the troops and how they feel. The forum is a good place, but some people might not know about it and feel they have to get the word out. Telling them to post in the forum is cool but does miss a lot of people. After all we are because we all want to communicate with people. Suggestion on my part is to just skip over the post if you do not want to read it. That is what I do. Its better than telling someone where to post. Freedom is what its all about. Not where the post is. You all are more than welcome to post your political views on my guest book if you like.

Josh - That's June 9th for me!!!

What's this about Dino chauffering a goat these days? 😮

After my last post I went to drop my lad off at school and Statesboro was on the radio...man I love when that happens! 🙂 I hear Dickey opened one of his recent shows with Statesboro...cool! :cowboy:

I see Warren added another solo date in New York City at the Bowery Ballroom, June 8th.

:clapping: Thank you, Tommy! That sounds great too! :clapping: Take care and know that you are loved, Lana