The Allman Brothers Band’s March Madness Run rolled along last night at the Beacon Theatre in NYC, where the group once again welcomed The Juke Horns and brought out one of guitarist Warren Haynes’ Warren Haynes Band band mates for a two-song sit in during the first set.

[Photo By Dino Perrucci]

Opening up with a run of classics in Hot’lanta, Midnight Rider and Leave My Blues At Home, the band then dug deep for Beacon Run ’13 debuts of Derek Trucks original Bag End and Warren Haynes original Rivers Gonna Rise. Soul singer Alecia Chakour, a member of the Warren Haynes Band, emerged in the middle of the first set along with Beacon Run stalwarts The Juke Horns for versions of Soulshine and The Weight. A well-jammed Black Hearted Woman brought the opening stanza to a close.

Set One: Hot’lanta, Midnight Rider, Leave My Blues at Home, Bag End, Rivers Gonna Rise, Soulshine (w/ Juke Horns and Alecia Chakour on vocals), The Weight (w/ Juke Horns and Alecia Chakour on vocals), Black Hearted Woman

Set Two: Melissa, Rain, Dusk Till Dawn, You Don’t Love Me, Blind Willie McTell (w/ Juke Horns), Into The Mystic (w/ Juke Horns), Jessica

Encore: Southbound (w/ Juke Horns)

[via Allman Brothers Family of Bands]

The second set saw the Allmans take another stab at one of Haynes’ new originals debuted during the run, Dusk Till Dawn, as well as their version of The Beatles’ Rain. The Juke Horns came back out towards the end of the closing stanza for covers of Bob Dylan’s Blind Willie McTell and Into The Mystic by Van Morrison before serving up Jessica to end the set. The Juke Horns re-emerged for a Southbound encore that brought the night to a close. While the Allmans have a night off, they return to the Beacon tomorrow to start three shows in three nights that will bring the run to a close.

We’ve reached the home stretch of the Allman Brothers Band’s March Madness run at New York City’s Beacon Theatre. Last night the legendary Southern Rockers welcomed a number of guests for their seventh of the 11 shows that make up this year’s run.

While the Allmans have been filling most recent shows with repeats, which is expected by show number seven and isn’t a knock on them, they are still finding spots to dust off classics. For instance, the group opened last night’s show with the first Sailin’ ‘cross The Devil’s Sea of the run. The opening stanza also included Spots of Time, one of the new originals the Allmans have debuted this month. Beacon Run regulars The Juke Horns made multiple appearances throughout the night starting with Don’t Keep Me Wondering towards the end of Set One. The Juke Horns stuck around for another version of Dylan/Manuel’s Tears Of Rage which was debuted one week earlier and a set-closing rendition of Same Thing that also included contributions from keyboardist Bruce Katz.

Set One: Sailin ‘cross the Devil’s Sea, Walk on Gilded Splinters, Trouble No More, Spots Of Time, Statesboro Blues, Don’t Keep Me Wondering (w/ Juke Horns), Tears of Rage (w/ Juke Horns), Same Thing (w/ Juke Horns & Bruce Katz)

Set Two: Knockin On Heaven’s Door (w/ Steve Earle & Bruce Katz), Copperhead Road (w/ Steve and Bruce), One Way Out (w/ Bruce), No One To Run With, Been Loving You Too Long (w/ Juke Horns, just Jaimoe on drums), To Know You Is To Love You (w/ Juke Horns), Les Brers

Encore: Whipping Post

[via Allman Brothers Band forum]

When the Allman Brothers Band returned for the second set, they brought out Katz and singer-songwriter Steve Earle for a killer rendition of Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door. Earle last performed the Dylan cover with the Brothers at the Beacon during the 2011 Run. Both Earle and Katz stayed out for Earle’s Copperhead Road – an Allmans debut. Bruce Katz was a featured performer on a mid-set One Way Out. Towards the end of the set, The Juke Horns returned for a two-song stretch of covers: Otis Redding’s Been Loving You Too Long and Stevie Wonder/Syreeta Wright’s To Know You Is To Love You. A long and jammed out Les Brers and Whipping Post encore brought the evening to a close.

