Jack has reached a point in his playing that it is all from his heart and soul no one alive today can play like this he is truly a gift from God and I am a lucky man to have him as my friend he is a great human being and I will never tire of listening to him.
PREACH TO IT!!!!!!!!!!☝️❤😎 He just recently friended me on Facebook after I commented a great deal on most of his ABB work. This guy is Smooth as the late afternoon backwaters up at the lake on a perfect day!!!
Makes me think two things immediately: 1. DAMN Jack Pearson just OWNED Dreams. 2. Dickey Betts's rhythm guitar work is one of the most underrated skills in his arsenal. Listen closely to him as Jack gets cranking. Wow! LONG LIVE THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND.
You're right. I can't honestly say I'm usually a Dickey Betts fan -- I know that's sacrilege -- I don't like his leads and I hate hearing his flat bends (as seen here), but anyhow his rhythm work is superb. He and Jack sound absolutely great together
Just seeing this. Yeah, Dickey was unselfish: He gave who ever was soloing ideas, rhythms to play off of. After playing with Duane, he was confident enough to know that he was always bringing something special and could fully support another player's solo. He obviously could be competitive, but he always supported the music.
Been listening to the brother's my whole life. Dickey was definitely pumped by having Jack in the band, but his soaring years were long gone by this time. Sloppy scales, missed notes, painful bends... No disrespect intended to the great man, just way below his ABB standard.
"Not many vids from the Jack / Dickey era... gotta make the most of what we have!" Yes, that is so unfortunate! Jules, thanks SO MUCH for posting this.
This by far is my favorite live version of Dreams. Dickey's solo is beyond anything they've done with all due respect to Warren and Derek. Rip Gregg and Butch. IMO greatest southern rock band ever!
Allman Bros. are one of the great bands of all time. Different players, but the creativity still flows. So similar to Miles Davis. Songs are great and the players are inspired b the past and bringing forth the future Jack and Dicky do an awesome job. The rest of the band are always great. Bless our brothers in heaven
Jack gets high praise from Gregg Allman in Gregg's book "My Cross To Bear". He said Jack's playing most closely resembled Duane's style than any other slide player he's worked with. Great example of a master at work in this video.
After Dickey interviewed Jack Pearson for the gig of becoming a full time ABB member Its reported he went back to Greg and said " If we don't hire him I'm going to take lesson's from him." So thats how strong Dickey felt about his talent.
Jack shows us just what we lost with the loss of Dewayne! How much the music world has suffered! Dickie now gone from the stage truly the music has grown silent! 😢my generation was here we made music and left a small dent … who will travel these roads laid down by these men ?
Man this is Amazing ! I have never seen video of Jack playing as a Brother...man those bird chirps and slide work is Duane worthy for sure and Dicky playing a strat what treat man ! Many thanks for this treasured gem ~
The ABB were always hardcore Gibson guys... It's great seeing (hearing) them playing on the Fender side. Either way they are complete masters of their craft.
Jack Pearson has Duane's soul pouring out. His slide work is so incredible - and with all due respect - beyond Derek Trucks and Haynes . Just masterful improvisation at the highest level.
+Steve Longobardi Warren and Derek are great, great players. Jack - he's on a different level and planet all together regarding training, skill and level.
Jack was the manifestation of what Duane may have be come had he lived long enough to attain Jack's level of virtuosity! Duane had more soul than any young man should have, and Jack could bring that to another plane of guitar playing.
To Darkwell0071: He comes as close to the unique gift that Duane Allman had as anybody who has ever played guitar with this band. Jack Pearson is a miracle. For that singing bird, listen to Duane toward the end of LAYLA.
Duane always did his signature birds in mountain jam also, and sorry but Jack's solo for me just has no feel what so ever, to each their own but he doesn't do it for me
There is no one like Jack Pearson and the Allman Brothers have been my favorite band since high school. But I met Jack years before he was in the band and I knew when he got the gig they would still be my favorite band. He is one of my favorite guitar players and gets better every time he puts it on.
I feel ya. I discovered him only a couple months ago. How did I not ever hear of him before?! Jack Pearson is absolutely hands down one of the finest guitarists I’ve seen. This recording completely knocked me out.
I read a while back that there are plans to release some Jack Pearson shows and even some Jimmy Herring shows. Basically capturing a show from each incarnation of the ABB. I sure hope so.
