Allman Brothers - Blue Sky - 3/5/13 - Beacon Theater

[@larrycourtneyjr.126]

If Derek Trucks had never picked up a slide in his life, he would still be one of the greatest players in the business. To my ear,his fretstyle playing is as good as his slide playing.That is one of the greatest guitar solos I have ever heard, Southern blues rock guitar playing as well as it can be done, wow.

[@robgore6256]

For me, the race for greatest living guitarist is between Derek and Tommy Emmanuel. I do not feel qualified to judge the winner.

[@tomsheen9350]

No one can ever replace the Duane and Dickey duo, but damn. Derek and Warren are phenomenal guitarists. They do the song justice and then some. 👏👏👏

[@beyondonethousand]

Most agreed.

[@willr8927]

I'm only 19 years old. i don't care if its dickey or derek playing guitar on this track, because nobody can deny this is one of the greatest versions of this song ever recorded. So lets stop arguing and just sit back and relax. Have a cold one, smoke a fat one, do whatever you gotta do to enjoy one of THE GREATEST songs ever recorded in the history of rock and roll... Oh, and one last thing before i forget.... RIP DUANE

[@christopherdougherty9832]

Just never stop thinking about how much I miss these guys. What a musical legacy.

[@jaded777777]

Dickey makes this song because it is his song, but Warren does this so damn well.

[@SmeeUncleJoe]

Not just a great guitar song but really brings out the best in bass players too.

[@crystalburress-yj8kk]

This song always touches my soul! Born and raised in the Carolinas it always makes me think of my late father as he so loved North Carolina I always raise my hands to the heavens when I hear this song.

[@chriscasey123]

I think it's so cool how Derek just so calmly reaches into his pocket for his slide vial

[@christiansummers9070]

Thanks for posting this again. Greatest solo I have ever heard from Derek and the sound quality of this video is epic. I thought it was gone forever.

[@nickmoser9894]

100% Agree

[@chriscasey123]

When Derek throws his slide glass down he's not fucking around

[@larrycourtneyjr.1673]

When SRV passed away,it was hard to imagine another player coming along whose style,along with incredible technique,phrasing and note selection, would ever have the same effect on my soul as his did.IMHO,Trucks is by far the most exciting and inspired guitarist since SRV, and of his entire generation. Lots of awesome players,no doubt,but those of Trucks caliber are rare indeed...

[@ElephantJackson]

A gem! That lil thing Warren splashes in around 7:20 is the ultimate goods!

[@jeremiahrogers3023]

Just...holly cow...i dont know why i have tears in my eyes, but I do.

[@chriscasey123]

Its hard to conceive that they will no longer be making this music. Thank-you LL55A. This could be my fav video of all time. Derek's solo is absolutely crazy!

[@kensilverstein2287]

it is so awesome it gives me the CHILLS!

[@shawnsherman5271]

chris casey Chris, check out LT'S Stormy Monday from the same night I think ? It's a blast too...I like his vids, as most of them are gr8 high Def and good sound...bunch em together

[@dianatruckskennedy7524]

WE LOVE YOU GUYS!!!

[@thetruevine7083]

Absolutely perfect. This is in reality the very best sound I have ever had the extreme pleasure of feeling. Thank you so much brothers😁 In my exsistence thus far, this is the very best piece of music, performance, and song I have witnessed. This is mastery of our craft and absolutely #1 beyound definition

[@lightcaesar]

I sure miss Uncle Butch....I was a fellow student when he was at Florida State...

[@billwesterman5153]

Saw Derek at PNC play with them when he was 16.....man has he just turned into one of the top 10 of all time in a short time.

[@mrplaou]

One of my all time favorites...however its missing Dickey...he brought so much emotion to many songs, ESPECIALLY this one! I'll never forget hearing him play this at the Beacon back in 91...Warren had just joined the band, and Dickey closed out the song (he always took the second solo) and for damn good reason...his intensity and emotion is un-paralleled...

[@lesheath6216]

At the time of this recording, Dickey can hardly remember how to play anything he wrote. His alcoholism has left him in terrible shape. As for his guitar work, I would easily say both Warren and Derek are just as good as he ever was, and I really think this song would have been better had Gregg sang it.

[@grantsmythe8625]

@@lesheath6216 Dickey will soon be 78 years old.

[@natebeam9831]

My favorite Allman Brothers song!!!! Those solos kickass

[@stewartmcdowall2285]

Blue Sky indeed, feeling blessed! Love and peace

[@nickmoser9894]

Derek is a mastermind with the 6-string. Thanks for the video! My favorite version.

