Guest Book

Hi Allman Brothers family and friends! The music of the ABB family of bands has been a huge part of my life and my family's life for years - never more than when my brother Tyler was struggling with cancer and looking for fun and relaxation and something to lift his spirits. Again and again he turned to the Allmans and Derek Trucks and The Band and the Dead and others when he needed to feel better or express something he couldn't say otherwise or just needed to feel in touch with friends. https://allmanbrothersband.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=XForum&file=viewthread&tid=116743 It's been almost three years since Tyler died and since then we've been looking for new and meaningful ways to keep his name alive and share some of what we loved about him. Earlier this year we incorporated a new charitable organization to support music therapy programs. It's called Music Never Stops: the Tyler Seaman Foundation, and we've formed a partnership with Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City. Beth Israel has an amazing music therapy department staffed by caring therapists who know how to heal and diagnose patients with music and who are devoted to scientific research. Working with Beth Israel we are creating a new music therapy space called Tyler's Room. The hospital will hire new therapists, buy new instruments and recording equipment and software to expand what they can do. It's going to be a great tribute to Tyler and it will make a real difference in the lives of kids who are going through an incredibly trying time. Music Never Stops: the Tyler Seaman Foundation (named for the Grateful Dead song, of course) is going to focus on music therapy programs for teenagers because we saw how much strength and inspiration Tyler drew from music. Everybody here knows firsthand how much music can mean to a person. That's especially true when you're young and starting to figure out who you are as an individual. Teens have a very specific set of psychological needs and we want to do what we can to help kids who are having experiences similar to Tyler's- we know how much music meant to him and we know there are other kids out there with the same needs. So we're turning to you for support. You can read more about us and our plans at www.TylersMusicRoom.org. We've just had our kickoff event and we have a lot more planned. To do it, we need all the help we can. Please share the word and consider making a contribution if you are able. Thanks for reading - y'all a great bunch.