The Allmans return to the Beacon tonight. Watch Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door with Steve Earle…

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Saxophonist Bill Evans has become a regular at the Allman Brothers Band’s March Madness runs since first appearing at the group’s lone United Palace residency in 2010. The one-time Miles Davis band member has returned to sit in with the Brothers at a show a piece during the 2011 and 2012 Beacon runs and made his 2013 March Madness debut last night.

[Photo By Dino Perrucci]

Evans first emerged towards the end of last night’s first set, when he sat in on one of the two new originals the Allman Brothers Band has debuted so far – Warren Haynes’ Dusk Till Dawn. The opening stanza also featured ABB classics Midnight Rider, End of the Line and Jessica. The saxophonist returned at the end of the second set for In Memory of Elizabeth Reed. He stuck around for a Southbound encore that also saw contributions from drummer Butch Trucks’ son Vaylor on guitar and guest bass player John Ray. ABB bassist Oteil Burbridge showed his versatility by subbing for Jaimoe on drums during Southbound.

Set One: Done Somebody Wrong, Midnight Rider, End Of The Line, Worried Down With The Blues, Ain’t Wastin’ Time No More, Dusk Till Dawn (w/ Bill Evans on sax), Jessica

Set Two: Statesboro Blues (w/ David Stoltz on bass), You Don’t Love Me, Rocking Horse, Stand Back, Black Hearted Woman, In Memory of Elizabeth Reed (w/ Bill Evans on sax)

Encore: Southbound (w/ Bill Evans on sax, Vaylor Trucks on guitar, Oteil on Jaimoe’s kit and John Ray on bass)

[Setlist (unconfirmed) via Allman Brothers Family of Bands]

• Previously on HT: Full Coverage of the Allman Brothers Band’s Beacon Run

The Allman Brothers Band return to the Beacon Theatre on Tuesday night.

Last night Allman Brothers Band guitarists Derek Trucks and Warren Haynes bridged our favorite two annual New York City residencies, when they performed both with the Allmans at the Beacon on Manhattan’s Upper West Side and with Soulive at Brooklyn Bowl in Williamsburg on the same night. The guitarists started off by playing two sets with the Brothers before they headed south for a surprise third set of Soulive’s second Bowlive IV performance.

[All Photos by Dino Perrucci]

Photographer Dino Perrucci was on hand to capture Derek and Warren in action at both spots.

Here’s more shots from Dino plus a vid of Soulive with Trucks, Haynes, Robert Randolph and the horns on a cover of Band of Changes by Band of Gypsies taped by our pal LazyLightning55…

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The Allman Brothers Band continued their March Madness run at the Beacon Theatre last night for the fifth of 11 shows that make up this year’s residency. Not only did the Allmans welcome plenty of guests to their show, but ABB guitarists Derek Trucks and Warren Haynes headed to Brooklyn Bowl after leaving the Beacon stage to sit in with Soulive at the second night of Bowlive IV.

[Photo by Dino Perrucci]

After starting off with the classic Don’t Want You No More > Ain’t My Cross To Bear pairing and their signature version of Statesboro Blues, the Allmans offered second Beacon run takes on Rain by The Beatles and Ann Peebles’ Feel Like Breaking Up Somebody’s Home. The guest parade began with Luther and Cody Dickinson of North Mississippi Allstars sitting in on blues standard Come On Into My Kitchen. Luther and Cody stuck around for a mid-set One Way Out that also saw contributions from saxophonist Jay Collins – a Beacon run regular who was making his first appearance of this year’s residency. To cap the opening the set, the Allman Brothers delivered a rare split version of Hot ‘Lanta with All Along The Watchtower breaking up the instrumental. Collins worked his magic on both the opening of Hot ‘Lanta and the Dylan cover.

Gregg Allman, Warren Haynes, Oteil Burbridge and Butch Trucks kicked off the second set with a Melissa that featured Gregg on acoustic guitar. Next up was the recently busted out Low Down Dirty Mean followed by another Warren-sung Blue Sky. The jam-fueled closing stanza continued with Dreams and the 1983 (A Merman I Should Turn To Be) > Mountain Jam mix that the band debuted one week prior at the opening night of the run. Tedeschi-Trucks Band trombonist Saunders Sermons emerged for the meat of the Mountain Jam. The jamming continued into the encore with Whipping Post.

