I've been following you and the book on Instagram and found you here too. I learned of the Fillmore East and Layla albums in 1972, age 15. Listened obsessively and finally told my sister (who owned the LPs), "it seems like you get the very same lick at the end of You Don't Love Me and in Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad?. She says, "yeah because it's the same guy, Duane Allman. It's really too bad he died." My heart sunk and it hurt. I thought 24 was pretty damn mature but knew it wasn't a time for dying.
First chance I got to see them was at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington, MN, in fall of 1974. I still remember Dickey in a full white suit playing his goldtop and when they flooded him with golden light just as he really Hit The Note in Jessica! And Gregg just suddenly standing up from his bench as if he must be on his feet for whatever they're laying down right now! Followed avidly in every way ever since and I've read and heard most everything too, saving a couple recent books.
Well, I enjoy your stuff but I have to say, there are sometimes little blind spots or omissions or sequence errors on a detail here and there that will just snap me to attention. Can't think of any now and there are more from others than from you. There's no substitute for having been there and many ABB writers and researchers are much younger than me. I always try to comment in some way to help out. So I'll be here in case anything doesn't go down smooth to see about getting things straight. Mostly based on my 51-year memories of my favorite band, favorite musicians, and favorite subject. (I'm the guy who wishes Derek would go back to a small combo of the best musicians and with only Mike singing. I mean, the kids must be out of high school by now. And Susan was ten years older than little 19 year old, inexperienced Derek...)
thanks for following along. I feel really good about how the chroniclers, myself included, have told the ABB's story. One thing I've learned studying history is that memory is a very tricky thing. It's why historians use multiple primary sources to weave a tale--one person's memory is only one slice of the event. Be well.
That's cool. You may teach me a lot. Which reminds me, have you ever thought that Gregg's memory of the past was a little wavey? There's lots of contradictory memories over the years.
I've been following you and the book on Instagram and found you here too. I learned of the Fillmore East and Layla albums in 1972, age 15. Listened obsessively and finally told my sister (who owned the LPs), "it seems like you get the very same lick at the end of You Don't Love Me and in Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad?. She says, "yeah because it's the same guy, Duane Allman. It's really too bad he died." My heart sunk and it hurt. I thought 24 was pretty damn mature but knew it wasn't a time for dying.
First chance I got to see them was at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington, MN, in fall of 1974. I still remember Dickey in a full white suit playing his goldtop and when they flooded him with golden light just as he really Hit The Note in Jessica! And Gregg just suddenly standing up from his bench as if he must be on his feet for whatever they're laying down right now! Followed avidly in every way ever since and I've read and heard most everything too, saving a couple recent books.
Well, I enjoy your stuff but I have to say, there are sometimes little blind spots or omissions or sequence errors on a detail here and there that will just snap me to attention. Can't think of any now and there are more from others than from you. There's no substitute for having been there and many ABB writers and researchers are much younger than me. I always try to comment in some way to help out. So I'll be here in case anything doesn't go down smooth to see about getting things straight. Mostly based on my 51-year memories of my favorite band, favorite musicians, and favorite subject. (I'm the guy who wishes Derek would go back to a small combo of the best musicians and with only Mike singing. I mean, the kids must be out of high school by now. And Susan was ten years older than little 19 year old, inexperienced Derek...)
thanks for following along. I feel really good about how the chroniclers, myself included, have told the ABB's story. One thing I've learned studying history is that memory is a very tricky thing. It's why historians use multiple primary sources to weave a tale--one person's memory is only one slice of the event. Be well.
That's cool. You may teach me a lot. Which reminds me, have you ever thought that Gregg's memory of the past was a little wavey? There's lots of contradictory memories over the years.