It's a fever that is on the TTB Facebook's page, among other places, rather than here, alas, but the TTB are at the Beacon for 3 dates this weekend - AND - their summer / fall tour tickets are on presale today and tomorrow and general public sale on Friday. So, in TTB world, I've been enjoying that same buzz we all used to feel here when it came to Beacon runs and ticket releases.
I'm very lucky to live in the Tri-State area when it comes to the TTB, ABB-family, and live music in general. LOADS of Allmans tribute bands, suddenly.
I'm seeing the TTB at the Beacon this Friday, then Richard Thompson at a small theater in 3 weeks, and then, the mighty Steve Morse Band opening for his own Dixie Dregs in May.
I'm hoping to get some good TTB tix in the pre-sales and sales in the next 48 hours too. Best band touring, IMHO. "Life is short; buy the damn tickets!"
Anyone else feeling the TTB fever?
I am. Haven't seen them live in awhile. Love "I Am The Moon". Play it several times a week.
I will happen to be in NYC this weekend for a short trip, might grab a Sat Beacon ticket if the prices drop day of. I moved away from NYC in 2016, I miss all of the live music there (conversely, I can hear an ABBA tribute band from my back yard as I type this). I’ve seen a bunch of great TTB shows here in FL since then, but Beacon shows just have a different energy. It’s really amazing they are still bringing such amazing energy after 14 years, they are as great as they have ever been right now.
So how were the shows? I hear they were pretty hot. We were only in town for basically one night, and even though Sat night tickets dropped significantly day of, the wife and I decided to go to an old Italian restaurant for dinner instead. I guess we didn't have the "fever".
The shows were absolutely red hot. I only caught 1 of the 3, the Friday night show, but the band was firing on all cylinders. I loved that they went heavy on the "I Am the Moon" material; we got a "Done Somebody Wrong" and a "Come and Go Blues" for my ABB fix; Susan went deep on her solo song "Just Won't Burn"; and I got to see two covers (the Dead's "Mr Charlie" and Bruce's "State Trooper") that I had never seen them do before.
Loge seats treated us right: good sound and sight. One thing I must say is that after decades of going to see my guitar heroes live, Derek Trucks gets the sweetest tones and the best spot in the mix. Back when I used to see more metal or hard rock bands, the lead guitar would get lost in the distortion or in the arena mix. What's the point in seeing Steve Vai with David Lee Roth if the guitar doesn't cut through? Derek gets a great sound where you can hear every single note, and he keeps pulling notes out of that thing that amaze.
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- Hear My Dear
- Ain't That Something
- Laugh About It
- I Am the Moon
- Everybody's Got to Change Sometime (Taj Mahal cover)
- Circles 'Round the Sun
- Had to Cry Today (Blind Faith cover) (>’Circles ‘Round the Sun’ reprise)
- Pasaquan
- Set 2
- I Can't Make You Love Me (Mike Reid cover) (with Ravi Coltrane)
- Soul Sweet Song
- It Ain't Fair (Aretha Franklin cover)
- Gravity
- Do I Look Worried
- Last Night in the Rain
- Anyday (Derek and the Dominos cover) (with Blue Sky tease)
- Part of Me (with Ravi Coltrane)
- How Blue Can You Get? (Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers cover)
- I Wish I Knew (How It Would Feel To Be Free) (Billy Taylor cover) (with Ravi Coltrane)
- Encore: I Wish You Well (Bill Withers cover)
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Night # 2:
March 1, 2024
- Set 1:
- Anyhow
- Fall In
- Don't Drift Away
- I Must Have Done Somebody Wrong (Eddie Kirkland cover)
- Emmaline
- Mr. Charlie (Grateful Dead cover) (First time played by TTB)
- Yes We Will
- Idle Wind (w/ “Maki Madni” tease)
- Set 2:
- State Trooper (Bruce Springsteen cover)
- Shame
- Keep On Growing (Derek and the Dominos cover)
- Until You Remember
- Leaving Trunk (Sleepy John Estes cover)
- Volunteered Slavery (Rahsaan Roland Kirk cover)
- Come and Go Blues (The Allman Brothers Band cover)
- Just Won't Burn (Susan Tedeschi song)
- Made Up Mind
- Encore: Bound for Glory
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Night # 3: March 2, 2024
- Set 1:
- Woman to Woman (Joe Cocker cover)
- Let Me Get By
- Playing With My Emotions
- Take Me as I Am
- Anyhow
- Bell Bottom Blues (Derek and the Dominos cover)
- Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad? (Derek and the Dominos cover)
- Life Is Crazy (Mike Mattison cover)
- Get What You Deserve (The Derek Trucks Band cover)
- Set 2:
- Statesboro Blues (Blind Willie McTell cover)
- Don't Let Me Slide
- Part of Me
- It Ain't Fair (Aretha Franklin cover) (>)
- Dreams (The Allman Brothers Band cover)
- Angel From Montgomery (John Prine cover) (>)
- Sugaree (Jerry Garcia cover)
- Keep On Smilin' (Wet Willie cover)
- Little Martha (The Allman Brothers Band cover) (>)
- Swamp Raga (The Derek Trucks Band cover) (>)
- Midnight in Harlem
- I Want More (>)
- Presence of the Lord (Blind Faith cover) (>)
- Beck's Bolero (Jeff Beck cover)
- Encore
- A Song for You (Leon Russell cover)
- Soul Sweet Song
- Space Captain (Matthew Moore cover)
Last night in Washington DC Duane Betts played with TTB. Even Johnny was invited out eventually. He is a quality slide player too.
I have pictures but no audio.
Ahhh!! Audio and video of Blue Sky the best song ever written!!
The majestic Warner Theatre was built for silent movies and vaudeville stage presentations in 1924 and opened as The Earl.
Harry Warner co-founder of Warner Brothers Pictures, Inc. bought it in 1942. In 1947 Mr. Warner visited the theatre and when his visit was concluding he told the management there " I own this place. Put my name up there!"
Not wanting to irritate the owner they called a sign company 30 minutes after Warner left.
Listened to the run, great shows. Just Ain't Fair> Dreams was special, same for Presence of the Lord>Beck's Bolero
2 shows in Boston this fall - they just added a 3rd
psyched!
