I know there has to be some more Allman Brother Band fans here at DU

[LynneSin]

They have such great, timeless music with the most unique sound. I was jamming to the GOLD CD which has all their greatest hits including a selection of live music.

So who else is a fan of the Allman Brothers?

[Starbucks Anarchist]

1. I'm listening to "Live at Fillmore East" RIGHT NOW!

What are the odds?

:hi:

[LynneSin]

2. I would have loved to have been at that last concert at the East

They jammed so long that when the doors opened it was daylight

[Starbucks Anarchist]

3. I sure wish I was around back then.

And to think, they were the biggest rock band of their day. Who's the biggest band now? Nickelback or some crap like that.

:puke:

[Orsino]

4. And there was snow. They asked a little old man hobbling by...

...what year it was, and when the old man turned to answer, they saw it was Chuck Norris!

For fellow Allman fans, I can recommend the expanded Layla (box set), which contains hours of bonus jams and stuff.

[speedoo]

5. There are many of us.

I recall seeing many votes for the Allmans on the "Greatest Rock Bands" thread.

[DelawareValleyDem]

6. Count me in.

Duane is one of my favorite guitarists. Shame he, Berry and Lamar died so young.

[Laelth]

7. Fan from the home of the Allmans and Capricorn Records, here.

That would be Macon, GA.

Though I was too young to go at the time, my older relatives tell me that whenever one of the band's members was busted for drug possession, the local judge would just order the band to do a free concert at Central City Park. Those were the days.

I wasn't of concert-going age until after Duane had died. I did see the remainder of the band, though, performing at the Fox Theater in Atlanta when I was in college.

-Laelth

[Tsiyu]

27. Ah, the Fox

Did you catch Gregg's and Dickey Betts' show at the Agora Ballroom? Late 70's.

Gregg was supposed to play at 9. We waited like happy puppies for him to show up, which he finally did by midnight. Someone helped him to the keyboard, he played 4 or 5 songs and promptly left.

I actually was close enough to touch Betts and only a few yards from Gregg. I was mad as hell that they couldn't play any more due to Gregg's inebriation, but I loved the Allman Bros so much, I forgave him.

"My songs are wide-awake dreams and wide-awake nightmares."

Gregg Allman

[Laelth]

49. I didn't catch that one, no.

First concert (for me) was in 1984. Sounds like you got to see a great show! :thumbsup:

-Laelth

[In_The_Wind]

8. Of Course I Love The Allman Brothers!

I can't wait to see you Sunday! Good Morning

[LynneSin]

9. Kewl, I might see if another DUer is going to be around that mornign

we'll go to her place for brunch.

If not, I have a brand new juicer to have fun with !!

[In_The_Wind]

10. I'll leave all that up_to_you, Lynne.

One more day away from home isn't going to stress out anyone back there.
I have some great news to share with you. :)
This Time Away Has Been Wonderful For My Brain! I do my best thinking when I'm not planning what to cook for supper.
Even the rain today isn't bumming me out.

[tyedyeto]

11. Hey, Lynne... Eat a Peach

:yourock:

[redwitch]

12. wish I had seen them live.

I missed too many great bands, though I saw plenty. The time went by too quick, as did the cash.
Their music brings back very clear memories of certain people and events. Nostalgic as hell right now.

[HuskerDU]

13. Allmans for sure!

One of the tightest bands ever. Dickey and Duane trading solos on 'Blue Sky' rules.

[ProfessorGAC]

14. You Can Count Me!

I have been using that album to play along with for over 20 years! (I had it when in the early 70's, but i was a piano player, and didn't know how to play guitar in those days.) Since probably the early 80's, i started using that album as a fun way to practice.

So, i'll join the club!
The Professor

[Joe Fields]

15. One HUGE Allman Bros. fan checking in.

[fight4my3sons]

16. count me in

[LSK]

17. why? they sucked!!

:hide:

Not really, just being a troublemaker. :P

[LynneSin]

18. Oh that brick wall ain't saving your yellow smilie ass

:P

[LSK]

19. save it for the monday cranky thread

:P

[flamingyouth]

20. My dad is a huge fan

He listens to them and to Lynyrd Skynyrd while walking on his treadmill. :D

[tonkatoy57]

21. You Bet

Spring of 1972 or 1973?

University of NC at Greensboro auditorium.

My older brother took me to my very first rock concert.

I've been a fan ever since. I say them again in Greensboro in 1975 when I was in high school and once here in St. Louis about 10 years ago with all the new guys.

[4morewars]

22. I've seen them a few times !

Always a great time. When I lived in NYC we would see them every March at
The Beacon Theater. They would own that house for most of the month. A good time was had by all, sometimes too much of a good time !

My most recent experience with them was last summer. I was off stage left for most of the show ! They are all clean and sober now, and they were flawless.

