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Remembering Brian Farmer, gone two years

  I am re-upping this today, marking two years since Farmer's death. I am very proud that I own his Strat. Miss this guy very much. Very few crew members have ever had such a deep impact.  * Warren Haynes’ longtime and much…

Les Brers announces new dates – Sept. and Oct. East Coast dates

Great news that Les Brers has added a bunch of tour dates and will perform two East Coast swings, one in September and one in October. The dates are below. For more details and ticket-buying links, visit the band's website here. Les…
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Watkins Glen Story and Video

In 1973, the Grateful Dead, Allman Brothers Band and The Band teamed up for the Watkins Glen Summer Jam in New York’s Finger Lakes Region. It was the largest music festival ever, drawing about 650,000 people — nearly twice as many as Woodstock…
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Gregg Allman joins Tedeschi Trucks for One Way Out

Gregg joined the Tedeschi Trucks Band on stage at the Uptown Amphitheatre, Charlotte, NC last night (July 24). Now, this is interesting, because Derek has really kept his distance from the ABB since it ended in 2014. Also happy to see my…
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Les Brers and Freight Train Band both to tour

I am very pleased that the two bands Butch Trucks has put together to play the music of the Allman Brothers Band will be out on the road this summer and early fall. LES BRERS, which is as close as anyone sounds to vintage ABB and which…

Gov’t Mule “Blind Man in the Dark” original demo

Check out Gov't Mule's original 1994 demo for "Blind Man In the Dark" from their upcoming CD The Tel-Star Sessions.And remember Allen Woody! Pre-Order The Tel-Star Sessions here. //

Allman Brothers Rehearsal Video, 1990

The Allman Brothers Band, "Statesboro Blues" - last rehearsal before launching Seven Turns tour, 1990. Pretty cool. Imagine how Warren Haynes felt at that moment playing that slide lick. The camera goes to the wrong place often and jumps…

Nine remastered Allman Brothers albums to be released on vinyl

On July 22 Mercury/UM will reissue nine classic The Allman Brothers Band albums on 180-gram vinyl. The albums span 1969 to 1979 and will be remastered from the original analog tapes for the upcoming vinyl release. There will also be a limited…

Gov’t Mule, ZZ Top Announce Tour Dates

Warren Haynes and Gov’t Mule will play seven September dates with ZZ Top. Both before and after those dates, the band will be on the road with Blackberry Smoke. The Mule's archival album The Tel-Star Sessions, due out August 5,…
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Oteil on One Way Out

In October, 2014, as the Allman Brothers band were preparing to play their final shows at the Beacon Theatre, I received the following email from Oteil Burbridge about his reaction to reading One Way Out: The Inside History of the Allman…