Dickey Betts & Great Southern

Dickey Betts & Great Southern...What a great album and talented guy.  One of my personal favorite singers is on the record - Mr. Mickey Thomas.  Hey Dickey and Mickey!  I am reading the book Skydog - about Duane Allman.  At some point later on in the book - I am pretty sure there is a falling out between the ABB and Dickie Betts and he is asked to leave the band.  But this is is of course the album by Dickey Betts & Great Southern - the second solo album by Dickey Betts of The Allman Brothers Band.  It was recorded with his band "Great Southern" in 1977. The standout tracks are "Sweet Virginia" and the extended-jam "Bougainvillea", which was co-written by Don Johnson of Miami Vice fame.  I have Mr. Betts on my I Need to See Him Play soon list.  I will post more soon here about Duane and the rest of the ABB.

Who is this other John Stewart - the one with a lower case h?

Wow - what a cool record.  Love that Pearl White Les Paul.  I had no clue about this John Stewart.  But Lindsay Buckingham and Stevie Nicks are this record.  You can hear her clearly on the track called Gold.  This is/was John Coburn Stewart (1939 – 2008), a songwriter and singer mostly known for a song he did called Gold.  He was also in The Kingston Trio.  And guess what else?:  he wrote the Monkees' hit Daydream Beleiver!  This album is Bombs Away Dream Babies, from 1979 - on the RSO label - you will recall that that stands for Robert Stigwood Organization.  Not only is it easy to hear Stevie Nicks and Lindsay Buckingham on Gold - but with them, you also get Russ Kunkel and Mary Kay Place.

Boom boom! Out went the Lights - Pat Travers; and the Pat Travers Band

No, Pat Travers is not related to Mary Travers, late of Peter, Paul & Mary - I think.  But here is what I just read about him:  Patrick Henry "Pat" Travers (born April 12, 1954) is a Canadian rock guitarist, keyboardist and singer who began his recording career with Polydor Records in the mid-1970s. Pat Thrall, Nicko McBrain, Mick Dyche, Tommy Aldridge, Peter "Mars" Cowling, Jerry Riggs, and Carmine Appice are some of the noted musicians who have been members of the Pat Travers Band through the years.  Kirk Hammett of Metallica has cited him as one of his favorite guitar players.  The album on the left is called Crash And Burn, from 1980.  Crash And Burn was the Pat Travers Band's highest-charting release, peaking at number 20 on the Billboard Magazine album chart. The album featured the single "Snortin' Whiskey", co-written by Travers and fellow band member guitarist Pat Thrall. This song became a significant hit on American FM radio in 1980.  The one on the right is titled Black Pearl.  Source: Wikipedia.