"In Memory of E Reed" PT 2 - ABB w/ Clapton 3/20/09

The Allman Brothers live at The Beacon Theater on March 20th 2009. You can still subscribe to watch these shows as they happen LIVE or on VOD at http://www.moogis.com. Sign up today. Support this project!

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Music

Tags:

• Elizabeth
• Reed
• Allman
• Clapton
• Beacon

[StraightTwoDVD]

1- eric blows warren off the stage

2- please watch a clip of dickie and duane in their prime from 1971....

..thats 40 years ago...

and they destroy warren and trucks ...

[Wharfomatic]

@StraightTwoDVD Unfortunately my "Wayback Machine" is in the shop. I'll take these two against anyone taking a stage in 2010.

[neapolismusic]

why can't u just enjoy this posting and stop these "Dicky, Duane, who is better discussions" ? Warren plays always very nice, Dicky is great and Duane is still a hero, Derek messed up two or three notes in the main riff and ? ... I enjoy this posting. Thank you very, very much

[monkytrane]

I agree with possumtail, Clapton is playing viscerally on this one. I like the respect that Warren gave Clapton's guitar solo, many mirrored elements, building in a similar fashion.

What did Clapton and Derek laugh about?

[possumtail]

HA! I doubt he's jammed to a jazz/fusion progression like this since the Cream days.

Eric does a great job here considering that he hasn't had time with this song.....also, if he had a Gibson in his hands his phrasing would have been much different.....he really is a different animal with one of those.

Though he would never resort to playing this type of music, give him some time and I bet his phrasing would rival Haynes and Trucks.

[Laf1960]

i WHOLEHEARTEDLY agree with wharfomatic...................­........stop living in the past..........Duanes been dead 40 years!

[jaysharpwilliams]

@StraightTwoDVD The sweep pick at 4:55 demonstrates a remarkable dynamic and feeling. So the thing is they all rip and stop this he's better that him b.s. Warren is graceful, Eric is furious, and Derek's technique is flawless.

[jkryanspark]

@StraightTwoDVD Nobody's a bigger Clapton fan than me but I think Warren has a better feel for the mood of the song and likes to play reminders of the late great Duane Allman. As for your second point, well duh?

[jkryanspark]

Wow. Hard to imagine Dickie's song without Dickie Betts. I think the Fillmore version w/ Duane, Betts, and bassist Berry Oakley may be the finest live song ever recorded. It captures a legendary band at a great venue, at their very best, and recorded superbly. You can feel the atmosphere and it captures the spectacular acoustics. Having said that-- this video is a joy. I never thought I'd hear and see EC playing with the Bros. I usually don't like 3 guitar sets but they all play so well it works

[frankdialogue]

All three guitarists do a great job: Trucks a little 'jazzier' and with excellent slide work; Clapton straight blues with a lot of fire & Haynes a bit more subtle with use of volume pedal...Very nice to hear this.

That being said, the original 'Fillmore' recording with Betts and Duane is still the classic, with both of those guys taking the 'solos of their careers' in a sense...Plus, the original uses tension & release to the max.

[WrathofKhanII]

Ok, even if they aren't "as good" they only have 3 original members left and it's 40 years later. Can we just be thankful that they didn't end up like Skynyrd, or AC/DC, or literally any other classic band still playing

[GratefulVince]

if u love Abb, Liz Reed, Clapton, or good jamming in general u are not going to compare who is better. You are going to smoke a bowl and play this loud and be proud of yourself you have good taste.

[smokeyman1]

@StraightTwoDVD duane and dickey are one of the best duos of all time but unfortunately duane is dead and ill take derek and warren before any other duo any day of the week