This questions comes up a couple of times a year on the ABB list. Here's a
summary from the most recent run through:
One of the long-time road crew members of ABB has said that he was told (by
Dickey) that their version did come from Alligator. This is perhaps the
standard version of the stor
David you are too kind. Donovan's There Is a Mountain was
inescapable on the airwaves both AM and FM when it was released.
Fortunately it was a catchy tune.
Paul
At 9:09 AM -0500 5/19/02, Richard Dykes wrote:
>I was listening to the gd hour this morning and heard the "First
>There Is A Mountain" (a.k.a. "Mountain Jam") quote/tease on
>Alligator from 1/22/68 Eagle's Auditorium, Seattle WA. I've heard
>these before but I never realized before this morning
At 09:09 AM 5/19/2002 -0500, Richard Dykes wrote:
I was listening to the gd hour this
morning and heard the "First There Is A Mountain" (a.k.a.
"Mountain Jam") quote/tease on Alligator from 1/22/68 Eagle's
Auditorium, Seattle WA. I've heard these before but I never realized
before this morning tha
I was listening to the gd hour this morning and heard the "First There Is A
Mountain" (a.k.a. "Mountain Jam") quote/tease on Alligator from 1/22/68
Eagle's Auditorium, Seattle WA. I've heard these before but I never
realized before this morning that they were pre-Allman Brothers. I quess
Duane