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February 17, 2015
Win a One Way Out paperback signed by me and Derek Trucks
Well, here it comes on February 24: the paperback edition of One Way Out: The Inside History of the Allman Brothers Band, updated with an extensive new chapter on the Allman Brothers Band‘s tumultuous final year, and 15 new photos by Kirk West, Danny Clinch Photography, Derek McCabe – and Derek Trucks! The latter are exclusive shots from final Beacon rehearsals.
Plus NEW Interviews with almost everyone, and a check-in with Dickey Betts.
Much more to come on this. I’ll have some more giveaways soon, but let’s get started:
Win a One Way Out Paperback signed by Derek Trucks and Alan Paul.
Win a One Way Out paperback signed by me and Butch Trucks
Well, here it comes on February 24: the paperback edition of One Way Out: The Inside History of the Allman Brothers Band, updated with an extensive new chapter on the Allman Brothers Band‘s tumultuous final year, and 15 new photos by Kirk West, Danny Clinch Photography, Derek McCabe – and Derek Trucks! The latter are exclusive shots from final Beacon rehearsals.
Plus NEW Interviews with almost everyone, and a check-in with Dickey Betts.
Much more to come on this. I’ll have some more giveaways soon, but let’s get started:
Win a One Way Out Paperback signed by Butch Trucks and Alan Paul.
January 31, 2015
One Way Out paperback Release Events
Well, here it comes on February 24: the paperback edition of One Way Out: The Inside History of the Allman Brothers Band, updated with an extensive new chapter on the Allman Brothers Band‘ tumultuous final year, and 15 new photos by Kirk West, Danny Clinch Photography, Derek McCabe – and Derek Trucks! The latter are exclusive shots from final Beacon rehearsals. Plus NEW Interviews with almost everyone, and a check-in with Dickey Betts.
We will be celebrating the release of this new edition of One Way Out withthe special events detailed below.
Before all the following madness ensues, the Big in China band is playing this saturday, February 7 at the Boxcar Bar and Grill inside the Short Hills Train Station. This is a totally cool place. If you are anywhere nearby, come on by. If I get my shipment in you might even be able to buy a very preview issue of the One Way Out paperback.
•February 7 Big in China Band at the Boxcar Bar & Grill.,
25 Chatham Rd, Short Hills, New Jersey 07078
We are excited to play this cool and funky spot for the first time. Who doesn’t love a train depot?
•March 1 – Brooklyn Bowl – Release party with Jaimoe’s Jassz Band and Scott Sharrard and the Brickyard Band
Worried about having Beacon withdrawal syndrome this March? We’ve got you covered – kicking off March with a tremendous evening.
The great Jaimoe’s Jasssz Band led by ABB drummer and founding member Jaimoe and featuring Junior Mack and Bruce Katz headlines with their hard-swinging blues and jazz.
Opening up is Scott Sharrard and the Brickyard Band. Scott is Gregg Allman’s guitarist and Musical Director.
Expect Special Guests and good times.
Jaimoe and I will be signing books. In addition to being Allman Brothers Employee Number One, Jaimoe, of course, wrote the One Way Out Afterword.
Doors 6 PM, Show 7 PM, 21 and Over
Tickets $15 and available now.
•March 7 – Words, Maplewood Bookstore – NOON Start
Talk and signing with Butch Trucks.
Very excited to bring another ABB founding member and One Way Out contributor – Butch wrote the book’s Foreword – to my hometown of Maplewood for this.
Butch is always outspoken, free-flowing and honest. This is one you won’t want to miss.
More details to come.
•March 11 – Ardmore Music Hall , Ardmore, PA (Philly!) 
23 E Lancaster Ave, Ardmore, Pennsylvania 19003
Doors 7 PM, showtime 8 PM. More info here.
This will be a fun one.
My Big in China band will be performing, followed by the great Philly group Old Soul, presenting a night of Allman Brothers Band music and more.
I will, of course, be selling and signing books.
And Philly artist Francis 2Good will be on hand to do a live painting of the Original Allman Brothers Band, and will also have prints and T-Shirts available of his Duane Allman painting done at the end of 2014 to commemorate the 45th year and retirement of the band!
Check that one out:
•Friday, March 20, Big in China band at the Gladstone Tavern.
