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Happy bday to the top Dawg and to the best damn band in the land.
B&P n da forum 4 DTB NYE 2001. Thnx gpm!
~Brent
Hey GB. A happy birthday to Red Dog. Have a great day brother. Happy anniversary to the best damn band in the land, the Allman Brothers Band. Good to see everyone out and about stickin up for what they believe in. I try not to compare, bottom line I loved them with Dickey and I have learned to love them without him.If I want to see Dickey I will go see him. If I want to see the ABB I will. Its actually a great thing because we can still see our favorite music only now there are 2 bands. It may not be a perfect situation but it sure is great. We live in good times my friends, lets enjoy the music while it is still here.
Stormy as usual you lighten up the mood. Have a good one bro.
Peace to all the fine brothers and sisters here in the GB.
I'll take 5 for 3/14/02. Please e-mail me. If I answer you made it.
and now on a completely different note..
how bout some World News...
Bitter after being snubbed for membership in the "Axis of Evil,"
Libya,China, and Syria today announced they had formed the "Axis of Just As Evil," which they said would be way eviler than that stupid Iran-Iraq-North Korea axis President Bush warned of in his State of the Union address.
Axis of Evil members, however, immediately dismissed the new axis as having, for starters, a really dumb
name. "Right. They are Just As Evil... in their dreams!" declared North Korean leader Kim Jong-il.
"Everybody knows we're the best evils... best at being evil... we're the best."
Diplomats from Syria denied they were jealous over being excluded, although they conceded they did ask if they could join the Axis of Evil.
"They told us it was full," said Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
"An Axis can't have more than three countries," explained Iraqi President Saddam Hussein." This is not my rule, it's tradition. In World War II you had Germany, Italy, and Japan in the evil Axis. So you can only have three. And a secret handshake. Ours is wickedly cool."
International reaction to Bush's Axis of Evil
declaration was swift, as within minutes, France surrendered.
Elsewhere, peer-conscious nations rushed to gain triumvirate status in what became a game of geopolitical chairs.
Cuba, Sudan, and Serbia said they had formed the Axis of Somewhat Evil,
forcing Somalia to join with Uganda and Myanmar in the Axis of Occasionally Evil, while Bulgaria, Indonesia and Russia established the Axis of Not So Much Evil
Really As Just Generally Disagreeable.
With the criteria suddenly expanded and all the desirable clubs filling up,
Sierra Leone, El Salvador, and Rwanda applied to be called the Axis of Countries That Aren't the Worst But Certainly Won't Be Asked to Host the Olympics;
Canada, Mexico, and Australia formed the Axis of Nations That Are Actually Quite Nice But Secretly Have Nasty Thoughts About America,
while Spain, Scotland, and New Zealand established the Axis of Countries That Are
Allowed to Ask Sheep to Wear lipstick.
"That's not a threat, really, just something we like to do," said Scottish Executive First Minister Jack McConnell.
While wondering if the other nations of the world were serious, a cautious President Bush granted approval for most axis, although he rejected the establishment of the Axis of Countries Whose Names End in "Guay," accusing one of its members of filing a false application. Officials from Paraguay, Uruguay, and Chadguay denied the charges.
Italy, meanwhile, insisted it didn't want to join any Axis, but privately, world leaders said that's only because no one asked them
Reporting from the Nairobi Desert....
Makollig Jezvahted and Levdaroum DeBahzted
I don't know... the 69-71 shows lack "variety" per say in what material they played, but in all honesty, 10 out of 10 times, I would rather hear a show from that era.
That wasn't a bad line up... & they could cook every now & then.
Buminboston:I loved all the new stuff, think they are better than post 1997, and wouldn't turn back if I could. I just want them to vary from only Gregg/Warren style songs. Push themselves, if you will, to some really non-bluesy stuff, like Where it All Begins or Seven Turns. Also, acoustic - they have to do that or they cease to be the band they blossomed into in the 1990's. That's it. And I love your wardrobe - mine is usually just simple also, I was just making a point to Karenc about hippies - although I still wish I could have seen her in those pants!
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JoJo,
Really have no idea what your saying. The have more variety then ever. I think most of them always wanted it. Butch commented before that Dickey was the one who wanted the same set lists night after night after night.
