tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727369088532211108.post4493455004321572074..comments2024-03-27T17:29:55.442-04:00Comments on The World According To Butch Trucks: Piedmont ParkButch Truckshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08175786196916620501noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727369088532211108.post-22885242336344950432017-06-03T22:12:47.844-04:002017-06-03T22:12:47.844-04:00Ah, man. I miss your ass. Got to see you with the ...Ah, man. I miss your ass. Got to see you with the Freight Train several times. RIP, Brother.Mr. Lizardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11128139973645870279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727369088532211108.post-65159393470001106822016-09-13T12:04:02.211-04:002016-09-13T12:04:02.211-04:00I loved you guys butch I was there that day one of...I loved you guys butch I was there that day one of the best memories of my life that Era then the music at Lake spivey in Jonesboro ga the Byron music festival they don't make it like that anymore I still play those old LPS eat a peach I still have them all I love them even tho I have them on cd a name I bet you've not heard for a while grinderswitch love you man keep rockin.Steve Burnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11517304137980469783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727369088532211108.post-57014970285222486832016-09-13T11:51:23.778-04:002016-09-13T11:51:23.778-04:00I remember that frist day in the park it was a bea...I remember that frist day in the park it was a beautiful day I couldn't have dreamed a more perfect day the power of that band of brothers that music the peace and love in the air would make people weep today love you guys peace brother and the keep rocking p.s.remember the music at Lake spivey.Steve Burnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11517304137980469783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727369088532211108.post-65788640303079085492016-09-13T11:47:29.716-04:002016-09-13T11:47:29.716-04:00I remember that frist day in the park it was a bea...I remember that frist day in the park it was a beautiful day I couldn't have dreamed a more perfect day the power of that band of brothers that music the peace and love in the air would make people weep today love you guys peace brother and the keep rocking p.s.remember the music at Lake spivey.Steve Burnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11517304137980469783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727369088532211108.post-28396073475193476112014-05-10T19:49:41.344-04:002014-05-10T19:49:41.344-04:00I, too, was at almost all of those Piedmont Park S...I, too, was at almost all of those Piedmont Park Sundays. It was a very special time. Weekdays that summer, a lot of band members hung out at our 'underground' newspaper, The Great Speckled Bird.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727369088532211108.post-89299316527935189362014-05-10T19:45:44.725-04:002014-05-10T19:45:44.725-04:00I remember Al Franken goofing on the deadhead crow...I remember Al Franken goofing on the deadhead crowd in line to see the Dead play outdoors at Stanford Univ. He was panhandling for $20 bills.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727369088532211108.post-6237740973730679822013-03-23T11:11:11.663-04:002013-03-23T11:11:11.663-04:00Thanks for sharing your story. I was fortunate eno...Thanks for sharing your story. I was fortunate enough to be at the first Piedmont gig and wrote about it for The Strip project. We'd like to link to this page<br />http://www.thestripproject.com//Hippies_Stories/Entries/2007/9/25_May_11_Be-In_in_PiedmontMeet_The_Allman_Brothers_Atlanta!.htmlMystere2https://www.blogger.com/profile/08729306452538610675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727369088532211108.post-69941838615886090892012-11-23T11:29:52.370-05:002012-11-23T11:29:52.370-05:00It's fascinating to read your recollection, Bu...It's fascinating to read your recollection, Butch, of the ABB's first free gig in Piedmont Park. I was one of the lucky who were ambushed with no warning that day, and have been grateful ever since. My own recollection of that day is not-quite buried in an article I published earlier this year at: <br />http://likethedew.com/2012/03/04/we-can-all-join-in-how-rock-festivals-helped-change-america/<br /><br />It was a magical time.Bill Mankinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03023534572332872670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727369088532211108.post-20784419736698500822012-11-06T08:57:17.017-05:002012-11-06T08:57:17.017-05:00Can't tell you how much I enjoy reading your b...Can't tell you how much I enjoy reading your blog. I've been an admirer of ABB since my Brother introduced me to your music when he spent a year in Georgia after his stint in Vietnam. Rosenditohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07083316889333068793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727369088532211108.post-61517671095685051962012-07-07T07:48:55.698-04:002012-07-07T07:48:55.698-04:00Yeah!!!! Hot to Trot!!! Wish I had a recording of ...Yeah!!!! Hot to Trot!!! Wish I had a recording of Dick Hudson's singing!