A couple of months ago I had the pleasure of being a guest editor of an Allman Brothers Band special on 106fm radio. You can listen to it online by opening this link and looking for the “23.04.09” show. The playlist is here .
Happiness is finding out in the middle of a run while Since I’ve been loving you is playing on your iPod, that you can turn the volume up. Way up.
I was lucky enough to be in NYC when the Allman Brothers Band started their annual Beacon Theater concerts run. And I was even luckier to see them perform ‘Dazed and Confused’. Yes indeed. Zeppelin’s. I’m not confused (though I was somewhat dazed by their cover). It started with ‘In Memory of Elizabeth Reed’ which evolved into ‘Mountain Jam’ from which they moved to ‘Dazed and Confused’ and shook everyone. Then back to ‘Mountain Jam’ and finally ‘Whipping Post’ [1]. Surely the best concert I’ve been to.
1 A complete and vivid review is available here
When I was 12 or so I was a real Beatles maniac. I had all of their albums, I went to Liverpool and visited Penny Lane and Strawberry Fields, I even went to visit the Abbey Road studios. Time has passed and I grow cynical and older and my music preferences have evolved to an eclectic blend of Jazz, Blues, Progressive Rock and Punk with my current Heroes (to mention a few) being Miles, Coltrane, Hendrix, the Allman Brothers, Patti Smith, Robert Wyatt, the Pixies, Joni Mitchell and so many more. It is surprising (or is it?) and refreshing to suddenly realize how great their (the Fab Four that is) music still is.
I couldn’t resist buying the latest Love album and I’m glad I couldn’t. What a sweet journey.