Set One: Don’t Want You No More > Ain’t My Cross To Bear, Statesboro Blues, Rain, Feel Like Breaking Up Somebody’s Home, Revival, Come On Into My Kitchen (w/ Luther Dickinson on Guitar and Cody Dickinson on Electric Washboard), One Way Out (w/ Luther, Cody and Jay Collins on Sax), Hot Lanta > (w/ Jay Collins) All Along the Watchtower > (w/ Jay Collins) Hot Lanta (No Jay Collins)

Set Two: Melissa (Gregg on acoustic – No Derek, Marc or Jaimoe), Low Down Dirty Mean, Blue Sky (Warren Vocals), Dreams 1983 > Mountain Jam > (w/Saunders Sermons on Trombone and In a Silent Way Tease) 1983 > Mountain Jam

Encore: Whipping Post

[Setlist via Anthony B. of ABB Forums]

Once Trucks and Haynes were done at the Beacon, they headed to Brooklyn Bowl for a surprise third set with Soulive. Among the tunes performed during the set, which started around 1:15AM, was blues standard The Sky Is Crying that also featured Robert Randolph and Saunders Sermons. We’ll have more on Bowlive IV Night Two soon, but in the meantime check out Soulive’s performance of The Sky Is Crying with Warren Haynes, Derek Trucks, Robert Randolph and Saunders Sermons…

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The Allman Brothers Band continued their 11-show residency at the Beacon Theatre in New York City on Wednesday night. In line with what we reported, there were plenty of guests who sat in with the band at various points in the show.

[All Photos by Dino Perrucci]

For the first set, the Allmans mixed classics such as Midnight Rider and Good Clean Fun with the second-ever rendition of the Lesh/Haynes original Spots of Time. Towards the end of the set The Juke Horns emerged for a cover of It Makes No Difference, which was first played by the ABB during last year’s March Madness run. The horns stuck around for Don’t Keep Me Wondering and Same Thing. Blues Traveler harmonica wiz John Popper also helped out on the opening set-closing Same Thing.

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I’m still buzzing over last night’s Allman Brothers Band show which had so many highlights that I went over in my review. Our pal LazyLightning55 was in the house and captured the Brothers in action. We’re proud to debut two of his spectacular videos from the evening.

Watch as the Allman Brothers Band debut their take on the Bob Dylan / Richard Manuel-penned Tears Of Rage which The Band recorded for 1968′s Music From Big Pink…

Allman Brothers Band – Tears of Rage

• More Videos From Tuesday Night: Allman Brothers Band – Blue Sky,

Now, check out the encore which featured Eric Krasno and The Juke Horns on Southbound…

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We want to point your attention to John Popper’s Twitter feed @blues_traveler, where the Traveler front man has revealed that he will sit in with the Allman Brothers Band tonight at their fourth of 11 shows that make up this year’s March Madness Run.

Popper has sat in with the Allman Brothers Band a ridiculous 31 times since making his first appearance with the legendary band at Jones Beach on August 31, 1990. For a non-family member that has to be a record. The harmonica player has performed One Way Out with the Brothers 14 times and Statesboro Blues 13 times. His Beacon guest spots have been more diverse with Popper having sat in on In Memory of Elizabeth Reed, You Don’t Love Me, The Same Thing and other tunes over the years. Last year, the Blues Traveler front man actually got the lead the Allmans through one of his own tunes – Alone.

• Review and Photos: Last Night’s Allman Brothers Band Performance

With the Allmans debuting covers left and right this March Madness Run, we hope they have an interesting song or three picked out for Popper. What do you think they’ll play with him?

UPDATE: Commenter REL left a comment shortly after we posted our article with word of more guests who are expected to sit in tonight. Read THIS TWEET to find out who.

We’ve compiled a list of ALL John Popper sit ins with the Allman Brothers Band…

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Allman Brothers Band @ Beacon Theatre – March 5

Words: Scott Bernstein
Images: Dino Perrucci

When last year’s Allman Brothers Band March Madness run at the Beacon Theatre ended with founding member Gregg Allman unable to perform at the last show due to health issues, it was hard to avoid thinking that perhaps one of New York City’s greatest musical traditions was coming to an end. However, after watching the 44-year-old band in action last night at this year’s third March Madness show, those fears have been assuaged. The Allman Brothers Band were at the top of their game, offering a fan-friendly and musically exciting performance that mixed the hallmark of the Brothers’ residencies: classics, deep cuts and guest spots.

