Welcome to Hittin' The Web with The Allman Brothers Band Welcome, to Hittin' the Web with the Allman Brothers Band! The Allman Brothers Band have a 39 year tradition of blending the new and the old... playing the songs that stir our souls because they bring back so many great memories, casting classic blues tunes in a new light, and then hitting us with something completely fresh and new that is destined to become a classic. And the band has a history of being more than a musical experience - it's a family experience! And that extends to this website. So come here to learn about shows and CD's - but also come here to become part of our big, worldwide, Peachy Extended Family! Welcome!! What's Shakin'? Happy 2008 tour ABB!! The Sky is Crying for Bill Ector, a True Georgia Peach, who passed away July 9 surrounded by his loving family. To read HopHead's beautiful tribute to Bill click here. Bill had no life insurance, so your contributions for the education of his children, Ben and Hannah, would be most appreciated. For more information click here. ABB Atlanta, October 10, 2008 Wowie! Save to a disc and print as a poster! ABB in Atlanta, Ocotober 10, 2008 poster, 5MB PDF file Wanee, Beacon and Summer Tour Updates The Allman Brothers Band have announced that their annual residency at the Beacon Theatre in New York City will be rescheduled for early 2009. This year’s string of shows--a group tradition started in 1989--were postponed earlier this month as singer/keyboardist Gregg Allman continues his recovery from treatment for Hepatitis C. Tickets purchased through Ticketmaster internet and phones will be automatically refunded. All other tickets will be refunded at point of purchase. Information on purchasing tickets for the 2009 Allman Brothers Band's run at the Beacon will be announced early next year. “New York’s a second home to us,” says Gregg. “We love playing there and are as disappointed as anybody not to be able to get there this time.” Although unable to play for fans in New York City this year, the group will resume its touring schedule in August with co-headliner Bob Weir & RatDog. Tickets for numerous shows are on sale now, with many more available soon. Check back often for additional tour date announcements. The band plans on making the 2009 shows their best ever, with special plans to commemorate the group’s 40th anniversary. Confirmed tour dates are listed in Tour Dates below, with more to be scheduled.

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2007 ABB Live CD's 2007 was a year of renewal and rejuvenation that saw the Allman Brothers Band playing at a legendary level, and the proof is on CD! During the summer 2007 tour the band performed over 60 different songs from their extensive catalog, including interesting covers like “Lost Lover Blues,” “And It Stoned Me,” “Highway 61 Revisited,” “Come On In My Kitchen,” “Smokestack Lightning,”“Manic Depression,” “Lovelight,” and “Dazed and Confused.” They also brought back rarely-played originals like “Who to Believe,” “Gambler’s Roll,” “End of the Line,” and “Firing Line.” Gregg and Warren’s vocals were outstanding throughout the tour and the band’s playing was full of power and passion. There were plenty of special guest appearances this summer, which added immensely to the musical magic. Luther and Cody Dickinson of the North Mississippi Allstars sparked some outstanding jams at Saratoga Springs. JJ Grey of Mofro added vocals and a mean harmonica to "Smokestack Lightening" in Raleigh. Susan Tedeschi sat in at a number of shows, playing a blistering version of “Lost Lover Blues” (which makes it’s first appearance on a soundboard recording) as well as staples such as “The Weight,” “Don’t Think Twice,” and “Anyday.” Bob Weir and the other members of Ratdog sat in with the ABB several times, culminating in a jammed-out version of “All Along the Watchtower” on 8/22 at Holmdel with both bands on stage! Don’t forget pedal steel maestro Robert Randolph, who guested with the ABB several times, including a scorching “Turn On Your Lovelight” encore at the 8/24 Clarkston show. Best of all, this year saw the band inserting new jams into “Black Hearted Woman” and “No One To Run With,” playing a bluesy intro jam to songs like “Trouble No More,” “Done Somebody Wrong” and “Hoochie Coochie Man,” and generally proving once again that they are the best improvisational rock band in the world. Their classic jam songs like “Jessica,” “Mountain Jam” and “In Memory of Elizabeth Reed” have never sounded better, with soaring solos from Warren and Derek matched in their intensity only by the best rhythm section in rock today. Perhaps Derek summed it up