Allman Brothers Band - 1972-12-31 – New Orleans, LA (SBD)

Allman Brothers Band

1972-12-31

The Warehouse

New Orleans, LA

Soundboard Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Wasted Words

02. Done Somebody Wrong

03. Statesboro Blues

04. Ain't Wastin' Time No More

05. One Way Out* 

06. Stormy Monday* 

07. Midnight Rider

08. Ramblin' Man

09. In Memory of Elizabeth Reed

10. Hot 'Lanta

11. Whipping Post

12. tunning

13. Help Me Baby* 

14. Drunken Hearted Boy* 

15. Don't Lie To Me* 

16. You Don't Love Me

17. Les Brers in a Minor

*with Elvin Bishop

Allman Brothers Band - 1972-12-31 – New Orleans, LA (SBD)

On October 29, 1971, the Allman Brothers Band lost their co-founder, brother, guitarist, and spiritual leader in a tragic motorcycle accident. The death of Duane Allman could have crippled the band, but brother Greg, Dickie Betts, Berry Oakley Butch Trucks, Jai Johanny Johanson and Berry Oakley soldiered on. They went back out on the road in 1972, with Oakley playing a major role in keeping the band together, both on and off the stage. Incredibly, Oakley, the new de facto leader of the band would meet the same fate as his predecessor. He also died in a motorcycle accident, in November 1972, just over a year after Duane, at an intersection 3 blocks from where the guitarist perished. Even that tragedy, however, could not stop the Allmans. Somehow, just over a month after that second tragedy, on December 31, 1972, 52 years ago today, they took the stage in New Orleans, as captured in this soundboard recording.  And they would continue to be a force in music the following year, releasing the single Ramblin’ Man which went to #2 on the Billboard charts.