Allman Brothers at Hard Rock Live Oct 20
Southern rockers and Florida favorites The Allman Brothers will celebrate 40 years of making music history at Hard Rock Live at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino on Thursday, October 20 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets go on sale Friday, July 17 at noon.
Formed in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1969, The Allman Brothers, also known as the Escorts, the Allman Joys and The Hour Glass before settling on their namesake moniker, released their debut album, The Allman Brothers Band to great critical acclaim. Idlewild South (1970), their follow-up, also a critical success yielded the upbeat “Revival” and more somber “Midnight Rider.” The year 1971 saw the release of a live album, At Fillmore East, an album that was another huge hit featuring a rendition of Blind Willie McTell’s “Statesboro Blues,” “Whipping Post,” “In Memory of Elizabeth Reed” and “One Way Out.” It eventually was heralded as one of Rolling Stone’s “500 Greatest Albums of All Time.” The Allman Brothers were actually the last act to play the Fillmore East before it closed in June of 1971.
Despite the personal tragedies of losing band members including co-founder Duane Allman and Berry Oakley (separate motorcycle accidents), the band continued to record. During this time they released Eat a Peach (1972) with hits “Blue Sky,” “Melissa,” and “Ain’t Wastin’ Time No More.”
Brothers and Sisters (1973) included some of the group’s best known hits, “Ramblin’ Man” and “Jessica;” the former reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 as a single, while the latter was a seven-minute instrumental hit.
Another peak of the Allmans’ success came on New Year’s Eve, 1973, when promoter Bill Graham arranged for a nationwide radio broadcast of their concert from San Francisco’s Cow Palace. New arrangements of familiar tunes such as “You Don’t Love Me” went out over the airwaves, as the show stretched out over three sets, with Boz Scaggs sitting in, along with Grateful Dead members Jerry Garcia and Bill Kreutzmann (Allmans and Grateful Dead members guested at each other’s shows multiple times in the early 1970s).
Personality conflicts started to tear the band apart, however. The tension resulted in the uneven Win, Lose or Draw (1975), with some members not participating on all tracks or doing so only from afar. The few stand-out tracks included Muddy Waters’ “Can’t Lose What You Never Had,” “High Falls,” and Allman’s Jackson Browne-influenced title song. In the wake of a break-up, the next albums released were compilations including The Road Goes On Forever, and a live album, Wipe the Windows, Check the Oil, Dollar Gas.
The group reformed in 1978 for some short-lived takes including Enlightened Rogues (1979) before Allman quickly formed the Gregg Allman Band. In 1986, they reconciled for a pair of benefit concerts for promoter Bill Graham in New York and Macon. In 1995, the band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and in 1996 they won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance for “Jessica”.
In 1989, The Allman Brothers reunited, once again, and returned to popular consciousness of the American public, spurred by Gregg’s recent FM radio success, the release of archival material and the start of regular appearances on the American summer outdoor concert circuit. Seven Turns (1990), Shades Of Two Worlds (1991) and Where It All Begins (1994) were certified Gold by the RIAA. Hittin’ the Note was released in 2003 to popular and critical acclaim, as was the Live At the Beacon Theatre on DVD that same year. One Way Out was released a year later. Those performances earned The Allman Brothers back-to-back Grammy Award nominations in 2003 and 2004 in the category of Best Rock Instrumental for performances of “Instrumental Illness” from Hittin’ The Note and One Way Out.
Since 2005, the Allmans have staged their own two-day Wanee Music Festival at the Spirit of Suwanee Music Park in Live Oak, Florida.
Last year, The Allman Brothers Band received the “Legend Of Live Award” at Billboard’s 2008 Touring Awards ceremony in New York. The award recognized “a touring professional who has had a significant and lasting impact on the concert industry.”
Tickets cost $110, $90, $70 & $50*; all seats are reserved and available at the Hard Rock Live Box Office, open Monday – Saturday from noon to 7pm and on Sunday – only open on event days at noon. Tickets also are available at all Ticketmaster outlets online at www.ticketmaster.com or charge by phone: 1-800-745-3000. Doors open one-hour prior to show start time. *Additional fees may apply.
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