One thing I've noticed about watching Allman Brothers Band concert videos from various years: It doesn't matter if it's Duane & Dickey, or Dickey & Warren, or Dickey & Derek, or Derek & Warren -- you're going to hear some of the best rock guitar playing that you've ever heard.
@@Rational_Mind I think they were still amazing during the many years that Warren & Derek were the two guitarists, after Dickey's unfortunate departure. But I agree that we have to give a ton of credit to Dickey. He is an amazing guitarist, he provided needed leadership to the band, and he wrote some great songs -- including what is arguably the best rock instrumental ever (In Memory of Elizabeth Reed).
Warren is great here, he's smoking! But Dickey, my god, Dickey is the ultimate unsung guitar hero! How is he not one of the greatest guitar players ever? Oh, he is in my world.
This version blows me away, WOW! Dickey Betts is a incredible guitar 🎸 😍 👏 player. I agree with the idea of Dickey Betts , meaning it doesn't matter who he plays with, he's the best 😉! I can keep listening to this version over and over again without getting tired of listening to him play.
I am grateful that my son and I were able to see Greg and Warren at the Peach Fest 2015. Greg was the last one on my bucket list. Warren -- hell, I see warren any day of the week. Hardest working man in show-biz
In Memory of Elizabeth Reed is fantastic the way it's played in this concert. Great guitar 🎸 work and the music stays with you. May Greg Allman RIP, but their music lives on even after 40yrs. This is one of the best guitar solos ever.
Warren's solo 5:52 is probably one of his best - 3 minutes 33 seconds of enlighted playing! Wonderful constructed, tons of musical ideas and yet so emotional! And unbelievable rhythm work pushing him forward.
I think that this song and Jessica are the two best instrumentals ever written I love this band I saw that many times and I think that this lineup is every bit as good as the original lineup I also like Marshall Tucker very well I saw their original band many times those are my two favorite bands but I think the Allman Brothers has the best band in the world ever having three drummers incredible . Probably the best percussion ever
@@paullepage9484 The original lineup created something new. Impossible to be as good as the creator of the genre. Just be happy that we had more music over time and that it didn't all die with Duane.
Most people don't give Dickie enough credit if not for him there would have been no allman brothers after Dwayne was killed Deckie Betts is a world class guitar picker I just don't think it's said enough!!!
Dickey is probably the most under-rated guitarist ever. He lived in the shadow of the great Duane Allman, who admired him and his playing technique tremendously. Then Duane was gone and he must have felt somewhat abandoned by his untimely death but he still had the talent and the belief in the dream to step up and save the band from the immense tragedy they suffered, and did he ever! But he has been a cantankerous asshole at times and he's burned too many bridges, needless to say, along the way. I was glad to hear he made peace with Gregg before he died...
I would like to thank two entities. I would like to thank God for creating the Allman Brothers Band and I would like to thank the person who uploaded this video. This is one of the best versions of in memory of Elizabeth Reed that I have heard and one of the best drum solo versions I have heard. A massively underrated band, Dickey Betts a world-class guitarist, I can’t say enough about this band, they have been a favorite of mine for 40 years. As great as this version was and my favorite drum solo version, no version can beat live at the Fillmore East album for this song.
Underrated? I think they are universally somewhere in just about everyone’s top 5 rock and roll bands of all time. I am extremely grateful for them, as well. And Dickey probably was in Duane’s shadow - I guess that’s what happens when you are arguably the second-greatest guitar player of all time and you are in a band with arguably the greatest guitar player ever. What a band!
@@Paul71H Boy isn't that an understatement!! I'm am often blown away listening to In Memory (right now probably the 300-something time) at the uniqueness, the complexity, the synchronicity of the instruments and the artistic geniuses to deliver it all. This is the last sounds playing- full tilt in my head before sleep arrives. Peace.
Interviewed Dickey backstage in 1980 following a Great Southern show . His PR team allotted me 15 minutes. We talked for over an hour. Dickey Betts was the kindest, most generous interview I ever conducted. God bless him!
Something I've noticed in watching videos of interviews with members of the ABB... they all seem to be very approachable, likeable people. Not one of them came across as pretentious at all.
Okay, lookie here. I'm an SRV guy. But you have to shake your head in utter amazement, watching Dickie and Warren dive in and out, soaring high and low, interweaving the rhythm and melody, covering everything from Country Fried Rock to jazz fusion, to blues. Some really inspired playing here. ABB were the SHIT, that's for sure. Not many bands can boast such a roster of talented musicians. In fact I can't think of ANY other bands that can run the gamut of musical styles like ABB.
@@georgeanderson3779 : Your second thought is indeed worthy of attention. Aren't you glad that the new ABB (that's the Allman Betts Band featuring Devon Allman, Duane Betts, and bassist Berry Oakley, Jr.)has entered our lives? The group includes slide guitarist Johnny Stachela, keyboardist John Ginty on B-3, etc., and two of rock's finest drummers John Lum and R. Scott Bryan. Their band's numerous thrilling moments portend wonderful listening ahead as they mature throughout their present tour. Give them a listen if you haven't already. Whatna gift for us original ABB fans I think you will agree.
