[TruBluKentuckian]

Since you brought them up... Best rock instrumental ever is Jessica by the Allman Brothers.

Best rock "tour de'force" is Whipping Post, again, by the Allman Brothers. Also my choice for best rock song ever.

Going to see both Skynyrd and the Allmans in May in Huntsville AL. I'm sure it's going to be predominately Skynyrd crowd, but I'm going for the Allmans. The current Skynyrd pretty much sucks.

[wizr]

I went to see Little Feat and the Allman Bros. at the Santa Barbara Bowl.

I was hooked on Little Feat, but when the Bros. laid down the electrics and picked up the acoustics, I felt like I was in Heaven.

[astounded]

TruBlu, I'm with you. The "Allman Brothers Live at the Fillmore East" is an unbelievable, still solid album. Imagine those guys playing like that, stoned to the bejesus belt on 'shrooms and Jack, for something like 5 hours in a place like the Fillmore East. One can feel the anguish in the guitar work in by Duane and Dickie in "Whipping Post". Listen very closely to the last solo before the final bridge- it's like they are crying or screaming, guitar-metaphorically. The live version of "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" is masterful. However, I'll defer to "Blue Sky" from "Eat a Peach" as the best slide work I've ever heard. Heart-felt, smooth, tuneful, written by Dickie Betts for his wife. A love song. I could go on, but I'll stop. Your thoughts???