Allman Brothers Band - 1996-08-01 - West Allis, WI (SBD)

Allman Brothers Band

1996-08-01

Wisconsin State Fair, 

West Allis, WI

Soundboard Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Statesboro Blues  

02. Midnight Rider  

03. Blue Sky  

04. You Don't Love Me  

05. Worried Down With The Blues  

106. True Gravity >  Mountain Jam > Drums > Bass > Turn On Your Lovelight > The Other One > 

        Will The Circle Be Unbroken > True Gravity  

07. Change My Way of Living 

08. Dreams  

09. No One To Run With > Back Where It All Begins  

10. One Way Out  

Allman Brothers Band - 1996-08-01 - West Allis, WI (SBD)

As promised earlier today, here's the final post today from the trio of bands that played Watkins Glen in 1973, a soundboard recording featuring the Allman Brothers Band.  When the Allmans took the stage in West Alles on August 1, 1996, 2 dozen years ago today, the memory of Jerry Garcia was all around them.  The show took place less than a year after Garcia's passing, on what would have been his 54th birthday.  As only they could, the Allmans rose to the occasion in legendary fashion.  Six songs in, they launched into True Gravity, which became the launching pad for a jam that could have come straight out of a Dead concert.  True Gravity became Mountain Jam, which then segued into  Drums and Bass.  As if the jam itself wasn't enough tribute to Jerry, the bass solo rumbled into Turn On Your Loevlight and then into the Other One, two staple of the Dead's live performances.  I'm sure Jerry looked down from above and smiled.

Allman Brothers/Jerry Garcia Connections

• Few bands are more linked together in musical history than the Grateful Dead and The Allman Brothers. The San Francisco psychedelic pioneers and the Macon Georgia Southern rockers both were renowned for their improvisational jams. Both bands had 2 drummers, had roots in blues, country, jazz, folk and bluegrass, and suffered tragic losses in the early 1970s only to rise to new heights. 
• Both bands were connected to Bill Graham, and as a result frequently headlined both Fillmores. In fact, the Allmans closed the Fillmore East, while the Dead did likewise at the Fillmore West.
• The Dead and Allmans played 3 dates together in February 1970 at the Fillmore East. 
• In 1973, the 2 bands played together for 3 shows that summer, on June 9 and 10 in Washington DC and on July 28 at Watkins Glen. At those shows, various band members shared the stage together during the encores. 
• On December 31, 1973, the Grateful Dead took a rare break from performing on New Year’s Eve, so who else but the Allman Brothers stepped in to play a show at the Cow Palace. Of course, Jerry couldn’t stay away completely, as he and Bill Kreutzman showed up to join the Allmans for the encores. 
• The relationship between the 2 bands (And Garcia) continued long after the 1970s as we will discuss when we post a show from Warren Haynes later this month.