OMG...this is gotta be one of the alltime best smoking guitar licks from two GREAT,GREAT, guitarists FOR SURE!!!! NOTHING else needs to be said EXCEPT...DON'T MISS THIS ONE!!!!!
I keep coming back to this over and over again and what Dickey and Warren do here with tone, phrasing, and emotion is incredible. Warren is a big guy I'm sure with big fingers and what he's doing during his solo especially up around the 20th to 22nd frets is no easy task.
Dickey Betts is one of my top ten picks for best guitarist. Don't you agree? I saw the Allman Brothers way back in the 80's in Chicago. They've got it going on with that 🎸 guitar. It blew me away!
Awesome when Dickie breaks a string @11:10 and hand off to Warren. Swaps guitars and Warren hands the solo back to Dickie without missing a beat. AWESOME
My Favorite Front 4 Ever... Greg, Dickey, Warren and Allen... This is SMOKIN'. Every time I listen I hear more things... Woody's bass playing is INSANE!
This is a Truly SMOKIN Version! Amazing....Love this song. Always have.....Its Genius! Dicky B.....U The Man. Some Monster guitar playin goin on. One of the Greatest Bands of all time in my opinion.
You got that right Mr Lumpy. I put this on once real fucking loud and my missus shouted from another room "I never knew you liked Santana" I took that as a complement but needless to say i did beat her a bit and left her in the broom cupboard for a week with nothing but Allman Brothers songs till she knew the difference. I will just add that i did feed her if anyone thinks im a heartless bastard, she had bread, pizza,s and sliced cheese, well, it was the only stuff i could slip under the door!! Nice upload Tonfoi.
Amazing musicians! Did you catch Dickie breaking a string? No problem, as Warren picked him up, and he got another string in, and continued as if nothing had happened. Professionalism! Great band! Here now in the 21st century, music struggles to reassert itself past dancing fools, bad poetry and a beat to tap your feet to. But the music, American music, will never die! From this great land such music was berthed. Jazz, Blues, and Rock and Roll are as American as apple pie. The music will come back from where it has strayed, it always does!
11.25.15. @ Tested Truths, I concur with you!........On Sept. 4th 2004, I seen Dickie with Great Southern at "Blues on the Cass" in Frankenmuth MI. As they played this song, I closed my eyes, and I thought ABB were playing!............It was superb! 😎🎸
I must have been tired the night I wrote this. Very badly written! Anyway, I guess that to some, they might equate such type statements as like an old man telling the kids to stay off his lawn. But there is a lot of truth that in many ways, the dancing bears killed good music.
Tested Truth: BINGO! And while much of Germany in its effete arrogance sneers at America..."But the music, American music, will never die! From this great land such music was berthed." -but one more reason for them to despise us for our incomparable greatness. For the lovers that night in Germany, however, they to this day wax fondly as they likely often do telling friends of that night when they were transported to a place they'd never been before or since.
To Mike Van: Not actually. There is a telling of how this tune came about by DB to Dan Rather-- a story of how Dickey used to take a lady friend to that cemetery "to romance her" as he didn't have much money then to take her out properly. And then the X-rated version of the carnal pleasures DB enjoyed there with somebody's lady he was sneakin' around with, as told by Duane Allman. Their gravestone rendezvous was indeed inscribed "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed." No matter the telling, an amazing inspiration for this amazing rock instrumental.
Yvonne Laurenty Yvonne not exactly - the grave stone in reference is from Rose Hill Cemetery - Macon, Ga. The Grave stone simply says “Elizabeth Jones Reed” - wife of Briggs H.Napier. Dickey did indeed hang there with his gf, and the song is “In Memory of her” bc that was his spot etc. I have a picture from my last visit but can’t upload. Do a search - plenty of pics out there. Beautiful place if you ever visit.
The grave just has her name on it, Elizabeth Jones Reed. It also has Wife of Briggs H. Napier. Her date of birth, and her date of death. I saw it two weeks ago. I think there was more hanky-panky going on there than jamming...
I so enjoy this song it has to be one of the most listenable instrumentals ever in rock..dickey really made his genius known in writing it!!I get chills bc it just takes you on this journey!
So then you could have been drafted and died in Vietnam. You are focusing on the good music of the time and pretending everything made was good. You could do that with any decade. Throw away your phone and computer if you don't like today's times
@@cody8804 I wonder too if 50-60 years from now somebody is going to say, "I wish I was born in the 2020's" ( those shitty years when the effete, uber arrogant Progressives (oxymoron) and the left over 60's radicals turned neo Socialist-Communist were fixing what was wrong with the country)... Oh wait! No, they wouldn't say that because there was no great music being created like in those shitty 60's. Drafted. Didn't die over there. This music got us through.
Can´t dare say this is the best version I´ve listened to so far, but it´s certainly the hottest. Great passionate playing from beginning to end from all the musicians, and Dickey Betts´s performance is outstanding.
