The night before, the Allman Brothers Band hosted Dr. John at the Beacon Theater in 2011 for a spirited run-through of his composition “Walk On Gilded Splinters” (in regular rotation within the ABB repertoire at the time), the final configuration of the seminal Southern blues rockers made room on the stage for Hubert Sumlin. The long-time guitarist for Howlin’ Wolf delighted Warren Haynes, Derek Trucks and company during “Smokestack Lightning” (written by the aforementioned blues icon a/k/a Chester Burnett). The feeling appears to be mutual during this nearly six minutes, at least judging from the smiles on faces all around (as well as the deferential but spirited guitar playing from the two latter fretboards, plus harmonica from Hook Herrera and piano by Bruce Katz).
