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Tampa Bay Rodeo: The area’s top men and women will compete in bull riding, bronco busting, calf roping and more, and there will be a family festival with food, activities and a mechanical bull. Country singer Emmet Stevens Jr. will perform both nights. In addition, there will be monster truck rides, camel rides, a giant slide, Jenga and cornhole. Gates open at 5 p.m. and the rodeo begins at 8. $15-$30, 3 and younger free. 5-10 p.m. Friday-Saturday (April 12-13). Hillsborough County Fairgrounds, 215 Sydney Washer Road, Brandon. 813-737-3247.

Pinellas Pepper Fest: The 17th annual celebration of all things spicy features vendors offering sauces, salsas, rubs, spicy food, plants, peppers, food products, gadgets and kitchenware, along with spicy contests and music. Free. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday-Sunday (April 13-14). England Brothers Bandshell Park, 5010 81st Ave. N., Pinellas Park. 727-322-5217.

Tampa Bay Blues Fest: The kickoff party features the Blood Brothers, a blues rock band featuring Mike Zito and Albert Castiglia and winner of Blues Music Awards for Best Blues Rock Album and Best Blues Rock Artist for 2022 and 2023. $40. 8 p.m. Thursday (April 11). Palladium Theater, 253 Fifth Ave. N., St. Petersburg. 727-822-3590. The main festival takes place Friday through Sunday, when some of the biggest names on the American blues scene take the stage in Vinoy Park. This year’s lineup includes Grace Potter, Blood Brothers, Bywater Call, Altered Five Blues Band and King Solomon Hicks (Friday); Beth Hart, Lil’Ed and the Blues Imperials, Robert Jon and the Wreck, Southern Avenue and Cash Box Kings (Saturday); and Tab Benoit, Coco Montoya, Anson Funderburgh and the Rockets, Bernard Allison and Ally Venable (Sunday). $70, $175 three days. 11:30 a.m.-10 p.m. Friday-Saturday (April 12-13), noon-10 p.m. Sunday (April 14). Vinoy Park, 501 Fifth Ave. NE, St. Petersburg.

Bruce Bruce: The comedian who has been featured on the Netflix original comedy series “Family Reunion” and has made cameos in “XXX: State of the Union,” “Idlewild” and “Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector” performs. $42-$52. 7:45 and 10:15 p.m. Friday (April 12), 7 and 9:30 p.m. Saturday (April 13), 7 p.m. Sunday (April 14). Tampa Funny Bone (formerly the Improv), 1600 E. Eighth Ave. 813-864-4000.

Billy Strings: The Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter who was nominated for three Grammys this year (Best Bluegrass Album, Best American Roots Song and Best Country Duo/Group Performance) performs. $39.50-$74.50. 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday (April 12-13). Yuengling Center, 4202 E. Fowler Ave., Tampa. 813-974-3111.

Melissa Etheridge: The Grammy Award-winning singer and activist brings her I’m Not Broken Tour to Tampa. $95-$145. 8 p.m. Thursday (April 11). Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, 5223 Orient Road, Tampa. 813-627-7625.

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Pier 60 Sugar Sand Festival: The annual sand-sculpting event, which includes a children’s play area, street performers, fireworks, sand-sculpting classes, demonstrations and the master sand-sculpting competition, continues. Visitors can also stroll through a 21,000-square-foot tent filled with art crafted by world-class sand sculptors. $14, 3 and younger free. 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Thursday (April 8-11), 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Friday-Saturday (April 12-13), 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Sunday (April 14). Pier 60, 1 Causeway Blvd., Clearwater. 727-871-8060.

Rockin’ Roller Rink: Lace up your skates for some skate dancing under the disco ball on the St. Pete Pier. Theme nights include Pride Day (Monday), ‘80s Vibes (Tuesday), Beyoncé Tribute (Wednesday), ‘90s Party (Thursday), 2020s (Friday), DJ’s Choice (Saturday) and Family Day (Sunday). $17. 4-10 p.m. Monday (April 8), 6-10 p.m. Tuesday (April 9), 4-10 p.m. Wednesday (April 10), 6-10 p.m. Thursday (April 11), 6-11 p.m. Friday-Saturday (April 12-13), noon-10 p.m. Sunday (April 14). St. Pete Pier, 600 Second Ave. NE, St. Petersburg. 813-464-1657.

