17 Feb 2012: it's a "classic" from... 1973

[Lightnin' Rod]

"Jessica" soundin' mighty tasty this morning.

1973: when noodling was cool.

That's not noodling!  That's melodic soloing!

I still can't figure out what it is about Dickie Betts that works for me in a jam band that does not work for me with Jerry Garcia.  It's just personal taste, I guess.  Or maybe I never saw Jerry under the proper influences.

[Lightnin' Rod]

"Jessica" soundin' mighty tasty this morning.

1973: when noodling was cool.

Soylent Green is noodles!

Nicely played, sir.   

[Tinka Cat]

"Jessica" soundin' mighty tasty this morning.

1973: when noodling was cool.

That's not noodling!  That's melodic soloing!

I still can't figure out what it is about Dickie Betts that works for me in a jam band that does not work for me with Jerry Garcia.  It's just personal taste, I guess.  Or maybe I never saw Jerry under the proper influences.

well, you know that old joke... "What did the Deadhead say when he ran out of weed..?

[Here'sToYa!]

"Jessica" soundin' mighty tasty this morning.

The two main love interests in my brother's life when he was in high school were named Jessica and Melissa.  Quite a coincidence, don't you think?

[Tinka Cat]

"Jessica" soundin' mighty tasty this morning.

The two main love interests in my brother's life when he was in high school were named Jessica and Melissa.  Quite a coincidence, don't you think?

if the Allman Brothers were composing today, they would probably name those songs "Madeline" and "Emma Kaitlynn"

[ggould]

"Jessica" soundin' mighty tasty this morning.

1973: when noodling was cool.

That's not noodling!  That's melodic soloing!

I still can't figure out what it is about Dickie Betts that works for me in a jam band that does not work for me with Jerry Garcia.  It's just personal taste, I guess.  Or maybe I never saw Jerry under the proper influences.

Personal taste is all that matters.  Betts was clearly influenced by Garcia, but his strongest talent in ABB was his compositional approach.  When you spend time studying the classic performances, when Duane was still alive, Dickey was the one who did the complex endings, and wrote the really sweet melodic songs like Elizabeth Reed and Blue Sky etc.

[ggould]

2/17/14/11 - Friday! Punching the Dial to... 1973!
 
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 1. David Bowie - The Jean Genie
 2. The Rolling Stones - Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)
(Movie: Soylent Green - Charlton Heston - "Soylent Green is PEOPLE!")
 3. Mott the Hoople - All the Way from Memphis
 4. Rick Derringer - Rock and Roll, Hootchie Koo
(News: Billy Jean King defeats Bobby Riggs)
 5. Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On
(PSA: Joanna Cassidy w. Smokey the Bear - Don't start forest fires!)
 6. John Lennon - Mind Games
 7. George Harrison - Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)
 8. Stevie Wonder - Living for the City (B.O.S! Tie!)
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 9. Frank Zappa & The Mothers - Montana (B.O.S!-Tie!)
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10. The Allman Brothers Band - Jessica
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side note:  In #4, Rick references "a group called the Jokers," which featured Dickey Betts (#10) on guitar.