re: Allman Brothers are not Southern rock

They are southern rock. And they were the only ones that were good at it. Instead of the cheesiness of bands like 38 special and lynyrd skynyrd, they were able to incorporate a lot of different genres like jazz to make it sound unique.

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But ABB is not what I consider a Southern rock band

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It's not all about you sir. The shutout on upvotes should tell you that you're wrong.

The downvotes don't bother me. I lived through it, unlike most of the posters here. Nobody called ABB Southern rock during their prime. It wasn't until the later bands followed the path ABB laid out the term southern rock was even coined.

So, y'all.

In your opinion.
Which means jack shite.

I lived through it, unlike most of the posters here. Nobody called ABB Southern rock during their prime. It wasn't until the later bands followed the path ABB laid out the term southern rock was even coined.
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I lived through it too and was a part of the industry.

You're totally missing the boat.

I mean... they're not the Grateful Dead... but they definitely jammed.


I saw them quite a few times throughout the 90s, and they melted my face frequently with their jams. They had a VERY different dynamic than the Dead, though. It often seemed like the musicians were dueling and wrestling for control with each other (though maybe that was just our psych-addled perception) instead of working together. Definitely a lot more of an aggro feel than the Dead... but they were really great live.

Honestly I think it came down to both bands drug of choice.

LSD is long and drawn out, much like the Dead jams. I've read Pigpen didn't partake in lsd, which makes sense. He really was the balls behind the operation in that band.

Shrooms and blowcaine for the Brothers had them attacking jams a little bit more succinctly.

There's exactly one thread on this board whose topic is suicide and death.

Maybe you should give anger a try rather than clinical depression, retard.

Nope. Taught it in drug school, cheech.

You boys have brought spoons to a knife fight.

Avoid the heroin, just shoot yourself.

Annnnd we've come full circle.

Please don't though...you're the poster this board needs.