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Crosseyed Cat – Muddy Waters Muddy Waters was probably the first “real” blues that I was introduced to when I was a youngster. I don’t think that I really appreciated it at the time, and it would really take time and an appreciation of Jimi Hendrix and my beginning to hear his influence in my Read more
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Where Did Our Love Go (Live) – The J Geils Band Just perusing my music library, there are usually some cool gems I can find that I’d totally forgotten about. In this case, The J Geils Band covering The Supremes‘ classic “Where Did Our Love Go“. I love the guitar work here by John Geils. Read more
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Summertime Rolls – Jane’s Addiction Summertime Rolls by Jane’s Addiction is one of those songs that just sounds like a Jane’s Addiction song. So true to their style and sound, even if you had never heard it before, if you were at all familiar with Jane’s Addiction, you could probably guess it was their work. Read more
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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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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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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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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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