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GW: Warren, has that "replacing-a-legend" thing been difficult for you to overcome? WARREN HAYNES: I'm constantly drawing the line of how much I should sound like Duane. For the music to be true to itself, I have to insert a certain amount of Duane's sound and the more I play that way the more it sounds like the Allman Brothers Band. It definitely makes it harder to be myself on guitar, but the more comfortable I am within the band, the more I'm able to stretch out, and the more my own style comes to the fore. BETTS: And you have to understand something: Warren is not replacing a legend. A legend was killed over 20 years ago. And that was the end of that. Nobody's gonna replace Duane. We're not replacing anybody. We're just going on to the next day. my point in posting this small part of a GuitarWorld interview with dickey and warren- "www.guitarworld.com" is to make my apologies to the GB. days ago, i posted some "drivel" on how the current ABB is not "like the band of old". i do, as stated in my posts- "miss dickey". i lay awake at night and wonder what the ABB would sound like with "dickey and warren and derek". but, alas, that is not meant to be. i ran across dickey's quote- "highlighted above" and suddenly realized, to my shock and amazement- that what dickey said years ago is applicable to the band today. stay with me here, lololol!!! dickey said that warren is not replacing a legend, that was the end of that, nobody's gonna replace Duane (to paraphrase his quote). dickey also said "we're not replacing anybody. we're just going on to the next day". my flash of realization was- "this current 2003 ABB is "also not replacing anybody" and that the current ABB is "just going on to the next day". with that in mind- i re-listened to "HTN", not as someone that knows the ABB since 1969 but as a brand new "virgin". and it was like listening to the very first album for the very first time way back in 1969. i got chills up and down my spine. i realized that i was "holding onto old times" and wishing they were still current times. i still miss dickey. when i die and arrive in "heaven" i will be able to see the ABB as it should be- with Duane and Berry and Dickey and Warren and Derek and Alan and Lamar and Lowell George and many many others,,,,, but i digress here,,,,,lololol Dickey, long live Dickey, please Gregg and Butch find it in your heart to invite Dickey back, if not into the band, for a couple of well publicized dates, but Dickey in his own words told the truth- to paraphrase Dickey's interview statement, quoted above- "we (the ABB) don't replace anybody, we (the ABB) just go onto the next day". please remember our troops in your thoughts and prayers. for that matter, please remember "all of us" in your thoughts and prayers. EAPFP

Crumbs. I still can't see the West Coast party group shot in the pic gallery but I can see it perfectly in my mind. I can see it clear as a bell, you might say....*grin* Quick question....anyone know where the group shot inside the Hittin the Note CD was taken? There's a very familiar looking face in that crowd....*smile*

"Put the protesters in jail, lose their paperwork until the war is over, or give them a one way ticket to Iraz if this country is not good enough for them. Don't they realize that freedom has a high price, but nothing is more important to a country." The American Revolution began with a bunch of protesters dumping tea into Boston Harbor. And those same protesters eventually went to war to earn their freedom. They couldn't have done that if they had been thrown in jail or deported (which the British would have loved to do). Too many good men and women have lost their lives to give protesters the freedom to protest against our government when they think the government is wrong. If you don't allow that freedom to be exercised, then what was the point of those lost lives? Protesting against a war isn't protesting against the warriors. Think about it.

Hey Jeanne just reminded me of a song!:) Yield not....... to temptation.......... save my lovin..... while I'm away......:dance1: Karaoke on the GB? Who wants to take the next line? :dance:

Thanks, PhillyBob...the Bear Bar it is...will we see you there?

Happy Friday to all of you - whether you're wearing shoes or not. Available ---- 2 loge tickets for tonight's show. Please pm me here for details. Given the short notice on this - I will donate the proceeds (face value please) to the St. Francis of Assisi Church Breadline on 31st...... You'll have fun and they will put the $$ to very good use. Take care folks....

Congrats Andy, There is the Bear Bar close by you can't miss it around the corner on amsterdamn there is a nice microbrew with outdoor seating if the weather holds up thats where I would go. Enjoy Bro

However much you don't like Cyclone Dave, he has a point. Before the barefoot, anti-Deadhead post that got everyone so upset, LessBluesMoreJessicas posted a great review of the 3/25 show. In it he basically admitted that the new lineup is great, said that Desdemona was a great new song, and said that he would be seeing the band again this summer. I know that LBMJ posted some fairly negative things about the post-Dickey ABB before, but if he is willing to change his mind, we should be willing to play nice with him 🙂

Mornin' all. It's a beautiful day in New England. Some Ramblin's: I too, was p o'd when Dickey left, and swore up and down I wouldn't see them til he came back..."It's not the Brothers without Dickey" and all kinds of stuff like that. Well, time heals all wounds, and when my lovely bride Aimee presented me with 2 tickets to Saturday nights show, I did the right thing; I ran out and got the new disc, "Hittin The Note", and gave it to Aimee who immediately plugged it in. All I can say is this: I love the way Dickey plays, but there is only one way to describe this disc...it's an awesome, Allman Brothers Band disc. So...any good watering holes near the Beacon where Allman fans meet, either before or after the show? "Outside of a dog, a book is mans best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read." - Groucho Marx