THIS Band Lasted 30 Months...They MADE Guitar HISTORY

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  • @halbertking2683
    @halbertking2683 10 місяців тому +7

    October 15 , 1971 . Pittsburgh , Pa. The Syria Mosque . The Allman Brothers Band . Two Bucks . The best two bucks I ever spent .

  • @StephenLewisful
    @StephenLewisful 10 місяців тому +85

    Nothin to add about the Allman's, I'm just here, feeling like I'm having a cup of coffee, talking shop and jamming with a good buddy. I don't have dollar one to throw towards any of these programs and I feel bad about that but I hope my genuine gratitude for what you provide a lot of us, comes through anyway. Thank You, Tim Pierce.

  • @Bart-5150
    @Bart-5150 10 місяців тому +55

    Dickey Betts is an amazing guitarist. He does not get enough credit. He is a beast.

    • @tomcooley3778
      @tomcooley3778 10 місяців тому +7

      Dickey plays his guitar like he’s making love to it. Duane at times would play like he’s mad at it .

    • @Robert_G_Ortega
      @Robert_G_Ortega 10 місяців тому +2

      Dick used lead patterns over chords by who? Lead patterns were already used by pre musicians, but Dicky capitalized on these lead variations! He also only as far as I can see used Gibson Les Paul series axes.

    • @keef7224
      @keef7224 9 місяців тому +4

      Saw The Dickey Betts Band at a small club called Hunt’s in Burlington, VT in 1986. Still one of the best shows I’ve ever seen. 3+ hours of absolutely spellbinding guitar ferocity! 🎸💥

    • @jamestomkin8784
      @jamestomkin8784 9 місяців тому +3

      He never gets his due respect for his contributions to American music!

    • @kevinblackburn3198
      @kevinblackburn3198 9 місяців тому +2

      Truth

  • @8CountAudio
    @8CountAudio 10 місяців тому +10

    Dickey’s tone in One Way Out is hard to beat. Thanks for celebrating this era of the Allmans!

    • @boblackey1
      @boblackey1 10 місяців тому +1

      ​@@steveataylor3699It was recorded live in June 1971 and Dickey Betts was playing a Les Paul by then. A Gold Top. And Dickey has a fantastic tone on One Way Out and Duane's slide was real fine too. Dickey was playing a Gibson ES-335 when the ABB formed. Then he switched to a Fender Strat but by summer 1970 Dickey went to a SG. After he decided to switch to a Les Paul he didn't like the first few and finally settled on one that was a Good Top but was painted red around the edges and it's on Fillmore East. Dickey gave Duane his SG to use on slide so Duane wouldn't have to retune his Les Paul. But by the time they got to June of 71 Dickey had changed again to another Gold Top. Then after Duane died Dickey switched to a Sunburst Les Paul with zebra pickups. But he left it for a 1957 Les Paul Gold Top in 1974 as the Sunburst had "staying in tune" problem. Dickey found the 57 GoldTop at a pawn shop in New York City.
      Duane was playing a Fender Strat when the ABB formed but moved to a Gold Top then to a Sunburst with the Gold Top pickups. Delaney Bramblet loved Duane's Fender Strat so Duane eventually gave him the guitar. When Duane died he had switched again to a Les Paul tobacco burst which had DUANE pressed into the back of the body out of old frets. I think that is how it went as I became a fan in early 1970 but knew a couple of guys in Atlanta who saw them in 1969.

  • @Rosko3333
    @Rosko3333 10 місяців тому +3

    Dickey is a first class human being as well.I met him in 2006 in Port.or after a Dickey Betts Band show at the Aladdin Theatre.He invited me on the tour bus and we kicked it and talked Les Paul’s for about 10 mins.He told me the main difference in the 58-60 bursts and my Les Paul was the finish.He said the nitro finish on the originals allowed the wood to continue to age,compared to being sealed.He had been on the road longer than I had been alive,but he took the time to treat me like a brother and give me (a life long guitar player)a memory of a lifetime.

  • @charlesbranch4120
    @charlesbranch4120 10 місяців тому +4

    "Every day is the first day of school." - Tim Pierce. Thanks, Tim (from a half-time elementary school custodian in retirement from my full-time and seasonal Alaska work.) 😊

  • @blueshawk5649
    @blueshawk5649 10 місяців тому +38

    Their version of "Stormy Monday" on the live album, is perhaps the ABB song I have played the most times since I purchased "At Fillmore East" in 71. I never get tired of every little nuance of their leads and fills. For me, it's amazing. Dickey's lead is so well structured and Duane's is unbelievable in how he pushes notes to reach what he must have heard in his head. At that time, I had never heard anyone play like that. Still amazing to this day.