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727369088532211108.post-91729049956276650672012-01-03T14:25:58.854-05:002012-01-03T14:25:58.854-05:00Mr. Dude: there are also living examples you can s...Mr. Dude: there are also living examples you can study and learn from - the music fest Bonnaroo and the biker fest Hog Rock are both held on private land. There are probably others. If you don't already have a lawyer friend, get one. You'll need to know how state and local laws may affect you and whether it's even possible. Good luck - I hope to come jam someday... ---JTAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727369088532211108.post-73077258684145284902011-11-05T21:24:29.904-04:002011-11-05T21:24:29.904-04:00actually the allmans were not the first group to p...actually the allmans were not the first group to play the sunday love-ins a piedmont park. i remember seeing hampton grease band, little phil and the night shadows and other groups there every sunday from spring 1968 on. the day the allmans first played there did totally solidify the vibe. they brought the music to a whole 'nother level of collective improvisation. i was there! (little known fact: a black guy playing soprano sax sat in with them that day- at that time i had not yet heard john coltrane but when i was finally introduced to hos music via my favorite things i KNEW where i had heard that sound before!).<br />peace.philip lanehttp://www.mdc.edu/faculty/planenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727369088532211108.post-20122280926231551112011-10-16T23:52:34.535-04:002011-10-16T23:52:34.535-04:00Butch... thank you so much for sharing your own pe...Butch... thank you so much for sharing your own personal memories of the early days with ABB. It certainly adds an awesome perspective and credibility to hear it from someone who not only was there, but was right in the thick of it.<br /><br />When I was 12 years old, growing up in Stone Mountain, my mother finally relented and allowed me to attend my very first rock concert. <br /><br />It was the summer of 1979, the album was Enlightened Rogues and the venue was the old Omni coliseum in Atlanta. I had to have a chaperon, a friend of my mother who turned out to be a 27 year old former hippy who told me all about Piedmont Park and the Allmans. I might be wrong on this, but I believe J.J. Cale opened up the festivities that night in Hotlanta.<br /><br />I liked the ABB before that night, but afterward I was a lifelong fan. I bought every record and kept going back. The two following years brought y'all to the Fox and then the 80s came along and the Brothers were sidelined for the rest of the decade.<br /><br />I can say with all honesty that I have seen the Brothers on your 10th, 20th, 30th and 40th anniversary tours and all years in between. And I can also say, with just as much honesty, that I have one small bone to pick these days with the ABB.<br /><br />It used to be that the Allman Brothers Band had a special relationship with Atlanta. From 1989 up to about 1996 we could always count on a show somewhere around the 4th of July at Lakewood. It was a tradition that me and all my friends looked forward to every summer.<br /><br />But over the past 10 years or so, it seems as if we're lucky to have the Brothers play at all. Some years we get skipped altogether. <br /><br />I realize that New York has a very, very special place in Allman Brothers history, and I certainly wouldn't ever suggest that Atlanta could ever possibly match the Beacon run, but dammit it sure would be nice if we had a little ABB tradition once again. <br /><br />If you kick every year off at the Beacon, how about ending it at the Fox or the Tabernacle for a few nights?? Hell I don't really care where, but it would sure be nice to be able to count on some shows and not wonder whether or not you're even going to play here at all.<br /><br />Don't ever forget us here in Atlanta, Butch... we were Allman Brothers fans before the rest of the world caught on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727369088532211108.post-44342527272015465452011-10-01T11:34:23.307-04:002011-10-01T11:34:23.307-04:00Wow. I feel so lucky to have been introduced to yo...Wow. I feel so lucky to have been introduced to your blog. This is fantastic stuff. Helps me remember how to dream. <br />~ Patti:Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16517685967740540503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727369088532211108.post-41162245838649744072011-08-28T17:35:19.895-04:002011-08-28T17:35:19.895-04:00oops, i meant that last post for MrElDuderino85oops, i meant that last post for MrElDuderino85Mr. Lizardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11128139973645870279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727369088532211108.post-64082808644598871672011-08-28T17:34:21.913-04:002011-08-28T17:34:21.913-04:00Anonymous,
