Allman Brothers Band Dreams 07.16.70

[MOSKII58]

anyone know who the harp player on stage w/ duane is? (4:41) is that Tom Duchette?

[jkc67]

What is amazing about the Allmans is how dramatically the band changed from the late 60's-early 70's to the mid 70's with the passing of Duane and Berry Oakley. While still a phenomenal band, they were really never the same. How could they be? To lose one of the greatest guitar players ever. That crazy pychedelic slide guitar he played... never heard anything like it before or after...Dickie Betts is great and all, but it is like being right handed and losing your right arm.

[IAMPOPS58]

This was actually taken from 9-19-1971. The album records performances from two shows at the State University of New York at Stony Brook Gym on September 19, 1971. Really makes no difference the music lives on forever.

[TheMfmccarthy]

@IAMPOPS58 Not for nothin, but this is not the version of Dreams from the 9.19.71 show. Look it up on here - it's vastly different, and much longer, about 20 minutes. And better for that matter.

[JustJake57]

For those fans who love the FE album, the lighting engineer at SB who also did same at the Captiol in Passaic, commented in an interview that some of that album were actually from SB. Reason? There's a clock in the gym that would 'buzz lightly' on the hour - none such existed at Billy's place. Check the interview out at my alma mater. Google moyssidotcom and look for interview with Bill Frey.

[JustJake57]

It was the best of times. I happen to be on campus for this show as part of freshman orientation. Then saw the band in Sept as well as the following Sept. Great times at SUNYSB. Dead, Floyd, Byrds, Traffic, Tull, Kinks with the lineups before I got there even more insane: Who, Janis, Hendryx, Monk, Miles, Fugs, Moody Blues. Btw, @ 7:12, that's Duane rehearsing in one of the rooms at the SUNY gym (also @ 8:02). There's still great music NOW to be had, but I'll always remember those nites.

[OssMan25]

Want more live Duane!!

[chev202]

duane was good but not all his live stuff sounded as good as this piece, here. this is a real, deep, knarly cut of some ABB. not a whole lot songs that I really like by this group but this one damn song is enough evidence for me to argue how talented Duane was. he was carving a wave on this jam, for sure, going through the pipe playing air guitar.

[MikeSolomanCahill]

duanes playing is beautiful on this track , fell in love with it 1st time i heard it , on his anthology album , just a stupendous band , seen them live at knebworth in the 70s , obviously no duane ... ( dont remember them playing this track anyway , ) jesus i,ll always love the allman brothers , some bands from america , just play it like it should be , jesus i love this band , im kinda emotional now . they play a gig in new york in july for hepatitas c , awareness !! im in london but wanna go

[jakks345]

@greenman7612 that would be awesome! Thanks a ton

[bamboosa]

@MrHuckfynn - smoke some weed, it grows back.

[karnevilj]

I could listen to Duane and the Allman Brothers forever. Duane and Berry will always live on as The ABB has done ever since. Greatest Band in all the land, I've always thought.

[jakks345]

does anyone have a link or a possible upload of dreams and the near impossible to find In Memory of Elizabeth Reed from the show Live at Ludlow Garage? In my opinion the best version of both songs

[supsailor1885]

@jakks345 I Have it from a bootleg tape in Storage in Vancouver WA, I live in Seattle

[greenman7612]

@jakks345

I have the Ludlow Garage tape on reel that I got back in 74 from Tony Yoken who put DA Anthology II together. Never could figuure out why it did not make the CD. I will have to ditigize it and load it up here!

[screeningmimi]

@greenman7612 That would be fantastic!

[abbyang2]

tipping my cup to the master of the slide. thanks for putting this up.

[EnforcerFX]

Now I just want to smoke and listen to this again and again...

[screeningmimi]

Amazing thanks

[MrHuckfynn]

Ohhhh man all those groovy nights spent curled up rolling joints listening to the Allmans wow what memories this is invoking how I wish I still smoked weed. Now my grooves are wrinkle deep and anything I had left to rock n roll fell off years ago......

