The Allman Brothers Band Archive
123 documented Allman Brothers Band events from 1969, including 80 concerts, 4 releases, 38 milestones and 1 review.
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About the setlists. 10 of the 80 concerts listed here carry one. Before 1976 a setlist survives only where a recording or a contemporary account does — the band’s own show database records the date and the venue, not what was played. The blanks below are gaps in the historical record rather than entries still to be researched. If you were at one of these shows and remember the set, I’d like to hear from you.
Duane Allman records at Fame Recording Studios, Muscle Shoals, AL — Goin' Down Slow, No Money Down, Happily Married Man, Down Along The Cove *, Steal Away, Dimples, Bad News, Neighbor, Neighbor, ( * later used for Johnny Jenkins', album 'Ton-Ton Macoute!').
Source: duaneallman.info (Duane Allman Sessionography)Duane Allman session work at Fame Recording Studios, Muscle Shoals, AL for Soul Survivors — Jesse, Darkness, We Got A Job To Do, Keep Your Faith, Brother, Tell Daddy, Got Down On Saturday.
Source: duaneallman.info (Duane Allman Sessionography)Duane Allman session work at American Sound Studios, Memphis, TN for King Curtis — Hey Joe, Foot Pattin'.
Source: duaneallman.info (Duane Allman Sessionography)Duane Allman session work at Fame Recording Studios, Muscle Shoals, AL for Clarence Carter (sessions January 4–5).
Source: duaneallman.info (Duane Allman Sessionography)Duane Allman session work at Atlantic Recording Studios, New York, NY for Donna Weiss.
Source: duaneallman.info (Duane Allman Sessionography)Duane Allman session work at Atlantic Recording Studios, New York, NY for Aretha Franklin.
Source: duaneallman.info (Duane Allman Sessionography)Duane Allman session work at Atlantic Recording Studios, New York, NY for Aretha Franklin (sessions January 8–10) — It Ain't Fair, The Weight.
Source: duaneallman.info (Duane Allman Sessionography)Duane Allman session work at Atlantic Recording Studios, New York, NY for Wilson Pickett — Un' Avventura.
Source: duaneallman.info (Duane Allman Sessionography)Duane Allman signs a management/recording contract with Phil Walden and Capricorn Records, after Walden hears Duane's guitar work on Wilson Pickett's "Hey Jude"; Duane begins assembling a new band.
Source: Big House Museum (thebighousemuseum.com)Duane Allman session work at Fame Recording Studios, Muscle Shoals, AL for James Carr.
Source: duaneallman.info (Duane Allman Sessionography)Duane Allman session work at Bevis Studio, Muscle Shoals, AL for The Duck & The Bear (sessions January 20–21) — Hand Jive, Goin' Up The Country.
Source: duaneallman.info (Duane Allman Sessionography)Duane Allman records at Fame Recording Studios, Muscle Shoals, AL — Goin' Down Slow, No Money Down, Happily Married Man, Down Along The Cove *, Steal Away, Dimples, Bad News, Neighbor, Neighbor, ( * later used for Johnny Jenkins', album 'Ton-Ton Macoute!').
Source: duaneallman.info (Duane Allman Sessionography)Duane Allman session work at Fame Recording Studios, Muscle Shoals, AL for Otis Rush — Me, You're Killing My Love, Feel So Bad, Reap What You Sow, It Takes Time, Can't Wait No Longer.
Source: duaneallman.info (Duane Allman Sessionography)Duane Allman session work at Fame Recording Studios, Muscle Shoals, AL for King Curtis (sessions February 16–17).
Source: duaneallman.info (Duane Allman Sessionography)Duane Allman session work at Fame Recording Studios, Muscle Shoals, AL for Otis Rush.
Source: duaneallman.info (Duane Allman Sessionography)Duane Allman session work at Fame Recording Studios, Muscle Shoals, AL for King Curtis.
Source: duaneallman.info (Duane Allman Sessionography)Duane Allman session work at Fame Recording Studios, Muscle Shoals, AL for King Curtis — Games People Play, The Weight.
Source: duaneallman.info (Duane Allman Sessionography)Duane Allman session work at Fame Recording Studios, Muscle Shoals, AL for The Sweet Inspirations — Get A Little Order.
