They were great.
― kornrulez6969, Sunday, 28 May 2017 03:12 (seven years ago) link
listening to Eat A Peach right now, RIP
― HONOR THE FYRE (sleeve), Sunday, 28 May 2017 03:13 (seven years ago) link
Looks like The Daily Beast has re-upped their republishing of Grover Lewis' notorious Allmans tour report, originally published in Rolling Stone (apparently against the author's wishes) alongside Duane's obituary in '71.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/03/15/stacks-hitting-the-note-with-the-allman-brothers-band
― to fly across the city and find Aerosmith's car (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 28 May 2017 20:01 (seven years ago) link
Best story right here
http://buffalonews.com/2017/06/04/dream-sequence-gregg-allman-cher-lighted-canisius-high/
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 5 June 2017 16:26 (seven years ago) link
Awesome
― Wet Pelican would provide the soundtrack (Myonga Vön Bontee), Monday, 5 June 2017 20:30 (seven years ago) link
I've got a bit of a commute these days and have had a few drives to the early Allman Brothers records. I had a weird thought thinking that Duane Allman was all of 24 years old when he passed on. It's kind of odd to think those tunes on those two studio albums, At Fillmore East and the left over tracks on Eat a Peach have nearly lived on the radio twice as long as his actual life.
I got thinking about Butch Trucks and Gregg Allman recently passing on and the fact that this group went on in various versions for decades but the music that is known was those slight two studio albums and that live record cut in like Aug. 69 to Oct. 71. It was such a small sliver of time and they were so young when those recordings were made. Time is a funny thing.
― earlnash, Friday, 29 September 2017 04:06 (six years ago) link
Brothers and Sisters was very well received, still sounds fresh; several others were uneven but worth checking out 'til they got rejuvenated by bringing in Warren Haynes and Allen Woody, then with the return of Haynes with the permanent residence of Derek Trucks, plus Oteil Burbridge and Marc Quinones; I know people who went to see them at the Beacon every time, Their label a bunch of hot live sets, incl. from the Duane and Berry era. Also don't miss the Epic/Legacy set from 1970 Atlanta Pop: Berry at his best, for one thing.
― dow, Friday, 29 September 2017 04:49 (six years ago) link
from what i've heard of Enlightened Rogues, it's not bad. my recollection of their two 'Evening with the Allman Brothers' CDs was that they were really good.
― nomar, Friday, 29 September 2017 05:03 (six years ago) link
Pandora just threw the "Whipping Post" at me from this: https://owsleystanleyfoundation.org/product/allman-brothers-band-fillmore-east-february-1970-cd/
Which just came out? Seems it should have been more newsworthy.
― Ubering With The King (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 18 September 2018 04:22 (five years ago) link
Apparently fixing to come out. The CD & Vinyl offer highlights, and a download of all the tapes will also be available.
These Sonic Journals comprise the complete source material for the compilation Allman Brothers Band, Fillmore East February 1970, which included performances from February 11, 13, & 14, 1970. These recordings were not previously released in their entirety because they contain significant flaws, primarily due to reel changes in the middle of songs. It was Bear’s wish that they be released in whole because they are sonically pure and include important, previously unreleased material of the band with Duane in his prime, and so with the blessing of the Allman Brothers Band, they are available here for the first time. On each night, you can find something special and rare — even if only in a fragment or a solo. Highlights include the three earliest known live versions of Elizabeth Reed.
― Ubering With The King (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 18 September 2018 04:27 (five years ago) link
Elizabeth Reed is such a beautiful and clever piece of music
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, 24 June 2019 16:12 (four years ago) link
Take it down a notch brohttps://open.spotify.com/track/7DYCoG5ouDFG7lfHbyC4Nw
― calstars, Wednesday, 26 June 2019 01:49 (four years ago) link
https://open.spotify.com/track/2PDEmZJfAgBKh293Jo2ASUJfk South rulez
― calstars, Sunday, 29 March 2020 01:35 (four years ago) link
Listening to One Way Out: Live at the Beacon. I find it very cute that they have a picture of Katz's Deli on the tray card even though it's in the LES, quite a ways from the Beacon on the UWS. (I wonder if they ate there a lot?)
