Hey muddle.......good choice in your new icon.....at least we can agree 100% on that....

"once in a while you can get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at ti right"

Now I'm inspired.

Thought I'd better add a line or two as a signature.

Recognize it?

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All these deadheads in the county, wow!

I am shocked and pleasantly surprised.

Have you heard the all Grateful Dead channel on Sirius?

There's a dragon with matches that's loose on the town
Takes a whole pail of water just to cool him down.

There goes the neighborhood.

For a time, Warren Haynes--slide and lead guitarist for that-band-than-which-none-greater-can-be-conceived, namely, the Allman Brothers Band, was touring with the Dead.

Here's an interesting perspective from Warren on The Dead.

Oh, by the way....I liked your piece on playing with your son. I was going to comment there but this will do.

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Colin likes to jump around to 'Dancin In the Street' from one of the concerts I downloaded from archive.org.

If you have any concerts on disc, we should swap CDs for Christmas.

How about including the "Good Doc" in on the CD swap too? I've got some gooduns.....And muddle, I agree with you on Warren and the ABB except for the none greater part......for me they're up there just not quite enough MAGIC when they play. All superbly capable and maestro-like, but always not quite at that same level as "THE BOYS". Anyway, I've got a close friend who was introduced to his wife by Warren and his wife and who recently co-wrote a song with Warren.

Michael, my boy loves to boogie to a good "Scarlet-Fire" or "China-Rider" with me although he thinks I sometimes get a bit too crazy for him......is there such a thing?!

Have a Grateful Day!

"once in a while you can get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at ti right"

Here are my two boys--one on slide, the other on vocals/lead guitar.

Applefeet

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Muddle, you must be proud of your boys. My grandson is getting better with his guitar playing.
He played part of Jessica for me the other day!

That's such a great tune. Dicky Betts wrote it for his little girl who happened in one day while he was working. He said he tried to capture in the song the "joyousness of living" that he experienced in interacting with her.

"Jessica" on Letterman

I'm not sure, but I don't think Greg was "all there" in that Letterman performance of '94 or '95. The good news is that he is now (last I knew, anyway) many years sober and married to a good woman who is an active member at Savannah Christian Church. He's spotted there in attendance now and again.

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Thanks Muddle. My grandson is 16 and loves old music. He doesn't like most of the new "stuff." I'm going to show this to him when he comes over.

I think you're right. Greg A. was acting a little spacey. Hopefully he has straightened his life out.

Looks like you and gratefuldoc like the same music!

Have a safe and happy Thanksgiving!

You have every reason to be proud! Thanks for sharing!

They're real good muddle.....you oughta be proud. I hope my 9 year old can someday play like that.....somethin' his ol' man was to stupid/lazy to pursue.

"once in a while you can get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right"

Thanks. Both are indeed talented. The older has taught guitar for years, and plays all kinds of styles. He's settled into playing slide mostly on the rare occasions when their band gets together. I'm always astonished when I get to hear him play and he takes a solo.

The younger has done most of the song writing--they have several CDs worth of originals between them--and does the vocals. This film--recorded on someone's digital camera several years ago--is hard to see, hear, etc., but that's MY Gibson Les Paul Deluxe Gold Top that he's playing. (I've finally gotten over my guitar-buying addiction, but not until after the damage had been done. I own more and better guitars than my own talent justifies.)

They've done some Dead covers. New Speedway Boogie comes to mind. Once, I was with my two sons and one of the band members at the Sweetwater brewery tour. This, of course, attracts lots of Bonnaroo types. These guys pulled out their guitars and congas and did an impromptu show. I remember their doing Ripple, to the delight of everyone sitting around.

Nice to see twenty-somethings who know good music when they hear it, huh?

The band used to practice several hours every week and played out once in a while. Then they lost their drummer and never could find a good replacement. And both boys work way too much.

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Desdemona Trucks Solo

Blue Sky w/ Dicky Betts

(For years, hearing the ABB do Blue Sky at some venue somewhere in America was the highlight of my summer.)

I rest my case.

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in the late 70's -late 80's for me and MANY, MANY of my friends... nothing like a beautiful day out in the fields listening to the sweet sounds of ol' Jer's geetar.. Same could be said for ol' Dickie and the ABB too...though not quite the same IMO

feast your ears on this....
Hard to Handle - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRNlDx4JUOs&feature=related
Peggy-O
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AX9Vhv4akxc&feature=related

in the one from '94 Jerry looks OLD and FAT, one year from death but his playing is still so very heartfelt and soulful IMO ;>}

"once in a while you can get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right"

My older son (the slide player) saw the Dead at Soldiers Field in Chicago not long before Jerry Garcia's death. If memory serves, this may have been their last show before he died.

Of course you realize that we have a non-argument going here. The ABB may be approached from several angles: SOuthern Rock, Classic Rock, etc. I see them principally as one of the historic jam bands and, in this, have them in the same category as the Dead (as opposed to, say, Skynyrd).

There is a good interview with Greg Allman in a recent ('04) DVD done at the Beacon. He's discussing the various jam bands playing today and suggests that what is missing is any real structure or "landmarks" in the music. Watching Derek and Warren work, for instance, I know what he means. The improvisational work--perhaps different each night--amounts to variations on a theme to which the band returns for resolution. It's freedom, but freedom within form. You have this in the Dead's jamming as well.

And then there's Warren's comment about the sense of history in the Dead's playing--a reference to Jerry's background in bluegrass and folk.

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You're absolutely right........they're both some of the best of the best. I just like to discuss the music with some like minded folks (rarer and rarer these days....even more so in these parts)....sometimes I feel like I should have been a lawyer instead of my chosen form of doctoring. I do agree that alot of the newer jam bands are just re-playing on old themes.....but at least they're still out there doing it which is better to listen to than most of the new "music" being put out. It's also nice to see Jessica out on Guitar Hero II....man I LOVE that tune! Sometime we should continue over a "cup a joe" somewhere. Have a Happy Thanksgiving

"once in a while you can get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right"

to add to the rotation - looking for one with Visions of Johanna

I think I can find something for you....

"we sit here stranded though we're all doing our best to deny it"

"once in a while you can get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at ti right"

no simple highway, between the dawn and the dark of night.

Love Sirius!

Now, Michael......if we could just get you off of the silly Bo-Sox kick....

"once in a while you can get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at ti right"

It is about a song to a virgin.
There are other songs of that title, however.
Some people like just the music. Others like both.
I doubt Father Oops meant what you think! He tries.

you mean Maggie May was....Oh my goodness I'm shocked!!!
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