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Points: 19236 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 02 2007 at 21:40
Originally posted by Intruder Intruder wrote:

  Too bad Betts was booted from the band for booting that brown sugar....I wonder what he does these days?
 
For progressive bluegrass fans, the first Richard Betts solo album, Highway Calls, is highly recommended.....Vassar Clemens guests....smokin'!


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Points: 46828 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 02 2007 at 21:52
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Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:

I got both of those.  You probably don't want to venture too far outside the early stuff.
 
I would agree the early stuff is the best but their last studio album Hittin' the Note is fantastic. I think the late 70's early 80's stuff was a bit patchy but they have released a number of other really good album s since, Shades of two Worlds being a good example. The addition of Warren Haynes really gave them a kick up the backside.
 
I would also recomed checking out Gov't Mule who also feature Warren Haynes.


I couldn't agree more ... their rebirth with Warren Haynes was some GREAT music... completely enjoyed  those albums .. Woody was a bass player much in Oakley's style as well  Clap
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Originally posted by jammun jammun wrote:

Stick with the early albums, Eat A Peach probably being the last good one.
 
For what it's worth, I saw Yes and the Allman Brothers on a double bill in early 1972.  What a mismatch.  Yes was the supporting act, and the last song they played was "Heart of the Sunrise", which was pretty much a religious experience.  Then Allman Brothers opened up with "Statesboro Blues".  I enjoy the Allmans, but following so closely on the heels of Yes -- well it was just flat out repugnant.  Within five minutes we had a sudden urge to flee and did so. 
 
MAN!  these are the kind of gigs I dream about, I would have been in heaven...only I would probably been more impressed with the headlining bandWink
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Points: 3449 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 03 2007 at 16:27
Originally posted by jimmy_row jimmy_row wrote:

Originally posted by jammun jammun wrote:

Stick with the early albums, Eat A Peach probably being the last good one.
 
For what it's worth, I saw Yes and the Allman Brothers on a double bill in early 1972.  What a mismatch.  Yes was the supporting act, and the last song they played was "Heart of the Sunrise", which was pretty much a religious experience.  Then Allman Brothers opened up with "Statesboro Blues".  I enjoy the Allmans, but following so closely on the heels of Yes -- well it was just flat out repugnant.  Within five minutes we had a sudden urge to flee and did so. 
 
MAN!  these are the kind of gigs I dream about, I would have been in heaven...only I would probably been more impressed with the headlining bandWink
 
As said, nothing against the Allmans, but, for me, not to be consumed immediately following Yes.  About the same time I saw a Mahavishnu/ELP double, which was a much more tolerable pairing.
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Points: 12799 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 03 2007 at 16:48
Originally posted by Barla Barla wrote:

And yes, I've heard very few songs of Gov't Mule, they rock and I'm planning on getting stuff from them too.



Find Govt Mule's  Deeper End set  (esp the 2 CDs and a DVD!)- with approaching 20 guest bass players - Jack Bruce, Jack Casidy, Chris Squire, etc. etc. -at various points through the proceedings.

While I strongly endorse the 1971 released Fillmore Set recommendation , find the extended Fillmore set issued on double CD, 15 or so years ago with even more recordings from that residency. Be warned there is a 30 minute plus jam on Donovan's Mountain.
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Points: 12799 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 03 2007 at 16:50
A question to the experts out there: is there any connection between Allmans/ Govt Mule and Blue Floyd, who I've heard on CD doing blues versions of P. Floyd's music - as well as have, they claim, the original Pink play with them...
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Points: 46828 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 03 2007 at 16:54
Originally posted by jammun jammun wrote:

Originally posted by jimmy_row jimmy_row wrote:

Originally posted by jammun jammun wrote:

Stick with the early albums, Eat A Peach probably being the last good one.
 
For what it's worth, I saw Yes and the Allman Brothers on a double bill in early 1972.  What a mismatch.  Yes was the supporting act, and the last song they played was "Heart of the Sunrise", which was pretty much a religious experience.  Then Allman Brothers opened up with "Statesboro Blues".  I enjoy the Allmans, but following so closely on the heels of Yes -- well it was just flat out repugnant.  Within five minutes we had a sudden urge to flee and did so. 
 
MAN!  these are the kind of gigs I dream about, I would have been in heaven...only I would probably been more impressed with the headlining bandWink
 
As said, nothing against the Allmans, but, for me, not to be consumed immediately following Yes.  About the same time I saw a Mahavishnu/ELP double, which was a much more tolerable pairing.


curious about that....  Yes in early 72 were supported by Black Sabbath, and the J. Giles Band... not the most popular American band on the planet..

where was the show you saw... 
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Originally posted by micky micky wrote:

Originally posted by jammun jammun wrote:

Originally posted by jimmy_row jimmy_row wrote:

Originally posted by jammun jammun wrote:

Stick with the early albums, Eat A Peach probably being the last good one.
 
For what it's worth, I saw Yes and the Allman Brothers on a double bill in early 1972.  What a mismatch.  Yes was the supporting act, and the last song they played was "Heart of the Sunrise", which was pretty much a religious experience.  Then Allman Brothers opened up with "Statesboro Blues".  I enjoy the Allmans, but following so closely on the heels of Yes -- well it was just flat out repugnant.  Within five minutes we had a sudden urge to flee and did so. 
 
MAN!  these are the kind of gigs I dream about, I would have been in heaven...only I would probably been more impressed with the headlining bandWink
 
As said, nothing against the Allmans, but, for me, not to be consumed immediately following Yes.  About the same time I saw a Mahavishnu/ELP double, which was a much more tolerable pairing.


curious about that....  Yes in early 72 were supported by Black Sabbath, and the J. Giles Band... not the most popular American band on the planet..

where was the show you saw... 
 
In early '72, saw Yes as the opening act for the Allmans in Denver, CO.  Yes consisted of the Fragile lineup, and Allmans were full strength, prior to Duane's death.  Yes opened the show with a taped intro from Stravinsky's Firebird.  It was magical.  As noted, was not there for much of the Allman's set... 
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Points: 46828 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 03 2007 at 18:37
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thanks...  found a review of the show... apprectiate it.  Big fan of both and never knew they played together.
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Points: 3449 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 03 2007 at 18:48
Yes was nothing less that awesome that night.  As previously stated, it was a religious experience for me.  (Perhaps chemically enchanced Wink)
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Points: 2091 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 03 2007 at 19:17
About Blue Floyd....last time I was scouring around the used record bins, I came across what seemed a very small label release CD, maybe even a record-release DOY job, of a record called....man, I can't remember the title - the digi-pak jacket was blue, the cover featured frogs on green lilypads surrounded by bubbles and plantlife, and the title was like a whole sentence long....something like....man, the title totally escapes me....anyway, it was an album of Pink Floyd songs done by swampy blues players.  Sounded really interesting but went with a Aysley Dunbar Retalation and a Free CD instead.
 
Anybody know if anything about the record....the concept is intriguing but the pricetag seemed a bit steep (like $17).
I like to feel the suspense when you're certain you know I am there.....
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Points: 2091 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 03 2007 at 20:26
Crimhead....thanks for the link.  Thought Dicky was in a Japanese prison.
I like to feel the suspense when you're certain you know I am there.....
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Points: 2614 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 03 2007 at 23:40
I really like them although after Duane died they never sounded as good.  I can't stand Ramblin' Man.  Its incredibly annoying.  
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Points: 10336 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 03 2007 at 23:48
Ramblin Man is annoying, kind of repetitious, it has the outer trappings of their earlier music but its not the same.
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Points: 1354 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 05 2007 at 05:34
i have the Eat A Peach 2cd reissue. really great Southern-fried rock with extended jazzy jams n' improvs, hardly redneck pub rock.  That surely was progressive!!!
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Points: 46828 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 06 2007 at 19:14
Originally posted by superprog superprog wrote:

i have the Eat A Peach 2cd reissue. really great Southern-fried rock with extended jazzy jams n' improvs, hardly redneck pub rock.  That surely was progressive!!!


exactly.... the Allman's were not redneck noise...waving the friggin stars and bars and singing about crashing cars, fishing, and getting drunk and tossed from bars.  It was a rootsy celebration of American 'roots' music.  The blues and jazz.  Far more sophistocation than sh*t like L.S.  Though as I've noted in previous threads... the Allmans.. and their road crew (LOL) were not to be messed with.

posted this .... awhile back in another ABB thread... one of the funniest damn rock and roll stories around...

One night in the 1970s, the Allman Brothers arrived at a club in Buffalo, New York to play a gig. They were fifteen minutes late.

When the club's owner refused to pay them, a roadie named Twiggs Lyndon stabbed him three times with a fishing knife. The man died of his injuries and Lyndon was arrested and charged with first-degree murder.

At the ensuing trial, Lyndon's lawyers argued that he had been temporarily insane at the time of the incident; touring with the Allman Brothers, they declared, would drive anyone insane.

Bassist Berry Oakley was called to the stand and, though he was barely coherent and had to run to the bathroom several times to vomit, he did manage to answer a few questions:

"Did you take any dope in the last month?"
"Uh-huh."
"In the last week?"
"Oh yeah."
"What about the last hour?"
"You bet."

Incredibly, Lyndon was acquitted.

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Points: 29625 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 06 2007 at 19:44
If I'm not mistaken, Twiggs went on to roadie for the Dixie Dregs and died in a parachute accident.
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Points: 46828 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 06 2007 at 19:48
Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:

If I'm not mistaken, Twiggs went on to roadie for the Dixie Dregs and died in a parachute accident.


he was their tour manager actually...
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Points: 14693 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 09 2007 at 03:27
Originally posted by Dick Heath Dick Heath wrote:

Be warned there is a 30 minute plus jam on Donovan's Mountain.


Be warned? Be thankful more like

I have to stick my oar in here in (un-needed) support of the Fillmore East album, especialy the extended double CD - this is The Allmans in full flow, and loving it with my personal favorite Allman on fine form:



Though it has to be said, bruv is none too shabby either:



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