GA started telling me about his love for Jackson Browne, then evangelized about the need for friends to support one another, and ended up marveling at ZZ Top's babes. Check it out!
Hahaha. The "ZZ Top babes" thing is hilarious. That might've been one occasion where Gregg should've called Gibbons in advance. When I was at Guitar World, Billy invited me to a show. When I got there, someone with the band escorted me back stage and basically locked me in a room with a dozen ZZ Top girls for close to 30 minutes until the show started. They were all beautiful and friendly, so it wasn't the worse time I've had at a concert! And, oh yeah, the Top were pretty good too!
Will never forget Billy's visit to our office. "You have to ask for me by my pseudonym - Billy F. Gibbons." Let's go see him at City Winery next month.
Yeah, that would be fun. It's been a while since I saw him. I think the last time was pre-COVID. He did a super intimate show at the Iridium, and the band was in great form.
Will never forget the late 60s summer days, when the'Brothers and other terrific groups played for free in a park in New Orleans. They would do this as a gesture of generosity, paying tribute to our short-lived Counterculture after a gig at The Warehouse, a venue that putatively rivaled the Fillmore East. A slight exaggeration, possibly, but nonetheless a great venue for a city that dwelled in jazz, electric rock, and R & B.
Alan, it was not a paper sack on JB’s first LP, it was supposed to be like a canvas desert water bag folks would drape on their vehicle radiator when driving across the desert back in the “old days.”Using the principal of evaporative cooling, the bag would keep the radiator “cool” during 100 degree weather.
The album is often mistakenly called Saturate Before Using, because the words appear on the album cover, which was designed to look like a water bag that would require saturation in water in order to cool its contents by evaporation. For this very reason, Asylum Records executives suggested to no avail that the words be removed from the album cover and nearly rejected the cover art outright. However, the initial pressings not only included the text, but the cover carried a burlap-like feel to further the water bag theme.
Alan, I enjoy your articles, interviews and books...just finished Texas Flood recently! Of course anything ABB or GA I'm always down for...thanks for all of it...cheers!
I always learn something new from what you're willing to share here. I just finished Cameron Crowe's "The Uncool". His writings about their meeting in 1973 and 40 years later I felt captured a deep sadness that Gregg seemed to carry his whole life after that dark in day in October 1971.
Hahaha. The "ZZ Top babes" thing is hilarious. That might've been one occasion where Gregg should've called Gibbons in advance. When I was at Guitar World, Billy invited me to a show. When I got there, someone with the band escorted me back stage and basically locked me in a room with a dozen ZZ Top girls for close to 30 minutes until the show started. They were all beautiful and friendly, so it wasn't the worse time I've had at a concert! And, oh yeah, the Top were pretty good too!
Will never forget Billy's visit to our office. "You have to ask for me by my pseudonym - Billy F. Gibbons." Let's go see him at City Winery next month.
Yeah, that would be fun. It's been a while since I saw him. I think the last time was pre-COVID. He did a super intimate show at the Iridium, and the band was in great form.
Let’s discuss.
Will never forget the late 60s summer days, when the'Brothers and other terrific groups played for free in a park in New Orleans. They would do this as a gesture of generosity, paying tribute to our short-lived Counterculture after a gig at The Warehouse, a venue that putatively rivaled the Fillmore East. A slight exaggeration, possibly, but nonetheless a great venue for a city that dwelled in jazz, electric rock, and R & B.
Alan, it was not a paper sack on JB’s first LP, it was supposed to be like a canvas desert water bag folks would drape on their vehicle radiator when driving across the desert back in the “old days.”Using the principal of evaporative cooling, the bag would keep the radiator “cool” during 100 degree weather.
Wait, seriously?
According to Wiki.
The album is often mistakenly called Saturate Before Using, because the words appear on the album cover, which was designed to look like a water bag that would require saturation in water in order to cool its contents by evaporation. For this very reason, Asylum Records executives suggested to no avail that the words be removed from the album cover and nearly rejected the cover art outright. However, the initial pressings not only included the text, but the cover carried a burlap-like feel to further the water bag theme.
Great advice. Always support the home team, your local shops, your neighbors and your community.
Together we stand, divided we fall. It’s never been more relevant than it is today.
yes!
Alan, I enjoy your articles, interviews and books...just finished Texas Flood recently! Of course anything ABB or GA I'm always down for...thanks for all of it...cheers!
Thanks Rich!
I love the video clip you included!
Have you read The Uncool by Cameron Crowe. Some great Gregg Allman stuff.
Of course. It's a wonderful book. I finished it before it came out!
I always learn something new from what you're willing to share here. I just finished Cameron Crowe's "The Uncool". His writings about their meeting in 1973 and 40 years later I felt captured a deep sadness that Gregg seemed to carry his whole life after that dark in day in October 1971.
Alan big Fan-you were mentioned in this Otis Gibbs recent clip-Enjoy
https://youtu.be/GdJLTU91tZM?si=bpERcpEM1NshTUNL
Love the Mama A story.