Southern rock’s social legacy
By Doug Gross Associated Press Writer 23 September 2004 – Associated Press Newswires ATLANTA (AP) – For many, Southern rock conjures up images of beer drinkin’, hell raisin’ and flapping Confederate flags. In a new book, a former Rolling Stone editor and MTV executive casts the music of such groups as The Allman Brothers and […]
Chuck Leavell inducted into Hall of Fame as performer
APPLAUSE: Don Rhodes column 16 September 2004 – Augusta Chronicle Few Georgia tree farmers can claim to have toured with the Rolling Stones and The Allman Brothers and recorded with Eric Clapton and George Harrison. Keyboardist Chuck Leavell can. When not onstage, he and his wife, Rose Lane, own and manage 1,500 acres of timber […]
ABB To Recreate Eat A Peach
ABB To Recreate Eat A Peach XM Satellite Radio has announced the inception of a new monthly series entitled, “Then…Again…Live!” Over the coming months artists will reinterpret classic albums live in front of studio audiences. The show will debut on September 19 with Cheap Trick and Live at Budokan. Other participants include Lynyrd Skynyrd- Pronounced […]
Bobby Whitlock & Kim Carmel
An Interview By Bill Thames Bobby Whitlock began his career as a musician’s equivalent to a supercharged Ferrari racecar; laying rubber and burning-up stage, studio, and sensibilities, chasing, and finally capturing that fleeting star. Like many other successful Southern musicians, Whitlock seemed to go from “chopping cotton in Mississippi to being a rock star,” as […]
If It’s Live, It’s Probably Already Online
By DAN LEROY 12 September 2004 The New York Times (c) 2004 New York Times Company With his long, lank blond hair, open-toed Birkenstocks and laid-back demeanor, Grayson Brulte, 21, of Fairfield is easy to envision as a concert bootlegger, lugging a recorder into shows and emerging with live tapes of Phish or the Dave […]
Allman Brothers, Hitting The Notes
Allman Brothers, hitting the notes By JEFF MIERS NEWS POP MUSIC CRITIC 9/8/2004 Concert Review The Allman Brothers Band Monday, Darien Lake Performing Arts Center It was a fitting way to see the summer off. On Monday, the Allman Brothers Band took Labor Day revelers at Darien Lake Performing Arts center on a nearly three-hour […]
Allman Band Revels in Glorious Guitars
By Ed Masley Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 7 September 2004 page B-5 Thirty-five years after redefining the improvisational limits of rock ‘n’ roll while expanding the music’s vocabulary with a debut album that set a new standard for what it could, in theory, mean to jam, the Allman Brothers Band reached back and recaptured the twin- guitar […]
Allmans put on spirited show
St. Paul Pioneer Press 1 September 2004, p. 8B By Rob Hubbard Pioneer Press When the brilliant young blues guitarist Duane Allman was killed in a motorcycle accident in 1971, it looked like the Allman Brothers Band would join that era’s influential musicians with tragically brief careers. But something unusual happened: His band decided to […]
Allmans jam at New York State Fair
Southern Rock Glory: Allman Brothers Shifts into Jam-Band Gear for More Than 6,000 fans by Mark Bialczak Staff writer 28 August 2004 – The Post Standard/Herald-Journal, page A2 The Allman Brothers Band showed a flock of fervid fans at the state fair Grandstand Friday night what happens when Gregg Allman and gang switch into full […]
When Dixie Brewed Its Own Brand of Rock Music
by Pat MacEnulty Special to the Observer 27 August 2004 – The Charlotte Observer (NC) DIXIE LULLABY: A Story of Music, Race, and New Beginnings in a New South By Mark Kemp. Free Press. 296 pages. $26. Former Rolling Stone writer and editor Mark Kemp, who grew up in Asheboro, has written a ramblin’ man’s […]
Despite hard times, Gregg Allman cherishes memories
By Doug Pullen Newhouse News Service 29 August 2004 – St. Paul Pioneer Press After Duane Allman’s Oct. 29, 1971, death in a motorcycle crash, the band that bears his and brother Gregg’s last name refused to perform on one particular day each month. “It was about four years after he died that we would […]
Allmans Show Why They’re Legendary
by Christopher Blagg 22 August 2004 – The Boston Herald Torrential downpours aren’t exactly the ideal weather conditions for an outdoor concert. Despite severe thunderstorm warnings and bucketloads of tailgate-dampening rain, the Allman Brothers Band managed to uplift their soggy loyal crowd last night at the Tweeter Center. After more than 35 years of touring, […]