A Celebration of Life, Love and Ambition that Outlasts Obstacles
Robbie pointed out that The Allman Brothers Band show on March 12th at the Beacon this year will be the 40 year anniversary of when At Fillmore East was recorded. Obviously the boys are planning something very compelling for that date and also the whole Beacon run. That sold out show will be something, and [...]
Since it is the blogs birthday I thought it would be appropriate to go to the man that inspired its beginning, Derek Trucks. This is the new band I mentioned earlier that Derek was forming. Alas the lineup, listed below, is a little different from the one I envisioned. I am pretty fired up that [...]
My heart goes out to the people in Haiti after such an awful tragedy. This is a crazy messed up world that we live in. It’s hard to watch on the tele, I can’t imagine what it must be like to go through that. I urge you to do what ever you can to help [...]
2009 was a great year for The Derek Trucks Band. They released the album Already Free, recorded in Derek’s home studio, and played some smoking shows. In April I saw them play at The Park West in Chicago and it inspired me to start this blog. In 2010 the band is taking a hiatus from [...]
Here is the opening night of the celebrated 40th Anniversary Allman Brothers Band run at the Beacon Theater. This show features appearances from the legendary blues man Taj Mahal during the first set and Levon Helm, drummer for The Band, in the second set. As Taj comes on the stage Greg mentions the Allman Brothers [...]
A few weeks ago I was privileged to witness an incredible display of musicianship at the Park West in Chicago with The Derek Trucks Band. I was there with some great friends who I don’t get to see much since I moved to another town with wife and kids. We had been seeing Derek Trucks [...]