The Allman Brothers Band Announces the Release of Their 15 show 2009 Beacon Theatre Run – including shows with Eric Clapton

From the Hittin’ The Note website: To commemorate their 40th anniversary, The Allman Brothers Band is releasing a Beacon Box live CD package, capturing all 15 sold-out shows from the group’s recent March stand at the venerable Beacon Theatre in New York City. This is the first time the band has made CDs available from […]

Eric Clapton & The Allman Brothers Band at the Beacon 20 March 2009 night 2!

A FANTASTIC SHOW!!! While Eric had a good night on Thursday, tonight was superb. The standout track was “In Memory of Elizabeth Reed” during which Eric laid down one of the most spectacular solos in memory (no pun intended). Eric was much more comfortable throughout and even “Dreams” was first-rate (it turns out that the […]

Eric Clapton – joined the Allman Brothers at the Beacon 19 March 2009

On the 9th of March the Allman Brothers Band kicked off their annual gathering at New York’s Beacon Theater, The band has dedicated the shows to founder Duane Allman and to its 40th anniversary. The Allman Brothers Band was formed in 1969 by Gregg Allman (vocals, organ) and Duane Allman (guitars). So far many guests […]

Eric Clapton joining Allman Brothers at the Beacon!!!

It was rumoured some time ago (see Eric Clapton and Allman Brothers Band at the Beacon Theatre 2009 ), but now these rumors are getting more serious: Eric Clapton is supposed to join the Allman Brothers at the Beacon on Thursday 19 March AND Friday 20 March! (Updated 4 March 2009: one our visitors reported […]

Eric Clapton and Allman Brothers Band at the Beacon Theatre 2009?

Updated 4 November 2008: Interview with Gregg Allman (NewsObserver.com): Q: What are you planning for the 40-year anniversary shows? A: We’re trying to get everybody we ever played with together. Have them all bring their whole band, different opening act every night. Got an e-mail into Clapton and he e-mailed back: “No matter how hard […]