Dan
Toler - a lot of musicians in the world but Dan was one of the nicest
ones I ever met. His playing was outstanding. A lesser known name but
that didn't mean he couldn't play. I loved his work with the ABB,
Dickey and Gregg. He's well represented on the Enlightened Rogues
tracks and he deserves his own recognition more on that later perhaps.
Returning to Enlightened Draw for a minute. I took my own advice and burned a CD of what I considered the stand out tracks from those two albums that came out in 1975 and 1979 and it works! Dickey and Chuck jamming their brains out Butch and Jamoie present and strong as ever and Gregg pulling out all the stops on heart wrenching ballads.
Can't Take it With You is the first cut and it jumps out with a funky riff and rides along with a great back beat. Dickey cuts loose righteously at the end with a great amount of fire. Then they segue into the blues with Need Your Love So Bad and we remember the source. Win, Lose or Draw is an emotional tour de force. Crazy Love with Bonnie is just a fun raucous number. Pegasus gets overshadowed by High Falls but it shouldn't Rook acquits himself well with some nimble bass work and Dickey and Dan's playing is inspired. Gregg makes that B-3 chime righteously. Just ain't Easy winds out at six minutes. The way that song closes will not leave you disappointed. It has a very emotional feeling to its playing. Nevertheless follows with some of that old Allman Brothers funk shuffle attitude and Gregg's voice sings with the right amount of resignation.
High Falls is just a brilliant landscape of sound and energy. It has such a wonderful cascading vibe as Lamar drives us along. Chuck's keyboards are Jessicaesque and the whole band comes together with the drums splashing everywhere plus it’s funky. We close with Sail Away for the brothers not present.
Death is a funny thing you never forget. Even though our friends and family are no longer with us we hold them in our thoughts and memory and the good in them never fades.
This collection of songs culled from both of these albums Win Lose or Draw and Enlightened Rogues speaks to me and scratches that ABB itch. Their talent is well represented and true. Gregg's voice still rings very honest especially on Win, Lose or Draw. Underestimate or skip these tracks and your are cheating yourself and there is just no need for that.
Make your own copy using this song list and you'll treasure it in your collection.
Can't Take it With You
Need Your Love So Bad
Can't Lose What You Never Had
Win, Lose or Draw
Crazy Love
Pegasus
Just Ain't Easy
Nevertheless
High Falls
Sail Away
Total time 59 minutes
Returning to Enlightened Draw for a minute. I took my own advice and burned a CD of what I considered the stand out tracks from those two albums that came out in 1975 and 1979 and it works! Dickey and Chuck jamming their brains out Butch and Jamoie present and strong as ever and Gregg pulling out all the stops on heart wrenching ballads.
Can't Take it With You is the first cut and it jumps out with a funky riff and rides along with a great back beat. Dickey cuts loose righteously at the end with a great amount of fire. Then they segue into the blues with Need Your Love So Bad and we remember the source. Win, Lose or Draw is an emotional tour de force. Crazy Love with Bonnie is just a fun raucous number. Pegasus gets overshadowed by High Falls but it shouldn't Rook acquits himself well with some nimble bass work and Dickey and Dan's playing is inspired. Gregg makes that B-3 chime righteously. Just ain't Easy winds out at six minutes. The way that song closes will not leave you disappointed. It has a very emotional feeling to its playing. Nevertheless follows with some of that old Allman Brothers funk shuffle attitude and Gregg's voice sings with the right amount of resignation.
High Falls is just a brilliant landscape of sound and energy. It has such a wonderful cascading vibe as Lamar drives us along. Chuck's keyboards are Jessicaesque and the whole band comes together with the drums splashing everywhere plus it’s funky. We close with Sail Away for the brothers not present.
Death is a funny thing you never forget. Even though our friends and family are no longer with us we hold them in our thoughts and memory and the good in them never fades.
This collection of songs culled from both of these albums Win Lose or Draw and Enlightened Rogues speaks to me and scratches that ABB itch. Their talent is well represented and true. Gregg's voice still rings very honest especially on Win, Lose or Draw. Underestimate or skip these tracks and your are cheating yourself and there is just no need for that.
Make your own copy using this song list and you'll treasure it in your collection.
Can't Take it With You
Need Your Love So Bad
Can't Lose What You Never Had
Win, Lose or Draw
Crazy Love
Pegasus
Just Ain't Easy
Nevertheless
High Falls
Sail Away
Total time 59 minutes
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