NEW YORK (Peach/Sanctuary press release) - Fans of the
Allman Brothers Band who weren't able to make it to New York City this past March to catch any of their 13 shows at the Beacon Theatre will now be able to see what they missed. On
September 23, the group will release "Live At The Beacon Theatre," a two DVD set (Peach/Sanctuary Records) capturing this year's "March Madness" performances at the venue, where the band has played regularly since 1989.
The DVD features over three hours of live footage--culled from two performances--plus exclusive interviews, a behind-the-scenes look and a photo gallery. The track listing reads like a BROTHERS fan's dream set, mixing classics like "Midnight Rider," "Melissa" and "Whipping Post" with the cream of their latest CD--the critically acclaimed 2003 album Hittin' The Note (Peach/Sanctuary Records) - including "Desdemona," "The High Cost Of Low Living" and "Maydell." The DVD was mixed by producers Michael Barbiero and Warren Haynes in 5.1 Dolby Surround Sound, 5.1 DTS Surround and Dolby Digital Stereo.
On the television front, the Allman Brothers Band - Gregg Allman, Butch Trucks, Jaimoe, Warren Haynes, Marc Quinones, Derek Ttrucks and Oteil Burbridge - will return to "The Tonight Show" stage on Tuesday, September 2 where they'll perform "The High Cost of Low Living," the new single from Hittin' The Note. This appearance will precede the September 4 launch of the western leg of their 2003 tour, which wraps September 21.
The group's 2003 tour kicked off with the 13 Beacon shows. In a live review of opening night, Tom Moon wrote in Rolling Stone (4/17/03) that "The Allmans were busy roaring through, and often reinventing, the backroads boogaloo blues and shitkicking Southern shuffles they made famous?the Allman Brothers Band remains connected to the undiluted emotional essence of its music." Ben Ratliff's review in the New York Times said (3/28/03), "Tuesday's show, filmed for a future DVD, represented the band in its plain state, working through a mixture of old and new songs. The septet is as sturdy as ever!
The Allmans are satisfying: they have a mandate, and they fill it, with less a meta-improvisational quality than they've had in the past, whereby one song morphed into another."
Meanwhile, in Rolling Stone's new issue on the 100 greatest guitarists, late Allman Brothers Band founding guitarist Duane Allman came in at #2 (right after Jimi Hendrix, who he greatly admired), while the group's current guitarists Warren Haynes and Derek Trucks landed at #23 and #81, respectively.
The DVD track listing is as follows:
Ain't Wastin' Time No More
Black Hearted Woman
Statesboro Blues
Woman Across The River
Change Is Gonna Come
Maydell
Come And Go Blues
Rockin' Horse
Desdemona
Don't Keep Me Wondering
Midnight Rider
Soulshine
The High Cost of Low Living
Leave My Blues At Home
Old Before My Time
The Same Thing
Melissa
Instrumental Illness
Worried Down With The Blues
Dreams
Whipping Post
One Way Out
