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You are here: Home / Open Threads / It’s Friday Night and I Am on the Bottle

It’s Friday Night and I Am on the Bottle

by John Cole|  March 24, 20121:37 am| 213 Comments

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I’m snot-hanging, knee crawling drunk, dialing numbers for local strip joints and trying to call ex-girlfriends a touch tipsy and listening to southern rock:

I still think the Allman Brothers live at Ludlow Garage is one of the greatest albums ever made.

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  1. 1.

    danielx

    March 24, 2012 at 1:38 am

    We gonna do some of this electric wine, and be back in a little while….

  2. 2.

    Little Boots

    March 24, 2012 at 1:43 am

    love that you’re still awake, if you are.

  3. 3.

    danielx

    March 24, 2012 at 1:44 am

    Also, too – God’s Own Drunk, and a fearless man.

    …so was that still.

  4. 4.

    robertdsc-PowerBook

    March 24, 2012 at 1:46 am

    Tunch and the piglets are probably laughing at you.

  5. 5.

    Little Boots

    March 24, 2012 at 1:48 am

    I think I like drunk John.

  6. 6.

    dp

    March 24, 2012 at 1:49 am

    Something happened that is too weird not to share.

    My laptop crashed, and I reloaded iTunes, and I had zero history, so I decided to play it start to finish to see how long it took. I kind of have a lot on it — 11,000+ songs.

    Here’s the weird part. By sheer coincidence, I started it on my brother’s birthday, September 29. I finished it earlier tonight, March 23, which is my sister’s birthday.

    I feel I may have to start a religion or something.

    I may be a touch tipsy as well, but all the facts in this post are true and correct.

  7. 7.

    Satanicpanic

    March 24, 2012 at 1:50 am

    I’ve become a regular on friday nights at a local bar but couldn’t make it there this week. The other locals have been monopolizing the juke box with schmaltzy 70’s love songs for the past couple weeks and I’m thinking I might have to find a new bar. Dive bars should be either Classic Rock, Country or YMMV Hip-hop.

  8. 8.

    spaceman_spiff

    March 24, 2012 at 1:50 am

    I’m snot-hanging, knee crawling drunk, dialing numbers for local strip joints and trying to call ex-girlfriends a touch tipsy and listening to southern rock:

    That’s OK. I’m snot-hanging, knee crawling drunk, dialing numbers for local strip joints and trying to call ex-girlfriends myself. Oh, & listening to Nirvana..FWIW

  9. 9.

    John Cole

    March 24, 2012 at 1:50 am

    @Little Boots: Of course I am awake.

    I’m really not that drunk at all, I just had a bottle or so of wine. I’m just energetic because I napped for an hour this afternoon AND had tea after 4 pm, so I am wide awake.

    And really, any chance I get to listen to Waiting for Columbus at ear-bleeding volumes, I take. Period.

  10. 10.

    Omnes Omnibus

    March 24, 2012 at 1:51 am

    @danielx: And he commenced to do the bear dance….

  11. 11.

    specialed

    March 24, 2012 at 1:51 am

    I love Allman Bros 2nd Set, I’ll have to check out Ludlow Garage

  12. 12.

    Bnut

    March 24, 2012 at 1:52 am

    Since I moved to Nashville I have been exposed to more music than I ever listened to normally (my sister’s fiance is in the industry, so I get a lot of passes and whatnot). The local radio is really good. I’ve really come to like Fitz and Tantrums, Gotye, and Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears.

  13. 13.

    Little Boots

    March 24, 2012 at 1:52 am

    @Satanicpanic:

    it’s true. no joke. dive bars have got to take the juke box selection seriously.

  14. 14.

    Omnes Omnibus

    March 24, 2012 at 1:53 am

    @dp: Weird. September 29 is my saint’s day and today is my niece’s birthday. It’s like we are twins.

  15. 15.

    Little Boots

    March 24, 2012 at 1:53 am

    @John Cole:

    I think that’s a good rule.

  16. 16.

    spaceman_spiff

    March 24, 2012 at 1:53 am

    And right now my wife is on the couch, in front of the TV, fast asleep in front of Saving Private Ryan

  17. 17.

    Satanicpanic

    March 24, 2012 at 1:57 am

    @Little Boots: It’s one of those internet connected ones so they’re finding what I can only guess were the B-Sides to Endless Love and One, Twice, Three Times a Lady. There’s a time and a place! Personally, I want to hear old honky tonk, George Jones, I’m not even that country, it just fits.

  18. 18.

    Steeplejack

    March 24, 2012 at 1:57 am

    @Cole:

    You’re talkin’ my language now, bro’. Allman Brothers rule. I have actually made the pilgrimage to Duane’s grave, which is close to that of Elizabeth Jones Reed, “loving wife of Briggs H. Napier,” in Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, Georgia.

    Also, too, for the linkage hat trick, one of my favorite lesser known gems of Southern rock: Les Dudek, “Old Judge Jones.”

  19. 19.

    Corner Stone

    March 24, 2012 at 1:57 am

    @spaceman_spiff: Ok. Step away from the wife. Slowly…carefully…find a nice patch of floor and just pass the fuck out on it.
    Blanket would be nice. But not necessary.

  20. 20.

    kdaug

    March 24, 2012 at 1:58 am

    Don’t say I didn’t warn you. Convoy.

  21. 21.

    Little Boots

    March 24, 2012 at 1:59 am

    @Satanicpanic:

    which makes sense.

    there have to be rules, dammit.

  22. 22.

    Bnut

    March 24, 2012 at 2:01 am

    Ok, question. Any riders on here? Took my first motorcycle class last weekend, taking the medium class next weekend. I’m tired of driving the damn Z71 everywhere, I need to save some gas and it’s already pretty much a tow vehicle for the food truck so I would like to save some it’s miles. I’m looking at an 07 Rebel 250 for $1500 atm. Any thoughts on it as a first bike?

  23. 23.

    Yutsano

    March 24, 2012 at 2:01 am

    I will break out the Zac Brown band here. I’m serious. Don’t push me here folks.

  24. 24.

