{"id":974239,"date":"2020-01-03T06:35:17","date_gmt":"2020-01-03T13:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=933228"},"modified":"2020-01-03T06:35:17","modified_gmt":"2020-01-03T13:35:17","slug":"the-allman-brothers-band-to-celebrate-50th-anniversary-with-tribute-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/music-news\/the-allman-brothers-band-to-celebrate-50th-anniversary-with-tribute-show\/","title":{"rendered":"The Allman Brothers Band to Celebrate 50th Anniversary With Tribute Show"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In 2014 \u2014 when the Allman Brothers Band<\/a> decided the time had come to stop touring \u2014 the band briefly discussed a show at New York\u2019s Madison Square Garden. In the end, the group opted for a series of farewell performances at another Manhattan venue, the Beacon Theatre, where they had long done residences.<\/p>\n

But on March 10, about six years after the band\u2019s goodbye, that dream of a Garden event will become a reality. To pay tribute to the band\u2019s 50th anniversary year, the surviving members of the last Allmans lineup \u2014 drummer Jaimoe Johanson, guitarists Warren Haynes and Derek Trucks, bassist Oteil Burbridge and percussionist Marc Quinones \u2014 will reunite for an evening of all-Allmans music and jams.<\/p>\n

The lineup will be filled out with drummer Duane Trucks (brother of Derek and nephew of late Allmans founding drummer Butch); and organist Reese Wynans, who played in the pre-Allmans band Second Coming with Dickey Betts and late Allmans bassist Berry Oakley. To further extend the Allmans family vibe, pianist Chuck Leavell \u2014 a crucial band member in the Seventies \u2014 will also join them for a few numbers.<\/p>\n

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Technically, the band turned 50 in the spring of 1969, meaning this anniversary show falls roughly within its first year of existence. \u201cIt\u2019s a way of honoring 50 years of the band and honoring Duane, Gregg, Berry and Butch and the music they created,\u201d Haynes tells Rolling Stone<\/em>. \u201cThat music deserves a 50th anniversary celebration. Most rock bands never thought they\u2019d even see<\/em> their 50th anniversary. And, of course, this one didn\u2019t. So in a way, this brings some sort of closure.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Allmans camp extended an invitation to Betts, but according to his manager David Spero, Betts (who has had a tempestuous relationship with his former bandmates over the last two decades) \u201chad prior commitments that prevented him from attending.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ever since those final 2014 shows, the musicians have moved on to their full-time projects: Haynes with Gov\u2019t Mule (which celebrates its own 25th anniversary this year), Derek Trucks with the Tedeschi-Trucks Band, and Burbridge as the relative newcomer (and new Deadhead fan favorite) in Dead & Co. The Garden show will mark the first time all these musicians have played together since that last Beacon gig \u2014 one of several challenges as they prepare for a performance without any Allman brother.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think we\u2019re just opened to what it might be,\u201d Haynes says. \u201cOnce we started talking about it and once everyone expressed interest in being part of it, and we added Duane, Reese and Chuck, it all started making sense.\u201d<\/p>\n

Haynes says they\u2019re still deciding who will handle Allman\u2019s vocals, and they\u2019ve also just begun grappling with paring down the Allmans\u2019 formidable legacy into one evening of music. \u201cThere are so many songs that seem necessary for a one-time show, and it\u2019s going to be impossible to play all of them,\u201d he admits. \u201cWe\u2019re still in that process. When we would play four nights in one city we could change the set every night to fit in everything.<\/p>\n

Haynes last saw Gregg when he and Derek Trucks visited Allman at his Georgia home a few weeks before he succumbed to liver cancer in 2017. By then, Gregg still had a keyboard setup in his house but could barely talk, much less sing. \u201cWe did a lot of just sharing stories and keeping it light and talking about good times,\u201d Haynes says with a sigh. \u201cTo have a keyboard set up and not be able to sing \u2014 for Gregg, that was hell.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut it was amazing how positive his spirits were,\u201d he adds. \u201cGregg loved to laugh, and we were telling a lot of fun stories and reminding ourselves of a lot of funny stuff that happened throughout the years. It did us all good to turn that bittersweet moment into thinking about all the wonderful times. It was just, \u2018I love you.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked if he\u2019s come to terms with Butch Trucks\u2019 suicide that same year, Haynes says, \u201cI don\u2019t think so, completely. It\u2019s impossible to wrap my head around it. I had called Butch about joining Gov\u2019t Mule at the Beacon and he had a gig and couldn\u2019t make it, but he was really upbeat and said he couldn\u2019t wait to play together some more. We were talking about something in the future and he was glad we\u2019d reached out to him, which is all the more reason his death came as such a shock.\u201d<\/p>\n

At the moment, Haynes says there\u2019s no talk of taking the Allmans salute on the road. Allmans fans will have to make do with the occasional cover during shows by Gov\u2019t Mule, the Tedeschi-Trucks Band or the Allman Betts Band, fronted by Betts\u2019 son Duane and Gregg\u2019s son Devon. At a recent Gov\u2019t Mule show, for instance, Duane Betts joined the band for \u201cWhipping Post\u201d and the crowd exploded.<\/p>\n

But Haynes isn\u2019t sure what lies ahead for continuing the legacy of the Allmans with any sort of permanent combo. \u201cPeople love the fact that we\u2019re pulling those songs out and rightly so,\u201d he says. \u201cThe music has reached a point of timelessness and somebody will keep playing it, and it will be kept alive. But I don\u2019t have any predictions about how that will happen.\u201d<\/p>\n

For now, Haynes and his bandmates are simply grappling with the thought of reawakening Allmans classics onstage without turning around to see Gregg Allman or Butch Trucks alongside them. \u201cIt\u2019s going to be extremely emotional, and hopefully in a similar way to the last Beacon show,\u201d Haynes says. \u201cHopefully we can conjure up some wonderful music to match the significance of the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n

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