1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:02,279 Speaker 1: Taking a Walk. I would sit in with the Almond 2 00:00:02,279 --> 00:00:04,720 Speaker 1: brothers and I tell you what, you know, having to 3 00:00:04,760 --> 00:00:09,000 Speaker 1: stand between Warren Haynes and Derek Trucks or Warren Haines 4 00:00:09,039 --> 00:00:12,240 Speaker 1: and Dicky Betts, you know, and play on one way 5 00:00:12,240 --> 00:00:16,000 Speaker 1: out or something. These are like the Jedi Masters of guitar. 6 00:00:16,480 --> 00:00:18,560 Speaker 1: You know. The only thing you have when you're in 7 00:00:18,560 --> 00:00:21,720 Speaker 1: that situation is that you have you. There's only one 8 00:00:21,800 --> 00:00:25,639 Speaker 1: you in the universe. You know, you can't be Robin Trauer, 9 00:00:25,840 --> 00:00:28,360 Speaker 1: Jamie Hendrix. You know I could only be Devin Almon. 10 00:00:28,480 --> 00:00:31,800 Speaker 2: Welcome to the Taking a Walk Podcast, the show where 11 00:00:31,880 --> 00:00:35,400 Speaker 2: your host Buzz Night talks with musicians about their careers, 12 00:00:35,880 --> 00:00:39,640 Speaker 2: their passions, and their latest projects. Today he speaks with 13 00:00:39,680 --> 00:00:43,600 Speaker 2: a member of Rock Royalty. Devin Almon is the son 14 00:00:43,640 --> 00:00:46,600 Speaker 2: of Greg Almond. He's releasing his first new album in 15 00:00:46,720 --> 00:00:51,839 Speaker 2: eight years, called Miami Moon on Create Records. Buzz speaks 16 00:00:51,840 --> 00:00:54,280 Speaker 2: with Devin Almond on Taking a Walk. 17 00:00:55,960 --> 00:00:59,840 Speaker 3: Devin Almond, thanks for being on the Taking a Walk Podcast. 18 00:00:59,720 --> 00:01:01,760 Speaker 1: Man, and what a pleasure. Thank you for having me, 19 00:01:01,920 --> 00:01:03,400 Speaker 1: and happy Monday morning the. 20 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:05,920 Speaker 3: Same to you. I want to start with this. I 21 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:11,120 Speaker 3: had the opportunity one time to ask the great Bill Graham, 22 00:01:11,600 --> 00:01:16,800 Speaker 3: the greatest show he ever saw. His response was, it 23 00:01:16,840 --> 00:01:19,920 Speaker 3: was the Almond Brothers at the Fillmore East. It was 24 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:23,920 Speaker 3: an eleven thirty show. The band played till the sun 25 00:01:24,040 --> 00:01:28,319 Speaker 3: came up, and the sun came through. It was just 26 00:01:28,440 --> 00:01:32,919 Speaker 3: like church, was his comment. I wanted to get your 27 00:01:33,240 --> 00:01:37,160 Speaker 3: comment on that and then ask you about some of 28 00:01:37,200 --> 00:01:40,600 Speaker 3: your favorite venues that you're looking forward to playing, especially 29 00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:43,800 Speaker 3: with the Almond Bets Revival tour. 30 00:01:44,680 --> 00:01:46,560 Speaker 1: You know, I've actually talked to people that were at 31 00:01:46,600 --> 00:01:49,800 Speaker 1: that Fillmore show and they talk about the magic that 32 00:01:49,880 --> 00:01:52,760 Speaker 1: happened that night, and you know how it kind of 33 00:01:52,760 --> 00:01:55,880 Speaker 1: made time stand still, and you know that they have 34 00:01:56,360 --> 00:02:00,280 Speaker 1: really vivid memories of you know, of it, you know, 35 00:02:00,360 --> 00:02:04,480 Speaker 1: going so late and nobody cared. You know, you don't 36 00:02:04,520 --> 00:02:07,560 Speaker 1: hear about that these days. You know, when I hit 37 00:02:07,600 --> 00:02:10,799 Speaker 1: the stage, my tour manager will say, hey man, it's 38 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:14,040 Speaker 1: an eleven o'clock curfew and if you go over, it's 39 00:02:14,080 --> 00:02:17,600 Speaker 1: a five thousand dollars fine. You know, you'll hear about 40 00:02:17,639 --> 00:02:22,680 Speaker 1: these things. It's such a tight ass vibe when it 41 00:02:22,720 --> 00:02:28,360 Speaker 1: comes to city ordinances, noise ordinances, you know, and I 42 00:02:28,480 --> 00:02:31,680 Speaker 1: get it. They've overhauled some of these communities neighborhoods to 43 00:02:32,240 --> 00:02:34,960 Speaker 1: have a lot of residential but you could never get 44 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:38,640 Speaker 1: away with that these days. Man, So they were really 45 00:02:38,680 --> 00:02:42,760 Speaker 1: in a golden era for rock and roll, and yeah, 46 00:02:42,800 --> 00:02:44,720 Speaker 1: I wish I would have seen some of those shows. 47 00:02:44,720 --> 00:02:48,200 Speaker 1: I wish I would have seen Hendrix and Cream and 48 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:53,079 Speaker 1: obviously the Allman Brothers with Dwayne. But with that in mind, 49 00:02:53,160 --> 00:02:56,040 Speaker 1: you know, got to be grateful that we're still able 50 00:02:56,080 --> 00:03:00,560 Speaker 1: to do this in their honor, really honored, a true 51 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:03,960 Speaker 1: honor to step on the stage at the Beacon where 52 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:07,200 Speaker 1: they made so many memories and played so many shows 53 00:03:07,680 --> 00:03:10,240 Speaker 1: and play their music. It's not lost on us. This 54 00:03:10,400 --> 00:03:14,840 Speaker 1: is not something that's it's just not lost on us. 55 00:03:14,880 --> 00:03:17,560 Speaker 1: When we hit that stage, we know the gravity of 56 00:03:17,639 --> 00:03:22,320 Speaker 1: the situation, We know the gravity of that songbook, we 57 00:03:22,360 --> 00:03:27,360 Speaker 1: know the gravity of the people that have spent literally 58 00:03:27,400 --> 00:03:30,600 Speaker 1: the best times of their lives in that room. So 59 00:03:30,680 --> 00:03:33,560 Speaker 1: the Beacon is very powerful for our families and the 60 00:03:33,600 --> 00:03:38,520 Speaker 1: memories and the fans. We can't wait to be there again. 61 00:03:39,080 --> 00:03:41,960 Speaker 1: The Ryman has become special for our revival tour in 62 00:03:42,080 --> 00:03:46,000 Speaker 1: Nashville just because of you know, as a consequence of 63 00:03:46,080 --> 00:03:50,280 Speaker 1: time that Nashville has finally become what it was supposed 64 00:03:50,320 --> 00:03:54,400 Speaker 1: to become, a musical mecca that was not just relegated 65 00:03:54,400 --> 00:03:58,000 Speaker 1: to country and Western music, but all forms of music, 66 00:03:58,120 --> 00:04:03,920 Speaker 1: jam bands, Americana, blues, and it's really stepped into the 67 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:07,120 Speaker 1: light as such, and The Ryman seems to be that 68 00:04:07,240 --> 00:04:11,760 Speaker 1: kind of beating art of that community and it's really 69 00:04:11,760 --> 00:04:15,320 Speaker 1: brought in some great people to jam with us. So 70 00:04:15,360 --> 00:04:17,839 Speaker 1: the Ryman's been kind of a who's who of who 71 00:04:17,839 --> 00:04:20,799 Speaker 1: will show up for us, kind of kind of become 