[podiebodhi]

thanks 4 this song. i'll take good sound quality over video any day. and yes their other stuff is this good too...rock on!

[Beercan555]

As good as it gets. Duane plays mounfully, profoundly. Did he know somehow that his time was short?

This piece of music is a gift to us all.

[davisonh1]

39 years ago today all...we lost our brother SkyDog....RIP brother....

[davisonh1]

Indeed,notice younger generations,when music is this good very few or no voice be needed,your instrument says it all..thats the way it should be...

[SoberAllmanBrosFan]

ALL YOU OL' GUYS GET TO die having witnessed this music in its prime! Me...I have to suffer through years of whatever rap evolves into...some form of cancer i suppose. Thank God for Derek Trucks and Oteil, and some others. Nothin makes my heart beat like ABB, especially the old stuff, not even pussy

[MOSKII58]

@SoberAllmanBrosFan well you can thank your lucky stars for you tube w/o it you would never even know what you missed..and the tube is great for all these shows that you can watch over & over

[suzabella68]

Nobody but nobody can make a guitar sing like Skydog soaring high--RIP Duane.

[chev202]

hey jethro can duane play or what. Hell yeah, Jed. Hey granny wake up and pass the joint!

[chev202]

hey jethro guess what! duane jams. no shit jed! pass the joint granny!

[chev202]

extremely raw, live jam. so pleasant to listen to. makes you want to get a guitar and dream. i only wish that the other stuff they did was this kick ass. for whatever reason this song really is a stand out. some nice guitar stuff. very different and unique to say the least. thanks for posting!

[LegPains]

@chev202

Feel the Power and delicate Emotion of Duane on this rare MOUNTAIN JAM !

The tone here of Duanes playing is so soft yet so subtly strong, they dont make music like this anymore folks, classic

[DaphneRhiannon]

How could you say that gitaarleraar? I gave this to a 24 year old bass player who asked me how'd he missed this. He was very happy to have the cds.

[chev202]

can some one direct me to other vids that jam or is this where the buck stops.

[Gr8fulDG]

If you continue to compare musician to musician, lives to life, and distinct sounds to each other then you may one day miss out. Then again......

[ioriorioriorio]

PSYLOCYBIN MUSHIE DAYDREAM, CAMP CREEK.....RETROGRADE FLASHES TO 1970 OR 72' WHO CARES?

[bthoma1]

@ioriorioriorio not you

[gitaarleraar1970]

Now listen here everybody, the electric guitar was made to produce an awful lot of terrible noise  - play Live At Leeds by The Who and you'll understand what I mean. If you wanna hear sophisticated melodic lines or intricate virtuoso crap go and listen to some Joe Pass jazz guitar or ' our little Italian virtuoso' (Zappa) Steve Vai.

[gitaarleraar1970]

Anyone here needs some crude anal penetration performed on them?

[gitaarleraar1970]

PlasterCasterDick is some dicktwister

[muskratrowdy]

gitaarleraar1970, I'm not a big Zappa fan and I don't really enjoy his music, but I'd never say he wasn't a great musician. Just say you don't care for this music, don't say it's crappy. If you can't see what people think is so great about the original ABB, that shows you have a deficiency in music appreciation.

[gitaarleraar1970]

@muskratrowdy Yeah indeed I have a music appreciation deficiency. I'm deaf that's why. I just watch the video and imagine the music. In this case I imagined crappy music.

[muskratrowdy]

@gitaarleraar1970 Thanks for the clarification. That explains your attitude. Let me try this again: Take Gregorian chants. I don't enjoy listening to them at all. But I can still appreciate them and recognize their quality and excellence. I'd never call them crappy music.The fact that so much positive material has been written about the original ABB, they've received so much recognition, and so many people appreciate them, must give even you a clue that they just might have made good music.

