Rob's Lobs

[billyjoe]

Rob and Ski,
One of the saddest things was that Duane and Berry Oakley were so young when they died (24-25) imagine what they would have created to contribute to the musical world in the next 20 years or so. How many songs like "Elizabeth Reed" or "Jessica" "Blue Sky" "Little Martha" have been written since the 70's ?

------------billyjoe

[skiracer]

Always loved 'em. Dickie is a great guitar-player in his own right, but he was always in Duane's shadow, 'cause Duane Allman was flat awesome. And I loved it when he picked up the dobro. A great song he did on the dobro is called "Be With Me" or "Please Be With Me", I forget which. It was written by a guy named, if memory serves, Scott Boyer, and Duane sat in on a session with his group, "Cowboy." It's on an old vinyl LP I have called Duane Allman Anthology. I also have an old vinyl LP that Dickie Betts put out called "Highway Call," and I'm pretty sure I still have one with Great Southern too, but I can't remember the title. That Anthology album has some really nice cuts on it. There are a couple with Clapton ("Layla" and "Mean Old World") and a really nice blues song he did with Boz Scaggs called "Loan Me A Dime." It's got "Stand Back" and "Statesboro Blues" on it too. Okay, Billy, now you done it. All the old memories are starting to flood in.

I was there at the Fillmore East when they recorded "At Fillmore East" over the course of a two day show. They started that show with "Statesboro Blues". That and "Whipping Post and In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" have to be included in any list of the greatest "southern rock and blues" recordings ever made. Dickie Betts on "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" is one of my all time favorites. Duane was awesome but you can't take anything away from Betts on electric or acoustic guitar regardless of how good Duane was on slide guitar.

[Rob]

Rob,
What did you think of the Duane Allman / Dickie Betts duets?

Always loved 'em. Dickie is a great guitar-player in his own right, but he was always in Duane's shadow, 'cause Duane Allman was flat awesome. And I loved it when he picked up the dobro. A great song he did on the dobro is called "Be With Me" or "Please Be With Me", I forget which. It was written by a guy named, if memory serves, Scott Boyer, and Duane sat in on a session with his group, "Cowboy." It's on an old vinyl LP I have called Duane Allman Anthology. I also have an old vinyl LP that Dickie Betts put out called "Highway Call," and I'm pretty sure I still have one with Great Southern too, but I can't remember the title. That Anthology album has some really nice cuts on it. There are a couple with Clapton ("Layla" and "Mean Old World") and a really nice blues song he did with Boz Scaggs called "Loan Me A Dime." It's got "Stand Back" and "Statesboro Blues" on it too. Okay, Billy, now you done it. All the old memories are starting to flood in.

[billyjoe]

I really like this cat.... If you ever hear that he'll be playing near here tell me, I wanna see him live. BTW his bass player is pretty awesome too. Great band imo.... Here's a catchy lil' number.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74IOiWvanic&NR

Lye,
The only television show my grandmother ever watched was Lawrence Welk. I can remember her saying "that's a catchy little number".

---------billyjoe

[Lyehopper]

It's an acoustic guitar with a pick-up in it, which is how he can get those little feedback effects, plus I'm sure he's got other little effects boxes, though he doesn't seems to rely on them a whole lot to enhance his performance.

Perhaps the reason you've never seen him on TV is because once you've heard him do that song, with which he absolutely kills, his other stuff (what little I've heard) sounds weak by comparison. There's one abbreviated clip of him doing about the final 15 bars of the Beatles' Blackbird, and—at the risk of sounding immodest—my personal opinion is that I do it better. But in my wildest dreams I can't even approach the outer fringes of the same universe that his version of Little Wing is in.

I really like this cat.... If you ever hear that he'll be playing near here tell me, I wanna see him live. BTW his bass player is pretty awesome too. Great band imo.... Here's a catchy lil' number.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74IOiWvanic&NR

[billyjoe]

Rob,
What did you think of the Duane Allman / Dickie Betts duets? I saw Dickie Betts with I believe Great Southern in the late 70's and he sounded exactly like on those early Allman Bros. albums.

---------------billyjoe

[Rob]

Monte Montgomery

That dude is pretty awesome! wonder why I've never seen him on TV?....