72 00:04:20,880 --> 00:04:24,920 Speaker 1: our beacon in a way. Last year we were completely 73 00:04:24,960 --> 00:04:28,600 Speaker 1: floored and honored to have Jason Isbel sit in and 74 00:04:28,640 --> 00:04:32,400 Speaker 1: Sierra Ferrell come out and really lift the vibrations of 75 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:37,440 Speaker 1: what we do in honor of Dicky Betts, Greg Almon 76 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:40,800 Speaker 1: and the whole all my Brothers bands. So it's always 77 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:42,839 Speaker 1: a pleasure. It's at the end of the year, this 78 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:47,520 Speaker 1: revival tour. It's always three weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas. 79 00:04:49,040 --> 00:04:52,560 Speaker 1: This is the eighth year and we're just honored to 80 00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:56,080 Speaker 1: do it every years. It's also a big reunion for 81 00:04:56,120 --> 00:04:58,680 Speaker 1: all of us, you know, I go the whole year. 82 00:05:00,080 --> 00:05:02,599 Speaker 1: He as shit, you know, and it's like, oh, Luther 83 00:05:02,680 --> 00:05:06,800 Speaker 1: Dickinson get you know, giving him the biggest hug. Jimmy Hall. 84 00:05:07,200 --> 00:05:09,160 Speaker 1: You know these cats that I haven't seen all year 85 00:05:09,200 --> 00:05:11,640 Speaker 1: because we're all, you know, doing what we do. 86 00:05:12,600 --> 00:05:15,159 Speaker 3: Fillmore West not a bad place to play either, I 87 00:05:15,160 --> 00:05:17,599 Speaker 3: would think, huh yeah. 88 00:05:17,680 --> 00:05:22,440 Speaker 1: You know. The revival started eight years ago at the 89 00:05:22,560 --> 00:05:25,320 Speaker 1: at the Fillmore. It wasn't a tour, it was not 90 00:05:25,480 --> 00:05:28,440 Speaker 1: multi city. It was just one night. It was Dad's 91 00:05:28,680 --> 00:05:32,320 Speaker 1: seventieth birthday. He had passed earlier in the year, and 92 00:05:32,360 --> 00:05:35,080 Speaker 1: it was just a party in his honor. So that 93 00:05:35,200 --> 00:05:39,159 Speaker 1: one show at the Fillmore West is what birthed this 94 00:05:39,240 --> 00:05:42,520 Speaker 1: whole thing. Nobody saw this coming. This was never planned out. 95 00:05:42,720 --> 00:05:45,720 Speaker 1: It was a birthday party for Dad, and the Fillmore 96 00:05:45,760 --> 00:05:47,600 Speaker 1: called a week later and said, well that was fun. 97 00:05:47,640 --> 00:05:50,440 Speaker 1: Can we do it again next year? And you know, 98 00:05:50,480 --> 00:05:50,960 Speaker 1: here we are. 99 00:05:52,040 --> 00:05:54,640 Speaker 3: It's like a responsibility though, right, I mean, it feels 100 00:05:54,680 --> 00:05:55,800 Speaker 3: like it really is. 101 00:05:56,040 --> 00:05:59,920 Speaker 1: It is now for sure. You know, ultimately there's a 102 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:02,880 Speaker 1: lot of people that can pick up parts of this 103 00:06:03,040 --> 00:06:05,400 Speaker 1: songbook and go do it justice and give it a 104 00:06:05,400 --> 00:06:07,400 Speaker 1: lot of love and people that are connected to it. 105 00:06:07,920 --> 00:06:10,600 Speaker 1: Dwayne Betts and I grew up on the tours. We 106 00:06:11,040 --> 00:06:14,320 Speaker 1: grew up listening to this music and listening to the 107 00:06:14,360 --> 00:06:19,840 Speaker 1: masters that made it, and it's meaningful to us. When 108 00:06:19,839 --> 00:06:23,200 Speaker 1: I start Melissa or when Dwayne counts off Blue Sky, 109 00:06:23,520 --> 00:06:30,560 Speaker 1: It's it's heavy, man, It's it's really, really, really fucking heavy. 110 00:06:30,720 --> 00:06:34,800 Speaker 1: It's it's so bittersweet because Dwayne and I, and I 111 00:06:34,800 --> 00:06:37,080 Speaker 1: think I can speak for him. On the one hand, 112 00:06:37,080 --> 00:06:41,440 Speaker 1: we're so honored to recreate this music, you know, and 113 00:06:41,480 --> 00:06:43,680 Speaker 1: we have our own careers and our own records, so 114 00:06:43,720 --> 00:06:47,039 Speaker 1: when we get to do this, it's special. But on 115 00:06:47,080 --> 00:06:48,839 Speaker 1: the other hand, we just wish our dads were here 116 00:06:48,880 --> 00:06:52,360 Speaker 1: to play Melissa and Blue Skuy, you know. So it's 117 00:06:52,520 --> 00:06:56,480 Speaker 1: very it's a delicate balance there, and it's emotional. 118 00:06:57,880 --> 00:07:02,000 Speaker 3: Major congrats on Miami Moon, fantastic. Can you take us 119 00:07:02,080 --> 00:07:07,080 Speaker 3: back to when you went to school observing as a 120 00:07:07,120 --> 00:07:11,160 Speaker 3: fly on the wall recording session with the Almonds with 121 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:14,160 Speaker 3: the legendary producer Tom Dad. 122 00:07:15,600 --> 00:07:19,240 Speaker 1: Yeah, so I never got to see them work at 123 00:07:19,240 --> 00:07:23,800 Speaker 1: Criteria where I made Miami Moon. Criteria for those that 124 00:07:23,880 --> 00:07:28,480 Speaker 1: don't know, the famous studio in Miami, Florida where Da 125 00:07:28,560 --> 00:07:32,400 Speaker 1: Peach was done, where Derek and the Domino's made Layla 126 00:07:32,960 --> 00:07:36,720 Speaker 1: parts of Saturday Night Fever soundtrack, The Beg's those songs 127 00:07:36,720 --> 00:07:40,240 Speaker 1: we all love part of Fleetwood Mac Rumors. The list 128 00:07:40,280 --> 00:07:43,040 Speaker 1: goes on and on. It's a special place. All my 129 00:07:43,080 --> 00:07:47,080 Speaker 1: brothers also made Seven Turns their comeback record, but their 130 00:07:47,120 --> 00:07:51,200 Speaker 1: next record, Shades the Two Worlds, was made at an 131 00:07:51,320 --> 00:07:56,800 Speaker 1: equally important historic studio, Ardent Studios in Memphis, Tennessee, where 132 00:07:56,840 --> 00:08:03,040 Speaker 1: all your favorite zz top from Shark Dressman to you know, 133 00:08:03,560 --> 00:08:05,960 Speaker 1: all the first six records or whatever, they were all 134 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:08,600 Speaker 1: done at Arden and I got to go down and 135 00:08:09,080 --> 00:08:14,240 Speaker 1: watch Tom Dowd produced that album almost on the daily 136 00:08:15,240 --> 00:08:18,080 Speaker 1: because I lived in Memphis and I had a you know, 137 00:08:18,160 --> 00:08:21,280 Speaker 1: kind of fledgling rock band. We were trying to be, 138 00:08:21,520 --> 00:08:24,000 Speaker 1: I don't know, something like Aerosmith or some shit. We 139 00:08:24,040 --> 00:08:28,080 Speaker 1: didn't We didn't know shit from Shinola. We were seventeen 140 00:08:28,160 --> 00:08:30,600 Speaker 1: years old. We were sneaking into clubs, trying to act 141 00:08:30,800 --> 00:08:35,160 Speaker 1: like our favorite rock stars, you know. But I as 142 00:08:35,280 --> 00:08:38,320 Speaker 1: much as I was trying to fit into a groove 143 00:08:38,480 --> 00:08:43,559 Speaker 1: like Aerosmith or whatever, who just announced the retirement, which 144 00:08:43,600 --> 00:08:48,440 