[All Photos By Dino Perrucci]

Gregg was in fine form throughout the night and seemed to show no ill effects of last year’s health struggles. Guitarists Warren Haynes and Derek Trucks finished each other’s musical sentences in a way that only comes from well over a decade of sharing the stage. Butch Trucks may be 65, but he pounded his drums with the strength and stamina of his younger self, while Jaimoe handled the fills with aplomb. Marc Quinones showed off his versatility moving from his percussion rig to the drums for a cover debut and even provided sugary-sweet backing vocals on Blue Sky.

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The Allman Brothers Band just completed their second of 11 shows that make up this year’s March Madness Run at the Beacon Theatre in New York City. For their 212th career performance at the Upper West Side venue, they laid down a jam-fueled show that included the run’s first guest, the  dusting off of an original that hadn’t been played in nearly 21 years and two cover debuts.

[Image via Allman Brothers Family of Bands and Michael Vernon]

The first set featured the second performance of Warren Haynes’ new original Dusk Till Dawn following last night’s debut. The Allman Brothers Band dug deep into their catalog for an original they hadn’t performed in nearly 21 years – Low Down Dirty Mean. The song, which was written by former ABB members Johnny Neel and Dickey Betts, was recorded and released on 1990′s Seven Turns LP. Low Down Dirty Mean was last performed by the Allman Brothers Band on March 20th, 1992. Austin-based singer/songwriter David Grissom was the run’s first guest as he sat in with the Allmans for You Don’t Love Me towards the end of the opening stanza.

When the band came back for the second set, founding member Gregg Allman was sporting an acoustic guitar for what seems to be the Allman Brothers Band debut of Long Black Veil, written by Danny Dill and Marijohn Wilkin and covered by the likes of Johnny Cash, The Band and even Gregg Allman and Warren Haynes themselves at last year’s Love For Levon benefit. Another cover debut came next in the form of Ann Peebles’ Feel Like Breaking Up Somebody’s Home which both the Warren Haynes Band and Gov’t Mule have played before. The rest of the set was all about the jams with Dreams followed by Derek and the Dominos’ Why Does Love Have To Be So Sad? and In Memory of Elizabeth Reed. Even the encore was a long jam song – Whipping Post.

Here’s the setlist from tonight’s show…

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As we mentioned earlier, the Allman Brothers Band kicked off the second set of last night’s March Madness Run opening show at the Beacon Theatre in New York City yesterday with a cover of Rain by The Beatles. Though Gregg Allman had recorded the tune, which was originally released in 1966 as the b-side to Paperback Writer, back in 1985, this was the first time the Allmans played it.

ABB guitarist Warren Haynes said this about the band’s cover of Rain to Jambands.com, “[Gregg’s version] is based on a version John Lennon did with an acoustic piano and a choir.” Now we can check it out for ourselves as LazyLightning55 has posted a video of the Allman Brothers Band performing Rain. Far from the psychedelic-tinged Beatles original, this version has that signature Allman’s sound…

Allman Brothers Band – Rain

The Allman Brothers Band played their 211th show at the Beacon Theatre since 1989 last night for the first of 11 performances that make up the band’s 2013 March Madness run. ABB drummer Butch Trucks previewed the run in interviews and Facebook status updates by advising fans there would be new originals and covers coming. On night one the band delivered a pair of cover debuts as well as the first performance of a new original written by Warren Haynes.

The first set began and ended with Les Brers In A Minor, an instrumental penned by former ABB member Dickey Betts. Within the opening stanza were a slew of repertoire staples of both the original and cover variety. When the band returned for the second set, they opened with their first-ever cover of Rain by The Beatles. While the Allmans have never covered the tune before, Gregg Allman did record a version of Rain that was first released on the Dreams box set in 1989. Following Trouble No More, the group unveiled a new Warren Haynes original titled Dusk Till Dawn. Another new cover came towards the end of the set, when the Allman Brothers Band jammed Jimi Hendrix’s 1983 (A Merman I Should Turn To Be) into and out of Mountain Jam. One Way Out was the encore on this guest-less first night.