Ukulele Festival: Clearwater’s downtown will come alive with ukulele performances, ukulele lessons and concerts by the Birdwatchers and Kirk Jones with Vinny and Norine Mungo. Free-$40. Noon-8 p.m. Saturday (April 13). 400 to 500 block of Cleveland Street, Clearwater. 727-446-3001.

International Day of Laughter: Bring the family, blankets and chairs and join host and singer-songwriter Wil Seabrook for an afternoon of comedy, juggling, art and music. Free. 1-5 p.m. Saturday (April 13). Art in the Park, 1180 Cleveland St., Clearwater. 602-561-0723.

Clearwater Threshers: The Threshers take on the Fort Myers Mighty Mussels. Stick around Friday and Saturday for post-game fireworks. $9-$12. 6:30 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday (April 9-13), noon Sunday (April 14). BayCare Ballpark, 601 N. Old Coachman Road, Clearwater. 727-467-4457.

Eddie B’s Teachers Only Comedy Tour: Eddie B, who taught fifth grade and launched a web series, “What Teachers Really Want to Say,” performs. $40 and up. 8 p.m. Saturday (April 13). David A. Straz Jr. Center for the Performing Arts, 1010 N Macinnes Place, Tampa. 813-229-7827.

Blueberry Festival: This pet- and family-friendly event features u-pick blueberries, more than 100 food and craft vendors, bounce houses, live music, a kids zone, camel rides, a petting zoo and a wide selection of wines, beers and ciders. Free. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday-Sunday (April 13-14). Keel Farms, 5202 Thonotosassa Road, Plant City. 813-752-9100.

TEDx St. Petersburg College: This single-day conference experience hosts a series of video and live speakers, each presenting a TEDx talk to an audience of thinkers, creators and doers. $20, $10 students. 9 a.m. Wednesday (April 10). Palladium Theater, 253 Fifth Ave. N., St. Petersburg. 727-822-3590.

Sacred Heart Spring Festival: Enjoy a full midway with amusement rides, games, food, live entertainment and a flea market. Free, rides $12 and up. 6-11 p.m. Wednesday-Friday (April 10-12), noon-11 p.m. Saturday (April 13), noon-8 p.m. Sunday (April 14). Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 7809 46th Way N., Pinellas Park. 727-541-4447.

Stranger Sings! The Parody Musical: Take a trip back to Hawkins, Indiana, in 1983, when times were simpler, hair was bigger and unsupervised children were getting snatched by interdimensional creatures, in this live musical riff on the hit Netflix series. There will be an ‘80s arcade in the lobby and VIP beanbag seats. $37 and up. 7 p.m. Wednesday-Friday (April 10-12), 2 and 7 p.m. Saturday (April 13), 1 and 5 p.m. Sunday (April 14). David A. Straz Jr. Center for the Performing Arts, 1010 N Macinnes Place, Tampa. 813-229-7827.

St. Pete Pier Marketplace: An array of independent vendors will be selling items ranging from apparel and handmade jewelry to specialty food. No cover. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Thursday-Sunday (April 11-14). St. Pete Pier, 600 Second Ave. NE, St. Petersburg. 727-893-7248.

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Dickey Betts: 15 Essential Allman Brothers Band Songs

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After the death of slide-guitar savant Duane Allman in 1971, many expected the Allman Brothers Band to fold up shop and call it quits.  But the five remaining members decided to soldier on in the face of incomprehensible tragedy. In Duane’s absence, it fell to the group’s other guitar player, Dickey Betts — a country-loving hothead from West Palm Beach, Florida — to pick up the titanic amounts of slack left by their indelible departed leader. Betts, who died Thursday at 80, responded to the challenge better than anyone could have imagined.

“When my brother died, Dickey really stepped up,” Gregg Allman wrote in his autobiography My Cross to Bear . “He wood-shedded like crazy … every day, he wrote. At three o’clock every afternoon, he’d sit down and write.” Just four months after Duane’s death, the band released Eat a Peach , which remains to this day, their most commercially successful studio album to date. A year later, they would score the highest-selling single of their career, “Ramblin’ Man,” which hit Number Two. The singer and writer behind that particular success? Dickey Betts.

Perhaps because his last name isn’t featured in the literal name of the group he helped make iconic, some of Betts’ contributions to their genre-defining canon have become obscured over the years. But make no mistake, the Allman Brothers Band would never have reached the lofty heights they did — millions of albums sold, private jets, legendary concerts, and eventual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame status — without his pen and his guitar. Here are some of Betts’ best songs.

