The Allman Brothers Band performs "Mountain Jam - Smokestack Lightning - Mountain Jam" on 12/3/2011 at the Orpheum Theater in Boston, MA. Brought to you by Less Than Face Productions.
I'm 20 years old and from LA. I want to apologize on behalf of my generation for the level of ignorance towards good music and musicianship. What a wonderful performance. Love Haynes and Trucks too. Les Paul lovers heaven.
Look kids, this is what a stage should look like. Amps, mics, stands and gaffer tape. No smoke pots, dancing idiots and costume changes....just musicians pouring out their souls.
Yeah sure, be condescending towards the next generation of music listeners. I'm sure that'll make them want to listen to your music more. Unbelievable.
CJ S yeah, I have to agree with him though. Kids these days are being feed bullshit by big recording companies that don’t know what good music is. I say knock them upside their collective heads and try to get them to see what real music played from the heart and soul really is. Unfortunately it’s harder to find underneath all the advertised crap these days, but it’s out there. You just gotta try.
And.. the stage didn't collapse under the weight of all that talent.. we are truly blessed to live in a time when people can still play such sounds to caress the soul, the world..
Derek doing his best impression of Skydawg. Waxes nostalgic, takes me back to my youth in early 70's, Their music so much soul was magical beyond words....
i started playing drums in 1965 when i was 13 and i still play. i'm so glad to have lived and played through some of the greatest years in music. i once thought Disco was trash. It was so much better than what i have heard, for the most part in the last 25-30 years. Women singers mostly show their bodies now because "talent" is virtually absent. Electronics makes them and they all sound the same with no musical or lyrical content to speak of. With "clothes" on, and without dozens of dancers to distract from their lack of any musical value, they would be nothing. This is an Excellent post. Thanks. i saw them many years ago when Dickie was with them.
I love the Derek stands next to Gregg, like Gregg, it's so nice to see family sticking with each other. Now with Gregg gone, a void is missing. I hope people truly respect the ABB and give them the bright lights they deserve now that Gregg is gone. It would be the best way to remember a legend.
Nice to see Gregg still was a functioning member of the band. The whole ABB experience has been a part of my young adult and not-so-young adult life...still break out in a sweat hearin’’ those boys jammin’ it up.
Sometimes I sit back and think, Damn, has it really been 45 years since I started listening to them? My dad said it was even longer but I can't remember. Anyway, I love that they carried on and still made amazing music right up to the very end.
Been a jam band fan for years and after forty years we go back to where it all began. This stuff never gets old. Thanks for the post and Thank You Allman Bros. …
absolute. total. brilliance. precisely why i've lost count how many times i've seen them live. for the first time ever i think i've finally met reality because if it weren't for youtube's track time i would have sworn to my death this little clip was an hour and a half long. that's called getting carried the FUCK away. epic upload. THANKS
The Allman Brothers are now no more and this makes me sad. Ill always cherish the memories of this band. I saw them six times and loved every moment of it. Happy retirement gentlemen. #alltimegreats
+Kevin Leffler true, but Derek and Warren will continue to make great music.Being a life long AAB fan, they will be missed. Kudos to the band members past and present..........thank you for all the amazing music. aka Classic Bob
Bufus Blane Derek is the greatest guitar player playing right now. Warren had played with them longer than the band played without him. You can be butt hurt because it isn't the original cast form the Filmore album or you can just enjoy it. What were Gregg, Butch and Jaimo supposed to do? Stop Playing? ABB cut more albums after eat a peach than before.
For anyone interested, they start to play Smokestack Lightnin' at about the 13:00 mark. Song originally done by blues musician Howlin' Wolf. That's some of that Mississippi and Louisiana blues influence in Southern rock n' roll. I still like ole Wolf's version better, but this is pretty damn classic in my book.
This must have b een as enjoyable for them to play a new version of this great song after so many decades as it was for us to listen to this version. Birdland came home to roost.
+Bufus Blane .... We get it, you don't like Derek. Warren, Allen Woody. Nobody compares to Skydog..... But I have seen my share of ABB shows too. There is no denying that You live a miserable life. So sad for you. The rest of us celebrate..... !
Warren and Derek also take multiple dips into "Birdland" by Joe Zawinul (off of Weather Report's "Heavy Weather" album, 1977). Exemplary work by the entire great band; thank you Less Than Face for posting!
Only one wish: I wish I could have seen them do Whipping Post/Mountain Jam with a full symphony...if there's a symphony in the world that could keep up.
First Birdland reference 9:30. Song interlude between 13:30 and 17:30. Duane's slide spot: 18:50. This edition of the band did a good job in rejigging the two lead guitar roles. Haynes used to do the Duane Allman slide part to Betts melodic part. Then Haynes switched to the Betts role and Trucks did the Allman role. And voila. Though the "wings beyond the blues" vibe sort of went with Betts.
I used to scorn the current Allman Brothers Band, thinking that nothing could come close to how it was. I am now thankfully learning that this is incorrect.
What is so amazing to me, is that Derrek Trucks plays his guitar and open E tuning regardless of whether or not he's using a slide. How does he play finger style on open E tuning? To me that is kind of mind Boggling.
I always, always wanted to see if this band could have done it with a full symphony orchestra. Repeat Fillmore East with Whipping Post followed by this full length, with a symphony. Granted it’s ridiculous and awesome without one. But I could just picture this going so many insane directions if they could have figured out how to do it.
These two are best ticket out there. Too bad it’s only cameo nowadays. If they in town together get tickets. Msg in 20 was unreal. Derek is by far best guitar player on planet