Wow , broke a string and recovered right on Time , this could be right off the Vynal I first heard it off of . These guys study ... The are Real Musicians :) QC
Best Instrumental ever written, in my opinion. I have been an Allman Brothers Fan since they started in 1969, I was 11 at the time and I still listen weekly to there music. Sky Dog is gone but Warren filled big shoes. And his Guitar in this without the Slide is unbelievable. Dicky did an excellent job writing this one, my favorite for sure. Great Post Tonfoi!
What a great version. As close to Duane's greatness as possible. I've been listening to rock for 40 years and nobody has moved me like the original Allmans and Duane. Not even the Beatles, who all things considered there can possibly be no arguement against. But Duane was so special and so great that this remake would make him proud - and as tremendous as it is, to me it doesn't quite surpass the original, which is no condemnation, but just how great the original is.
Collectively musicians who ooze soul and true craftsman who literally are the music. On their game frequently ABB Delivered so many hall of fame performances. Thanks guys.
I like this song the music is so soothing pleasant it's beautyful the sound of the instruments is so beautiful peaceful and the video is amazing thank you for this fantastic video wow thanks to the music enhancement network for uploading this fantastic awesome beautiful video and song 💘💋🌹💞👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Dear Lord How come I have lived so long and only just discovered The Allman Brothers Band? Ok So I'm English ...I found Warren Haynes a couple of years ago and Derek Trucks but this is just amazing. The whole band is incredible and so tight and together.
Don't worry about Betts.....he's light years ahead of everybody......as good as Duane was.......but Haynes is damn good. Put it all together......the best damn band in the WORLD!
Notice how Dickey is playing rhythm behind Warren on his own song . So underrated it's silly how he doesn't get the credit he deserves except from true Allman fans who know he was as good as anyone you care to name. I'm saying this while he is still on the planet not when it comes time for the recap and tributes Love ya Forrest R Betts
Dickey is my favorite player ever. His style just speaks to me more. I love Duane and he is rightly regarded as possibly the best ever, but unfortunately that rep has largely resulted in Dickey's genius being overshadowed.
Greatest instrumental song ever written by the one and only Dickie Betts! I’ve been listening to the Allman Brothers since 1970. Dickie Betts is the greatest, Skydog even said it “ I’m the famous guitar player but Dickie Betts is the real guitar player.” It takes talented musicians to jam like this. Warren Haynes definitely fits into that mode and I can’t say enough about Allen Woody driving that bass line! Skydog and Berry were smiling down on this performance!
Ditto!!! Dickey is a genius song writer and guitarist, no doubt!!!! Warren Haynes definitely wore some frets down on this, too!!! The Allman Brothers wrote the book, when it comes to solid rock groups☺💙 🍄Jah☉Love🕊 Thank you for posting this cooking jam...And the road goes on forever...
I never get tired of hearing this in any version. Such a powerful statement from an instrumental!! ABB was nothing short of being absolutely incredible . Woody was another incredible bassist, so melodic,yet powerful. They always have a great bassist.
i believe this is Betts band from 91 it is Great Southern and it basically introduced a young Warren Haynes to the world who went on to play with the Alman Brothers .
Saw these guys that year and others but there energy was absolutely off the charts in 91 unforgettable performance 3 straight hours drummers solo at the END never gonna see this again
I saw Dickie in Portland Oregon about 7 or 8 yrs ago, he blew Portland away! I was superbly impressed by his guitar work. Oh ya, he also broke a string when I saw him.... check out @11:12.
I wish Dickey and Greg would realize that neither will live for ever, life can end too suddenly (Duane) and life is too short to hold bad blood against each other. I wish they would just make their peace.
Great comment Chuck:) Yeah I wish Greg would just forgive and forget then reunite with Dickey and give us just 1one more Amazing kick ass, classic jamming& slammin kick ass AB tour to cherish 4Ever
check out Melissa in 1992 in Hollywood. Across the chasm comes the handshake that will spill your tears. I know you are the real deal fan and are aware of their many struggles. Let me just turn you on to this so you won't feel like maybe Greg and Dickie ended in a rough place.....if you feel anything like I do, you will want to hold that moment in your heart. I only found it recently, Please ENJOY brother!
These were Warren's best years as a lead player. His freshness and creativity were at their highest. Lucky to have seen them many times during this era.
Everyone in this band was/is a virtuoso in their own right which makes it such an incredible band. (Thank heavens for recordings or we wouldn't have all this gravy.)
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One thing I've noticed about watching Allman Brothers Band concert videos from various years: It doesn't matter if it's Duane & Dickey, or Dickey & Warren, or Dickey & Derek, or Derek & Warren -- you're going to hear some of the best rock guitar playing that you've ever heard.