[@huntrichardson]

RIP Greg Allman. you were a great great musician and you and your team gave me many hours of pleasure from your music 😌

[@bcdigiart141]

LAZY MAN..your VIDS are SPOT ON.. great sound and video clarity.. AWESOME.. thanks so much...

[@seventurns100]

Man; too cool - closest to Dickey and Duane that i've herd on this song; thanks for putting this out there. Personally; i thought the stuff from this year was some of the best ever. Hope they have a great last run this year.

[@lesheath6216]

I agree, by this time Dickey was well out of his prime due to his alcoholism. Warren and Derek put on a masterful rendition!

[@ThePeavey23]

Id like to thank derek and waren for keeping this music alive!

[@seventurns100]

My favorite song in the world; miss Dickey in the line up; but love all the brothers - thanks for making the day a little brighter!

[@kensilverstein2287]

MINE TOO! for 30 years or so!

[@SmeeUncleJoe]

Always ... ALWAYS AMAZING WHEN THESE GUYS DO THIS SONG. always !! Now if I could just find that version with Derek and Dickie from 20 years ago that disappeared off the net.

[@paulash6732]

Derek is a great guitarist, so is Warren, They both are at the top of this style of music, no doubt. However, this is a Dickey Betts song. Look at some of the vids of him and Warren playing this in the early 90's, I see a bit more feel there and tone for sure.

[@markhanson8188]

Outstanding solos by both.

[@PaulSchneider-i5q]

So good!!!

[@kennedycandidolira5886]

The Allman Brothers Band incríveis, magníficos!!!

[@danh367]

Derek Trucks already was a Legend by 20, now hes like Buzz Lightyear to infinity and beyond

[@alexsimonetti8522]

Timeless classic. I wish these guys would play in Brazil... I'd be right in the front row.

[@seventurns100]

Man! Just incredible video and audio; hey now!

[@brunobroughton2869]

Oh my, oh my, oh my. Sublime.

[@NORAD58]

Oteil at 7:27 to 7:37 is in a zone and left the building for a moment. That was beautiful.

[@jeremiahrogers3023]

Lot of talk about Derek on this video, but Warren and Oteil are freaking JAMMIN at that mark. Glad you pointed it out.

[@christiansummers9070]

As good as the guitar solos are, I almost find myself waiting for that bass line riff every time I listen to this version

[@pango-y8j]

I'm from San Rafael Marin County San Francisco California so I pledge allegiance to Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead and yet I love fish and Trey Anastasio and I think Dwayne Allman is absolutely amazing Rastafari yes I Tucson Arizona Sonoran Desert Blue Sky wow what a song

[@robbiegadeguitar]

Great video!!!! Derek Trucks...4:15.....I thought I heard Duane.

[@charlesoconnor219]

Ahhh yes... well, it seems that Trucks is channeling Duane's slide for the first part, then Haynes takes a complete Dickey techy pickin' rant!! I consider it a tribute to the two former AB greats!!

[@crazyhawk59]

This is not one of my favorites, but they seem to be playing everything especially good the last year or two. I love them, LL55a, thanks again for the Beacon, 2013 stuff. I'll never be able to see them in person, this is the next best. What a solo, Derek!

[@crazyhawk59]

Warren, man, you're killin' me! Play on, son.

[@ustheserfs]

Derek really has own chops and adds such a singularity in his playing. Like to believe Derek's picking up the torch for Duane and moving in a direction Duane might have headed in.

[@lightcaesar]

He definitely did that and thanks to living longer, he surpassed him.

[@TimOlsen100]

Gregg in a televised interview said "Derek is the guitarist my brother would have become". I think it was "The Big Interview" with Dan Rather.

[@jamman6565]

If you get confused listen to the music play!

[@pango-y8j]

Wow wow wow you can never tell might that beer Bob Weir John Barlow reference

[@larrycourtneyjr.126]

As much as I love this band and both W. H and Trucks,after Derek got done with that one there wasnt much left to say..

[@fredrobinson743]

Seriously, Warren Haynes is amazing but how do you follow-up after that, it took me somewhere else!

[@joegancher3499]

Never heard a bad version of this song but I do miss a post from more than a decade ago of Derek doing it with Dickey and some cruel bastard took it down.

[@grantsmythe8625]

Yep. And why? Selfishness is all I can figure.

