Mangrove Indie Collective

21/04/2024

21/04/2024

Last night of Phish at Sphere 🔮🌀

With over 35 broadcast cameras on-site, these shows mark the first-ever live broadcasts out of this iconic venue. 🎥

Catch the last of Phish’s historic Las Vegas residency live in 4K and HD on LivePhish.com

21/04/2024

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21/04/2024

20/04/2024

Peaceful Journey Dickey Betts

20/04/2024

And we're only halfway

📷: Rich Fury / Sphere Entertainment

19/04/2024

May the four winds blow Dickey safely home.
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19/04/2024

19/04/2024

Zac Brown wrote this to honor our friend and hero Mr. Jimmy Buffett. “Pirates and Parrots” out now! https://zacbrownband.lnk.to/piratesandparrots

19/04/2024

"I enjoyed playing music with Richard for 50 years. Rest easy."

Photo - John Gellman

19/04/2024

RIP Dickey Betts – not sure what to say. Such a huge loss. Not only for our musical family, but for the world of music in general. Aside from being a huge, major influence on my music from before I picked up a guitar, Dickey was the one person I credit for everything amazing that happened in my career. As I have stated many times, I was a huge Allman Brothers fan from the very beginning. My oldest brother had the first album in 1969 and it got a ton of play around our house. By the time the Live at Fillmore East record came out in 1971, I was just starting to play guitar and that was with without question the album that influenced me and all my young guitar playing friends the most. We would all listen to it for hours on end, day in and day out. It was a moment in time. What a beautiful gift to up and coming guitar players who might want to travel down that road of improvisation and melding influences. The way he and Duane Allman played together was a thing of beauty and glory. Dickey’s style was a combination of all his diverse influences filtered through his personality and what came out was a joyous sound that would directly or indirectly influence all related music to come. His songs like Blue Sky, In Memory of Elizabeth Reed, and his masterpiece Jessica will live on forever. Listening as a kid I had no idea that one day our paths would cross and that he would become a mentor to me. In addition to being the huge influence and inspiration that he had been for years, he was also a presence that loomed larger than life. I started playing with the Dickey Betts Band around 1986 and when he recruited me to be the other guitar player and the slide guitar player in his band, it was the ultimate compliment. I’ll never forget speaking to him on the phone when he called to offer me the job. It was one of those “pinch me” moments in my life, but I had no way of knowing what a heavy moment it would prove to be. After playing in Dickey’s band for 2 1/2 years, I got the call to join my favorite band of all time, The Allman Brothers Band. No one knew at that time that they were considering reforming, so it came as a shock to me. We all signed on to do what we thought was only gonna be a reunion tour for the band’s 20th anniversary to support the Dreams box set. Not myself or anyone else ever imagined that it would turn into what it did and I wound up spending 25 years of my life life as a member of my favorite band. As I’ve also said many times, when I think of the Allman Brothers Band, I automatically think of the original band with Duane Allman and Berry Oakley, who unfortunately passed way too soon, and although I’m extremely proud of my work with the band, that will always be the case. Dickey Betts and I created a lot of great music together and what I took from him was a major contribution in my life. It did not take long once I joined his band to realize, standing next to him with that beautiful tone, that I had a lot to work to on, both with my tone and with my style. It was amazingly intimidating to stand there night after night realizing how far I had to go. He threw me in the lake and I had to learn to swim. I am forever grateful for that “once in a lifetime” opportunity. Thanks Dickey-WH

19/04/2024

In The Queen City, a night unforgettable …

This band’s surreal origin tour hardly feels 6 shows old … rehearsal feels a thousand years ago, chatting away with Les, Berry & Bud Snyder about ABB history, and how nearby Dickey was to our Sarasota rehearsal space.

A week later, Les dragged me (TM) to divert to Macon, from our FL > ATL 8 hour drive, to eat soul food at the famous ABB hang & visit The Big House (ABB museum) & swapping tales about him … Les had vastly superior tales. After all, he was barely 20 when summoned to play on ‘Brothers & Sisters’ and help arrange its 2 biggest hits.

And today, Dickey’s gone and we’re playing his music like our lives depend on it, and your lives. But mainly with heartfelt devotion & sharing our gratitude that The Ranger (as Kirk West called him), walked among us. Some of us literally came of age and grew up on his music. So through us, meaning musicians and fans everywhere, he lives and shall forever.

And the band played their ever loving hearts out for him and us and themselves.
In The Queen City, a night unforgettable.

LDB_0418_Show #6
for FRB

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Will The Circle Be Unbroken (a capella)>
Don’t Want You No More/
It’s Not My Cross to Bear >
Statesboro Blues
Tennessee Jed >
Hot ‘lanta >
Dark Star 1>
Mountain Jam >
OTR Jam >
Dreams >
China Cat Sunflower >
Mountain Jam 2 >
Jessica >

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Mountains of the Moon (TC solo) >
Dark Star 2 >
Trouble No More
Big Boss Man >
Melissa >
Blue Sky >
Franklin’s Tower >
In Memory of Elizabeth Reed >
Morning Dew (amazing)

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Ramblin’ Man

18/04/2024

We're deeply saddened by the loss of Dickey Betts. A founding member of The Allman Brothers Band and a legendary guitarist, Dickey's influence on rock and blues music is immeasurable. His soulful guitar playing and heartfelt songwriting have left an indelible mark on music lovers everywhere. Thank you, Dickey, for sharing your immense talent with the world. You will be dearly missed. Rest in peace ❤️
📸: Vernon Webb

18/04/2024

In Memory of Jimmy Buffett

Whether planned or coincidence, every time I ran into Jimmy it was like seeing an old friend. He was brilliant and a genuinely good and generous man. We didn’t know each other that well. We weren’t old friends, but that’s how I felt around him. He is loved by so many because that’s how he made us all feel.

It would be nice to run into him again.

-DM

18/04/2024

We are deeply saddened by the loss of Dickey Betts, a founding member of The Allman Brothers Band. Thank you for all the memories you made with us at the Beacon Theatre ❤️

📷: Al Pereira/MSG

18/04/2024

It's with profound sadness we share the news of Dickey Betts passing. Dickey more than anyone had an impressionable impact in shaping and defining the genre of music that has come to be known as southern rock. The influence of his musicianship and songwriting skills are immeasurable, and his passing marks the end of an era. It's with the utmost respect and sadness that we share our condolences with his family and loved ones.