Read "Barefoot in Babylon: The Cr...Anonymous,<br /><br />Read "Barefoot in Babylon: The Creation of the Woodstock Music Festival, 1969"<br /><br />Here's one of the reviews on Amazon.com. I read it many years ago...amazing!<br /><br />"This telling of Woodstock draws you into it and makes you feel like you are in the room planning it all with the promoters and at the event itself."Mr. Lizardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11128139973645870279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727369088532211108.post-17077041780388126092011-08-28T15:40:03.347-04:002011-08-28T15:40:03.347-04:00Greedy lawyers, judges, etc. have screwed these ev...Greedy lawyers, judges, etc. have screwed these events however, on a much smaller scale the street musicians can still perform though not on the same level. I am with you, my friend, we can only hope.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727369088532211108.post-38625087505431735702011-08-28T09:16:43.202-04:002011-08-28T09:16:43.202-04:00Butch,
Thanks for the flashback, but would you go ...Butch,<br />Thanks for the flashback, but would you go back a little farther? I first came across you guys at the Kaleidoscope (Changes Unlimited) in Louisville as 31st of February and Tiffany System. It was a great club. I spent my last night as a civilian there before getting drafted and somehow ended up in a stolen boat in the middle of the Ohio River. I barely made it back to the induction center.<br /><br />Then, when I got back from Vietnam, I just happened to be in Piedmont Park for an ABB concert. More recently, we caught the show at Constitution Hall in DC. How weird was it playing across the street from the White House?<br /><br />Anyway, do you have any memories of the Kaleidoscope/Changes in Louisville? You played there often as I recall. It was a great place until the cops burnt it downMr. Lizardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11128139973645870279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727369088532211108.post-13407643178036492322011-08-24T14:30:54.381-04:002011-08-24T14:30:54.381-04:00MrElDuderino85, this sounds like a wonderful idea ...MrElDuderino85, this sounds like a wonderful idea and I hope this can happen. There are some things that you might want to consider though. First off you will be responsible for making sure that there are adequate toilet facilities and access to water. You may be looking at 100,000 people showing up at this, so you might want to check county ordinance about crowd size at private events. You also might want to check your local noise laws as well. You will need to provide electricity so you will need to have an electrical source handy capable of providing commercial level voltages. The adjoining property owners will probably need to approve this as well. You will need to provide professional security and you might want to make sure the local roads can handle the traffic. Most jurisdictions will require a permit and that might be expensive. You may also be responsible for taxes and there is also the matter of paying the band as well, as I'm rather doubtful they will be willing to do this for free. These measures will help keep your Woodstock into becoming an Altamont. I'll be keeping an ear out and I hope to hear that this event will actually be occuring, you bet I'll be there if it does.<br /><br />BrianAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727369088532211108.post-53179646558822770472011-08-24T14:09:19.860-04:002011-08-24T14:09:19.860-04:00MrElDuderino85....Trust me, I wasn't plannin&#...MrElDuderino85....Trust me, I wasn't plannin' on bein' there...Not into large crowds with no security present...And the closest thing I own to a "legal book" is an old Perry Mason novel....Hope your dream comes true anyway, Good Luck....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727369088532211108.post-63408815620166216552011-08-24T05:22:37.499-04:002011-08-24T05:22:37.499-04:00Up for work. Shoulda been an Allman Brother. I'...Up for work. Shoulda been an Allman Brother. I'd be shroomin' and legging out a triple to the coke machine right now instead of doing this real world thing.<br /><br />Thought I'd check to see the responses (if any) to my suggestion. First, I'd like to say what a great honor and thank you to Butch for responding to me. How many people can say a Brother personally talked (typed) to them? Thousands probably but I hold it as a honor anyway. Pass it on Butch. It can happen. I have bands (for free) come out to the old barn out there. Ain't no ABB-ish yet but keep thinking one day that place might in up in a book from some fortunate band. That'd be cool. But I'm not stupid. I understand it is, I'll call it less than 50% chance that it'll happen. BUT, offer is always on the table.