NO SHORTAGE OF NEW TRICKS AS BROTHERS USHER IN FINAL WEEKEND WITH A BANG; “LES BRERS AND “LAYLA” BOOKEND EPIC FIRST SET, “BLACK HEARTED WOMAN ANCHORS SECOND
By: Josh Chasin If you’re keeping score at home, you’ll want to place a little gold star next to this one. The home stretch begins, the four-show run through closing weekend. The peeps from out of town are in the house, and right out of the gate (and all through the first set), the band […]
Allmans Going Above & Beyond At Beacon Run
By: Wes Orshoski For: Billboard March 23, 2006 While fans of the Allman Brothers Band have long treasured its annual residency at New York’s Beacon Theatre, they might remember this year’s stand as the best yet. Since opening the 14-night stand on March 9 with an appearance by longtime Howlin’ Wolf guitarist Hubert Sumlin, the […]
LESLIE WEST, CORKY LAING COOK UP A MOUNTAIN OF BLUES; BASS PLAYER TAL WILKENFELD WINS OVER DISCERNING CROWD WITH STELLAR LIZ REED BASS WORK
By: Josh Chasin The cavalcade of guests continues; second set, encore bring down the house Derek is full and clear from the get-go of “Aint Wastin’ Time No More.” Oteil takes the music round and round; Derek finishes up his solo, signs it, and Gregg nails down the closing vocals. Warren finishes off the song […]
THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND ROCK, SOUL, RHYTHM AND BLUES REVUE
By: Josh Chasin Purdie, Dupree, Jemmott, Gregg Allman horns, Mike Mattison, Susan Tedeschi… these are the ingredients in a recipe for soul. Things can happen on Monday nights. The weekend pressure is off, and the band is following an off night. For years I’ve made sure to catch at least one Monday night gig. “No […]
THE MIDDLE SATURDAY: NOTHING SPECIAL, JUST PURE BLUESY GREATNESS
By: Josh Chasin Brian Stoltz joins for “Same Thing;” Band hits the note all night long on classics and blues What makes some shows turn out to be special? Sometimes it’s the setlist, sometimes it’s the guests. But other times… what is it? Did Jaimoe eat a good breakfast? Did Warren put on an old […]
ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND PAYS HOMAGE TO LEGENDARY FILLMORE EAST ALBUM ON 35TH ANNIVERSARY; CHUCK LEAVELL SITS IN SET 2, TEDESCHI ON ENCORE
By: Josh Chasin A celebration of the past The Allman Brothers Band is as conscious of their own history as any band I can think of. Consider the songs they’ve added to the repertoire over the past few years: “Gilded Splinters,” four from the Layla album, “The Weight”—all songs associated with founding member Duane Allman. […]
ROBBEN FORD HELPS BROTHERS USHER IN WEEKEND 2
By: Josh Chasin Solid, bluesy outing; “End of the Line” and “Old Before My Time” make first appearances Thursday night is a solid show, the band seemingly laying the groundwork for the big middle weekend. Overall, a very “song-oriented” evening… “Done Somebody Wrong” starts with just a hard stop-time riff; Warren plays a lingering lead […]
ALLMANS, GUESTS ROCK THE HOUSE; ROY HAYNES GIVES LESSON ON “AFRO-BLUE,” GARY ROSSINGTON, PETER FRAMPTON, DEVON ALLMAN PROVIDE STAR-STUDDED NIGHT
By Josh Chasin ABB at the Beacon March 11, 2006 Warren Haynes Smolders; band is en fuego. It is a star-studded night of guests, and the band has hit their stride. Warren Haynes, in particular, seems to have kicked it up a notch, and hits you in the gut all night. “Whatever he had for […]
NIGHT TWO SEES BROTHERS SOAR; TEDESCHI SITS IN, “ANYDAY” AND “HIGHWAY 61” DEBUT
By: Josh Chasin Crowd is thrilled by mojo and majesty, deep grooves, the real blues; the band is almost there… Butch starts the gentle, insistent timpani even as the rest of the band is still tuning and settling in; Derek begins his variations on the theme, and we’re off into “Mountain Jam.” The twin guitar […]
ABB Beacon Review 03/0-9/2006
By: Josh Chasin ALLMAN BROTHERS OPEN WITH SOLID PERFORMANCE; HUBERT SUMLIN GUESTS, RE-WORKED “THE WEIGHT” IS DEBUTED But “group telepathy” thing still not quite there…yet. Opening night of the Beacon run is always exciting. Tonight’s show, as a perusal of the setlist might reveal, is more of a grounded, earthbound show, bluesy, workman-like, gritty, down […]