[@SmeeUncleJoe]

@@grantsmythe8625 Well Derek took first solo and Dickey followed and people were merciless in their critique of Dickey's playing and full of praise for Derek. I hope now that Dickey has passed, it resurfaces.

[@grantsmythe8625]

@@SmeeUncleJoe People are both very cruel and extremely fickle. Today, some player is a god; tomorrow, the crowd doesn't even think he can play Wildwood Flower. By the way, I heard years ago that there was a first Duane/Dickey take on Blue Sky and Duane did great but Dickey didn't like his performance so they did a second take....taping over take #1....and that's what we have on Eat A Peach now. So many little "ifs". I wish they had played Dreams on the Filmore East album and, if they had to, omit Hot 'Lanta but...but...but here we are 50+ years later. And so it is.

[@SmeeUncleJoe]

@@grantsmythe8625 I actually know Sandy Wabegijig (Blue Sky), but i don't like to badger her with questions. She lives up here in her native Ontario Canada. I don't know of too many songs that are done in one take.. All she ever told me is that Duanne 'played his heart out on it" and hates people calling Dickey, Dickey. She prefers the more masculine Richard. She's a really nice lady and quite well educated and accomplished as a Native Treaties specialist with the Canadian Government.... retired.

[@SmeeUncleJoe]

@@grantsmythe8625 I might add that Sandy (Blue Sky) is also the mother of Jessica Betts whom Dickey titled the instrumental after, She was a toddler when he was putting it together and liked to do her toddler dance to it as he played its parts, so he called it Jessica. He was exploring the music of Django Reinhardt when he came up with much of it with some outside help. I can't remember now if it was Chuck Leaval (now music director for decades for the Rolling Stones), but I seem to recall another unknown musical associated mentioned as contributing phrases or maybe the bridge.

[@JimDorman]

I want more!

[@alejandrobilbao340]

QUE PICANTE SE VA PONIENDO EL BAJO, MORTAL !!

[@v8chevy350]

Fucking genius solo Derek!

[@mr.mojorisin5438]

Is not Berry Oakley but Oteil Burbridge is a fantastic bass player. So emotional.

[@MrMshossain]

Honestly all the bass players that have been the ABB are great but in my opinion oteil is best bassist they could have asked for after berry oakley

[@selmonb921]

I think what all of you who have never been in a band do not know; is someone comes in with a song, it's as stripped down as can be. It is the input and idea's from the rest of the group that is involved in the end product. I'm sure dickey came in with this and his other tunes, playing on an acoustic guitar and singing. The tune then evolved from the other band members input! Remember this was one of the last tunes Duane played on, he also takes the first solo on the original.

[@SmeeUncleJoe]

There is an actual live version of them kicking back at some house in Tennessee , as i recollect, playing, on acoustics, the original. Just very course approximation. I'm not sure where it is now, but it's out there somewhere. I know Blue Sky. She may know where it is. I'll have to ask her one of these days.

[@flhtc80ci]

Where did they hide Gregg Allman?

[@jeffreyblack9850]

Allman Brothers are not the same without Dickey,,But I admit..That is a great version...Kudos

[@david14011]

R.I.P Gregg.

[@Pepejoe011]

WOW

[@TheRockinmac]

Best sound next to the angels singing in heaven. Duane and Dickey was so good. No equal in my opinion. But Warren and Derek get there for sure

[@jasonsmith7598]

Sounds damn near as good as Stonybrook 1971.

[@SmeeUncleJoe]

That was an amazing version, one of only 2 live recording of the original players. There was years ago another version of it with Dickey and Derek but it got taken down and I've looked for it for years. Even asked the lady herself Blue Sky and she doesn't know what I'm talking about.

[@jamman6565]

Fuck I miss the brothers

[@hesh8367]

Just surgically implant that slide on Derek’s finger already. It was meant to be there from the start.

[@larrycourtney1216]

Larry C. How's this for blasphemy? Dicky Betts himself has never played that song with the same type of not just technique,but soul and passion that D.T did that night.Wow,really?

[@NotUrBiz]

Not blasphemy, it's just utter nonsense.

[@IgnatiusChinaski]

this doesn't come close to a 90's version with woody, warren and dickey.

[@randylahey5456]

To all that say this is Dickey's song: yes, that's true, he wrote it. But please, please fuck off with the "No Dickey, no ABB" nonsense. If that's what you believe, then you've truly missed the whole concept, heart, and meaning of the Allman Brothers Band. I love Dickey Betts for what he brought us for years....but those days are long gone. He's with his son and the newest formation of Great Southern and is playing well. But this, this is the Allman Brothers Band...just as much as it was in 1971, 1975, 1979, 1989, 1994, etc. if you prefer the band with Dickey, cool. If you say it's not ABB without him: get a fucking clue.

