After several premier showings on the big screen with many guest stars in attendance in cities like Jacksonville, Muscle Shoals, Nashville and Macon the Lynyrd Skynyrd documentary If I Leave Here Tomorrow is getting rave reviews. The film recently made its TV debut on Showtime. A friend of Kudzoo (and contributor) Rick Broyles had some of his interview footage featured in the film. Congrats Rick! Can’t wait for the DVD release! . . . Citing health concerns, Dickey
Notes from the dashboard of my pickup truck
Dickey Betts.
Betts was forced to postpone three dates that he was scheduled to perform on August 28 at the Great New York State Fair in Syracuse, NY; August 30 at the Toyota Oakdale Theater in Wallingford, CT; and August 31 at the Casino Ballroom in Hampton Beach, NH. Betts, a Grammy-winning guitarist, singer and songwriter, and founding member of the Allman Brothers Band, had recently experienced what his doctors called a “mild stroke.” Yesterday, after describing to his physicians certain post-stroke repercussions, he was strongly advised to give himself more time to recuperate. Doctors have assured
Jim Croce (top) and his son A.J. in 1973.
Betts that after three to five weeks he will be 100 percent recovered and can resume his touring schedule. His tour is expected to re- sume November 1 at the Bell Auditorium in Augusta, GA. . . A.J. Croce has always trav- eled on his own musical road. For more than 25 years, the creative pop iconoclast has tapped a variety of Americana sounds in crafting his music. Croce’s nine albums have appeared on Top 40, AAA, Americana, Col- lege, and Jazz charts, and when his breakout sophomore CD That’s Me in the Bar was reis- sued recently, it wound up charting in two separate decades. A.J. was only two years old when his fa-
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