From BenWaB3@aol.com Wed Feb 05 13:12:35 2003
Subject:Re: Live at Fillmore East


I was lucky enough to see the Bros. 7 or 8 times while Duane was still alive.
The last time was about 2 months before he died. Judging from that last time,
he had taken his playing up to a whole new level, which makes it really
tragic that he died. Saw thier first concert after he died & it just wasn't
the same. Haven't seen them since. He was kind of the sparkplug of the group.
Oddly enough all these times I saw them was when I lived on Long Island.
People I knew in the area who were originally from the South (where I was
originally from too) said that the Bros. didn't sound anywhere near as good
when they played in NY as when they played in the South. Just a different
vibe up there. Around that time I also saw Alex Taylor w/ Friends &
Neighbors. Alex was hanging around the Macon area at that time. The group
featured Chuck Leavel & (trying to think w/o the album in front of me) Tommy
Talton who both went on to form Sea Level. Alex's "DInnertime" album is a
good representation of this group, especially for anyone into the Southern
rock sound of that era.

Ben Ninmann

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