[Radical Activist]

23. I saw them at Bonnaroo last year.

There were a couple highlights but I felt like they were mailing it in. Not too enthusiastic and not much like the original band. Both original guitarists are now gone. I'm a big fan so I was a little let down.

[wildhorses]

24. count me in

went to a party at that old farmhouse back in '73...they were gone on tour but, it was still a great time...those were the days

[LostinVA]

25. Who are the Allman Brothers? You mean that guy married to Cher?

[LynneSin]

33. That's one of them - the other one died in a motorcycle accident

[LostinVA]

34. I'm joking, Lynne -- I loooove "Whipping Post"

[LynneSin]

35. I just wanted to post a picture of Cher pre-plastic surgery

she was beautiful back then and now she just looks overstretched

[LostinVA]

36. I know!

[Starbucks Anarchist]

40. Me, too!

"Tieeeeeed to the whippin' pooooost..."

:headbang:

[Tsiyu]

26. Guess what my son got me for my birthday?

"Dreams"

The Allman Brothers 4 CD Edition.

Oh. My. Gawd.

Their music can always put me in a good mood. :)

[Sequoia]

28. Checking in.

Tied to the Whipping Post.

[Joey Liberal]

29. I'm a big fan n.t

[Shakespeare]

30. Me!!

"Jessica" and "Pony Boy" are two of my most favorite songs EVER. And I still remember when the show ER used "Pony Boy" in the episode where George Clooney was on the road trip....poifect.

[StopTheMorans]

31. grammar police checking in: "There HAVE to be", not "There has to be"

[Initech]

32. All I have is Zappa's cover of "Whipping Floss"

That's the extent of Allman Bros. songs on my iPod.

[Blue_In_AK]

37. "Tied to the Whipping Post" and

"Melissa," after which I named my youngest daughter. Great band.

[LouisianaLiberal]

39. One of my fondest memories

involves the song "Sweet Melissa". Now its a corporate tune for some phone company. Sigh.

[CarpeDiebold]

38. Awesome band

I just visited Duane's grave last week. Touching.

[zauberflote]

41. Geezer now, teen when they started

It was through Eric Clapton and then the Allmans that I discovered the blues and have been a devotee of that form ever since.

I was at the concert that became the Live at Fillmore record. In those days the Allmans were still up and coming so much so they weren't even the headliner that night. Johnny Winter was, if you can believe it. They didn't headline the Fillmore until those last shows that ended the Fillmore's run.

As good as that night was, they kept getting better and better right up until Duane's death. I saw them at their best at the Wollman Skating Rink in Central Park in August '72 and again that September at the Capital Theater in Passaic, New Jersey. By that time had reached an otherworldly level. A month later, in October, Duane was killed in a motorcycle accident. I was as crushed as a 19 year old could be, the greatest slide guitarist of his generation was gone.

I saw them again about nine months later in NY and though there was a gaping hole in the music they still cooked. Then bassist Berry Oakley died about a year after Duane.

The last time I saw them was at Boston Garden in 1973 with Chuck Leavel on keyboard and some guy I can't remember on bass. It was probably the most depressing concert I ever attended. The crowd was going nuts the whole night oblivious to the fact the magic had completely evaporated. The band was just going through the motions and it was so disheartening to hear people who had never seen them before say what a great show it was. I basically gave up on pop music at that moment and started listening mostly to classical and jazz. I came back in the late '70s when Springsteen and then punk hit the scene and became a real Talking Heads junkie, but after 1973 I was only a pop dilettante. Now I'm just old.

I've heard the Allmans got a lot better, especially in the '90s. But I remember those '70s shows and don't want to be reminded of what once was.
But have you heard that new Derek Trucks CD, Songlines? The man plays a killer slide, he's like the second coming of Duane. He's Allman drummer Butch Trucks' nephew and now plays and tours with the Allmans as a side gig. Definitely worth checking out.

[maveric]

42. Right here!

I saw them in 73 and in 74. If only I could have seen them with Duane Allman....

[yellowdogintexas]

43. Big Time Allman fan here. nt

[xmas74]

44. Count me in.

Our musical tastes tend to be similar.

[Ptah]

45. ....

:hippie:

[taught_me_patience]

46. hugh fan checking in...

absolutely timeless music.

[_testify_]

47. Saw them live in 96, 97 & 98 at the Beacon in NYC

Fucking amazing.

Although the third time it was ear-splitting and I was on some cheap acid. I thought I had permanently ruined my hearing and had a minor freakout.

Kids, stay away from cheap drugs.

[bamademo]

48. I just started this thread before I read yours

I love the Allman's because they sound like a beautiful Spring or Summer night on the porch in the South. I'm drinking Merlot and listening to Allman Brother's Gold. See here.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x4979498