    Little Boots

    March 24, 2012 at 2:03 am

    @Yutsano:

    and I will break out Nu– okay, I won’t. I don’t want Omnes to kill me.

  25. 25.

    Southwest of Heaven

    March 24, 2012 at 2:03 am

    Live at Ludlows Garage, shit yes.

    I was working in a chain CD store in 1990 when I first heard that. Lo-fi, right from the sound board, raw as it gets. What a great set. The entire second disc is Mountain Jam for 44 minutes complete with dual drum solo. Enjoy yourselves!

  26. 26.

    freelancer

    March 24, 2012 at 2:04 am

    @Bnut:

    Any thoughts on it as a first bike?

    Wear a goddamned helmet and layered clothes. When I worked in the OR, all the trauma surgeons called them “donorcycles”.

  27. 27.

    Omnes Omnibus

    March 24, 2012 at 2:04 am

    @Bnut: How big are you? A modern 250 is good enough for most people as an in town bike. If you are bigger or may do many highway miles, a bigger bike might be needed.

  28. 28.

    ulee

    March 24, 2012 at 2:05 am

    I’ve been listening to Sweet Home Alabama on youtube. Love the backup singers. Neil Young says its a great song..no real rivalry.

  29. 29.

    Little Boots

    March 24, 2012 at 2:07 am

    actually, neil young might be nice right about now.

  30. 30.

    Corner Stone

    March 24, 2012 at 2:07 am

    @Bnut: Do you weigh 140lb or less?
    Then the 250 anything is not for you.

  31. 31.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    March 24, 2012 at 2:07 am

    Oooh, let’s make it a dance party.

  32. 32.

    nellcote

    March 24, 2012 at 2:07 am

    A real dive bar has Sinatra on the jukebox.

  33. 33.

    Steeplejack

    March 24, 2012 at 2:08 am

    @Yutsano:

    Let’s keep it old-school and Southern fried tonight, pardner. I know you got some suitable nouveau country up your sleeve.

    Wet Willie, “Grits Ain’t Groceries.”

  34. 34.

    Bnut

    March 24, 2012 at 2:08 am

    @freelancer: Yes, yes, yes. I have a great helmet, full leather, combat boots and a good truck to drive in the rain and for long trips. I appreciate the sentiment, but I have read the bike forums and seen the pics of things that can happen. I know I’m not invincible (something I wish someone had told me before I joined the Marine Corps), but I also am going to do this, so…

    @Omnes Omnibus: @Corner Stone: I weigh about 200 atm, fighting weight is about 180.

  35. 35.

    danielx

    March 24, 2012 at 2:08 am

    @Bnut:

    No advice on bikes, I gave them up after an incident involving a brutal amount of tequila and near as dammit straining myself through a chain link fence. I’m younger than that now…

  36. 36.

    Little Boots

    March 24, 2012 at 2:08 am

    @nellcote:

    I suspect you’re right, but there’s something about southern rock that just fits.

  37. 37.

    MattR

    March 24, 2012 at 2:10 am

    @Little Boots: John Mulaney agrees

  38. 38.

    Steeplejack

    March 24, 2012 at 2:10 am

    @Steeplejack:

    God, it took them forever to get around to actually doing the song. How ’bout “Everything Thatcha Do”?

  39. 39.

    Little Boots

    March 24, 2012 at 2:10 am

    not sure this is southern rock, but I love it, and it fits.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjCw3-YTffo

  40. 40.

    Satanicpanic

    March 24, 2012 at 2:11 am

    @Bnut: Good songs there (Ok, I wasn’t too into the middle one) I swear I’ve heard that Black Joe Lewis song somewhere before.

  41. 41.

    Corner Stone

    March 24, 2012 at 2:13 am

    @Bnut:

    but I have read the bike forums and seen the pics of things that can happen.

    Yep. That’s what all the families say. After.

    Seriously man. I had a GSXR 750 that I loved so much. And never loved more than the day I sold it.

  42. 42.

    freelancer

    March 24, 2012 at 2:16 am

    @Bnut:

    No I know, I sound like my mom, and as Pacino says in HEAT “You can get killed walking your doggie!” We all pay the piper at some point.

  43. 43.

    Omnes Omnibus

    March 24, 2012 at 2:16 am

    @Bnut: A 250 is too small for you. You might want to look for a well maintained, used 500. I personally don’t like sport bikes or cruisers. I am a fan of straight-up classic bikes. They are more versatile.

  44. 44.

    Little Boots

    March 24, 2012 at 2:17 am

    Bnut, you seem younger than your years.

    you really do.

    and I’m jealous.

  45. 45.

    Trinity

    March 24, 2012 at 2:17 am

    Best.Cole.Evar.

    (Trinity +4 Woo!)

  46. 46.

    nellcote

    March 24, 2012 at 2:17 am

    Well, ok then

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTFvAvsHC_Y

    I miss Hammond B3s

  47. 47.

    PeakVT

    March 24, 2012 at 2:17 am

    @Bnut: I had a bike for a while, but it end up scaring me b/c I was cheap and bought a crappy one. So, whatever price point you pick, make sure it’s in good shape. IIRC the Rebel has an incredibly low C of G, so it’s a good starter bike.

  48. 48.

    Steeplejack

    March 24, 2012 at 2:18 am

    Robert Palmer, “Sailin’ Shoes.” Produced by Lowell George, with pieces and parts of the Meters and/or Little Feat backing.

  49. 49.

    Little Boots

    March 24, 2012 at 2:18 am

    @Trinity:

    it kinda is.

  50. 50.

    Little Boots

    March 24, 2012 at 2:18 am

    johnnie’s in a good mood.

  51. 51.

    Petorado

    March 24, 2012 at 2:18 am

    Cole, if you think Ludlow Garage is cool, try the Allman’s doing a Robert Johnson song. Haven’t found it on any album, but it’s as good as they’ve ever been.

  52. 52.

    Sawgrass Stan

    March 24, 2012 at 2:20 am

    Just got done for the night, and I’m out of the studio and celebrating with a bottle o’ Bass and the prospect of getting paid. Recalled Wisc.Repub state pol managed to beat a DUI/etc. charge by blaming it on the DFH unionized Po-lice, who musta had it in for him. The jury bought it. (TPM, but you read it already.)
    Guess I’d better have another Bass or two. At least I’m not planning to drive.

