Incredible Show!!!
WOW!!! Caught the Brothers in West Palm Beach, FL last night. WOW!! Warren is amazing! Derek is a true artist. The drummers (all three) were so tight! The bassist – fantastic! Gregg was the best I have seen him in who knows how long. Thanks for a memorable night guys. Great musicians, I have noticed, […]
Allman Strikes Indecipherable Chord at SPAC
By: Thomas Dimopoulos The Saratogan SARATOGA SPRINGS — A crowd of 8,200 — at least half of whom lay claim to have attended the band’s legendary 1971 Fillmore Theater shows — kicked it back mellow at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center Tuesday night, waiting for the Allman Brothers to take the stage. Dean Martin (not […]
ABB Never Lack for Variety or Creativty
By: Dave Fennessy Pittsburgh Daily News For the past decade or so, an Allman Brothers Band concert has amounted to something of an “oldies” show, where established hits get replayed and often reinterpreted, depending on the shifting configuration of the band on any given tour. Not to imply that’s a bad thing. With solid Hall-of-Fame […]
Allman Brothers Still Magical
By: David Malachowski Times Union Thirty-one years ago The Allman Brothers Band played its first ever concert in Saratoga. On many levels, this year’s burning transcendent set was just as magical as way back then. It was the sunny Saturday afternoon of May 15, 1971, that the ABB, then relatively unknown, stunned the unsuspecting listeners […]
ABB Deliver Astounding, Inspired Performance
By: Jeff Miers Buffalo News On Saturday night, the Allman Brothers Band proved that the blues is a still-viable art form with an astounding, inspired performance at Darien Lake. With a set that blended the best of the old with a handful of new selections from the band’s forthcoming album, the Brothers made it quite […]
Band of Brothers
By JAMES HEANEY NEWS STAFF 8/16/2002 The road may indeed go on forever for the Allman Brothers Band. Drummer Butch Trucks says he and his bandmates are having the time of their lives. They’re getting along famously, playing better than ever and have finished work on what Trucks said is “the best recording we’ve made […]
Drummer says the Allmans are having fun again
By: Ed Masley Post-Gazette Pop Music Critic Friday, August 16, 2002 Two years ago, the Allman Brothers parted ways with founding member Dickey Betts. Today, it’s like a new band — one with more than 30 years experience, a Hall of Fame induction and such jam-rock classics as “At Fillmore East” and “Eat a Peach” […]
Resurgence in popularity has Allmans feeling ‘blessed’
By: Regis Behe TRIBUNE-REVIEW Thursday, August 15, 2002 Allman Brothers Band drummer Butch Trucks is reached in New York City’s Central Park, where he’s watching bandmate Marc Quinones play a softball game. “Aww, Marc!” Trucks cries at one point. “He just dropped one he should have caught.” It’s about the only blemish on a perfect […]
Allman’s Bluesy Show is a Summer Highlight
By: Steve Morse Boston Globe MANSFIELD – A fan sitting next to me couldn’t contain himself. ”It’s not a summer without the Allman Brothers!” he shouted. And he was right. The band and its devotees have become as much a summer fixture as Jimmy Buffett’s Parrotheads or Ozzy Osbourne’s hordes. The Allmans have gone through […]
Joe Main of DTB Co-Produces debut by Plaid Iguana Project
Joe Main (Derek Trucks Band Production Manager) has been working this year on the debut release by MD, WV band: Plaid Iguana Project. The as of yet untitled cd, which is due for release in the fall, features ten original tracks that range from rock, to country, to soulful blues & funk elements. Special guests […]
AllBros at Warfield, S.F., June 10 & 12
Like most ABB fans, I started following the band at a young age (13 yrs.) when my sister’s older boyfriends introduced me to “Idlewild South”. I was immediatedly enthralled with what was an unfamiliar sound because it touched some level within me I had never felt from music before. Flash forward to the Warfield Theater, […]
Allman Brothers Band from the Target Center to Blossom Music
Dear Family, This is the tale of my adventure from the Target Center in Minneapolis to Cuyahoga Falls in Ohio. A new yearly ritual I started with my brother Jeremiah ( Jay ) last year . It’s our healing and growing time together. He is a guitarist , been playing since he was 10 yrs […]