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For.Allman and Oteil fans
- Thread starter jerry
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We were at the 4/15 show and streamed 4/16. What a difference the streaming makes.. I listened to 4/16 with headphones and you could hear the music perfectly… every instrument.. every note.. full tone.. really awesome.
Oteil is a tremendous bassist and was playing a 6 string Sandberg through an Epifani rig with a Jad Freer head.. there was also an Epifani head on top of the cabs as well.
Great performances from them.
It was a pleasure to see Reese Wynans on B-3.
A side note… One of SADOWSKY’s old employees Frank was guitar technician for these shows.
Oteil is a tremendous bassist and was playing a 6 string Sandberg through an Epifani rig with a Jad Freer head.. there was also an Epifani head on top of the cabs as well.
Great performances from them.
It was a pleasure to see Reese Wynans on B-3.
A side note… One of SADOWSKY’s old employees Frank was guitar technician for these shows.
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The improv that Oteil and the others do in the middle of Elizabeth Reed is smokin'.
I like Oteil much better when he's playing ABB material. Way more integrated and dynamic (and audible), as opposed to DeadCo, where it sounds like he's just there to subtly fill out the bass spectrum with a bit of Dead-like jazzy-ness (not terrible, but underused imo).
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A friend of mine was in fact the ABB keyboard roadie for several years in the late 70s-early 80s. They actually carried two B3s for Gregg and one night from onstage I watched them swap one for the other in the middle of a song, seamlessly. On that tour they were carrying a bunch of synths and other keys too, plus my friend was also responsible for the bass rig. It takes a certain type, for sure!
Was that when they also had Mike Lawler in keyboards and "Key-tar"? He really didn't fit in that band to me, but sadly a sign of those times.A friend of mine was in fact the ABB keyboard roadie for several years in the late 70s-early 80s. They actually carried two B3s for Gregg and one night from onstage I watched them swap one for the other in the middle of a song, seamlessly. On that tour they were carrying a bunch of synths and other keys too, plus my friend was also responsible for the bass rig. It takes a certain type, for sure!
Passinwind
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- Dec 3, 2003
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Yep, and agreed. Mike was using a few ARP synths and because of my factory experience I was in line for a possible roadie gig if he had continued with the band. I probably would have ended up being the bass tech for Rook as well. I learned so much from just being onstage with those guys for three shows and I can still vividly remember almost all of it. The craziest experience was meeting and hanging with Jack Bruce with no one else around, he was playing with Billy Cobham, David Sancious, and Clem Clemson as the opener.Was that when they also had Mike Lawler in keyboards and "Key-tar"? He really didn't fit in that band to me, but sadly a sign of those times.
