Reply #45: The ones stumping for Bush...

[Zomby Woof]

That is sad for sure, but Ronnie supported Carter and the original band raised money for him in 1976. Safe to say... he would be ashamed of the 2 remaining members in the so-called new version of the band. 2!

Also, it isn't spin about Neil. Ronnie said (and you can hear the actual tape in the "Freebird" movie) that "Neil was a genius". RagingInMiami was absolutely correct about their mutual admiration. Neil wrote "Powderfinger" and "Sedan Delivery" for them to cover.

And... the line is, as I have always heard it is, "Where the skies are so blue, and the governor is too!" A mocking of him. Their bass player equated Wallace to HITLER. You can't disavow him much more than that! Plus, they posed with some local African-Americans for the cover shot of their debut, but the final decision just made it a group shot. Since they LOVED the interracial Allmans, I doubt if they were racist. "The Ballad of Curtis Loew" says so.

Cheesy, racist, redneck bands wouldn't have written 'Saturday Night Special', 'Things Goin' On', or 'All I Can Do Is Write About It'.

Or have supported Carter.

The current version doesn't count... 2 members, and I think they are being played as fools by the people they now hang out with. It is not Ronnie's fault this happened, being gone for over 27 years now.