best when he said “this band is playing as a band, better than any other year since I joined in 1999!” We have all of the individual shows in stock and are also offering three special packages for your enjoyment: The traditional West Best package where you get six of the best shows of the summer (as selected by the Tour Mystic) for the price of 5! The West Best El Grande - where you get 12 of the best shows for the price of 10! And, the 2007 Complete Summer Set - which will be ready in early December. This year's complete set will be housed in a beautiful, lacquered cedar box and include exclusive photos from the tour, a year's subscription to Hittin' the Note magazine and several more surprises - including the ABB Farm Aid performance! Click here to read more info about each show and to order. If you have any questions regarding ordering from Hittin' the Note please call us toll-free at 888-746-4616, or locally in Atlanta, GA at 770-640-1124. Do Your Random Act of Kindness Shopping Online! GREAT NEWS! We have an answer to your question "when is the next archival release coming?" It's here now! There's a new release available featuring the original ABB lineup playing at the Boston Common August 17, 1971. Recorded just five months after the historic Fillmore East shows, this gem includes "Statesboro Blues," "Trouble No More," "Don't Keep Me Wonderin'," a 26 minute "You Don't Love Me," Berry's vocals on "Hoochie Coochie Man," "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed," and a riveting and unusual "Whipping Post" finale. You can buy it at the Beacon shows or click to order it online. Scratchin' your head about how to brighten someone's day? Do we ever have a cure for the blues! It's a sure bet that someone you care about would like an Allman Brothers Band CD or DVD they don't have. Come see all the CDs and DVDs and more at Hittin' the Note and we are sure you will find something for all your music-loving friends! The first ABB archive release, American University, 12/13/70, another superb early recording and ABB manager Bert Holman's first show, is back in stock! The second ABB archive release, SUNY at Stonybrook, 9/19/71, contains one of the best “Dreams” ever captured on tape and a rare “Blue Sky” with Duane! Recorded just weeks prior to Duane’s untimely passing, this one will surely make you sit up and listen to the growth of the band in its short run to that point. The third ABB archive, Macon, 2/11/72, captures the intense spirit and determination the "5-man band era" showed as they regrouped following the loss of their leader, Duane Allman. Many of your friends here at HTW heard the band during this extremely emotional era and found healing in the music, including members of the ABB themselves. A rare glimpse into that time can be found on this CD. The fourth archival release from the Allman Brothers Band features the same lineup that recorded the legendary Brothers and Sisters album, with new members Chuck Leavell and Lamar Williams. Nassau Coliseum, 5/1/73 is another proud addition to this line of great archival shows from the Allman Brothers Band. This particular incarnation was often referred to as the “best damn band in the land,” and for good reason. Such ABB gems as “Jessica,” “Come and Go Blues,” “Ramblin’ Man,” and “Wasted Words,” plus a cool “Mountain Jam” are highlights of this outstanding recording. In addition, old chestnuts are revamped to fit the current lineup – this one is a keeper for sure! Each new issue of Hittin’ the Note magazine brings you the latest in-depth coverage of the Allman Brothers Band and its extended family, as well as other bands and artists you have come to love over the years, and some new and exciting ones as well. Chock-full of CD reviews, DVD and book reviews, Hittin’ the Note is continuing to grow and respond to you, our readers. Check us out on the web at Hittin' the Note and see all that we have for you. Subscribe for one year US at $21.00, or for two years at $39.00, an almost 20% savings over the newsstand price. Foreign subscriptions are $35.00 for one year, and Canadian subscriptions are $25.00 per year. We are also the official Allman Brothers Band merchandising arm on the Internet, and we have all of the new 2006 T-shirts and more for you. Hittin’ the Note… because music matters. Wanee 2007 DVD Does life get much better than Wanee Fest? Maybe it does, but if so, we haven’t experienced it! If you want to re-live the Wanee 2007 experience, or you just want to find out what the buzz is about, help is on the way, thanks to the folks at JamCam Chronicles. This nearly 3 hour DVD does a great job capturing the ABB family vibe! Click