Speaker 1: was so sad to me, But I digress as much 145 00:08:48,440 --> 00:08:51,280 Speaker 1: as I kind of was seventeen years old and trying to, 146 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:56,200 Speaker 1: you know, be Steven Tyler or whomever. I had the 147 00:08:56,280 --> 00:08:59,559 Speaker 1: sense enough about me to go and watch Tom Dowd, 148 00:08:59,559 --> 00:09:02,760 Speaker 1: producer Almen Brothers, and and I knew that it was 149 00:09:03,880 --> 00:09:06,440 Speaker 1: a heavy thing to to watch and to kind of 150 00:09:06,520 --> 00:09:11,000 Speaker 1: take in. It was special, And you know, I can't 151 00:09:11,040 --> 00:09:13,640 Speaker 1: say that I necessarily picked up a bunch of production 152 00:09:13,760 --> 00:09:19,959 Speaker 1: tricks or whatever, but it was really cool to see 153 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:23,080 Speaker 1: that he was absolutely a member of the band. While 154 00:09:23,080 --> 00:09:27,240 Speaker 1: they were in there, everybody was looking to him. Hey man, 155 00:09:27,280 --> 00:09:31,079 Speaker 1: should we double that intro? They look at Tom, hey man, 156 00:09:31,120 --> 00:09:33,840 Speaker 1: should Warren go to slide right there? They'd look at Tom. 157 00:09:34,559 --> 00:09:39,719 Speaker 1: You know, he was the trusted magnetic north of those recordings. 158 00:09:40,720 --> 00:09:43,600 Speaker 1: Their their love for him, knew no bounce. You know. 159 00:09:43,640 --> 00:09:46,360 Speaker 1: He was a dad, he was a head coach, he 160 00:09:46,520 --> 00:09:49,760 Speaker 1: was a you know, he was a barometer, he was 161 00:09:49,840 --> 00:09:52,720 Speaker 1: he was everything for them. So that was that was 162 00:09:52,760 --> 00:09:53,800 Speaker 1: powerful to watch. 163 00:09:54,640 --> 00:09:57,960 Speaker 3: If the walls at Criteria Studios could talk, what what 164 00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:02,040 Speaker 3: would they be saying? And did you feel those vibrations 165 00:10:02,080 --> 00:10:04,120 Speaker 3: when you recorded Miami Moon? 166 00:10:05,600 --> 00:10:13,240 Speaker 1: I don't think those SIGs could be repeated. Uh yeah, yeah, 167 00:10:13,520 --> 00:10:16,200 Speaker 1: you know when we walked in, you know, I went 168 00:10:16,240 --> 00:10:19,160 Speaker 1: to I went to actually tour the place first because 169 00:10:19,160 --> 00:10:22,560 Speaker 1: I wanted to feel those vibrations, and you know, walking 170 00:10:22,600 --> 00:10:24,600 Speaker 1: into the main cutting room, I was just like, wow, 171 00:10:25,400 --> 00:10:28,680 Speaker 1: like there's there's a weight there. For sure. I always 172 00:10:28,720 --> 00:10:32,559 Speaker 1: feel that in studios. I went and toured Electric Lady, 173 00:10:32,920 --> 00:10:36,359 Speaker 1: Uh not too far, you know, a year ago, considering 174 00:10:36,679 --> 00:10:39,920 Speaker 1: making a record there as well, and yeah, I feel it, 175 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:42,400 Speaker 1: you know. We we made the two Almond bet Span 176 00:10:42,559 --> 00:10:45,360 Speaker 1: records at Muscle Shoals and I could feel it there. 177 00:10:46,240 --> 00:10:49,079 Speaker 1: It's a vibe, you know. I think, I think the 178 00:10:49,080 --> 00:10:52,520 Speaker 1: the electrons and shit that, you know, get trapped up 179 00:10:52,520 --> 00:10:54,959 Speaker 1: in the walls and I don't know, I can feel 180 00:10:55,000 --> 00:10:59,320 Speaker 1: that stuff. But once that's kind of you know, That's 181 00:10:59,320 --> 00:11:01,600 Speaker 1: why I wanted to go tour at first. I didn't 182 00:11:01,640 --> 00:11:05,640 Speaker 1: want to feel that on a work day. I wanted 183 00:11:05,640 --> 00:11:09,880 Speaker 1: to go check it out, take that deep breath, feel it, 184 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:12,240 Speaker 1: live with it, sit in there for a couple hours, 185 00:11:12,280 --> 00:11:15,080 Speaker 1: you know. I talk talking to Trevor that runs the place, 186 00:11:15,559 --> 00:11:18,480 Speaker 1: and then like, okay, and I'll see in a few months, 187 00:11:18,520 --> 00:11:20,800 Speaker 1: let's make a record in a few months. So I 188 00:11:20,880 --> 00:11:24,080 Speaker 1: kind of got that shit out of the way that heavy, 189 00:11:24,280 --> 00:11:27,720 Speaker 1: you know, And so when we got in there, I 190 00:11:27,800 --> 00:11:31,920 Speaker 1: hired a really amazing band I got George Porter Junior 191 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:36,200 Speaker 1: on bass, whom everyone knows from The Meters and his 192 00:11:36,320 --> 00:11:40,040 Speaker 1: current band the Running Partners, Ivan Neville who plays with 193 00:11:40,160 --> 00:11:45,000 Speaker 1: Keith Richards and dumps to funk on keyboards. Adam Deitsch 194 00:11:45,320 --> 00:11:48,600 Speaker 1: one of the hottest drummers on the scene today who 195 00:11:48,679 --> 00:11:52,680 Speaker 1: plays with Lettuce. He's one of the funkiest, Carl Denson 196 00:11:52,760 --> 00:11:57,440 Speaker 1: on saxophone, Jackson Stokes on guitar from my band, and 197 00:11:57,440 --> 00:12:01,959 Speaker 1: then Tom Hambridge, who produced it won the last few Grammys, uh, 198 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:05,640 Speaker 1: the Blues Grammys with Kingfish and Buddy Guy and Tom. 199 00:12:05,760 --> 00:12:08,720 Speaker 1: Tom Hambridge and I have been making records together for 200 00:12:08,720 --> 00:12:11,360 Speaker 1: for a minute. I think we've done three three albums together. 201 00:12:12,320 --> 00:12:15,200 Speaker 1: And we just we set up in a circle. We 202 00:12:15,320 --> 00:12:17,800 Speaker 1: just jammed, you know. We ordered in Cuban food and 203 00:12:18,400 --> 00:12:22,079 Speaker 1: watch the NBA on breaks and screaming at the TV, 204 00:12:22,400 --> 00:12:25,400 Speaker 1: you know, at the slam dunks and uh. And we 205 00:12:25,480 --> 00:12:27,959 Speaker 1: had a lot of fun. Uh And it was a 206 00:12:28,120 --> 00:12:31,760 Speaker 1: it was a very just enjoyable time. And and and 207 00:12:31,840 --> 00:12:34,280 Speaker 1: once you kind of got in that circle and you're 208 00:12:34,360 --> 00:12:37,400 Speaker 1: and and and you're giving the tunes a run, then 209 00:12:37,440 --> 00:12:41,079 Speaker 1: all that that heaviness kind of goes away because you're 210 00:12:41,120 --> 00:12:45,160 Speaker 1: really you're you're working, you know, but at the end 211 00:12:45,160 --> 00:12:47,200 Speaker 1: of the night, you know, and we've got to shuttle 212 00:12:47,240 --> 00:12:49,880 Speaker 1: back to the hotel, and you're thinking, damn, like we're 213 00:12:49,920 --> 00:12:53,040 Speaker 1: getting to add to that that history. You know. I'm 214 00:12:53,080 --> 00:12:56,360 Speaker 1: so grateful it's still open. I'm so grateful Electric Lady 215 00:12:56,440 --> 00:12:58,719 Speaker 1: is still open, and Ardent Studios is still open, and 216 00:12:58,760 --> 00:13:02,160 Speaker 1: Criteria Studios. And in an era where you can go 217 00:13:02,240 --> 00:13:05,040 Speaker 1: into your bedroom with a laptop or your basement and 218 00:13:05,120 --> 00:13:09,560 Speaker 1: make a kick ass hit record, that's all the more 219 00:13:09,600 --> 00:13:12,960 Speaker 1: impetus for me to want to go to a historic 220 00:13:13,040 --> 00:13:18,080 Speaker 1: studio soak in the vibrations from the masters. And you know, 221 00:13:18,080 --> 00:13:20,560 Speaker 1: it's a hell of a lot more expensive, but I 222 00:13:20,600 --> 00:13:23,000 Speaker 1: can think of no better way to spend a budget 223 00:13:23,040 --> 00:13:27,199 Speaker 1: than to do a record how they used to be done. 224 00:13:27,480 --> 00:13:31,520 Speaker 3: Some of the tracks on there that I particularly love. 225 00:13:31,600 --> 00:13:37,640 Speaker 3: I love white Horse Cool is sensational. I love also 226 00:13:37,760 --> 00:13:41,360 Speaker 3: the theme of two particular songs, and I wanted to 227 00:13:41,400 --> 00:13:45,360 Speaker 3: get your take on this theme. Sure, take time to 228 00:13:45,480 --> 00:13:50,360 Speaker 3: taste it, yeah, right, and then you got to make 229 00:13:50,400 --> 00:13:51,640 Speaker 3: it through the world. 230 00:13:52,880 --> 00:13:53,160 Speaker 1: Yeah. 231 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:57,480 Speaker 3: I see the fact that you're trying to bring a 232 00:13:57,520 --> 00:13:59,560 Speaker 3: sense of optimism in dark times. 233 00:13:59,640 --> 00:14:03,640 Speaker 1: Is that to say, for sure, you got to make 234 00:14:03,679 --> 00:14:06,440 Speaker 1: it through the world as an old Van Morrison deep cut. 235 00:14:07,240 --> 00:14:09,640 Speaker 1: And I kind of discovered that near the tail end 236 00:14:09,720 --> 00:14:13,440 Speaker 1: of that whole COVID you know shit, and I was like, man, 237 00:14:13,480 --> 00:14:15,839 Speaker 1: that's a nice message for these times. You got to 238 00:14:15,840 --> 00:14:17,800 Speaker 1: make it through the world. You gotta plow on through. 239 00:14:17,880 --> 00:14:21,920 Speaker 1: You gotta pull yourself up by the bootstraps and have 240 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:28,160 Speaker 1: good community and positive, you know, a positive outlook. And 241 00:14:28,280 --> 00:14:31,280 Speaker 1: so that song was actually kind of the first one 242 00:14:31,360 --> 00:14:34,400 Speaker 1: where I was like, that's a great message. I'd like 243 00:14:34,480 --> 00:14:36,400 Speaker 1: to build a record around that, Like I want to 244 00:14:36,440 --> 00:14:39,560 Speaker 1: cover that song and build the record around that, And 245 00:14:39,640 --> 00:14:42,440 Speaker 1: I was even considering naming the record you got to 246 00:14:42,480 --> 00:14:45,800 Speaker 1: make it through the world. Then, with that as kind 247 00:14:45,840 --> 00:14:49,200 Speaker 1: of the I don't know, kind of the entry point 248 00:14:49,320 --> 00:14:52,080 Speaker 1: to make on the record, then I started to write 249 00:14:52,160 --> 00:14:57,240 Speaker 1: the record. It still stayed very optimistic, but it had 250 00:14:57,240 --> 00:14:59,960 Speaker 1: a new life. I saw colors, I saw hot paint, 251 00:15:00,720 --> 00:15:04,640 Speaker 1: I saw I felt Miami and palm trees and you know, 252 00:15:04,640 --> 00:15:07,800 Speaker 1: a little sexiness, a little jazz, a little Curtis Mayfield 253 00:15:08,320 --> 00:15:11,160 Speaker 1: and these things that I had really kind of squashed 254 00:15:12,040 --> 00:15:17,080 Speaker 1: as inspiration and influences before I really just let the 255 00:15:17,080 --> 00:15:19,320 Speaker 1: floodgates kind of be open and say, you know, this 256 00:15:19,360 --> 00:15:22,120 Speaker 1: is who I am. I don't have to make a 257 00:15:22,160 --> 00:15:25,560 Speaker 1: record that fits in a blues rock category, so I 258 00:15:25,600 --> 00:15:29,040 Speaker 1: can go play blues festivals or do whatever like. I 259 00:15:29,080 --> 00:15:31,760 Speaker 1: love doing that. That's a big part of who I am. 260 00:15:31,880 --> 00:15:36,280 Speaker 1: But I have this whole other side of me musically 261 00:15:36,360 --> 00:15:41,600 Speaker 1: that really you know, Curtis Mayfield, I have a Curtis tattoo. Awesome, 262 00:15:42,320 --> 00:15:46,000 Speaker 1: you know, and bounce out my Leyla tattoo. You know. 263 00:15:46,120 --> 00:15:50,480 Speaker 1: So Curtis Mayfield shot today The Cure, the alternative rock 264 00:15:50,520 --> 00:15:53,480 Speaker 1: band The Cure. I think those are some influences that 265 00:15:53,560 --> 00:15:56,240 Speaker 1: might surprise people that show up on this record. 266 00:15:57,200 --> 00:16:00,120 Speaker 3: I love that. That diversity is so fantastic. 267 00:16:00,840 --> 00:16:03,960 Speaker 2: We'll be right back with more the Taking a Walk Podcast. 268 00:16:08,880 --> 00:16:11,280 Speaker 2: Welcome back to the Taking a Walk Podcast. 269 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:18,000 Speaker 3: You know what's amazing to think about that, I'm sure 270 00:16:18,040 --> 00:16:22,880 Speaker 3: the forefathers, the Almond Brothers, forefathers are looking down smiling. 271 00:16:23,520 --> 00:16:29,520 Speaker 3: Is the tremendous Almond community, you know, the Almond Bets community, 272 00:16:29,640 --> 00:16:38,760 Speaker 3: the Tedesky Trucks community. These amazingly passionate, incredible musicians who 273 00:16:38,840 --> 00:16:42,800 Speaker 3: are still out giving joy to the world. Is really 274 00:16:42,840 --> 00:16:43,840 Speaker 3: something to behold. 275 00:16:44,480 --> 00:16:49,040 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's you know, just really grateful that you know, 276 00:16:49,120 --> 00:16:52,440 Speaker 1: as we march further into the new millennium, I mean 277 00:16:52,440 --> 00:16:55,240 Speaker 1: we're you know, we're almost at a at a quarter 278 00:16:55,360 --> 00:16:58,000 Speaker 1: century end. You know, we're almost at twenty twenty five, 279 00:16:58,280 --> 00:17:02,480 Speaker 1: and to you know, to be at almost the year 280 00:17:02,520 --> 00:17:05,679 Speaker 1: twenty twenty five and have this music still be vital 281 00:17:06,359 --> 00:17:09,440 Speaker 1: and I have an audience and you know, is beautiful, 282 00:17:09,560 --> 00:17:11,120 Speaker 1: So very very grateful. 283 00:17:11,760 --> 00:17:15,080 Speaker 3: What themes do you find yourself drawn to when you're 284 00:17:15,119 --> 00:17:19,040 Speaker 3: writing lyrics and how do you ultimately choose those subjects. 