I think Mike and I will probably be making a pilgrimage To Macon, Georgia..probably early next year. Why? I just found out that a house the Allmann Brothers Band used to live in there is being turned into a museum.
When Mike and I went to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame a few years ago, I think he spent 30 minutes just staring at one of Duane Allmann's guitars. The way it was displayed, you could see it from many angles, so Mike just kept walking around and around it, thinking about all the great music that had been made with that Les Paul Gold Top. So we may have to schedule several days to see this place.
The three-story Tudor, which the band called the Big House, will open as a museum in December. It will include more than 300,000 (!) pieces of memorabilia, including Gregg Allman's Hammond Organ and Duane Allman's jacket, which was draped over a guitar case next to his coffin during his funeral. Duane Allman's bedroom will be decorated the way he had it, and visitors can see the seven-head community shower on the second floor. (Um...too much information?)
The band moved into the house in 1970 and supposedly wrote songs like "Ramblin' Man" and "Midnight Rider" there. They were evicted in 1973 and since then the house has been a beauty parlor and a lawyer's house.
If you believe the hashtag, #johnmayerisback!
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In addition to preparing for a tour, he's been...
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If you believe the hashtag, #johnmayerisback!
His first tour since his vocal cord troubles cleared up kicks off on the 4th of July, and includes a stop at Milwaukee's Summerfest on July 6th.
In addition to preparing for a tour, he's been...
Are kids today over-photographed?
Now that everybody has a camera on their phone, and now that Facebook is a greedy beast that must be fed, it seems parents take WAY more pictures of their kids than was the case back in the 1960s and 1970s. It...
People have been wondering why Billie Joe jumped off the bridge since this song came out and made it to number 1 in 1967. Singer Bobby Gentry says people always asked what was thrown over the bridge and why did Billie Joe jump. She never would give a...
Happy birthday to the Cute Beatle, SIr Paul McCartney! He turns 71 today.
One of the rules for Beatles fans is that you must memorize tidbits of Beatle trivia to try and impress other Beatle fans. This is not that easy to do....as things like...
In 1968, Jeannie C. Riley topped both the pop and country charts with "Harper Valley PTA". She was the first female singer to accomplish that feat and it wasn't repeated until Dolly Parton did it in 1981 with the song "9 to 5". The song was...
This week we're doing story songs on the World's Worst iPod. We start with the story of Billy who really wanted to be a hero. He was a hero, but didn't live to see it and his girlfriend was pretty angry. The song was originally done by...
This week' s Gabby's Pick is another track from emerging artist ZZ Ward's debut album , called "365 Days."
In addition to all the radio airplay " Put The Gun Down" has received, you may also have heard her music on several television...
Apparently Oreo flavored Oreos are not sufficient.
Nabisco is continuing its trend of introducing special limited edition flavors for its Oreo cookies. Last year, the internet was all abuzz about candy corn Oreos, which supposedly didn't really...
I think Mike and I will probably be making a pilgrimage To Macon, Georgia..probably early next year. Why? I just found out that a house the Allmann Brothers Band used to live in there is being turned into a museum.
When Mike and I went to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame a few years ago, I think he spent 30 minutes just staring at one of Duane Allmann's guitars. The way it was displayed, you could see it from many angles, so Mike just kept walking around and around it, thinking about all the great music that had been made with that Les Paul Gold Top. So we may have to schedule several days to see this place.
The three-story Tudor, which the band called the Big House, will open as a museum in December. It will include more than 300,000 (!) pieces of memorabilia, including Gregg Allman's Hammond Organ and Duane Allman's jacket, which was draped over a guitar case next to his coffin during his funeral. Duane Allman's bedroom will be decorated the way he had it, and visitors can see the seven-head community shower on the second floor. (Um...too much information?)
The band moved into the house in 1970 and supposedly wrote songs like "Ramblin' Man" and "Midnight Rider" there. They were evicted in 1973 and since then the house has been a beauty parlor and a lawyer's house.
