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Brofan, sorry to hear your news. My thoughts are with you and your family.
Sad to hear about Bruce W. Saw him several times w/Gregg and always enjoyed his playing.
If The band really got a chance to showcase High Cost last night, a lot of people would have been watching with their jaws dropping as Derek built his solo up. It's really too bad that bands only get 3.5 minutes on these shows anymore.
:birthday: to the chocolate lovin' lady, Donna! Gotta get to the Keystone one of these days.
Sad to read the news about Bruce Waibel :angel:
GREAT post, Brett. Thanks for carrying the ABB torch among the heathens.
I've still got (somewhere) the ABB doing True Gravity on the Tonight Show with the Tonight Show horn section. Doc was pumped and he and Dickey gave each other high fives after the abbreviated version. They also did Good Clean Fun on the same show.
Can't remember if they did Kind of Bird with the horns-since it's Dickey's tribute to Charlie Parker (Bird-not Bird72) I'm pretty sure they did.
One of these days I've got to get all this media crap ORGANIZED.
Very sorry to hear about Bruce W.
Bruce recently did a short stint with DB&GS and has also played with Gregg's band. Pretty sure he played bass on 'I'm No Angel'. Very sad indeed.
Thanks for the package, Goliath...appreciate it!
Happy Bday Donna. 🙂
Thoughts are with Rich and Neil.
I remember when The Bros played 'Kind of Bird' on The Tonite Show when Johnny was still on. Johnny and Doc knew how special The ABB was and let them run with it. Doc and the band even jammed with them. I was hoping Kevin would have Derek sit in with his band but it seems like Paul Schaffer does that kind of thing more.
First things first: Greatest of leftcoast vibes out to Neil and Rich. You guys are class, and I am sure the apple didn't fall far from the tree.
Second thing: Scotty, thanks a ton for the hookup for the Tonight Show passes last night. What a blast. And Dino, thanks for sharing the experience bro - normal people just don't understand music. You guys are good people. Now get ready for VEGAS!!!!!
Now to the Leno rundown: Got to the studio about 2pm. Got let in about 3:30 ugh! Seats are dead center near the top (perfect for me, Scotty would complain if he was sitting on Derek's amp). If you ever get a show with Scotty, half the fun is watching the kid. He is constantly jumping around and trying to figure out where he wants to be. Right before they opened the curtain for the ABB he was scoping out where he could dance and not get tackled by an NBC paige or get knocked down by a swing arm camera. There is no one in this world that loves this band more than Scotty. And to see the joy that this music brings to the kid is a sight.
The studio held about 300. 4 people were there to see the ABB *grin*. I was really interested in how they record this show. It is really live to recording (commercials and all). I am not a huge Leno fan either, but he runs that show pretty tight. And to everyone that is complaining about Ellen: remember outside of our world there are appearantly bigger stars than the ABB *gasp*. 296 of the 300 there yesterday were more excited to see her than the ABB. I don't understand why, but I am a Peachhead, so what do I know. It was nice to see people come up to us after the show and ask us about the band. (the lady next to me leaned over and asked if Derek was Elijah). "Ummmmm, NO!"
The first take was solid however there were a few missed cues. It has to be hard for a band to raise a curtain and hit the lights and nail one song on live tv with no warmup. Hence, thank god for the second take. The second shot was solid as hell.
It was funny, after the first take, they did these promos with Jay, Ellen, Jamie and band standing around and Jay saying who was going to be on the show tonight (Derek had this funny grin on his face, like what the heck am I doing here, I just wanna play).
By the way, here's an aside: Saw Derek standing stage left with Butch earlier in the show with his guitar on. I have seen Derek many many many times off stage, and I realized at this point, I have only seen him once without a guitar strapped around his neck. How does the kid go to the bathroom (he could get electrocuted)? How does he drive? Does he sleep on his back with that thing? Changing his clothes must be a problem. See how my twisted mind works.
Anyways, back to the promos. After the promos were shot, the stage director comes out to the band who are all behind Jay and says something to the effect that there was a dropout in the recording and could they do another take? At which point, Gregg says, "We Would LOVE to do it again." Dino then yelled out, "Play all night!!!" As Scotty and I whooped and hollered causing security to move slightly closer to our section. As stated, they nailed the second take and took advantage of an op that live tv usually doesn't give. They then edited in all the handshaking and stuff that actually happened after the first take.
Congrats if you read this long and sorry for being so long winded. Last thing I found totally interesting: Kevin Eubanks watched the monitor from his stool the whole first take, cause his band has to play the outro, well, when Derek started in with that sweet tone, his eyebrows raised and he started to look around to the orchestra to make sure his guys and girl were seeing what he was seeing. Then on the second take (the outro was already in the can) he immediately went and sat Indian style (is that politically correct?) right next to their monitors in front of Oteil. Right after they finished he popped up and started giving hugs all around to every member of the band. I just found it awesome to see another musician so appreciative of what he is seeing for what I assumed was the first time.