  53. 53.

    Bnut

    March 24, 2012 at 2:22 am

    @Corner Stone:@Corner Stone: I’m not hot dog. And I’m well aware of my mortality. But your advice is [email protected]Omnes Omnibus: What do you mean by classic? I don’t want a sport [email protected]Little Boots: Thanks?

    Also, scored Jack White tickets at Ryman Auditorium. Fuck yeah.

  54. 54.

    wasabi gasp

    March 24, 2012 at 2:22 am

    @Bnut: My sister started on a Rebel. She was petite and the bike fit her well, but even she grew tired of its lack of power. Before long, she got a bigger bike.

  55. 55.

    Mnemosyne

    March 24, 2012 at 2:22 am

    For some reason, our local rock oldies station has been playing .38 Special a lot, so now I remember that they have some really good pop songs, like this one and this one. Other than that, not a big fan of the subgenre.

  56. 56.

    Little Boots

    March 24, 2012 at 2:23 am

    does john mellencamp work?

    human wheel?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWWMmxyKOR0&ob=av2e

  57. 57.

    Petorado

    March 24, 2012 at 2:23 am

    @nellcote:

    Effing iTunes won’t let me buy that without buying the entire disk. Gah! One of the best songs I’ve ever heard.

  58. 58.

    Little Boots

    March 24, 2012 at 2:24 am

    I kinda wish John would check in.

    is that needy?

  59. 59.

    Omnes Omnibus

    March 24, 2012 at 2:26 am

    I know this will probably get me banned, but Little feat has never done anything for me. Nothing against them, but they leave me entirely meh.

  60. 60.

    Satanicpanic

    March 24, 2012 at 2:27 am

    @Little Boots: Are you worried that he’s injured himself in another round of nude mopping?

  61. 61.

    Little Boots

    March 24, 2012 at 2:27 am

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    you have no soul.

    it’s official now.

  62. 62.

    Bnut

    March 24, 2012 at 2:27 am

    @Omnes Omnibus: Sorta feel the same about Humble Pie.
    Never had a comment moderated. Because I responded to 3 posters?

  63. 63.

    Little Boots

    March 24, 2012 at 2:27 am

    @Satanicpanic:

    a little.

    but wait, pics?

  64. 64.

    dead existentialist

    March 24, 2012 at 2:28 am

    @Steeplejack: Psst. Come with me.

  65. 65.

    Trinity

    March 24, 2012 at 2:30 am

    Stella!

    Artois, that is.

  66. 66.

    Alison

    March 24, 2012 at 2:30 am

    @freelancer: It probably makes me weird but that is my favorite line from that movie. Something about him, especially as that character, saying the word “doggie”. My ex and I used to use it constantly as an inside joke, whenever someone would say “You could…” or “You might…” with some Bad Thing following, we’d throw out that line and cackle away while everyone else stared at us like the nutjobs we were.

  67. 67.

    Omnes Omnibus

    March 24, 2012 at 2:30 am

    @Little Boots: I am a lawyer.

    @Bnut: No argument from me.

  68. 68.

    ulee

    March 24, 2012 at 2:32 am

    @Little Boots: With chronic alcoholics, one must learn to live with their erratic behavior and unexplained absences.

  69. 69.

    Steeplejack

    March 24, 2012 at 2:32 am

    @Mnemosyne:

    Hearing .38 Special always makes me think of “Saturday Night Special,” which should be one of their songs. I have a mild Lynyrd Skynyrd aversion because of the ubiquity of “Free Bird” in my younger days. Ngrr!

    On the mellow side of Southern rock, Marshall Tucker Band, “Heard It in a Love Song” (apologies for the weird video).

    I never had a damn thing but what I had
    I had to leave it behind

  70. 70.

    Little Boots

    March 24, 2012 at 2:32 am

    @Bnut:

    if only you had a beard.

    otherwise, BANNED!

  71. 71.

    Little Boots

    March 24, 2012 at 2:33 am

    @ulee:

    true.

    wait? is that directed at him or me?

  72. 72.

    Omnes Omnibus

    March 24, 2012 at 2:34 am

    @Little Boots: I believe he is straight. Why would he need a beard?

  73. 73.

    Yutsano

    March 24, 2012 at 2:35 am

    @Omnes Omnibus: You fergot your rimshot. :)

  74. 74.

    Little Boots

    March 24, 2012 at 2:35 am

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    apparently he wants one.

    I don’t get it either.

  75. 75.

    Satanicpanic

    March 24, 2012 at 2:35 am

    @Trinity: DAmnit I am out of beer. Only have vodka left.

  76. 76.

    Little Boots

    March 24, 2012 at 2:36 am

    @Satanicpanic:

    this is not a tragedy.

  77. 77.

    ulee

    March 24, 2012 at 2:37 am

    @Little Boots: It is directed at Cole and 90% of Balloon Juice commenters, not excluding myself.

  78. 78.

    Little Boots

    March 24, 2012 at 2:37 am

    I should sleep, but I won’t.

    why does this site wake me up?

  79. 79.

    Satanicpanic

    March 24, 2012 at 2:37 am

    @Little Boots:

    but wait, pics?

    Uh, I haven’t seen them

  80. 80.

    freelancer

    March 24, 2012 at 2:38 am

    @Little Boots:

    I kinda wish John would check in.
    __
    is that needy?

    Yes. This is like the third consecutive weekend that this has been pointed out to you. You’re an amusing contributor, but you seem to hang on the word of everyone that responds to you. Let’s change the playbook and try a little self-confidence.

  81. 81.

    eemom

    March 24, 2012 at 2:38 am

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    Srsly? You wouldn’t be my dixie chicken? : (

  82. 82.

    Little Boots

    March 24, 2012 at 2:38 am

    @ulee:

    knew I liked this place for some reason.

  83. 83.