JoJo..
we'll just have to agree to disagree..
i loved the the rebirth, if you will, when Warren & Matt joined the band...
i was elated when i attended shows back then... but the show i saw with Jack P. & Dickey in '98 @ Great Woods was even better.. from a performance standpoint...
i will never for get the version of Dreams that night...unreal..
Still what i heard at the Ogden was a whole new LEVEL OF ENERGY from start to finish...
but none of this really matters, does it??
it's all about what each of us REALIZES and takes in... it's unique to each individual.
no one walks the same razor's edge.
I respect what your sayin but i view it differently.
Thanks for another great Beacon run. No need to review the shows again but Warren went through a lot of strings during the two shows I saw. I love seeing Warren, Derek and O’teil share a riff and smile at eachother. The poster given out on 3/23, created by Denise Halbe is awesome! Thank you to Hittin’ the Note, Lana and Rowland for making the experience so peachy. Met a lot of new folks at the Gin Mill and renewed many acquaintances. Lots of music and good vibes being spread around. Special thanks to Brenda and everyone at the door who passed out name tags. The Gin Mill did a great job taking care of us. Didn’t hear the whistler at the shows this year, tapes should come out better than ever. Happy to see the summer tour dates up when we got home, especially with some Phil shows. See y’all on the road this summer.
I wouldn't get my panties in too much of a bunch over some mindless review. Last year at the Beacon my pal Tommy (Tornado, Touchdown, Terrific, Trouble) said Billboard was featuring a band that he owned 25% of. We scoured the Upper West until we found it and he was right. Band's name was right on the cover with a three page article extolling the future of this "can't miss" band. Well, before we could even get back home this band fell apart due to general rock and roll maladies like lack of work (What do you call a musician without a girlfriend?) and infighting among the members. The Band? Crushdown. Everybody have their catalogue? Their meteoric rise to fame and subsequent crash didn't even outlast the time the rag was on the stands. So according to Billboard, a "can't miss" band has the shelf life of a carton of milk and our washed up old band packs the Beacon for another two week run. I hope Billboard doesn't have anything nice to say about me.:cool: 😎 😎 😀 Johnny 😀 😎 😎 😎
When I look at the setlists for the Beacon run I see 8 different 1st set openers in 9 nights. I see 8 different second set openers. I see 6 different encores, 7 songs never played by the band before last year and 5 songs never played before this Beacon run. Isn't that more of a "mix" than a few years ago when almost every show opened with either DWYM or DKMW and almost every show ended with Liz Reed and NOTRW? The only points I'd agree with the billboard review (and these are a matter of taste, not quantifiable) are that Dickey's vocals were a nice contast to Gregg's and the music might not be as "emotional" without Bett's but as far as mixing things up and improvising the current band is head and shoulders above the band of a few year ago. When Haynes and Woody left the ABB the band was damn close to being a nostalgia act, playing pretty much the same songs the same way night in and night out. Apparently, that's the kind of show the reviewer was expecting and when he got a set filled with new material he reviewed it for what it wasn't instead of for what it was.
Bum (Payless shoes, Arrow shirt, Walmart pants) in Boston
Stormy:I'm not saying that we have to have Dickey back. I'm saying that the Brothers should try to vary their style. They don't, and the songs you listed prove that. They are all pre 1971 bluesy sounds, with a bit of Gov't Mule in there. Nothing soft, or country, or jazzier - Dickey could really be jazzy, no acoustic, only gravelly bluesy voices, albeit the best in the world, and no mellow ballads.They are the tightest they've ever been, but they have to mix it up! Why don't you want that to happen more? Are you really satisfied with their set lists? And wouldn't you like to see more? Chuck Leavell is awesome, but never drove the band to variety. Dickey inspired simplicity, and I think the guys need to take a lesson from that, even though they dislike so much of what he is - as do I. A perfect example of this is Where it All Begins - what a song - this is the counterpoint to Good Clean Fun or Get On With Your Life. Without this sound, or another sound that contrasts Gregg/Warren's style, there is a huge whole in the shows.I'm not saying this guy is on the mark on everything, he actually puts his foot in his mouth with the Warren/Derek similarity thing, but he makes some points that you simply cannot ignore. If you do, you really need to start listenting to shows from 1989 to 1994, where they cooked the most - even more than pre 1971, b/c they had more depth in the songs and musicians (thanks in large part to Warren, Allen and Mark).
