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Flirtin’ with Disaster – Molly Hatchet Molly Hatchet‘s classic “Flirtin’ With Disaster” just makes you wanna commit a bank heist or maybe more mildly, go 5 over the speed limit. It’s a spectrum, I think. I love the energy from this barn burner, and the drums and guitars have such a dramatic and “epic” vibe Read more
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Keep On Smilin’ – Wet Willie Jimmy Hall of Wet Willie (among many others) was one of the featured performers at the In Memory of Dickie Betts show, and at the age of 75 years young, his voice is still really damn good. I was really impressed by how strong his voice still is, especially Read more
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My experience This past weekend I had the honor to attend the “In Memory of Dickey Betts” concert in Macon, and I figured I’d give a few points and observations. I really hope they do an official release of the performance. The energy and creativity displayed during the show was outstanding. I feel extremely lucky Read more
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Eat A Peach – The Allman Brothers Band “You can’t help the revolution, because there’s just evolution … Every time I’m in Georgia, I eat a peach for peace” – Duane Allman My favorite Allman Bros album, and one of my favorite albums of all time. Duane‘s last studio work before his death. I’ve already written about Read more
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Jessica – The Allman Brothers Band For today’s post, in sticking with Dickey Betts features this week, here’s another one composed by him about a woman. Shocker! But in this case, rather than a love interest, Dickey created this masterpiece as a tribute to his newborn daughter, Jessica. Betts said that he was trying to Read more
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Blue Sky – The Allman Brothers Band Continuing the theme of Dickey Betts this week, a classic Allman tune that is almost guaranteed to put you in a good mood or a smile on your face. Also keeping with the theme of Dickey writing songs for the women in his life. Dickey’s debut as a Read more
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25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001 My favorite Beatle. Thanks for everything George! Read more
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In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed – The Allman Brothers Band “In Memory of Elizabeth Reed“, the first instrumental by the Allmans, composed by none other than Dickey Betts. This Friday, I am attending the Dickey Betts tribute concert in Macon and couldn’t be more excited. I’m thinking this week may just be dedicated to Dickey’s Read more
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Play It All Night Long – Warren Zevon Warren Zevon, one of my all time favorites, discussed before briefly during my live music week a while back on the blog. “Play It All Night Long‘s” satirical nature is probably what is so attractive about the song, opening with the bold statement – Grandpa pissed his Read more
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Panties In Your Purse – Drive By Truckers A couple of months ago, I had the awesome experience of seeing Mike Cooley of the Drive-By Truckers play a solo acoustic show at Eddie’s Attic in Decatur, one of the coolest shows I’ve ever been to. If you’ve followed the blog for a while, you know Read more
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