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The Allman Brothers were always my favorite band. I can't even remember how many times I've seen them, but I loved every show. They were mesmerizing to me.

 

I saw them a few times including one of the March 1971 Fillmore East shows which became part of the Live at the Fillmore LP. Not a wasted note.

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Considering his life, he did good to get 69.

 

He surely was a huge part of the onslaught of American talent from the South in those days. The Brothers, Skynyrd, Marshall Tucker, Charlie Daniels, Outlaws, Molly Hatchett, Ozark Mountain Daredevils, and on, and on......

 

Without him it was a much longer path.

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I saw the Allman Brothers Band here in Green Bay at Oneida Casino on August 29, 2006 and I was literally right in front of Greg Allman with my belly pressed right up against the stage. I was, perhaps, five feet from him.

 

At the time Derek Tucks and Warren Haynes were the band's guitar players, and the band was simply magnificent.

 

Mid-Way through their set, Greg's Hammond B-3 organ failed....dying on the spot. He motioned for the roadies who pulled it offstage and brought on their BACKUP Hammond B-3 organ and they completed their set. AMAZING!

 

That might tell you what it takes to successfully pull off touring like the Allman Brothers have for decades!

 

Seeing and hearing Greg Allman and that band was one of the thrills of my life!

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Mid-Way through their set, Greg's Hammond B-3 organ failed....dying on the spot. He motioned for the roadies who pulled it offstage and brought on their BACKUP Hammond B-3 organ and they completed their set. AMAZING!

 

 

 

A back-up B-3 would probably not be on my list of spares, but those guys obviously knew their equipment. The B-3 was really meant to be a stationary instrument, not one trundled around the country in the back of a bouncing truck. Lots of electro-mechanical innards that are vulnerable to mis-handling.

 

Solid-state electronic organs made that issue go away, but at the expense of a lot of character.

 

There's nothing like the sound of a B-3 played through a Leslie. Unmistakable, unforgettable.

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Mid-Way through their set, Greg's Hammond B-3 organ failed....dying on the spot. He motioned for the roadies who pulled it offstage and brought on their BACKUP Hammond B-3 organ and they completed their set. AMAZING!

 

I remember a night at The Tower in Philly back when Dickey was fooling around with Paul Reed about a signature guitar, Warren and Alan, but not yet Marc, so not long after they started up again. He was starting an old chestnut called You Don't Love Me, and as such, was just out in front noodling around. Stop, move the tuners, laugh at the crowd, back to noodling. He's trying to build some steam and get the lick in until he brings it down into the lick on a really sketchy ONE and Butch brings the whole band in. Gregg laughs over there the second time he stops and tunes. Third time he takes off that Paul Reed and launches that fukker stage right, right past Gregg who laughs even harder. His roadie that later died in his own plane brings out one of his 335s and he gets right back out there and just Tears. It. Up. Gets down into You Don't Love Me, the punks mistake it for One Way Out, and off they go. They get done and Gregg chuckles into the mic something like "...and let's hear it for Mr. Betts over there...he's kinda new at this...".

 

Really, really good times.

 

rct

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One night up in Holmdel NJ I was sitting pretty far back, it was like three nights there and I was closer the other two nights, so I was ok being in the back for a night. Dickey had brought his dogs, which he sometimes did. Mark May and The Agitators(?), maybe, or he was just going by Mark May by that time was just getting off stage and the lights were all up, front and back.

 

Dickey is to the right side, standing by the cases he is usually sitting on during the opener, sits by himself fooling around on(at that time) one of the two strats he was using and smoking cigarettes and drinking Bud. But he's standing there, and Gregg is standing in front of him. So Dickey is a little guy and Gregg is a giant, and Gregg has a black jacket on and the hair, and Dickey doesn't have a hat on he has a bandana, and he's wearing a vest. He's looking up at Gregg, who is holding one of Dickey's dogs. But the dog in Gregg's arms is like above Dickey's forehead. The two of them are taking turns rubbing the dogs face and making lovey sounds at him, you can see Dickey chuck his chin and talk right at him in the face and he yaps, and Gregg leans a little and does the same, and then Dickey, back and forth. This went on for about 5 minutes and Gregg put the dog down and he headed off to the other side by cutting across the front of the stage and the Crowd. Went. Wild.

 

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I saw them a few times including one of the March 1971 Fillmore East shows which became part of the Live at the Fillmore LP. Not a wasted note.

 

that album was historic... you picked the right show!

 

RIP Gregg, thanks for the music and the help getting me through my teen age years...

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Considering his life, he did good to get 69.

 

He surely was a huge part of the onslaught of American talent from the South in those days. The Brothers, Skynyrd, Marshall Tucker, Charlie Daniels, Outlaws, Molly Hatchett, Ozark Mountain Daredevils, and on, and on......

 

Without him it was a much longer path.

 

 

Don't forget the completely forgettable Wet Willie who I saw open for the ABB at RFK stadium in 1973 (which was the last time I ever saw them).

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Don't forget the completely forgettable Wet Willie who I saw open for the ABB at RFK stadium in 1973 (which was the last time I ever saw them).

 

Jimmy Hall! There is a DVD available now of Betts, Hall, Levell, Trucks(BHLT) at the Coffepot in Virginia, Jimmy Hall does the singing on most of it. I also saw Jimmy out front for a few Gregg Allman and Friends shows over the years.

 

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I saw Jimmy Hall do a song at a benefit concert at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville a couple of weeks ago. The show featured many musicians and music from Georgia. Jimmy can still sing with as much soul as ever.

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