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"Last night in Little Rock put me in a haze. Sweet sweet Connie doing her act, she had the whole show and that's a natural fact"!

He probably meant Cornell 77 but knowing your tastes, I would not recommend that for you. I agree with worldrecordplayer, Live Dead and live stuff in 1969 was when they were at their most aggressive and chaotic and if there is any Dead you might like, that is probably the stuff, although I would not expect too much. I also avoid prosletyzing for the Dead, I think if you are ready for it, it will find you or that kind of cosmic idea. Its hopeless to try and like the Dead, people either like it or they don't, for the most part, I've found. I've recently been enjoying some of the prettier song

I got two tix for the Sunday night show in LA, $100 each, no fan club fees (I hate that shit). Tried for the last night of the run, but nothing came up except VIP tix for $300 each (I hate that shit even more). At least I'm there for 1 night and I'll keep trying for a second show. Stoked!

Its amusing to me that a thread I started as a slightly sarcastic joke, (no offense intended and apologies if it did offend) has included discussion of MIDI, The Grateful Dead and now Celine Dion. I don't actually have any favorite roadies, although the young kid from the Allman Brothers Band that was so nice to my son, giving him guitar picks and setlists and even remembering his name the next night, is pretty high in my book right now! I was tempted to start a Your Favorite Groupie thread, but I thought that might be a bit over the top and crass, even though I think its kinda funny.

I agree with ya NoJ, I vastly prefer the pre-MIDI guitar tones, but if Bralove got me free tix and put me onstage with the Dead, I'd kiss him on the lips!

I'll hit it up next month when I'm in town for the Black Crowes at the Vic. Nice to have a rec from Tweedy!

The recording from "Brussels" 1973 that is for sale on their website and at Wolfgang's Vault is some pretty dang good live Rolling Stones. http://www.rollingstones.com/2012/08/29/pre-order-the-brussels-affair-box-set/ Also I think the live DVD Ladies and Gentleman from the 1972 tour is primo Stones, but some here don't like it as much as I do. Yeah Mick was not that great, technicallym, of a singer live but he sure was a great frontman. Watching the band play live for me is more powerful than just listening to audio. Their greatness comes across more clearly to me. I wish there was high qua

In the spirit of recent threads... hee hee hee! Red Dog (Allman Brothers) Henry "The Horse" Smith (Led Zeppelin) Josh The Shirtless Roadie (Wilco)

And the video of Someday After Awhile I posted earlier in this thread also showed Clapton playing the red Gibson hollow body, also on the From The Cradle tour in '94.

And some people would rather listen to the music than see a show. I like a guitar player to rock out and move around, but not at the expense of great playing. If I had to choose, I'll take Mick Taylor, Garcia, and Derek Trucks standing still and playing hot over a showboater not playing much or not playing very well. But if you can balance showboating and intense playing, like SRV and Hendrix did, then I'm all for that as well. If the topic is how good certain guitar players play the blues, then I think the focus should be on musicality, not entertaining stage moves.

Yeah, that Arkansas Traveller album from 1991 was the only one of hers I liked. She recorded it in different unusual studios all over the country with different well known folk and roots musicians. When she toured for it, Uncle Tupelo was supposed to be an opener and kind be her band, too, I think. By the time the tour got to my town, or maybe even before it started, UT had backed out and I think they split up shortly after that. I'd guess somebody here could elaborate on that history? I, too, am digusted with what she's become.

Mr. Heartbreak, I understand and respect that you like Buddy Guy and the other electric blues originators more than Clapton and the other second generation of electric blues guitarists, but I'm kinda baffled that you think the Buddy Guy clip you posted shows Buddy doing what Clapton does but better. First, Clapton has never been a showboater like Guy has become. Clapton doesn't play with his teeth and all that stuff. In the video you posted, Guy spends far more time walking around the stage, waving a towel, making faces and holding up his guitar than actually playing guitar. And when he doe

Well, like Gtrplyr and PopTodd noted, some players can make a Strat sound fat, like SRV famously did, and Clapton's tone is pretty bad ass in that early 90s version of Don't Think Twice and lots of other examples. When Dickey Betts started playing a Strat instead of a Les Paul, though, his sound got a lot worse to my ears. There's surely other factors, like folks noted, the gauge of the strings and the amps and effects and a lot of it must be in the hands of the player. I think Clapton's tone got a lot thinner after Cream and maybe after Blind Faith, but definitely by his first solo album a

worldrecordplayer, you are a lucky dude to have seen those Clapton sit ins with the Allmans in 2009. That would've been one of my all time concert highlights, too. I also missed the Clapton tour when Derek was in the band. And I missed Clapton's 1994 tour for From The Cradle. Hope he sits in with the Allmans again next month for ya!

