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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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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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Any Day Now – Cop Shoot Cop Another one that just randomly reappeared in my library when I hit shuffle, I actually have two songs saved by the noise rock band Cop Shoot Cop. A quick Google search shows that these guys had a pretty cool 9-year run, touring with the likes of Iggy Pop,… Read more
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Is This Love – Bob Marley and The Wailers Happy Valentines Day! I can’t believe I haven’t featured Bob Marley yet. Or any reggae for that matter. Bob is probably a top ten artist for me, and his greatest hits album is one of my most frequently spun records in my vinyl collection. Bob has… Read more
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Me and The Devil – Gil Scott-Heron Gil Scott-Heron, the legendary poet and singer who first proclaimed that “The revolution will not be televised” and whose influence on rap music and the culture of today cannot be understated. After a 16-year hiatus, he returned with his album I’m New Here, featuring one of the most… Read more
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What Is and What Should Never Be – Led Zeppelin I recently picked up a copy of Led Zep II for my dad to replace his lost one, and gave it a complete re-listen for the first time in a long time. It’s funny, Zeppelin is one of my favorite bands and has been forever.… Read more
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What Difference Does It Make? – The Smiths What Difference Does It Make? by The Smiths from their self-titled debut album opens with one of my all-time favorite guitar riffs, played by one of the absolutely coolest guitarists of all time, Johnny Marr. Written by Marr and Morrissey, the lyrics can be quite haunting, but… Read more
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