[What's the Next Concert You're Attending?]

James Cotton, next Friday.

[The Peter Green Thread]

Yay my favorite guitar guy! The only white blues guy I respect for his blues playing, not the generic guitar hero (yeah that was cute, now play something heavy/fast) angle. Claptons reputation (the 'god' one, not the overrated over the hill pussy soft rock one) should belong to this guy. Wonder if Pete still wears robes...

You don't respect Stevie Ray Vaughan?

Peter Green is one of my favorite guitar players of all time. Does anybody know where I can get Live in Boston Volume 3?

[What's Your Latest Purchase?]

I've been on an Allman Brothers binge lately.

The Allman Brothers Band - Atlanta International Pop Festival (too lazy to write out the entire name of the album, it's huge)

The Allman Brothers Band - At Fillmore East (no words to describe it)

The Allman Brothers Band - Idlewild South (worth it for Hoochie Coochie Man alone)

[What's the Last Concert You Attended?]

Eagles for me in Buffalo in 03. Just wondering, when did Rush last tour?

They just finished up their last tour in October.

Last for me was B.B. King. Simply fantastic.

[How The West Was Won Vs The Song Remains The Same OST]

I'd never say MUCH better, if fact I prefer 73......but I understand people's love for the fire of a 72 show. To me, in 72, Zep was still in a mentality of conquer by sheer stage prowess. Each member was in peak performance condition......but to my ears they sometimes went a bit over the top. In 73, they KNEW they had conquered and were now enjoying the spoils. They played the biggest venues of each market and the band played with a comfort which lent to the fluidity of the music. Each member, although not in 100% prime (especially Plant, who blew out his voice or had nodes on the vocal cords) ,seemed to take a baby step back for the good of each song. No one was stepping on anyone else's toes musically, and the band was performing the way I believe they invisioned the difinitive versions of those songs to be. It's the one year in live Zep where I can really close my eyes and focus on the beauty of the song instead of either picking out one members performance....or having it thrown in my face.

72 was like a top fuel dragster revving up and down, peaking at red line levels........73 was a Ferarri cruising at 120 mph on an open highway.

I'll take the Ferarri.

and just for the ringer....the version of No Quarter from TSRTS, is BY FAR my favorite version and contains what I consider Page's most beautiful guitar work of his entire stage career.

Well, I suppose I'm just a fan of excess, then. Although I agree with you on No Quarter. Shame it got truncated on the new version.

[How The West Was Won Vs The Song Remains The Same OST]

How the West Was Won is MUCH better. I'd honestly rate Song Remains the Same at two and a half stars, and How the West Was Won at 4.5. The show for TSRTS is, well, boring. Dull. There is no energy behind it in a lot of parts. Jimmy is on, but Robert is pretty far gone. Just listen to Rock and Roll... where's the fire? Where's the punch? The same can be said about a lot of songs on that album.

[What's Your Latest Purchase?]

The new remastering of Eat a Peach by the Allman Brothers band... including a second disc with a full live performance. Good stuff.