The Allman Brothers had a pay-per-view in 1998 that I recorded on V H S. That was the first time I ever heard of Jack Pearson. He killed it. He said he grew up learning Allman Brothers songs and never dreamed he would be playing next to his guitar hero, Dickey Betts. Those two were great together.
Our age group is losing our music. Yeah this R&B I'll give it they are making money. But these guys can honestly bring tears to my eyes. Always have!!!!!
I saw him play during this run at the beacon.......very impressed...... I saw Duane play three times before he passed..... Jack is the closest to Duane with his playing as I have ever heard......he swings like Duane did .......... something either you have or you don't...... Jack's got it....... don't care for Warren at all.......the kids alright......these two are far superior to all the lineups since Duane passed ......my all time favorite band.......not to many bands make it to the library of Congress......miss them dearly
Wonderful - I would not have guessed Dickey was playing a Strat on this .. maybe the p/ups were hot rodded SD's or something .. or my ears need attention ! I love the performances when Jack played with Derek .. really exceptional .. those I have heard .
Hard to know what to say to properly acknowledge how other worldly great Jack Pearson is. Still not many people outside of hardcore guitar fanatics even know his name. Damn his playing gives me the shivering fits,
@KeepinBuzzy The pickup closest to the fret board is souped but the other two are stock. Dickey has had this old 56 Strat for years. I have a picture of him playing it in 1974 on the solo tour. In late 72 and early 73 I think Gregg may have played it on Wasted Words and Done Somebody Wrong. Dan Toler used it in Great Southern in the 70's and for some reason Dickey played it most of the time from 1997 to 2000. I've heard he was a bit mad a Gibson for some reason & Goldie was in the R&R hall then.
Jack Pearson is the best and most well-rounded and versatile guitarist on the planet. nobody else on earth could pull off Duane all night with ABB and get off stage and go play acoustic Django gypsy jazz with Tommy Emmanuel. but Jack can.
I'm reading all these comments..not one asked the all important question. ..Jules, where's the rest of this show ???? this would be one for the collection ?!?!?! I will hunt it down! MUST HAVE
I wish the band's Legacy office could pull some of the recordings from the Jack era for official release. Warren Haynes was the catalyst for the band's rejuvenation in the 90s and they could have tanked after him and Allen Woody left.... but getting Jack in was a brilliant move. He already had Allman DNA from playing in Greg's band. I don''t want to choose who actually holds the throne for slide playing between him and Derek.... both are magnificent and virtuosic.... But Derek has his own thing incorporating that Ali Kan influence...... whereas Jack pulls the whole Duane toolkit and keeps the syle that Duane played alive.... probably better than anyone else..... to this day. PLUS .... Jack is a true gentleman.... just a gem of a human being. We all probably have copies of the Great Woods PPV ..... but shows like this one need to get released.
Nice solo by Dickey. I don't think he even played on the original studio version according to Gregg's book. He didn't like the studio and dipped out for a while.
Hey Jack Is your GNL guitar are you playing here black sparkle or dark blue sparkle I first saw this when you played with the brothers in Camden 1997 was the first abb show I ever I ever took my son to
Dickey Betts on a Stratocaster is rare to see indeed. The humbucking pickup at the neck gives that guitar a very Gibson-like tone. That's the Elliot Randall pickup configuration, not seen that much at all. Usually the humbucker is put in the bridge pick up for more beef on the treble side of things. For any who don't know who Elliot Randall is: listen to the guitar work on Reelin' In The Years, by Steely Dan. Oh, yes, we all know that! ... Elliot is a monster player, as is Jack Pearson. Pearson is really on a different level from Dickey, Warren AND Derek, imho. Maybe not as a slide player, although I love his slide tones and unique approach. But as an all around player Jack Pearson is better than all of them. I think he was the best to take Duane's spot. Perhaps not as ferocious but just as masterful and creative on his instrument. P.S. - For you gear heads: Elliot Randall played that Reelin' In The Years recording with his #1 axe, a '63 Strat w/ a PAF humbucker in the bridge spot. He used that pickup and played through a cranked Ampeg SVT bass amp in the studio. He said it would not have been "his first, or even fifth choice." But that's what they gave him and he nailed it. One take, all the way through, after a run through that was not recorded and everyone said that one was better! Dontcha just love guitar trivia?