[@stevenslagle5186]

I get it Randy. I give the same response to people who can't fathom Deep Purple without Ritchie Blackmore. One person doesn't make a band. Enough of that. This sounds fantastic. I'm happy that they played this again before they called it a day. RIP Duane, Berry, Lamar, Allen, Dan, Frankie, Butch, and Gregg.

[@jimmyhenley8100]

While I agree with you in principle it was and is not nor will ever have the same feeling,sound or emotions of the Allman Bros as it did when Dickey fronted them and that's irrefutable.There are just some things that when they are gone from the equation a piece of it's soul is never the same.There is a reason that 20 years after his departure from the band fans still pine for him.Gregg had the name but make no mistake about it,Dickey was the outboard evinrude that powered that boat.Let's just be grateful for the wealth of music the boys left us to enjoy for generations to come.

[@beyondonethousand]

That’s his opinion and he has a leg to say it. Go and piss off with your sermon.

[@cavdragoon]

No Dickey Betts, no Blue Sky. Love the Brothers, but Dickey is a piece that is essential to making this band sound the way they did.

[@lightcaesar]

cavdragoon "they did."Exactly.That was then, this in now. Enjoy what you get. Which is pretty fucking good.Dickey decided a bottle was more important than his music.If you want to hear the same thing year after year, go see the Eagles.

[@cavdragoon]

I love the hostility over a personal preference. No one stated that this incarnation of the ABB is not great. So before you lay down a layer of Eagles bullshit read the fucking comment. This song was written and sang by Dickey Betts. No matter how you cut it or who plays it the song will never sound the same unless he is the one playing it. By the way the band decided (with all their addictions) that Dickey was out, not the bottle.

[@lightcaesar]

cavdragoon No "hostility." Just stating FACT.

[@cavdragoon]

What "fact". The one where you said that Dickeys drinking was the reason he was kicked out, which is incorrect. Or was it the one where if " I want to listen to the same thing year after year" I should see the Eagles. I mean the last album the ABB released of original material was in 2003 so I guess you are also listening to the same stuff year after year. To close this is a band that still trys to sound the way it "use to", and to accomplish it you need to have the guy who wrote and sang the song. I mean if Greg Allman was no longer in the band and the only original members were Butch and Jaimoe would you still think the same way?

[@lightcaesar]

Being a drunk certainly contributed. Drunks tend to be bullies- like Betts. Using your argument, NO ONE should EVER cover anyone else's songs. I've heard scores of live Betts performances of this song and NONE came even close to the original. Derek not only beats any of those but his solo here is arguably better than the original. They're not trying "to sound the way" of ANY band but themselves.......and at this very moment in time. That's the beauty of it. And you've missed it completely because of your tunnel vision. Your Butch and Jaimoe "argument" is a straw man.

[@MrRedeyeme]

Derek is Duane & Dickie rolled into one

[@crazyhawk59]

Amen!!

[@алексейвикторов-в4к]

я тащусь еня прёёёт

[@bluesky6985]

Goodby, Blue Sky.

[@JohnGossett777]

MY FAVORITE BAND...ONE OF MY FAVORITE SONGS

[@bluesky6985]

John Gossett My favorite song.

[@bluesky6985]

John Gossett I'm bluesky on disqus.

[@kensilverstein2287]

stan gore my favorite of all time. I didnt even know they do this song live anymore. What a sweet discovery to find this on youtube.

[@pango-y8j]

Love almonds not a fan of the slide guitar

[@kennystanton]

WARREN HAYNES IS GOD.HE COULD FLOAT ON THE STAGE BUT HE IS HUMBLE

[@bobbybowers356]

Derek is an awesome player, but I wish someone could make him realize that he does not have to play slide on EVERY song in the world.

[@SmeeUncleJoe]

Yes he does or did you mean to say that Warren has to play slide on Every song in the world, cause he's also a master. One can never have enough, let along too much, slide .

[@jeffsmart110]

nice--but not as tasty as the studio original..

[@ernievelasquez142]

Dickey Betts makes the song it's his song it sucks.

[@Intensity254]

+ernie velasquez To each their own. It's a good performance, as all the musicians involved are talented and do a good job. It sounds different because it isn't Dickey, doesn't mean it's bad.

[@gunnerblankenship4132]

No not the same.