Chef Jim Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 If you're not doing anything this weekend may I suggest this. One of the best summer music festival lineups. I just started reading Gregg Allman's biography this week. A fun read. http://www.thepeachmusicfestival.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helpmenow Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 Allman 's one of best sounding bands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 Allman 's one of best sounding bands. Chef would agree: Two drummers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted August 15, 2013 Author Share Posted August 15, 2013 Allman 's one of best sounding bands. I was in a band in the mid 70's that played a ton of ABB tunes. We did have two drummers but fired one and stuck with me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helpmenow Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 Butch and jaimo ( sp) and their the oldest too Saw warren haynes on tv the other day. Didnt care for his tunes. Like it when he fronts the abb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted August 15, 2013 Author Share Posted August 15, 2013 Butch and jaimo ( sp) and their the oldest too I saw an interview that was done with Butch recently. Very candid and holy **** did those guys bring it off the stage as well. In Gregg's book he tells a hilarious story how he got together with Duane and some friends and had a "foot shootin' party". They all got !@#$ed up and Gregg shot himself in the foot so he wouldn't get drafted. It worked. Duane wore a pair of panties to report for the draft. It didn't work but he just left. He told Gregg, who was waiting in the car, he was going to jail. Gregg said "well what if they just lose your card?" Yeah right. Well guess what, they must have lost Duane's card because they never came for him. Great, great book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkyMannn Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 While there do the coal mine tour and the railroad round-house museum. Really cool both Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helpmenow Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 I saw an interview that was done with Butch recently. Very candid and holy **** did those guys bring it off the stage as well. In Gregg's book he tells a hilarious story how he got together with Duane and some friends and had a "foot shootin' party". They all got !@#$ed up and Gregg shot himself in the foot so he wouldn't get drafted. It worked. Duane wore a pair of panties to report for the draft. It didn't work but he just left. He told Gregg, who was waiting in the car, he was going to jail. Gregg said "well what if they just lose your card?" Yeah right. Well guess what, they must have lost Duane's card because they never came for him. Great, great book. . Like gregg's last solo. Good stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted August 15, 2013 Author Share Posted August 15, 2013 . Like gregg's last solo. Good stuff. His book is written as if he was just sitting with you shootin' the ****. He uses a lot of colorful language. Duane was the womanizer and Gregg was shy with the girls. Duane was getting laid and Gregg was still a virgin or had never "had my hambone boiled" as he put it. BTW met Gregg a long time ago. I was in Barney's Beanery in West Hollywood. Great R&R history there. Rumour has it Janis Joplin hit Jim Morrison over the head with a whiskey bottle there. I was there alone at the bar one night and he walks in and sits two stools away. Pulls out a smoke and says "hey bro' got a light?" I take a match light it and I'm going to light his cigarette for him. He looks at me like I'm a fag or something, yanks the match out of my hand and lights it himself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Poojer Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 i have a cool gregg allmann story. i was working at a bar in syracuse in the 80's and GA was playing the next night in support of his new cd which at the time had the song 'no angel'. We were shutting the bar down that night, it's 2.30-2.45 AM and all of a sudden there's a knock on the door, I head to the door and sure enough its GA and crew, they just got into town and wanted to check out the place and, oh by the way, have a drink. We all sit at the bar with him and his crew and drink the morning away. So the next night, GA was playing, I am up front at the door and 4-5 guys show up in line and i look at them with some familiarity. I say, 'Hey, you're Kansas', they nod(they are playing a show in syracuse the next night and wanted to see GA. So I escort them up to our 'VIP room' upstairs that overlooks the stage and fetch them drinks the rest of the night. Night ends, the Kansas crew thanks me, I respond, 'don't thank me, i don't have tickets to your show' and smile...they say how many, i say me plus 3?? they say absolutely and take my name. Show up at the landmark theater get to the front of a very long line with 3 of my friends, i turn half to the ticket window and half to the poor saps in line and say, 'I'm on Kansas' guest list, me +3' the chick flips through the first page and all of a sudden i get a sinking feeling in my gut that they were drunk and no way remembered my request or my name....well finally she says 'ah...here you are', we walk into the landmark foyer where it's packed as people are milling about getting drinks from the lobby bar. All of a sudden someone calls my name from the steps near the entrance to the seats, its the stage manager for kansas just making sure i got in ok...tipped my glass to him and nodded, went to our seats and sat 4th row right center...it was a pretty awesome 2 day rockstar life for me.