Saturday, March 23, 2013

WARNING: Jam Band Ahead



If a 15 minute version of "Dreams" isn't your cup of tea, then I won't try to sell you on it. But, I wouldn't be posting a 2013 performance of the Allman Brothers if I didn't feel it was worth your time.

This is from the last night of the Beacon Theatre run and it is really something else. Warren Haynes delivers a fine solo, though not really anything he hasn't done before. Derek Trucks on the other hand, turns in something special.

But the real reason I am posting this video is what happens in between. I've talked about Maurice Brown many times on these pages. I first met Maurice in 2004 at a place called the Funky Butt in New Orleans. We became friends and for the last 9 years, I've seen Mr. Brown play his trumpet with his own jazz quintet, a larger funk unit he called Soul'd U Out, with jazz legends Louis Hayes & Curtis Fuller, Wynton Marsalis, and most recently as a very key member of the Tedeschi Trucks Band. For 9 years, Maurice Brown has taken every performance to a higher place. And here with the Allmans, he does it again.


8 comments:

Anonymous said...

You sure called it right Brother Sal! It rare for a 14 minute video to hold me all the way through, this surely did. The sound is great and the video shooter did an excellent job. Great posting.

ROTP(lumer)

kevin m said...

wow! thanks sal.

A walk in the woods said...

I want to be more high-falutin in my comments here, but HELL YES is all I can muster. Watched the whole thing and loved it. These guys are part of why I'm proud to be a Georgian.

Have made many pilgrimages to Macon to see Rose Hill, eat at H&H, and visit The Big House.

Ken J Xenozar said...

Been trying to figure a way into listening to more Derek Trucks. I think I have been missing something. Now I am sure I have been. Thanks.

Ken J Xenozar said...

I gotta think this sound came right from the board.

Sal Nunziato said...

I think the story is, the videotaper LazyLightning (?) sync'd his video with the Allmans boards they sell on the site.

James A. Gardner said...

@Ken, check out the recent Tedeschi-Trucks live set. No better way to hear what he's capable of, in my judgement. Plus, Susan Tedeschi. Nuff said.

Thanks for sharing a nice jam, Sal.

charlie c. said...

Derek Trucks is one thing to hear, is quite another to see! As a fledging guitarist I watched him up close at Garden State Art Center and I was amazed at his right hand technique. Thanks for posting . . .