Absolutely. 😎
I saw Tedeschi Trucks in July and it was magical. May the Spirit of The Allman Brothers live on forever 🙏
Your so right
But the common denominator is Dickey 😎
@@Rational_Mind I think they were still amazing during the many years that Warren & Derek were the two guitarists, after Dickey's unfortunate departure. But I agree that we have to give a ton of credit to Dickey. He is an amazing guitarist, he provided needed leadership to the band, and he wrote some great songs -- including what is arguably the best rock instrumental ever (In Memory of Elizabeth Reed).
Hey Dickey ..... R.I.P. ..... and thx for the many good Music - for us ....
Warren is great here, he's smoking! But Dickey, my god, Dickey is the ultimate unsung guitar hero! How is he not one of the greatest guitar players ever? Oh, he is in my world.
This has to be one of their best versions of music 🎶 🎵 👌 😍 I ever heard of In memory of Elizabeth Reed. I still listen to the Allman Brothers in 2023.
This version blows me away, WOW! Dickey Betts is a incredible guitar 🎸 😍 👏 player. I agree with the idea of Dickey Betts , meaning it doesn't matter who he plays with, he's the best 😉! I can keep listening to this version over and over again without getting tired of listening to him play.
45+ years of Allmans in my head...they are the 8th wonder of the world /:-)
I love how Butch always looked like he was solving complex math problems in his head while he was playing. RIP, Mr. Trucks.
I believe he was an academic ;he had a masters degree in European History.
@@jakethomas3205 I really do think playing drums at this level requires superior intellect. It's a scientific marvel.
What band has 4 guitar players on list of top 100 ? You guessed it ABB! Best damn live band to walk the earth!
Damn I miss them.
Nelson Holt Grateful Dead 💀
And three drummers at once rockin
Duane, Dickie, Derek, & Warren.......?
@@gr8fullstar i'm hoping you're joking.....
I am grateful that my son and I were able to see Greg and Warren at the Peach Fest 2015. Greg was the last one on my bucket list. Warren -- hell, I see warren any day of the week. Hardest working man in show-biz
In Memory of Elizabeth Reed is fantastic the way it's played in this concert. Great guitar 🎸 work and the music stays with you. May Greg Allman RIP, but their music lives on even after 40yrs. This is one of the best guitar solos ever.
Warren's solo 5:52 is probably one of his best - 3 minutes 33 seconds of enlighted playing! Wonderful constructed, tons of musical ideas and yet so emotional! And unbelievable rhythm work pushing him forward.
The very best music to my hearing . Every one a journey man.
Uncle Dub is The Man
The ABB is easily one of the best live bands to ever take the stage.
I think that this song and Jessica are the two best instrumentals ever written I love this band I saw that many times and I think that this lineup is every bit as good as the original lineup I also like Marshall Tucker very well I saw their original band many times those are my two favorite bands but I think the Allman Brothers has the best band in the world ever having three drummers incredible . Probably the best percussion ever
@@paullepage9484 The original lineup created something new. Impossible to be as good as the creator of the genre. Just be happy that we had more music over time and that it didn't all die with Duane.
Most people don't give Dickie enough credit if not for him there would have been no allman brothers after Dwayne was killed Deckie Betts is a world class guitar picker I just don't think it's said enough!!!
Dickey is probably the most under-rated guitarist ever. He lived in the shadow of the great Duane Allman, who admired him and his playing technique tremendously. Then Duane was gone and he must have felt somewhat abandoned by his untimely death but he still had the talent and the belief in the dream to step up and save the band from the immense tragedy they suffered, and did he ever! But he has been a cantankerous asshole at times and he's burned too many bridges, needless to say, along the way. I was glad to hear he made peace with Gregg before he died...
Saw Dicky with Johnny Winter once...Johnny was embarrassingly outclassed next to Betts.
Not only a great guitarist but a great writer also
Southern Rocker how was Dickey an asshole? I don’t know much specific history thanks
SteveOMaddog read the book, one way out, by alan paul, a lot of it is in there...
...and Warren took over almost seamlessly, till Dickey recovered in style. Great musicians indeed!
Who is considered 1st guitar, who's second? Doesn't matter- the way they weave the dual leads, I doubt it mattered that much when Duane played.
At about 8:20 this song steps into another dimension. Completely transcendent. So many moving pieces. Wow.
in Memory of Greg Allman.....rest in peace .
I would like to thank two entities. I would like to thank God for creating the Allman Brothers Band and I would like to thank the person who uploaded this video. This is one of the best versions of in memory of Elizabeth Reed that I have heard and one of the best drum solo versions I have heard. A massively underrated band, Dickey Betts a world-class guitarist, I can’t say enough about this band, they have been a favorite of mine for 40 years. As great as this version was and my favorite drum solo version, no version can beat live at the Fillmore East album for this song.
Underrated? I think they are universally somewhere in just about everyone’s top 5 rock and roll bands of all time. I am extremely grateful for them, as well. And Dickey probably was in Duane’s shadow - I guess that’s what happens when you are arguably the second-greatest guitar player of all time and you are in a band with arguably the greatest guitar player ever. What a band!
@@williambuchanan4623 Really good post. I feel as you do. ABB has ALWAYS been in the top five WORLDWIDE performing bands of all time...IMO!