285 00:17:19,720 --> 00:17:21,960 Speaker 1: I think there's a lot on Miami Moon. There's a 286 00:17:21,960 --> 00:17:25,680 Speaker 1: lot of romance. There's a lot of kind of romanticizing 287 00:17:25,720 --> 00:17:29,480 Speaker 1: your life really, you know, savoring the moments that you have. 288 00:17:29,760 --> 00:17:33,480 Speaker 1: You know, hitting age fifty for me was like wow, 289 00:17:33,760 --> 00:17:36,960 Speaker 1: you know, certainly by no means slowing down, if anything, 290 00:17:37,240 --> 00:17:42,439 Speaker 1: I'm actually going a little more hardcore lately. But I 291 00:17:42,440 --> 00:17:46,480 Speaker 1: think savoring those moments and really respecting the time that 292 00:17:46,520 --> 00:17:50,359 Speaker 1: you have with loved ones and you know, trying to inspire, 293 00:17:51,280 --> 00:17:53,480 Speaker 1: you know, believing in yourself. I think there's a lot 294 00:17:53,480 --> 00:17:56,760 Speaker 1: of that on this record. You know, Whitehorse is about 295 00:17:56,840 --> 00:18:00,199 Speaker 1: hey man, you can't wait for shit to have and 296 00:18:00,240 --> 00:18:02,000 Speaker 1: you got to go make it happen. You've got to 297 00:18:02,040 --> 00:18:06,560 Speaker 1: believe that that you can, that you can go and 298 00:18:06,640 --> 00:18:09,720 Speaker 1: achieve things. You know, and you're not. You're you're only 299 00:18:09,760 --> 00:18:13,520 Speaker 1: as stuck as you think that you are. So a 300 00:18:13,520 --> 00:18:17,280 Speaker 1: lot of that is like kind of self reflective. But 301 00:18:17,680 --> 00:18:20,159 Speaker 1: you know, there's also obviously, you know, people in our 302 00:18:20,200 --> 00:18:22,560 Speaker 1: lives that we see and we see them stuck and 303 00:18:23,080 --> 00:18:25,679 Speaker 1: it's like, hey man, snap out of it. You're you know. 304 00:18:26,359 --> 00:18:27,719 Speaker 1: So I think there's a lot of that, you know, 305 00:18:27,760 --> 00:18:32,480 Speaker 1: there's a lot of just positivity for progress in people's 306 00:18:32,520 --> 00:18:33,640 Speaker 1: lives and love. 307 00:18:34,520 --> 00:18:39,360 Speaker 3: Is there something in particular that your father's passing taught you, Well, 308 00:18:39,400 --> 00:18:39,760 Speaker 3: that's a. 309 00:18:39,760 --> 00:18:49,000 Speaker 1: Rabbit hole, man, something that is passing taught me. I mean, 310 00:18:50,400 --> 00:18:55,080 Speaker 1: you know, Dad, he really gave his whole life to music, 311 00:18:55,800 --> 00:19:00,600 Speaker 1: and as beautiful as that is, you know, he didn't 312 00:19:00,880 --> 00:19:04,119 Speaker 1: leave as much time for family. And as much as 313 00:19:04,240 --> 00:19:07,560 Speaker 1: music means to me, family is always going to be 314 00:19:07,640 --> 00:19:10,119 Speaker 1: more important, you know. And I'm not saying that he 315 00:19:11,320 --> 00:19:14,000 Speaker 1: you know, but like an example, I just got done 316 00:19:14,040 --> 00:19:18,600 Speaker 1: with like our our twelfth father son vacation with my son. 317 00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:21,640 Speaker 1: You know, I never went on one vacation with my dad, 318 00:19:22,280 --> 00:19:25,600 Speaker 1: and I don't have any bitterness about that. I just 319 00:19:25,680 --> 00:19:28,360 Speaker 1: have a sadness Like man, I, you know, I wish 320 00:19:28,440 --> 00:19:32,840 Speaker 1: he could have experienced that side of life. He kind 321 00:19:32,840 --> 00:19:35,200 Speaker 1: of hid behind the music and he kind of hid 322 00:19:35,200 --> 00:19:40,040 Speaker 1: behind the creativity, whereas I love unplugging from that rock 323 00:19:40,119 --> 00:19:42,959 Speaker 1: and roll world for a week with my son and 324 00:19:43,080 --> 00:19:47,840 Speaker 1: going We've done crazy shit. We've we've ridden camels out 325 00:19:47,840 --> 00:19:52,720 Speaker 1: into the Sahara Desert in Morocco. We've hiked glaciers in Alaska. 326 00:19:53,720 --> 00:19:57,959 Speaker 1: We've ridden the bullet trains in Japan, like, you know, 327 00:19:58,040 --> 00:20:01,320 Speaker 1: we've we've seen the Grand Can and we've we've you know, 328 00:20:01,440 --> 00:20:06,439 Speaker 1: we've four wheelers in the Sedona Desert, like whitewater rafting 329 00:20:06,480 --> 00:20:10,520 Speaker 1: outside of Seattle. Like we've done incredible shit that if 330 00:20:10,560 --> 00:20:12,320 Speaker 1: you would have told me I'd be doing all that 331 00:20:12,359 --> 00:20:15,480 Speaker 1: stuff with my son, like when I was a kid, 332 00:20:15,560 --> 00:20:18,240 Speaker 1: I would have thought, well, you're crazy, Like that's that 333 00:20:18,320 --> 00:20:22,520 Speaker 1: sounds like the life of fucking Indiana Jones or some shit, 334 00:20:22,960 --> 00:20:26,639 Speaker 1: you know. Truly, Like, so we come back from these vacations. 335 00:20:26,680 --> 00:20:29,760 Speaker 1: I just got back from the Japan one with my son, 336 00:20:30,640 --> 00:20:34,200 Speaker 1: and I think I did learn a lot from dad's 337 00:20:34,240 --> 00:20:37,920 Speaker 1: passing about that, like, savor these moments, man, this is it. 338 00:20:38,480 --> 00:20:40,359 Speaker 1: You know, I want my kid to do that with 339 00:20:40,520 --> 00:20:41,000 Speaker 1: his kid. 340 00:20:42,520 --> 00:20:45,960 Speaker 3: Yeah, your father worked it, man, Like I uh yeah, 341 00:20:46,160 --> 00:20:50,960 Speaker 3: I was working in rock radio for much of my career, 342 00:20:51,760 --> 00:20:55,520 Speaker 3: and you know, he went out and worked it to 343 00:20:55,960 --> 00:21:00,520 Speaker 3: get airplay and you know, meet the program directors and everything. 344 00:21:00,840 --> 00:21:03,960 Speaker 3: One of my most unbelievable experiences I have to share 345 00:21:03,960 --> 00:21:09,880 Speaker 3: with you was somewhere in the Mumble this mid eighties, 346 00:21:13,119 --> 00:21:18,520 Speaker 3: there was a rock programmer's convention. It was this guy 347 00:21:18,680 --> 00:21:23,520 Speaker 3: Lee Abrams, who I'm still friends with, who he consulted 348 00:21:23,560 --> 00:21:27,240 Speaker 3: a bunch of radio stations and got all the programmers 349 00:21:27,280 --> 00:21:33,639 Speaker 3: together and one night Epic had a suite and I 350 00:21:33,720 --> 00:21:38,560 Speaker 3: freaking saw your dad playing with a keyboard for forty 351 00:21:38,640 --> 00:21:42,679 Speaker 3: minutes for programmers. And it's one of those moments I'll 352 00:21:42,720 --> 00:21:43,920 Speaker 3: never forget in my life. 353 00:21:43,920 --> 00:21:46,960 Speaker 1: Man. You know. So he worked at yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, 354 00:21:46,960 --> 00:21:49,120 Speaker 1: he did, man, for sure. I mean he lived it, 355 00:21:49,200 --> 00:21:53,120 Speaker 1: you know, and you know I do too. I definitely 356 00:21:53,119 --> 00:21:55,399 Speaker 1: spent a lot of time on the road, and you know, 357 00:21:55,440 --> 00:21:58,280 Speaker 1: I've started my own record label. I've had it going 358 00:21:58,320 --> 00:22:02,320 Speaker 1: for about five years, signed three different artists, and I 359 00:22:02,400 --> 00:22:06,000 Speaker 1: finally made the decision, the big leap to put my 360 00:22:06,040 --> 00:22:09,119 Speaker 1: own records out on this thing. And it's a labor. 