<br /><br />Second, Anonymous. You can't come. Nuts??? You just stay at home with your legal books and keep worrying about all the things you can't do cause some man in a suit fancier than yours says you can't. Me? I'll just keep living the dream. Land of the free and all.<br /><br />Thanks again Butch. Keep em coming.<br /><br />Peace and Allman BrothersMrElDuderino85noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727369088532211108.post-90901195226990806972011-08-23T17:07:03.522-04:002011-08-23T17:07:03.522-04:00http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQ0IjvLe-r4 Check t...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQ0IjvLe-r4 Check this one out. Nathalie Cole doin Whippin Post with us. What a night. Check out her sinin Sam Cooke's A Change is Gonna Come too. Gae me serious goose bumps. May be time for the brothers to have a sister. :-)Butch Truckshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08175786196916620501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727369088532211108.post-84170954076896935122011-08-23T13:54:03.755-04:002011-08-23T13:54:03.755-04:00A lot of people still play for free I hope - perso...A lot of people still play for free I hope - personally I play parks, parties, open spaces, boardwalks, fund raisers and coffee shops - for free - most people think I'm a loony. :)<br /><br />Franken & Davis got their comedic start playing for free at comedy clubs. Al's a senator now. <br /><br />Playing free I suppose after the fame becomes an impossibility or highly impractical. Its up to us - the not "almost" famous - to blaze new trails. When its a labor of love anything can happen and even if it doesn't mushroom (so to speak) in the moment is where it's at.<br /><br />I learn something new every time I play and if I turn on one person, spread the news about a new song or remind someone of an old song, help one child smile, ease the burden of the moment for a passerby or parent, bring a smile to anyone's face, or lighten a heart - then I'm repaid a million times over in an intangible way I have come to value much more than money. <br /><br />Maybe that's the definition of a life well spent - I wouldn't assume to go that far in a self proclamation but it sure feels good to me and I enjoy the hell out of it before, during and after. The rest of it is frippery - interesting, fun exuberant and lucrative frippery, but also dangerous, potentially self deluding and destructive.<br /><br />The power is in the moment. Make your little corner of the world better any way you can. If we all did that everything would be fine. Find something you love and do it - damn convention, protocol, and expectations. Break out of the malaise and turn the freakin' television off - go to a sierra club meeting, PTA, or pick up a guitar and head for the park! Do what you love!<br /><br />Look what it did for Butch - well done amigo- keep up the good work.<br /><br />Played whipping post on a patio the other day and made some people smile - "who did that song" - they asked - and that made me smile....Journey Homehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17849415817924819512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727369088532211108.post-23220853323832445502011-08-23T13:39:46.767-04:002011-08-23T13:39:46.767-04:00Whaaa Hoooo!!!
There is a god!!!
Butch we found ...Whaaa Hoooo!!!<br /><br />There is a god!!! <br />Butch we found something we actually agree on...<br />"cause they are certifiably NUTS."<br />Urmmm I think anyway...(that is the same as "Not Being Right In The Head Right??...LMFAO {Too Funny})<br /><br />one more thing...Please don't make me go into hiding....LOL..."We will haul him/her screaming and kicking into the White House"<br /><br />Love the concept of the gathering but unless it was an underground private party don't think the authorities would ever allow it...but if it does should I bring an umbrella? I understand it didn't go over well for the Woodstock'ers who forgot their rain gear...The Wired Journalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04038615553661279539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727369088532211108.post-73592622711730684922011-08-23T13:26:45.814-04:002011-08-23T13:26:45.814-04:00MrElDuderino85 said...
"But, I do have lots...MrElDuderino85 said... <br /><br />"But, I do have lots of land in S. Georgia (1 hr south of Macon) with hills that I've always pictured as a natural amphitheater. No promotions, no reservations, no money guaranteed, no business aspects, no "permits, insurance, security". <br /><br />In this day and age, that's about as nuts as running for public office!!....It'd be a liability disaster waiting to happen....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com