    • @markjjnstradling
      @markjjnstradling 10 місяців тому +1

      Totally agree with you. Over the years it has been a 'go to' song to listen to and on most of my platlists. Such a timeless song and the best versions are ABB and perhaps Eric Clapton seeing as he was a big fan of ABB.

    • @shader26
      @shader26 7 місяців тому

      Same here. In fact when I test or set a pedal for edge of breakup I tend to use that second solo at the beginning, where he plays softly then digs in. So amazing. Also took me years to realize one thing I loved on that was the amp sag. Those guitars, both of them, at times sound like harmonicas heavily blown…the initial sound and the bloom after.
      I actually bought Fillmore in a whim, at that point not having heard of them, it was an album in the blues section at a record store and I loved the cover and bought it. Now up to this point (I think I was around 14) I was much into blues, mainly BB King and Freddie King, John Lee Hooker, etc. and on first listen I was so disappointed 🙂, like “this isn’t blues!”. It took several listens (which I find incredible now) for me to get into it, stop expecting the smooth, or concise blues I was used to, and go along for the ride. By the time I was 15 there wasn’t a party I went to where this wasn’t being played…if I double negatived that, I mean every party I went to was playing this, and for some years. Wishbone Ash too. Loved double guitars, and long interesting solos.

  • @fraterseamus
    @fraterseamus 10 місяців тому +14

    My favourite thing about watching Tim play is how happy he is being totally awesome at guitar ;-)

  • @Gnofg
    @Gnofg 10 місяців тому +18

    I saw Duane 4 times including the final weekend at the Fillmore and the next to last show he ever played at Stonybrook. I was directly under Duane for the second set for Dreams and Elizabeth Reed. FYI, The famous album "Live at the Fillmore East" they were the backup band to Jonny Winter. My friend was going and by this time I had seen Duane twice already. I told him that the Allman's were going to blowout Jonny Winter. They were the backup and not 3rd bill. Anyway, the next day my friend said he walked out. I said "what" and he said no I walked out on Jonny Winter. So many people walked out that they reversed order and the Allmans were the last band.

    • @shannonrutherford6859
      @shannonrutherford6859 10 місяців тому +1

      Wow! You saw Duane 4X!? I wasn’t born yet when he was playing those shows but man if I could ever go back in time, it would be New York, March 13th, 1971

    • @thomasespositio3139
      @thomasespositio3139 10 місяців тому

      the best album of all time

    • @Gnofg
      @Gnofg 10 місяців тому

      @@shannonrutherford6859 The greatest show was Saturday night June 26th at the Fillmore. It is legendary. I went Friday.

  • @kenelkins1841
    @kenelkins1841 10 місяців тому +18

    Such a monumental loss. It's mind boggling to think what Duane and Barry would have been playing 20 years down the road. They were so young, innovative and full of creativity when they were taken.

  • @johngoodman9380
    @johngoodman9380 10 місяців тому +21

    You led off with my favorite song on my favorite album. The Allman Brothers Band deserves all of the credit heaped upon them and more. I hope future generations take time to listen to all of their music.

  • @jpalberthoward9
    @jpalberthoward9 10 місяців тому +6

    Elizabeth Reed is an all time high water mark for any kind of improv, no matter what the genre. That tune just set the thermostat for greatness, and shows us all what is possible when you add good ol' fashion hard work and dedication on top of inspired brilliance. Duane and Dickey were the original telepathic twins, the dynamic duo. A pair of first rate ninjas speaking the undeniable truth with Les Pauls. I've been losing my mind over this piece since I heard the studio version when I was 10 years old in 1970, and I've always thought that if John Coltrane could have had a chance to sit in with the Brothers on this tune, it would have been legendary. You know Duane would have jumped at the chance to do that.
    I love to jam along with this track, and try to get people who have never heard of it to listen and appreciate it.
    Can't say enough good things about it.

  • @electricurinal
    @electricurinal 10 місяців тому +13

    Man... a Les Paul has such a specific tone that nothing else can achieve. Love it. Love Duane, Greg, and Dickey.

