I got a ticket- a freaking solo ticket- to see the Allman Brothers at Jones Beach at the end of next month thanks to jeanine, one of my readers on long Island who works there. See the connections a blog can make. I'm going alone, because most of my current circle of contemporaries just don't get just how great they are...so fuck 'em.
Whipping Post is BY FAR my favorite Allman Bros song. It is rock/blues personified at it's best. Just check it out. It really sings the blues, you can hear it in Gregg's voice and even in the guitar. The way the guitar overlaps and drags on, like it's dragging like his heart. You hear it? I love singing along in my best 'girl with the blues' impression every time I hear it.
Sing the blues people....sing those blues.