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cugalabanza Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 i have a cool gregg allmann story. i was working at a bar in syracuse in the 80's and GA was playing the next night in support of his new cd which at the time had the song 'no angel'. We were shutting the bar down that night, it's 2.30-2.45 AM and all of a sudden there's a knock on the door, I head to the door and sure enough its GA and crew, they just got into town and wanted to check out the place and, oh by the way, have a drink. We all sit at the bar with him and his crew and drink the morning away. So the next night, GA was playing, I am up front at the door and 4-5 guys show up in line and i look at them with some familiarity. I say, 'Hey, you're Kansas', they nod(they are playing a show in syracuse the next night and wanted to see GA. So I escort them up to our 'VIP room' upstairs that overlooks the stage and fetch them drinks the rest of the night. Night ends, the Kansas crew thanks me, I respond, 'don't thank me, i don't have tickets to your show' and smile...they say how many, i say me plus 3?? they say absolutely and take my name. Show up at the landmark theater get to the front of a very long line with 3 of my friends, i turn half to the ticket window and half to the poor saps in line and say, 'I'm on Kansas' guest list, me +3' the chick flips through the first page and all of a sudden i get a sinking feeling in my gut that they were drunk and no way remembered my request or my name....well finally she says 'ah...here you are', we walk into the landmark foyer where it's packed as people are milling about getting drinks from the lobby bar. All of a sudden someone calls my name from the steps near the entrance to the seats, its the stage manager for kansas just making sure i got in ok...tipped my glass to him and nodded, went to our seats and sat 4th row right center...it was a pretty awesome 2 day rockstar life for me.... Great story! So happens that my best friend lives right next door to Rich Williams, guitarist for Kansas. He's a really nice guy. Kansas played last night in Atlanta and my friend had backstage passes. My friend lives in a townhouse, so he's just a wall away and he said he hears Rich practicing sometimes and my friend (who plays guitar too) says he's humbled by the stuff he just messes around playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helpmenow Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 Outstanding stories Dickie betts? That's another one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted August 15, 2013 Author Share Posted August 15, 2013 Outstanding stories Dickie betts? That's another one Ok Dickey Betts story. He was scheduled to headline a concert at the Attica Rodeo grounds (yeah, yeah, I know). Here I am a 18 year old "cool rock star" and it's getting late and no Dickey. There were two older guys behind and one was saying "where's Dickey Betts, I want to see Dickey Betts!" over and over again. I finally turn around and say "shut the !@#$ up, he's not coming!" !@#$ing smart ass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Poojer Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 (edited) is Rich Williams a holdover from when that dude(s) from the Dixie Dregs joined Kansas(drawing a blank on the name), odd that a member of kansas lives in atlanta, where i believe the Dregs were from...but that would be super cool to hear through the walls...i just saw a youtube video of the new song from Chicago and they are doing the horn section in a guys house...could you imagine being at that door and hearing the chicago horns laying down some tracks...wow!!! color me stoopid...rich williams is an original...that name just never rang a bell with me...and steve morse is who i was thinking of.... Great story! So happens that my best friend lives right next door to Rich Williams, guitarist for Kansas. He's a really nice guy. Kansas played last night in Atlanta and my friend had backstage passes. My friend lives in a townhouse, so he's just a wall away and he said he hears Rich practicing sometimes and my friend (who plays guitar too) says he's humbled by the stuff he just messes around playing. Edited August 15, 2013 by The Poojer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Poojer Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 article from a recent show in chicago with a couple awesome song videos... http://www.jambase.com/Articles/119192/Allman-Brothers-Band-Welcomes-Talton-Debuts-Cover-In-Chicago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted August 24, 2013 Author Share Posted August 24, 2013 Any of you catch the show last night at Darien Lake? Looks like they did one long set instead of two. Is that the case? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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