Cash Watkins The first couple of times I saw the ABB Duane had a Les Paul and Dickey played a Strat. In pictures of pre-ABB bands Duane has a Strat. The Dickey went to a SG and like Duane tried several Les Paul's before settling on the one called "Goldie". The roadie back then told me they liked the fat tone but had problems finding one they stayed in tune. After over 20 years Dickey stopped playing the Goldie Les Paul. He said in an interview he didn't like how Gibson ignored him. He bought a couple PRS guitars but it wasn't long until he had that old 1956 Strat hard tail with that hotrail pup in the neck slot and used that for the rest of the 90s. I think he had a newer yellow Strat as a back up or alternate then. Then about 2001 Gibson came out with the Betts signature custom Les Paul and Dickey was given two of those. A Goldtop and a red one. The just before he retired, they had the Brother to Brother custom SG and Dickey played that. It was a copy of the old SG he gave Duane and Duane used it for slide.
Cash Watkins Yes I think it was his classic 57 Goldie Les Paul he put a whammy bar on but took it off just a couple years later. I watch a video here on TH-cam over the weekend of the ABB playing in Nashville in 1986 and the whammy bar is there. Dickey was playing really well on that show. I heard Dickey in an interview with Goldie he almost never using the bridge pickup. Only the neck pickup. The roadie Red Dog told us back when Dickey decided to switch to a Les Paul he, like Duane, had a lot of trouble finding one that would stay in tune. Dickey got angry a one and took it off and threw it across the stage. The roadie said it wasn't broken so he put it back in Dickey's guitar rack and the next day when Dickey saw it he grabbed it and beat it into the stage so hard the headstock snapped off. So after that show Red Dog said he threw the guitar in the dumpster. Okay when they came out with the custom brother to brother SG about 2011 they didn't call it a Les Paul but an SG. And it has the holes where the original had a whammy bar. Dickey told LeRoy Parnell in an interview that when Duane died Gregg gave away the guitar and Dickey didn't know where it was for years but it got it back about 10 years ago. Also you are right about it being called a Les Paul originally. But they said Les Paul was pissed when he found out and demanded Gibson take his name off of it as it's NOT his design. So it wasn't long until it was called an SG. I had forgotten about them claiming Les Paul was mad his name was in that guitar and Gibson changed it to SG when Les let them know he didn't not want his name on that body shape. Do you remember that too? Also the strat Dickey is using here, Andy Aledort told me in 2007 when Dickey was using it for slide guitar with Great Southern that "Dickey has owned that guitar forever. It's an old 1956 hardtail". Well his son Duane Betts has it now and uses it some live and for rhythm in the studio. And Duane's main stage ax is the first Dickey signature Gold Top Dickey was given in 2001. Duane took the pick guard off and had it aged. Also he has a nice sunburst Les Paul his dad gave him. Must be nice to have a dad to give you three valuable guitars. The 56 Strat hardtail certainly is worth some real money now and the two Paul's maybe even more $.
+bob lackey The Strat Duane was playing then must have been the one you see in photos from the Wilson Pickett and Aretha Franklin sessions (Hey Jude from Pickett, and The Weight, Aretha) at Muscle Shoals. That was before the ABB had really formed. I bought a mid 60's Strat just like that one many years ago. I tried a lot of them and they were all excellent but when I saw that one, I had to have it. Just because I saw those photos and how much I loved his playing. Tot- ally valid!
I'm so much enjoying reading all your post about Dickies guitars and the Pearson info as well. I just moved down the street a couple miles from Dickies house and I hope I run into him or something one day lol It would be so cool to get to hang with him or have a beer with him and his son. I just missed out on the tickets at the local club for pre tour show. really hate i missed out on those tickets. Hes going on a small come back tour in case you didnt know. Maybe you will have some luck seeing him near you.
I saw Duane 3 times. I have virtually all the live Duane-era shows in circulation (you can hear them on my channel; keyword = wgbader . FWIW, I have a load of live Danny Gatton and 300+ live bluegrass gigs. Check them out...). I've heard virtually all of Duane's known session work. Jack is the closest I've ever heard. He knows what he's doing, all right ;) But Dickey's no slouch, either -- he smokes!
Vernon Allen I don't think so. I think Jack Pearson is actually playing a G&L Strat model. While Dickey Bett's is actually playing a Fender, he has an unconventional humbucker on the neck pickup.
