The Allman Brothers Band
Beacon Theater 3/17/11

OFFICIAL DOWNLOAD [320k MP3]

Happy St. Patrick's Day!  The luck of the Irish was with the ABB for this show.

The Allman Brothers Band welcomed Steely Dan lead singer Donald Fagen for the first time at this show, and Fagen added soulful vocals to Bob Dylan's "Down Along The Cove" and the Grateful Dead classic "Shakedown Street."  Add in the first "Who To Believe" of this Beacon run, plus a ripping "Kind Of Bird," and the first set alone was a full night of music!

The ABB kicked off the second set with a dreamy "Ain't Wastin' Time No More" before getting bluesy with "Statesboro Blues" and going jazzy on "Desdemona."  The parade of special guests continued when Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith, Aerosmith guitarist Brad Whitford, and Latin percussionist Bobby Allende joined in on "Born Under A Bad Sign" and "The Same Thing."  Anybody who saw Whitford at Warren's Christmas Jam knows he can jam, and he really rips it up on these classic blues tunes!

An extended version of "No One To Run With" came next, with the "JaMaBuBu" drum segment in the middle, an unusual place for it.  For the encore, Whitford, bassists Lincoln Schleifer, and original Meters guitarist Leo Nocentelli helped turn "Southbound" into a guitar orgy of epic proportions!  The guests really added a lot to this show.

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Disc One

1. You Don't Love Me (7:56)
2. Midnight Rider (3:30)
3. Who To Believe (8:43)
4. Woman Across The River (10:42)
5. Old Before My Time (5:27)
6. Stage banter (0:27)
7. River's Gonna Rise (9:14)
8. Kind Of Bird (9:11)

Disc Two

1. Introduction (0:36)
2. Down Along The Cove @ (6:13)
3. Shakedown Street @#  (7:46)
4. Ain't Wastin' Time No More (8:19)
5. Statesboro Blues (4:29)
6. Stage banter (0:20)
7. Desdemona (12:48)
8. Introduction (0:23)
9. Born Under A Bad Sign $%^ (8:14)
10. The Same Thing $% (12:18)

Disc Three

1. No One To Run With (4:29)
2. JaMaBuBu (9:15)
3. No One To Run With--reprise (8:43)
4. Crowd noise (5:36)
5. Introduction (0:15)

Encore:  6. Southbound #%& (9:33)


@ = w/ Donald Fagen, keyboards and vocals
# = w/ Lincoln Schleifer, bass
$ = w/ Chad Smith, drums
^ Bobby Allende, percussion
% = w/ Brad Whitford, guitar
& = w/ Leo Nocentelli, guitar