“Revival” (1970)

“Revival” is the first song that Betts received a writing credit for as a member of the Allman Brothers Band. Appearing on their second album Idewild South , it’s a funky, uplifting track that the guitarist wrote specifically to counter the generally dour material presented by the group’s lead singer. “I think with my dad being a fiddle player I kind of naturally liked the uplifting aspects of music, but, I was in a band with Gregg Allman, who is basically a melancholy kind of writer,” he told the Sarasota Herald-Tribune in 2014. “I would really make an effort to write more up songs, to balance the band out. That kind of influenced the way I wrote.”

“In Memory of Elizabeth Reed” (1970)

“In Memory of Elizabeth Reed” is Betts’ other stunning standout on Idewild South , and marks an interesting step forward for the band sonically speaking. A totally instrumental number, it’s far jazzier in feeling than the group’s generally blues-informed sound, and the way that Betts locks in with Duane Allman, specifically through the song’s signature melody, is absolutely thrilling. As for the title, Betts came up with the name after spying it on a headstone in Rose Hill Cemetery in Macon, Georgia. “The spot had provided me with so much peace and inspiration that I decided to name the song after her,” Betts remembered in Alan Paul’s oral history of the Allman Brothers Band, One Way Out .

“Whipping Post” (1971)

The true power of the Allman Brothers Band, especially in those formative early years, was the guitar interplay between Duane Allman and Dickey Betts. It’s what set them apart from so many other blues-rock contemporaries in the late Sixties and early Seventies and helped solidify their reputation as a can’t-miss live band. Exhibit A of their otherworld chemistry is the song “Whipping Post,” as captured on the seminal live album At Fillmore East . The way their guitars mingle and cry together just at the apex of the song, right before Gregg screams the final chorus, is utterly breathtaking.

“Hot ‘Lanta” (1971)

“Hot ‘Lanta” was a song that the Allman Brothers Band never got around to capturing in the studio, but it became an incendiary highlight of their live shows. The instrumental piece made its debut on At Fillmore East , and captures Duane, Gregg, Betts, and drummer Butch Trucks all showing what they could do with the spotlight firmly on them. It was Betts however, who came up with the song’s jazzy almost prog-like, signature melody.

“Les Brers in A Minor” (1972)

“When I wrote ‘Les Brers’ everyone kept saying they had heard it before, but no one could figure out where,” Betts recalled in One Way Out . As it turned out, the melody was a reprise from a solo he took on “Whipping Post” during a concert one night. The title is a “bad French” pseudo-translation of “less brothers,” and is Betts’ instrumental tribute to Duane. As Gregg recalled in his memoir, it took 29 takes before the guitarist was satisfied with it in the studio. “We used the second [take],” he said, seemingly still annoyed decades after the fact.

“Melissa” (1972)

Originally written by Gregg Allman all the way back in 1967, the singer kept working at “Melissa,” refining it for years, before finally offering it up to the group to record for Eat a Peach . He played the song at Duane’s funeral, and he would later recall introducing it there as “my brother’s favorite song that I ever wrote.” A tender love ballad, it certainly tugs at the listener’s heartstrings, but it’s the touching slide solo played by Betts on his Les Paul that really drives home the mournful emotions hovering just under the surface.

“Blue Sky” (1972)

Dickey Betts was inspired to write the song “Blue Sky” by a woman very close to his heart. “I was married to an Indian girl whose last name was Wabegijig, which means clear blue sky,” he explained to the Sarasota Herald-Tribune . It was also one of the first songs that Betts took over vocal duties. “I asked Gregg to sing ‘Blue Sky’ and actually the producer, Tom Dowd, he said, ‘No, why don’t you sing it.’” So he did, to tender, beautiful effect.

“Mountain Jam” (1972)

“Mountain Jam” is another towering guitar monolith, stretching out past the 30-minute mark during the band’s iconic stand at the Fillmore East in 1971, and included on Eat a Peach . The song itself is an elongated, electrified riff on Scottish folk singer Donovan’s “There Is a Mountain.” Everyone in the Allmans gets to shine on this recording — wait for Butch Trucks’ epic drum solo in the middle — but again, it’s the interplay between Duane and Dickey that steals the show.

