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Sista DreamLady, you and Rainy are a coupla sweethearts! Thank you so much!
Pinto, Yes, a lot of us know each other personally but most of us do not. You are no less a special friend than anyone else. And, some people we know personally we think aren't really our friends until they offer to drive long distances to get your cat to the vet. Kimberly blew me away when she did that.
TennKev - I came across your note from last summer. It reminded me how loving and generous someone I don't know personally came through to help me out when I was in a deep financial hole. Rainy did also but we do know each other and she knows I'd give her the shirt off my back if she needed it.
Don't ever back off because you think you have nothing to offer or to say. Everyone's opinion is valid; everyone's feelings are felt by everyone else.
People can you feel it?
WOW, Voader That was great to hear the Vassar Version from 2004 at Suite A Studios, such a treat
Ramblin Man
Blue Sky
TennKev, the drummer for the New Riders Purple Sage is one of my BEST friends, Johnny Markowski...he is also headlining at BBKings in NYC on April 28th and I will be going! Glad you got a taste of there band, I know my friends are dancing all nite!
Great posts everybody. I enjoy getting everybodys take on things. I sure miss RedDog:( and getting his perspective on things. I remember an interview he gave and how he mentioned that it was like a marriage and 30 years worth of this, that, and the other that happened between these one time brothers.
I realise that it is also a business, but one would think that a firing of this kind deserves a little more than a fax, IMO anyway. It is what it is, and I'm just happy that Dickey is still playing and sharing his magic with us. I'm happy that the other band is still playing too, and for those that dig it, thats great. I just can't support them anymore. There is just too much of an empty feeling when I see them.
It also appears that Dickey's business mind was right on track w/ the current issues w/ Butch/moogis and his business decisions.
Have a great weekend everybody. Just saw a New Riders show in my no horse town. Freakin' awesome show and didn't have any empty feeling with those cats last night. Go check 'um out if you get a chance.
Thank you for your typically kind words, Rainy. I don't know any of the people associated with the ABB and so I don't have a dog in the fight between all these people. I understand how much everyone here loves Dickey and wants to defend him and protect him, but does Dickey ever respond publicly when one of the "other guys" says something negative about him? I don't know for certain but I've never seen a case where he did and I think that elevates him and shows the kind of character he possesses. On the other hand, the people who make those remarks degrade not Dickey but themselves. Isn't that the way it usually is about gossips and loose lips in general - they degrade themselves? It just seems like the old addage that when you have nothing good to say you probably should say nothing at all is usually true, but it sure as heck is hard to follow.
As for where I've been, I read the guest book every day but when RedDog got so ill toward the end, I had nothing to say. I didn't know him and I didn't want to be patronizing and disrespectful so I just decided to bow out. It also seems like so many people know each other personally around here and I just don't want to interfere. But thanks so much for your kind and warm expressions. It really does mean a lot to me. Hope you and everyone else have great weekends!!!
Hard to understand what could have been so bad to effect a 'firing'...wondering if Duane woulda done the same? Doubt it. "Pot calling the Kettle Black?" Maybe. I see it as
total loss of the Brotherhood that once existed. The almighty dollar prevails once again.
Hey Pinto.. great post and enlightening too LOL .. where ya been anyway... stop by more often...
Congrats to Nic and Pam ..sorry I am late..
Luke how is Amy doing ?? Prayers and thoughts are still on top of list...
I think some of us..and I am including myself in this and speaking for myself .. have a hard time with the firing of Betts because it was taken so personally ... DB was all about the Allman Brothers.. he is everywhere in that music..under it , on top of it, in the middle of it , in the lead of it, in the back of it... he pretty much encompasses what we all loved about the ABB.,. his compositions, his melody, his tone, his rhythm guitar his lead guitar... it all screams B E T T S... when Duane was alive .. it was the sound that Duane wanted to capture , the men who he picked to be part of this band / his band and all they had given into it... It was all the right ingredients to be what they were a SUCCESS.. When things fell apart.. Dickey took the lead ... we all know that..
We harp on this because it is DB site and we still feel some resentment at our band The Allman Brothers being torn apart from the inside.... Time has helped and we have in tiny steps moved on...
But, then an article will come up and something written this time by Gregg..about how HE thought DB woulda called him... before his life changing health scare.. the last I know of .. the phone works both ways....
anyway Pinto loved your post....
:dog: Joseph :angel: :inlove:
Not making excuses for anyone, but to those of you who can't seem to get over how Dickey was fired, there isn't a nice way to fire someone. I've had the pleasure of being fired before and it wasn't by fax but it was probably the more traditional way and I think I'd have preferred the fax. That way the cold blooded murderous rage which welled up inside me could have been released in a time and place where the provocators couldn't see how badly they hurt me. As it were, if I had conveniently had a machete in my hand at that precarious moment I may have sliced them into thin little slivers and fed them to the dogs.
The passage of time allowed me to realize that I deserved what came to me and I let go of my bitterness and made my peace with the people involved. It all worked out for the best and that's usually what happens if you have patience and faith.
