Old Enough to Forget

I was thinking about bands with two drummers (mainly because I'd just finished listening to Dickey Betts & Great Southern) and 38 Special popped to mind. It was them or Adam Ant, and at the moment (because, well, you never know) I don't have any Adam Ant. So it was 38 Special, and as I'd recently found a mint copy of Tour de Force I figured this was worth a spin and a reminisce. My first introduction to the band was through a cassette copy of Wild-Eyed Southern Boys my little sister was given by someone she babysat for ... I think that's where it came from ... who knows maybe she stole it. As she didn't have a cassette player and I did, I "borrowed" it - forever (until I lost it). I seldom made it past the first song - "Hold on Loosely" blew my mind, and it didn't take long for me to get the triptych of releases from 1981 through 1983. Each album had something special, but honestly trying to remember any of the deeper album cuts eludes m...

I was pretty excited to find this. Dickey Betts is a pretty amazing guitar player and a founding member of The Allman Brothers Band. He and Duane were early pioneers of dual lead guitars in rock - oddly enough there was a time when it seemed like every southern band except Skynyrd had to have two drummers too. A fter Duane's untimely death Dickey would take over as the the band's lead guitarist. His work on "Ramblin' Man" and "Jessica" are enough to earn him a place at the head table. When I found a really decent copy of  Dickey Betts & Great Southern I wasn't sure what to expect, but I was hoping for some hidden gems. Not having credits was a bit irritating, but not insurmountable, as the internet is a treasure trove of great and useless information. According to what I could find there are seven members, including two drummers (nice) but the front and back cover only has six guys. Maybe the drummers had to flip a coin to see who could have th...