Macon Music: Museum Honors Georgia’s Musicians
The Augusta Chronicle The Otis Redding Memorial Bridge and Little Richard Penniman Boulevard are notable Macon landmarks. But it’s at the Georgia Music Hall of Fame where you can experience the significant impact these and other Georgia-bred musicians have had on the world stage. The museum in the heart of downtown Macon displays a plethora […]
Allman Fans Reunite for GABBAfest
By: Gray Beverley For the Macon Telegraph In the alley outside, a group gathered around three guitars and a harmonica playing “Melissa.” Few lips were sealed. One person sang at full strength, two others joined in with a somewhat softer accompaniment, and still others could not resist at least mouthing the words to a favorite […]
Tom Dowd in Spotlight on Sundance Channel
By: Dean Goodman For Reuters 10/3/2003 Tom Dowd, a physics wiz who helped develop the atomic bomb during the 1940s, went on to create a series of bigger explosions that rocked the world. No one was hurt in the process. For Dowd found his calling as the engineer or producer for such acts as Charlie […]
Butch and the Blues (Palm Beach Post)
OUR BLUES BROTHERS (AND SISTER) CHARLES PASSY Palm Beach Post Music Writer 28 September 2003 The Palm Beach Post Blues fan: Butch Trucks, drummer for the Allman Brothers Band, Palm Beach What the blues means to him: “Duane (Allman) introduced me to the blues. They became a part of my life then and have been […]
Following the ABB to Berkeley and San Diego
By: fnclough For: Hittin’ the Web 9/20/2003 I think I finally know why all those “Dead-Heads” use to follow the Grateful Dead from venue to venue. I used to think people who would do this had no life of their own. Not now, especially since I am getting all I can of these Allman Brothers! […]
How music’s melodies help teens heal 9-11 hurt
The Asbury Park Press 8 September 2003 In the months after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, Jessica Milano would not talk about losing her father, Peter, in the World Trade Center. Milano said her mother was frantic because she was not communicating. But the teenager was dealing with it in her own way: through […]
Allman Brothers Band turns up the heat
By: Scott Iwasaki FOr The Deseret Morning News 9/15/2003 Fans’ warm applause and a cold night greeted the Allman Brothers Band at the USANA Amphitheater Saturday night. Still, the biting wind that dropped the mercury to somewhere around 50 degrees didn’t stop the stalwart Southern blues jam band from playing an innovative set that dipped […]
Legendary Allman Brothers Band shows no signs of aging
By: G. Brown For The Denver Post 9/15/2003 Few groups evoke as many gasps of “Are they still around?” as the Allman Brothers Band. During the late ’60s and early ’70s, the band conjured a mix of virtually every American musical form – blues, country, R&B, jazz and rock – bound by an ethos of […]
For Haynes, life on the road is a triple play
By: Spencer Patterson For The Las Vegas Sun 9/12/2003 If you think Warren Haynes gives his guitars a workout at his shows, just imagine what his day planner must look like. While many musicians might struggle to keep pace with a single band, the 37-year-old Asheville, N.C., native is a full-time member of three. He […]
‘Beginnings’ Showcases Duane Allman’s Brilliance
By Spencer Patterson 29 August 2003, the Las Vegas Sun In the pantheon of rock legends cut down in their prime, Duane Allman rarely gets his due. It’s not hard to figure out why. The guitarist’s fatal motorcycle accident occurred in October 1971, just months after the deaths of the more prominent trio of Jimi […]