Allman Brothers Band - 1979-04-18 - Baltimore, MD (FM)

Allman Brothers Band

1979-04-18  

Civic Arena 

Baltimore, MD

FM Broadcast

320 kbps

Artwork Included

CD 1: 

01. Don't Want You No More  

02. It's Not My Cross To Bear  

03. Can't Take It With You  

04. Blue Sky  

05. Need Your Love So Bad  

06. Blind Love  

07. Crazy Love  

08. In Memory of Elizabeth Reed

CD 2:

01. Statesboro Blues  

02. Try It One More Time  

03. One Way Out  

04. Southbound  

 

Encore: 

05. Whipping Post  

06. Ramblin' Man

xx. Midnight Rider (missing) 

xx. Will The Circle Be Unbroken (missing)

Allman Brothers Band  - 1979-04-18 - Baltimore, MD (FM)

The Allman Brothers were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame in 1995, the same year as Led Zeppelin, whose induction overshadowed everyone. The band members who were inducted - Duane Allman, Gregg Allman, Dickey Betts, Jai "Jaimoe" Johanny Johanson, Berry Oakley and Butch Trucks - reflected the band's original line up from the early 1970s. Later members, such as Warren Haynes, Chuck Leavell, Derek Trucks and Allen Woody, just to name a few, were not included. Gregg later admitted that he was drunk for most of the week leading up and including the induction ceremony. He was embarrassed by that fact and afterward went into rehab to get clean and sober.

This FM broadcast captures the Allman Brothers in Baltimore on April 18, 1979, 47 years ago today. That tour was a bright spot before a tragic fall. The group had just recently reformed, after splitting apart in 1976 due to drug issues, legal conflicts and numerous tensions between band members. Their recent album, Enlightened Rougues, released in February, was well received, with some great guitar work between Dickey Betts and new addition, Dan Toler, on songs such as Pegasus, Can't Take It With You and Crazy Love. The band, however, was still in serious trouble. Their record label, Capricorn, collapsed later in the year due to financial issues, and Southern Rock simply was losing popularity amidst the punk and new wave revolution. By 1982, the band would again break up, and stay apart for another 7 years.