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It's not the Greyhound bus that marks the narrator of "Rambin' Man" as a Southerner. It's the mentions of Highway 41, Nashville, and New Orleans :-)

I would argue that Revival is not a jam piece, as each instrument gets only 4 beats to signal its presence. The emphasis is on the idea that together they form an ensemble, not that all step back for extended measures while each solos in turn.

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This article was an eye-opener because I learned things I had not known about the Allman Bros. When I saw them at the Fillmore East, they were so LOUD that I had to stuff my half-deaf ears with toilet paper! I wish that sound system had not been so distorted because I probably would have liked this band. I liked this part of the article: "Honoring them properly means transcending them, moving beyond them, and creating the new. And that requires wiping away the old to make room but doing so in a fashion wherein we see ourselves as a part of it in moving beyond it." No fan of Nietzche, I do agree with this approach.

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