Happy Birthday to Red Dog!
Also, happy 33rd anniversary to the Allman Brothers Band!
Hope all celebrating Passover have a good one.
I hope that Billboard at least prints a retraction for all the factual inaccuracies.
I wonder on what page of the magazine is the NASCAR and Harley advertisement.
Finally, I hope that everyone who write to the editor of Billboard tell him that he should use Marley Seaman the next time he wants a factually correct and well written article on the Allman Brothers Band.
Peace & Love--Scotty
Happy Birthday, Reddog!
Since we all have the horrible taste in our mouths courtesy of the Billboard review, I want to throw in this pre-Beacon article from the Times. Long live the ABB!
March 10, 2002
Long-Haired Country Boys Back in the Big City That Loves Them
By KURT OPPRECHT
he Allman Brothers Band's annual mid-March stand at the Beacon Theater has
become as sure a sign of spring as the reappearance of robins and
bellybuttons. For most of a decade, the guitar-slingers, originally from
Georgia, have started their annual North American tour in the heart of
Manhattan. And, believe it or not, New York feels like home.
Butch Trucks, the drummer and an original band member, said New Yorkers were
the first ones to embrace the Allman Brothers, starting in 1970 at the
Fillmore East, in the first show the band ever headlined.
"The Fillmore crowd took to what we were doing right off the bat," Mr.
Trucks said last week in a telephone interview. "And it's been like that for
30-some-odd years now."
But why do New Yorkers, who endlessly fret about their hipness quotients,
still have so much enthusiasm for such a bluesy, down-home sound?
"People in the biggest city in the world need the comfort bands, as well,"
said Bob Buchmann, a disc jockey and program director at WAXQ-FM, the
classic rock station known as Q104.3. "And there's a lot of comfort and a
lot of memories that are very much alive when you go to see the Allman
Brothers. The Allman Brothers will sell the Beacon out every March for as
long as they care to play it."
Things have changed for the band, which formed in 1969, since the days when
it could sell out four straight shows at Madison Square Garden. The band now
plays smaller places, but the intimacy of the 2,894-seat Beacon, filled with
the responsive New York crowd, is what the band thrives on. The Allmans will
give nine shows at the Beacon, on Broadway at 74th Street, from Thursday to
March 24, and most of them are sold out.
"Playing the Beacon is always what cranks the year up," Mr. Trucks said.
The band, known for songs like "Whipping Post," "One Way Out" and "Ramblin'
Man," has been through the usual "Behind the Music" pathologies of substance
abuse and personality conflicts. But not only has the band survived, it is
financially independent of a label, recording new music and touring on its
own terms. "The last two years are as much fun as I've had since before
Duane died," Mr. Trucks said, referring to the 1971 death of Duane Allman,
one of the band's founders, in a motorcycle crash.
Mr. Trucks keeps an apartment in the city, and says he could be considered a
New Yorker himself. Still, after all these years, the Allmans are truly at
home out on the roads, both Northern and Southern. "There are certain nights
when you hit that spark, and it's like going to church," he said. "There's
nothing quite like it."
After the Beacon, the Allmans will go into the studio to work on their next
album, scheduled to be released early next year. By then, it will be just
about time for the band to come back to its Northern home.
Allman Family,
I would like to share with this wonderful family my experience of this year's Allman Brothers Band Beacon run. As you are all aware, the Beacon run this year was absolutely amazing and the love and the vibe of the music was in the air and in the streets of New York City. Since the very beginning, the music of the Allman Brothers Band has always transcended my spirit and soul to a place of love and enlightenment that I will forever be grateful. Every time I listen to the music of The Allman Brothers Band or attend a show, I always come away with a sense of enlightenment and spirituality that continues to bring positive changes within my life. The energy and light that is created through the blessings of these musicians is truly channeled from the light of angels.
You have all been reading of the awesome music presented to us during the Beacon run and you will continue to read of the music for days to come. It is not necessary for me to expound upon you the experience of the music. What I choose to share with you is my experience of family, love, and friendship that I had the opportunity to be a part of during this years Beacon run. It has been an experience that has forever changed my life.