+theMstanglover Dickey's son Duane Betts has this Fender now plus Dickey's original Gold Top Les Paul signature series. I noticed on Duane Betts' facebook a year ago he had a picture of this 1956 Fender hardtail on his couch out in Malibu, California and he noted he was getting new pickups for it as the boxes were on the top of the couch as they had just arrived...and the humbucker was in the neck pickup in the picture just as it is here in 1998. Since then when he is pictured playing it on his facebook page including recently in New York with Dawes, all three pickups are now alike. They all look like single coil. Dickey has or had another Fender which was yellow he often played Nobody Left to Run With" on in his Great Southern band to give himself more of a Bo Didley tone than you hear on a Les Paul and that Fender also had a humbucker in the neck pickup. That must be a Dickey thing for that type of guitar. Also when you see a close up picture of this guitar Dickey is playing in this video such as the one of it on his son's couch in Mailbu, it has a tremendous amount of road wear where your arm rests on the body and on the neck. That guitar was played a lot before Dickey got it but I've seen pictures of Dickey using it back in 1974 for a song or two on his Highway Call solo tour. But there was plenty of time between 1956 and 1974 for someone to play it enough to develop all that road wear. I don't think Dickey used it that much over the years he had it in his collection which he said in 2003 is about a 30 guitar collection. Dickey most often in the 70's, 80's and 90's played a 1957 Goldtop.
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God Bless Jules for these videos he took back in the day. He since passed away. Jack was his favorite guitarist.
TH-cam/Google should be ashamed for interrupting this greatness with a commercial
Jack has reached a point in his playing that it is all from his heart and soul no one alive today can play like this he is truly a gift from God and I am a lucky man to have him as my friend he is a great human being and I will never tire of listening to him.
PREACH TO IT!!!!!!!!!!☝️❤😎
He just recently friended me on Facebook after I commented a great deal on most of his ABB work.
This guy is Smooth as the late afternoon backwaters up at the lake on a perfect day!!!
It’s totally true. I can’t agree more
I’d love to be able to meet him
Derek trucks is pretty damn close but Jack is the closest player to play as emotional as Duane!!
Derek Trucks has entered the chatroom
Incredible! What more can you say!
I can't believe that I didn't hear of Jack Pearson before 2022. I haven't seen his equal in my 62 years walking this earth.
Thank god we have footage of Pearson from his Allman brother days
Probably the most beautiful performance of Dreams I've heard, and I've listened to the Allmans for 40+ years.
Makes me think two things immediately:
1. DAMN Jack Pearson just OWNED Dreams.
2. Dickey Betts's rhythm guitar work is one of the most underrated skills in his arsenal. Listen closely to him as Jack gets cranking. Wow!
LONG LIVE THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND.
Bob Beatty Dicky is great on rhythm
Bob Beatty Sad but the brothers are in heaven now.
You're right. I can't honestly say I'm usually a Dickey Betts fan -- I know that's sacrilege -- I don't like his leads and I hate hearing his flat bends (as seen here), but anyhow his rhythm work is superb. He and Jack sound absolutely great together
Just seeing this. Yeah, Dickey was unselfish: He gave who ever was soloing ideas, rhythms to play off of. After playing with Duane, he was confident enough to know that he was always bringing something special and could fully support another player's solo. He obviously could be competitive, but he always supported the music.
Been listening to the brother's my whole life. Dickey was definitely pumped by having Jack in the band, but his soaring years were long gone by this time. Sloppy scales, missed notes, painful bends...
No disrespect intended to the great man, just way below his ABB standard.
"Not many vids from the Jack / Dickey era... gotta make the most of what we have!" Yes, that is so unfortunate! Jules, thanks SO MUCH for posting this.
This by far is my favorite live version of Dreams. Dickey's solo is beyond anything they've done with all due respect to Warren and Derek. Rip Gregg and Butch. IMO greatest southern rock band ever!
I think classifying ABB as southern rock is limiting them!
Allman Bros. are one of the great bands of all time. Different players, but the creativity still flows. So similar to Miles Davis. Songs are great and the players are inspired b the past and bringing forth the future Jack and Dicky do an awesome job. The rest of the band are always great. Bless our brothers in heaven
Jack gets high praise from Gregg Allman in Gregg's book "My Cross To Bear". He said Jack's playing most closely resembled Duane's style than any other slide player he's worked with. Great example of a master at work in this video.
Interesting
After Dickey interviewed Jack Pearson for the gig of becoming a full time ABB member Its reported he went back to Greg and said " If we don't hire him I'm going to take lesson's from him." So thats how strong Dickey felt about his talent.
100% true!
Two outstanding guitar solos plus Otel's bass playing!! Quite unique with that Strat sound!!
Jack shows us just what we lost with the loss of Dewayne! How much the music world has suffered! Dickie now gone from the stage truly the music has grown silent! 😢my generation was here we made music and left a small dent … who will travel these roads laid down by these men ?