“Ramblin’ Man” (1973)

The highest charting hit of the Allman Brothers Band’s career wasn’t an old blues song. It wasn’t a Duane or Gregg composition either. Hell, Gregg didn’t even sing on it. “Ramblin’ Man” came straight from Dickey, who by 1973 had started to assert more artistic control over the group. Inspired by a 1951 Hank Williams song of the same name, Betts wrote “Ramblin’ Man” in about 20 minutes in bassist Barry Oakley’s kitchen sometime around four in the morning. According to newly hired guitarist Ray Dudek in One Way Out , it was the band’s iconic roadie “Red Dog” who summed up the power of the song probably better than anyone, when after hearing it for the first time he remarked that it was “the best I heard since Duane.”

“Jessica” (1973)

Named after Betts’ daughter who was only an infant at the time he wrote it, “Jessica” has an upbeat, sunny vibe that’s almost guaranteed to put a smile on your face. It’s not too difficult to understand why. The proud new papa composed the piece while trying to capture the way his bubbly daughter looked while bouncing along to the track’s jaunty rhythm. For the instrumental piece, Betts also drew inspiration from the legendary two-fingered gypsy-jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt, trying his best to only use two fingers himself while playing along.

“Southbound” (1973)

All three songs that make up the second side of 1973’s  Brothers and Sisters were written by Dickey Betts. Tucked in between the aforementioned “Jessica” and the record closer “Pony Boy” is this classic Seventies blues-rock rave-up titled “Southbound.” It’s got all the tropes you’ve come to love and expect from an Allman Brothers Band song: love, loneliness, travel, a wistful admiration of the American South and one hell of a guitar solo in the middle.

“Crazy Love” (1979)

Enlightened Rogues was the first album the Allman Brothers produced after a fractious break-up around 1976. Though Betts wasn’t happy about the configuration of the band during this era — “We did not have a slide guitarist, so I had to do it. Not only did I not enjoy this, but it altered the sound of the band, which needs to have my sound and the slide working together,” he complained in One Way Out — it did produce the second-highest-charting single of the Allmans’ career, another Betts-penned track titled “Crazy Love.” As much as he may not have personally loved playing slide, the man had the necessary chops, as you can hear from that low, whining lick at the very top of the track.

“Seven Turns” (1990)

The Eighties were a rough time for the Allman Brothers Band, but they finally put it all back together again at the tail end of the decade to record a widely acclaimed return-to-form record titled Seven Turns . Betts wrote the album’s title track, which was released as a single that topped out at Number 12 on the rock charts. “Seven Turns” has a distinct California country-rock feel that almost makes it sound like an Eagles song. Betts’ vocals, a little rougher around the edges than they were during the band’s Seventies heyday, are what really give the tune its emotional heft. 

“No One to Run With” (1994)

The last album Betts recorded with the Allmans was 1994’s Where It All Began . He was shown the door by Gregg and the rest of the band just six years later. “Human nature is you work shoulder to shoulder in a real emotional kind of setting and there are jealousies that come up,” Betts later explained of his departure to the Herald-Tribune . “There’s resentment and resentment turns to just outright bad things.” As far as swan songs go, you could do a lot worse than “No One to Run With.” The song harks back to the jazzy, bluesy lead-guitar lines that made the Allmans stars all those years ago, but it’s tinged with a sweet nostalgia to “do those crazy things we used to do before.”

“Midnight Rider” (1970)

“Midnight Rider” has gone down as Gregg Allman’s signature tune, and for good reason. It’s a dramatic tale of a man clad in stolen clothes with just one silver dollar clanging around in his pocket, trying to stay one step ahead of some nameless, unrelenting foe. Duane provides the song’s repetitive, acoustic riff while Betts flavors it with some countrified licks just underneath, before exploding to the fore with a sweetly understated solo. 

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• Duration: 3 Hrs
• Language: English
• Departure Time : 10:00 AM
• Departure Details : Karl Marks Monument on Revolution Square, metro stop: Square of Revolution
• Return Details : Metro Smolenskaya
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Go beneath the streets on this tour of the spectacular, mind-bending Moscow Metro! Be awed by architecture and spot the Propaganda , then hear soviet stories from a local in the know. Finish it all up above ground, looking up to Stalins skyscrapers, and get the inside scoop on whats gone on behind those walls.

