Hello EnglishDarren,

I will be attending the Paradiso show in Amsterdam with Jaimoe's Jazz Band as support act.

This is based on nothing, merely a hunch: but i wouldn't be surprised if that Amsterdam show will be recorded / filmed for a future release. Being the only indoor European show, Jaimoe supporting and The Paradiso a legendary venue often used for live recordings....."Gregg Allman: Live At The Paradiso".....time will tell.

Looking forward to the show. If you need help with directions etc. Amsterdam: maybe i can help!

Hello EnglishDarren,

I will be attending the Paradiso show in Amsterdam with Jaimoe's Jazz Band as support act.

This is based on nothing, merely a hunch: but i wouldn't be surprised if that Amsterdam show will be recorded / filmed for a future release. Being the only indoor European show, Jaimoe supporting and The Paradiso a legendary venue often used for live recordings....."Gregg Allman: Live At The Paradiso".....time will tell.

Looking forward to the show. If you need help with directions etc. Amsterdam: maybe i can
help!

Thankyou I may take you up on that,not been to Amsterdam since 1987 so looking to see the sights before the show.

Gregg is flying his band including a three piece horn section all the way to Europe and they're only doing two shows? That doesn't seem economically feasible. Maybe it's because he doesn't need the money?

Gregg is flying his band including a three piece horn section all the way to Europe and they're only doing two shows? That doesn't seem economically feasible. Maybe it's because he doesn't need the money?

Don't worry, he isn't paying the bill. Some of those on-off shows are very lucrative.

Gregg is flying his band including a three piece horn section all the way to Europe and they're only doing two shows? That doesn't seem economically feasible. Maybe it's because he doesn't need the money?

It's all very strange to me. In all honesty, Gregg isn't a festival headliner over here. Not a festival of the stature I believe the promoters are trying to achieve here anyway. Last time I saw Gregg in the UK, they didn't sell out a 2000 capacity theatre in London. Even the ABB couldn't sell out the 3000 capacity Hammy O all those years ago. Nah, I hope Ramblin' Man is a success but I just don't see it.

Seasick Steve is a bigger draw. Marillion on the Prog Stage is a bigger draw. Hell, Joanne Shaw Taylor on the Blues Stage is maybe a bigger draw than Gregg!

And casual festival-goers will expect - not unreasonably - to hear Gregg perform Ramblin' Man, which would be awfully funny.

I might even go just to see that. On second thoughts, er... no.

[Edited on 5/4/2015 by Shavian]

This is Gregg's first full show in England in while,how many more times are we gonna get to see him?

Last time I saw Gregg in the UK, they didn't sell out a 2000 capacity theatre in London.

That is utterly astonishing to me. Maybe that's why ABB went over there once in 45 years?

Last time I saw Gregg in the UK, they didn't sell out a 2000 capacity theatre in London.

That is utterly astonishing to me. Maybe that's why ABB went over there once in 45 years?

Or maybe it's because they toured once in 45 years!

If you ignore a market both in terms of releasing new material and making appearances, you're unlikely to increase - or even retain - whatever following you once may have had.

Last time I saw Gregg in the UK, they didn't sell out a 2000 capacity theatre in London.

That is utterly astonishing to me. Maybe that's why ABB went over there once in 45 years?

Or maybe it's because they toured once in 45 years!

If you ignore a market both in terms of releasing new material and making appearances, you're unlikely to increase - or even retain - whatever following you once may have had.

Or put another way, You Can't Lose What You Never had.

LOL! Perfectly put!