    Sawgrass Stan

    March 24, 2012 at 2:39 am

    @Petorado: Fantastic. Absolutely! One of the two R.Johnson tunes I can play (not for public consumption), and DB does some nice things on the lower frets. RJ plays mostly on the 12th fret with a muted bass drone on the original, but uh– blah, blah, blah– sorry.
    The Allmans always seemed to be playing somewhere in So. Fla. when I was in High School, and I’ve always regretted that I didn’t sneak out to see them more often.
    One more Bass, and I’m going to go put that box in an open D, and then listen to that wind howlin’….
    But the Allmans never seemed to be “Southern Rock” to me. All the other SR bands seemed more stuck in a genre rut. Maybe it was the Allman’s feeling for the blues. Maybe just good luck with song choices….

  84. 84.

    Little Boots

    March 24, 2012 at 2:39 am

    @freelancer:

    oh, don’t be a bitch. we’re all having fun here.

  85. 85.

    Steeplejack

    March 24, 2012 at 2:39 am

    Can’t forget the Atlanta Rhythm Section: “Spooky.”

    And, hey, I used to live in Doraville!

    It’s funky but it’s pretty

  86. 86.

    eemom

    March 24, 2012 at 2:40 am

    @Just Some Fuckhead:

    A fuckie sighting! A fuckie sighting!

    [blooort] [bloooort]

  87. 87.

    Bnut

    March 24, 2012 at 2:40 am

    @Little Boots: Please?

  88. 88.

    ulee

    March 24, 2012 at 2:41 am

    @freelancer: I agree with Little Boots. Don’t be a wet blanket.

  89. 89.

    Little Boots

    March 24, 2012 at 2:41 am

    see, try to get into the spirit of the thing, like bnut.

  90. 90.

    Steeplejack

    March 24, 2012 at 2:42 am

    @Satanicpanic:

    You say that like it’s a bad thing.

  91. 91.

    MattR

    March 24, 2012 at 2:43 am

    Widespread Panic covering Bloodkin’s “Can’t Get High“. Not the greatest version, but watching La Bamba groove makes it worthhile. And the closing verse is pretty cool too

    Hallucinated a green light
    And I slammed on the gas
    My performance ain’t perfect
    But it’s loud and it’s fast
    Set sail for the new world
    And I burned down the mast
    Well, it wasn’t the first time
    And I know it won’t be the last

  92. 92.

    Steeplejack

    March 24, 2012 at 2:43 am

    @dead existentialist:

    Nice Robert Palmer link. I like all his stuff, especially pre-“Addicted to Love.” Not that there’s anything wrong with that.

    One of my favorites off Double Fun.

  93. 93.

    nellcote

    March 24, 2012 at 2:44 am

    Oh, that Lowell George

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VcBBhMVhpE&feature=BFa&list=PLB2F63C19613554E9&lf=results_video

  94. 94.

    Omnes Omnibus

    March 24, 2012 at 2:44 am

    @Yutsano: In the words of o Kate Pierson, “I’m just asking.”

  95. 95.

    Satanicpanic

    March 24, 2012 at 2:45 am

    Is everyone here west coast? Or just insomniacs?

  96. 96.

    Bnut

    March 24, 2012 at 2:45 am

    @Little Boots: Still waiting for someone to pull one of these.

  97. 97.

    Satanicpanic

    March 24, 2012 at 2:46 am

    @Steeplejack: It isn’t now. But tomorrow morning it will be.

  98. 98.

    Little Boots

    March 24, 2012 at 2:47 am

    @Bnut:

    stick around, it’s a question of time.

  99. 99.

    John Cole

    March 24, 2012 at 2:47 am

  100. 100.

    Marcellus Shale, Public Dick

    March 24, 2012 at 2:47 am

    @Satanicpanic:

    there is a way to deal with that,you’ve got to throw fire in the hole and deprive it of oxygen.

    sammy johns chevy van does that quite well.

  101. 101.

    Steeplejack

    March 24, 2012 at 2:48 am

    @Satanicpanic:

    NoVa night owl here.

  102. 102.

    dead existentialist

    March 24, 2012 at 2:48 am

    I think I’ll kill myself.

  103. 103.

    Omnes Omnibus

    March 24, 2012 at 2:48 am

    @eemom: No. I love NOLA, but the rest of the south confuses me. Okay, NOLA confuses me too, but it is worth it. And I haven’t done the Bourbon Street thing in 24 years.

  104. 104.

    ulee

    March 24, 2012 at 2:49 am

    Where is John? He started this whole thing. I do not understand where John has gone. It is strange that John is not participating in this drunkfest.

  105. 105.

    freelancer

    March 24, 2012 at 2:49 am

    @Little Boots:

    We are having fun. I’m watching a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad, attempt at a psychological thriller called 88 minutes because a very fun podcast called “How did this get made?” covered the movie in their last show. This movie blows chunks. But it does have Amy Brenneman, Alicia Witt, Leelee Sobieski turning in their attempts at decent performances, and Racetrack from BSG gratuitously nekkid in the first 10 minutes.

    It doesn’t make the film any less stupid, but it helps.

  106. 106.

    Petorado

    March 24, 2012 at 2:49 am

    @Sawgrass Stan:

    Happy to please!

    Another pseudo southern rock classic was Sealevel – 54 Back then, southern culture seemed to have moved to a post-racial phase. Lee Atwater had other ideas at the time.

  107. 107.

    Little Boots

    March 24, 2012 at 2:50 am

    don’t love it, johnie.

    it’s no weight.

    is weight southern rock, by the way?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjCw3-YTffo

  108. 108.

    Little Boots

    March 24, 2012 at 2:51 am

    @freelancer:

    actually that sounds hilarious.

    enjoy.

  109. 109.

    trollhattan

    March 24, 2012 at 2:53 am

    Hello, Montana. Are you missing this guy? Well, you can bloody well have him back.

    http://blogs.sacbee.com/crime/archives/2012/03/man-jailed-after-sacramento-airport-screening-leads-authorities-to-stash-of.html

    Rampaging Ronnie Reagan on a Ritz, we have enough homegrown wackos, we don’t need any imported, m’kay?

  110. 110.

    Omnes Omnibus

    March 24, 2012 at 2:54 am

    @Little Boots: Well played.

    ETA: But let Levon take it all.

