friend Scott did, and said it was quite beauti- ful, returning with some pretty cool art he bought from the locals. Now, my chronology may go haywire at this
point, as I somehow managed to lose several pages from my note book, and have to wing it on memory. What I do remember, is seeing Melvin Seals and the Jerry Garcia Band on Saturday, and noting just how much they re- minded me of The Grateful Dead. Melvin is a great keyboard player, and the guitarist was like a clone of Jerry. He has the guitar style and the vocals, man. Stand out performances include “Suga- ree,” “I Saw Her Standing There,” and “Stir it Up.” Good stuff. Devon Allman
and Honeytribe rocked the the- atre in the after- noon, playing everything from blues and Southern rock to originals and classics. He cov- ered his Dad’s songs, “Melissa,” and “Mid- night Rider,” and played a great song from his upcoming release Turquoise called “Turn Off the World.” They also did a smoking cover of “One Way Out.” Meanwhile, back at poolside on the deck, it
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was The Artimus Pyle Band once again. This afternoon, history would be made, as Artimus Pyle and Bob Burns, both Rock and Roll Hall of Fame drummers from Lynyrd Skynyrd, played a few songs on side by side drum kits. It was absolutely mind blowing. Somewhere along the line, I caught a little
of the Blue Oyster Cult set, and they had the audience going with “Godzilla” and “Don’t
Fear the Reaper.” And no, no one was playing cow bell! The guys were smokin’! Shortly after that, I wound up seeing one of
my old favorites, Black Oak Arkansas. Jim Dandy caught me a bit off guard when he kicked things off at Studio B with a cover of Dylan’s “I Shall Be Released.” It was down- right cool. Jim introduced Rickie Lee Reynolds as having “been with me since 9th grade.” The guitarist still has his chops, man. I loved it. They played everything from “Hot Rod” to “Uncle Lijah,” and ”Heartbreaker,” a song written by guitar God Tommy Bolin, brother of BOA drummer John- nie Bolin, and dedicated to the late Ruby Starr. Other high- lights included “Happy Hooker,” “Hot N’ Nasty” and of course, “Jim Dandy.” Go Jim Dandy, go! Saturday
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night at The Platinum The-
atre I witnessed my second full show by Molly Hatchet, who once again brought the house down. This time, the set was changed up somewhat. I was really happy to see them do one of my old favorites, “The Creeper,” as well as one of the band’s newer favorites, “Ameri- can Pride.” I had to laugh during “Dreams” when Bobby Ingram was doing his solo. The band dropped the dynamics down real low and Bobby was playing. Phil started singing “I’m a gonna do a little chicken pickin,’” for- shadowing the upcoming Marshall Tucker Band set. Speaking of, Doug Gray and the band kicked things off sometime between 11:30 and mid-
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