Source: duaneallman.info (Duane Allman Sessionography)The six future members rehearse together for the first time in Jacksonville, FL, playing Muddy Waters' "Trouble No More" — considered the band's founding date.
Source: Wikipedia; liveforlivemusic.comBand's live debut at the Jacksonville Armory, four days after the first rehearsal. (Georgia Encyclopedia cites March 29 instead — sources differ by a day.) Audio — the show was taped and circulates as the soundboard bootleg "First Flight" (audio only; no film): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSt0gJgMoFA Setlist: Don't Want You No More Rock Me Baby Cross Road Blues Born in Chicago Willie Jean Born Under a Bad Sign She Has Funny Cars Hey Joe New Shoes Blues Travelin' Music Setlist source: setlist.fm
Source: Wikipedia (The Allman Brothers Band album)On The Beach, Cocoa Beach, Florida.
Source: allmanbrothersband.com (Live Show Database)The band records its first demos at Capricorn Studios, Macon, GA — early versions of "Don't Want You No More," "It's Not My Cross to Bear," "Trouble No More" and "Dreams," cut weeks after the group's founding rehearsal and months before the debut album sessions in New York.
Source: duaneallman.info (Duane Allman Sessionography)Battle of the Bands, Gainesville, Florida.
Source: allmanbrothersband.com (Live Show Database)Apollo South, Jacksonville, Florida.
Source: allmanbrothersband.com (Live Show Database)Comic Book Club, Jacksonville, Florida.
Source: allmanbrothersband.com (Live Show Database)Jacksonville Beach Auditorium, Jacksonville, Florida.
Source: allmanbrothersband.com (Live Show Database)Murry Dance, Jacksonville, Florida.
Source: allmanbrothersband.com (Live Show Database)Concert in Melbourne, Florida (venue unlisted in the band's show database).
Source: allmanbrothersband.com (Live Show Database)Concert in Olustee, Florida (venue unlisted in the band's show database).
Source: allmanbrothersband.com (Live Show Database)City Park Amphitheatre, Palatka, Florida.
Source: allmanbrothersband.com (Live Show Database)First paid performance, at the College Discotheque in Macon, GA (now known as the Library Ballroom), shortly after the band relocated from Jacksonville to Macon.
Source: Wikipedia (The Allman Brothers Band)College Discotheque, Macon, Georgia.
Source: allmanbrothersband.com (Live Show Database)Free outdoor show at Central City Park, Macon, GA — an early hometown performance shortly after the band's relocation to Macon. Setlist: Black Hearted Woman We Gonna Move (To the Outskirts of Town) Mountain Jam Dreams Dimples Don't Want You No More It's Not My Cross to Bear Setlist source: setlist.fm
Source: YouTube (video title/date)Duane Allman session work at Muscle Shoals Sound Studios, Muscle Shoals, AL for Boz Scaggs (sessions May 5–10) — Now You're Gone, Finding Her, Look What I Got, Waiting For A Train, Loan Me A Dime.
Source: duaneallman.info (Duane Allman Sessionography)First-ever free show at Piedmont Park, Atlanta, GA — the beginning of a long-running tradition of Sunday afternoon free concerts there that helped build the band's regional following. Setlist (partial): Trouble No More Setlist source: setlist.fm
Source: thestripproject.com; sealplace.blogspot.comCentral City Park, Macon, Georgia.
Source: allmanbrothersband.com (Live Show Database)Seabreeze High School, Daytona Beach, Florida.
Source: allmanbrothersband.com (Live Show Database)Central City Park, Macon, Georgia.
Source: allmanbrothersband.com (Live Show Database)Duane Allman session work at Atlantic Recording Studios, New York, NY for Aretha Franklin — You're Taking Up Another, Man's Place.
Source: duaneallman.info (Duane Allman Sessionography)Duane Allman session work at Atlantic Recording Studios, New York, NY for Aretha Franklin — When The Battle Is Over.
Source: duaneallman.info (Duane Allman Sessionography)First performances outside the South: a two-night run (May 30–31) opening for the Velvet Underground in Boston.
Source: Wikipedia (The Allman Brothers Band album)Boston Tea Party, Boston, Massachusetts.