    • @comfortablynumb9342
      @comfortablynumb9342 10 місяців тому +3

      A very good friend of mine since middle school was Dickie's guitar tech until Dickie quit playing live. My buddy got a guitar case handcuffed to his wrist to take a Les Paul to the Gibson factory for official repairs. Dickie came up with some great guitar parts. And nobody ever had a name that more accurately described a person, he was difficult.

  • @mikeoxley4458
    @mikeoxley4458 10 місяців тому +5

    ABB Live at the Fillmore East is the album that taught me how to play guitar in the early 70’s!
    My friends and I used to jam on Liz Reed constantly, which taught us how to improvise. Did my first Bar gig at 16 in a band called Cerveza, which played all Fillmore East songs. Am still getting hired to play at age 65! Thanks ABB! 🎸

  • @jelehan88
    @jelehan88 2 місяці тому +1

    For me the Allman Brothers will always be a Sunday morning picnic with loved ones. That music is a mixture of love and family put to a funky grove. Peace

  • @tonywtyt
    @tonywtyt 10 місяців тому +12

    Elizabeth Reed is such a haunting tune with a groove! One of my most favorite tunes of theirs!

    • @bryansimmons4550
      @bryansimmons4550 10 місяців тому

      Dickey Betts is an extremely talented songwriter, and E.R. is probably his best.

    • @chipsterb4946
      @chipsterb4946 7 місяців тому

      And apparently she was imaginary, just like little wing.

  • @DonStrenz
    @DonStrenz 10 місяців тому +3

    Around '71 I went to a B.B. King concert at a local college here in Upstate NY and the Allman Bros, who I had never heard of, opened for him. I was blown away and bought their first 2 studio albums the next day.

  • @lowenderjones
    @lowenderjones 10 місяців тому +4

    people put allman bros and the dead in the same camp a lot, and I do love the deads tunes, but from an instrumental & improvisational standpoint, the brothers were just so much more refined.

  • @mab2112
    @mab2112 10 місяців тому +27

    Literally everything Tim plays sounds great. So fun to listen to. Such great dynamics and tone. Thanks for sharing your guitar wisdom, Tim!

  • @georgeperillo6421
    @georgeperillo6421 10 місяців тому +5

    I will never forget the first time I heard "Blue Sky". I was driving my 1965 Corvette Sting Ray Coupe down PCH in Huntington beach California when I heard it on FM radio. I was young then and could not get over the intricate guitar harmonies between Duane and Dicky. I've been a huge fan ever since.

    • @davidriley1847
      @davidriley1847 10 місяців тому

      Shut up show off lier

    • @threeg6966
      @threeg6966 9 місяців тому

      Do you still own the Corvette?

  • @pauliemeehan1
    @pauliemeehan1 10 місяців тому +11

    Damn Tim… aside from your virtuosity and beautiful, stunning melodies, you have to be the happiest guitar player I’ve ever seen! 🎼😊🎼very inspiring and your videos are ALWAYS educational. Thank you a million times over🙏😊🙏

  • @calviopus
    @calviopus 10 місяців тому +8

    The Allman Bros were a huge influence on me. Back when radio would play album sides I recorded the side of Eat A Peach that they played on a cassette. (Side 3) I listened to it constantly. The solos on Blue Sky are still my favorites. It was always in my Walkman at the time. (This was early ‘80s of course) Then I discovered At Fillmore East. Wow! I was turned onto Miles and Trane because of them. Such greatness!

  • @bezzarguy
    @bezzarguy 10 місяців тому +14

    I saw the original band ( with the harmonica player) at a festival in Mi. opening for Johnny Winters. Even though they were having sound issues they were amazing. I later saw them after Duane and Berry passed and I will never forget how great Dickie Betts was. Solo after solo, mind blowing.

    • @DavidSmith-ss1cg
      @DavidSmith-ss1cg 10 місяців тому +4

      Duane ALWAYS promoted Dickie - he'd say, "Y'all watch out for Dickie Betts!"

  • @ramosel
    @ramosel 10 місяців тому +2

    As a youngster (still in my single digit years) I had a sister who was 9 years older who often got saddled with me. In the mid to late 60s our Dad was stationed at Warner Robins AFB. One Saturday afternoon I got drug along to go see a very new Allman Bros band playing an outdoor gig across from some bar in Macon. Great memory and I got so sunburned running to get sodas and burgers for everyone around us.