Dickey sounds great on a Strat here. And Jack P … well, he's simply off the charts
Man this is Amazing ! I have never seen video of Jack playing as a Brother...man those bird chirps and slide work is Duane worthy for sure and Dicky playing a strat what treat man ! Many thanks for this treasured gem ~
Saw ABB in Aug 97...
evidently Pearson's 1st gig with them. Amazing picker.
Thank you for this boot.
Sounds great and takes me back
Will Always be my favorite singer & song. Since 1970. I was 12,
The ABB were always hardcore Gibson guys...
It's great seeing (hearing) them playing on the Fender side. Either way they are complete masters of their craft.
98 was the last of the great year for ABB. Saw this in Burgettstown Pa 6/26/98. Loved it
Pearson & Betts is the best ABB combination since Duane.
Jack just TORCHES Dreams!!!
Thing about it, Dickey is Smoooth!!😎🤙🎸
Gotta say, Dickey's strat tone is very underrated! And Jack shows in this performance why he is THE MASTER!!!
Excellent. One must really listen closely to Dreams to feel its hypnotic state.
Jack Pearson has Duane's soul pouring out. His slide work is so incredible - and with all due respect - beyond Derek Trucks and Haynes . Just masterful improvisation at the highest level.
Steve Longobardi Pearson was their best after Duane.
+Steve Longobardi
Warren and Derek are great, great players. Jack - he's on a different level and planet all together regarding training, skill and level.
I agree about the slide playing being better than Trucks sounds better and more soulful and less harsh
Pearson is the best talent the band has ever had. Les Bros is the future.
Gregg said that as well. Great work on capturing audio with minimal crowd noise, obviously pre-cell phone.
wow, I have never seen this incarnation of ABB. Fuckin' A Awesome!!!!!
Jack Pearson is truly amazing. It's really too bad that there isn't an official document of his time with the band available commercially
Jack was the manifestation of what Duane may have be come had he lived long enough to attain Jack's level of virtuosity! Duane had more soul than any young man should have, and Jack could bring that to another plane of guitar playing.
Jack Pearson making his guitar sound like a bird singing amazing
To Darkwell0071: He comes as close to the unique gift that Duane Allman had as anybody who has ever played guitar with this band. Jack Pearson is a miracle. For that singing bird, listen to Duane toward the end of LAYLA.
Duane always did his signature birds in mountain jam also, and sorry but Jack's solo for me just has no feel what so ever, to each their own but he doesn't do it for me
@@johngerrard5963 You seriously don't know much about guitar, do you? That's one of the most narrow-minded statements I've ever seen.
Gotta say this is some good shit....Jack Pearson can really make that guitar sing!
Saw the ABB many times...Sorry I never got to see the ABB with Jack Pearson. ..WOW
If one leaves behind, a simple piece of his life, I'd say he done good!
They were unique,in every way.We'd never heard anything like this.Whatever it was,and is,50 years later.Still listening.
There is no one like Jack Pearson and the Allman Brothers have been my favorite band since high school. But I met Jack years before he was in the band and I knew when he got the gig they would still be my favorite band. He is one of my favorite guitar players and gets better every time he puts it on.
How can I have never heard of Jack Pearson before now?!
I feel ya. I discovered him only a couple months ago. How did I not ever hear of him before?! Jack Pearson is absolutely hands down one of the finest guitarists I’ve seen. This recording completely knocked me out.
This is the Brothers best song! Great job. Dickey playing a Fender and really well! Jack Pearson too!
greenman7612 Jack is playing a G+L strat. One of Leo Fenders last endeavors. I own one, a Tele. Way nicer than any modern Fender I have ever played.
thanks for posting made my sat morning .Seen this tour with jack .
Dreaming of them now and all the wonderful live and recorded music that they gave us.
I read a while back that there are plans to release some Jack Pearson shows and even some Jimmy Herring shows. Basically capturing a show from each incarnation of the ABB. I sure hope so.
I hope this is true. As much as I like getting new Duane era stuff, they need to represent other eras if possible.
The Allman Brothers had a pay-per-view in 1998 that I recorded on V H S. That was the first time I ever heard of Jack Pearson. He killed it. He said he grew up learning Allman Brothers songs and never dreamed he would be playing next to his guitar hero, Dickey Betts. Those two were great together.
Jack is the master
I thought Molly Hatchet did a damn fine job on their cover of this song but the "Masters reestablished their superiority on this one!
