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Steve Morse - Free In The Park

from Jam On Guitars by Magna Carta Records

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The Allmans are close to home in a lot of ways. They’re from the same state as my group, the Dregs; plus, our road manager, Twiggs, worked with them until their main breakup. We shared the stage with them at various times, and I saw them play often. They regularly played for free in Piedmont Park to the delight of the whole Southern music community. Everybody loved these guys, kind of the same way as the South really got behind Lynyrd Skynyrd, too. The Allman Brothers were a blues-rooted band taking it out much farther by jamming over the tunes as well as singing. The double lead guitar parts were amazing to me and made their live sound so full as did their two drummers.

For this recording, I asked Van to overdub a second ride cymbal just for me to get the feel of two different drummers. The tune starts with the two guitars in harmony, then goes to a slide guitar section, then one of their stop sections with both guitars in octaves answering. Next, it breaks to just guitars playing a simple blues lick that falls into a new tempo and key. It's more of an upbeat shuffle and it quickly heads for a comfortable groove for the two guitars to play a solo each. Twiggs always told me stories about how the Allmans would have other musicians, such as BB King, sit in with them,. So, at the very end of “Free In The Park”, you can hear my best impression of BB King answering the two guitarists with a few simple, but intense licks. From all that I've heard, BB King and Muddy Waters were their favorite musical guests, especially to Duane.

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from Jam On Guitars, released October 13, 2009
Artist: Steve Morse. Album: Major Impacts. Magna Carta MA-9042-2
Steve Morse: Guitars; Dave LaRue: Bass; Van Romaine: Drums

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