  • @billmcnabb1037
    @billmcnabb1037 10 місяців тому +3

    I was honored to see them 6/16/71. I was kid and after that night I was never the same. I’ve been playing guitar and bass since. Thx Tim great video.

  • @sandyturner1911
    @sandyturner1911 10 місяців тому +6

    My first ABB record was Beginnings, which was also a double LP..It was beautiful , and showed me what I had been missing.

  • @Joseph-ax999
    @Joseph-ax999 Місяць тому +1

    Two things I have to say. We're so fortunate to have a good live version of "Blue Sky" (Stoneybrook). Gregg's solo "Laid Back" is one of the best things he has ever done.

  • @potterwalker4823
    @potterwalker4823 5 місяців тому +1

    Rick Beato,Tim Pierce and so many others have that attitude about music as George Harrison said “ I just want to play. “Working in a club in Nebraska would have been enough for me “.That music is it’s own reward and enrichment is what true players/writers get for their efforts.pretty good deal,🎼🎼🎼🎼♥️

  • @claytonphelps9911
    @claytonphelps9911 10 місяців тому +3

    I'm glad I learned the 7 scale blocks in a key, to the point of moving it all for any key, because all the modes are in all 7 scale positions. Priceless

  • @michaelantoniotti2738
    @michaelantoniotti2738 10 місяців тому +2

    Elixir hands down....became a believer about a year ago, when I last changed my strings ;-)

  • @TM-jo4wz
    @TM-jo4wz 10 місяців тому +2

    I saw the original ABB 1970 or 71.
    Duane did a tribute to Hendrix and Joplin. Just a few measures each on guitar.
    I was at the stage up front. Right below Barry. That’s how I learned how to start Whipping post by watching Barry. Incredible for me.
    I was 15 maybe 16.
    Still playing bass!!

  • @mikes9759
    @mikes9759 10 місяців тому +3

    Those guy's will live on forever!!!! I sure miss those days!!!! Again though Duane even said Dickie was better!! What a group!!

    • @EclecticHillbilly
      @EclecticHillbilly 10 місяців тому +1

      I was gonna bring that up that Duane said Dickey was the "real guitar player" in the band. Each one made the other better.

    • @jpalberthoward9
      @jpalberthoward9 10 місяців тому +1

      @@EclecticHillbilly There's a radio interview with Duane where he just jumps all over the guy, setting him straight about Dickey and really sticking up for him.
      A true brother and compadre!!!
      Duane was a class act in all regards, and it was no act!

    • @glenduncan8125
      @glenduncan8125 10 місяців тому +2

      @@jpalberthoward9 I think this was the interview where Duane said "I'm the famous one...Dickey's the good one".

    • @jpalberthoward9
      @jpalberthoward9 10 місяців тому +1

      @@glenduncan8125 That's the one. Growing up in Atlanta in the 60s & 70s, I got to hear lots of Duane stories, some of which were BS drunk talk, and some that were actually true. Maynard was the original Allman Joys drummer, and I knew his whole family. They're all very fine musicians, and excellent people.
      They all had some kind of stories about the 1964-66 years. The youngest one was my age. He's a first rate bass player, and he used to tell us about whacking Duane over the head with his little horse head on a stick toy until Duane picked hin up and gave him piggy back rides around the front yard. He was about 4 years old at the time.
      Their mom had nothing but good things to say about both Duane and Gregg. She told us about them coming off the road, and about making Sunday dinner for all of them. Maynard told us about how traveling around in a van in Georgia, Florida, Alabama, and the Carolinas with long hair and paisley shirts in 1965-66, trying to entertain the crew cuts with black music could sometimes be hazardous to your health.
      The upshot of all this is that from the stories I've heard that are believable, it's safe to conclude that Duane Allman was as good of a human being as he was a guitar player. It would appear, from all accounts that his playing was an accurate reflection of his character.

  • @jeffro.
    @jeffro. 8 місяців тому +1

    Please take good care of yourself, Tim!
    I want to watch your videos forever. You're such an awesome player, and you've "rubbed noses" with some very talented musicians (besides yourself).

  • @edwardinedgewood
    @edwardinedgewood 10 місяців тому +26

    Greatest guitar duo of all time. That ended way too soon.

    • @2gr82b4gotn
      @2gr82b4gotn 9 місяців тому

      Blue Sky is the best example of them together

  • @williamweiss6128
    @williamweiss6128 9 місяців тому +2

    Still gets me the different styles coming together in the Allman Bros. What a sound. Another one I was surprised by back in the day was that earlier Charlie Daniels. Funky, jazzy, rock, country. Good stuff.

