ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT, SEPT. 27, 2001 By Steve Newton The cover of the new Big Sugar CD, Brothers and Sisters, Are You Ready?, features a classic hard-rock image of a skinny, longhaired fellow flailing away on a doubleneck Gibson guitar. If you didn’t know the guy was Big Sugar singer-guitarist Gordie Johnson, … Continue reading Big Sugar’s Gordie Johnson picks Black Sabbath over Led Zeppelin
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That time I asked Dickey Betts why the Allmans weren’t playing “Ramblin’ Man” live in ’92
kirk west photo By Steve Newton As I've said before on my other posts about Dickey Betts, I just like hearing the dude's voice. If you do too, here's another audio excerpt from my interview with the guitar legend from July of 1992, which--for those who struggle with the math--was over a quarter-century ago. At … Continue reading That time I asked Dickey Betts why the Allmans weren’t playing “Ramblin’ Man” live in ’92