361 00:22:09,119 --> 00:22:12,000 Speaker 1: I love it's it's a lot of work, it's a 362 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:13,720 Speaker 1: lot of time on a computer. It's a lot of 363 00:22:13,760 --> 00:22:16,200 Speaker 1: time with my team trying to figure it all out. 364 00:22:16,280 --> 00:22:19,800 Speaker 1: You know, there's big learning curve there. So definitely, I'm 365 00:22:19,880 --> 00:22:22,959 Speaker 1: I'm I'm as passionate, you know, with the business and 366 00:22:22,960 --> 00:22:25,639 Speaker 1: with the music and all that, but yeah, I like 367 00:22:25,760 --> 00:22:29,639 Speaker 1: to I like to unplug from it and and you know, 368 00:22:29,720 --> 00:22:32,280 Speaker 1: and be with my wife and be with my son 369 00:22:33,040 --> 00:22:35,680 Speaker 1: and uh and get that that family time in. 370 00:22:36,680 --> 00:22:42,840 Speaker 3: When you think about unheralded Allman Brothers albums or songs, 371 00:22:43,720 --> 00:22:46,760 Speaker 3: is there anything in particular that pops out to you. 372 00:22:47,720 --> 00:22:50,960 Speaker 1: I mean, Dreams has always been my favorite song, and 373 00:22:51,080 --> 00:22:54,000 Speaker 1: Seven Turns is probably like one of my dark horse 374 00:22:54,040 --> 00:22:57,160 Speaker 1: favorite records. I just I love it. I think there 375 00:22:57,240 --> 00:23:02,000 Speaker 1: was a new enthusiasm for them being back together. It 376 00:23:02,040 --> 00:23:07,199 Speaker 1: was a crisp production without being you know, overly. I 377 00:23:07,200 --> 00:23:11,359 Speaker 1: think it come out in ninety nineteen ninety, but it 378 00:23:11,440 --> 00:23:15,240 Speaker 1: didn't have that you know eighties sound that you know, 379 00:23:15,359 --> 00:23:18,080 Speaker 1: kind of kept going through at least ninety and ninety one, 380 00:23:18,560 --> 00:23:21,320 Speaker 1: you know, the kind of over reverberated, like, you know, 381 00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:25,680 Speaker 1: kind of schlocky eighties production. I love seven Turns a lot. 382 00:23:26,640 --> 00:23:28,560 Speaker 1: I think people might be surprised that that's one of 383 00:23:28,560 --> 00:23:29,120 Speaker 1: my favorites. 384 00:23:29,920 --> 00:23:32,560 Speaker 3: It's a great one, you know. You know which one 385 00:23:32,880 --> 00:23:38,679 Speaker 3: I think deserves more recognition is no One to Run to? 386 00:23:38,920 --> 00:23:39,440 Speaker 1: Yeah? 387 00:23:39,560 --> 00:23:40,920 Speaker 3: What a great song, my god? 388 00:23:41,880 --> 00:23:46,080 Speaker 1: Oh no, no no One? Yeah? Yeah, so I think 389 00:23:46,080 --> 00:23:48,719 Speaker 1: it's no One Left to run with? Yeah, But the 390 00:23:48,800 --> 00:23:51,680 Speaker 1: line the lyric in the song is nobody left to 391 00:23:51,760 --> 00:23:55,399 Speaker 1: run with? And I always found that strange that the 392 00:23:55,440 --> 00:23:58,680 Speaker 1: titles no one left to run with, but they sing 393 00:23:58,720 --> 00:24:02,920 Speaker 1: nobody left round with, nobody left too wrong with it 394 00:24:03,200 --> 00:24:06,840 Speaker 1: a moll that's just wild. I remember when we were 395 00:24:06,880 --> 00:24:09,960 Speaker 1: learning that song for Revival, and I would always do 396 00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:12,600 Speaker 1: that with Jimmy Hall as kind of a duet. I 397 00:24:12,640 --> 00:24:14,439 Speaker 1: was like, wow, that's kind of it's kind of odd. 398 00:24:14,920 --> 00:24:17,200 Speaker 1: You know, why didn't they just call it nobody left 399 00:24:17,240 --> 00:24:17,919 Speaker 1: around with? You know? 400 00:24:18,320 --> 00:24:20,879 Speaker 3: Yeah, I hadn't thought about that, really, that's right. 401 00:24:20,920 --> 00:24:23,200 Speaker 1: And I don't know if that was like a printer 402 00:24:23,359 --> 00:24:25,520 Speaker 1: fuck up, like you know, and they just were like 403 00:24:25,640 --> 00:24:28,280 Speaker 1: I keep it, or if that was intentional. I still 404 00:24:28,280 --> 00:24:30,840 Speaker 1: don't know. I should ask Warren Haynes. Warren might have 405 00:24:30,920 --> 00:24:33,400 Speaker 1: a take on that. I think I will. I'm gonna 406 00:24:33,400 --> 00:24:35,399 Speaker 1: text him that I love it. 407 00:24:35,520 --> 00:24:36,720 Speaker 3: I spurned it on. 408 00:24:37,119 --> 00:24:39,080 Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm gonna I'm gonna text him right now. It 409 00:24:39,119 --> 00:24:41,320 Speaker 1: wouldn't it be neat if during the interview he comes 410 00:24:41,320 --> 00:24:42,080 Speaker 1: with an answer. 411 00:24:42,880 --> 00:24:44,120 Speaker 3: He probably will. 412 00:24:43,960 --> 00:24:52,199 Speaker 1: Right, Hey, Warren, happy Monday. Brother, got a quick question 413 00:24:52,320 --> 00:24:56,800 Speaker 1: for it. But see what he says. It would be funny. 414 00:24:57,359 --> 00:24:58,080 Speaker 3: That's awesome. 415 00:24:59,160 --> 00:25:03,520 Speaker 1: So yeah, man, But you know, you know what a 416 00:25:03,600 --> 00:25:06,040 Speaker 1: what a career? I mean, that's I went for. You know, 417 00:25:06,119 --> 00:25:08,400 Speaker 1: I didn't even meet my dad till I was like sixteen. 418 00:25:08,680 --> 00:25:12,880 Speaker 1: I met him outside the Fox Theater in Saint Louis, Missouri. 419 00:25:12,920 --> 00:25:15,320 Speaker 1: He was there, he was playing with I want to 420 00:25:15,320 --> 00:25:17,520 Speaker 1: say it was thirty eight special on the just before 421 00:25:17,560 --> 00:25:20,840 Speaker 1: the Bullets Fly tour in eighty eight. I was sixteen. 422 00:25:21,640 --> 00:25:24,520 Speaker 1: Hit the bus pulled up, he walked off. That's the 423 00:25:24,520 --> 00:25:27,560 Speaker 1: first time I ever saw my dad with my own eyes. 424 00:25:28,280 --> 00:25:33,200 Speaker 1: And went into the venue, Fox Theater, into the dressing rooms, 425 00:25:33,240 --> 00:25:36,560 Speaker 1: and he was he was pretty nervous. And we sat 426 00:25:36,600 --> 00:25:39,359 Speaker 1: there and we chatted for a while, and I watched 427 00:25:39,440 --> 00:25:42,720 Speaker 1: him play and you know, and thus the relationship was born, 428 00:25:42,760 --> 00:25:46,560 Speaker 1: and we always had more of a of a I 429 00:25:46,560 --> 00:25:50,919 Speaker 1: don't know, like a brother relationship. And there was points 430 00:25:50,920 --> 00:25:52,920 Speaker 1: in time where my dad said, hey, did you ever 431 00:25:52,960 --> 00:25:56,080 Speaker 1: think when you met your dad that you'd be the dad? 432 00:25:56,640 --> 00:25:59,399 Speaker 1: Because he'd called me for advice and shit, like, he 433 00:25:59,480 --> 00:26:01,399 Speaker 1: knew I have my head on straight, you know. And 434 00:26:02,080 --> 00:26:05,400 Speaker 1: he you know, he obviously had his crazy decades and stuff. 