The End of the Road? Tenacity and continuity; the mending of broken lines; the constant testing and exploration of the emotional and musical ties that bind: Those are the story lines that traditionally run through the Allmans spring hang in New York. Another comes with this Beacon run: that nothing, including this American improvising institiution, goes on forever. Earlier this year, Haynes, who has done 23 years in the Allmans over two stints, and guitarist Derek Trucks, Butchs nephew and a 15-year vet, announced that they were leaving at the end of 2014 to concentrate on their own careers, including Haynes group Govt Mule and Dereks big band with his wife, singer-guitarist Susan Tedeschi. Subsequently, singer-organist and surviving namesake Gregg Allman said the band founded by his late elder brother, guitarist Duane Allman, in 1969 would retire from regular touring after this year. But note the variety of replacement and reunion possibilities hanging in those statements – and the fact that no one has used the word last to describe these Beacon shows. For now, there is still serious business to attend to, on that bandstand.
Posted on: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 02:48:56 +0000
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