Source: allmanbrothersband.com (Live Show Database)The Hanger, Columbia, South Carolina.
Source: allmanbrothersband.com (Live Show Database)Boston Tea Party, Boston, Massachusetts.
Source: allmanbrothersband.com (Live Show Database)Boston Tea Party, Boston, Massachusetts.
Source: allmanbrothersband.com (Live Show Database)Boston Tea Party, Boston, Massachusetts.
Source: allmanbrothersband.com (Live Show Database)Concert in Columbia, South Carolina (venue unlisted in the band's show database).
Source: allmanbrothersband.com (Live Show Database)Atlantic Auditorium, Cocoa Beach, Florida.
Source: allmanbrothersband.com (Live Show Database)Atlantic Auditorium, Cocoa Beach, Florida.
Source: allmanbrothersband.com (Live Show Database)Daytona Armory, Daytona Beach, Florida.
Source: allmanbrothersband.com (Live Show Database)Knoxville Civic Coliseum, Knoxville, Tennessee.
Source: allmanbrothersband.com (Live Show Database)National Guard Armory, Auburn, Alabama.
Source: allmanbrothersband.com (Live Show Database)Atlanta International Raceway, Atlanta, Georgia.
Source: allmanbrothersband.com (Live Show Database)The Atlanta International Pop Festival, Atlanta International Raceway, Hampton, GA (billed as Atlanta), during the July 4–5, 1969 festival.
Source: allmanbrothersband.com (Live Show Database)Piedmont Park, Atlanta, Georgia.
Source: allmanbrothersband.com (Live Show Database)Free show at Piedmont Park, Atlanta, GA, staged by the Atlanta Pop Festival promoters the day after the festival's close — the band joins the Grateful Dead onstage for a late-night jam, their earliest documented performance together.
Source: sealplace.blogspot.com; thestripproject.comConcert in Sarasota, Florida (venue unlisted in the band's show database).
Source: allmanbrothersband.com (Live Show Database)Exhibition Hall, Ft. Myers, Florida.
Source: allmanbrothersband.com (Live Show Database)Macon Music Festival, Macon, Georgia.
Source: allmanbrothersband.com (Live Show Database)Central City Park, Macon, Georgia.
Source: allmanbrothersband.com (Live Show Database)Central City Park, Macon, Georgia.
Source: allmanbrothersband.com (Live Show Database)Records its self-titled debut album in two weeks at Atlantic Studios, New York, NY, with producer Adrian Barber. Live audio (Internet Archive): https://archive.org/details/AllmanBrothersBand1969CapricornDemos
Source: Wikipedia (The Allman Brothers Band album)The Allman Brothers Band records at Atlantic Studios, New York, NY — Don't Want You No More, It's Not My Cross To Bear, Dreams.
Source: duaneallman.info (Duane Allman Sessionography)Ungano's, New York, New York.
Source: allmanbrothersband.com (Live Show Database)Ungano's, New York, New York.
Source: allmanbrothersband.com (Live Show Database)The Allman Brothers Band records at Atlantic Studios, New York, NY — Black Hearted Woman, Trouble No More.
Source: duaneallman.info (Duane Allman Sessionography)Ungano's, New York, New York.
Source: allmanbrothersband.com (Live Show Database)The Allman Brothers Band records at Atlantic Studios, New York, NY — Whipping Post.
Source: duaneallman.info (Duane Allman Sessionography)The Allman Brothers Band records at Atlantic Studios, New York, NY — Statesboro Blues.
Source: duaneallman.info (Duane Allman Sessionography)The Allman Brothers Band records at Atlantic Studios, New York, NY — Every Hungry Woman.
Source: duaneallman.info (Duane Allman Sessionography)The Allman Brothers Band records at Atlantic Studios, New York, NY — Dreams.
Source: duaneallman.info (Duane Allman Sessionography)Piedmont Park, Atlanta, Georgia.
Source: allmanbrothersband.com (Live Show Database)Central City Park, Macon, Georgia.
Source: allmanbrothersband.com (Live Show Database)Duane Allman session work at Capricorn Studios, Macon, GA, for Johnny Jenkins' "Ton-Ton Macoute!" — "I Walk On Gilded Splinters," "Rollin' Stone," "Voodoo In You," "I Don't Want No Woman" and "My Love Will Never Die." The project began as a proposed Duane solo album before he formed the Allman Brothers Band.
