Chords for Gregg Allman interview - PART 1 of 14 - Dickey Betts - Saenger Theater New Orleans 1982

_ _ _ [Bb] Oh, I'm nervous. _ _
_ But I'm not nervous.
_ Let's talk about_
_ Let's talk about now you guys.
_ The Greg Alwin Band sounds fantastic.
Thank you.
Thank you.
_ _ _ And you know I want to ask this,
because a lot of [Eb] people will,
you know, they'll write things and they'll [Fm] say,
_ Greg [B] Alwin's music is_
Greg Alwin's music [Bb] is this.
Greg Alwin's music is that. _
_ _ _ _ I don't really_
_ Everybody has to have a name on music, you know.
I mean, Southern Rock, I guess because it was rock
and we were from the South.
_ _ _ I'm not sure how many,
but some of those Southern Rock bands
have Yankees in their band.
_ How about that? _
[F] How _ _ _ [Bb] _ about that?
_ _ _ [Eb] Barry Oakley was from Chicago, Illinois,
and I want you to know.
_ [Bbm] _ _ _
But I mean,
it has that bluesy kind of like_
I don't know, it always seemed like
there was a few bands in that class,
like [Bb] Eric Clapton,
the Alwin Brothers band. _
_ It always seemed like it's more bluesy rock.
_ Well, I was one of the Alwin Brothers _ _ who_
Well, and my brother too.
_ We always played
like rhythm and blues. _
And _ _ he was really into
like Delta Blues.
Robert Johnson, _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ Elmore James,
_ _ Muddy Waters, people like that.
And guitar [C]-wise,
he was like into
BB King's Chicago Blues.
I was really into Texas Blues,
which is like Bobby Bland
and a little Milton Campbell,
_ _ _ [Bbm] like that. _
And _ the _ _ [Eb] country part of it, _ _ _ _ _ _
_ just_
Well, in my opinion,
rock and roll is_
There's three [N] kinds of music
that America has,
and that's blues, country music,
and rock and roll. _ _
There's no such thing as British blues,
to make that very clear.
_ _ There is, some of those British guys
really play very [Bb] well,
especially Mr.
Clapton and Mr.
Wynwood.
_ _ [Eb] _ _ But in my opinion,
[Bb] rock and roll is made up of
blues and maybe a taste of country.
[Bbm] _ _
And Jerry Lillis,
and _ _ _ Chuck Berry, and Presley. _
Presley has a certain amount of country. _ _ _ _
[C] Anyway, _ _ _ _ _
Dickie Betts wrote
some really good,
really great,
_ country-flavored rock and roll songs. _
And he wrote some incredible songs.
[Eb] Still is.
_ _ _ He's working on an album right [C] now,
a solo album,
that is just the best he's ever done.
_ When it comes out,
I will go and buy it. _ _ _ _
Can I ask you a question?
How come you didn't bring Dickie Betts back in?
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
What do you mean?
How [Bbm] _ _ come_
You mean the Greg Allman band?
Yeah.
_ That would be the Allman Brothers band.
Why [Bb] did _ [N] you change the name?
It's not a question of that. _
It's just that, you know,
I like different kinds of music.
_ _ And since the Brothers
are taking a break,
_ _ _ you know,
I like to play.
I love to play.
_ _ And two other times
while the Allman Brothers were together,
_ I went on my own solo tour. _ _ _ _
_ Once in 74, and once [Eb] in 75. _
And [Bb] it was very successful.
_ And so now, I'm doing it again.
_ _ _ _ _ _ I plan on_
We plan on cutting an album.
Hopefully to have maybe
a January or February release.
_ _ It's not for sure,
but it's what we'd like to aim for. _
[Gb] We have a lot of it written. _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ And the reason you won't hear it tonight
is because of
the piracy situation.
It's just really out of hand.
_ Is this where you're going to stay
with the [Ebm] Greg Allman Band?
_ _ [F] Not necessarily.
_ [Bb] I mean,
_ [Cm] _
it [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
came together. _ _ _ _
It wasn't [Eb] something that _ _ was_ _
It sort of happened to come [Bb] together. _ _
_ _ _ And then, well, last [B] spring,
I had a gallbladder [Db] operation.
[C] While I was in the hospital,
_ I decided to
_ really get serious about it.
_ _ So we've been playing all through the summer
[N] _ _ _ at real large nightclubs.
They're building some big clubs now
because these arenas _ just_
It doesn't seem like very many people
are making any kind of money
because you go into an arena
_ or a ballpark or whatever,
[Bb]
and you have four, five, six acts.
I mean, the ticket's going to cost you
anywhere from $12 to $20. _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] People just don't have that kind of [C] money now.
_ _ _ And so _ we've been playing
these large clubs,
and it's a lot better
because you _ _ _ feel a lot more closeness
with your audience. _ _ _ _
[B] It's not like you're 100 yards away
from the front row
[C] or 80 feet high.
It's huge stages.
[Gm] _ _ _ _ When you play those big arenas,
you just feel like you're on [C] display,
like you're an old Rolls Royce
sitting up on some huge stage.
So consequently, you play for each other.
I mean, well, you do that anyway,
but that's all you got,
is playing for each other.
[Bb] _ _ And these clubs, you're right down there
_ _ [N] where they can smell you. _ _ _ _ _ _