Not enough footage of the 1969-76 band(s) and too many integral folks long gone to
make this feasible, imo.

I don't know about that, but a few weeks ago I was watching a new TV network (or at least new carried by my provider). The Network is called Circle. Has a lot of good shows on country songwriters, shows from Nashville, The Opry, etc. Couple weeks ago they had a documentary on The Allman Brothers. It was quite good - couple hours or so. Commentary by Alan Paul, Scott Freeman, and others as well as some additional commentary by John Sandlin, Tommy Talton and others. Not sure what the name of it was, but thought it was a good presentation.

I don't know about that, but a few weeks ago I was watching a new TV network (or at least new carried by my provider). The Network is called Circle. Has a lot of good shows on country songwriters, shows from Nashville, The Opry, etc. Couple weeks ago they had a documentary on The Allman Brothers. It was quite good - couple hours or so. Commentary by Alan Paul, Scott Freeman, and others as well as some additional commentary by John Sandlin, Tommy Talton and others. Not sure what the name of it was, but thought it was a good presentation.

https://www.amazon.com/Allman-Brothers-Band-After-Crash/dp/B018ELUCC2

I know someone who is in touch with someone who is in the "inner circle". He says it IS going to happen. It may be taking longer than expected, but I was told that it is in the works.

Don't forget, these are OLD tapes. Cleaning them up to make them presentable enough for an official audio/video release takes a lot of work and a lot of time. But I am told that between Love Valley, Atlanta Pop, Don Kirshner's Rock Concert, The Fillmore, etc there is enough footage to make it happen.

[Edited on 4/17/2020 by robslob]

If I had the time, I'd polish this up. Consider it a form of grump verite.

I understand the desire for the best quality, but since there's so little Duane (compared with other musicians) I'd accept mediocre quality over nothing at all. Consider vintage rock, blues, and jazz recordings from the '50s and earlier. They contain hisses and crackles, limited dynamic range, and so on. But for many artists, these are all we have and are all we're likely to have. The same goes for a number of Duane-era live recordings. The sound quality may be third rate, but the performances are what make them matter.

What all is out there, anyway? We've seen less than two hours from a musician whose band performed maybe 300 shows per year for two and a half years. It's hard to believe that there isn't a lot more, somewhere. FWIW, a friend that I trust has told me that he knows someone who knows someone (yeah, I know 😉 ) that there's a two-DVD set of the entire ABB performances from the Atlanta Pop Festival. Could be, and there could be lots more.

Recently Pops42 posted this

, which has an edit at 13:55. Is anything missing? A song that would have made it too long for TV? Duane's unique banter? Something else? Might this be issued as part of an authentic documentary?

I understand that there are legal issues, but, for cryin' out loud, hasn't it been long enough? Every year the film is delayed is a year when there are fewer to enjoy it.

I probably sound like an old curmudgeon, but I'd like to someday see something on my living room monitor so I can relive the good ol' days of six skinny southern bikers who were changing the world of music.

Billastro

I watched After The Crash again recently. I thought it was very, very well done with commentary from insiders with intimate knowledge of the band including some who were there in the early days like Willie Perkins.

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I know someone who is in touch with someone who is in the "inner circle". He says it IS going to happen. It may be taking longer than expected, but I was told that it is in the works.

Any idea if a documentary is the goal? Or a collection of footage? I'd much prefer the latter, something along the lines of the Zeppelin DVD from 2003 or the Kissology sets.

I think the stories have been told enough times, and a documentary means we'd get snippets of Love Valley, etc instead of the complete (available) footage.

At around 23:40minutes they discuss an ABB 1969-1972 video project

Or a collection of footage?

Yes. A concert film.

I understand the desire for the best quality, but since there's so little Duane (compared with other musicians) I'd accept mediocre quality over nothing at all.

Your impatience, fortunately, is not going to push this along any quicker. Whatever technicians are working on it will be held to a high standard and they are not going to diminish their purpose because some fans are salivating. Don't forget, people may be watching this 100 years from now.

[Edited on 4/18/2020 by robslob]

Or a collection of footage?

Yes. A concert film.

NICE, that's what I wanna hear. Thanks

Not enough footage of the 1969-76 band(s) and too many integral folks long gone to
make this feasible, imo.

