With the passing ultimate 12 months of Dickey Betts, blended with the deaths within the ultimate decade of Gregg Allman and Butch Vehicles, tributes to the Allman Brothers Band have taken on a brand new poignancy. And some of the very popular of the ones will go back to New York’s Madison Sq. Lawn subsequent month.
On April 15 and 16, the Brothers, made from former Allmans band individuals and colleagues, will play a go back engagement 5 years after their first (and best) display at that venue. The band comprises unique Allmans drummer Jaimoe and is fronted by way of guitarists Warren Haynes and Derek Vehicles, bassist Oteil Burbridge (now in Useless & Co.), and percussionist Marc Quiñones , all of whom had been Allmans band individuals at quite a lot of issues beginning within the Nineteen Eighties and 1990s.
For this display, the Brothers will even come with keyboardist Reese Wynans, drummers Joe Russo and Isaac Eady, and particular visitor Chuck Leavell, the pianist who was once an Allmans band member within the Nineteen Seventies.
The Brothers first performed the Lawn in 2020, only a few days earlier than the live performance trade and the arena went into lockdown, however haven’t performed a display since. This reunion was once precipitated by way of ultimate 12 months’s “Soulshine” storm get advantages on the Lawn, the place Haynes and Vehicles reunited to play “Whipping Put up.” The brand new display is promising “hits and rarities” from right through the Allmans’ catalog.
Despite the fact that additionally they carry out intermittently at perfect, the Brothers are certainly one of a number of outfits that proceed to fly the Allmans flag. The Allman Betts Band, that includes Duane’s son Dickey, Gregg’s son Devon, and the overdue bassist Berry Oakley’s son Berry Duane, performs originals however mechanically commit complete units to ABB subject material. Buddies of the Brothers — fronted by way of guitarist and singer Junior Mack, guitarist Andy Aledort, and guitarist (and Allmans biographer) Alan Paul — additionally explores the repertoire. (At a New York display ultimate week, they had been joined by way of Jaimoe, who has ceaselessly sat in with them.) And that’s now not forgetting Bother No Extra, a licensed tribute band that includes guitarist (and College of Rock film celebrity) Brandon “Taz” Niederauer, and Lamar William, Jr., son of the overdue Allmans bass participant, which additionally plays periodically.
Pre-sale tickets move on sale Feb. 12, however fanatics will have to check in prematurely at www.thebrothersmsg.com. A public onsale is about for Feb. 14.
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