And a huge thank you to Dickey Betts for writing the best rock-and-roll instrumental song of all time!
@@Paul71H Boy isn't that an understatement!! I'm am often blown away listening to In Memory (right now probably the 300-something time) at the uniqueness, the complexity, the synchronicity of the instruments and the artistic geniuses to deliver it all. This is the last sounds playing- full tilt in my head before sleep arrives. Peace.
Yeah, ya know man I agree this version is truly killer and yet Live At The Fillmore East remains the In Memory of Elizabeth Reed "gold standard"!
Lets not forget how great Allen Woody was! A Incredible bass player and a Tennessee native!
woody was awesome and seeing the mule the nite after many brothers shows in a club in the same city woody was a beast but i love otiell
Otiell is awesome no doubt
otiell playd a bass version of lil martha when he first joined the band
ha, u mean woody allan, hahahahha
great...
Interviewed Dickey backstage in 1980 following a Great Southern show . His PR team allotted me 15 minutes. We talked for over an hour. Dickey Betts was the kindest, most generous interview I ever conducted. God bless him!
I got to interview him as well, and it was so cool to talk to the man! And, I totally agree.
Where did your interview appear? is it still available? would love to read it.
Where did your interview appear? I'd love to read it.
They all were southern gentleman. get a ego nasty. You got it all back!
Something I've noticed in watching videos of interviews with members of the ABB... they all seem to be very approachable, likeable people. Not one of them came across as pretentious at all.
Okay, lookie here. I'm an SRV guy. But you have to shake your head in utter amazement, watching Dickie and Warren dive in and out, soaring high and low, interweaving the rhythm and melody, covering everything from Country Fried Rock to jazz fusion, to blues. Some really inspired playing here. ABB were the SHIT, that's for sure. Not many bands can boast such a roster of talented musicians. In fact I can't think of ANY other bands that can run the gamut of musical styles like ABB.
I agree 100% they reached the mountain top, and fell down, and climbed back up to the top and went out on the top. no equals.
@@howardk6031 I thought the same thing just in the moment.Awesome playing.I love it.
No doubt
Maybe there is a band now that can run the gamut like ABB did - TTB. Not quite as deep on the roster, but damn close
@@georgeanderson3779 : Your second thought is indeed worthy of attention. Aren't you glad that the new ABB (that's the Allman Betts Band featuring Devon Allman, Duane Betts, and bassist Berry Oakley, Jr.)has entered our lives? The group includes slide guitarist Johnny Stachela, keyboardist John Ginty on B-3, etc., and two of rock's finest drummers John Lum and R. Scott Bryan. Their band's numerous thrilling moments portend wonderful listening ahead as they mature throughout their present tour. Give them a listen if you haven't already. Whatna gift for us original ABB fans I think you will agree.
Great Southern Rock Band. Live at the Fillmore East just rocks. They turn a 3 1/2 min song into a half hour jam session. Absolutely love these guys
OMG...this is gotta be one of the alltime best smoking guitar licks from two GREAT,GREAT, guitarists FOR SURE!!!!
NOTHING else needs to be said EXCEPT...DON'T MISS THIS ONE!!!!!
I keep coming back to this over and over again and what Dickey and Warren do here with tone, phrasing, and emotion is incredible. Warren is a big guy I'm sure with big fingers and what he's doing during his solo especially up around the 20th to 22nd frets is no easy task.
Dickey Betts is one of my top ten picks for best guitarist. Don't you agree? I saw the Allman Brothers way back in the 80's in Chicago. They've got it going on with that 🎸 guitar. It blew me away!
Awesome when Dickie breaks a string @11:10 and hand off to Warren. Swaps guitars and Warren hands the solo back to Dickie without missing a beat. AWESOME
Done like the topline pros they are... incredible.
My Favorite Front 4 Ever... Greg, Dickey, Warren and Allen... This is SMOKIN'. Every time I listen I hear more things... Woody's bass playing is INSANE!
Dickey Betts is so fucking unfairly underrated. This was one of the BEST versions of this jam I've ever heard.
brilliant jam band song - Betts and Duane brought this to life. this version is fantastic
Its his song ! always been !
Warrens lead was one of the greatest improvisational efforts ever. No wonder Dicky was always jelous. Truely in a class of his own.
Dickey Betts and Warren Haynes going at it .. Holy Shit that is SMOKN ! DAM !
The incomparable Dickey Betts
7.20.19. Make that 🎸 inimitable ™️
you gotta love Dickey, plays the damn strings off his guitar and jus grabs another one like he nev'r missed a lick
Warren FUCKING Haynes!!! My God what a solo. What did I just see?????
Greatness
that was fucking insane!!!
I may get crucified by the purists, but for me the best guitar partnership in ABB was Warren and Derek. They would touch the sky every gig.
They're all good.
nah your too young too know...but this was great,,,awesome
Warren Hayes absolutely blew me away, his solo is amazing!
Love the Allman Brothers Forevef
That jazzie stuff Warren is doing in tha background is fantastique!
