Draw a Bead on Some Fun
From the Orlando Sentinel. The beads will fly as Universal Studios’ eighth annual Mardi Gras gets under way tonight. We’re talking millions of strands of beads, the ones that are pitched from the colorful floats, 14 of them, designed by Blaine Kern, whose New Orleans company has built Mardi Gras floats since 1932. The theme […]
Allman Brothers Band to Launch 10,000 Lakes Festival
The Allman Brothers Band has been confirmed to play the inaugural 10,000 Lakes Festival 4th of July weekend. 10,000 Lakes is a new music and camping festival that will take place in beautiful Detroit Lakes, Minnesota. The Festival will be held at the We Fest amphitheatre. Tickets go on sale 2/21. For more information visit […]
Allman Bros. Lawsuit Over Lost Tapes Dismissed
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A Los Angeles judge on Friday threw out a lawsuit by the Allman Brothers Band, ruling that the rockers waited too long to sue Universal Music Group for the return of a decade’s worth of their recordings. The band, whose hits include “Ramblin’ Man,” claimed in their 2001 lawsuit that the […]
Yoo Hoo Bonnaroo!
The Allman Brothers Band is set to appear at the 2003 Bonnaroo Music Festival. Confirmed to take place June 13-15, 2003, the second annual three-day and music camping festival will be held on the same pristine 600-acre farm in Manchester, Tennessee, 60 miles south of Nashville as the 2002 fest. Tickets for the 2003 Bonnaroo […]
The Allman Brothers Band set to release “Hittin’ the Note” March 18
The Allman Brothers Band has never stopped rockin’, never been long off the road, never left an audience disappointed. What’s wrong with this picture is that this legendary group, whose catalog includes more than a few timeless, landmark albums, hadn’t laid down any studio tracks in a long while. All that changes on March 18, […]
A Pop Life
By: John Dorschner For the Miami Herald Eric Clapton thanked him for making his music better. So did Ray Charles. And the Allman Brothers. And Aretha Franklin. And many others. It was only the general public who hasn’t heard of Tom Dowd, the late Miami master of studio engineering and music producing. That’s about to […]
Allmans Ready New CD
By: Andrew Dansby For Rolling Stone 12/13/2002 The Allman Brothers Band are putting the finishing touches on a new studio album, which, if it hits a projected March release date, will be its first in almost nine years. The record will also be the Allman’s first with a reconfigured lineup that now includes guitar whiz […]
Buzzy’s Garden
Dan, myself, and two other guys decided about nine years ago to move into our current residence, a home, complete with Japanese garden front and rear. Shortly after we moved in the gardener began to trim and take care of the garden. As it turns out the underbrush was hiding what had appeared to be […]
Butch Trucks Honored With Caregiver Award
By SHANNON DONNELLY Palm Beach Daily News Society Editor Sunday, Oct. 20, 2002 NEW YORK — It’s not like Palm Beachers need an excuse to spend an autumn weekend in the Big Apple, but when there’s a good cause to support, so much the better. The Alzheimer’s Association is a good cause — and its […]
Allman Brothers Better Than Ever
By: Ralph Berrier Jr. The Roanoke Times Really, the Allman Brothers shouldn’t still be this good. The band hasn’t even been a brother act since 1971. Duane Allman died 31 years ago. Berry Oakley died a year later. The group fired charter member Dickey Betts two years ago and hasn’t had a hit album in […]
Warren acoustic shows 7-5-02 & 8-3-02
These shows are well worth seeking out. Here’s the setlists…cause Mulebase doesn’t list them and setlist.com is wrong. 🙂 8-3-02 Patchwork Quilt Before You Came Bounty Hunter Beautifully Broken Tastes Like Wine In My Life Fallen Down Stella Blue w/ Rob Barraco,One Soulshine Thassit!!!!!!! Love ta ya’ll!
The ABB’s a Fire-breathen’, 7-headed, Rock & Roll Monster
By: Ron Everhart mmm…before I go to bed, I decided to drop back by and say that last night (Salem, VA, 9/18/02), we got the Derek Dreams. As much as I love that tune and as many times as I’ve heard it live & on tape, I couldn’t say I’ve ever heard a more muscular, […]