[gitaarleraar1970]

@muskratrowdy I totally agree with you. If you want to know the truth I was just being provocative because that's what I like to do sometimes just to stir things up a little and see what people's reactions will be. That's very childish I suppose. Anyway I wrote that comment when I had hardly heard 3 songs in full by ABB so I was not entitled to that kind of premature judgment.

[bthoma1]

@gitaarleraar1970 obviously someone is looking for a rise out of us here;)

Either way did you know Zappa was a ABB fan? He even covered Whipping Post. I wonder what he would say about brother Duane and the band

[chev202]

the guitar solo in this, is like watching a rose bloom from a bud, using time elapsed photography. it explodes in a burst of brilliant floribunda before your very eyes. a bong hit and this jam is better than a ham hock and cornbread.

[gitaarleraar1970]

@chev202 mmm, I actually love ham hock and cornbread...

[gitaarleraar1970]

@chev202 I like it when people can wax lyrical over a guitar solo like you do man, it even seems to inspire you to write some very poetic lines about. I just wish I could feel the same about this stuff but I guess I belong to the 'small minority' that doesn't get such a thrill out of it.

[oldschoolatver]

@gitaarleraar1970 That's cool. Like I said, I dont know nothing and your maybe right about out and out quality of the playing but Zappa just does not have/give the same (or any) feeling for me. Later,gonna go enjoy some more.

[gitaarleraar1970]

@oldschoolatver Actually I've been listening to this a couple of times now and I'm getting to appreciate Duane's playing a little more than I did upon first hearing. He does indeed play some very nice tasteful stuff with bends and he really seems to sing through his instrument in a way people like BB King and Clapton do. I think he's on a par with those guys.

[nobodyhome8]

@gitaarleraar1970 It's the emotions that you feel from a given sound. I can take Miles in small doses, but acknowledge what he is in music. I love the tortured blues guitar sound. Duane and Stevie Ray are my favorite because of the sound I seek. I wouldn't rate either above Hendrix for rock guitarists, but I prefer them. It's a preference, as you seem to know. Enjoy!

[gitaarleraar1970]

@nobodyhome8 Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jeff Beck and Pete Townsend are my alltime guitar favourites. Also Mick Ronson and Joe Walsh.

[nobodyhome8]

@gitaarleraar1970 Not a bad list at all. Although they're damn good, I'd have a few on there at the expense of Walsh and Ronson, but it's a matter of preference.

[chev202]

yeah, hillbillies that made it big, real big. playing at sold out shows where ever they went.

[chev202]

okay i'll listen to some crappa and and miles and then i'll leave a comment and say this is crap, which it truly is. i'm moving to montana soon with my waxed dental floss and miles with his annoying shit that goes nowhere. give me some real jam i can sink my teeth into. duane was excellent and that's it. you'll never catch the midnight rider, baby!!!!!!!

[gitaarleraar1970]

@chev202 This is just a bunch of hillbillies

[bassbob42]

although out front it felt great. Bass had more punch, the 50 w Marshalls Cracking. Organ was real distinct. Their show earlier in the year was great too. The way we look at it is at least we have it now. If Duane was alive now I am sure he would be way up there.

[bassbob42]

I was at this show. Thanks. A very crude recording but believe me, it was amazing live. The Allmans would have been much better after another year of seasoning, but still amaze me to this day. Sorry Gitarleraar, I listened to Bitches Brew and I just get more out of the Allmans. I enjoy Zappa too, been a fan since 66. This was in a gymnasium and the acoustics were horrible,

[chev202]

screw uuuuuuuuuuuuuuu. dorlk less and clueless in cyberspace

[PlasterCasterDick]

John McLaughlin!

[bthoma1]

@gitaarleraar1970 Whatever helps you sleep at night buddy :)

[transparentpiggybank]

If you can't hear the soul in this music then you will never get it. To each his own.