The best song Dickie ever wrote and one of the best altime
the best southern rock band and just one of the greatest bands of all time. their music is timeless!
perhaps the greatest band of all times.
The best band I've ever had the prlivlage to hear
wow, my wife says its the best band she ever blew,
yeeehaaaa,but i have to say, sher is kinda homely
lookin. ahahahahahaaha
Big Bad Dicky Betts, much love and respect to one of greatest to ever play , and he wrote some AWSOME tunes also 👍✌️✌️.
My God, just when you thought you heard the Best of the Best, you hear the Bestest ! My ears are telling me they can't believe what there hearing.
As I re listen (and watch some) to this for the now the fourth time as I'm reading through all the comments... you're right, "the Bestest!"
This is a Truly SMOKIN Version! Amazing....Love this song. Always have.....Its Genius! Dicky B.....U The Man. Some Monster guitar playin goin on. One of the Greatest Bands of all time in my opinion.
Like I have said ,"Best Instrumental ever composed". I am back again listening, as I am almost weekly. This is the greatest tune ever written.
You got that right Mr Lumpy. I put this on once real fucking loud and my missus shouted from another room "I never knew you liked Santana" I took that as a complement but needless to say i did beat her a bit and left her in the broom cupboard for a week with nothing but Allman Brothers songs till she knew the difference. I will just add that i did feed her if anyone thinks im a heartless bastard, she had bread, pizza,s and sliced cheese, well, it was the only stuff i could slip under the door!! Nice upload Tonfoi.
takes me back to my teens. loved this then....love it still.
It is my favorite instrumental too. I never tire of it.
Amazing musicians! Did you catch Dickie breaking a string? No problem, as Warren picked him up, and he got another string in, and continued as if nothing had happened. Professionalism! Great band! Here now in the 21st century, music struggles to reassert itself past dancing fools, bad poetry and a beat to tap your feet to. But the music, American music, will never die! From this great land such music was berthed. Jazz, Blues, and Rock and Roll are as American as apple pie. The music will come back from where it has strayed, it always does!
11.25.15. @ Tested Truths, I concur with you!........On Sept. 4th 2004, I seen Dickie with Great Southern at "Blues on the Cass" in Frankenmuth MI. As they played this song, I closed my eyes, and I thought ABB were playing!............It was superb! 😎🎸
I must have been tired the night I wrote this. Very badly written! Anyway, I guess that to some, they might equate such type statements as like an old man telling the kids to stay off his lawn. But there is a lot of truth that in many ways, the dancing bears killed good music.
Yes and he didn't miss a beat when he came back, these Guy's were amazing the way they played together.
Tested Truth: BINGO! And while much of Germany in its effete arrogance sneers at America..."But the music, American music, will never die! From this great land such music was berthed." -but one more reason for them to despise us for our incomparable greatness. For the lovers that night in Germany, however, they to this day wax fondly as they likely often do telling friends of that night when they were transported to a place they'd never been before or since.
For those that don't know. Dickey and Duane used to jam in a cemetery, and they played by a tombstone on which said "In memory of Elizabeth Reed"
Mike Van - "Elizabeth Reed Napier." 😃
To Mike Van: Not actually. There is a telling of how this tune came about by DB to Dan Rather-- a story of how Dickey used to take a lady friend to that cemetery "to romance her" as he didn't have much money then to take her out properly. And then the X-rated version of the carnal pleasures DB enjoyed there with somebody's lady he was sneakin' around with, as told by Duane Allman. Their gravestone rendezvous was indeed inscribed "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed." No matter the telling, an amazing inspiration for this amazing rock instrumental.
Yvonne Laurenty Yvonne not exactly - the grave stone in reference is from Rose Hill Cemetery - Macon, Ga. The Grave stone simply says “Elizabeth Jones Reed” - wife of Briggs H.Napier. Dickey did indeed hang there with his gf, and the song is “In Memory of her” bc that was his spot etc. I have a picture from my last visit but can’t upload. Do a search - plenty of pics out there. Beautiful place if you ever visit.
The grave just has her name on it, Elizabeth Jones Reed. It also has Wife of Briggs H. Napier. Her date of birth, and her date of death. I saw it two weeks ago. I think there was more hanky-panky going on there than jamming...
Dicky didn't leave the cemetary until the song was written.
R.I.P. Butch Truck. You will be missed.
I so enjoy this song it has to be one of the most listenable instrumentals ever in rock..dickey really made his genius known in writing it!!I get chills bc it just takes you on this journey!
my gosh...
Dicky and Warren were in great shape in those days... amazing phrasing and tone.for.both. I wish I was born in the '60s
So then you could have been drafted and died in Vietnam. You are focusing on the good music of the time and pretending everything made was good. You could do that with any decade. Throw away your phone and computer if you don't like today's times
It's funny. It's exacrly the kind of thingJohn Goodman would have said in The Great Lebowskii
@@cody8804 I wonder too if 50-60 years from now somebody is going to say, "I wish I was born in the 2020's" ( those shitty years when the effete, uber arrogant Progressives (oxymoron) and the left over 60's radicals turned neo Socialist-Communist were fixing what was wrong with the country)... Oh wait! No, they wouldn't say that because there was no great music being created like in those shitty 60's. Drafted. Didn't die over there. This music got us through.