here to order. Stand Back: A 35 Year Anthology First Allman Brothers Band Retrospective to Span 35-Year Career! Two-CD Stand Back: The Anthology Features All The Classics and More With 32 Recordings! Thirty-five years after their recording debut, there is still no other group like The Allman Brothers Band--authors of an indispensable style of American music that became known as Southern Rock, they grew into a musical icon culminating with their 1994 induction into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Now the Brothers have a retrospective like none other in their lengthy history. Thirty-five years after their recording debut, there is still no other group like The Allman Brothers Band--authors of an indispensable style of American music that became known as Southern Rock, they grew into a musical icon culminating with their 1994 induction into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Now the Brothers have a retrospective like none other in their lengthy history.... want to know more? Read On! Buy Stand Back at Hittin' The Note or Buy at Amazon.com. Allman Brothers Band Releases "One Way Out" Double Live CD Documents 2003 ‘March Madness’ Run at the Beacon Theatre in New York City (click to view larger image) The Allman Brothers Band, one of rock’s most acclaimed live acts and 1994 Hall Of Fame inductees has released a new double live CD on Peach/Sanctuary Records. Titled "One Way Out", it documents the band’s ‘March Madness’ run at the Beacon Theatre last year in New York City and features the 12-minute tour de force “Instrumental Illness,” for which the band has been nominated for a Grammy this year in the “Best Rock Instrumental Performance” category. "One Way Out" includes songs seen on last year’s platinum DVD "Live At The Beacon Theatre" as well as, additional live tracks from the Beacon performances. (click for the rest of the story). Buy One Way Out at Hittin' The Note or Buy at Amazon.com The Allman Brothers Band are "Hittin' the Note" The Allman Brothers Band has released their first new release in nine years. Titled "Hittin' the Note" the 11 cut CD kicks off with "Firing Line," and grows through the heartache intensity of "Desdemona," the reflective delicacy of "Old Before My Time," the alternating blues feel and funky strut of the Freddy King cover "Woman Across the River," the sizzling roadhouse shuffle of "Maydell," and the breathtaking virtuosity on tracks that range from the intimate acoustic slide dialog of "Old Friend" to the trademark extended jam "Instrumental Illness," a burnin' twelve-minute marathon. There’s also an inspired blues version of the Rolling Stones’ “Heart of Stone,” which the Allman Brothers Band definitely put their stamp on. Gregg Allman describes "Hittin' the Note" as "the best album we've made since Eat a Peach.” For Media Reviews of "Hittin' the Note" click here. The CD was released March 18 on the band's own Peach Records in partnership with Sanctuary Records, and is available in stores everywhere and at the Beacon shows.(for more information see the press release below) You can also order the CD at Hittin' The Note or Amazon.com. Go get it! For a larger version of the Ad Art click here. Volunteer, Register to Vote with HeadCount We will be working with the non-partisan organization HeadCount over the next year to register voters and encourage political participation among people of all ages. To volunteer for HeadCount and help staff voter registration booths at concerts, or to register to vote, visit www.headcount.org. HeadCount has set a goal of registering 200,000 voters in 2008, ensuring that music fans are well represented at the polls. We are proud to be among many artists supporting this important cause. Virtual Street Team Want to help more of our lost tribe find the family here on Hittin' The Web with The Allman Brothers Band? 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Allman Brothers' musicianship thrills - as always By: Pete Colaizzo For: The Poughkeepsie Journal As my wife and I walked into the beautiful Bethel Woods Center for the Arts for Tuesday night's Allman Brothers Band show, we were greeted with an unexpected sun shower. The downpour left us scurrying for cover for a few minutes. After the rain quickly passed, there was a gorgeous double rainbow arched above us. Such unique, awe-inspiring beauty was a great primer for what we were about to experience a few hours later, when the legendary rockers took the stage for the first time this year. The band tore through this 21/2-hour set in mid-tour form, despite the fact they had not performed together on stage for the better part of a year as Gregg Allman recovered from hepatitis C. Allman appeared 100 percent healthy based on his soulful singing on "Stormy Monday" early in the show. The low rumble of drummer Butch Trucks on the tympani got things going. When guitarists Warren Haynes and Derek Trucks delicately began the sweet strains of "Mountain Jam," I knew we were in for some great jamming. In the half-dozen or so times I have seen the Brothers, never have they started a show with that jam, which would be reprised with equal vigor at show's end. Posted by Lana on Wednesday, August 20, 2008 - 08:53 AM (113 Reads) Read more... Comments?     Topic: All Topics