BTW.... That guitar sounds kinda simi-electric to me Rob.lol! Plus it has a cord coming out of it? You sure a fella can make a regular old guitar whine like that?

It's an acoustic guitar with a pick-up in it, which is how he can get those little feedback effects, plus I'm sure he's got other little effects boxes, though he doesn't seems to rely on them a whole lot to enhance his performance.

Perhaps the reason you've never seen him on TV is because once you've heard him do that song, with which he absolutely kills, his other stuff (what little I've heard) sounds weak by comparison. There's one abbreviated clip of him doing about the final 15 bars of the Beatles' Blackbird, and—at the risk of sounding immodest—my personal opinion is that I do it better. But in my wildest dreams I can't even approach the outer fringes of the same universe that his version of Little Wing is in.

[Lyehopper]

Hey, BillyJoe. You're a music lover. Surely you must remember what a great song "Little Wing" by Jimi Hendrix is.

There's a dude named Monte Montgomery who does a pretty unbelievable version of it—on an acoustic guitar no less!

For those who aren't familiar with the song, here is a 3-minute version, played by Hendrix himself, live at the Royal Albert Hall in '69. The video quality is poor, but it's good to know how the original sounds before you hear Montgomery's 10-minute version.

Yes that right, it lasts 10 minutes, but take it from ol' Rob, you have never been wowed by anyone on an acoustic guitar like this.

That dude is pretty awesome! wonder why I've never seen him on TV?....

BTW.... That guitar sounds kinda simi-electric to me Rob.lol! Plus it has a cord coming out of it? You sure a fella can make a regular old guitar whine like that?

[Rob]

And Now for Something Completely Different ...

Hey, BillyJoe. You're a music lover. Surely you must remember what a great song "Little Wing" by Jimi Hendrix is.

There's a dude named Monte Montgomery who does a pretty unbelievable version of it—on an acoustic guitar no less!

For those who aren't familiar with the song, here is a 3-minute version, played by Hendrix himself, live at the Royal Albert Hall in '69. The video quality is poor, but it's good to know how the original sounds before you hear Montgomery's 10-minute version.

Yes that right, it lasts 10 minutes, but take it from ol' Rob, you have never been wowed by anyone on an acoustic guitar like this.

Imcl

http://www.mrmarketishuge.com/showpost.php?p=53069&postcount=4

Monthly call was close

This call was way in left field..hehe

http://www.mrmarketishuge.com/showpost.php?p=61427&postcount=14

[billyjoe]

Rob's 10 Long Picks Performance 10/30--11/17

Stock--------10/30--------11/17----------%Gain/Loss

AAA----------55.12--------57.91-----------+5.06%
ABN----------28.96--------29.55----------- +2.04
ABX----------30.14--------28.46----------- -5.57
ACAS---------42.75--------44.07----------- +3.09
ADM----------38.95----stopped 11/3
ADP----------47.54--------49.65----------- +4.44%
AIZ----------52.91--------55.19------------+4.31
AL-----------44.52--------46.74------------+4.99
ASPV--------19.07--------17.73------------ -7.03
ASX----------4.54---------5.00-------------+10.13

To date remaining 9----+2.38%

----------billyjoe

[Rob]

Note to self: IMCL is still undervalued, as this quarterly 10-year chart helps to illustrate.

[Rob]

GOOG to 500?

GOOG took a run at 500 yesterday and came within 15 cents of hitting it. It looks like it might be gearing up for another crack at it.

Maybe ... third time's a charm?

Edit: ... guess not, but who can doubt that 500 and beyond is where this cash-generating ultra-powerhouse is headed?

[Rob]

Checking Back

Just for grins I thought I'd look at the results of my first momentum screen, posted 6/21, to see where these would be today were they all bought and held. Here's the skinny:

Hey! 8.03% ain't bad for just under 5 months (149 days)! That's a compounded annualized return of 26.65%!

But keepin' it real, folks, the Diamonds are up 12.45%, the Spiders 13.21%, and the Q's 16.15% in the same time frame. So, there you go.

[Rob]

Is Today the Day GOOG Hits 500?

GOOG took a run at 500 yesterday and came within 15 cents of hitting it. It looks like it might be gearing up for another crack at it.

Nice! I like it.