One Drummer Honors Another
By: Chuck Obuchowski For: The Hartford Courant The Allman Brothers Band is regarded as one of the seminal purveyors of so-called Southern rock. Macon, Ga., has long been home base for the ABB; many of the group’s most highly regarded recordings were made there. So how did one of their founding members come to reside […]
Wanee Festival 2008 Returns to Spirit of Suwannee Music Park
Fourth Annual Live Music Festival Announces Lineup, Dates, Ticket On-sale Information and Updates Update: The Wanee Festival will be going on as scheduled. Gov’t Mule will be closing the Peach Stage Friday night with a full 2 ½ hour concert set and JUST ANNOUNCED the Saturday night Peach Stage will be closed by the WANEE […]
Steve Massarsky
The Allman Brothers Band has lost another member of its family. It is with great sadness that we mark the passing of our second manager, Steve Massarsky who succumbed to his long battle with Cancer. Steve was originally a lawyer who worked on the “American Indian Foundation” that the ABB sponsored. He subsequently went on […]
The Allman Brothers Band is over the Moon
By: Jeff Miers For: The Buffalo News It’s such a privilege, sometimes, to go to a show such as Sunday’s and then be able to write about it. Musicians as good as those gathered on stage at Darien Lake for the Rat- Dog/Allmans gig are an absolute pleasure to watch and listen to. When they […]
Spontaneous, Unpredictable ABB Have a Vast Repertoire
By: Scott Mervis For: The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Pittsburgh doesn’t have its own summer jam-band festival where hippies young and old can congregate, like All Good or JerryFest. Instead, we skimmed the cream off the top with a pair of artists who invented the genre: the Allman Brothers Band and Bob Weir & Ratdog. If Jerry […]
Warren Haynes Scored NASCAR Special Airs On ABC 8/15
“NASCAR in Primetime: Life in the Fastlane” begins airing on ABC Wednesday August 15th at 9PM. Earlier this year, Warren Haynes scored and performed the score for this in depth look at NASCAR in America. ABC News was granted exclusive and unprecedented access into the world of NASCAR, and has created what is sure to […]
No One Can Touch The Allman Brothers Band
By: Robert Burke For: Blog Critics Last week in Charlotte, NC was they hottest week I’ve encountered since I moved here over 5 years ago. In fact, the August 8th temperature of 104 degrees tied the all time record for the hottest day the city has ever seen. Unfortunately for the Drive-By Truckers and The […]
Farm Aid Announces Unique Musical Collaboration: Gregg Allman to Perform Special Acoustic Set With Willie Nelson and Dave Matthews
PR Newswire August 15 2007 On Sunday, September 9 at Randall’s Island in New York City, Gregg Allman will perform a special acoustic set with Willie Nelson and Dave Matthews, Farm Aid announced today. The unique musical collaboration will add to the stellar lineup at Farm Aid 2007: A HOMEGROWN Festival, the organization’s first New […]
Review: ABB at 2007 New Orleans Heritage & Jazz Festival
By: C. Michael Bailey For: All About Jazz The Allman Brothers Band 2007 New Orleans Jazz And Heritage Festival Munck Music 2007 In the past decade, the Allman Brothers Band has evolved into a finely tuned cohesive unit that specializes in improvisational rock music. Colloquially, the Allmans, like Little Feat, Wide Spread Panic, and the […]
Watch the Magic Happen with the Allman Brothers Band
By: Scott Tady For: The Beaver County Times If you thought the Allman Brothers Band sounded better than usual last year at P-G Pavilion, well, guitarist Derek Trucks won’t argue. “We’ve had a real good run the last two years,” Trucks said. “After a lot of personnel changes and fluctuations, we’ve settled into something really […]