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I just ran across a nice interview with Mike Nesmith in Goldmine. He is doing a tour.

I think he left due to suffering from tinnitus. I seem to recall reading that somewhere. It was Derek who replaced him in the band.

That makes me think of Joe Satriani's time in Deep Purple. He's great at what he does, as is Zak, but I am not really into the music either of them makes.

There use to be some audio from the show up on Youtube. It's probably still there. Jimmy Herring was also in the band around that time (I think). Also - Jack Pearson during the couple of years that Warren was out of the band.

I think I read about that show in the book: Midnight Riders: The Story of the Allman Brothers Band. If not there, then I must have read about it in an issue of Hittin' The Note. If you Google Zak Wylde and Allman Brothers Band - you'll find some stories about the show.

I've read about that Zak show.

Set list from last night - March 6:

I think they invited him to play with the band at the Grammys, or whatever it was not too long ago. I think he changed his mind at the last minute. Or something like that.

I suppose where I find it odd is due to the person singing it. It's just because Dickey is the voice of those songs. Not Gregg or Warren. Plus they did have a rather hard parting.

I think that a good way to put it - signature songs.

I think it's a shame they don't play more of the last album they made. Although - I see Desdemona was played last night.

Last night's set list:

Hearts and Minds (whole video) - on CMT.

That's David Fricke.

Trying to play acoustic:

Nuts or not, I always think it is a dam shame when artists of that caliber end up broke. Same with Levon. I mean those guys were part of a band that created two of the best albums of all times. It's just sad.

Back in the day, I had a copy of that book and passed it around to people around here. I am surprised you never got it. I don't know where it ended up. It was signed by people after they read it.

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They also did another Dickey song - Low Down Dirty Mean. I guess they are doing Revival also.

Salvage (1979) The pilot movie for the series Salvage 1.

Warren must have got them to do it - as I know Gov't Mule has covered the song before.

I found that a bit odd myself.

The Allman Brothers Band Open Their Beacon Run with New Covers and OriginalsThey played Les Brers In A Minor last night. I believe Dickey wrote that song. Someone at Jambands.com needs to do some more research. The Beatles song Rain was already done by Gregg. You can find it on the Dreams boxset.

I wonder if that means he has plans for some sort of cd release. It could be there was no taping allowed. His shows seem to pop-up pretty quick on bt.etree.org. You already know that, of course.

Jay talks about learning to play the pedal steel guitar. A print interview with Jay.