Mountain Jam at Montage
Mountain jam By MIKE LELLO Weekender Correspondent 13 August 2003 The Wilkes-Barre Times Leader (PA) SCRANTON – The Allman Brothers Band have been thrilling audiences for more than 30 years. The Southern jam rockers have a massive back catalog to draw from, and thier summer tours arrive like clockwork every season, as it did August […]
Instant Live Update
8/12/2003 Customers with Allman Brothers Band Instant Live CD disc problems can contact the fine folks at Instant Live in the following ways: e-mail: info@instantliveconcerts.com phone: (866) 909-LIVE Web: instantliveconcerts.com They want customers to return problem discs to: Instant Live, 36 Bay State Road, Cambridge, MA 02138 Then they can analyze the CDs and see […]
Post-concert CD business gains ground
By: Susan Ault For The Toronto Star 8/12/2003 They’ll probably never replace T-shirts, but live CDs are starting to make headway as the new concert souvenir. Throughout this event-heavy summer, live concerts are being recorded onto discs and sold shortly after the performances. Post-concert CDs are typically two- or three-disc sets that sell for about […]
Marines, Airmen Treated to ABB/Alltel Road Trip
By: Sandy Wall For The Kinston Free Press 8/12/2003 RALEIGH – Call this one Operation Allman Brothers. About 100 Marines and airmen based in Eastern North Carolina were treated Sunday to a free rock ‘n’ roll road trip to see The Allman Brothers Band perform at Alltel Pavilion at Walnut Creek in Raleigh. The event, […]
Oteil Give a Thumbs Up to the ABB’s Team Spirit
From The Wilmington Star 8/7/2003 It took the legendary Allman Brothers Band nine years to release its latest album of new material, Hittin’ the Note. And bassist Oteil Burbridge is glad the band waited. “I really didn’t want to record with the band before because there was so much tension,” Mr. Burbridge said during a […]
Legacy/Epic Records to Release the ABB’s Atlanta Pop Performances
From Billboard.com Legacy/Epic Records has set a Oct. 21 release date for a new double-disc live album by the Allman Brothers Band. “Live at the Atlanta International Pop Festival — July 3 & 5, 1970” collects two performances by the then-new group, opening and closing the second annual Atlanta International Pop Festival. The Allman Brothers […]
“Instant Live” an Instant Hit With ABB Fans
By: Joseph Smith For The News & Observer 8/11/2003 Brenda Griffin didn’t mind the wait. Not after a 10-hour car drive from her home in Tallahassee. Not after attending three Allman Brothers Band concerts in as many days — in Atlanta, Charlotte and Raleigh. Griffin was one of the close to 800 fans who stood […]
Allman Brothers Band to Plant Roots in Raleigh
The Mayor of Raleigh, Charles Meeker, will present a tree to the Allman Brothers Band, the only act to appear at ALLTEL Pavilion each of the venue’s 13 years in operation. A certificate stating that a tree will be planted in the band’s honor will be given to each band member in an on-stage presentation […]
Gloriously pure Allman Band Band improves with age
By: Jeff Spevak For The Rochester, NY, Democrat & Chronicle 8/3/2003 This is my reward for sitting through Justin Timberlake the night before. If I ever catch myself thinking, — gee, Creed’s really rockin’ tonight, — I’ll go home and put on Live at Fillmore East. The Allman Brothers Band destroyed all pretenders Saturday night […]
Allman Brothers Band Delivers Blistering Rock & Blues
By: Alan K. Stout For The Times Leader 8/03/2003 SCRANTON – It’s appropriate that the latest CD from the Allman Brothers Band is titled “Hittin’ the Note” because that’s exactly what the Rock & Roll Hall of Famers did on Friday night at the Ford Pavilion at Montage Mountain. The Allmans, who have played Montage […]
Deluxe Edition of The Allman Brothers Band Live At Fillmore East Announced
Six Additional Live Tracks Added to Classic 1971 Double Live Album One of the greatest double live albums of all time, The Allman Brothers Band At Fillmore East has been digitally remastered and expanded with bonus tracks, creating for the first time a complete concert experience. The two-CD The Allman Brothers Band At Fillmore East […]
Warren and Derek, Guitar Slingers (Guitar Player)
By: Jimmy Leslie For Guitar Player, 1 August 2003 Copyright 2003 United Entertainment Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Pop in the Allman Brothers Band’s Hittin’ the Note [Sanctuary]-the group’s first studio album in nearly a decade-and the first sounds to meet your ears are a stomping beat, a swampy blues lick, a warbling slide note, […]