Allman Brothers Prove Rock Prowess Once Again
Music Review by Dean Johnson Boston Herald Saturday, June 23, 2001 The night began with “Whipping Post.” The Allman Brothers Band opened its extravagant 160-minute concert at the Tweeter Center last night with its tour-de-force song. That’s the musical equivalent of tossing a hand grenade onto a fireworks barge, and that’s just about the way […]
Allman Brothers Keep Their Guitar Prowess All in the Family
By MICHAEL ECK Special to the Times Union First published: Monday, June 25, 2000 SARATOGA SPRINGS — Since their start over 30 years ago the Allman Brothers Band has emphasized a sense of family in its music. But the reinvigorated group that rocked SPAC Sunday night was perhaps more about family than the Allmans have […]
ABB Wows Packed Amphitheatre
By Malcom X Abram The Macon Telegraph 8/10/2001 It was my intention to catch all three of the acts – Susan Tedeschi, Phil Lesh and Friends and the Allman Brothers Band – performing last Sunday at Hi-Fi Buys Amphitheatre, which you may recall was still called Lakewood Amphitheatre last time the Brothers played there in […]
Allman Bros. Working On New Studio Album
Edited by Jonathan Cohen August 13, 2001, 4:05 PM The Allman Brothers Band is working on its first studio album in over seven years and hopes to release it next spring, drummer Butch Trucks tells Billboard.com. Songs such as “Desdamona,” “High Cost of Low Living,” and “Rocking Horse” have already become concert staples and are […]
Allman Brothers’ New Guy Steps Up
Friday, August 17, 2001 Concert review By Chris Varias Cincinnati Enquirer contributor The old, new guy made his presence felt. Warren Haynes, the Allman Brothers guitarist who left in 1997, is back, replacing Jimmy Herring, who in turn replaced original guitarist Dickey Betts, whom the band sacked. During the Allmans’ Wednesday-night show at Riverbend, Mr. […]
Allman Brothers Find Peace and a New Set of Fans
08/16/01 Anastasia Pantsios Special to the Cleveland Plain Dealer It’s a contented Gregg Allman who is calling from Denver. The Allman Brothers Band has played the big annual biker gathering in Sturgis, N.D. Recently married (on May 3) to the woman he’s been with for six years, clean and sober, and newly relocated to Savannah, […]
Allman Brothers Band Works Its Psychedelic Blues Magic
Cleveland Plain Dealer 08/17/01 Anastasia Pantsios About 4,000 to 5,000 hardy classic-rock lovers braved a downpour last night to hear the Allman Brothers Band work its psychedelic blues magic at Blossom Music Center. Thirty-two years after its formation, the ABB contains three original members: vocalist/keyboard player Gregg Allman and drummers Butch Trucks and Jaimoe Johanson. […]
Allman Brothers Bluesy Sounds Great on the Ears
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Monday, August 20, 2001 By John Young Sure, you can call the Allman Brothers Band a Southern rock band. The group originated in the South. The group rocks. But the Allman Brothers Band, particularly the 2001 configuration that played Post-Gazette Pavilion last night, belongs in another category. This is a blues band. And […]
Allmans Reaching New Generations
By REX RUTKOSKI Weekender Correspondent8/22/2001 The Allman Brothers Band plays on. And people are continuing to take notice. “Regardless of lineup, the Allmans remain a nightly wonder,” observes veteran chronicler of the music scene, David Fricke. “In their middle age, they have evolved beyond band-dom into a great repertory orchestra, a rock equivalent of the […]
Haynes is Back, Allmans are Better
Haynes Is Back, Allmans Are Better By ERIC DANTON The Hartford Courant August 27, 2001 Talk about a triumphant return. Four years after leaving the Allman Brothers Band to concentrate on Gov’t Mule, Warren Haynes is back, and he’s running the show. The Allman Brothers wrapped up their latest tour with a stop Sunday at […]