  111. 111.

    Little Boots

    March 24, 2012 at 2:55 am

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    merci.

  112. 112.

    Little Boots

    March 24, 2012 at 2:56 am

    but I’m honestly curious.

    what exactly IS southern rock?

  113. 113.

    Satanicpanic

    March 24, 2012 at 2:57 am

    @Marcellus Shale, Public Dick: oh jeez

  114. 114.

    Steeplejack

    March 24, 2012 at 2:59 am

    Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks, “Midnight in Harlem.” (It’s got a little B-3 for that person upthread.)

  115. 115.

    Steeplejack

    March 24, 2012 at 3:01 am

    @Marcellus Shale, Public Dick:

    “Chevy Van”?! You have just beshat this thread.

  116. 116.

    Little Boots

    March 24, 2012 at 3:02 am

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    okay, that is hilarious.

  117. 117.

    Bnut

    March 24, 2012 at 3:04 am

    @Little Boots: Guitar focus, hard to differentiate between that and blues rock. I think “genres” are largely made up at this point anyway. Like what you like.

  118. 118.

    BigSouthern

    March 24, 2012 at 3:05 am

    Two of the best playing guitar today – Warren Haynes and Derek Trucks – doing acoustic “Old Friend.”

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UauECrCIYl8

  119. 119.

    Little Boots

    March 24, 2012 at 3:05 am

    and you know what else?

    I like John.

    he can be difficult, but he can also be fun. and he runs a great site.

  120. 120.

    Steeplejack

    March 24, 2012 at 3:05 am

    @Little Boots:

    It can be done Southern–by Little Feat, even.

  121. 121.

    Trinity

    March 24, 2012 at 3:05 am

    @Satanicpanic: Unacceptable!

    Actually, this is my last beer. :(

    But there is a liquor cabinet. :)

    And Cole is killin’ me with the tunes.

  122. 122.

    Little Boots

    March 24, 2012 at 3:06 am

    @Bnut:

    what would you say is southern rock, other than lynyrd skynyrd or allmann brothers? the band? neil young?

  123. 123.

    Sawgrass Stan

    March 24, 2012 at 3:07 am

    @Petorado: thanks, still waiting for the vid to load, but I’ll assume it’s worth waiting for.
    BTW– I’ve got two close friends who are astonishingly talented musicians, and they can barely make a living playing down here. Gigs at clubs pay the same, or less, that they did ten years ago. “Don’t quit your day job” has always been the rule, but both of these guys are real pro’s– books, session dates, decent press– but they get less club work than ever. Are good local musicians getting work where you all are, or is it just here in benighted Scottland?

  124. 124.

    Satanicpanic

    March 24, 2012 at 3:08 am

    @Trinity: I’ve kept my mouth shut, but I’m just not into southern rock. Or classic rock. Just not my thing. And I’m enjoying my vodka. +5

  125. 125.

    freelancer

    March 24, 2012 at 3:09 am

    @Little Boots:

    I’d say Neil Young counts.

  126. 126.

    Little Boots

    March 24, 2012 at 3:10 am

    @freelancer:

    I would think so, too.

  127. 127.

    Omnes Omnibus

    March 24, 2012 at 3:10 am

    @Little Boots: Neil Young is Canadian. All of the Band except Levon Helm are Canucks as well (I believe).

  128. 128.

    Bnut

    March 24, 2012 at 3:10 am

    @Little Boots: Yes to the Band. Young strikes me as more folk rock, same with CSNY.

  129. 129.

    Little Boots

    March 24, 2012 at 3:11 am

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    that is hilarious.

    somehow wrong, but somehow right.

  130. 130.

    MaxxLamge

    March 24, 2012 at 3:13 am

    Trivia corner! Amaze your friends!

    Oteil Burbridge, the current Allman Brothers bassist, appeared in the Peter Sellars film “Being There”, as one of the thugs in the “message for Raphael” scene.

  131. 131.

    Marcellus Shale, Public Dick

    March 24, 2012 at 3:14 am

    @Steeplejack:

    its almost the perfect faux sensitive guy 70s singer songwriter style song, no?

  132. 132.

    Little Boots

    March 24, 2012 at 3:14 am

    I totally agree with you, theoretically, bnut, but this seems like the epitome of southern rock:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=221mohEolWc&feature=related

  133. 133.

    Omnes Omnibus

    March 24, 2012 at 3:14 am

    @Little Boots: Southern Rock would include, in my opinion, Lynryrd Skynyrd, 38 Special, the Marshall-Tucker Band, and the like.

    @Steeplejack: God, that is good.

  134. 134.

    MattR

    March 24, 2012 at 3:14 am

    @Little Boots: You can’t really classify Neil. I’d say the Band has a southern sound even though they largely lack the heritage (everyone other than Levon Helm is Canadian). I kinda want to call them folk rock, but there is too much screaming guitar. For southern rock, I’d go .38 Special, Marshall Tucker Band, Charlie Daniels Band, Little Feat, Molly Hatchet. (EDIT: I’d add the Black Crowes as a more modern example. Also, IMO, southern rock has a bit more of a country twang to the guitar than blues rock)

  135. 135.

    Little Boots

    March 24, 2012 at 3:14 am

    or maybe that really is folk. that would work too.

  136. 136.

    Steeplejack

    March 24, 2012 at 3:15 am

    @Little Boots:

    “Southern rock” is rock by bands from the South, heyday (starting) in the ’70s. Strong beat, blues-inflected and usually featuring the distinctive sound of the Gibson Les Paul guitar. (Almost all of the links I have put up tonight have that.)

  137. 137.

    Little Boots

    March 24, 2012 at 3:16 am

    @MattR:

    maybe he is just what he is.

    folk rock does seem a lot closer.

  138. 138.

    Trinity

    March 24, 2012 at 3:16 am

    @Satanicpanic: I cannot argue with Vodka.
    +5 and counting???

    For the record, I am a 40 year old black girl from the suburbs this is what i groove to on nights like this…it’s a personal problem.

  139. 139.

    Steeplejack

    March 24, 2012 at 3:16 am

    @Little Boots:

    No, no, no.

  140. 140.

