{"id":2448478,"date":"2019-09-09T12:41:31","date_gmt":"2019-09-09T18:41:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=881968"},"modified":"2019-09-09T12:41:31","modified_gmt":"2019-09-09T18:41:31","slug":"gregg-allmans-birthday-celebration-spawns-allman-family-revival-mini-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/music-news\/gregg-allmans-birthday-celebration-spawns-allman-family-revival-mini-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Gregg Allman\u2019s Birthday Celebration Spawns Allman Family Revival Mini-Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The annual Allman Family Revival tribute concert to Gregg Allman has grown into a three-city tour this year that will hit San Francisco, Denver and New York City in December. The lineup includes the Allman Betts Band, Cheap Trick\u2019s Robin Zander, Robert Randolph, Todd Park Mohr of Big Head Todd & The Monsters, Jimmy Hall, Samantha Fish and Jimmy Vivino. (Not every artist will appear at every show.)<\/p>\n

The shows will take place December 7th at San Francisco\u2019s The Fillmore, the following day at Denver\u2019s The Mission Ballroom and December 28th at New York\u2019s Beacon Theater. All proceeds will benefit the School of Rock.<\/p>\n

The first Allman Family Revival was held at San Francisco\u2019s the Fillmore in celebration of Gregg Allman\u2019s 70th birthday. It\u2019s grown into an annual event featuring artists like Robert Randolph, Luther and Cody Dickinson, Marcus King, Samantha Fish, Jimmy Hall, G. Love, Brooklyn Allman.<\/p>\n

The Allman Betts Band will serve as the house band this year. Led by Gregg Allman\u2019s son Devon and Dickey Betts\u2019 son Duane Betts, they came together last year to honor the music of Allman Brothers along with their own compositions. Recent shows have featured Allman Brothers classics like \u201cBlue Sky,\u201d \u201cIn Memory of Elizabeth Reed\u201d and \u201cMidnight Rider.\u201d<\/p>\n

Allman\u2019s son Devon explained to Rolling Stone<\/em> last year<\/a> why he\u2019d never attempt to revive the Allman Brothers Band<\/a> name. \u201cI don\u2019t think that that would be very respectful of the legacy,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s always going be a balance, and my number one thing is integrity and class. So is there a way to kind of perpetuate it within a loose framework? Yes. But to come out and use their name, or the mushrooms and the peaches after they worked hard for all that? No. It\u2019s one thing to play a handful of songs and tip your hat to them and give the people that nostalgia. It\u2019s quite another thing to open up shop on a business that wrapped up their shop already.\u201d<\/p>\n