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Ron - your attention didn't wander. You were just lookin' for the groove... He said (and this is all paraphrased) "We're gonna feature Jaimoe on this next song. I'll give you guys a little Macon history lesson. As you may or may not know, Jaimoe used to play with the late, great Otis Redding. And the last show Jaimoe played with Otis was in Roanoke, Virginia".

OK folks....I'm hoping to make it to the Potter pre-show during an "extended" lunch hour tomorrow. But since I know that their house will be tough to make for a number of people, I thought we should set up a meeting place at the show between dTb and ABB sets. I'll be parking in the east parking lot & coming in the main gate (which actually is the harder of the two entrances to find coming off the highway - you go right as you exit I75 south). Probably not getting to show prior to 6:30 umortunately. I figure we could meet up between bands between merchandise stand and the gate by the east concessions (left side as you face the stage - the side Gregg & Derek are on, same side as Sections 207 and 103). I know tons from the listserv & Guest Book will be there: Lana, Neal Barfield, Rob Johnson, "Great" Scott, the Potters, Nancy SS, Jason Chastain, CeeCee and many others. I hope to see some of you folks if your at the the Potters early, but if not, I hope to see you at that show. Shoot me an email if you want to exchange cell#s or if you have a better meeting spot. We'll be sitting in Section 103, row 14, first 4 seats on the aisle. I know we're sitting near the Potters & Barfields. I'll be in a classic Eat a Peach T, glasses, tan baseball hat, early 30s, short hair etc etc. My buddies are more recognizable: Bob is atleast 6-5 and Joey has thick long hair & either a Frogwings/DTB shirt on. I'll re-post if anyone has a more obvious meeting spot. t_langan@hotmail.com

Piazza B&P closed. Look forward to spreadin' these tunes.

A friend of mine/ours from the Allman listserv posted this in response to Hophead's Warren interview. Thought y'all might enjoy it. Just one more day and I'll be standing in the front row, grooving to two of the best guitarists on the planet! Peace, CeeCee ---------------------------------------------- He said, "I hope no one ever thinks of me as a rent-a-guitarist. I've been with this band for ten years, after all." TEN years? Jesus, Warren, I've thought of you as a member since 1988, Pattern Disruptive tour at the Peabody in Orlando - which gives you a good 13, 14 years anyway. Frogwings, GA&F, Great Southern, ABB, Mule, DTB... I'm really colorblind or inclusive or indiscriminate or whatver the term it is I'm looking for when it comes to the family of music/ians centered on the ABB. Warren a rent-a-guitarist? Sure, like I might rent the Taj Mahal for a reception hall some day. Who-sum-ever gets Warren to sit in with them has got to consider themselve one fortunate and honored sonuvagun. I can't not think of a more pre-eminent musician or ambassador of music than Warren Haynes. If Bush can't appoint him, then the next Democratic President ought to - to some some yet-to-be-invented cabinet-level post... Minister of Peace and Good Times, Minister of The Groove... ahhh, think up your own more apropos post for Warren Haynes, Musician Extraordinaire, loved dearly by his fans. oh... and: " Later, Warren told us that the Grateful Dead were planning to reunite and tour -- using that name -- and they asked him to be part of it, but he turned them down. With the time he wants to devote to the Brothers and to the Mule he wasn't able to do a month's rehearsals with them and then their tour. He said that growing up he was not a Deadhead and that he was much more into the ABB. In fact, it was only in the last ten to twelve years or so did he start to listen to the GD music -- and it was the songwriting that brought him into it. Once he began listening to Garcia and Hunter's immense repertoire of songs he really started to understand the Dead." Jesu-maria... I can't find words to express how utterly cool I find this. Cool? No, that doesn't begin to define my... understanding, agreement, appreciation.. and oh yah... that little bit about "time he wants to devote to the Brothers". Is that a quote? Just an accurate paraphrase? Holy crap.... do I ever love Warren Haynes. BTW... one thing I've often been thinking, and it is no way an 'original' thought... but so overwhelming in its urgency, I must express it once again: The ABB have assumed complete and Whole ownership of Rocking Horse... just in case any of you have overlooked that fact. Its an entirely different and fleshier tune with the ABB. Fleshier? Where the f do I come up with such ineptitudes? It is a monster MONSTER song by the Allman Brothers Band. How can you not thrash to that song? It pushes you like a building breeze on the sea oats. Unlike a mere Hurricane, though, it rips you out by your roots and thows you clear across the peninsula into the next ocean - still viable, still respirating. Warren, you ARE an Allman Brother.

