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So long, Midnight Rider
Posted on 5/27/17 at 3:21 pm
Posted on 5/27/17 at 3:21 pm
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Posted on 5/27/17 at 3:57 pm to wdhalgren
Posted on 5/27/17 at 5:03 pm to wdhalgren
I know he'd been on his deathbed recently. I didn't realize he was that young though, I thought he was pushing 80
Posted on 5/27/17 at 6:10 pm to deeprig9
I think he had a liver transplant a few years ago.
At any rate, keith Richards just gained another year of life.
ETA. I wonder if Dickie Betts goes to the service
At any rate, keith Richards just gained another year of life.
ETA. I wonder if Dickie Betts goes to the service
This post was edited on 5/27/17 at 6:27 pm
Posted on 5/27/17 at 7:30 pm to FinleyStreet
It had to happen eventually but it sure don't make it fair 
Taking stock, that's now Duane, Oakley, Butch, and Gregg, gone.
Only original members left are Dickey and Jaimoe (unless you also count Leavell on keys).
Taking stock, that's now Duane, Oakley, Butch, and Gregg, gone.
Only original members left are Dickey and Jaimoe (unless you also count Leavell on keys).
Posted on 5/28/17 at 4:05 pm to tylerdurden24
RIP Ramblin Man
Posted on 5/28/17 at 4:44 pm to JakeScott
I never knew he was once married to Cher. Far out.
Posted on 5/28/17 at 10:25 pm to wdhalgren
Godspeed. Damn that's a loss right there.
Posted on 5/28/17 at 10:45 pm to JakeScott
Ramblin' Man was Dickey Betts.
I loved Dreams and Sweet Melissa most of all.
Dickey's Blue Sky was also great.
I was lucky enough to see Duane and the whole band once.
I loved Dreams and Sweet Melissa most of all.
Dickey's Blue Sky was also great.
I was lucky enough to see Duane and the whole band once.
Posted on 5/29/17 at 11:25 am to deeprig9
tldr:
-club owner tries to short the band on their pay, in upstate NY
-road manager (Twiggs) confronts him, stabs him, kills him
-Twiggs is arrest and put on trial for murder
-He pleads insanity based on amphetimines and "rock and roll lifestyle"
-Judge lets him off
-Allman brothers consider him as a member of the band, but record company would'nt let him pose in band pictures
-So the band puts a picture of him on the wall for this famous pic
The full story is worth the read.
-club owner tries to short the band on their pay, in upstate NY
-road manager (Twiggs) confronts him, stabs him, kills him
-Twiggs is arrest and put on trial for murder
-He pleads insanity based on amphetimines and "rock and roll lifestyle"
-Judge lets him off
-Allman brothers consider him as a member of the band, but record company would'nt let him pose in band pictures
-So the band puts a picture of him on the wall for this famous pic
The full story is worth the read.
This post was edited on 5/29/17 at 11:26 am
Posted on 5/29/17 at 11:43 am to deeprig9
The Lyndon house in Athens is named after their mother or grandmother I believe.
Grilling hot dogs and listening to Stand Back right now. What a fine tune for a fine day
Grilling hot dogs and listening to Stand Back right now. What a fine tune for a fine day
Posted on 5/29/17 at 11:51 am to deeprig9
And that is one of those stories that makes a legendary band a legendary band. The whole thing with duane and Oakley dying so close together, both in Macon and both in motorcycle accidents, is pretty crazy too. Not quite Skynyrd on a plane crazy but the fact that they were able to rebound as a band after Duanes death and release one of the all time great albums in Eat A Peach is just incredible.
Plus Duane left us with this quote before his passing and it is something we should all take to heart as Georgians:
"You can't help the revolution, because there's just evolution ... Every time I'm in Georgia, I eat a peach for peace ... the two-legged Georgia variety."
Plus Duane left us with this quote before his passing and it is something we should all take to heart as Georgians:
"You can't help the revolution, because there's just evolution ... Every time I'm in Georgia, I eat a peach for peace ... the two-legged Georgia variety."
Posted on 5/29/17 at 12:01 pm to tylerdurden24
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The Lyndon house in Athens is named after their mother or grandmother I believe.
Grandmother. I got married there. My godfather John Lyndon was in attendance.
Posted on 5/29/17 at 12:09 pm to deeprig9
Well ain't that some shite 
Honestly, without Capricorn and the Allmans, Macon would be just another shite kicker place in middle Georgia. Honestly, it is a shitkicker place in middle Georgia but the allmans and Capricorn give it a redeeming history. Crazy to ride around downtown and the big house and think that they knew that place, that was home. And from there, an everlasting voice of the south emerged
Honestly, without Capricorn and the Allmans, Macon would be just another shite kicker place in middle Georgia. Honestly, it is a shitkicker place in middle Georgia but the allmans and Capricorn give it a redeeming history. Crazy to ride around downtown and the big house and think that they knew that place, that was home. And from there, an everlasting voice of the south emerged
Posted on 5/29/17 at 12:19 pm to tylerdurden24
Well, before he helped create the Allman Brothers Band Phil Walden managed Otis Redding. Otis and Little Richard both hailed from Macon so that town has a great musical history. Still hated Macon when I lived there.
Posted on 5/29/17 at 12:22 pm to tylerdurden24
Is Twiggs the same guy Greg Allman later ratted out and got locked up to avoid going to prison himself?
Posted on 5/29/17 at 12:31 pm to Whiznot
They did but while their music was revolutionary and influential, it didn't carry the same people-gathering quality of the way ABB and Marshall Tucker Band and Outlaws and Elvin Bishop did in the 60s and 70s under the Capricorn label. Say what you will about jam bands nowadays but this is where it all started
Posted on 5/29/17 at 1:03 pm to Jefferson Dawg
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Is Twiggs the same guy Greg Allman later ratted out and got locked up to avoid going to prison himself?
I hadn't heard that story, I don't think so.
Posted on 5/29/17 at 1:12 pm to Jefferson Dawg
No, that was Scooter Herring who was also a road manager for Gregg. Basically, Herring was Greggs personal dealer and he was getting his supply from a much larger operation that the FBI was onto. They nailed allman to get herring and on up the ladder. IIRC allman acted as a witness or something against herring for a reduced sentence (details are a little fuzzy but it's written about plenty around the web)
This post was edited on 5/29/17 at 1:13 pm
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