Usually when I have a beef with someone if I stop and think for a moment, I've done a lot worse stuff than I'm pissed at them for doing so I just try to live and let live. In the eye of the Creator, when he looks at us all he sees are a bunch of sinners. We all criticize and then go back to our imperfect lives. Thank heaven there's a Savior!
Hey Now!! Thanks so much to all of you for the well wishes and Kind words about Sarah and Rob getting married. It was a fantastic day and Sarah was so Beautiful. I shed quite a few tears to say the least. Everything went perfect!! Our ABB Sister SistaBluz joined us!!!
Thanks to Jody and all of you for the anniversary wishes to Pam & I. I am so fortunate to have her in my liife. It has been 37 years!!
Thanks Capn for the package recently received. You are such a Kind soul and I value our Friendship!!
I am at Lake Erie and it is blowing today and will for several daze. The fishing has been good when we can get out. It has been very windy all month.
I received a very nice PM from Pintobean concerning Sarah's wedding and it touched me very much. You are such a cool cat Pinto!!!
I no longer sit around and wish for an ABB reunion with Dickey. I would be there if it did ever happen!!! I do wish Gregg, Jaimoe and Dickey could do something together again.
Safe travels and Goodtimes to all going to Wanee. I wish we were there!! 😎
Thanks so much to all of you for being my Friends. I Love you all very much!! Peach.
Edit button issue. I meant "who" when I wrote "would" but I'm sure everyone will get the gist.
Adam, can you fix this edit issue? It got fixed on the blue site so I'm sure you could do it too.
Rainy, Beautiful and insightful post.
Good works beget good things. Maybe if Gregg had called Dickey after he was fired and said "Sorry, brother, but it just wasn't working", then Dickey would have called him to see how he was doing after his transplant.
All Gregg has to do is look at the fact that he never called Red Dog to understand why Dickey never called him.
You'd think that everybody would have grown up by now and thrown their resentments by the wayside, nobody's feelings would ever be hurt ever again. Too late for Red Dog would I think was the only guy who understood this. I think the disintegration of "the brotherhood" broke his heart and his spirit. Then again, what do I know.
Too many hatchets to be buried and not a lot of time.
Have a great weekend everybody. Hope those at Wanee have a spectacular time.
Love you all. Love you, Rain Lady.
Please come to Georgia for the spring-time.
I just bought a DVD of Dickey Betts live at Rockplast. To my suprise, I received 2 DVD's; one with a young Dickey Betts and the other older. He sure is handsome, even as he gets older. My favorite song is Blue Skys. Whoever he wrote that song for is some lucky girl!!
Good Morning all DB FANS... :love:
I just went over and read that article blackely... it was interesting and Bruce Fanfrom71 had pulled some discrepancies from the piece which I noticed too...
On the Betts comments... not that I am speaking for Gregg in any way.. but we all have our own take on what the true meaning is even after you read a piece like this ... after having a life threatening health situation , it would seem that ONE of the boundaries that would collapse during a time like this would be the one that held grudges . The reality is..after you have been hurt in your professionalism , career, from your partner or partners.. forgiving what was done in the FIRST place is extremely hard to do... I am sure there were many phones calls DB was expecting to get.. soon after he was let go.. and all was quiet in his house...no messages, no phone calls no emails, etc. to see how he was doing,.
It becomes hard to forget... someone has to be the bigger person... apologizing , making the first move is like being stuck in quick sand, sometimes what is even harder ...is excepting the extended hand..
Lots of water under this bridge, I remember Joseph waiting on a call from Gregory , recently.. and it did not come, either... 🙁
pointing fingers solves nothing..
These men are all difficult , having a proud sense of who they are and perhaps being humble is a meaning of weakness to them, each as individuals... Look , I have a hard time figuring out my own life, and the people I love and who love me... it is easy sometimes to get on the wrong path , which was disguised as the right path... who knows..
If they ever decided to be men who reach out to each other and not fear what the others response will be.. lots of hurt feelings can be healed... and maybe the birth of more new music from DB and Gregg from a place in both their hearts that can be shared with all their fans..
I was almost out.. and they sucked me back in... GRRRR..LOL...
Hope everyone is well...
Larry ..beautiful video Thanks for sharing....
:dog: Joseph :angel: :inlove:
Read an interview with Gregg Allman on the blue site and he had a different vibe about Dickey Betts than what we've been hearing of late. It is in the Forum/Anything Goes section.
Gregg says "Dickey loves to fight. We all sobered up and just got sick of it." Then Gregg revealed he has not heard ONE WORD from Dickey since his liver transplant. "I felt I would hear from him after the transplant but so far I haven't". "I have nothing against the guy. I hope he finds himself. I wish him the best"
A couple of times very recently, I have come real close to throwing my copy of "Low Country Blues" into the trash can. But now I feel a bit better. It seems Gregg may miss Dickey a little afterall.
Dickey not calling Gregg to wish him a nice recovery from the liver transplant may be something as simple as Dickey thinking Gregg would hang up on him or not want to hear his voice.
Beautiful Voador. Amazing video. Wish I still had the album, remembered some of the words. Had forgotten how lovely a song this is.
haha....
Even a lemming would have to see that Butch is shitting on the consumer here. No excuse, but as is expected with that clown, just cannot shut up the pie hole.
Well said, Stephen!