In the past year or so, I have shared with this family some of my short stories and experiences in my life that have been moments close to my heart. This list and this family has made it a very safe home for me to share my stories with you. The love and appreciation this list has giving me has been overwhelming to say the least. The sharing of these moments of my life with this family has been momentous along the journey of my personal growth. In my heart, I am, and will forever be grateful to this family for giving me the opportunity to share my life with you. And it is for these reasons that is was essential for me to meet as many people from the list this year during my Allman Brothers Band run at the Beacon Theater
Sunday night, prior to my flight to NYC was a night without any sleep what so ever. I waited until the last minute to pack and the evening was spent with a woman who has recently come into my life that I have come to care about deeply. I will share with you all in another story at another time what this women means to me and how important she is in my life. It is necessary that it is mentioned at this time because she was one of my main topics of conversations I had with many of you from the list during my Beacon run. It was during my time in NYC for the Beacon run that I realized the magnificence of this woman's involvement in my life and that I feel I may be falling deeply in love with her. The moments I share with this woman are moments within the experience of love. She doesn't know this yet so this is our little secret. I think she may already know, I just haven't told her yet, so please, hush hush. In the past six years, my heart had forgotten what it was to love a woman and what it was to have a woman love me. This woman has shown me the way to remembering me. She has reminded me of the one person I had forgotten to care about, which was myself. And now, after many years of closed eyes, I can once again see myself through the eyes of my own being. I met an amazing woman, a woman that makes me feel. Her name is Deanna.
Having this information, you now know that I entered NYC on an emotional high with my heart open to all of you. This will explain to some of you why it was so difficult for me to say goodbye. It was especially difficult for me to say goodbye to Lana. Lana your spirit and friendship has touched my soul and you are without a doubt, a remarkable woman.
This was the first time for me traveling into NYC after 9/11 and that in itself was an emotional roller coaster. For me, the feeling in the city sang out like the lyrics to the song Revival, "People can you feel it, love is everywhere, people can your hear it, love is in the air." The feeling in the city for me was a feeling of unity.
Upon my arrival into NYC and after a bit of a journey to make my way to the Beacon Hotel in cold wet weather, I finally made it to meet up with my close friend from LA, Mark Kienlen. The reunion was welcomed and we decided it would be a good idea to get some lunch, drink beer and then nap before Monday night's show. We returned to the hotel from lunch with three beers into the afternoon and we were looking to crash for a couple of hours. Mark flew into NYC on a red eye flight Sunday night and he also hadn't slept for two days and was ready for a nap. He set the alarm clock to wake us at 7:30pm before the show and I was quick to question his actions due to the pre-show activities I had planned. His reply was, "I'm sure we will wake up before then and if we don't then good for me." I guess you had to be there, it just sounded funny.
We were actually awakened by the knock on our room door around 6:30pm and it was none other than Gail Packer and Mark Berner to welcome us to NYC and the Allman Brothers Band Beacon run. Those of you who know Gail and Mark, you already know how wonderful these two people are. One day, I hope the rest of you have and opportunity to meet them. Gail, your warm smile means much, continue to share that with the world.
As expected, Monday night's show was great.
Tuesday morning came too soon and I had realized that I missed a message on my cellular phone from Paul Kaytes. I called him back and I was on way to his room to meet him in person. Before I could even enter into the room, Paul was embracing me in a hug telling me how glad he was to meet me and how he felt that he had been apart of the life of my daughter and I through my stories. It was at that point that I knew I had meet a man that was to become a friend of mine for life. Mr. Kaytes, I thank you for your friendship and support. Paul then lead me into the parlor of the room to meet Lana and again I was greeted with a hug and a genuine appreciation for our meeting.
Lana and Paul are great peeps. They had introduced me to so many wonderful people that afternoon that I was finding it difficult to hold back my enthusiasm for all of my newly found friendships. That afternoon I was introduced to Ray Hutchinson and the most awesome couple from Pittsburgh, PA, and that would be Donna and Frank Lagana. Donna and Frank, you two are beautiful people that I am really glad I've had the opportunity to meet, I had a blast at Tribecca Blues Wednesday night and Donna, I'm sorry girl, but you can not have my hair. Donna wanted my hair and I'm just not willing to let her have it.