  • @pi-sx3mb
    @pi-sx3mb 9 місяців тому +2

    Simultaneously moody, haunting, and soothing. Thank you for an insightful analysis and a lovely trip down memory lane. So fun watching you have fun!

  • @david_a_uno
    @david_a_uno 10 місяців тому +11

    Thank you Tim! It's important to hear these stories, as sad as they are sometimes. Such an amazing group of musicians and you convey the music so wonderfully.

    • @timpierceguitar
      @timpierceguitar  10 місяців тому +2

      hey, thanks so much for the kind words, and I am also astounded at how much I learn from researching these things:)

  • @tugginalong
    @tugginalong 10 місяців тому +1

    I love “Elizabeth Reed”
    Tim Pierce is a beast too.

  • @Strumbum01
    @Strumbum01 10 місяців тому +11

    Excellent playing & tone, Tim! Blue Sky is one of my favorites from ABB.

  • @lastdaysguitar
    @lastdaysguitar 10 місяців тому +3

    The first 3 leads I ever learned on guitar: Hendrix "Purple Haze"; Frampton "Show Me the Way"; and the Allman Brothers "One Way Out"... my instructor jazz rocker Don Hastings RIP had very good taste - Duane & Dickey have been heroes since I started training with Don in '73.

  • @bojanboskovic6744
    @bojanboskovic6744 10 місяців тому +1

    "Leave no stone unturned." Euripides / In a three words I can sum everything I've learned about "In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed" - It goes on.

  • @lloydp3061
    @lloydp3061 10 місяців тому +10

    Damn Tim, That sounds great!!! I'm as big an ABB fan as there is and you gave a tone color to the music that Duane and Dickey would absolutely love. You must also use superb mics. Thank you for this video!

  • @KordTaylor
    @KordTaylor 10 місяців тому +1

    Really great video. Thank you. I never realized how short their time was. Thanks again Tim. ❤

  • @johnypitman2368
    @johnypitman2368 10 місяців тому +1

    love your podcast Tim, I met a very talented musician in the late 70s who played vintage les Paul and that experience cemented my passion for Guitar. He lived in Redding Ca and in the early 80s went to So Cal and played as a session musician. He later met Merle Haggard who lived in Palo Cedro a few miles east of Redding and married his daughter, gave Merle a grandson and managed his sound studio.

  • @chimera2518
    @chimera2518 10 місяців тому +2

    Any Tim Pierce video opening with my favourite song in the world, is going to be a great one! A lovely interpretation of the first solo!

  • @mcampbell5158
    @mcampbell5158 10 місяців тому +2

    I always enjoy watching your videos, but this was so great. I absolutely love that song and I could watch you jam over it for as long as your fingers could hold up!! Thanks for the amazing video as always.

  • @bobbysbackingtracks
    @bobbysbackingtracks 10 місяців тому +4

    Beautiful sharing and tribute Tim...great tones and phrasing (as usual).

  • @starrynightguitars
    @starrynightguitars 10 місяців тому +7

    So good! Tim, you are such a badass! Live at... is still a killer album all these years later. Thank you!!

  • @jdwild1698
    @jdwild1698 10 місяців тому +3

    Thanks Tim you’re a inspiration and talent without end and even better you’re an awesome person IMHO. 👍😎

  • @franknash8834
    @franknash8834 10 місяців тому +1

    I might watch this 50 times. I saw them so many times. My friend and I were at a Ten Years After concert when they announced Duanes passing.

  • @9cyrus540
    @9cyrus540 9 місяців тому +1

    What ever you are using to re-create that live sound is tremendous, Mad Props for that tone!!!

  • @tvenar
    @tvenar 10 місяців тому

    One of my favorite jams of all time - so fun to play - it's going on an extended trip - musical sightseeing. Thanks for covering it and putting this up!

  • @mjt5576
    @mjt5576 10 місяців тому +27

    Duane was a great slide player, but I don't think he got enough credit for his non-slide playing. He was masterful at such a young age.

    • @jsphillip60
      @jsphillip60 10 місяців тому

      Yes! Including the great studio playing he did before forming the ABB!

    • @horsepowerhorsepower3861
      @horsepowerhorsepower3861 10 місяців тому

      From the Heart and Soul Vibes....

