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Topic: Butch Trucks (Allman Brothers) Passes |
Jeff Garden
From: Center Sandwich, New Hampshire, USA
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Tommy Detamore
From: Floresville, Texas
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John Brock
From: Xenia, Ohio
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Posted 25 Jan 2017 8:58 am Butch Trucks
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RIP.......There will never be another like him. _________________ GFI S10 Nashville 400 Epiphone J200 Kentucky BM650 Mandolin Fender 112 Alvarez 5018 12
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Mark Eaton
From: Sonoma County in The Great State Of Northern California
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Posted 25 Jan 2017 8:59 am
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Oh man, this makes me sad.
I saw The Allman Brothers for the first time in 1972 at age 18. Unfortunately I never got to see them with Duane, but it was their first tour after he died and they went out as a five piece. Butch drove that band like a locomotive. But he also had a great sense of touch and subtlety when needed. Here is a quote from an interview with his drummer partner Jaimoe when he approached a jazz master for some lessons: "As Jaimoe recounted to Relix, he and Trucks tried to take drum lessons from Elvin Jones in 1974, only to have the jazz legend tell them, "What do you guys want? I know who you are. What am I supposed to teach you?" _________________ Mark
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Joachim Kettner
From: Germany
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Posted 25 Jan 2017 9:16 am
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It's very sad to hear this. _________________ Fender Kingman, Sierra Crown D-10, Evans Amplifier, Soup Cube. |
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Lefty
From: Grayson, Ga.
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Posted 25 Jan 2017 12:55 pm
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Very sad news. I heard the Allmans for the first time when they played free at Piedmont park (1st time). This must have been 1969(?). It was before the first album came out. It was obvious that they were really special.
I remember that Duane and Dickie both were playing gold tops. The sound with two drummers and two lead guitars was huge. I was lucky to here them with Duane 4 or 5 times. The loss of Butch will really leave a hole in their sound. They are survivors though.
RIP Butch.
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Jerry Hayes
From: Virginia Beach, Va.
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Posted 25 Jan 2017 2:03 pm
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Was he Derek's father? RIP Butch...JH in Va. _________________ Don't matter who's in Austin (or anywhere else) Ralph Mooney is still the king!!! |
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Mark Eaton
From: Sonoma County in The Great State Of Northern California
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Posted 25 Jan 2017 2:18 pm
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Derek's uncle. _________________ Mark |
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Mark Eaton
From: Sonoma County in The Great State Of Northern California
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Posted 25 Jan 2017 2:32 pm
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Lefty wrote: |
The loss of Butch will really leave a hole in their sound.
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They officially called it quits in October, 2014 and played their final show at The Beacon Theater in New York (a venue they had sold out 238 times in a row over the years).
Prior to that Derek Trucks and Warren Haynes had announced that they would be leaving the band.
Gregg has had more than his share of health issues so unlike a lot of rock bands who tend to come out of retirement, between Gregg's health and age, and now the passing of Butch, I'm pretty sure we saw the last of the band in 2014. _________________ Mark |
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John Macy
From: Rockport TX/Denver CO
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Posted 26 Jan 2017 4:40 pm
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My first show I saw with the Brothers was in 1970, and they had/have a profound influence on me for sure. Very sad, I understand Butch took his life in front of his wife of 25 years... _________________ John Macy
Rockport, TX
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Dave Mudgett
From: Central Pennsylvania and Gallatin, Tennessee
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Posted 26 Jan 2017 10:35 pm
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Yeah, my first show with the Allmans was in '69 or '70 - Boston Tea Party. This is just depressing, but what else is new? RIP Butch. |
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Doug Beaumier
From: Northampton, MA
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Joachim Kettner
From: Germany
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Godfrey Arthur
From: 3rd Rock
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Posted 29 Jan 2017 6:32 pm
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Godspeed Butch. I remember fondly when At Fillmore East was on many a musician's play list with Whipping Post and In Memory of Elizabeth Reed. That dual drummer thing really worked.
_________________ ShoBud The Pro 1
YES it's my REAL NAME!
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Dan Robinson
From: Colorado, USA
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Posted 7 Feb 2017 2:56 am
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Sad indeed, can't imagine for his wife, two lives devastated.
Saw the Allman Brothers Band at the Syria Mosque, Pittsbugh, PA, just a few weeks before Duane's fatal motorcycle crash. I shared an apartment and a band with another guitar player, college years. All of those study breaks to practice what Duane and Dickey did had a huge impact. Appreciation for moving harmonies is certainly linked to my pursuit of pedal steel.
2nd time was at Watkins Glenn, minus Duane/plus 600,000 hippies, unlike anything else.
Dave Mudgett - I was raised in Newton. The Boston Tea Party was a "happening place." Good memories and ummm, errr, what?
"If you say you remember the 70's you weren't there." |
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