The Allman Brothers Band concluded their monumental 45 year history with a three set final show blowout at New York’s, Beacon Theater Tuesday night (10/28). With Derek Trucks playing Duane Allman’s famed 1957 Goldtop Les Paul at spots throughout the night, the evening echoed the departed founding guitarist, including a version of “Will The Circle Be Unbroken?” Fittingly, the band concluded the performance and their live career with a cover of Muddy Water’s “Trouble No More”; the very first song the band performed together in 1969.
Although there has been small rumblings about a final studio album from the band, nothing yet has been confirmed in that regards. Meanwhile founder Gregg Allman will continual to tour as a solo artist with his own talented backing band. And of course guitarists Warren Haynes and Derek Trucks have juggled numerous other projects over the years, but will remain as prolific as ever with Gov’t Mule and Tedechi Trucks Band. It should also be noted that founding member and active musician Dicky Betts did not join the band for the final show or at any time during the band’s Beacon run.
SiriusXM’s Classic Vinyl channel will air a recording of the show the next day, October 29, starting at noon ET.
Allman Brothers Band Final Show Setlist – 10/27/14 – Beacon Theatre, New York, NY
Set One: Little Martha > Mountain Jam > Don’t Want You No More > Not My Cross to Bear > One Way Out, Good Morning Little Schoolgirl, Midnight Rider, High Cost of Low Living, HotLanta, Blue Sky, You Don’t Love Me
Set Two: Statesboro Blues, Ain’t Wasting Time No More, Black Hearted Woman, The Sky is Crying, Dreams, Don’t Keep Me Wonderin’, In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed
Set Three: Melissa, Revival, Southbound, Mountain Jam > Will The Circle Be Unbroken? > Mountain Jam
Encore: Whipping Post, Trouble No More
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Missing Duane on the anniversary of his death in 1971… here he is on Boz Scaggs’ “Loan Me A DIme.” http://songmango.com/loan-dime/
I simply cannot BELIEVE they didn’t close it all out with FREEBIRD!! WTF?!?
Aaron: Saying you can’t believe they didn’t play “freebird” makes as much sense as saying you can’t believe they didn’t play “Rock Around the Clock” or “Blitzkrieg Bop.” They played their version of a great blues tune–the same tune they ever jammed to back at the band’s inception in ’69. I’d say it was an appropriate choice.
That’s Lynard Skynard.
It’s Lynyrd Skynyrd…perhaps you’ve seen an album or two with the correct spelling….its not the Almond Brothers or Goverment Mool
Without a doubt the greatest live band of all time. From 1972-2010, I’ve seen them roughly 20 times (not to mention Greg,Dickey,the Mule and Derek multiple times),and have always left the gigs truly amazed. I’ve seen all the best bands in the last 50 years and only Led Zeppelin came close. ‘Nuf said!