The Allman Brothers Band appreciation thread.

[bobthedrummer]

They're the only Southern Rock band I ever got into.

I just listened to "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed":smoke:

The Allman Brothers Band:yourock:

[TX-RAT]

1. Now your talking.

Whipping post
Midnight rider

[bobthedrummer]

4. Their cover of "One Way Out" is excellent too

yep-I love the Allman Brothers Band all and all.:7

[StopTheMorans]

8. i love the call and response on that song

with Duane's incredible slide leads. As far as I'm concerned, he's still the best slide player ever.

[bobthedrummer]

2. Duane Allman! What a player!

He was a great one from another American musical family.

[Bonhomme Richard]

3. Yeah, it's a One Way Out

Baby........
Lord I just can't go out that door.........

[bobthedrummer]

5. "Cause there's a man downstairs, might be your man-I don't know."

:bounce:

[nosmokes]

6. cause there's a man down there

don't forget derek and the dominoes

althogh we can forget layla, ok? heard that one enough as of 1990. officially.

[Beetwasher]

7. Love 'Em, and Was Fortunate Enough to Work W/ Them!

Dickey Betts however is one of the meanest, nastiest curs in the business though...Gregg however is a great guy!

RIP Allen Woody...I'll always remember toking up w/ you backstage during the drum solos!

[bobthedrummer]

9. Wow!

O8)

[gnofg]

15. duane

I saw them that closing weekend at the Fillmore when they recorded one way out. The best song that night was the whippin post. It was untouchable if you can get a bootleg you won't be sorry. I also saw the recenty released show from Stonybrook(Hittin the note). That was the next to last show of Duane's. I was also lucky enough to see them twice as a backup band. Great band

[bobthedrummer]

17. Welcome to DU, gnofg!

:hi:
:smoke:

[StopTheMorans]

10. kick for "Trouble no More"

my favorite slide lead/tone...

[bobthedrummer]

13. That's a driving song the way they do it!

:hi:
:smoke:

[jonnyblitz]

11. the only southern band I like also!!

I have seen them quite a few times and always enjoy the crap out of them!! haven't had a chance to see them the past few years though..

[bobthedrummer]

12. Yep-it's like that for us folks!

:hi:
:smoke:

[dbt]

14. One time for "Dreams I'll Never See!"

:smoke:
dbt

[dumpster_baby]

16. "Melissa" really captured the essence of "melancholy"

No rainy day is really complete without at least one rendition of "Melissa".

[Dudley_DUright]

20. or "Jessica"

Either chase away the rainy day blues.

[bobthedrummer]

18. "Blackhearted Woman"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:yourock:

[gnofg]

19. Hittin the note

This concert from Stonybrook has a twenty five minute version of Dreams. They opened the second set with it Closed the first set with"you dont love me". Get this CD

[Dudley_DUright]

22. I already have

:-)

The studio version of "Hittin' the Note" is also well worth having. Some excellent work by young Derek Trucks on guitar

[TriadLeftist]

21. How can you mention ABB without

mentioning Warren Haynes? Best guitar player out right now - with him and Derrick Trucks, ABB rocks! Check out Gov't Mule when you get a chance.
BTW, I have an ABB sticker on my truck, and my boss, who has the flight suit photo of * autographed on his desk, asked me what it meant - told him "Allman Brothers Band" and grinned. My boss is an asshat.

[bobthedrummer]

23. I know a lot of Govt. Mule fans here in N.E. Wisconsin. I'm not one.

I'm underwhelmed by them myself, they don't really impress me-of course I'm a huge Stevie Ray Vaughan guy tho...

[Dudley_DUright]

24. You and me both

SRV is the master!

[bobthedrummer]

25. Yep.

:hi:
:smoke:

[bobthedrummer]

26. After midnight kick

:smoke:

[Zomby Woof]

27. everyone is ripping me off this week

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=1573595

If it ain't Estimated Prophet ripping off my Gold Medal idea, now someone is copping "Elizabeth Reed" from me...