Dickie and any other guitarist is wonderful. Dickie and Jack Pearson is sublime.
Great memories! Thanks for sharing. I saw them on this tour!!!
The beginning of Jack’s solo is so unique
If people don't know of Jack, it is the same as not knowing Duane. God thank you for all the great musicians
Our age group is losing our music. Yeah this R&B I'll give it they are making money. But these guys can honestly bring tears to my eyes. Always have!!!!!
I'm not a musician, so I don't really know, but I find Betts' performance remarkable
Betts owned this shit.....
Was at this show my first Beacon experience.
I saw him play during this run at the beacon.......very impressed...... I saw Duane play three times before he passed..... Jack is the closest to Duane with his playing as I have ever heard......he swings like Duane did .......... something either you have or you don't...... Jack's got it....... don't care for Warren at all.......the kids alright......these two are far superior to all the lineups since Duane passed ......my all time favorite band.......not to many bands make it to the library of Congress......miss them dearly
i thought warren git tedious, his solos were twice as long as they should have been, way too many notes
Jack Pearson awesome!!
This was the best ABB lineup besides the original ,
Hands down!!
Wonderful - I would not have guessed Dickey was playing a Strat on this .. maybe the p/ups were hot rodded SD's or something .. or my ears need attention !
I love the performances when Jack played with Derek .. really exceptional .. those I have heard .
What a great job they did on this chestnut!.
Never thought Id see Dickey blown off the stage....
Saw them on this tour in Toronto. Dickey and Jack were on FIRE that night!
Hard to know what to say to properly acknowledge how other worldly great Jack Pearson is. Still not many people outside of hardcore guitar fanatics even know his name. Damn his playing gives me the shivering fits,
DIckey is the David Gilmour of Southern Rock. Jack is on another level.
Humble guy Monster player Great fit for the band Nuff said!
@KeepinBuzzy The pickup closest to the fret board is souped but the other two are stock. Dickey has had this old 56 Strat for years. I have a picture of him playing it in 1974 on the solo tour. In late 72 and early 73 I think Gregg may have played it on Wasted Words and Done Somebody Wrong. Dan Toler used it in Great Southern in the 70's and for some reason Dickey played it most of the time from 1997 to 2000. I've heard he was a bit mad a Gibson for some reason & Goldie was in the R&R hall then.
Dreams.. my favorite ABB song
Dickey's work is awesome.
God damn Jack that was good.
thank you !
Dickie looks good playin a Strat
Dickie blew out poor Jack’s eardrums with those 100 watt Marshall stacks ! I never even knew there was a Stratocaster era ABB .
Jack Pearson is the best and most well-rounded and versatile guitarist on the planet. nobody else on earth could pull off Duane all night with ABB and get off stage and go play acoustic Django gypsy jazz with Tommy Emmanuel. but Jack can.
I'm reading all these comments..not one asked the all important question. ..Jules, where's the rest of this show ???? this would be one for the collection ?!?!?! I will hunt it down! MUST HAVE
Look at baby Oteil!
I had a hard time accepting Jack at first. What the hell was I thinking?
Me too. I think it was the overalls.
He is 'Up there with Duane'!!!!!!!!!!
@@timwilliams8343 up there with duane.. Lmfao. So are you blind man 👌
Or is it deaf man
AAAAAAAAAAAAGGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!! THIS IS THE BEST !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Besides Duane Allman, this is the best I've ever heard this done--Jack Pearson did just beautiful. His playing made the hair on my neck stand up.
Still miss Dickey.Big influence on my guitar playing!
I have a new favorite version of Dreams
Jack is good.
I wish the band's Legacy office could pull some of the recordings from the Jack era for official release. Warren Haynes was the catalyst for the band's rejuvenation in the 90s and they could have tanked after him and Allen Woody left.... but getting Jack in was a brilliant move. He already had Allman DNA from playing in Greg's band. I don''t want to choose who actually holds the throne for slide playing between him and Derek.... both are magnificent and virtuosic.... But Derek has his own thing incorporating that Ali Kan influence...... whereas Jack pulls the whole Duane toolkit and keeps the syle that Duane played alive.... probably better than anyone else..... to this day. PLUS .... Jack is a true gentleman.... just a gem of a human being.
We all probably have copies of the Great Woods PPV ..... but shows like this one need to get released.
ANYTHING with Dickey And Jack Is MAGIC!!!!!!!😎🎸
Check out Jessica, 1998, Fox Atlanta. 🔥
Nice solo by Dickey. I don't think he even played on the original studio version according to Gregg's book. He didn't like the studio and dipped out for a while.
