One element that has been missing from the Allman Brothers Band March Madness run at the Beacon were horns. The Juke Horns are a Beacon run staple and finally made their presence felt last night in a big way.
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The first set of last night’s show offered a wide variety of original material leading up to a cover of Elmore James’ blues classic The Sky Is Crying. One of the night’s more interesting moments came towards the end of the set when Gregg Allman led the band through a horn-heavy take on Bobby Blue Bland’s Ain’t No Love In The Heart of The City backed by The Juke Horns. The horns stayed out for the set-closing Stand Back.
Set One: Done Somebody Wrong, Midnight Rider, Trouble No More, Who’s Been Talking, Sailin’ Across The Devil’s Sea, Egypt, The Sky Is Crying, Ain’t No Love In The Heart of The City*, Stand Back*
Set Two: Spanish Key**, Desdemona**, In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed**, The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down*, Into The Mystic*, Leave My Blues At Home > Bass Solo w/Derek Jam > JaBuMaOt > You Don’t Love Me
Encore: Southbound^
* – w/ Juke Horns
** – w/ Randy Brecker
^ – w/ Juke Horns and Randy Brecker
Grammy winning jazz trumpeter Randy Brecker has performed with the likes of Bruce Springsteen, Parliment-Funkadelic, Steely Dan, Frank Zappa and Jaco Pastorius. Brecker’s memorable sit in with the Brothers during the band’s 40th Anniversary celebration in 2009 was still fresh in fans’ minds when the trumpeter came out at the start of set two. A transcendent jam on Miles Davis’ Spanish Key kicked things off leading into a slow-burning Desdemona.
In Memory of Elizabeth Reed gave the musicians a chance to stretch out before Brecker gave way to the Juke Horns for covers of The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down and Into The Mystic. For the encore, both Brecker and The Juke Horns took turns soloing throughout Southbound. The Allman Brothers Band returns to the Beacon and Moogis.com tonight.
- Allman Brothers Band @ Beacon 2011: Night One, Night Two, Night Three, Night Four, Night Five, Night Six, Night Seven, Night Eight,