Christgau isn't wrong, this is a mightily impressive set that performance-wise is arguably better than the legendary Fillmore recordings. It's mainly the same material, but the band is better overall while Haynes and Trucks brings more of a balance too - Duane really towered over the others as a soloist. I didn't have much interest in the band after Brothers & Sisters, but if like me you really loved their first four albums and are still a little curious about what came later, I highly recommend checking this out.
― birdistheword, Tuesday, 26 July 2022 03:50 (one year ago) link
I shouldn't say the "same" material actually - a lot of overlap, but they also do 18 numbers (the original Fillmore double LP and the Fillmore sides on Eat a Peach in total only covered 10) and a few of the Duane-era songs found here aren't on those earlier records too.
― birdistheword, Tuesday, 26 July 2022 04:04 (one year ago) link
Continue to listen through various Allman Brothers archive releases.
Fillmore West 71 is good to excellent sound quality wise. ‘Elizabeth Reed’ on the first night is pretty wicked. Third night is probably the best show.
Fox Box from 2004 was an anniversary run of shows in Atlanta that is all worth hearing. Only ‘Dreams’ being the only tune played each night featuring a different soloist each night, including guest Jack Pearson. One reason to check these gigs out is the Brothers break out some killer covers including ‘I Walk on Guilded Splinters’ and ‘Franklin’s Tower’ with Oteil singing lead.
― The Artist formerly known as Earlnash, Saturday, 16 March 2024 14:32 (three months ago) link
I need to check out that Fox Box, I've never heard that one.
Speaking of Oteil, I just listened to One Way Out, the last "new" live release they put out from a show in 2003. Heavy on Hittin' the Note material, but I dug it a lot more than I expected - Oteil is prominent in the mix and sounds great.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 18 March 2024 16:42 (three months ago) link
Dickey Betts has passed
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/dickey-betts-allman-brothers-band-dead-727523/
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 18 April 2024 16:01 (two months ago) link
one of the best to ever do it
― the defenestration of prog (voodoo chili), Thursday, 18 April 2024 16:13 (two months ago) link
Just saw this. Always a bit of an arm's-length interest, but I do love "Jessica," which Betts wrote (also "Little Martha," but that's Duane--I think Betts played on it, though).
― clemenza, Thursday, 18 April 2024 16:50 (two months ago) link
mystical, magical, soaring… his playing really took me higher. RIP, will burn one to brothers and sisters tonight #youtubecomments
― brimstead, Thursday, 18 April 2024 17:01 (two months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hd66VD1zm9M
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 18 April 2024 17:05 (two months ago) link
elizabeth reed, absolutely one of my favorite songs ever
― the defenestration of prog (voodoo chili), Thursday, 18 April 2024 17:51 (two months ago) link
awww man, RIP Dickey
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 18 April 2024 18:01 (two months ago) link
love me some allman bros guitar tones man.
rip dickey
― I Chet the Holmgren (Spottie), Thursday, 18 April 2024 18:01 (two months ago) link
rip what a fucking legend
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 18 April 2024 18:06 (two months ago) link
He was a handful!
― scott seward, Thursday, 18 April 2024 18:26 (two months ago) link
i guess that just leaves jaimoe
― budo jeru, Thursday, 18 April 2024 19:16 (two months ago) link
In Memory of Dickey Betts
RIP
― Brad C., Thursday, 18 April 2024 19:50 (two months ago) link
RipHeadlining tonight at the great Fillmore gig in the sky with his brothers
― calstars, Thursday, 18 April 2024 21:50 (two months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8KxCdESrCE
― The Artist formerly known as Earlnash, Thursday, 18 April 2024 22:40 (two months ago) link
Wow, I didn't know that the notorious Grover Lewis "On The Road With The Allmans" piece in Rolling Stone ran alongside the last part of Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas. '70s Hedonism at its finest.
https://www.duaneallman.info/hittingthenote.htm
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 18 April 2024 22:46 (two months ago) link
great time capsule, thanks for that
― calstars, Thursday, 18 April 2024 23:51 (two months ago) link