Best Allmän Bros lineup since Live at Fillmore, hands down
Fucking pure magic
fantastic woh super.
Yes...very nice
Dickey is cutting it up!!!!!!
AWESOME
Jack Pearson fantastico!!!
Nothing beats the EAT A PEACH album version in my humble opinion . These other versions are ok but EAT A PEACH #1
The song Dreams was not on Eat A Peach...
Was it "Beginings" ? What album was it?
It was on the self titled first album and again on Beginnings which was the first two albums together.
+Steven Muhammad
Dreams was on their first album, "The Allman Brothers Band"
The Bass player is fantastic. He makes it his own.
it was....THAT SAME THING!!
No shrooms in Jack Pearson. Never has.
Jack plays a lot around Nashville (mainly at 3rd and Lindsley). If you ever get the opportunity to see him play, don't pass it up!
Hey Jack Is your GNL guitar are you playing here black sparkle or dark blue sparkle I first saw this when you played with the brothers in Camden 1997 was the first abb show I ever I ever took my son to
Hey, thank you very much. This is great. Does anyone know the year and venue for this video? Thanks
While the Betts /Haynes live release of "Dreams" is still the best, imo, Jack Pearson does some GREAT work here.
there is no way to compare,yet this recording does have something very comforting in the sound that does have 71-76 delivery to it,'shrooms perhaps.
outstanding,this song is even better with fender guitars
agreed - I was gonna say the band sounds better with that sharper clearer tone
Dickey Betts on a Stratocaster is rare to see indeed. The humbucking pickup at the neck
gives that guitar a very Gibson-like tone. That's the Elliot Randall pickup configuration, not
seen that much at all. Usually the humbucker is put in the bridge pick up for more beef on
the treble side of things. For any who don't know who Elliot Randall is: listen to the guitar
work on Reelin' In The Years, by Steely Dan. Oh, yes, we all know that! ... Elliot is a monster
player, as is Jack Pearson. Pearson is really on a different level from Dickey, Warren AND
Derek, imho. Maybe not as a slide player, although I love his slide tones and unique
approach. But as an all around player Jack Pearson is better than all of them. I think he
was the best to take Duane's spot. Perhaps not as ferocious but just as masterful and
creative on his instrument. P.S. - For you gear heads: Elliot Randall played that Reelin' In
The Years recording with his #1 axe, a '63 Strat w/ a PAF humbucker in the bridge spot.
He used that pickup and played through a cranked Ampeg SVT bass amp in the studio.
He said it would not have been "his first, or even fifth choice." But that's what they gave him
and he nailed it. One take, all the way through, after a run through that was not recorded
and everyone said that one was better! Dontcha just love guitar trivia?
Cash Watkins The first couple of times I saw the ABB Duane had a Les Paul and Dickey played a Strat. In pictures of pre-ABB bands Duane has a Strat. The Dickey went to a SG and like Duane tried several Les Paul's before settling on the one called "Goldie". The roadie back then told me they liked the fat tone but had problems finding one they stayed in tune. After over 20 years Dickey stopped playing the Goldie Les Paul. He said in an interview he didn't like how Gibson ignored him. He bought a couple PRS guitars but it wasn't long until he had that old 1956 Strat hard tail with that hotrail pup in the neck slot and used that for the rest of the 90s. I think he had a newer yellow Strat as a back up or alternate then. Then about 2001 Gibson came out with the Betts signature custom Les Paul and Dickey was given two of those. A Goldtop and a red one. The just before he retired, they had the Brother to Brother custom SG and Dickey played that. It was a copy of the old SG he gave Duane and Duane used it for slide.
