A Watkins Glen Retrospective – Summer Jam remembered
27 July 2003 – Star-Gazette, Elmira (c) Copyright 2003, Star-Gazette, Elmira. All Rights Reserved. Thirty years ago, a rock concert bigger than Woodstock took over Watkins Glen By DANIEL ALOI Star-Gazette daloi@stargazette.com The recipe was fairly simple for the largest concert gathering in history. All it took was three top rock bands, a large piece […]
The ABB Go “Instant Live” with CC
Business Wire July 29, 2003 Today, Clear Channel Entertainment’s innovative new program Instant Live announced a collaboration with Rock & Roll Hall of Fame legends, The Allman Brothers Band. Instant Live will record and duplicate live Allman Brothers Band performances during their current U.S. tour, which supports their latest album, Hittin’ the Note. A test […]
Instant Replay – ABB and CC Go Live In NC
By: Steve Morse For The Boston Globe 7/29/2003 How many times have you gone to a concert and wished you had a live recording of it? In the past, the best way to get one was from a bootlegger who charged hefty prices for recordings with quality so poor it could make the dog wince. […]
Theatre Performances Magical for the ABB
By: David Lindquist For The Indianapolis Star 7/25/2003 Theater performances carry a magical reputation in Allman Brothers Band lore. The rock group’s finest hour is considered to be “At Fillmore East,” a 1971 concert recording from New York’s famed but long-closed psychedelic playground. In recent years, the Allmans have played extended runs each March at […]
Allman Brothers Band Delivers True Grit
By: David Lindquist For The Indianapolis Star 7/26/2003 Time is losing its battle with the Allman Brothers Band. As proven Friday night at the Murat Theater, the blues-rock veterans aren’t an oldies act. Instead, this is a muscular crew fulfilling its destiny. The Allmans couldn’t help but be lively for this sold-out theater date — […]
Tweeter review from Boston Herald, 7/15/03
THE EDGE MUSIC REVIEW; Allmans hit all the right notes DEAN JOHNSON 15 July 2003 Boston Herald Copyright (c) 2003 Bell & Howell Information and Learning Company. All rights reserved. “Tonight’s the last show (of the tour), I think it’s gonna be very special,” Allman Brothers Band guitarist Warren Haynes said before his group’s 160-minute […]
Allmans Dig Right Down to the Soul (Tweeter review)
ALLMANS DIG RIGHT DOWN TO THE SOUL Steve Morse, Globe Staff 15 July 2003 The Boston Globe Copyright (c) 2003 Bell & Howell Information and Learning Company. All rights reserved. MANSFIELD – To the shock and delight of 13,000 fans, the Allman Brothers Band pulled a few surprises at the Tweeter Center on Sunday. No, […]
Allman Brothers Band Keeps on Rockin’
By: Jack Leaver For the Muskegon Chronicle The Allman Brothers Band is kind of like the Energizer Bunny. It just keeps going, and going and going. The forefathers of Southern Rock brought its distinctively blues-based sound to the Muskegon Summer Celebration Thursday night, July 3, giving a standing and dancing crowd of 14,000 its money’s […]
Allmans: New, clearly improved
By: Al Salvato For the Cincinnati Post Without the clean guitar licks of Dickey Betts, fans of the Allman Brothers Band seemed left to wonder whether the group still packed creative might in the studio and on stage. Or was the 34-year run for the legendary blues/Southern rock band over? Betts left the Brothers nearly […]
Winston-Salem Journal HTN Review 7/4/03
DIVINE ALBUM: THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND IS BACK IN FULL ROAR By Ed Bumgardner, JOURNAL ARTS REPORTER 4 July 2003, Winston-Salem Journal (c) Copyright 2003 Piedmont Publishing Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Allman Brothers Band, Hittin’ The Note, Peach/Sanctuary/BMG. * * * * (out of four). Thank God for the faithful. For it is the […]