    Little Boots

    March 24, 2012 at 3:18 am

    @Steeplejack:

    that’s totally folk rock, isn’t it?

  141. 141.

    Sawgrass Stan

    March 24, 2012 at 3:19 am

    @Bnut: CSNY were folk-rock, but Young never quite seemed comfortable with the style. He always had–has!– an appreciation for the joy and sorrow that loud distorted guitars can bring. I don’t always like him, but he doesn’t pigeonhole easily.

  142. 142.

    Steeplejack

    March 24, 2012 at 3:19 am

    @Little Boots:

    Yes, yes, yes.

  143. 143.

    Omnes Omnibus

    March 24, 2012 at 3:19 am

    @Little Boots: Good sweet Christ, no! Wonderful song, but not southern rock.

    ETA: Here’s why.

  144. 144.

    Little Boots

    March 24, 2012 at 3:20 am

    @Trinity:

    actually that’s sort of wonderful, in a lesbiana way, but wonderful.

  145. 145.

    Little Boots

    March 24, 2012 at 3:21 am

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    yeah, again, folk rock?

  146. 146.

    freelancer

    March 24, 2012 at 3:21 am

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    Neil Young is Canadian. All of the Band except Levon Helm are Canucks as well

    For whatever reason, I was under the impression he was from Tennessee. It’s probably from a story he told about where the song Old Man originated from, but now that I looked it up, he was talking about his ranch in Cali and has nothing to do with Tennessee.

    Memory is baffling, please tell me it get’s better.

  147. 147.

    Omnes Omnibus

    March 24, 2012 at 3:21 am

    Deleted. Oops.

  148. 148.

    MattR

    March 24, 2012 at 3:21 am

    @Little Boots: It really depends on which Neil Yound album your listening to.

  149. 149.

    Little Boots

    March 24, 2012 at 3:23 am

    just trying to get the distinctions.

  150. 150.

    Bnut

    March 24, 2012 at 3:24 am

    @Sawgrass Stan: Like I said, genres are increasingly stupid. Look at what has happened in rap music. It’s less than half as old as rock, yet people struggle to classify different artists at this point. Also, much like race in people, music classification is used by others to either support or tear down those who are “different”.

  151. 151.

    Omnes Omnibus

    March 24, 2012 at 3:24 am

    @freelancer: I can’t help you there. As time goes on there are more memories to process. Sorry.

    ETA: And now to bed.

  152. 152.

    Kris Collins

    March 24, 2012 at 3:26 am

    Very long-time lurker, can’t remember if I have ever commented, but whatever, this reminded me of my greatest “brush with fame.” It was circa 1974 or 75 not quite sure now, I was on the road with my then husband in our crappy lounge-lizard type dance band (you know, covers of Doobie Brothers and the Captain and Tenille.) We were in a very nice Sheraton Inn in Buffalo rehearsing one afternoon when this guy with long blond hair came into the bar. We played for a bit, he invited us to join him for a beer, we had a nice chat. Turned out to be Greg Allman, recently married to Cher, in town to take the cure. Lovely man, brilliant musician, one of my best memories. I also ran into Cher later that night in the ladies room, very nice, insanely skinny. I know this sounds nuts but would I make up the Buffalo Sheraton Inn? As somebody says in a better fantasy than this, “you can look it up!”

  153. 153.

    Little Boots

    March 24, 2012 at 3:26 am

    but what is this?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMs3PCDM8Eg&feature=related

  154. 154.

    ulee

    March 24, 2012 at 3:27 am

    Little Boots knows that Neil Young and everyone but Levon Helms from The Band is Canadian. This is hilarious theatre.

  155. 155.

    MattR

    March 24, 2012 at 3:27 am

    @freelancer: Neil was born in Toronto but moved to Winnipeg as a teen where my mom remembers watching him play high school dances and then small clubs where she also saw folks (pun intended) like Joni Mitchell and Joan Baez

    EDIT: Mom was also at the Newport Folk Festival where Dylan got booed for going electric. God I hate her ;)

  156. 156.

    Little Boots

    March 24, 2012 at 3:27 am

    @Kris Collins:

    you are a lucky lady. particularly tonight.

  157. 157.

    Little Boots

    March 24, 2012 at 3:28 am

    @ulee:

    no he doesn’t.

  158. 158.

    Steeplejack

    March 24, 2012 at 3:30 am

    @Little Boots:

    This thread is practically a CliffsNotes version of Southern Rock for Dummies. Did you listen to any of the songs?

  159. 159.

    Omnes Omnibus

    March 24, 2012 at 3:30 am

    @Little Boots: Neil Young is sui generis. He worked with Devo in the mid-70s. Don’t try to pigeonhole. And now I really am going to bed.

  160. 160.

    Little Boots

    March 24, 2012 at 3:30 am

    @Steeplejack:

    I did. don’t be angry.

  161. 161.

    Little Boots

    March 24, 2012 at 3:31 am

    @Steeplejack:

    I’m starting to think he was.

  162. 162.

    MattR

    March 24, 2012 at 3:32 am

    @Omnes Omnibus: And Rick James before he (Neil) joined Buffalo Springfield.

  163. 163.

    Little Boots

    March 24, 2012 at 3:33 am

    good lawyerly use of sui generis by the way.

  164. 164.

    Satanicpanic

    March 24, 2012 at 3:33 am

    @Trinity: to each their own. The confident I’ve gotten in my own music playing abilities (which are still, sadly, not that developed) the less I judge people’s choices. On any given day I’m likely to be driving my car listening to cheesy Top 40.

  165. 165.

    MattR

    March 24, 2012 at 3:34 am

    Even though the heyday of Southern Rock was the 70’s and this is the Black Crowes in 1995, it feels like the perfect example of southern rock to me.

  166. 166.

    dead existentialist

    March 24, 2012 at 3:35 am

    @Trinity: Yes it is “a very personal problem,” but this place is a cesspool of personal problems so you’re probably good.

    I threatened suicide up-thread, and everybody acted like I was dead or something.

    Fuck, I’m drunk +

  167. 167.

    Little Boots

    March 24, 2012 at 3:35 am

    I still miss john, and I do not need a lecture about that, bitches.