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We begin our Moscow tour beneath the city, exploring the underground palace of the Moscow Metro. From the Square of Revolution station, famous for its huge statues of soviet people (an armed soldier, a farmer with a rooster, a warrior, and more), we’ll move onto some of the most significant stations, where impressive mosaics, columns, and chandeliers will boggle your eyes! Moreover, these stations reveal a big part of soviet reality — the walls depict plenty of Propaganda , with party leaders looking down from images on the walls. Your local guide will share personal stories of his/her family from USSR times, giving you insight into Russia’s complicated past and present. Then we’re coming back up to street level, where we’ll take a break and refuel with some Russian fast food: traditional pancakes, called bliny. And then, stomachs satiated, we are ready to move forward! We’ll take the eco-friendly electric trolleybus, with a route along the Moscow Garden Ring. Used mainly by Russian babushkas(grannies) during the day, the trolleybus hits peak hours in the mornings and evenings, when many locals use it going to and from their days. Our first stop will be the Aviator’s House, one of Stalin’s Seven Sisters, followed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs — and you’ll hear the legends of what has gone on inside the walls. Throughout your Moscow tour, you’ll learn curious facts from soviet history while seeing how Russia exists now, 25 years after the USSR.

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Dress standard: Please wear comfortable shoes for walking. For your Urban Adventure you will be in a small group of a maximum of 12 people

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This tour exceeded our expectations. Nikolai (Nick), our tour guide, was very knowledgeable, thorough, and has a great personality. He didn't take shortcuts and really covered everything that was on the agenda in great detail. We saw beautiful metro stations and learned the history behind them, including many of the murals and designs.

We did the tour with Anna her knowledge and understanding of the History surrounding the metro brought the tour alive. Well done Anna!

This tour was amazing!

Anna was a great tour guide. She gave us heaps of interesting information, was very friendly, and very kindly showed us how to get to our next tour.

Amazing beauty and history.

An excellent tour helped by an absolutely amazing guide. Anna gave a great insight into the history of the metro helped by additional material she had prepared.

great tour and guide - thanks again

great will do it again, Miriam ke was very good as a guide she has lived here all here life so knew every interesting detail.a good day

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Will it be easy to find my way in the Moscow Metro? It is a question many visitors ask themselves before hitting the streets of the Russian capital. As metro is the main means of transport in Moscow – fast, reliable and safe – having some skills in using it will help make your visit more successful and smooth. On top of this, it is the most beautiful metro in the world !

. There are over 220 stations and 15 lines in the Moscow Metro. It is open from 6 am to 1 am. Trains come very frequently: during the rush hour you won't wait for more than 90 seconds! Distances between stations are quite long – 1,5 to 2 or even 3 kilometers. Metro runs inside the city borders only. To get to the airport you will need to take an onground train - Aeroexpress.

RATES AND TICKETS

Paper ticket A fee is fixed and does not depend on how far you go. There are tickets for a number of trips: 1, 2 or 60 trips; or for a number of days: 1, 3 days or a month. Your trips are recorded on a paper ticket. Ifyou buy a ticket for several trips you can share it with your traveling partner passing it from one to the other at the turnstile.

On every station there is cashier and machines (you can switch it to English). Cards and cash are accepted. 1 trip - 55 RUB 2 trips - 110 RUB

Tickets for 60 trips and day passes are available only at the cashier's.

60 rides - 1900 RUB

1 day - 230 RUB 3 days - 438 RUB 30 days - 2170 RUB.

The cheapest way to travel is buying Troyka card . It is a plastic card you can top up for any amount at the machine or at the ticket office. With it every trip costs 38 RUB in the metro and 21 RUB in a bus. You can get the card in any ticket office. Be prepared to leave a deposit of 50 RUB. You can get it back returning the card to the cashier.

SamsungPay, ApplePay and PayPass cards.

One turnstile at every station accept PayPass and payments with phones. It has a sticker with the logos and located next to the security's cabin.

GETTING ORIENTED

At the platfrom you will see one of these signs.

It indicates the line you are at now (line 6), shows the direction train run and the final stations. Numbers below there are of those lines you can change from this line.

In trains, stations are announced in Russian and English. In newer trains there are also visual indication of there you are on the line.

To change lines look for these signs. This one shows the way to line 2.

There are also signs on the platfrom. They will help you to havigate yourself. (To the lines 3 and 5 in this case).