Thanks for the welcome allthumbs. I will need to check out the clips people have posted. You won't be hearing anything from me in the near future though. I'm not sure if I can make recordings and get them out, but in that regard my time would be better spent trying to get rid of all that fret noise and buzzing that is so annoying -- at least my pitch is getting better.
Hey Skibumdog, I think that new Allman Bros DVD may have been what motivated me to start playing
slide a lot more recently. I got it knowing how much I liked Warren Haynes playing, and thinking I've always wanted to check out Derek Trucks since I've heard so much about him.
I was blown away by both these guys. Watching Derek actually got me thinking that I could do some of what he was doing. If I'd only heard him, I would have had no idea why he sounded so good; I would've gotten discouraged, and gotten drunk.
Those two are really honoring the Allman's sound/history but pushig it ahead new and interesting ways.