    • @Qamera
      @Qamera 10 місяців тому

      Duane was a student of 'licks' - he picked up a bunch from Clapton when doing Layla - but his real talent was in stringing them together or just pulling them out of the sky as he jammed, seemingly effortlessly.

  • @beyondasphalt8879
    @beyondasphalt8879 10 місяців тому +6

    Much like Butch and Jaimo, Dickey brought the fire and Duane added the elegance and sophistication.

    • @Gnofg
      @Gnofg 10 місяців тому +2

      I saw Duane 4 times and it was Duane who brought the fire. He almost always had the closing guitar break.

  • @jimsliverootsculturemusic
    @jimsliverootsculturemusic 10 місяців тому +1

    Don't forget the granddaddy of long jams, East~West by the Butterfield Blues Band in 1966.

  • @tomguardino2890
    @tomguardino2890 10 місяців тому +1

    Duane played slide on the first album, Trouble No More and Dreams. He’d been playing slide for a while thanks to Jesse Ed Davis’ Playing on Taj Mahal album…. Specifically, Statesboro Blues

  • @termsofusepolice
    @termsofusepolice 10 місяців тому +1

    High Falls will always be my favorite Allman Bros tune hands down. It is a masterpiece. And all Betts.

  • @SamVecchio
    @SamVecchio 10 місяців тому +2

    Tim, watching you play is so inspiring. You are a monster player. Really enjoy your content. So humble and masterful. Thanks for sharing your wisdom.

  • @MoreMeRecording
    @MoreMeRecording 10 місяців тому +20

    Allmans...man, just never fails to take me back to great times and places in my life - especially fantastic weekend chilling music. Well done, Sir.

  • @chesterproudfoot594
    @chesterproudfoot594 10 місяців тому

    Love this, Tim! One of the greatest bands, ever, with two of the greatest guitarists ever. In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed is spine tingling to this day. Hard to believe that the core unit was only around 30 months. 😞I only bought my first electric last year and chose Blue Sky as the first song to learn. It's got everything in it. Finally got Duane's solo down, I guess it's time I try to tackle Dickey's. Thanks for giving some love to ABB!

  • @64puma64
    @64puma64 10 місяців тому +1

    I could turn the volume all the way down and still enjoy these videos, because Tim just looks like he’s having so much fun. But keep the volume up and float along on that killer guitar-man, you can’t beat it.

  • @eddieholmes3236
    @eddieholmes3236 10 місяців тому +2

    Sublime playing Tim!

  • @jscotlandr
    @jscotlandr 9 місяців тому

    Also, you're experience and deep understanding of guitar playing and guitar tone have been extraordinarily valuable to me. Some of your casual,off hand remarks have helped me more than hours of lessons and practice. Knowing what NOT to do is so rarely taught and talked about with nearly all guitar teachers. Doing everything you are taught can only take the aversge guitar player so far. The issue becomes recognizing the bad habits and unlearning them along with understanding the importance of the subtleties. For example , excessive fretting pressure held me back for years. Pick angle, pick attack and picking hand position were, and still are, huge issues with my playing.

  • @normjones6916
    @normjones6916 10 місяців тому +1

    brings back memories:) well done in your style, inspirational!

  • @sao9995
    @sao9995 9 місяців тому +1

    I watch every guitar channel on UA-cam; my two favorites are Tom Bukovac and Tim Pierce -- two of the nicest and most talented guys on earth. Thanks, guys; love ya both.

  • @elenbrandt290
    @elenbrandt290 10 місяців тому

    Thank you for the lovely playing!

  • @claytonphelps9911
    @claytonphelps9911 10 місяців тому +2

    Tim. Your videos and playing are always fantastic, oh, and the tone .......yessir

  • @billieg826
    @billieg826 10 місяців тому +1

    Great guitar players ! Wonderful music !.Thank you for sharing this awesome work !

  • @joemitchell9981
    @joemitchell9981 10 місяців тому +2

    Didn't Dickey write In Memory of Elizabeth Reed? Some of my most favorite licks and guitar music is from the Allman Brothers. Love your playing, too Tim! Thanks for the great videos.

  • @rileyjackfansmithandjones8238
    @rileyjackfansmithandjones8238 10 місяців тому +2

    To think about of us older folk heard these tracks on AM transistor Radios, and then with FM convertors......and the Allman Brothers still got Huge!
    They had "The Tone", but it was their singular style and arrangements......keeping a mass of Musicians enthralling the listener. They really wove a Musical Spell.
    And all of their stuff has aged very very well.