What did Butch Trucks think of opening night? He shared these thoughts on Facebook: “Damn. What an opening night. Might be one of our best sets ever. I am very sore today from laying with that much power. Gregg was as spot on as he’s been in decades actually pushing us on some of the tunes he use to have trouble with. Life is great and the Beacon seems to be one major hot spot. More new stuff tonight.”

Here’s the full setlist from the opening March Madness show…

Set One: Les Brers In A Minor (Intro), Don’t Want You No More > Not My Cross To Bear, Statesboro Blues, Ain’t Wastin Time No More, Good Morning Little Schoolgirl, Midnight Rider, Blind Willie McTell, Leave My Blues At Home, Les Brers In A Minor (Reprise)

Set Two: Rain (Beatles cover)*, Trouble No More, Dusk Till Dawn*, No One To Run With, Key To The Highway, Don’t Keep Me Wonderin’, 1983 (A Merman I Should Turn To Be) (Jimi Hendrix cover)* -> Mountain Jam -> 1983 -> Mountain Jam (Reprise)

Encore: One Way Out

[Setlist via AllmanBrothersBand.com]

The Allman Brothers Band return to the Beacon Theatre tonight.

Listen to Gregg’s cover of Rain and view a video of Don’t Keep Me Wonderin’…

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We’re just a few days away from the start of the Allman Brothers Band’s March Madness run of 11 shows at the Beacon Theatre in New York City. Drummer Butch Trucks can’t hide his excitement as he’s updated his Facebook page with this report from rehearsals…

“Wait till you guys hear what’s coming from us this year. 7 new covers, so far, two brand new tunes and we ain’t done yet. Damn, I love this tie (sic) of year.” – via Butch Trucks Facebook / Hat Tip – Jambands.com

Trucks had already revealed that the band was set to learn new originals by Gregg Allman during their Beacon rehearsals which are currently underway. We’re excited to see what the band has up their sleeves for this year’s run. Be sure to check out our B List for all the pre and post-Allman shows.

The Allman Brothers Band’s multi-night residency at New York’s legendary Beacon Theatre isn’t merely a tradition – it’s a rite of spring that, despite some speedbumps and setbacks over the years, remains a reliably good time.

Years ago, it became fashionable to host Allmans pre-parties and aftershow concerts at smaller clubs throughout the city. Not only can the shows extend the excitement of seeing hot nights at the Beacon, they’re also a way for savvy promoters to showcase like-minded bands and, in some cases, pieces of the extended Allmans family to fans who are guaranteed to be out and about already.

The add-on show action waned a bit after the band’s epic 2009 40th anniversary run, but this year seems to have returned full-on, with a number of tasty-looking parties in Manhattan and Brooklyn dotting this year’s 11-show ABB residency. Here’s a look at 10 shows to hit as before- or after-parties for Beacon evenings – including the six shows at Lucille’s branded as the “Brothers Midnight Concert Series” — and also five suggestions for shows to hit if you’re visiting NYC and want to see great music on a night you’re not with the Allmans.

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In just over a week, on March 1st, jam stalwarts the Allman Brothers Band will kick off their traditional March Madness run at the Beacon Theatre in New York City. This year’s run will include 11 shows between March 1 and March 17. The 2013 run will probably include something that many past March Madness residencies haven’t – new songs written by Gregg Allman.

[Photo by Rob Chapman]

ABB drummer Butch Trucks revealed the news in a new Jambands.com feature put together by Mike Greenhaus. You might recall that Gregg was in bad shape when last year’s run ended, so the new material is a good sign that Allman is ready for action this time around.

Here’s Butch’s response when asked about what fans can expect at this year’s run…

I know that Gregg is in the best shape he’s probably been in for decades. He’s finally got his liver squared away—all the medications are balanced out, he’s getting his strength back and, along with that, his motivation to write songs. The word is that he’s got a bunch of new songs ready to go, and that right there in itself is something we haven’t had in a few years. So I’m really looking forward to the run—we leave on Wednesday [February 20] to go and rehearse, and I’m really looking forward to going there and seeing what Gregg’s got in the can. I am excited about what he’s put together for the Beacon that’s new and that people haven’t heard before.

Trucks also revealed that the Allman Brothers have a tour booked for August/September and are “putting something together for November.” Butch also discusses his Moogis webcasting company, the Roots Rock Revival workshop and other topics in the wide-ranging interview.