this is the thread for the Allman Brothers Band, because there hasn't been an all-encompassing one yet

https://open.spotify.com/track/2PDEmZJfAgBKh293Jo2ASU

Jfk South rulez

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.

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.

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.

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.

Dickey Betts has passed

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/dickey-betts-allman-brothers-band-dead-727523/

one of the best to ever do it

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).

mystical, magical, soaring… his playing really took me higher. RIP, will burn one to brothers and sisters tonight #youtubecomments

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hd66VD1zm9M

elizabeth reed, absolutely one of my favorite songs ever

awww man, RIP Dickey

love me some allman bros guitar tones man.

rip dickey

rip what a fucking legend

He was a handful!

rip dickey

i guess that just leaves jaimoe

In Memory of Dickey Betts

RIP

Rip
Headlining tonight at the great Fillmore gig in the sky with his brothers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8KxCdESrCE

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

great time capsule, thanks for that