um, how could you get through a piece on the Allmans without mentioning the greatest working guitarist in all of rock and roll, Warren Haynes. I figured I missed something in the piece and so I did a control F and surely there wasn't even a mention of Haynes.

Warren Haynes is a god!

Thanks,
lono

Tom,

This is an excellent post on one the greatest bands of all time, and I think you have hit the nail on the head with several points. Trying to mention every band member, each one carrying their own level of brilliance, is akin to mentioning every cast member of Cats. Someone is gonna get left out.....

As Greg Allman used to say to Cher -

"Hey Toots, git me a beer!"

nuts! now i've got 3 allman's cds on my list.

this one, live at the atlanta pop fest and 'an evening with' (which has a very cool acoustic version of Elizabeth Reed)

thanks tom (i think)

Thanks Tom, what is most interesting about the Allmans now is that they have succeeded with a virtually all-new THIRD version of the band. who else has done that?

um, how could you get through a piece on the Allmans without mentioning the greatest working guitarist in all of rock and roll, Warren Haynes.

Well, Lono, for starters, I mentioned specifically in the first line of the review what my draws to the band on this release is - Derek Trucks and Oteil Burbridge. And second, there's a long list of "greatest working guitarist(s) in all of rock and roll," and while Warren Haynes may be great, I just don't rank him higher than any others. And especially since I specifically mention Trucks multiple times, I think it's pretty obvious where I place him in the pantheon of great guitar players at the moment, at least in relation to Haynes. That is no slight to Haynes - he's a great player, I enjoy Gov't Mule because of him - but the grabber here is the amazing Trucks.

Mark - you've got the same Allmans on your list that I do, along with the recent Fillmore Deluxe Edition. Why is it that I'm only into these $25-30 sets, especially when I shouldn't be affording them?!

....and the really stupid thing is that i'll be at the store, take a look at a more expensive set, put it back ("ohhh..too much money...") and then end up buying three other single cds.

I own Atlanta Pop Fest CD and it's just fucking excellent. Highly recommended.....

ok, i went out at lunch and bought One Way Out.

based on just a couple of minutes of Statesboro Blues, it's obvious that this is one fine and smokin' band.

fantastic.

....and the really stupid thing is that i'll be at the store, take a look at a more expensive set, put it back ("ohhh..too much money...") and then end up buying three other single cds.

I do the same thing. It seems like a better deal - three new albums by up to three bands. But it almost always turns out that I would have been happier had I just bought exactly what I wanted and ignored the other stuff.

And dammit, Atlanta Pop is sittin' right on top of my mental list of what-to-buy-next right now . . . but the $25 price is sitting at the top of my this-is-too-expensive-for-only-two-discs list. Just like One Way Out - I put that purchase off for over a month after it came out because of that thinking. And I've listened to it more than most of the other stuff I bought in that time. Go figure.