Jazz Articles about Allman Brothers Band

Peakin' at the Beacon 2004: The Triumphant Return of The Allman Brothers Band

by Doug Collette
April 17, 2004

The Allman Brothers Band long ago became comfortable playing the friendly confines of the Beacon Theatre on Broadway. But in this case familiarity with its intimate atmosphere has bred a daring on ample display during this year’s run.

There was nary of whit of complacency evident in the band despite the string of successes achieved in 2003. The near-unanimous positive reaction to the studio album Hittin’ The Note released coincidental with last year’s extended March appearance was consolidated by another ...

The Allman Brothers Band: One Way Out-Live At The Beacon Theater

by C. Michael Bailey
April 12, 2004

The Allman Brothers Band could have very easily been a casualty of the bad luck and bad decisions that have plagued many popular bands coming out of the early 1970s. Following the deaths of Duane Allman and Barry Oakley, the band continued to record with various personnel and configurations, never fulfilling the promise the band originally held. The recordings after Brothers and Sisters were largely disappointments until the band signed with Epic Records and produced a string of comeback records ...

The Allman Brothers Band: One Way Out-Live at the Beacon Theatre

by Doug Collette
March 18, 2004

Skeptics may wonder why there’s any need for another live Allman Brothers album, but they’d no doubt be part of the same group unaware of the miraculous rejuvenation of this seminal Southern rock band over the last few years. One Way Out (Peach/Sanctuary), due out March 23rd in the middle of the band's annaul stint at the Beacon Theatre in New York, may not constitute as significant a cultural milestone as Live at Fillmore East , but it is without ...

The Allman Brothers Band: The Road Goes On Forever

by Doug Collette
February 17, 2004

In 2003, The Allman Brothers Band effectively completed a rejuvenation of themselves like no other act in rock history. The seminal Southern rock band achieved the profoundly difficult tasks of recapturing both their aesthetic credibility and commercial viability. This, after longs years of enduring internecine warfare, multiple tragedies of bandmembers' deaths, on top of the usual rock syndrome of bad business dealings and the demons of drugs and alcohol. Long in the shadow of the Grateful Dead in the pantheon ...

The Allman Brothers Band: Hittin' The Note Indeed!

by Doug Collette
February 17, 2004

The Allman Brothers BandHittin' The Note Indeed!Peach/Sanctuary2004

On their first studio effort in nine years, The Allman Brothers Band displays as much of a joyous sense of adventure as they do a sense of rigorous self-discipline. The first thing you notice about Hittin' the Note (Peach/Sanctuary) is how splendid it sounds. The rhythm section, including charter members Jaimoe and Butch Trucks on drums, echoes solidly and sounds especially intricate with percussionist Mac Quinones so ...

The Allman Brothers Band at the Beacon Theatre: Preview 2004

by Doug Collette
February 17, 2004

The Allman Brothers have always been fearless and throughout their 35 plus year career it has both blessed them and cursed them. The same courage that lent itself to the exploration of a marriage of blues, rock and jazz also caused, at least in part, the deaths of two founding members of the band. The resolute unwillingness to let the name lie dormant for too very long has brought about more regroupings and splits than any other rock and roll ...

The Allman Brothers Band in Concert: Beacon Theatre 2003

by Doug Collette
February 17, 2004

A Fan's View & A Critic's View

Sitting in the Beacon Theatre on my birthday 2003, I had no idea the rock and roll epiphany I was about to experience. This band I had listened to for upwards of 30 years was about to remind me why I learned to love hearing them play and continued to for so long. Before this night and the next were over, The Allman Brothers circa 2003 gave me more reasons to rediscover them ...