Hello....I am new to this site but a long-time ABB fan. I (unfortunately and umbelievably) have not been able to catch the band yet this year.............I may have to hold out all the way until the Beacon!!! I will say though as a huge blues fan that I agree with the assesment of Rod Piazza and the Mighty Flyers....They absolutely smoke!!! I am a harp player myself and have been at it for many years.....I look up to Rod as one of the players to measure everyone else by...and his wife Honey on Piano......I have seen her keep a whole room going crazy even while the rest of the band was not even on the stage....stuff that would make Count Basie roll over in his grave!!! My favorite blues band though.........ABB of course!

Scotty can't wait to meet you and everybody else at B-ham. Be there tomorrow at this time. See everybody at Applebees Sat. I really don't care what they play, but if they dipped deep that would be special and nice. Peace y'all!

Southpaw, thanks for the tip on the Derek sampler. Printed out a couple of coupons since I was headed to a show in Lincoln last night. Rod Piazza & The Mighty Flyers (more on that later). I knew that right next to the venue was an indy record store so I stopped and asked if they had the sampler. Got a real dumbfounded look, sorta like Derek who? So the clerk checks their stock thinking I wanted the full Joyful Noise cd. They didn't have any. Say what? Since I already have the full release, I said I was interested in the free sampler. They checked in this box and that box and came up with five (and yet no full release, amazing, maybe they were sold through already, who knows). I snagged two copies. So I stroll next door where an old high school friend (that's fairly redundant since a high school friend of mine would have to be old) was waiting. Gave him a copy of the sampler and told him he has got to get the full release. The club, The Zoo Bar, has been home to top line fabulous blues performers for thirty some years. Piazza did not disappoint. Bar none, I believe him to be the finest harp/harmonica player of the day. First heard him several years ago at the Annual Saturday In The Park festival in Sioux City, Iowa. I'd gone to see the Brothers and Susan T (Piazza & Mrs. Trucks are both on Tone Cool Records) and was treated to the Mighty Flyers. What a bonus! Like the saying, even a blind squirrel stumbles on an acorn every now and then. The Mighty Flyers are multiple winners of the W.C. Handy blues band of the year award, so they're definitely no slouches. Also found out that Buddy Miles is playing the Zoo in October, four days before I see dTb at a different club in Lincoln, so I may have to road trip for Buddy. Now there would be an interview! Having played with Hendrix, Santana, Bloomfield, recorded with Gregg (the first Wasted Words), had Dickey play on one of his solo albums, having jammed with the original Brothers at the Whiskey A-Go-Go back in the day and having recorded Dreams, DKMW and Midnight Rider, I'd say Buddy definitely has a connection to the ABB. Any who, The Mighty Flyers were exceptional last night. And, to those still following along, since rigs were set up for the Brothers, Ratdog etc. at that Sioux City festival back in 2000, I can offer a B&P to five for the Rod Piazza & The Mighty Flyers set that day. One disc show. If interested PM me. Time's a problem so I must limit it to five. If you hear back from me, you're in, if not, then you're not. Sorry for the lengthy post.

Even though there's not as many of us out here in 'fly-over territory, we still deserve a pre-party, don't we? :beer: Soooooo, here's where I'll be in Memphis on Sunday: The North End Grill 346 Main 901-527-3663 I plan on getting there in the 3:00 hour. Look for a 'fashionably thin', bearded, red head with his twin that was born 30 years later, and 4 or 5 other people, including the Legendary Great Scott! Bein' that a cold front is coming thru, The Thong will only be visible for the begging. :naughty: Only 81 hrs, 32 mins til SHOWTIME! :realhappy:

Hey Bobby, SevenMoore sounds great, have one of your shows on cd. Nice to hear Paul and Jerry playing together again. Great version of This 'Ol Cowboy that ya'll do. I think that your band would be a good combo with the ABB on a bill. Looking forward to the studio cd from ya'll. Wayne

Saw ya'll a little while ago in Charlotte. Thanx for the comps. I've been huge fan and ya'll have been a BIG influence on my "approach" to music. I have to say, Warren and Trucks have never sounded better. Their slide performance was astounding, and the whole band was "smiling" again. That was very heartwarming. Oteil's bass solo was one of the most beautiful thing I've heard in a long time.Part 1