[oldschoolatver]

@gitaarleraar1970 Entitled to your opinion but you are a VERY small minority. With so many people that feel so strongly positive about this music, perhaps your missing something or you just have a very different taste in music compared to pretty much everybody. I don't know nothing except what the Allmans make me feel...and it's good.

[totallygonegearhead]

Oh to be seventeen again and sitting in my dad's car in the driveway listening to the 8-track of these guys, their body of music tho' still has the same effect today as then. Thank you for posting.

[peteporter]

Gettin' old myself. could there be a better band ever?? I don't believe so.

[chev202]

This dude twisted out every note that guitar had to give. His talent on guitar surely can be compared to the great classical musicians of the 17th and 18th centuries and I don't care if that sounds nuts, either.He only would have gotten bettter if he were around today. If there was only one song that would describe, Duane, it would have to be this one, right.

[chev202]

YEAH!

[PlasterCasterDick]

@chev202 Ridiculous comparison

[trussin]

G-d blessed stonybrrok with everone from the Allman Bros. to Twisted Sister. I loved that !

[121057gtr]

I was 13 when 2 bro,Dave -Brian moved from minn to 1000 oaks ca,brian was about 11or12 played red sg 2humbkers fuzz box -n-blk face fender dave14 fenderjzz base sunn amp they played this album <lv flmor east brian picked up hisgtr played this song slide and the whole song ,Ive been playen ever since.thanx julian ca,

[121057gtr]

I was 13 when 2 bro,Dave -Brian moved from minn to 1000 oaks ca,brian was about 11or12 played red sg 2humbkers fuzz box -n-blk face fender dave14 fenderjzz base sunn amp they played this album <lv flmor east brian picked up hisgtr played this song slide and the whole song ,Ive been playen ever since.thanx julian ca,

[chev202]

Duane, was so taleneted that you can never ever question if he was one of the best guitarists ever. he loved to play and it just came so naturally for him. i guess he took the same approach to the guitar as Moon did to the drums.

[iorioriorio]

I remember that good ol' dillon stadium show with the dead...think it was 5 dollars!!

[mooneyes1974]

ABB 40Years!

[MegaTronn]

I wasn't even born but still I wish I could've seen the great ones live in concert like Allman Bros, Hendrix, Zeppelin, Jones(Rolling Stones) and others.

[seansurlow]

Totally great song.

One of the best rock songs ever.

[nastynickofmo]

When music actually meant something. R.I.P. Duane..

There will NEVER be another like The Allmans.

[Phishphantom]

ABB=American music excellence=)

[CadillacL]

I was only 6 months old when Duane died. I hate that I never got to see him

live. 38 years gone, wow.

[vlady8me]

RIP Brother Duane

Hard to believe its 37 years now.

REMEMBER DUANE ALLMAN

[SergeantReese]

Just superb

[mwegmann2004]

comment: UNBELIEVABLE

rate: 10+/10

GIVE US MORE!!!!!

[aloysiusone]

I was at this show. The Allmans were no strangers to Stony Brook. When they were the Allman Joy they were the house band for a wild fraternity house there and would play a couple of times a semester. I was just in high school but I knew they would be huge. Fuckin' motorcycles. Thanks for posting this!

[thisgoestoeleven11]

4:26 Love Valley Festival?

[sahbstory]

I believe I attended this show..if the year is correct, then this was the first time I saw the band..I believe they opened the show for Chicago, whom I went to see..has never heard of AAB until that night..became a devout follower that night...saw the Fri night Live Fillmore show...also caught that Live Stonybrook 71 show before I left for Calif.. it was the last time I got to see the original band..Duane passed on a mere 5 weeks after that show..I was in Big Sur when we got the news..

[Gnofg]

The chicago show was in may and i was there.

[Charliemusslewhite]

Great, no matter how often I've already heard this song, it's still fascinating, powerful and yet such melancholic. I guess though, I've never listened to this version, I've got the CD "Suny at Stonybrook 9/19/71", I haven't compared it A/B but this seems different. Shorter, and more in tune than my CD version. My favorite though still is the Atlanta version.

