The Allman Brothers Band Archive
13 documented Allman Brothers Band events from 2017, including 2 releases, 4 reviews, 4 interviews and 3 deaths.
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Butch Trucks dies of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at his condominium in West Palm Beach, Florida, at age 69. Obituary: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/butch-trucks-allman-brothers-band-drummer-and-co-founder-dead-at-69-105719/
Source: Wikipedia (Butch Trucks)In what became his final interview - conducted just before his death on January 24, 2017 - Butch Trucks discusses his new Freight Train Band and reflects candidly that the Allman Brothers Band's last decade "got very structured... but it got redundant." Article: https://ultimateclassicrock.com/butch-trucks-final-interview/
Source: The Morning Call / Ultimate Classic RockUltimate Classic Rock — obituary for founding drummer Butch Trucks, dead at 69; the freight-train pulse beneath the band's twin-drummer attack from 1969 on. https://ultimateclassicrock.com/butch-trucks-dies/
Source: Ultimate Classic RockEight-CD archival box set "The Fox Box" released, recorded Sep 24-26, 2004 at the Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA.
Source: Wikipedia (discography)AllMusic's Dave Lynch reviews the eight-CD "The Fox Box" (Fox Theatre, Atlanta, Sept 2004): it "showcases practically everything that the 21st century Allmans could present at their most epic, revealing a band in astoundingly good shape 35 years after its founding." Read the review: https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-fox-box-mw0001404015
Source: AllMusic (Dave Lynch review)Gregg Allman dies at his home in Richmond Hill, Georgia, from complications of liver cancer, at age 69. Obituary: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/gregg-allman-southern-rock-pioneer-dead-at-69-94904/
Source: Wikipedia (Gregg Allman)Rolling Stone — "Gregg Allman, Southern Rock Pioneer, Dead at 69" (Richard Gehr): obituary for the co-founder, singer and organist, of complications from liver cancer. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/gregg-allman-southern-rock-pioneer-dead-at-69-94904/
Source: Rolling StoneJaimoe is interviewed about his four-decade friendship with Gregg Allman, days after Allman's death. Article: https://alanpaul.substack.com/p/jaimoe-remembers-gregg-theres-not
Source: Alan PaulDickey Betts speaks candidly with Rolling Stone at his home in Sarasota, Florida, reflecting on the Allman Brothers Band's breakups, his regrets, and retirement. Article: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/dickey-betts-the-lost-allman-brother-121021/
Source: Rolling Stone (David Browne)Gregg Allman's final solo album, "Southern Blood," is released posthumously — recorded in his last months and issued about 15 weeks after he passed.
Source: Wikipedia (Southern Blood)Rolling Stone reviews Gregg Allman's posthumous final album "Southern Blood": Jon Dolan calls it a "moving farewell statement," praising its "laid-back generosity that recalls Allman's kindest Seventies work." Read the review: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/review-gregg-allmans-farewell-album-vividly-steeped-in-his-own-history-198158/
Source: Rolling Stone (Jon Dolan review)Johnny Sandlin — producer/engineer behind "Brothers and Sisters," "Beginnings" and Gregg Allman's "Laid Back" — dies of cancer at 72. Obituary: https://variety.com/2017/music/news/johnny-sandlin-dead-dies-allman-brothers-band-1202563781/
Source: Variety; Wikipedia (Johnny Sandlin)Marc Quinones is interviewed about growing up in the Bronx, his salsa career, and his time as percussionist with the Allman Brothers Band. Podcast episode: https://www.discussionsinpercussion.com/home/2017/12/13/50-marc-quiones-percussionist-for-the-allman-brothers-willie-colon-marc-anthony-8-y-mas-more
Source: Discussions in Percussion podcast