“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, […]
Gregg Allman is Hittin’ the Note in Every Way
By: Tom Lounges For The Northwest Times Few bands in the history of rock have had such impact on music as the self-named Southern-fried blues group founded by two Nashville-born and Florida-bred brothers named Duane and Gregg Allman. The Allman Brothers pioneered the use of double-drummers and were among the first to incorporate the twin […]
Allman Brothers Band Soaring
By Michael Parrish, Special to the Tribune. 31 July 2003 Chicago Tribune Copyright 2003, Chicago Tribune. All Rights Reserved. In its 34-year history, the Allman Brothers Band has had 20 different members, with drummer Butch Trucks being the only constant in the lineup. The group has had to reinvent itself repeatedly to adjust to the […]
ABB finds joy in new musical directions
By: Dave Hoekstra For The Chicago Sun Times 7/31/2003 With sunken cheeks and his hair tied back into a braided ponytail, Gregg Allman now carries the cool aura of Chet Baker. Allman Brothers twin guitarists Warren Haynes and Derek Trucks play with improvisational adventure, echoing single-line tones of hard bopster Grant Green. So maybe it […]
A Watkins Glen Retrospective – Summer Jam remembered
27 July 2003 – Star-Gazette, Elmira (c) Copyright 2003, Star-Gazette, Elmira. All Rights Reserved. Thirty years ago, a rock concert bigger than Woodstock took over Watkins Glen By DANIEL ALOI Star-Gazette daloi@stargazette.com The recipe was fairly simple for the largest concert gathering in history. All it took was three top rock bands, a large piece […]