Source: duaneallman.info (Duane Allman Sessionography)Duane Allman session work at Muscle Shoals Sound Studios, Muscle Shoals, AL for Ronnie Hawkins — One More Night, Bitter Green, I May Never Get To Heaven, Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Matchbox, Little Bird, Forty Days, Down In The Alley, Who Do You Love, Home From The Forest.
Source: duaneallman.info (Duane Allman Sessionography)Duane Allman session work at Muscle Shoals Sound Studios, Muscle Shoals, AL for Coleman-Hinton Project — What Goes On.
Source: duaneallman.info (Duane Allman Sessionography)National Guard Armory, Tampa, Florida.
Source: allmanbrothersband.com (Live Show Database)Electric Zoo, St. Petersburg, Florida. Setlist (partial): Whipping Post Mountain Jam Trouble No More Setlist source: setlist.fm
Source: allmanbrothersband.com (Live Show Database)Central City Park, Macon, Georgia.
Source: allmanbrothersband.com (Live Show Database)Mercer University, Macon, Georgia. Setlist (partial): Don't Want You No More It's Not My Cross to Bear Setlist source: setlist.fm
Source: allmanbrothersband.com (Live Show Database)Piedmont Music Festival, Atlanta, Georgia.
Source: allmanbrothersband.com (Live Show Database)Exhibition Hall, Ft. Myers, Florida.
Source: allmanbrothersband.com (Live Show Database)Piedmont Music Festival, Atlanta, Georgia.
Source: allmanbrothersband.com (Live Show Database)Sarasota Armory, Sarasota, Florida.
Source: allmanbrothersband.com (Live Show Database)Duane Allman session work at Criteria Studios, Miami, FL for Lulu — Marley Purt Drive, Dirty Old Man, Mr. Bojangles, Sweep Around You Own Back Door, (The majority of the album, 'New Routes" was recorded, in September 1969 at Muscle Shoals Sound Studios, but Duane, overdubbed his parts at Criteria, Studios slightly before the October, Aretha Franklin sessions, at Criteria Studios).
Source: duaneallman.info (Duane Allman Sessionography)Duane Allman session work at Criteria Studios, Miami, FL for Aretha Franklin — Pullin', You Keep Me Hangin' On.
Source: duaneallman.info (Duane Allman Sessionography)Piedmont Music Festival, Atlanta, Georgia. Setlist: We Gonna Move (To the Outskirts of Town) There Is a Mountain Whipping Post Statesboro Blues Setlist source: setlist.fm
Source: allmanbrothersband.com (Live Show Database)Piedmont Music Festival, Atlanta, Georgia. Setlist (partial): There Is a Mountain Setlist source: setlist.fm
Source: allmanbrothersband.com (Live Show Database)Piedmont Music Festival, Atlanta, Georgia.
Source: allmanbrothersband.com (Live Show Database)Boston Common, Boston, Massachusetts.
Source: allmanbrothersband.com (Live Show Database)City Auditorium, Macon, Georgia.
Source: allmanbrothersband.com (Live Show Database)Duane Allman session work at Capricorn Studios, Macon, GA, for soul singer Doris Duke — "I Can't Do Without You" and "Ghost Of Myself." Dated only as late 1969.
Source: duaneallman.info (Duane Allman Sessionography)Duane Allman session work at Muscle Shoals Sound Studios, Muscle Shoals, AL for Judy Mayhan — Everlovin' Ways.
Source: duaneallman.info (Duane Allman Sessionography)Duane Allman session work at Capricorn Studios, Macon, GA, for Eric Quincy Tate — a demo version of "Comin' Down." Dated only as late 1969.
Source: duaneallman.info (Duane Allman Sessionography)Self-titled debut album "The Allman Brothers Band" released on Capricorn/Atco Records. Production — Producer: Adrian Barber · Recorded at Atlantic Recording Studios, New York, NY. Studio tracks — Don't Want You No More: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrR6artwWTU | It's Not My Cross to Bear: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dy1xeuStsc | Black Hearted Woman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEBshjIGPXY | Trouble No More: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bc1eSr7o9IM | Every Hungry Woman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XK2DDoAWTc | Dreams: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJF5ql7hS8I | Whipping Post: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_F9xp-La-S0 Chart — US Billboard 200: No. 188.
