Warren Haynes On the Record
By: HopHead At the Daytona Beach Oceanside Convention Center last night during the drum solo in the new instrumental, Warren motioned for us to follow him to his dressing room. I was amazed at first, thinking “Who me?” but Warren motioned again and said “C’mon!” We sat down with him for about ten minutes and […]
ABB’s Ruth Ekerd Show is a Magical Doozy
By: Gina Vivinetto St. Petersburg Times CLEARWATER — The Allman Brothers Band invited 2,149 fans at Saturday’s spectacular sold-out show at Ruth Eckerd Hall to join it in its newest incarnation — and it’s a doozy. Founding members keyboardist Gregg Allman and drummer Butch Trucks, who got the band going in 1969 with Gregg’s late […]
Incredible Show!!!
WOW!!! Caught the Brothers in West Palm Beach, FL last night. WOW!! Warren is amazing! Derek is a true artist. The drummers (all three) were so tight! The bassist – fantastic! Gregg was the best I have seen him in who knows how long. Thanks for a memorable night guys. Great musicians, I have noticed, […]
The Flower Guy and His Younger Brother
By Rick de Yampert Daytona Beach News-Journal Entertainment Writer DAYTONA BEACH — Floyd Miles remembers the flowers. His wife had just given birth to their first daughter and his friend — this kid, really, because Miles himself was just 17 — brought flowers to the hospital. Brad Yates remembers how he and his friends often […]
16 Year Old Meets Gregg at a Boxing Match
My name is Jonathan Murphy. I’m from Effingham County Ga. I’m a huge Allman Brothers Band fan. I love all of their stuff all the way back to the Allman Jand the Hour Glass. My dad has always played in bands. He brought me up listening to classic rock, blues and early r&b. I was […]
Allman Brothers Still Magical
By: David Malachowski Times Union Thirty-one years ago The Allman Brothers Band played its first ever concert in Saratoga. On many levels, this year’s burning transcendent set was just as magical as way back then. It was the sunny Saturday afternoon of May 15, 1971, that the ABB, then relatively unknown, stunned the unsuspecting listeners […]
Butch Trucks – Walking in Frodo’s footsteps
By: Jeff Spevak Democrat & Chronicle (Rochester, NY) Butch Trucks’ day is off to a good start. He has just returned from a morning shopping to one of the mega-bookstores near his Manhattan apartment to pick up a DVD of The Lord of the Rings. He has seen the movie 13 times and read the […]
Band of Brothers
By JAMES HEANEY NEWS STAFF 8/16/2002 The road may indeed go on forever for the Allman Brothers Band. Drummer Butch Trucks says he and his bandmates are having the time of their lives. They’re getting along famously, playing better than ever and have finished work on what Trucks said is “the best recording we’ve made […]
Drummer says the Allmans are having fun again
By: Ed Masley Post-Gazette Pop Music Critic Friday, August 16, 2002 Two years ago, the Allman Brothers parted ways with founding member Dickey Betts. Today, it’s like a new band — one with more than 30 years experience, a Hall of Fame induction and such jam-rock classics as “At Fillmore East” and “Eat a Peach” […]
Resurgence in popularity has Allmans feeling ‘blessed’
By: Regis Behe TRIBUNE-REVIEW Thursday, August 15, 2002 Allman Brothers Band drummer Butch Trucks is reached in New York City’s Central Park, where he’s watching bandmate Marc Quinones play a softball game. “Aww, Marc!” Trucks cries at one point. “He just dropped one he should have caught.” It’s about the only blemish on a perfect […]