Allman Joy
By: Jim Farber For: The NY Daily News Gregg Allman doesn’t like to mention ex-Allmans guitarist Dickey Betts when he does an interview these days, yet he can’t avoid alluding to him over and over. When Allman talks about the band’s difficulty in writing material during the past decade, or his dissatisfaction with some recent […]
ABB Sound System is Hard to Find
By: Russell Tice For Mix Online Originally posted 7/1/1999 March 26, 1999, marked the thirtieth anniversary of the first concert by the legendary Allman Brothers Band. The date fell, fittingly enough, during what has become a tradition for the group throughout the past decade-an extended run of performances at New York’s historic Beacon Theater. The […]
New Safety Measures Expected After Blaze
By Dean Johnson For the Boston Herald Music industry veterans say the use of pyrotechnics in The Station nightclub was a horrible blunder and will bring tough new restrictions on concert special effects. “The idea of doing pyro in a facility like that is suicidal,” said Gary Bongiovanni, editor of the concert trade magazine Pollstar. […]
Allman Bros. Lawsuit Over Lost Tapes Dismissed
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A Los Angeles judge on Friday threw out a lawsuit by the Allman Brothers Band, ruling that the rockers waited too long to sue Universal Music Group for the return of a decade’s worth of their recordings. The band, whose hits include “Ramblin’ Man,” claimed in their 2001 lawsuit that the […]
The Allman Brothers Band set to release “Hittin’ the Note” March 18
The Allman Brothers Band has never stopped rockin’, never been long off the road, never left an audience disappointed. What’s wrong with this picture is that this legendary group, whose catalog includes more than a few timeless, landmark albums, hadn’t laid down any studio tracks in a long while. All that changes on March 18, […]
Butch Trucks Honored With Caregiver Award
By SHANNON DONNELLY Palm Beach Daily News Society Editor Sunday, Oct. 20, 2002 NEW YORK — It’s not like Palm Beachers need an excuse to spend an autumn weekend in the Big Apple, but when there’s a good cause to support, so much the better. The Alzheimer’s Association is a good cause — and its […]
Southbound With JNB & HopHead
By: JNB WOW – finally back to Hot’lanta after a wonderful road trip to FLA with Hophead! We’ve been doing this for about the last decade and this little adventure was one of the finest. It’s always special to see the dTb and the ABB perform in their home state. Lot’s of old friends and […]
Warren Haynes On the Record
By: HopHead At the Daytona Beach Oceanside Convention Center last night during the drum solo in the new instrumental, Warren motioned for us to follow him to his dressing room. I was amazed at first, thinking “Who me?” but Warren motioned again and said “C’mon!” We sat down with him for about ten minutes and […]
The Flower Guy and His Younger Brother
By Rick de Yampert Daytona Beach News-Journal Entertainment Writer DAYTONA BEACH — Floyd Miles remembers the flowers. His wife had just given birth to their first daughter and his friend — this kid, really, because Miles himself was just 17 — brought flowers to the hospital. Brad Yates remembers how he and his friends often […]
The Serendipity of Two Musical Heroes: Duane Allman and John Coltrane
By: David Gardiner I encountered your website for the first time today. I have enjoyed the Allman Brothers since I listened to them in high school in the early 1970s. I saw them live once but shortly after Duane died. I have long found inspiration in his guitar playing, and have often felt a remarkable […]