Source: WikipediaRolling Stone reviews the debut album "The Allman Brothers Band": Lester Bangs calls it "consistently subtle, and honest, and moving," praising the group's "volatile blues-rock sound of pure energy, inspiration and love." Read the review: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/the-allman-brothers-band-202114/
Source: Rolling Stone (Lester Bangs review)Boston Common, Boston, Massachusetts.
Source: allmanbrothersband.com (Live Show Database)Duane Allman session work at Muscle Shoals Sound Studios, Muscle Shoals, AL for John Hammond — Shake For Me, Cryin' For My Baby, I'm Leavin' You, You'll Be Mine.
Source: duaneallman.info (Duane Allman Sessionography)Single "Black Hearted Woman" (edited down from the album version) released as the lead single from "The Allman Brothers Band"; it failed to chart. Chart — US did not chart.
Source: Wikipedia (The Allman Brothers Band album)Duane Allman session work at Muscle Shoals Sound Studios, Muscle Shoals, AL for John Hammond — Shake For Me, Cryin' For My Baby, I'm Leavin' You, You'll Be Mine.
Source: duaneallman.info (Duane Allman Sessionography)Plays the "Turkey Trip" show at the Georgian Terrace Ballroom, Atlanta, GA (two-night run, Nov 22–23), source of the famous ~60-minute "Mountain Jam" tape Duane later gave to Johnny Sandlin. Setlist: Mountain Jam Will the Circle Be Unbroken? Bo Diddley Mountain Jam Don't Want You No More It's Not My Cross to Bear Setlist source: setlist.fm
Source: allmanbrothersband.com forumDuke Tire Co., Atlanta, Georgia. Setlist (partial): Mountain Jam Don't Want You No More It's Not My Cross to Bear Setlist source: setlist.fm
Source: allmanbrothersband.com (Live Show Database)Fairgrounds, Hampton, Virginia.
Source: allmanbrothersband.com (Live Show Database)The Lighthouse, Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Source: allmanbrothersband.com (Live Show Database)The Lighthouse, Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Source: allmanbrothersband.com (Live Show Database)Boston Tea Party, Boston, Massachusetts.
Source: allmanbrothersband.com (Live Show Database)Boston Tea Party, Boston, Massachusetts.
Source: allmanbrothersband.com (Live Show Database)Boston Tea Party, Boston, Massachusetts.
Source: allmanbrothersband.com (Live Show Database)Ungano's, New York, New York.
Source: allmanbrothersband.com (Live Show Database)Ungano's, New York, New York.
Source: allmanbrothersband.com (Live Show Database)Ungano's, New York, New York.
Source: allmanbrothersband.com (Live Show Database)Ungano's, New York, New York.
Source: allmanbrothersband.com (Live Show Database)Ungano's, New York, New York.
Source: allmanbrothersband.com (Live Show Database)Woodrose Ballroom, South Deerfield, Massachusetts.
Source: allmanbrothersband.com (Live Show Database)Woodrose Ballroom, South Deerfield, Massachusetts.
Source: allmanbrothersband.com (Live Show Database)UMass Student Union Ballroom, Amherst, Massachusetts. Setlist: Mountain Jam Statesboro Blues Whipping Post It's Not My Cross to Bear Setlist source: setlist.fm
Source: allmanbrothersband.com (Live Show Database)Band plays its first Fillmore East shows, a three-night run opening for Blood, Sweat & Tears.
Source: Wikipedia (At Fillmore East)Ludlow Garage, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Source: allmanbrothersband.com (Live Show Database)Ludlow Garage, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Source: allmanbrothersband.com (Live Show Database)Fillmore East, New York, New York.
Source: allmanbrothersband.com (Live Show Database)Fillmore East, New York, New York.
Source: allmanbrothersband.com (Live Show Database)Fillmore East, New York, New York.
Source: allmanbrothersband.com (Live Show Database)UNC Charlotte Cafeteria, Charlotte, North Carolina.
Source: allmanbrothersband.com (Live Show Database)