On March 10th, New York's Madison Square Garden will host a one-off reunion show featuring some surviving members of the Allman Brothers Band. It will mark nearly five and a half years since the band performed their final concert on October 28, 2014 at the Beacon Theatre in NYC.
The group billing itself as simply, "The Brothers", includes drummer Jaimoe, guitarists Warren Haynes and Derek Trucks, bassist Oteil Burbridge and percussionist Marc Quinones. Keyboardist Reese Wynans (who's played with Stevie Ray Vaughan) and drummer Duane Trucks -- Derek's brother, who plays with Widespread Panic -- will also be part of the band. Former Allmans keyboardist Chuck Leavell is billed as a special guest.
According to this piece from UCR, Warren Haynes said:
"We had all talked about doing a final show at Madison Square Garden, which never came to fruition. What a great way to honor 50 years of music and fulfill that wish at the same time."
Tickets will go on sale Ticketmaster on Jan. 10 at 10AM ET, with various pre-sales beginning Jan. 7 at 10AM ET. A portion of the proceeds will go to the Big House, the Macon, Ga.,residence where some of the original members of the band and their families lived in the early '70's. The house is now a museum dedicated to the band.
I just hope they are rolling tape (audio and video on March 10th). In the meantime, below is some fan-shot footage from that final show at the Beacon featuring the late Gregg Allman and Butch Trucks.
via UCR
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