    • @stann6868
      @stann6868 10 місяців тому

      Man....fm converters. That was a while ago. Haha. Yeah I think i remember having one in a 70 olds.

  • @sciencemansandera
    @sciencemansandera 10 місяців тому

    Awesome Tim you got the perfect mood going on over there in the cockpit too lol Love the lighting. Great story and excellent playing as usual. I remember how popular Allmans were in Detroit on the radio Clapton too that was when I was just learning how to play back in the early 70s I think the guys with Lynyrd Skynyrd all kind of grew up with him too. back then riding a motorcycle was nowhere near as safe as it is today a lot of the very high powered cars on the road and that period it was a tragic loss..

  • @dnews9519
    @dnews9519 10 місяців тому

    Tim I searched for years to find the perfect Les Paul. I probably went thru a dozen of them but finally found the keeper. Mine is 7.4 lbs and is insanely resonate. Tim I love your channel I've learned so much and I agree completely when you find the right Les Paul it really is the perfect guitar.

  • @jedd.5407
    @jedd.5407 10 місяців тому +1

    Tim!!! Your Improve is just EFFFING fantastic! Evetime I watch you play, it's like you're in the "ether" world with the Gods of rock n roll, blues, and a little jazz. Thanks for sharing.

    • @timpierceguitar
      @timpierceguitar  10 місяців тому

      thank you so much for this nice comment :-)

  • @freddigirolamo7761
    @freddigirolamo7761 9 місяців тому

    YES - very well said…so much of the tone is in the right hand.
    Some of my favorite sounds have when players are picking very lightly on a medium gain setting. It ends up sounding like a clean sounding amp that no one else has.

  • @rickrudd
    @rickrudd 10 місяців тому +3

    All-in-all my fav band of all-time.

  • @johnfeole1971
    @johnfeole1971 10 місяців тому

    Great improv Tim! saw the Allmans in 1971, just before Duanes passing, incredible show 😎😁

  • @toddwilliams4442
    @toddwilliams4442 10 місяців тому

    Sorry I missed the live chat. The flame on the LP you played on this is gorgeous. I was raised deeply immersed in country music. It's still my home and I finally pushed myself beyond the intimidation and awkward "learning to play all over again" state of country hybrid picking, ie; James Burton, Roy Nichols, redd volkaert, don rich, Brent mason, Vince Gill, Marty Stuart(and cousin Kenny, of course, lol). However, growing up not knowing there was any other sorts of music but country, bluegrass, and gospel, when I found rock and roll, it wasn't all to my taste during the progressive rock 80s. Hank Sr. brought me to Hank Jr.. It was like a roadmap to a hillbilly kids audiophile soul. He and Charlie Daniels were the gatekeepers of my musical rock rabbit hole. Through them I found skynnrd and taught myself to play with their songs. Also, I found the Allman's, and I love Duane, but dickeys country rich, melodic playing and songwriting style were definitely huge in my early learning. Jessica was one of the first lead lines I taught myself by ear. Dickey seldom gets mentioned for being the incredible guitarist he is. Everyone is always shocked to find that it's him playing slide on early albums after Duane passed and that amuses me. Dickey could blister bluegrass flatpick runs that would tie many metal guitar fingers in knots. Love your channel and , as always your tone is phenomenal. Dickey, Steve Gaines, and Toy Caldwell were vastly under appreciated artists and yet their contributions to music are immeasurable. Love to see you do a show(s) featuring their virtuosity and often unsung genius.

  • @MichaelAntus
    @MichaelAntus 10 місяців тому

    Thanks again Tim. Much respect...

  • @brownsfan7753
    @brownsfan7753 10 місяців тому

    Love this!! You sound fantastic on your Les Paul!!!

  • @jimisnotunique
    @jimisnotunique 10 місяців тому

    Great job playing ABB. Very few can do that well. Bravo!

  • @kane6529
    @kane6529 10 місяців тому +2

    love some Allman Brothers 🤩 your freestyle jam was amazing as well though Tim! i often wondering what it would feel like to play the way you do 🤯 the big grin on your face says it all!

  • @TheFeelButton
    @TheFeelButton 10 місяців тому

    Great stuff Tim! Cheers!!

  • @gergemall
    @gergemall Місяць тому +1

    ❤ so recognizable. One of the best times in my lifetime.

