Paul Hornsby-Macon His Own Way
By: Bill Thames Other than being extraordinarily gifted guitar players, what do Duane Allman, Elvin Bishop, and Eddie Hinton all have in common? The answer is—that they all considered Paul Hornsby a close friend, a marvelous musical talent on the road, and one of the finest engineers/producers in the recording industry. The list of names […]
Bramblett is Brilliant
By: Bill Thames By Showtime on Friday night April 30th, a blustery Florida northeaster was driving liquid nails into the tin roof of the House of Blues in Orlando. The “real” storm, however, was gathering strength on the stage, just inside—and Randall Bramblett was in the eye of the storm. While supporting his new “Thin […]
The ABB’s 2003 Instant Live Series is Back!
The Allman Brothers Band’s previously sold out series of 6 Instant Live CDs from their legendary 2003 summer tour has been re-printed and is now available through a special pre-sale promotion from Kid Glove Enterprises. “Magical” best describes the summer of 2003 for the ABB. They soared through classic tunes from their roots, dropped jaws […]
Review of One Way Out by Tom Clarke, King Biscuit Time magazine
In a scene played out similarly some 150 times in the last 13 years, people of varying ages and walks of life buzz around under the brightly scripted marquee in anticipation of a communal rock ‘n’ roll happening. As I write this, The Allman Brothers Band are on stage two and a half hours south, […]
Allmans Better Than Ever After 35 Years
Chad Berndtson 2 April 2004 / The Patriot Ledger Copyright (c) 2004 Bell & Howell Information and Learning Company. All rights reserved. ONE WAY OUT, The Allman Brothers Band (Peach/Sanctuary Records) Southern blues rock gods the Allman Brothers Band celebrate their 35th anniversary this year, and for a band whose legal and internal troubles are […]
Life Outside the Beacon
By: Bill Thames For the past two weeks, while countless lucky Allman Brothers Band fans have been gathering in New York City, and swarming over the Beacon Theater, those of us left behind were doubtlessly searching for something to take our minds off the concerts that we were missing. This past weekend, while the Allman […]
Kids Listening to their Parent’s Music
By: Edna Gundersen For USA TODAY Jamie Horton, 14, considers himself a fairly savvy music-loving teen. The Los Angeles ninth-grader trawls the Internet for rock discoveries and totes an iPod packed with 3,000 tunes. His favorite band? Queen. Not late-’90s rock outfit Queens of the Stone Age, not late-’80s metal band Queensryche and certainly not […]
“One Way Out” is Essential
By: Thom Jurek For: All Music Guide Do we really need another live double CD by the Allman Brothers Band? Oh yeah. In fact, when they play this well, we need them in droves. This collection marks the second time the Allman Brothers have issued music from their storied shows at the Beacon Theater in […]
A Night to Honor Bands That Jam
March 18, 2004 By: Jon Pareles For The New York Times Imagine current pop turned inside out. Playing concerts would be a living rather than a promotional tool, bands would take musical chances nightly, wardrobe would be an afterthought, a group could release a dozen live albums a year, and gray hair and wrinkles would […]
Beacon Feels like the Fillmore East to The ABB
By: John Petrick For The North Jersey Bergen Record After 35 years of life, death, booze, and scandal, a mellower Gregg Allman still keeps his mind on the road. “I’m looking out at my back yard right now, watching a river go by,” says a gravel-voiced Allman from his Savannah, Ga., home. “I’m down here […]
Allman Brothers Band’s “One Way Out” In Stores March 23
Double Live CD Documents 2003 ‘March Madness’ Run at the Beacon Theatre in New York City Group to perform on ‘Late Night with Conan O’Brien’ March 16 in advance of the March 18 launch of this year’s ‘March Madness’ engagement (click to view larger image) The Allman Brothers Band, one of rock’s most acclaimed live […]
Gov’t Mule goes deep with The Deepest End
By: Eddie Modzelewski Warren Hayes, the leader of Gov’t Mule and the hardest working man in the music business, has just put out the conclusion to Gov’t Mule’s last two albums, The Deep End Volumes 1 and 2, calling it The Deepest End. Haynes, along with founding drummer Matt Abts, put out the double live […]