Jimmy Herring, Derek Trucks, Warren Haynes. Give me any of them. I miss seeing live shows. Alaska is the great cultural wasteland.

John, you finally came to my rescue. grawk, I agree.

I'd love to see Aquarium Rescue Unit again...Oteil, Jimmy, Jeff Sipes, and Col. Bruce...

Being a total Warren Haynes fanboy and a huge Derek Trucks fan I'll throw in my two cents. As far as slide I think they are about the same with maybe Derek getting a slight lead. They just have different styles, tone, technique, etc. Like Canman said Derek is more jazz, Warren more blues. Derek can turn out some really nasty blues though. Check out 44 Blues and I Walk On Gilded Splinters on the Instant live Fox Box. As for regular playing I think Warren is better. He has such control over his playing that it is crazy. I love his tones and his versatility is of "mind numbing proportions ". As for Derek having no felling, that is crazy. He just does not do crazy face melting and running around stage. He just stands in the same place and lets the playing do the talking, he barely talks and sometimes looks like he does not want to be there. But if you just listen to him play you will see where he is coming from. It's just his personality I guess. Watching Warren face melt is a fun pastime though. Anyway I think it is silly to compare them as they are both first class players. I love both their side/main projects and as well as what they bring to the Allmans. Gov't Mule is finally coming to town in a few days and I can't wait. Derek Trucks Band came a few months ago and was first rate.

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That was an excellent band and I'd love to see that original lineup play a few more shows. I have a couple of tapes of some shows they did back in the early/mid 90's. The Col. always seems to put together great players.

As for the Haynes/Trucks debate, I love both those guys. Dereks band leans more toward a fusion sound while Warren has one foot in the blues and the other in the rock & roll. Anyone who thinks that Derek plays without emotion has never heard him build a solo around an instrumental cover of Amazing Grace. He might not show a lot of emotion on stage but his playing blows me away. Get the the cd Live at the Georgia Theater or go to archive.org and download the show from the Cat's Cradle recorded 3/30/2000.

Warren Haynes is simply one of the best all around musicians going. Never seen him do a bad show and I've seen him with the Brothers, the Mule and the Dead about 30 times over the years in bars and in front of thousands. I love that solo acoustic cd Live from Bonaroo he released last year.

Best of all, I have 7th row seats to see them tomorrow night. Can't wait!

I saw the show in charlotte either the day before or day after that cats cradle show. I probably recorded it, in fact. I still don't find emotion in his playing. Perhaps I'm missing it, but his playing doesn't portray emotion to my ears.

After listening to these two a lot recently, Mr. Haynes is just more well rounded. The ABB sure had some monster players and I never fully appreciated them until after I listened to the guys solo and then went back. But for me, Warren is the rocker's Swiss Army knife. His covers are often better than the originals. And so soulful.