Another new venue for us – this is a fantastic restaurant and bar in a beautiful, bucolic setting just about 20 minutes west of Maplewood. Please join us.
9 Pm – 12 am.
•Saturday, March 21, Big in China band with special guests at Temple Sharey Tefilo Israel, S. Orange, NJ
For this gala night at TSTI, BIC will also feature keyboardist Mark Alexander (The Rascals, Joe Cocker, Little Steven) and guitarist Andy Aledort (Dickey Betts’ Great Southern, Band of Gypsys, Tribute to Hendrix).
Information to come soon on tickets, which will include food and drink. We played this party last year, also with Andy and Mark, and everyone had a great time.
January 26, 2015
Gregg Allman Announces Spring Tour Dates/ TTB to tour with Sharon Jones
GA with the Allman Brothers Band, 2014 Mtn Jam. Photo by Jay Blakesberg.
Gregg Allman has announced a spring tour, starting March 13 in Northfield, OH at the Hard Rock Casino.
The Gregg Allman Band has been sounding really strong and has added a lot more Allman Brothers tunes to the setlist since the band’s October end. The group features Scott Sharrard, Peter Levin, Steve Potts, Marc Quinones, Ron Johnson, Jay Collins, Art Edmaiston and Marc Franklin.
Dates are below. I was hoping for New York area show to satisfy us freaks jonesing for the Beacon. But I’ve got you covered, with a One Way Out paperback release party at Brookyn Bowl March 1, feautring Jaimoe’s Jassz Band as well as Scott Sharrard and the Brickyard Band.
In other news, the Tedeschi Trucks Band will be touring this summer with soul singer Sharon Jones. The only date announced so far is Saturday June 13 at Red Rocks, which will also feature Doyle Bramhall 2. Stay tuned.
Gregg Allman Band Spring Tour
March 13 Northfields, OH—Hard Rock Casino
March 14 Toledo, OH—Stranahan Theatre #
March 17 Kalamazoo, MI—State Theatre %
March 19-20 Chicago, IL—House of Blues %
March 21 Florence, IN—Belterra Casino Resort
March 24-25 Milwaukee, WI—Potawatomi Hotel & Casino
March 27 Minneapolis, MN—Pantages Theatre
March 28 Riverside, IA—Riverside Casino & Golf Resort
April 18 Live Oak, FL—Wanee Music Festival
April 24 Los Angeles, CA—Roxy Theatre
April 25 Indio, CA—Stagecoach
April 28-29 Agoura Hills, CA—The Canyon ^
May 1 Tucson, AZ—Fox Tucson Theatre
May 2 Scottsdale, AZ—Talking Stick Resort & Casino
May 5 San Antonio, TX—Tobin Center for the Performing Arts ^
May 6 Stafford, TX—Stafford Performing Arts Center ^
May 8 Grand Prairie, TX—Verizon Theatre ^
May 9 Austin, TX—Austin City Limits Live ^
(#) with SIMO
(%) with Amanda Shires
(^) with Devon Allman Band
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Gregg allman Announces Spring Tour Dates/ TTB to your with Sharon Jones
GA with the Allman Brothers Band, 2014 Mtn Jam. Photo by Jay Blakesberg.
Gregg Allman has announced a spring tour, starting March 13 in Northfield, OH at the Hard Rock Casino.
The Gregg Allman Band has been sounding really strong and has added a lot more Allman Brothers tunes to the setlist since the band’s October end. The group features Scott Sharrard, Peter Levin, Steve Potts, Marc Quinones, Ron Johnson, Jay Collins, Art Edmaiston and Marc Franklin.
Dates are below. I was hoping for New York area show to satisfy us freaks jonesing for the Beacon. But I’ve got you covered, with a One Way Out paperback release party at Brookyn Bowl March 1, feautring Jaimoe’s Jassz Band as well as Scott Sharrard and the Brickyard Band.
In other news, the Tedeschi Trucks Band will be touring this summer with soul singer Sharon Jones. The only date announced so far is Satirday June 13 at Red Rocks, which will also feature Doyla Bramhall 2. Stay tuned.