Holy!!! Drums insanely played people dont realize how much this made the all mans sound
Can´t dare say this is the best version I´ve listened to so far, but it´s certainly the hottest. Great passionate playing from beginning to end from all the musicians, and Dickey Betts´s performance is outstanding.
I'm old enough to remember when the Allman Brothers Band played this song live with just two drummers.
Best Rock Instrumental Ever Written !! Hands Down. Thanks Dickey !!
YIP! Fact!
Right On Steve, It takes you away and brings you back !!
Wow that is a grand statement but I want argue it is great !!!
Kind of Bird close, close runner up!!!
Just absolutely fantastic runs by Betts. Awesome feel. Early Allman Brothers is the best music period
Wow , broke a string and recovered right on Time , this could be right off the Vynal I first heard it off of . These guys study ... The are Real Musicians :) QC
I have been listing to these song for over forty years and this is on hot version of one of there best. ....
Over 50 years and I totally agree Marty!
What would be cool to see, Dickey, Derek, & Warren Jam together on this and many other ABB tracks, but that's just a dream...
YEAH! YESSSSSSSSSSS! I would freakin love to see that
When i pick my guitar up. I play with "my brothers" nothing else compares!
This is Un-Freaking-believable. *Standing ovation*
Best Instrumental ever written, in my opinion. I have been an Allman Brothers Fan since they started in 1969, I was 11 at the time and I still listen weekly to there music. Sky Dog is gone but Warren filled big shoes. And his Guitar in this without the Slide is unbelievable. Dicky did an excellent job writing this one, my favorite for sure. Great Post Tonfoi!
+Lumpy Q Ditto
+Lumpy Q Between Liz Reed, Jessica, and Mountain Jam, I think it's safe to say that the Allmans cornered the market of amazing instrumental songs.
Yes indeed!!
+AOB FACT AND ILL FIGHT IF ANYONE DISAGREES. Damnit
I'm up there with you, saw them at the Fillmore East early 70s and my 2 daughters are named Melissa & Jessica.
What a great version. As close to Duane's greatness as possible. I've been listening to rock for 40 years and nobody has moved me like the original Allmans and Duane. Not even the Beatles, who all things considered there can possibly be no arguement against. But Duane was so special and so great that this remake would make him proud - and as tremendous as it is, to me it doesn't quite surpass the original, which is no condemnation, but just how great the original is.
Agree.
well said - Beatles definitely more influential and longer lasting- but no denying this band's genius.
@@otherworld11 no band more influential than the yArdbiRds 🎸🎸🎸
Collectively musicians who ooze soul and true craftsman who literally are the music. On their game frequently ABB Delivered so many hall of fame performances. Thanks guys.
breaks a string a 11:11, quick guitar switch then jumps right back in to finish his solo, damn!
Your right..what I really like about it is that Warren ably fills the gap while the guitar is replaced.
He looked pissed too, well he always looks kinda pissed lol!!!
I’m so grateful I saw this lineup many times in the 90s
Absolutely amazing!!
I can't watch this before going to sleep(like right now) it makes my heart want to beat out of my chest it's so damn furious.
So soothing to watch this man play, his body bends with each bend of those magical strings!
As times have gone on this gorgeous tune has evolved into something that is more extraordinary!!!
I like this song the music is so soothing pleasant it's beautyful the sound of the instruments is so beautiful peaceful and the video is amazing thank you for this fantastic video wow thanks to the music enhancement network for uploading this fantastic awesome beautiful video and song 💘💋🌹💞👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Dear Lord How come I have lived so long and only just discovered The Allman Brothers Band? Ok So I'm English ...I found Warren Haynes a couple of years ago and Derek Trucks but this is just amazing. The whole band is incredible and so tight and together.
Unbelievable dickie Betts at his finest, Warren Hayes is rocking it to
Dickey was in fine form here.. what a year that was!
Dis you see Dicky's face after Warren finished his incredible solo? "what was that?" lol best version of this song.
Don't worry about Betts.....he's light years ahead of everybody......as good as Duane was.......but Haynes is damn good. Put it all together......the best damn band in the WORLD!
Plus Dicky wrote the whole mess! That takes a lot of talent.
@@waltertalbert1408 Hell yea!
Incredible, listening to it every weekend on 7.1. I am speechless every time & chills.
Notice how Dickey is playing rhythm behind Warren on his own song . So underrated it's silly how he doesn't get the credit he deserves except from true Allman fans who know he was as good as anyone you care to name. I'm saying this while he is still on the planet not when it comes time for the recap and tributes Love ya Forrest R Betts
Dickey is my favorite player ever. His style just speaks to me more. I love Duane and he is rightly regarded as possibly the best ever, but unfortunately that rep has largely resulted in Dickey's genius being overshadowed.
