Word: allmans
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...because of that." Just as Miller pursues Stillwater's members for a cover story, Crowe wrangled Jimmy Page and Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin for the cover of Rolling Stone in 1975. But several rock heavyweights are reflected in Stillwater, a band that slides into discord (shades of the Allman Brothers, though no one in Stillwater dates Cher), takes a bumpy plane ride (like Lynyrd Skynyrd and the Who) and performs a song called Fever Dog, written by Crowe and his wife, Heart guitarist Nancy Wilson, with a nod to Zeppelin's Black Dog. "There's also...
...pang of growing up has an accompanying sound track. And decades later, car-radio playings of specific songs, good or bad, can be as acute a prod to sweet or rueful memory as Proust's tea cake. For Cameron Crowe, the pastry was named Led Zeppelin, the Allman Brothers, Poco. And Crowe didn't just listen to them. He interviewed them...
...trying to blow his entire six-foot-four frame through the reeds of his harmonica and sings like he means it, eschewing the whimsy of his later efforts. But the real revelation is Jesse Ed Davis's stinging guitar work; this is the version of "Statesboro Blues" that the Allman Brothers copied, and Davis went on to appear with George Harrison at the Concert for Bangladesh before his untimely demise from drugs. No wonder this band was the only American representative in the Rolling Stones' "Rock 'n' Roll Circus" movie; unfortunately, they never made another album with this kind...
...Layla - Derek and the Dominoes 2. Anything by the Allman Bros. 3. Suite: Judy Blue Eyes - CSNY 4. Gimme Shelter - Rolling Stones 5. What's Love Got to Do With It? - Tina Turner 6. Piece of My Heart - Janis Joplin 7. Cowgirl in the Sand - Neil Young 8. Love Shack - B-52's 9. Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix 10. Chan Chan - Buena Vista Social Club
...Europa - Carlos Santana 2. Wooden Ships - Crosby, Stills, & Nash 3. Shine On You Crazy Diamond - Pink Floyd 4. Low Spark Of High-Heeled Boys - Traffic 5. Wonderful Tonight - Eric Clapton 6. In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed - The Allman Brothers 7. The Pusher - Steppenwolf 8. The Rain Song - Led Zeppelin 9. Little Wing - Jimi Hendrix 10. Down By the River - Neil Young...