Allman Brothers Band @ the Beacon – Night Eleven: Kadlecik, Leslie West & More

There was no shortage of guests at tonight’s Allman Brothers Band show at the Beacon Theatre. As the March Madness run reaches the home stretch, the band welcomed a slew of collaborators to sit in including John Kadlecik of Furthur, Leslie West of Mountain and Jay Collins.

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After starting with the traditional Don’t Want You No More > It’s Not My Cross To Bear, the Brothers built up some steam throughout the first set with another performance of Warren’s new original River’s Gonna Rise and Derek’s fine instrumental that was debuted last year, Bag End. Following Bag End, the group welcomed legendary guitarist Leslie West of Mountain as well as former SNL Band drummer Shawn Pelton and Haynes’ Gov’t Mule band mate Danny Louis for the Allmans’ first version of Crossroads (Robert Johnson) since West sat in on April 5, 2007 and the blues standard Goin’ Down.

Set One: Don’t Want You No More> It’s Not My Cross To Bear, Don’t Keep Me Wondering, River’s Gonna Rise, Done Somebody Wrong, Bag End, Crossroads*, Goin’ Down**, You Don’t Love Me

Set Two: Melissa, Come On In My Kitchen^, Maydell > Manic Depression, No One Left To Run With Anymore, Thats What Love Will Make You Do^^, Mountain Jam > Bass Solo w/ Derek Jam > JaBuMaOt > Mountain Jam

Encore: Southbound%

* – w/ Leslie West, guitar & vox, Shawn Pelton, drums and Danny Louis, piano
** – w/ West, Pelton, Louis and James Van De Bogart, drums
^ – w/ John Kadlecik, guitar
^^ – w/ Jay Collins, sax, Scott Sharrard, guitar, Reggie Pittman, trumpet, James Van De Bogart, drums and Brian Mitchell, keys
% – w/ Collins, Sharrard, Pittman, Mitchell, Tom Guarna, guitar [no Derek]

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Melissa gave the second set a mellow start and the guest started coming soon thereafter when guitarist John Kadlecik of Furthur added tasteful licks to Come On In My Kitchen. Haynes put his heart and soul into Maydell which the band segued into another cover of Manic Depression. The stage was filled with guests for a take on Little Milton’s That’s What Love Will Make You Do including Brian Mitchell (Levon Helm) on keys, Scott Sharrard (Gregg Allman Band) on guitar, Reggie Pittman (Duke Ellington Orchestra) on trumpet and Jay Collins (Jay Collins Band) on sax as well as Jaimoe’s drum tech, James Van De Bogart. A soaring Mountain Jam featuring Birdland teases closed out the set before all of the set two guests and guitarist Tom Guarna contributed to yet another Southbound encore. The Allman Brothers Band wrap up the run tomorrow and Saturday at the Beacon and on Moogis.com.