tigger Posted July 10, 2003 Report Share Posted July 10, 2003 ALSO 23 IS PROPER AGE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bONES Posted July 10, 2003 Report Share Posted July 10, 2003 quote:Jaimoe, man of many names, and one of the original six band members, ...the above is a direct quote from the ABB website doesn't that make 3 original members? LAME review...how about doing your homework before writing such crap! Someone should write in the Sun that you've got 3 nipples and 8 toes...but 6 of them are original! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovelight Posted July 10, 2003 Report Share Posted July 10, 2003 LMAO Bones!!! "They (Warren and Derek) are both highly accomplished, if less than earth-shattering, blues guitarists..." IMO, Warren's about as earth shattering as it gets!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted July 11, 2003 Report Share Posted July 11, 2003 quote:In the Sun Review "nothing can stop the Allmans train from chugging along for the next decade or so."yeah, sounds like a lame review (?) ad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basher Posted July 11, 2003 Report Share Posted July 11, 2003 The Allman Brothers put on an accomplished, soulful show last night By MARY DICKIE Toronto Sun -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE ALLMAN BROTHERS Molson Amphitheatre, Toronto Wednesday, July 9, 2003 TORONTO -- Seeing The Allman Brothers play is like watching a huge, well-oiled machine lumber onstage, rev up and chug into gear. It takes a while to get going, but once it does, it barrels along quite nicely at full speed before winding ever so slowly down. The current version of the veteran Southern blues-rock band -- which has been operating off and on for more than 30 years -- features only two original members, singer/keyboardist Gregg Allman and drummer Butch Trucks. But the strength of that machine -- and of the late Duane Allman's characteristically clean and soulful guitar riffs, which power it -- make details like who's actually playing seem relatively unimportant. Despite the fact that Allman sings the majority of songs, the original members tend to defer the spotlight to singer/guitarist Warren Haynes, also the frontman of Gov't Mule, and 22-year-old wunderkind guitarist Derek Trucks, Butch's son. They are both highly accomplished, if less than earth-shattering, blues guitarists, and have mastered the back-and-forth double-guitar style Duane and Dickey Betts used back in the band's heyday. Along with no fewer than three percussionist/drummers and bass player Oteil Burbridge, Haynes, Trucks et al powered their way through everything from old blues classics to songs from the Allmans' first album in nine years, Hittin' The Note, with the same dogged intensity and good-natured grand standing. They started slowly, with murky sound and less than incendiary playing, but no one seemed to mind. The crowd, which consisted of men in their 50s wearing tie-dyed band T-shirts and long hair, and men in the 20s wearing the same thing, cheered wildly for favourites like Statesboro Blues, Sweet Melissa, Midnight Rider and Willie Dixon's The Same Thing -- which featured a bass solo by Burbridge -- as well as for new songs like Desdemona, a slow and mournful blues number that was sped up in the middle to showcase a Derek Trucks solo. About an hour into the set, the band started to hit its stride. Opener Susan Tedeschi -- a blues singer and guitarist who's also the wife of the younger Trucks -- came out to join the guys for Stormy Monday. Tedeschi proved her chops by singing a verse or two and playing a rather magnificent guitar solo. The fact that even a female guitarist can blend in with the guys onstage, not to mention gain the vocal approval of the bikers in the audience, is proof that nothing can stop the Allmans train from chugging along for the next decade or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted July 11, 2003 Report Share Posted July 11, 2003 "and 22-year-old wunderkind guitarist Derek Trucks, Butch's son" Get your facts straight. Its Uncle Butch, bitch I cant wait for tomorrow. My chest hurts, and I found a moon rock in my nose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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