Gregg Allman Band Spring Tour
March 13 Northfields, OH—Hard Rock Casino
March 14 Toledo, OH—Stranahan Theatre #
March 17 Kalamazoo, MI—State Theatre %
March 19-20 Chicago, IL—House of Blues %
March 21 Florence, IN—Belterra Casino Resort
March 24-25 Milwaukee, WI—Potawatomi Hotel & Casino
March 27 Minneapolis, MN—Pantages Theatre
March 28 Riverside, IA—Riverside Casino & Golf Resort
April 18 Live Oak, FL—Wanee Music Festival
April 24 Los Angeles, CA—Roxy Theatre
April 25 Indio, CA—Stagecoach
April 28-29 Agoura Hills, CA—The Canyon ^
May 1 Tucson, AZ—Fox Tucson Theatre
May 2 Scottsdale, AZ—Talking Stick Resort & Casino
May 5 San Antonio, TX—Tobin Center for the Performing Arts ^
May 6 Stafford, TX—Stafford Performing Arts Center ^
May 8 Grand Prairie, TX—Verizon Theatre ^
May 9 Austin, TX—Austin City Limits Live ^
(#) with SIMO
(%) with Amanda Shires
(^) with Devon Allman Band
New Grateful Dead books here and on the way.
My editor and his whole team at St. Martin’s have a great new Grateful Dead book out and another on the way.
Check out No Simple Highway: A Cultural History of the Grateful Dead, which I was happy to provide a blurb for.
“The How, What, When and Where of the Grateful Dead’s remarkable story have been well chronicled. No Simple Highway brilliantly explores the elusive Why, getting to the very heart of this uniquely American story of music and the power to set both creators and listeners free and establish an enduring community.”
-Alan Paul, New York Times bestselling author of One Way Out: The Inside History of the Allman Brothers Band
And coming soon, which I can not wait to read is Bill Kreutzmann’s Deal: My Three Decades of Drumming, Dreams, and Drugs with the Grateful Dead, written with Benjy Eisen. I’ve been hearing incredible behind-the-scenes stories on this one for months.
January 22, 2015
Dickey Betts and Great Southern Announce first 2015 dates – UPDATED WITH NEW GIGS
Andy Aledort, Duane Betts, Dickey Betts. Photo by Tami Goldsmith.
Dickey Betts & Great Southern cancelled three recent appearances so that Dickey could be at the bedside of a close family member battling cancer. Yesterday they announced four dates in May, their first confirmed 2015 appearances. Hopefully there will be more to come.
On May 2, the group will play the Harvester Performance Center in Rocky Mt., Virgina. Tickets available here.
On May 28, the group will perform at Tarrytown Music Hall in Tarrytown, New York and I plan on being there. Tickets for this show go on sale to the public on Friday at noon ET.
After a day off, Dickey & Great Southern will play Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center in Westhampton, New York. Tickets are on sale now. The following day, the Cat in the Hat is scheduled to perform at The Ridgefield Playhouse in Ridgefield, Connecticut. Tickets for Ridgefield are on sale now.
I hope to have some more Dickey tour announcements to share sooner than later.
Dickey Betts & Great Southern Dates
JUST ADDED –
5/24 – Harvester Performance Center – Rocky Mount, VA
5/28 – Tarrytown Music Hall – Tarrytown, NY
5/30 – Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center – Westhampton, NY
5/31 – The Ridgefield Playhouse – Ridgefield, CT
Photo by Tami Goldsmith.
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January 9, 2015
January 7, 2015
Jaimoe’s Jassz Band to Play One Way Out Paperback Release Party
Photo by Kirk West
Very excited to announce One Way Out paperback release party with Jaimoe’s Jasssz Band at Brooklyn Bowl 3-1-15.
Jai will be signing books with me afterwards. Big, big fun on tap.
The paperback has about 15 new photos by Kirk West and Derek McCabe and a very thorough new chapter on the band’s final year.
Brooklyn Bowl is the place to be. And Jaimoe’s Jassz Band is great. Have a listen:
Photo by Kirk West
Very excited to announce One Way Out p...
Photo by Kirk West
Very excited to announce One Way Out paperback release party with Jaimoe’s Jasssz Band at Brooklyn Bowl 3-1-15.
Jai will be signing books with me afterwards. Big, big fun on tap.
The paperback has about 15 new photos by Kirk West and Derek McCabe and a very thorough new chapter on the band’s final year.
Brooklyn Bowl is the place to be. And Jaimoe’s Jassz Band is great. Have a listen:
