Allman Brothers. "One Way Out"

[speedoo]

Man those guys could rock better than anyone when Duane and Berry were still alive.

[lizziegrace]

1. Yep

The 20 Greatest Southern Rock songs just aired again on CMT. Allman Brothers, Charlie Daniels, Skynrd...

Wonderful memories. And damn, they were good.

:)

On edit - or was it GAC? :shrug:

[speedoo]

2. I remember how people would say to me..."If you like the Allman's...

... check these guys out." And I would dutifully check out all the other southern rock bands. And sorry to say I would always be disappointed. Mostly one-hit wonders. The only band that stood up at all was Skynyrd.

The Allmans were in a class by themselves.

[lizziegrace]

3. They're timeless

and the most talented.

:)

[speedoo]

4. There are some who still say Duane was the greatest slide quitar player.

Of all time... I certainly won't argue with them. And Gregg was and is a great blues vocalist, who could really play that B-3. Dicky Betts was a great guitarist as well, complementing Duane beautifully in those long trade-offs.

And the rythm section knew exactly what their role was.

They were just a great band. Timeless is exactly right.

[Zomby Woof]

7. You saw that too?

Then you know that the Marshall Tucker Band was from Spartanburg, lol. :hi:

Southern Californian by birth, but southern U.S. raised. I cut my teeth on Skynyrd, the Allmans, and so many from those days. :D

[lizziegrace]

12. The replay was after midnight last night

I taped it.

I'll give you the list later today.

:)

[acmavm]

5. Jessica and Revival. Two of my all-time FAVORITES.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

6. "Live at Fillmore East" is one of my favorite albums.

The recent 2-CD reissue is great as well. :hi:

[Stardust]

8. Followed them all over Florida and Georgia back in the day...

Duane came over to my house one night and I wasn't there -- DANG! And my sister couldn't find my copy of their album for an autograph. My almost-brush with greatness. Gregg still sings great, IMO.

BTW, GD is major depressing tonight. What a relief to get away and get into something else. ABB rocks!

[speedoo]

9. Holy shit.

Was it just Duane at your house? Tell me more about that, please. If that had happened to me, I don't know what I'd have done.

[Stardust]

10. Well, turns out that someone I was dating brought Gregg by (not Duane)

to meet me. They stayed about a half an hour and probably got high. She remarked about the beautiful gold cross he was wearing --Jesus on one side and Mary on the other--about 2 inches long (and definitely not cheap.) He said someone had given it to him. She says he was drop-dead gorgeous.

I first got to see them play at a talent show held at Gainesville High School in Florida. The grand prize was a recording contract and second was amps, I think. Unbeknownst to the judges, the ABB already had a contract in the works and they just wanted the amps. I think they won but were disqualified and ended up getting the amps, which is what they really wanted to begin with.

I always loved the sexy dueling guitars thing Duane and Barry Oakley used to do. Talk about a turn-on! Oh, and if someone has a funeral or memorial service for me, I want them to play "Whipping Post."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvXKbB8laU4

[Robeson]

11. One of the all-time great bands...

...they were always some of the best concerts I've ever been to.

[Jokerman]

13. Also very well done by Sonny Boy Williamson

Or at least by a guy using that name.