It’s no secret that I think Jaimoe is the coolest, smartest, hippest cat in town. Here’s one example of why. When Eric Clapton and the rest of Derek and the Dominos came to see the Allman Brothers in Miami, everyone flipped out. They all went gaga and piled into D&D’s cars and the band Winnebago […]
Three years ago today, the Allman Brothers Band played their final show at the Beacon Theatre. You can order a CD of the final show right here. I covered the final shows every which way, posting on Facebook, covering immediately for Billboard, with a story I had to get up and write with about two […]
On this day (October 20) in 1977, Lynyrd Skynyrd’s twin engine plane crashed in a swamp in Gillsburg, Miss., killing three of the band members – singer Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist Steve Gaines and singer Cassie Gaines – assistant manager Dean Kilpatrick and both pilots on impact. Twenty other people survived with various injuries, some very […]
Johnny Sandlin’s death was the fourth terrible blow this year to the Allman Bothers Band community, following the losses of Butch Trucks, Col. Bruce Hampton and, of course, Gregg Allman. Sandlin was probably the least known outside the core family, but he played a central role in the band’s career from the time he met […]
We will never allow the circle to be broken. Very excited to be returning to the great Brooklyn Bowl with Friends of the Brothers on October 25. Tickets are just $12 and presales are a big help. Click here. FOB features Peter Levin (Gregg Allman, keys), Andy Aledort (Dickey Betts, guitar, vox), and Junior Mack […]
Reposted today, as I do every year on this date. I don’t think the words will ever be any less true. Last week, the whole family visited the Flight 93 crash sight in Shanksville, PA and paid our respects. All the same feelings… Fifteen years later, 9-11 is still very, very raw to me. In 2011, on […]
Scott Sharrard joined Gregg Allman’s band as guitarist in 2008 and became the Musical Director in 2014. His first run as MD was at the Macon Opera House, shows captured on the Back To Macon, GA live album and DVD. “We had been spending a lot of time writing together, developing this relationship as collaborators […]
I am re-posting in advance of the Friday, September 8 release of his final album, Southern Blood. “Check this out, man!” Gregg Allman leaned back in his chair and pulled his shirt up to reveal giant scarring across his midsection. “Ooh boy! If they told me how much it hurt, I would have just said, ‘No […]