All in all, it was a great time. Scotty is the man with the juice for hooking up. Thanks again brutha.
Take your vitamins and put your helmet on, leftcoasters, the show is about to begin.
Neil and Rich, my heart is with you both. Good byes are sad. Peace and love to both of you. God Bless.
:birthday: to Donna...have a fun day :dance:
CowboyNeil & Brofan,...Thinking of you both in this time of need.
:birthday: Donna,...Hope it's a great one.
Peace,...Neil
Vibes and prayers going out to Cowboy Neil and brofan. Let me know if there is anything I can do for y'all.
Birthday wishes to Donna L.!
Thought the band looked and sounded great last night. I love seeing them on national tv. Quite an uptempo number they did, huh?
My thoughts are also with the family of Bruce Waibel...very sad.
EAPFP
My sincere condolences going out to Bruce Waibel's family. I knew Bruce from the old days, and it is truly heartbreaking to learn of his passing. May you find peace wherever you are brother.
Peace,...Neil
Happy Birthday wishes to Moonlight. Hope your day is a blast. Sending thought and prayers to Cowboy Neil during this difficult time. Hang in there.
Jean
Hello all. Sorry it has been a while since I have posted but I have been working my ass off which is a good thing. I have not had time to breathe. Special hello to Karen, Luke, Paul & Heidi, Neil, Chris R, Savannah, CaptS and everyone that has sent over pms. Just jumped on with some bad news unfortunately. A dear friend of mine and someone you all know has decided to no longer stay with us. Bruce Waibel former Allman Bros Bass player and more recently with a short stint with Dickey has died... He will be missed!!!!!
Two very classy people, Bill and Neil Meharg.
Hello all my bruddas and Sistas of the GB
Once again I am amazed and humbled by the good will you all have shown me and my family.
My dad may have passed last nite but will not know until after school today. he wanted us all to continue on with our lives as normal as possible. I promised him I would so here I am at school teaching the kids. He donated his body to The University of Arizona medical school in hopes it would aid the scientific community in cancer research. Something I am proud to say.
Brofan, I am here for ya bro, never an easy thing to let go of someone you love. I pray things go peacefully for your loved one and family.
Jeanne, Stormy, Libby,........ please enjoy the show and know I would make the drive up to meet you all if at all possible.
Thanks again from the entire Meharg family. I'll let ya all know when Bill passes, he always liked a good party so please raise your glass and think of him. He was/is a good man
Peace to you all
Neil
Good morning.... I've been reading all the posts about the Leno show and everyone seems to think it was great -- which puts me in the minority. I was very disappointed, on several levels. First of all, Lana let it drop that they were gonna play High Cost, and it's probably my least favorite song on the new CD. I would have preferred Firing Line or Desdemona or Old Before My Time -- not only do I like them better, but I think they'd translate to TV much better and showcase the band much better.
Secondly, I read on the Tonight Show website that the boys were gonna do Whippin' Post and I thought, great, they're gonna play two songs, like Johnny used to let them do -- remember those great shows when the boys jammed with Doc's band.
Anyhow, like Great Scott, I saw the clock ticking away and realized it wasn't gonna happen. Then the band came on, and they did sound great. But it was so short and you hardly saw anyone in the band except Gregg -- Jaimoe was completely hidden and I never even saw him.
It's just a shame that the show has to be so formatted that they don't give extra time to a Hall of Fame band, especially one known for its playing. The people watching didn't get a chance to see what these guys do best. Instead, we got two segments on Ellen DeGeneres. I just don't get it...
End of griping .... Hope all of you on the Left Coast enjoy the ABB's run. EAPFP...
Heck of a job by the Boys last night on Leno. I was waiting for Derek to start wailing - like only he can on the outro...his tone is just soooo sweeeeet through his new/old Fender Super Six. Nice choice with "High Cost" though. Noticed Marc and Butch cracking up for a few seconds...wonder what they were laughing about?
Continued (((good vibes))) for Neil and Brofan.
peace
:flower2::flower2::flower2::birthday: Donna! :birthday::flower2::flower2::flower2:
Take care and know that you are loved, birthday girl ...
Lana
I suffered through one of the most boring Leno shows last night to see our boys. I agree with EasyMichael...a little fast but thought they sounded aw-right!
EasyMichael-packaged arrived yesterday. I listened to the Derek/Mike interview this morning on the train and loved it. I closed my eyes and imagined I was sitting on a porch sippin tea with them while they played. Thanks for sharing!! Now...it's time to put Big Boss Man in the player for some grooving!
Brofan...will miss you in Colorado. Hoping for the best, bro. *s*