[wholeinmytree]

great SLIDE show, you're right.

[jkomen]

Great slide show, lots of pics I've never seen.

[seansurlow]

One of the best rock songs ever.

[joecameli]

Listening, brings me right back to the good old days. Live at the Fillmore east was a great live album. What's this cut off of?

[hdjoe88]

As with your other posts bthoma1, thanks for sharing. Loved it!

[MOSKII58]

who's between duane & berry w/ the fringe jacket on guitar at 2:11 not Dicky is it?

[mmmatthewww]

MOSKII58.....I'm guessing, but I think it's Larry "Rhino" Reinhardt in the fringe jacket at 2:11 in the video. It sure appears to be him. Rhino was part of that gang of musicians who were all jamming together in Jacksonville, FL back in the late 1960's. The Allman Brothers Band was formed out of those jams. Larry Reinhardt went onto form Iron Butterfly and later, Captain Beyond. Reese Wynans, Stevie Ray Vaughn's keyboardist, was also part of the Jacksonville music scene back in that same era.

[Train422]

You're slideshow sucks, but the version of this song is fantastic. The audio is as smooth as glass and shines like a diamond. What is the source?

[MOSKII58]

actually i enjoyed the slide show.. some very cool & interestings pics,love the one w/ Duane & Eric & the one of Duane playing on the grass w/ everyone just standing beside him, like no big deal..

i woulda freaked..and my fav is the one of his two les pauls the tobacco & cherry sunburst side by side on the table..forgetting the fact that they are Duanes, they are still worth 1/2 mil or more for the pair & add in the Duane factor and i'm sure they'd bring a mil plus.

[seansurlow]

Everybody is a critic...good to see the photos..

[randycalifornia]

does someone know why the strings are set like that at 6: 30, look at the bridge... they are on the outside. whats that about???

[HendrixClaptonSRV]

randycalifornia, to answer your question. the strings on the guitar were topwrapped meaning the strings were feed thru the front of the tailpeice first ,then wrapped over the tailpeice, then thru the tuning pegs. Duane strung his guitars this way to make the bending easier and increase the life of the string. he usually didnt do it on the SG though cause he was playin slide on it.

[sugarvalleysouth]

This is one of the most intense dreams they ever did, Long live Duane Allman !!!

[Skyman46]

This is great along with the pictures...i had to listen twice :)

[melodeath20]

This is a fantastic recording of this song! It's one of many of my favorites! I am a Duane Allman Bander. Those are my favorite yrs. But.. IT'S ALL GOOD!

[TonyJenRock1]

Barry sounds a little like Phil Lesh and visa verso

[Saygrace67]

this will surely be the end of me

[chibears20]

thank god for brother duane

[meskalitoLen]

great

[KUpolo]

so good!

[stezothewhitenegro]

Bthoma pulled out the good shit!

thanks!

[7kidchaos]

I could listen to this a thousand times over and not get tired of it. Timeless Allman Brothers perfection.

[LegPains]

@7kidchaos

i agree, this is real heartfelt Powerful passionate Music , Duane was the Best most Unique Rock Slide Guitarist of all time bar none , its irrefutable

His Deep, thick , rich delicate Textures and deliciously fat yet sombering tone is the stuff of legend, he Played with such an elite rare combo of Power and exquisite sophistication

there is simply NO ONE else like this guy

[dsk333]

simply an amazing song i love it

[ZOSOSkydog2112]

happy 62 skydog you are greatly mist. You are still in are memories and dreams! Wail on!

[Bopalena]

Skydog would've turned 62 today. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DUANE!!!

[TSOLD9000]

always. always will i love this music. don`t matter which version.

[muskratrowdy]

Very appropriate day you chose to post this. I think this is better than the later version at SUNY in '71. Thanks for sharing.