Imagine a jam band with a decent songwriter

Gregg Allman and Dickey Betts weren't good songwriters? News to me

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Imagine a jam band with a decent songwriter

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Rare. I would have said impossible, but anything's possible I suppose.

And the Allman Brothers aren't a "jam band" in the classic sense of the term, imo. They write great songs.

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An entire genre that's fundamentally predicated on the absence of talent.

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Well, there can be virtuosity in musicianship in jam bands. That's cool. After about the first 20 minutes, though, I get bored. I do like well crafted songs.

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Good thing nobody here is into that kind of music.

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Of course you post this as soon as the prominent jam band posters have left for a new board.Pu**y.

I prefer not. It's the music that moves you, not the lyrics.

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Of course you post this as soon as the prominent jam band posters have left for a new board.Pu**y.

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"prominent jam band posters."

I have no idea what that means, but it made me laugh.

It's not just songwriting. How many riffs by jam bands do you think are instantly recognizable by a decent size segment of the public?

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Only because "jam band" wasn't a phrase while they were in their prime. In recent times they have toured with jam bands on most tours. They are definitely a part of that "scene" or whatever you want to call it

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No, they aren't.

I was about to say "what, like the Marc Ford era Black Crowes?"

I'm sure this has already been passed around.

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No, they aren't.

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They have Mountain Jam that takes up 35 minutes of the Eat a Peach record. They also have numerous 20/30 minute songs.

Allman Brothers is a Blues Rock Jam Band. So, there's your answer. Allman Brothers is a great jam band with great songwriting.