435 00:26:05,440 --> 00:26:09,280 Speaker 1: So we had a real unique relationship. He knew that 436 00:26:09,320 --> 00:26:11,840 Speaker 1: I would always tell it to him straight. You know, 437 00:26:11,920 --> 00:26:16,080 Speaker 1: I wasn't there to kiss his ass. I might have 438 00:26:16,200 --> 00:26:20,800 Speaker 1: a viewpoint that he didn't like or didn't want to face, 439 00:26:21,119 --> 00:26:23,960 Speaker 1: but I would always tell it to him straight. And 440 00:26:24,800 --> 00:26:26,520 Speaker 1: you know, there was a lot of mutual respect and 441 00:26:26,880 --> 00:26:30,000 Speaker 1: a lot of love there. He uh, you know, he 442 00:26:30,160 --> 00:26:33,800 Speaker 1: sorely missed for sure. But I you know, I take 443 00:26:33,920 --> 00:26:36,199 Speaker 1: solace and like the you know, the music lives on. 444 00:26:36,440 --> 00:26:40,199 Speaker 1: It's it's it's really nice when I walk into a 445 00:26:40,200 --> 00:26:44,080 Speaker 1: place and I hear you know, Midnight Rider, or I'm 446 00:26:44,119 --> 00:26:47,359 Speaker 1: watching TV and you know, one way out comes on 447 00:26:47,800 --> 00:26:50,800 Speaker 1: or whatever, and it's like, okay, hey dad, how you doing? 448 00:26:51,960 --> 00:26:55,240 Speaker 3: And you had written him a very simple letter, right, yeah, 449 00:26:56,400 --> 00:26:59,199 Speaker 3: like like, what was the contents? Can you reveal of 450 00:26:59,240 --> 00:26:59,640 Speaker 3: that letter? 451 00:26:59,800 --> 00:27:04,359 Speaker 1: Yeah? Yeah, yeah, I remember. You know, as a kid, 452 00:27:04,880 --> 00:27:07,639 Speaker 1: it's tough to grow up without your dad. Well, where's 453 00:27:07,680 --> 00:27:10,520 Speaker 1: my dad? All my friends have a dad. Where's my dad? 454 00:27:10,840 --> 00:27:13,600 Speaker 1: And then I figured out pretty early on that my 455 00:27:13,720 --> 00:27:17,399 Speaker 1: dad was famous, and that was a mind fuck, you know. 456 00:27:18,480 --> 00:27:21,760 Speaker 1: You know, my mom blessed her heart and she passed 457 00:27:22,240 --> 00:27:24,920 Speaker 1: five months before my dad, so I lost them both 458 00:27:24,960 --> 00:27:29,040 Speaker 1: real real quick together. My mom said she could have 459 00:27:29,080 --> 00:27:31,440 Speaker 1: shit talked him a lot, but she said, hey, man, 460 00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:35,240 Speaker 1: your dad's a good guy. You're going to meet him someday. 461 00:27:35,240 --> 00:27:38,760 Speaker 1: You guys are going to get along great. And that 462 00:27:38,880 --> 00:27:42,399 Speaker 1: was it, and she always was positive about it. And 463 00:27:42,480 --> 00:27:44,800 Speaker 1: I don't know, man, I just kind of I went 464 00:27:44,800 --> 00:27:47,679 Speaker 1: through life. You know, I had a normal upbringing. I 465 00:27:47,720 --> 00:27:51,280 Speaker 1: played soccer, I ate McDonald's, I went to the movies. 466 00:27:51,840 --> 00:27:54,800 Speaker 1: You know. They even changed my name to my stepdad's 467 00:27:54,880 --> 00:27:58,800 Speaker 1: name for a few years, which I wasn't real crazy about. 468 00:27:59,320 --> 00:28:03,399 Speaker 1: But when I met my dad, yeah, I think I 469 00:28:03,480 --> 00:28:07,040 Speaker 1: was fifteen, I saw, I actually saw a video of him, 470 00:28:07,080 --> 00:28:10,560 Speaker 1: a music video on MTV, and I thought, well, this 471 00:28:10,680 --> 00:28:14,439 Speaker 1: is stupid, Like I should reach out, you know, just enough, 472 00:28:14,840 --> 00:28:17,560 Speaker 1: you know, enough of not knowing. So I just wrote 473 00:28:17,600 --> 00:28:21,400 Speaker 1: him a simple letter and it said something like, hey, man, 474 00:28:22,080 --> 00:28:25,600 Speaker 1: I'm your kid. I live in Alabama. I was living 475 00:28:25,640 --> 00:28:28,960 Speaker 1: in Mobile at Alabama at the time. I'm a sophomore 476 00:28:29,040 --> 00:28:31,959 Speaker 1: in high school. I played guitar. I like Ozzy Osbourne. 477 00:28:32,119 --> 00:28:35,320 Speaker 1: Here's my phone number. It was like it was the 478 00:28:35,400 --> 00:28:39,360 Speaker 1: dumbest shit letter you could ever reade. But it was 479 00:28:39,480 --> 00:28:42,360 Speaker 1: really indignative. I mean, I was fifteen years old, you know, 480 00:28:43,320 --> 00:28:46,880 Speaker 1: and sure as shit. I come home about a week 481 00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:53,040 Speaker 1: later and my mom, you know, was like, Davin, get 482 00:28:53,080 --> 00:28:58,800 Speaker 1: down here. I run downstairs. I thought she had gotten hurt, 483 00:28:59,040 --> 00:29:02,520 Speaker 1: and I go, Mom, what's what's wrong? And she's just 484 00:29:02,640 --> 00:29:06,360 Speaker 1: looking at me like she's seen a ghost, with her 485 00:29:06,520 --> 00:29:11,400 Speaker 1: arm outstretched with the phone saying it's your dad on 486 00:29:11,440 --> 00:29:16,680 Speaker 1: the phone. And I was like, get the fuck up here. 487 00:29:19,000 --> 00:29:20,360 Speaker 1: You gotta be kidding me. 488 00:29:21,400 --> 00:29:22,240 Speaker 3: And he was. 489 00:29:22,360 --> 00:29:25,800 Speaker 1: He was nervous, wasn't Yeah, man, he was. He was nervous. 490 00:29:26,040 --> 00:29:29,480 Speaker 1: And I said, well, Mom, you know, I'm gonna take 491 00:29:29,480 --> 00:29:31,280 Speaker 1: it upstairs. So I went up to my room and 492 00:29:31,320 --> 00:29:33,960 Speaker 1: I picked up the phone and I go hello, and 493 00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:38,160 Speaker 1: he goes, hey, demn, it's your dad, and I was like, 494 00:29:38,400 --> 00:29:44,000 Speaker 1: oh shit, what the fuck? And I'm like, hey, hey, man, 495 00:29:44,720 --> 00:29:46,840 Speaker 1: you know, how are you doing. Where are you right now? 496 00:29:47,080 --> 00:29:49,040 Speaker 1: I'm on tour. I met wherever he was, you know, 497 00:29:49,920 --> 00:29:52,479 Speaker 1: and and we we talked on the phone for about 498 00:29:53,640 --> 00:29:55,840 Speaker 1: oh god, man, it must have been about two hours. 499 00:29:56,160 --> 00:29:58,720 Speaker 1: I remember my ear was hurting. I was like, but 500 00:29:58,840 --> 00:30:02,640 Speaker 1: we talked a lot about music and a lot about guitar, 501 00:30:03,120 --> 00:30:06,959 Speaker 1: and it was wild. It was really wild, you know. 502 00:30:07,040 --> 00:30:09,040 Speaker 1: And then he was like, Hey, I'm going on tour, 503 00:30:09,480 --> 00:30:11,080 Speaker 1: you know, you should come to the show so we 504 00:30:11,120 --> 00:30:14,040 Speaker 1: can meet. And you know, a few months later, that's 505 00:30:14,040 --> 00:30:16,360 Speaker 1: when I met him at Fox Theater in Saint Louis, 506 00:30:16,400 --> 00:30:20,160 Speaker 1: and it was kind of off to the races. 