There is no rhythm, there is no lead. There's only guitar genius.
if you think dickey dont get the respect he deserves, youre hanging with the wrong people.
Cause he is the damn MAN!
Dickey was....and still is The Allman Brothers Band.....Duane had he lived would still be a God......but not without Dickey.
One of the best guitar solos of Dickey's ever...never ceases to amaze.
RIP Greg...southern blues rock will never be the same. Thank you!!!
Awesome! God I miss that band!
Greatest instrumental song ever written by the one and only Dickie Betts! I’ve been listening to the Allman Brothers since 1970. Dickie Betts is the greatest, Skydog even said it “ I’m the famous guitar player but Dickie Betts is the real guitar player.” It takes talented musicians to jam like this. Warren Haynes definitely fits into that mode and I can’t say enough about Allen Woody driving that bass line! Skydog and Berry were smiling down on this performance!
Five stars great playing from the whole band the early days of this formation it's still priceless. Thank you
Ditto!!! Dickey is a genius song writer and guitarist, no doubt!!!! Warren Haynes definitely wore some frets down on this, too!!! The Allman Brothers wrote the book, when it comes to solid rock groups☺💙
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Thank you for posting this cooking jam...And the road goes on forever...
I never get tired of hearing this in any version. Such a powerful statement from an instrumental!! ABB was nothing short of being absolutely incredible . Woody was another incredible bassist, so melodic,yet powerful. They always have a great bassist.
DB and Warren really tingle the spine in a way that Derek is not able to,
You've got that right!
I honestly was wishing I was listening to Derek the whole time. xS
I disagree, love Warren to the max, but Derek kills this one.
Derek is amazing...come on !!
I tend to agree. Ive seen Derek a few times. His playing suits his own band better
Best American Band, and one of the best to ever take the stage.
ABB make my ears smile.
There should be one other guitarist part of the Allman alumni in the Rolling Stone 100.That person being ,"Dangerous Dan Toler".
God love the Allman Brothers Band....they have played the Sound track in my devious life
i believe this is Betts band from 91 it is Great Southern and it basically introduced a young Warren Haynes to the world who went on to play with the Alman Brothers .
Absolutely Eric.All the musicians are at the top of their game.
Beautiful how Dickey Betts dives in at about 11:30 on a new guitar after he's broken a string!
+rob van unnik - Amsterdam .......Nice the way you saw that string break......Good looking out!!!
I even like the Les Paul he had to pick after the string break more. P90's sound more aggressive and trebly, i like that
+rob van unnik - Amsterdam And how Warren just improvises while Dickie gets a new guitar!
+David Bonnema Yes, they're both great players!
That was amazing. Glad to see that so many people get to witness this event.
let me count the ways I love the Allman Brothers Band...
Saw these guys that year and others but there energy was absolutely off the charts in 91 unforgettable performance 3 straight hours drummers solo at the END never gonna see this again
AWESOME VIDEO, THANKS, R.IP. BROTHER BUTCH, AND THE MAIN BRO, GREGG, AND THE ROAD GOES ON FOREVER, COUSIN FIGEL
I saw Dickie in Portland Oregon about 7 or 8 yrs ago, he blew Portland away! I was superbly impressed by his guitar work. Oh ya, he also broke a string when I saw him.... check out @11:12.
I wish Dickey and Greg would realize that neither will live for ever, life can end too suddenly (Duane) and life is too short to hold bad blood against each other. I wish they would just make their peace.
After reading Gregory's book... I doubt it will happen...
eggzactly, Chuck
And now its their last year playing together as is, so sad :(
Great comment Chuck:)
Yeah I wish Greg would just forgive and forget then reunite with Dickey and give us just 1one more Amazing kick ass, classic jamming& slammin kick ass AB tour to cherish 4Ever
check out Melissa in 1992 in Hollywood. Across the chasm comes the handshake that will spill your tears. I know you are the real deal fan and are aware of their many struggles. Let me just turn you on to this so you won't feel like maybe Greg and Dickie ended in a rough place.....if you feel anything like I do, you will want to hold that moment in your heart. I only found it recently, Please ENJOY brother!
These were Warren's best years as a lead player. His freshness and creativity were at their highest. Lucky to have seen them many times during this era.
This is just outstanding glad I found it! The more into the song the better it gets!
Everyone in this band was/is a virtuoso in their own right which makes it such an incredible band. (Thank heavens for recordings or we wouldn't have all this gravy.)
Warren Haynes is killer
When men become One with the instrument vibe& song a classic celebration of life
The Allman Brothers are the reason I’ll be buying a 57 gold top reissue soon!
Always loved Warren Haynes,the guy is a monster player, and Dickies goldtop sounds beautiful!
Absolutely BRILIANT!!!!
Dickie is totally remarkable seen his kid twice great shows
Dickey. He and Jaimoe. The Living Left Legends. I Love The Allmans/ Greatest Band Ever. Huge respect!