Is that the paid fan club deal or some credit card thing? Thanks for the info. I'll be trying on Friday in the general on sale.

Is that a pre-sale? Info, please!

I understand the comments about Clapton's many weak albums in his later years, that he can be boring/too smooth/lacking aggressive playing at times and I feel similar to those who bemoan his switch from fat-sounding Gibsons to thin Fenders, but the whole notion of him not being an authentic blues player I find ridiculous. The man has spent his entire life absorbing, learning, and virtually worshipping the original blues masters with Robert Johnson at the top of the list. Clapton has talked a lot about his reluctance to play the blues because he somehow feels inadequate to live up to the origin

We went to see opening night of Clapton's tour lasting night and it was a solid show. Clapton has assembled a fine band these past few years, far better than the smooth 80s sheen when he used Phil Collins' band several decades ago. Having longtime Clapton sideman Chris Stainton on piano and surprisingly Paul Carrack on Hammond B3 created a rich and full classic R&B sound, there is something so nice about the way those two distinct keyboards blend together. Steve Jordan on drums and Willie Weeks on bass makes for a tight and spare rhythm section with just the right groove to give a true Sou

http://www.meetles.com/ I heard this band play Love Me Do in the NYC subway this past weekend. I was impressed with how much they sounded just like the record, I mean they really nailed it. Lots of fun to come across randomly!

When I said they are without peers, I meant primarily that there is no other band that executes long-form guitar solo-based psychedelic rock like the Allmans have for decades. Its hard to argue against them being the greatest Southern rock band of all time or one of the two best psychedelic rock bands of all time (and with the Grateful Dead gone, they are all alone at the top of that heap) and they are the only band with their particular combination of jazz/blues influences played at such a high level of intensity. There are other virtuoso players out there, plenty of them in jazz, but no jazz

Gregg not capable of much? Turning to Warren? Are you looking at the set lists? There are more Gregg lead vocal songs than Warren lead vocal songs at most of these shows and Gregg is singing great. Look at Sat night. 1st set 4 Gregg songs, 2 Warren songs 2nd set 4 Gregg songs, 2 Warren songs counting the encore. Mostly originals, no covers except old blues songs and the Other One jam. Allman Brothers Band 3-9-13 Beacon Theater, NY, NY Set 1 Done somebody wrong Midnight rider End of the line Worried down with the blues Ain't wastin' time no more Dusk till dawn (Bill Evans) Jessica Set

I agree. And after what I heard over two nights this weekend in NYC, I don't get how people can say the ABB has turned into just a 60s cover band. These are virtuoso musicians of the highest calibre who are part of a long musical tradition that combines Muddy Waters/Elmore James blues with Miles Davis/Coltrane jazz filtered through late 60s psychedelic rock long form guitar jamming. They have roots and influences going back decades further than the 60s. Haynes and Trucks tore the living shit out of Hendrix's 1983 a couple nights ago. Maybe you have to be there in person, or maybe its just

I read they also invited him to play during the 2009 Beacon run. There is clearly bad feelings between them, who knows all that went down and who is still pissed. It wouldn't be any good to have Dickey back if he doesn't want to be there, obviously. I personally miss his awesome playing, but the last tour I saw with him in the band was not good. He played Fenders instead of Gibsons and that didn't sound good to me at all. I'd rather hear Dickey sing all those songs, but if he can't or won't be there, I still want to hear them. Gregg and Warren do a find job on vocals as far as I'm concerned.

Yeah, mountainbed, I like David Nelson band and Barry Sless, too, he's great. They really have the feel and a certain similarity to the sound of the Dead (well the folky, laid back side, not really the flat out rock or the spacey side) without actually playing hardly any Dead songs in their own shows. For those who love GD but don't want a GD cover band, David Nelson could fit the bill. I wish I got to see them live more often. I've not heard them when they played with Phil, but I should track those down, I'd probably love them.

I've read that Dickey has been invited to play with them and refuses, so what are they gonna do, not play those ABB classics because he chooses not to be there? Personally, I don't have any problem with the current band playing those songs. Jaimoe, Butch and Greg played on the originals, presumably helping to make them what they are and Warren played them live for years, too. I guess it depends on how much value you put on who is listed as the songwriter compared to all the members of the band who played the songs. Sometimes I think too much value gets placed on the songwriter compared to t