Are they touring the south of France?

Way cool, thanks for sharing -- hopefully a heavy dose of the Tractor -- young Berry I believe, has either it or the replica -- he sat in w/it in Oct. 89 w/ABB at Orpheum -- Vaylor T's in it too

Hopefully a lot of love for his dad too -- mayb a real tribute to BO in store type of nite -- can only rock -- they're doin it for the love

[Edited on 6/16/2015 by Stephen]

I just posted this to Facebook a few minutes ago. Definitely in for this. Very inexpensive tickets!!!

I saw Butch's band at Wanee, it was very heavy on ABB material. Here's the setlist:

Disc 1:
1. Introduction
2. Hot 'Lanta
3. Midnight Rider
4. Every Hungry Woman
5. Dreams
6. Please Call Home
7. Trouble No More

Disc 2:
1. In Memory of Elizabeth Reed
2. 3/4 Up-Tempo Shuffle
3. Whipping Post

It was a lot of fun, Lamar Williams, jr., sang, Vaylor Trucks and Scrapomatic's Dave Yoke on guitar, plus Oteil and Marc doing their thing. I imagine it will be much the same.

It's got to be hard for Butch, not having that outlet right now while Gregg and Jaimoe both have their bands. It reminds me of Levon Helm in The Last Waltz, who was himself obviously not on board with Robertson's decision to stop touring and hang up his rock 'n roll shoes (and make a movie), saying something to the effect of, "I'm just the drummer, I can't really go out on stage without everyone else." Maybe we'll see more from Butch. I wonder if there will be more tour dates - Huntington, Long Island, seems like an odd one off place for a show.

I enjoyed the wanee show on youtube, this version of the band for the huntington show seems to be short 1 guitarist and no mention of Lamar Williams Jr on vocals.

Are they touring the south of France?

No no monsieur, but the women are just as hot!

They played a small club in Jacksonville a few weeks ago, but I didn't find out about it until the day before. Hope they come back!!

Hey Mr. Freight Train : how can we support you if you don't get the word out about live gigs ?

Hey Mr. Freight Train : how can we support you if you don't get the word out about live gigs ?

If you had a Facebook account you would have found out. They announced it there. Got my ticket today and it was only $31.50 after fees!!!

That is cool as hell,Butch is including Berry in his band.

Here is Butches band for Peachfest in August

Butch Trucks will be joined by Jaimoe, Oteil Burbridge, Marc Quinones, Jack Pearson, Lamar Williams Jr., Bill Evans, Bruce Katz, & Pat Bergeson

I'd love to see this band!

"The front page here on Hittin the Web states: Butch Trucks has put together a new band and they are lining up gigs now! Butch Trucks and the Freight Train Band features Butch on drums and Berry Oakley, Jr. on bass. As most of you know, Berry was the original bass player in the Allman Brothers Band, so after 40 years, we have Oakley and Trucks together again!"

Honest mistake there. I think they mean, "as most of you know, Berry's father was the original bass player in the Allman Brothers Band."

It reads as if Butch is hooking up with the original bassist for the ABB.