Nine things WSP like about Allman Brothers
Sept 3, 2014 14:52:37 GMT -5
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Nine things I love about The Allman Brothers Band and one thing I hate
by DAVE SCHOOLS of Widespread Panic
1. Gregg Allman still has the most authentic American voice I have ever heard outside of blues masters like Howlin’ Wolf and Muddy Waters. Just listen to him sing “Dreams.” It gives me cold shivers every time.
2. A rhythm section like a goddamn locomotive. Butch, Jaimoe, Mark, and Oteil. Any questions? I didn’t think so….damn. I mean, really.
3. The way my heart melts when the coda of “Melissa” comes back around.
4. The sound of my young brain popping when I finally realized that the 25-minute version of “Whipping Post” from the Live at Fillmore East LP faded out with the beginning of the 37-minute ‘Mountain Jam’ that was released a year or so later on the Eat A Peach album. That’s an hour-long jam and one hell of a way to end a show. I heard that Bill Graham served pancakes to the audience after that show.
5. I’m not sure if Derek Trucks is living proof of extraordinary musical ability being written into a family’s genetic code or if he is actual proof of reincarnation. Either way there isn’t another living guitarist I want to hear play a solo for 10 minutes.
6. Except for Warren Haynes. And Jimmy Herring.
7. Jaimoe can actually get away with wearing a kilt and an unbuttoned shirt onstage. Seriously.
8. ABB still takes chances on stage every night. A rare talent in this day and age.
9. The live version of “Stormy Monday” on Fillmore East was the first real modern blues song I ever heard performed by a band that wasn’t Cream or Led Zeppelin. Thank you XL102 circa 1979. Hearing this on commercial FM radio opened my ears in a big way and changed my life for the better.
The one thing I hate: Having to actually follow these guys onstage. I don’t think I’ll ever do that again. I’d rather just sit back and listen.
by DAVE SCHOOLS of Widespread Panic
1. Gregg Allman still has the most authentic American voice I have ever heard outside of blues masters like Howlin’ Wolf and Muddy Waters. Just listen to him sing “Dreams.” It gives me cold shivers every time.
2. A rhythm section like a goddamn locomotive. Butch, Jaimoe, Mark, and Oteil. Any questions? I didn’t think so….damn. I mean, really.
3. The way my heart melts when the coda of “Melissa” comes back around.
4. The sound of my young brain popping when I finally realized that the 25-minute version of “Whipping Post” from the Live at Fillmore East LP faded out with the beginning of the 37-minute ‘Mountain Jam’ that was released a year or so later on the Eat A Peach album. That’s an hour-long jam and one hell of a way to end a show. I heard that Bill Graham served pancakes to the audience after that show.
5. I’m not sure if Derek Trucks is living proof of extraordinary musical ability being written into a family’s genetic code or if he is actual proof of reincarnation. Either way there isn’t another living guitarist I want to hear play a solo for 10 minutes.
6. Except for Warren Haynes. And Jimmy Herring.
7. Jaimoe can actually get away with wearing a kilt and an unbuttoned shirt onstage. Seriously.
8. ABB still takes chances on stage every night. A rare talent in this day and age.
9. The live version of “Stormy Monday” on Fillmore East was the first real modern blues song I ever heard performed by a band that wasn’t Cream or Led Zeppelin. Thank you XL102 circa 1979. Hearing this on commercial FM radio opened my ears in a big way and changed my life for the better.
The one thing I hate: Having to actually follow these guys onstage. I don’t think I’ll ever do that again. I’d rather just sit back and listen.