Once again, as expected, Tuesday night's show was amazing. I have always been a fan of the shows in the middle of the week.
During Tuesday night's show, I ended up sitting in front of Yossi and he introduced me to the ever so popular Taper Todd Hinden. Todd and I hit it off great and he and his friend Kevin ended up hanging out in our room until 5:30am listening to the entire second set of Tuesday night's show. Which by the way, was one of the most awesome versions of Whipping Post I have ever heard.
Yossi is so great. At one point, while I was getting my dance groove on, he said to me, "man dude, you are smoking yourself and totally getting off on you, it is so great and it's a blast watching you having such a good time." Yossi's smile had to have been the biggest smile I had ever seen on anyone's face. He was having an awesome experience as well.
Also during that evening, Mark Berner introduced me to the one and only, Josh Chasin. My friends, to meet Josh Chasin is as awesome an experience as you would think it would be from reading his posts. He is certainly a gentle man. Thank you Josh for your participation.
Wednesday afternoon my friend from LA was heading home and he had such a great time. He wanted me to be sure to let you know that he was so glad to have had the opportunity to meet those of you he had meet and he is looking forward to meeting you all again in the future.
While standing at the hotel front desk Wednesday afternoon, I had the most awesome opportunity to meet the chrispy Christine King. If you have never meet Christine, she is everything you would imagine. She is so wonderful and really cute too. Be careful, her smile is contagious. Miss Chrispy, the pleasure of meeting you is certainly all mine, thank you.
Wednesday night was the off night for the Brothers, so Paul, myself, Donna and Frank Lagana went down to Tribecca Blues to check out The Yonrico Scott Band. We hooked up with my friend Russ from Chicago and it was a relaxing evening shared with new friends.
As Thursday rolled around, I continued to meet more and more beautiful people at the hotel, the show and backstage. And please forgive me if I have forgotten to mention any of you, the experience for me has been so overwhelming I know I have forgotten to mention all of the wonderful peeps I came in contact with.
Throughout the day I meet up with many others including my friend Brenda Griffin and her friends Rachel Naugle and Helen. Brenda, thank you so much for your friendship and guiding me along the way to this year's run through the roadfun group. Of course there were the Kringle sisters, Meg and Julie. Meg was the one who introduced me to the listserve, I can't tell her enough how grateful I am to her for hooking me up.
Many hugs go out to Big Chief Bill Proudfoot, Jeff Griffin, Mariann, Nate Rosen, Kirby and Lisa Woodard, and to Brian and Stacey Orzell. Brian and Stacey, Thank you for the cool pictures. A big hug goes out to Captain Ron Everhardt. Ron you are way too cool for school brother, peace to you my friend. Miss CeeCee Russell, you are so sweet and as you know, I am always grateful to you for being there to take good care of me with great show trades. Thank you so very very much. And to the one we all know as Glenn B, another huge hug. Thank you Glenn for the company over Saturday's breakfast.
Still again, I would like to thank Lana and offer up another big hug to Miss Lana Mama. Thank you for introducing me to Paul and Barbara Barbieri. They are so great and it was a pleasure for me sharing with you and them the story of how I met Deanna and how I felt at that moment. I would also like to thank you for introducing me to your friend, Pete, the NYC police officer. Pete the cop is a hero that goes beyond what any words or emotions can ever describe. His being has been an inspiration to my life.
The biggest hug and thank you goes out to the one who has made this family and dream a reality for me. The one who has made it possible for me to be a part of this wonderful family that comes from a place of love and compassion. The one who has made it possible for me to grow within the love that this family has provided me. The man that I can not say thank you to enough and that man is Kirk West. Kirk, I have told you before, I would like to tell you again, you have been an angel to me and I am forever grateful to your friendship.
Within my experience, the music of The Allman Brothers Band has always transcended beyond the music to a power of love which is much greater than you and I. The evolution of the music and the band has been an evolution based in love, family, brotherhood and friendship. I am grateful to the band and to the extended family for all of the music and the love that it has to offer. The road does indeed go on forever.