  168. 168.

    piratedan

    March 24, 2012 at 3:37 am

    @Little Boots: well it really IS a regional thing and while Neil Young can sing about it and may even claim to understand it, it’s almost one of those “you have to have lived it” kind of things. It’s a pretty decent list of bands that are either “southern rock” or have southern rock influences. Certainly bands like Little Feet, The Allman Brothers Band, 38 Special, Lynard Skynard but its more than just those headliners, you have a whole 2nd and 3rd tier of bands and even spanning generations if you want to consider groups like The Black Crowes and Georgia Satellites. Also, people who have a foot in this camp (i.e. I admit it, I reached my maturity cutting my teeth on this stuff) can get tetchy about it. Especially by claiming that Neil Young is a Southern rock musician when he’s spent a fair amount of his time writing songs that are less than favorable about the south (If you care to advocate on behalf of Lynard Skynard and their opinion of him).

  169. 169.

    Satanicpanic

    March 24, 2012 at 3:37 am

    @dead existentialist: Dude, I thought that was just a comment on the music choices.

  170. 170.

    Steeplejack

    March 24, 2012 at 3:38 am

    @Trinity:

    A “bridge” song for you: William DeVaughn, “Be Thankful for What You’ve Got.” Another old-school classic from the ’70s. (But not “Southern rock”!)

  171. 171.

    Little Boots

    March 24, 2012 at 3:38 am

    omnes? hey, hey, my, my?

  172. 172.

    piratedan

    March 24, 2012 at 3:39 am

    the video is nonsensical, but the tune kicks ass

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBAwV1kmNBY

  173. 173.

    Sawgrass Stan

    March 24, 2012 at 3:39 am

    @Bnut: Uhh… Word(cough)! I agree, as long as we’re talking about artists that don’t want to be confined to a single style–or label. But some artists very happily self-select their “labels.” Look at the artists that want to be known as Blues musicians, or Jazz, when those categories aren’t anywhere as rigid as they used to be. I don’t have a problem imagining Neil Young partnering with a major Blues artist for an album, but I can’t see him doing an album of Standards……..
    Wait— that could be awesome! Ramp up the distortion!
    BTW– When the Band was still Levon and the Hawks, they hooked up with Levon’s boyhood radio idol Sonny Boy Williamson for some back-alley jams, and made some tentative plans to be his backup band. Sonny Boy spoiled it all by dying. (Robert Palmer, “Deep Blues”)

  174. 174.

    Little Boots

    March 24, 2012 at 3:39 am

    @piratedan:

    thank you. that’s actualy really helpful. which is kinda nice around here.

  175. 175.

    MattR

    March 24, 2012 at 3:40 am

    @dead existentialist: Geez. I missed that. Hope it was a fleeting feeling and nothing more serious. If not, please talk to someone (immediately if need be, or in the near future otherwise). Things can get better even when that seems impossible. If you can’t find someone, let me know and I’ll give you my email address.

  176. 176.

    Little Boots

    March 24, 2012 at 3:41 am

    @Steeplejack:

    thank you, bitter.

  177. 177.

    Steeplejack

    March 24, 2012 at 3:42 am

    @dead existentialist:

    I threatened suicide up-thread, and everybody acted like I was dead or something.

    Yup! Check your nym, dude.

  178. 178.

    Little Boots

    March 24, 2012 at 3:45 am

    de, come on, stop. just show up and have fun.

  179. 179.

    dead existentialist

    March 24, 2012 at 3:46 am

    @Satanicpanic: Well it was. I was just seeking attention.

    Yer right, I’m not going to kill myself. Tonight’s playlist will.

  180. 180.

    Little Boots

    March 24, 2012 at 3:47 am

    @dead existentialist:

    so, be amusing, at least.

  181. 181.

    Steeplejack

    March 24, 2012 at 3:47 am

    Forgot the Kentucky Headhunters: “Big Boss Man.”

    (Little Boots: Les Paul guitar solo at 2:10.)

  182. 182.

    Satanicpanic

    March 24, 2012 at 3:48 am

    @dead existentialist: Have some Black Lips Goodnight

  183. 183.

    piratedan

    March 24, 2012 at 3:48 am

    @Little Boots: np, amongst others on the list….

    Molly Hatchet
    Nantucket
    Rosington-Collins Band
    The Outlaws
    Ozark Mountain Daredeveils
    Mountain

    and if others need to pile on, they can do so… just saying that the genre does have some overlap with country and western and western rock and even some of the southern beach music.

  184. 184.

    Little Boots

    March 24, 2012 at 3:50 am

    @piratedan:

    Outlaws.

    I could not remember the outlaws. thank you.

  185. 185.

    Little Boots

    March 24, 2012 at 3:51 am

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFjqlx8eSfQ

  186. 186.

    Steeplejack

    March 24, 2012 at 3:51 am

    Southern, but not “Southern rock”: Carolina Chocolate Drops, “Hit ’Em Up Style.”

  187. 187.

    dead existentialist

    March 24, 2012 at 3:52 am

    @Satanicpanic: Sweet!

  188. 188.

    MattR

    March 24, 2012 at 3:53 am

    So now that we’ve defined southern rock and described Neil Young, let’s try and categorize the Velvet Underground. (Just found this cover of “Oh! Sweet Nothin'” by the Black Crowes)

  189. 189.

    Petorado

    March 24, 2012 at 3:54 am

    @Sawgrass Stan:

    Hard to say if any local bands are making money. One that’s making great music probably isn’t. Bless the starving artists, for they will go into the afterlife having created stuff the rest of us wish we had.

  190. 190.

    Sawgrass Stan

    March 24, 2012 at 3:55 am

    @dead existentialist: like some of the other folks said, we’re here to help if you need it. But as far as being drunk, well, dude, just look at the title of this thread. This probably ought to be called “It’s Friday Night and Are Those Twelve Steps or Am I just Seeing Double??” John C’s asleep with His Animals by now, and i’m off to kick the animals off my bed so I can sleep with my wife.