Well, someone made a 20-episode documentary without any footage or integral participants so...

Your impatience, fortunately, is not going to push this along any quicker. Whatever technicians are working on it will be held to a high standard and they are not going to diminish their purpose because some fans are salivating. Don't forget, people may be watching this 100 years from now.

No offense intended, but you obviously misunderstood me, even though I made my position clear.

Nearly 50 years after Duane's passing, there's nothing except for a few video clips -- less than two hours' worth. There are plenty of videos of other musicians

I'm 71. I saw him three times in 1971. I got my first Duane-era video maybe 30 years ago. My desire to see something more than the limited amount of material isn't impatience, it's the result of waiting a very long time for something to turn up.

Compare this situation with Danny Gatton. Even now, new video segments appear on YouTube, and many of these are full-length concerts. I assume that there's unknown Duane footage that can still turn up.

That's all. Just the hopes of a die-hard admirer to have as much as possible. Nothing wrong with that.

Billastro

I hear ya Bill - you, blackey & peachnutt are (among) the only one here who saw the original band - & are top dogs here b/c of it - anyone else? (oldcoot?)

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Unfortunately, I did not. However, I lived with a friend, to this day, from 1970 to 1972, in the USN, from Atlanta. He saw the ABB if Piedmont Park repeatedly. He regaled me with the power and musicality of the band. Been a favorite of mine ever since. I did not see Duane and will forever be regretful. The ABB changed my life!

My parents tell me they saw the Duane lineup while my mom was pregnant with me. So as far as I'm concerned, I saw the original lineup in concert. And don't try to convince me otherwise! 😛

Phil Walden bought Duane's contract from Jerry Wexler of Atlantic Records. Phil's big star Otis Redding had died and Jaimoe was in his road band so Phil introduced Jaimoe to Duane. Jaimoe became the first member and he is still alive. An interview with Jaimoe would be key to a good documentary and Dickey was the 3rd one to join. Jaimoe then Berry Oakley then Dickey. So maybe Dickey would talk. And there is a lot of footage of Gregg and Butch talking about the early days.

I seem to detect that so much time has passed that several fans see the last lineup as the Allman Brothers and Derek Trucks as the star of the band. But the story has to start at the beginning. Almost all of the great songs and arrangements come from the early years. And I'm certain it's likely most of the members of the Allman Brothers down to Derek Trucks and Warren Haynes probably wouldn't be known to us here if it were not for Duane Allman. I would like to think Gregg, Dickey, Butch, Chuck, Warren, Derek, Otiel etc would have had some degree of success but would they be as famous and millionaires today if they had not become involved with Duane Allman's band? Probably not? And Duane didn't become a millionaire. And died at age 24. But he left such a huge legacy that it seems he was around for 20 years.

I hope there is an authorized ABB documentary. It's a fascinating story and started with one man, Duane Allman, and it created a wonderful song book of amazing songs and involved a good number of talented musicians and touched the fans in their soul.

And it should also salute the great contributions of Gregg and Dickey. Even at the recent Brothers MSG show the vision of Duane and the song writing of Gregg and Dickey is what made that show so wonderful. Dreams, Whipping Post, Jessica, Blue Sky, Elizabeth Reed etc are to this day the songs we want to hear and makes the shows of any period of the band so special and spiritual. We never tire of hearing a great version of Blue Sky. That ABB music is timeless.

You really can't help it, can you ?

Your last paragraph, esp your last sentence, says it all well blackey - the ABB’s music is indeed timeless, esp 1969-73

B4 they play Blue Sky on 9/19/71, a fan can just be heard yelling “Blue Sky!”
& that was only after the band had brought it to the stage for the 1st time, only a few short weeks earlier - it shows what an impact the original band had on those who were around then & how word on them spread like wildfire among those who’d to seen them

I’d love to see an authorized ABB documentary, esp w/Jaimoe, Dickey, Kim Payne & Willie Perkins participating - they’re the last dudes on the Fillmore cover still with us

Meanwhile the PCHome and CMT shows do just fine

[Edited on 4/20/2020 by Stephen]

I thought I read something a while back that Galadrielle was working on a project to commemorate what would have been Duane's 75th birthday in 2021. I don't recall where I saw that though.