Conversation from the Crossroads of Southern music, history, & culture is an independent project of historian Dr. Bob Beatty, author of 'Play All Night! Duane Allman and the Journey to Fillmore East.' No affiliation/endorsement with the Allman Brothers.
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“Make it a transcendental experience for the audience.” Dickey Betts on the Allman Brothers and Grateful Dead
The quote above is from Dickey Betts in ’s excellent book One Way Out. Dickey was talking about the shared musical ethos between the Allman Brothers and the Grateful Dead. I cited it in Play All Night, and reference it often.
Here’s the f...
Paying tribute to Queen Dolly, the patron saint of Tennessee
Yesterday, my younger daughter Tyler and I paid our respects to Dolly Parton. Tyler left a dozen roses and a hand-painted sign she’d saved from a college function. (See it in the right of the photo.1)
You can tell by this image that Dolly...
The curious saga of Duane Allman’s SG
Inadvertently cut off this story from the ending of part 2 about how Duane’s protege Gerry Groom came into possession of the 1961 Gibson SG Dickey gave Duane to play so he didn’t have to keep retuning between slide and non-slide songs.1
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"If he doesn't play, we ain't gonna play." The Allman Brothers stand up to a bigot
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As a teenager in Sarasota, Richard Price began following Dickey Betts. He was there as Dickey and Berry Oakley joined forces in the Second Coming. In Jacksonville in fall 1968/spring 1969, Richard witnessed...
“You’re ready for this.” Here's to the music lovers in our lives who nurtured our own interest in music
I get mail. In this case, comments. Here are my responses to some of them. Note: I’ve included the comment in bold italics.
1/26/71 Reflections Club Theatre of Rock Arts. Cincinnati, OH📷Bruce Hock
The first video is based on this quo...
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