  191. 191.

    piratedan

    March 24, 2012 at 3:55 am

    @MattR: ummm… fucking Bizarre seems to be the best categorization I can make for them, will that do?

  192. 192.

    Little Boots

    March 24, 2012 at 3:57 am

    outlaws

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFjqlx8eSfQ

  193. 193.

    MattR

    March 24, 2012 at 4:00 am

    @piratedan: That’s better than any other word I’ve thought of.

  194. 194.

    Little Boots

    March 24, 2012 at 4:01 am

    ghostriders in the sky.

    quick post something before omnes gets here.

  195. 195.

    Sawgrass Stan

    March 24, 2012 at 4:03 am

    Petorado: Just hope the really talented folks can keep up their morale and keep playing– being a musician is usually a great way to almost starve to death. However– there are a bunch of old, retired swing musicians who like to get together and play the old charts at the community center in my little village. They’re still pretty good, and you’ve got to hand it to a guy who can still swing with an alto sax even though he’s using a walker. And thanks for the links; very much appreciated. You are a man of taste.
    Good morning, all!

  196. 196.

    Little Boots

    March 24, 2012 at 4:04 am

    actually, for Omnes in his not bitter mood:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0sAgm9Vz50

  197. 197.

    piratedan

    March 24, 2012 at 4:06 am

    @MattR: sorry to be so flip Matt, I love my tunage but I’m also a firm believer in that what works for me may not work for you, as such, I do my best to not get pissy about anyone else’s musical preferences. Strictly a ymmv kind of thing.

  198. 198.

    MattR

    March 24, 2012 at 4:07 am

    @Sawgrass Stan: My sister followed up quitting her job and going back to school with marrying a musician. You can imagine how thrilled my parents were by that combination. But her husband is a great guy, she now has a PhD and a job that gives them both health insurance (and the latter was really always my parents biggest concern)

    @piratedan: I am not a VU fan and I was also being serious. I couldn’t think of a good single word description for them. And “bizzare” really does work as well as anything else. (EDIT: I do like “Loaded” but it’s also the least Velvety of their albums – which is probably why I like it)

  199. 199.

    LosGatosCA

    March 24, 2012 at 4:09 am

    I still think the Allman Brothers live at Ludlow Garage is one of the greatest albums ever made.

    Could be. Of course Live at the Fillmore East IS the best album ever made.

    And if you find the Nazz version of Hello, it’s Me, on the jukebox you are in a true dive bar. If the beer is Carling black label in long necks for 45 cents, then its happy hour in the Twilight Zone.

  200. 200.

    The prophet Nostradumbass

    March 24, 2012 at 4:22 am

    I’d have to be far beyond “drunk” to listen to “Southern Rock”. I’d need to be either “asleep” or “unconscious”.

    Don’t wanna chill, don’t wanna sit
    Don’t wanna hear no hippy shit
    Don’t tell me I’ve closed my mind
    Don’t wanna groove, don’t wanna dig
    Don’t wanna spend the day naked
    Don’t like my music country fried
    …
    He’s got a tye dyed Rancid shirt
    He wears his birkenstocks to work
    Is he a jerk? No! Just confused
    Jeff don’t wear regular shoes

  201. 201.

    Clime Acts

    March 24, 2012 at 4:35 am

    I believe Little Boots is a spoof sock puppet.

    But whose spoof sock puppet is it…?

  202. 202.

    aangus

    March 24, 2012 at 4:39 am

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HA4-4ifhixg&src_vid=0_8-Fm1vfw0&feature=iv&annotation_id=annotation_152180

  203. 203.

    aangus

    March 24, 2012 at 4:47 am

    @Clime Acts

    LOL!

  204. 204.

    aangus

    March 24, 2012 at 4:50 am

    :)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoWJFC_ock8

  205. 205.

    aangus

    March 24, 2012 at 4:55 am

    En haut!

  206. 206.

    aangus

    March 24, 2012 at 5:00 am

    Oh yeah….

    Did I forge my favourite Allman Bros.

    Blue Sky
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEC5s3nzVzo

  207. 207.

    Raven

    March 24, 2012 at 6:37 am

    Little Feat was an LA band. . .and not SOUTH LA.

  208. 208.

    DaveinME

    March 24, 2012 at 10:07 am

    I still think the Allman Brothers live at Ludlow Garage is one of the greatest albums ever made.

    That there is the truth!! Mountain Jam from that album is simply one of the best!!

  209. 209.

    RL

    March 24, 2012 at 10:56 am

    Here’s some great new Southern rock:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miLUWmdk7ks&feature=youtu.be

  210. 210.

    john patrick

    March 24, 2012 at 12:31 pm

    We twelve hours different here in Taiwan, but it’s that time of the evening here for me. Which means it’s time for my alltime jezbout unconscious vid – “Wonderin'” by Neil and the Shocking Pinks.

  211. 211.

    S. cerevisiae

    March 24, 2012 at 1:00 pm

    Lord have mercy on my soul, how many chickens have I stole?

  212. 212.

    Jebediah

    March 24, 2012 at 3:05 pm

    @Bnut:
    I know I am wicked late here, but if you are still around I wanted to throw in my two cents about your bike choice. As a few people have pointed out, a 250 is on the small side for someone your size, but modern bikes do squeeze more power out of each cc. For a first bike anyway you don’t want gobs of power, not until our riding skills, reflexes, and instincts are up to it. And if you just use it to commute, (not to go racing through canyons etc.) you might never feel the need to get a bigger bike. But a smaller, less expensive bike is always a good idea until, after several thousand miles of riding, you start to figure out what you like about riding and thereby figure out what your ideal second bike would be. I vote “yes” on the Rebel. (As long is this particular one is mechanically sound, of course.)
    Not to be a nudge, but helmet-jacket-gloves EVERY TIME and pay attention to your tires’ pressure and tread condition, since you only have two. And accept the fact that you will hit the deck at some point. We all do.
    Welcome to two-wheel world – have fun!

  213. 213.

    piratedan

    March 24, 2012 at 3:06 pm

    @Raven:@Raven: granted, but their music transcended many genres and a great amount of their early work dealt with southern themes (hell, even wiki has them with a southern rock label, amongst many others)

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