Duane Allman “Transformed the Poetry of Jamming”
NewsWire Reports 8/26/2003 Jimi Hendrix was the greatest guitarist in rock history, according to a list of guitar greats produced by Rolling Stone magazine. Hendrix set his guitars and the rock world alight with his versatile and vigorous performances before his death in 1970 aged 27. He beat Duane Allman – from the Allman Brothers […]
Allman concert to go instantly to CD
http://www.newsobserver.com/features/story/2749222p-2548515c.html Allman concert to go instantly to CD By DAVID MENCONI, Staff Writer Forget the T-shirt, here’s the ultimate impulse buy at a concert: A compact disc recording of a show you just saw, available before you leave the venue. And Raleigh is one of the first cities in the country where it’s being tried. […]
Allman band unites for new Note
Allman band unites for new Note Kristi Singer, Star-News Correspondent 7 August 2003 Star-News – Wilmington, N.C. (Copyright 2003 Star-News.) 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 […]
Hundreds buy ‘instant’ CD after Raleigh show
Hundreds buy ‘instant’ CD after Allmans’ concert Joseph Smith Staff Writer 12 August 2003 – The News & Observer Copyright (c) 2003 by The News & Observer Pub. Co. RALEIGH–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 […]
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 […]