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Conversation from the Crossroads of Southern music, history, and culture with historian Dr. Bob Beatty, author of 'Play All Night! Duane Allman and the Journey to Fillmore East' www.longlivetheabb.com
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“Make it a transcendental experience for the audience.” Dickey Betts on the Allman Brothers and Grateful Dead (opens the original)
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The quote above is from Dickey Betts in Alan Paul ’s excellent book One Way Out . Dickey was talking about the shared musical ethos between the Allman Brothers and the Grateful Dead. I cited it in Play All Night , and reference it often. Here’s the full quote: “The Dead’s philosophy, which is very similar to ours. We sound very different, because were from different routes. There from my folk music, jug band, and country thing. We’re from an urban blues/jazz bag. We don’t wait for it to happen;
The curious saga of Duane Allman’s SG (opens the original)
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Inadvertently cut off this story from the ending of part 2 about how Duane’s protege Gerry Groom came into possession of the 1961 Gibson SG Dickey gave Duane to play so he didn’t have to keep retuning between slide and non-slide songs. Rather than repost the whole thing, here’s a bonus episode for y’all. Brought to you by the paid members of the Long Live the ABB community. MORE FROM THE LONG LIVE THE ABB ARCHIVES What makes an instrument iconic? The story of Duane’s SG 🍄 Play All Night! Duane A
"If he doesn't play, we ain't gonna play." The Allman Brothers stand up to a bigot (opens the original)
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Episode Overview As a teenager in Sarasota, Richard Price began following Dickey Betts. He was there as Dickey and Berry Oakley joined forces in the Second Coming. In Jacksonville in fall 1968/spring 1969, Richard witnessed the extraordinary burgeoning musical connection between Dickey and Duane Allman and the birth of the Allman Brothers Band. Part 2: touring in the South with long hair; Evaluations by the 2nd Coming; and guitarist Gerry Groom. Dickey Betts and Richard “Hombre” Price. 📷Courtesy
“You’re ready for this.” Here's to the music lovers in our lives who nurtured our own interest in music (opens the original)
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I get mail. In this case, comments. Here are my responses to some of them. Note: I’ve included the comment in bold italics. The first video is based on this quote from Dickey Betts: “There was really a certain degree of telepathy, because we created a lot of things right on stage. When you listen to it you may think—‘Well, that had to be rehearsed’—since the bass guitar with Duane and myself playing harmony lines sounds like we must have spent a month writing it. If you listen closely, though, y
"I'm not one of those sit-around-on-my-ass kind of people." Duane Allman comes to Jacksonville to form a band (opens the original)
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Episode Overview As a teenager in Sarasota, Richard Price began following Dickey Betts. He was there as Dickey and Berry Oakley joined forces in the Second Coming. When the Second Coming relocated to Jacksonville, Price’s band the Load did likewise. In Jacksonville, Richard was eyewitness to an extraordinary burgeoning musical connection between Dickey and Duane Allman and the birth of the Allman Brothers Band. Our Crossroads Our most direct crossroads are the Allman Brothers Band. We’re also So
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