Legacy/Epic Records to Release the ABB’s Atlanta Pop Performances
From Billboard.com Legacy/Epic Records has set a Oct. 21 release date for a new double-disc live album by the Allman Brothers Band. “Live at the Atlanta International Pop Festival — July 3 & 5, 1970” collects two performances by the then-new group, opening and closing the second annual Atlanta International Pop Festival. The Allman Brothers […]
Allman Brothers Band to Plant Roots in Raleigh
The Mayor of Raleigh, Charles Meeker, will present a tree to the Allman Brothers Band, the only act to appear at ALLTEL Pavilion each of the venue’s 13 years in operation. A certificate stating that a tree will be planted in the band’s honor will be given to each band member in an on-stage presentation […]
Deluxe Edition of The Allman Brothers Band Live At Fillmore East Announced
Six Additional Live Tracks Added to Classic 1971 Double Live Album One of the greatest double live albums of all time, The Allman Brothers Band At Fillmore East has been digitally remastered and expanded with bonus tracks, creating for the first time a complete concert experience. The two-CD The Allman Brothers Band At Fillmore East […]
Warren and Derek, Guitar Slingers (Guitar Player)
By: Jimmy Leslie For Guitar Player, 1 August 2003 Copyright 2003 United Entertainment Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Pop in the Allman Brothers Band’s Hittin’ the Note [Sanctuary]-the group’s first studio album in nearly a decade-and the first sounds to meet your ears are a stomping beat, a swampy blues lick, a warbling slide note, […]
ABB finds joy in new musical directions
By: Dave Hoekstra For The Chicago Sun Times 7/31/2003 With sunken cheeks and his hair tied back into a braided ponytail, Gregg Allman now carries the cool aura of Chet Baker. Allman Brothers twin guitarists Warren Haynes and Derek Trucks play with improvisational adventure, echoing single-line tones of hard bopster Grant Green. So maybe it […]
Oteil Says the ABB ‘Keep it Fresh’
By Gareth Peard For: The Times Leader 7/30/2003 Offering up a few minutes to talk on his day off in Chicago, a buoyant Oteil Burbridge thought it important to end the conversation with a suggestive plea. “I’d like to add to all the fans to go buy a Howlin’ Wolf record,” Burbridge said. Had the […]
A recharged Gregg Allman has the band hitting new notes
By: Ed Masley For The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette One day, Gregg Allman says, he woke up and his eyes were orange. “That’s kind of a wake-up call there, isn’t it?” The legendary voice behind such classic Allman Brothers Band performances as “Midnight Rider” and “It’s Not My Cross to Bear” is approaching his seventh year of […]
Gregg Allman captures chemistry again with ‘Hittin’ the Note’
By: Robb Frederick For Pittsburgh Live Gregg Allman is getting old. The 60-grit singer is 55 now. His knees creak. He knows when the rain’s coming. His personal trainer comes out to the house, out past the plantation oaks. She has him on the Atkins diet. “This friend of mine, this guy who lives two […]
ABB, Tedeschi Take Charge (Tweeter review, Patriot Ledger)
CONCERT REVIEW Allman Brothers Band, Tedeschi take charge Jay N. Miller 14 July 2003 – The Patriot Ledger Copyright (c) 2003 Bell & Howell Information and Learning Company. All rights reserved. About 34 years after its founding, the Allman Brothers Band is still the premier jam band in rock ‘n’ roll. The years and various […]
Tweeter review: Worcester Telegram & Gazette
Allman Brothers keeps sound fresh New tunes fortify Southern rock classics Scott McLennan 14 July 2003 Worcester Telegram & Gazette Copyright (c) 2003 Bell & Howell Information and Learning Company. All rights reserved. MANSFIELD — With history behind it and young blood out front, the Allman Brothers Band continues to defy the laws of gravity […]
Oteil Counts the ABB’s Blessings
By: Scott McLennan For the Worcester Telegram & Gazette 10 July 2003 Reinvention is the mother of The Allman Brothers Band. Through its 34-year history the iconic Southern rock ensemble has made room for many “brothers” as death, drug abuse and degeneration besot the Allmans with a frequency that would have permanently crippled most. The […]
Allman Brothers Band Wows Bluesfest
By: Dennis Armstrong For the Ottawa Sun It was time to get back to some good ole fashioned blues last night with The Allman Brothers at the Bluesfest Main Stage big show. With a little psychedelia thrown in. After hugely entertaining, eclectic evenings with Kool & the Gang, Great Big Sea, Sheryl Crow and Elvis […]