Let's Get Together

Artist: Dickey Betts Band
Label: Free Falls Ent.
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 688197701728
EAN: 0688197701728
ASIN: B00005MK20

Release Date: 2001-07-31

Let's Get Together

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Tracks:

Rave On
Let's All Get Together
Immortal
Tombstone Eyes
Here Come The Blues Again
One Stop Be-Bop
I Gotta Know
Call Me Anytime
Dona Maria
All For You
Sing While I'm Walkin'

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After being fired by fax after 32 years in the Allman Brothers, Dickey Betts took his revenge by putting a band together and recording his fifth solo album (the second under the rubric of the Dickey Betts Band), using a handful of songs he had penned for the ABB as a starting point. While not as well executed or as inspired as his early stuff with the Great Southern, <I>Let's Get Together</I> is an honest work of an artist looking for his groove. And sometimes he finds it. Interspersed between an indifferent ballad, a shopworn good-time jam, and a gritty blues shuffle are three exquisitely contracted and played instrumentals: "Dona Marie," the Latin-tinged ode to Betts wife, which could have been easily lifted off of a Santana record, the surefooted and jazzy "She Bop," and the Allman-esque "Rave On." But after all, this is the guy who penned the romantic classic "Jessica," and the evocative "In Memory of Elizabeth," so one shouldn't be too surprised. Betts lets his autobiography take over in the eerie "Tombstone Eyes" and the even more revealing "Here Comes the Blues Again," showing that all that pent-up rage makes for some compelling tunes. <I>--Jaan Uhelszki</I>

Customer Reviews:

Probably Dickey's best solo CD.......2006-01-29

If you are a fan of Dickey's work in the Allman Brothers, this is probably his most consistent solo CD. The Cd is a mix of Dickey Betts sung songs, instrumentals, and songs song by other band members. Had Dickey not parted ways with the Allman Brothers, a numnber of these songs surely would have been ABB songs. Thet title track, Tombstone Eyes, One Stop BeBop, and Dona Maria among the highlights. Dickey's guitar work as well as Mark May's is up to the usual standard here and it's a good batch of Dickey written songs.

AWESOME CD!!!.......2004-02-09

I disagree with some of the reviews here. I think this is terrific CD...there isn't too much sax, I think it sounds great. I like Matt's vocals and the only song he sings that I would rather hear Dickey on is Tombstone Eyes. Dona Maria is a classic Betts instrumental, with what I think is Dickey's finest guitar playing. I love the song writing, I love the lyrics, and I don't feel that Dickey's voice has lost anything at all. The only complaint I have, if you want to call it that, is that I don't think Mark May is a good fit for the band. He's not as lyrical and melodic as I would prefer. I'm glad that Dickey's touring with Dangerous Dan Toler again, I've seen him with Dan and I think he's a much better fit. I hope they put out another album soon with Dan playing on it.

Good Rocking Music!.......2003-12-05

This is one impressive effort. If you are looking to relive the Allmans at the Fillmore, look elsewhere.
Dickey and Company explore a fairly wide range of styles and genres, not just your typical southern rock/blues styles you would normally expect. One Stop Be-Bop is a fine jam, as is Rave On which opens the disk. This disc swings from jazz to blues, from Cajun to ballads. Good variety and playing.
Granted, I would love to hear Dickey singing on more of the songs, but that is a minor complaint.
If you like good, rocking music that is willing to take a few chances, this is a great disc to own.

Now Ladies and Gentlemen...Say Hello to Paul Shaffer.......2003-05-12

Yep. Kinda sounds Paul Shaffer and the CBS Orchestra. Nothing against Paul and Co., in fact, Paul does what he does superbly. Dickey Betts, on the other hand, once-upon-a-time was one of the premier talents in southern rock. He became the creative leader of the Allman Brothers Band after Duane's death, and his slightly redneck songwriting style and loping guitar leads is probably the only thing that saved them from extinction. He also did some very respectable solo work along the way. So I don't know what happened here. Dominant saxophone leads....his voice only on three track, maybe. Seems Dickey is just blending into the woodwork.....waiting for the monologue, perhaps?

Past His Prime.......2003-02-18

Dickey Betts was a legendary guitarist with the Allman Brothers Band and een on solo recordings especially during the 1970's. The southern flavored soloing both light and heavy were always a joy to listen to on such classic recordings at Idlewide South, Brothers and Sisters, and Eat A Peach. Even on his Dickie Betts and Great Southern solo release, the guitar sounds are front and center and the vocals quite endearing and occasionally powerful.

On Let's Get Together Dickie Betts is not in the forefront at all. Yes there are some occasional good guitar solos and arrangements. However, way too often the saxaphone sounds of Kris Jensen are front and center. And Mr. Jensen rarely varies his tone.

What is further dissapointing is the fact that Dickey only sings lead on three of the eleven tracks. And only on the final track, Sing While I'm Walkin' is the vocal even inspired. The other vocalists Mark May and Matt Zeiner just sound so sappy with little trace of emotion or passion. Combined with the paint by numbers saxaphone sounds, many of these recordings sound like Michael Bolton singing light southern rock. This is not a good thing.

And another thing, out of the eleven songs, five of them excede six minutes and two of them are over ten. Now I have nothing against long songs. But this batch just does not have any special riffs or hooks that warrant them being so long. Yes Donna Maria has an interesting percussion solo in the middle. But the main melody is pretty forgettable.

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1958 Miles ~ Miles Davis

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Perola Negra ~ Luiz Melodia

Jinmen Zaru ~ Mimizuku Punch

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