[bobthedrummer]

28. Don't indict me about musical tastes

or I'll start a Janis Joplin thread-lol!
:hi:
:smoke:

[Zomby Woof]

33. I don't question your tastes

Just your ORIGINALITY in threads. ;-)

And you probably missed my thread last month about the "Allman Brothers Live At The Atlanta International Pop Festival July 3 & 5, 1970" CD. You can't go wrong increasing your Duane Allman ratio.

[DemVIctory]

29. Blue Sky is my favorite

Don't forget that the Allman Bros Band helped fund Jimmy Carter's presidential campaign.

[bobthedrummer]

30. Welcome to DU, DemVIctory!

:hi:
:smoke:
Are you a rambling man?

[DemVIctory]

31. Yes I was born a ramblin' man

In the back seat of a Greyhound bus! Speaking of helping Carter's campaign what happened to Charlie Daniels post-Carter?

[bobthedrummer]

32. The Allman Brothers Band, I say again, is the only Southern Rock band

I'm into-I don't know about Charlie Daniels--isn't he a Bushie?
:shrug:

[DemVIctory]

34. He absolutely is a repub now

However back in the day he played on a Dylan record, recorded the counter-culture classic 'Uneasy Rider,' and as mentioned helped fund the Carter campaign. If you listen to 'Rider' and then listen to the vile vitrol he spews now it will drop your jaw.

[bobthedrummer]

36. I'm unflappable when it comes to musicians, being one myself.

so much so that I always focus on their work-not personal stuff--but I much prefer the blues overall---and The Allman Brother Band played the blues with two drummers!!
:wow:

[Zomby Woof]

37. sad, isn't it?

He stuck with Carter in 1980, saying that he never lied to us as president. Which makes me wonder how the hell he can support the biggest liar since Nixon to squat in the White House.

Charlie Daniels drank some moonshine-laced kool-aid some time in the 90's. It started when he wrote "Simple Man" (not to be confused with the Skynyrd classic), where he advocates torturing criminals.

I am pissed because I can no longer enjoy the classic "Fire On The Mountain" album he did in 1974.

[Zomby Woof]

35. the original Skynyrd ruled

They took a few pages from the Allmans, the Stones, and Cream, as well as blues legends like Son House. The Allmans cornered jazz and blues, and Skynyrd cornered hard rock and blues. Both with just the slightest country infusion when needed.

They also campaigned for Jimmy Carter in '76, wrote the best anti-handgun song of all time, anti-poverty and anti-Vietnam songs. I disavow the wreckage touring under their name - which ironically, will be touring with the current version of the Allmans.

[bobthedrummer]

38. all the barbands I've been in I joined with but one caveat-no Skynyrd.

But I mainly meant no covering that chestnut "Free Bird":puke: one of my personal dislikes of all time.

I agree about the self-destructive behavior thing, too much of that everywhere in music.

[Zomby Woof]

39. if it helps

The band never considered that their favorite, but also knew it pleased the fans and was a good closer. It really isn't anyone's fault - radio has a way of ruining anything. Allen Collins sure played his heart out on it.

"Freebird" was written as a tribute to Duane Allman, and the coda was unlike anything done in rock before. It was influenced by Jeff Beck's take of "Bolero".

Strip away the prejudices created by overzealous fans and classic rock radio, and you can find lots of gems. You could cover "Ain't No Good Life", and not 1 in 1000 would know that is a great Skynyrd blues tune from their last album in 1977.

Trivia: Skynyrd's second drummer in the 70's and plane crash survivor Artimus Pyle, was a childhood playmate of Al Gore's. Pyle's Dad was a horse rancher, and sold horses to Al Gore Sr, who was then senator in Tennessee. Al Jr and Artimus would play in the mud behind the barn, as Pyle recalls.

[bobthedrummer]

40. I'm pretty sure that Gregg Allman has been supporting Dems

throughout his career-one way or another.

[Warren DeMontague]

41. Allmans & Grateful Dead circa 1970 I think

some great shows.