Allman Brothers Band Hits the Road Again By: Alan Sculley For: The Eagle Tribune The Allman Brothers Band has reconvened for a short summer tour that essentially marks the 40th anniversary of the group many people credit with inventing Southern rock. They have no special plans to commemorate the milestone, however, said bassist Oteil Burbridge in an interview in advance of their Saturday performance at the Comcast Center in Mansfield. Instead, the band is focusing on getting back to work and back on track in a year that presented difficulties that caused them to put their music on hold. Gregg Allman, keyboardist, singer and a founding member, suffered from hepatitis C and spent much of 2008 recovering to a point where he felt healthy enough to hit the road. Burbridge said Allman is getting stronger with each passing week after going through a difficult treatment regimen earlier this year. Posted by Lana on Wednesday, August 20, 2008 - 08:51 AM (70 Reads) Read more... Comments?     Topic: All Topics

Allman Brothers Band Spreads Sweet Jam By: Tom Kielty For: The Boston Herald Fans at Mansfield’s Comcast Center knew what they were in for Saturday during a double bill featuring the rejuvenated Allman Brothers Band and Grateful Dead alum Bob Weir’s Ratdog. Attendees were happily submerged in a vat containing four hours of jam and most of the near-capacity crowd left with ear-to-ear grins. The Allmans/Dead history goes all the way back to a legendary 1973 collaboration on the Brothers’ “Mountain Jam” at New York’s Watkins Glen Speedway (on a bill that also included the Band). Time has taken its toll on both acts, with Weir’s Ratdog moving to the forefront of his career following the 1995 death of Dead guitarist and icon Jerry Garcia, and Allmans keyboardist/singer Gregg Allman winning a recent bout with hepatitis C. Back on tour, both proved true warriors of the road in separate two-hour sets. The headlining set from the Allman Brothers Band was astounding for both its muscularity and pace. Thirty-nine years after original guitarists Duane Allman and Dickey Betts were throwing solos back and forth with the ease of a backyard softball toss, current members Warren Haynes and Derek Trucks (nephew of founding drummer Butch Trucks) reignited the group’s Southern rock legacy. Posted by Lana on Wednesday, August 20, 2008 - 08:41 AM (70 Reads) Read more... Comments?     Topic: All Topics

Reality Overpowers Myth By: Dan Wilcock For The Troy Record Allman Brothers bass player Oteil Burbridge was six years old when he first heard the Allman Brothers do "Whippin' Post." In a phoned interview last week, I tried to explain to him how unusual the band was even in 1971. Because Duane Allman introduced slide guitar to a rock music audience that was largely ignorant of its very existence, most fans of the day thought he invented the form. Then, when both he and bass player Barry Oakley died within weeks of one another in blazing motorcycle accidents, that just made the band...... Oteil stops me. "Mythical," he says. Posted by Lana on Friday, August 15, 2008 - 12:45 PM (308 Reads) Read more... Comments?     Topic: All Topics

Allman Overcame Illness to Continue Playing By: Mike Kerwick For: North Jersey.com There is an eatery near Gregg Allman’s home in Savannah where the owners specialize in salad. The place serves “110 different kinds of salads,” according to its newest regular, offering everything from hot chicken wings over lettuce to classic vegetarian entrees. “I love to go there instead of worrying,” Allman said during a recent phone interview. Allman has logged enough time worrying, ever since hepatitis C knocked him to the canvas. Diagnosed in late November, Allman spent six months walled up inside his Georgia home. He needed a shot once a week for 24 weeks. A doctor administered the first few before turning the needle over to Allman’s wife. Posted by Lana on Friday, August 15, 2008 - 04:44 AM (468 Reads) Read more... Comments?     Topic: All Topics

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