Peace 🙂
Billy Hollems
thesweetriver@earthlink.net
Ain't Wastin' Time No More
Ain't Wastin' Time No More
by Gregg Allman
(c) 1972 & 1974 by No Exit Music Co.
Last Sunday morning, the sunshine felt like rain.
Week before, they all seemed the same.
With the help of God and true friends, I come to realize
I still had two strong legs, and even wings to fly.
And oh I, ain't wastin time no more
'Cause time goes by like hurricanes, and faster things.
Lord, lord Miss Sally, why all your cryin'?
Been around here three long days, you're lookin' like you're dyin'.
Just step yourself outside, and look up at the stars above
Go on downtown baby, find somebody to love.
Meanwhile I ain't wastin' time no more
'Cause time goes by like pouring rain, and much faster things.
You don't need no gypsy to tell you why
You can't let one precious day slip by.
Look inside yourself, and if you don't see what you want,
Maybe sometimes then you don't,
But leave your mind alone and just get high.
Well by and by, way after many years have gone,
And all the war freaks die off, leavin' us alone.
We'll raise our children in the peaceful way we can,
It's up to you and me brother
To try and try again.
Well, hear us now, we ain't wastin' time no more
'Cause time goes by like hurricanes
Runnin' after subway trains
Don't forget the pouring rain.
JoJo...
i for one would disagree...
The sound i heard at the Ogden last year and again at the Beacon this year is the bluesy, at times hard edged, soulful sounds
i fell in love love since i first heard
"Don't keep me Wonderin" , "Trouble No More", Dreams, and DWYNM/AMCTB...
i LOVE that sound and energy...
if had to choose between Ramblin Man & Stormy Monday...well...no contest..
this is just my preference...
But listen to Desdemona...
listen to them rippin up Trouble no More...
listen to Been Lovin you Too Long
or Rockin Horse or Worried Down or High Cost or Who to Believe..
do i miss Dickey ..you bet..
i do miss the sound of BWIAB...
Blue Sky or Jessica...But Chuck Leavell was a major part of that sound too iMHO... but chuck has been gone a LONG TIME...
but i'm not gonna go there...
the thing that inspired me the most at the Ogden last year was the ENERGY...
they were flat out SMOKIN the WHOLE SHOW... and
they were enjoying the whole thing..
genuinely havin so fun up there...
i've seen alot of other shows over the past year... my wife likes other music...
so i've sat thru John Mellencamp jumpin around the stage with 3-4 ladies runnin around with 'em....
sat thru Tom Petty muggin and raising him arms to the crowd in self-effigy doing his best Adi -Amin "tell me you love me" routine...
and i personally am so thankful these guys are out on stage havin fun, playin the way they are and providing such quality music for my pleasure.
if he really thinks that Warren & Derek's playin sound the same... what would he say if you put Layla on and asked him what he thought of Duane & Eric's interplay?
Would he say CSNY, Poco, or the Eagles' harmonies were boring or too much alike??
What if Rory Gallagher & Roy Buchanan were on stage together 25 yrs ago??
so we all have different "likes", perspectives, and opinions...
nuthin new...
but from this perspective ... i'm not buyin a thing he's sellin...
I gotta wish a Happy Birthday to a real American original, hand picked by Brother Duane to lead the Road Crew of the Best Damn Band ever, Joseph RedDog Campbell. Keep on getting on Bro and I'm looking forward meeting you at GABBA. 😎 😎 😎 😎 😀 Johnny 😀 😎 😎 😎 😎
Karenc:Don't misinterpret me. I'm not really sure how that could be done, because I took great pains to say what I said with the caveat that I think they are awesome. Nor do I feel they have to be spokesmen for the hippies or bikers - I went to work yesterday in my Zanella slacks and a Brooks Brothers sweater, and, while I have some beliefs that I may share with hippies, I'm sure not one myself.I am saying 2 things: 1) They could do a lot more to mix things up, and 2) Dickey, with all of his faults, and there were and are a lot of them, really knew how to drive this variety.That's it. The guy from Billboard made a lot of these points, so I give him some credit. He didn't seem to be in space like most say - he was to the point. Phil & Friends are a perfect example of mixing it up, by the way.By the way, I sure wish I had seen you in those $400 turquoise pants - I'm sure you looked great!