507 00:30:20,200 --> 00:30:24,680 Speaker 3: And you opened for the band frequently right over time. 508 00:30:24,760 --> 00:30:32,920 Speaker 1: Yeah, Like later on, probably starting around ninety three ish, 509 00:30:32,960 --> 00:30:35,760 Speaker 1: I would go out on stints where I would open 510 00:30:35,760 --> 00:30:38,880 Speaker 1: for the Greg Almond band, you know, my band at 511 00:30:38,880 --> 00:30:43,480 Speaker 1: the time, kind of the band Doujour different iterations, would 512 00:30:43,560 --> 00:30:46,600 Speaker 1: go out and support him, and then I would sit 513 00:30:46,680 --> 00:30:49,200 Speaker 1: in with his band as well and kind of learn 514 00:30:49,240 --> 00:30:53,640 Speaker 1: the ropes. I always used to just sing Midnight Rider, 515 00:30:53,840 --> 00:30:56,760 Speaker 1: and then I became more of a guitarist and I 516 00:30:56,800 --> 00:31:01,360 Speaker 1: think I graduated to one Way Out and after some 517 00:31:01,480 --> 00:31:04,440 Speaker 1: time I graduated to One Way Out and taking one 518 00:31:04,480 --> 00:31:07,960 Speaker 1: of the solos, you know, and it was I kind 519 00:31:07,960 --> 00:31:12,440 Speaker 1: of got this like piecemeal, like step by step. Near 520 00:31:12,480 --> 00:31:16,160 Speaker 1: the end, I was I was featured on Dreams and 521 00:31:16,200 --> 00:31:19,760 Speaker 1: had a solo in Dreams, which was incredible. And then 522 00:31:19,760 --> 00:31:22,040 Speaker 1: I would sit in with the Alman brothers and I 523 00:31:22,160 --> 00:31:24,760 Speaker 1: tell you what, you know, having to stand between Warren 524 00:31:24,800 --> 00:31:28,600 Speaker 1: Haines and Derek Trucks or Warren Haynes and Dicky Betts, 525 00:31:29,280 --> 00:31:31,800 Speaker 1: you know, and play on One Way Out or something 526 00:31:31,960 --> 00:31:36,440 Speaker 1: was like shit, holy shit, these are like the Jedi 527 00:31:36,520 --> 00:31:40,880 Speaker 1: Masters of guitar, you know, And what the fuck do I? 528 00:31:41,000 --> 00:31:43,680 Speaker 1: You know, the fuck do I got compared to these guys. So, 529 00:31:43,800 --> 00:31:46,520 Speaker 1: I mean, you know, the only thing you have when 530 00:31:46,560 --> 00:31:49,880 Speaker 1: you're in that situation is that you have you. There's 531 00:31:49,920 --> 00:31:52,680 Speaker 1: only one you in the universe. You know. You can't 532 00:31:52,760 --> 00:31:56,520 Speaker 1: be Robin Trauer, Jamie Hendrix, you can only you know, 533 00:31:56,600 --> 00:31:59,360 Speaker 1: I could only be Devin Almont. I can only play 534 00:31:59,760 --> 00:32:03,800 Speaker 1: the licks and the feel and the touch and the 535 00:32:03,840 --> 00:32:07,080 Speaker 1: way that I play and just hope for the fucking best, 536 00:32:07,160 --> 00:32:09,720 Speaker 1: you know, like if I can just do the be 537 00:32:09,880 --> 00:32:12,240 Speaker 1: the best me I can be in that moment, then 538 00:32:12,560 --> 00:32:16,440 Speaker 1: hopefully I'll survive this, you know, head cutting that I'm 539 00:32:16,480 --> 00:32:20,040 Speaker 1: about to receive, you know, but you know both of 540 00:32:20,040 --> 00:32:23,840 Speaker 1: those cats, they are all those cats, Dicky and you know, 541 00:32:23,960 --> 00:32:26,800 Speaker 1: rest in peace man. Dicky was was such a force. 542 00:32:27,400 --> 00:32:30,280 Speaker 1: Dicky was one of the cats that really helped me 543 00:32:30,480 --> 00:32:33,680 Speaker 1: to believe in myself, like even more than my dad 544 00:32:34,120 --> 00:32:35,640 Speaker 1: and I got you know, I got to hang with 545 00:32:35,680 --> 00:32:38,520 Speaker 1: Dicky quite a bit and tell him that over the 546 00:32:38,600 --> 00:32:42,000 Speaker 1: last ten years. But yeah, man, you know, you get 547 00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:44,040 Speaker 1: thrown into the fire and you try not to, you know, 548 00:32:44,240 --> 00:32:48,160 Speaker 1: get burned to a crisp well. 549 00:32:48,200 --> 00:32:52,040 Speaker 3: In closing, you clearly have been mentored by some of 550 00:32:52,080 --> 00:32:57,320 Speaker 3: the greatest. Are you mentoring yourself some of those coming 551 00:32:57,400 --> 00:32:58,320 Speaker 3: up in the wings? 552 00:32:58,840 --> 00:33:03,120 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean for sure, Like we you know, I've 553 00:33:03,200 --> 00:33:07,840 Speaker 1: signed some younger artists. You know, we always keep a lookout. 554 00:33:08,200 --> 00:33:13,560 Speaker 1: There's a kid down in Florida, Champ Jackson, who's coming up. 555 00:33:14,160 --> 00:33:18,480 Speaker 1: You know, we've had him sit in. Grace Bowers is 556 00:33:18,480 --> 00:33:21,840 Speaker 1: a phenomenal young talent. She just turned eighteen, but she 557 00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:25,880 Speaker 1: sat in with us on the revival in Ryman at 558 00:33:25,880 --> 00:33:27,920 Speaker 1: the Rymann Theater three years ago when she was like 559 00:33:27,960 --> 00:33:30,640 Speaker 1: fifteen years old. So we always you know, that's a 560 00:33:30,640 --> 00:33:33,560 Speaker 1: big part of the revival too, is the diversity is 561 00:33:33,600 --> 00:33:37,480 Speaker 1: the key there. Like, you know, we want to celebrate 562 00:33:37,520 --> 00:33:39,959 Speaker 1: that songbook of the Allman Brothers, but we want to 563 00:33:40,000 --> 00:33:45,640 Speaker 1: be inclusive of younger artists, older black, white, male, female. 564 00:33:45,880 --> 00:33:48,200 Speaker 1: You know, we want that diversity in there. We want 565 00:33:48,200 --> 00:33:50,520 Speaker 1: it to be a show that really, you know, includes 566 00:33:51,320 --> 00:33:54,760 Speaker 1: so it's not all you know, white guy, burning hot 567 00:33:54,800 --> 00:33:57,680 Speaker 1: guitar players. You know, we want great singers and soul 568 00:33:57,800 --> 00:34:01,760 Speaker 1: singers and Jimmy Hall, you know, and you know somebody 569 00:34:01,960 --> 00:34:05,440 Speaker 1: Jimmy Hall seventy, you know, Grace Bowers is eighteen. You know, 570 00:34:05,480 --> 00:34:08,879 Speaker 1: we want that spread for a show like that. So absolutely, 571 00:34:09,760 --> 00:34:12,440 Speaker 1: you know, if we are the bridge, you know, you 572 00:34:12,560 --> 00:34:15,440 Speaker 1: got the original rock stars of the Zeppelins and the 573 00:34:15,440 --> 00:34:17,880 Speaker 1: Beatles and the All My Brothers and the Stones, you know, 574 00:34:17,920 --> 00:34:19,719 Speaker 1: and you got these eighteen year old kids that are 575 00:34:20,120 --> 00:34:23,759 Speaker 1: that are just now discovering Hendricks and shit. And you know, 576 00:34:23,840 --> 00:34:27,120 Speaker 1: if people you know, like us are kind of a 577 00:34:27,160 --> 00:34:32,200 Speaker 1: bridge to aid in getting some of those younger folks 578 00:34:32,239 --> 00:34:36,120 Speaker 1: listening to the right stuff, then that's that's all we 579 00:34:36,120 --> 00:34:36,640 Speaker 1: could hope for. 580 00:34:38,560 --> 00:34:42,120 Speaker 3: David Auman Rock Royalty, Dude, thank you so much for 581 00:34:42,200 --> 00:34:46,479 Speaker 3: your time. Congrats on Miami Moon, which is sensational. Good 582 00:34:46,560 --> 00:34:50,720 Speaker 3: luck on the revival tour, and man, it's an honor 583 00:34:50,760 --> 00:34:51,279 Speaker 3: to talk to you. 584 00:34:51,680 --> 00:34:52,280 Speaker 1: What a pleasure. 585 00:34:52,320 --> 00:34:52,520 Speaker 2: Man. 586 00:34:52,600 --> 00:34:54,320 Speaker 1: Thanks for having me today. 587 00:34:55,120 --> 00:34:57,560 Speaker 2: Thanks for listening to this episode of the Taking a 588 00:34:57,600 --> 00:35:01,680 Speaker 2: Walk podcast. Share this other episodes with your friends and 589 00:35:01,840 --> 00:35:05,200 Speaker 2: follow us so you never miss an episode. Taking a 590 00:35:05,239 --> 00:35:09,319 Speaker 2: Walk is available on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, and 591 00:35:09,760 --> 00:35:11,480 Speaker 2: wherever you get your podcasts