  • @stevetaylor6024
    @stevetaylor6024 6 місяців тому +1

    I saw them over 50 times from '91 - '14 & Gregg's last show at Red Rocks '16.

  • @leschab
    @leschab 9 місяців тому

    Thanks for the memories Tim. I had forgotten how much I enjoyed listening to The Allman Brothers.

  • @timabuttle
    @timabuttle 9 місяців тому

    Thanks so much for the video of my favorite band. Your solos were awesome and I especially like the way you played solos with the neck pickup and another with the bridge pickup. This helps me as I just got an Epiphone Les Paul (Lefty). The video from the Fillmore East is classic. Duane's solo on "Dreams" is otherworldly -- a masterpice. I love your videos and your playing and have learned so much. Peace.

  • @william7108
    @william7108 10 місяців тому +1

    This is really cool I actually had this LP when it first came out and I just had my guitar and amp and play the entire album endlessly so when I went out to do these little party gigs with kegs Etc I was playing all this kind of music amongst others of course but I just enjoyed playing every song on this double LP recorded live at the Fillmore East and the recording production with phenomenal really beautiful I actually have the CD off the lp so that sounds utterly fantastic 2 right on Tim for putting this together

  • @wellwornpast
    @wellwornpast 10 місяців тому +1

    I learned my first maj7 from that song. I literally - in the LITERAL sense of the word - wore Live at the Fillmore East out. (Cheap needle)

  • @user-mb3ue1vg6y
    @user-mb3ue1vg6y 5 місяців тому

    Duane has such a smooth feel, and you did a great job displaying it. Really enjoy your videos, Tim! Inspired me to get back on the neck!

  • @jeremy.thejeweler
    @jeremy.thejeweler 10 місяців тому

    That LP has like exactly the perfect guitar. 11 year old me’s greatest aspiration in life was to have a les Paul that looks exactly like that. The burst is perfect. If you ever want to see it one day, let me know 😂😂 Great video as always!

  • @CJBradley
    @CJBradley 10 місяців тому

    Tims LP looks and sounds just great.

  • @Boldaslove71
    @Boldaslove71 10 місяців тому +2

    Tim reminds me of EVH in that he's always smiling while he plays.

  • @Tyler-xd9rb
    @Tyler-xd9rb 10 місяців тому

    Hi Tim, 1st vid of yours that I've seen. Very enjoyable.
    Another 1 or 2 this good and I'll just have to tap that subscribe thing.

  • @bodievaldezmusicworld8876
    @bodievaldezmusicworld8876 9 місяців тому +1

    Tim I always appreciate your content.. I listen to them rehearse Elizabeth Reed on Lonboat Key , FL a week or so before they left to tour and play Filmore east. At 12 yrs old it was always a beautiful song to me , and a few yrs later I fimaly heard again on live at the Filmore East..❤ those fellas.. Tim wheres mentionn of the Great Dangerous Dan Toler and his equally Great Drummer Brother "Frankie " David, the Toler Brothers ..

  • @franciscocabral2052
    @franciscocabral2052 10 місяців тому

    you look so happy when you are playing the guitar ! God bless you

  • @Kevin-ib4gv
    @Kevin-ib4gv 2 місяці тому +1

    I'm 70, love the Allman Brothers and they were the first songs I learned note for note. There has always been, back in the day, the rumour that the Filmore Live album was re-recorded because nothing other than Gregs vocals and Hammond B3 was useable. Apparently done in a barn according to one source. What makes me wonder if true or not is the perfection of the recording of the album in the harmonies of guitars, sustains, and overall tone quality that I don't think is attainable in a live situation. Like the saying goes, the only thing live about a live album is the crowd noise. Does anyone have a thought about this?

  • @wendyandgeoffpattison2610
    @wendyandgeoffpattison2610 10 місяців тому

    Some very tasty picking there Tim. Thanks, love the Allmans.

  • @jeremydodds1761
    @jeremydodds1761 10 місяців тому +1

    I’m playing and singing some Allman brothers songs. Thanks, great stuff Tim.

  • @chrisg5271
    @chrisg5271 10 місяців тому

    Dear Tim thanks for great post, sorry I rarely can come when your live but catch up later. As ever great content

  • @geraldhinson
    @geraldhinson 10 місяців тому +1

    KILLER playing, Tim! And, what a great history lesson too. Are you playing through the Marshall behind you on this? The tone is amazing.