Cash Watkins Yes I think it was his classic 57 Goldie Les Paul he put a whammy bar on but took it off just a couple years later. I watch a video here on TH-cam over the weekend of the ABB playing in Nashville in 1986 and the whammy bar is there. Dickey was playing really well on that show. I heard Dickey in an interview with Goldie he almost never using the bridge pickup. Only the neck pickup. The roadie Red Dog told us back when Dickey decided to switch to a Les Paul he, like Duane, had a lot of trouble finding one that would stay in tune. Dickey got angry a one and took it off and threw it across the stage. The roadie said it wasn't broken so he put it back in Dickey's guitar rack and the next day when Dickey saw it he grabbed it and beat it into the stage so hard the headstock snapped off. So after that show Red Dog said he threw the guitar in the dumpster. Okay when they came out with the custom brother to brother SG about 2011 they didn't call it a Les Paul but an SG. And it has the holes where the original had a whammy bar. Dickey told LeRoy Parnell in an interview that when Duane died Gregg gave away the guitar and Dickey didn't know where it was for years but it got it back about 10 years ago. Also you are right about it being called a Les Paul originally. But they said Les Paul was pissed when he found out and demanded Gibson take his name off of it as it's NOT his design. So it wasn't long until it was called an SG. I had forgotten about them claiming Les Paul was mad his name was in that guitar and Gibson changed it to SG when Les let them know he didn't not want his name on that body shape. Do you remember that too? Also the strat Dickey is using here, Andy Aledort told me in 2007 when Dickey was using it for slide guitar with Great Southern that "Dickey has owned that guitar forever. It's an old 1956 hardtail". Well his son Duane Betts has it now and uses it some live and for rhythm in the studio. And Duane's main stage ax is the first Dickey signature Gold Top Dickey was given in 2001. Duane took the pick guard off and had it aged. Also he has a nice sunburst Les Paul his dad gave him. Must be nice to have a dad to give you three valuable guitars. The 56 Strat hardtail certainly is worth some real money now and the two Paul's maybe even more $.
+bob lackey The Strat Duane was playing then must have been the
one you see in photos from the Wilson Pickett and Aretha Franklin
sessions (Hey Jude from Pickett, and The Weight, Aretha) at Muscle
Shoals. That was before the ABB had really formed. I bought a mid
60's Strat just like that one many years ago. I tried a lot of them and
they were all excellent but when I saw that one, I had to have it. Just
because I saw those photos and how much I loved his playing. Tot-
ally valid!
Do you think hearing Jacks tone made Dickie want to play strat, or did Jack talk him into giving the strat a good chance I wonder?
I'm so much enjoying reading all your post about Dickies guitars and the Pearson info as well. I just moved down the street a couple miles from Dickies house and I hope I run into him or something one day lol It would be so cool to get to hang with him or have a beer with him and his son. I just missed out on the tickets at the local club for pre tour show. really hate i missed out on those tickets. Hes going on a small come back tour in case you didnt know. Maybe you will have some luck seeing him near you.
I saw Duane 3 times. I have virtually all the live Duane-era shows in circulation (you can hear them on my channel; keyword = wgbader . FWIW, I have a load of live Danny Gatton and 300+ live bluegrass gigs. Check them out...). I've heard virtually all of Duane's known session work. Jack is the closest I've ever heard. He knows what he's doing, all right ;) But Dickey's no slouch, either -- he smokes!
I wonder if Fender sponsored this series of concerts!
Vernon Allen I don't think so. I think Jack Pearson is actually playing a G&L Strat model. While Dickey Bett's is actually playing a Fender, he has an unconventional humbucker on the neck pickup.
+theMstanglover Dickey's son Duane Betts has this Fender now plus Dickey's original Gold Top Les Paul signature series. I noticed on Duane Betts' facebook a year ago he had a picture of this 1956 Fender hardtail on his couch out in Malibu, California and he noted he was getting new pickups for it as the boxes were on the top of the couch as they had just arrived...and the humbucker was in the neck pickup in the picture just as it is here in 1998. Since then when he is pictured playing it on his facebook page including recently in New York with Dawes, all three pickups are now alike. They all look like single coil. Dickey has or had another Fender which was yellow he often played Nobody Left to Run With" on in his Great Southern band to give himself more of a Bo Didley tone than you hear on a Les Paul and that Fender also had a humbucker in the neck pickup. That must be a Dickey thing for that type of guitar. Also when you see a close up picture of this guitar Dickey is playing in this video such as the one of it on his son's couch in Mailbu, it has a tremendous amount of road wear where your arm rests on the body and on the neck. That guitar was played a lot before Dickey got it but I've seen pictures of Dickey using it back in 1974 for a song or two on his Highway Call solo tour. But there was plenty of time between 1956 and 1974 for someone to play it enough to develop all that road wear. I don't think Dickey used it that much over the years he had it in his collection which he said in 2003 is about a 30 guitar collection. Dickey most often in the 70's, 80's and 90's played a 1957 Goldtop.
This guy pearson is playing guitar brilliantly, the current lineup just goes through the motions
Jack Pearson crazy good slide player…
Dickey is God.
intresting,is rare to see them,at least dickie,using a fender guitar.