Drum Magazine Honors Butch Trucks & Marc Quinones
Congratulations!, Thumbs Up!, Whoo Hoody Hooo!, Way to Go!, Props!, Yessss!, and Awwwwright!!! are in order for Butch Trucks and Marc Quinones! Butch is the winner of Drum Magazine’s “Best R&B Blues Drummer of 2003” Drummie Award. Marc is the winner of Drum Magazine’s “Best Rock Percussionist of 2003” Drummie Award. Marc was also a […]
Team Jamming with Trucks, Johanson, Quinones
By: David Weiss From Drum Magazine August 2003 It’s time to bust out your checkbook, because whether you know it or not, you’re indebted to the Allman Brothers Band. Hailed as revolutionaries when they first arrived on the music scene in 1969, their countrified blend of blues, jazz and, of course, rock has been a […]
Rockers, ballplayers team up for benefit CD
By Jonathan Cohen, Billboard.com 30 December 2003 Chicago Sun-Times Copyright (c) 2003 Bell & Howell Information and Learning Company. All rights reserved. NEW YORK — Pearl Jam, Paul Westerberg, Dropkick Murphys, Letters to Cleo’s Kay Hanley, American Hi-Fi and the Allman Brothers Band are among the artists who have donated tracks to “Hot Stove, Cool […]
ABB Celebrates 35th Anniversary at the Beacon
The Allman Brothers Band Celebrate 35th Anniversary With Return Engagement To New York’s Beacon Theatre; Eight Incredible Nights Beginning March 18 Confirmed; New Double Live CD From ’03 Beacon Shows To Be Released In Conjunction With March ’04 Dates; Group To Perform On “Late Night With Conan O’Brien” March 16 The Allman Brothers Band will […]
Whooo Hoooo Lanaroo!
By: Dusty Sommers Hmm lets see here, Lanaroo… seems like it was a long time ago…. lol… Ok, here I go. Before I left Friday morn’ (11/14), the power went out a few times. The winds were clocking up to 50 plus miles per hour, or so I’m told every time it came back on, […]
ABB Featured on Travel Channel’s “Temples of Rock”
On Sunday, November 30 from 9-11P ET/PT, host Ray Manzarek, organist for The Doors, takes Travel Channel viewers on a psychedelic tour through time in the world premiere special TEMPLES OF ROCK. The two-hour special visits some of the most important performing and recording sites in rock and roll, namely: The Cavern, CBGB, Fillmore Auditorium, […]
Little Martha’s Death is Not Her Own
Holding a single blooming rose, a haunting memorial to a little girl has become part of Southern rock folklore By Travis Fain Telegraph Staff Writer 10 November 2003, Macon Telegraph Copyright (c) 2003 Macon Telegraph. All rights reserved. Little Martha’s death is not her own. The Southern myths of rock adopted her long ago, bringing […]
Autumn Bonanza for Fans of the Allman Brothers Band
19 October 2003The Republican “Playback” column Rarities and reissues The Allman Brothers Band: “Live at the Atlanta International Pop Festival,” (Epic/Legacy). 4 (Four) stars; “At Fillmore East (Deluxe Edition),” (Mercury/UME) 5 (Five) stars; “Live at the Beacon Theatre” (Peach/Sanctuary – DVD) 3 (Three) 1/2 stars. It’s an autumn bonanza for fans of the Allman Brothers […]
Allman Fans Reunite for GABBAfest
By: Gray Beverley For the Macon Telegraph In the alley outside, a group gathered around three guitars and a harmonica playing “Melissa.” Few lips were sealed. One person sang at full strength, two others joined in with a somewhat softer accompaniment, and still others could not resist at least mouthing the words to a favorite […]
Butch and the Blues (Palm Beach Post)
OUR BLUES BROTHERS (AND SISTER) CHARLES PASSY Palm Beach Post Music Writer 28 September 2003 The Palm Beach Post Blues fan: Butch Trucks, drummer for the Allman Brothers Band, Palm Beach What the blues means to him: “Duane (Allman) introduced me to the blues. They became a part of my life then and have been […]
Following the ABB to Berkeley and San Diego
By: fnclough For: Hittin’ the Web 9/20/2003 I think I finally know why all those “Dead-Heads” use to follow the Grateful Dead from venue to venue. I used to think people who would do this had no life of their own. Not now, especially since I am getting all I can of these Allman Brothers! […]
How music’s melodies help teens heal 9-11 hurt
The Asbury Park Press 8 September 2003 In the months after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, Jessica Milano would not talk about losing her father, Peter, in the World Trade Center. Milano said her mother was frantic because she was not communicating. But the teenager was dealing with it in her own way: through […]