On the Bus

Last night was my second show this year of the Allmans’ 11 night run at the Beacon Theater.  This is a time of year that I always look forward to for the last 15 years or so, rarely has a year gone by that I have missed these shows.  Last night was extra special…

The Blind Boys of Alabama joined them on stage last night with Peter Levin on keys for House of the Rising Sun/ Amazing Grace and Ben Harper’s “There Will Be a Light”.

I managed to hold still long enough (sort of…) to get a little video of Amazing Grace.

For me, the highlight of the evening came when Pete Levin joined the band on stage for The Weight with Joan Osborne and The Juke Horns and Joey Williams from The Blind Boys on guitar.  What a treat to see Pete side by side with Gregg Allman,  musical genius!

Peter Levin sits in on keys with the Allman Brothers Band for The Weight w Joan Osborne and the Asbury Juke Horns

Thanks to Jon Hammer for this great shot of Pete and Gregg on stage at The Beacon!

The sign at the backstage door of the beacon Theater

Set One: Trouble No More, Midnight Rider, Done Somebody Wrong, Spots of Time, Leave Me Blues, Good Clean Fun, It Makes No Difference (w/ The Juke Horns), Don’t Keep Me Wondering (w/ The Juke Horns), Same Thing (w/ The Juke Horns and John Popper)

Set Two: Amazing Grace/House of the Rising Sun (Blind Boys, w/Pete Levin on Organ), Soulshine (Blind Boys), There Will Be a Light (Blind Boys with Joan Osborne, Pete Levin on Organ), The Weight (w/ The Horns, Joan Osborne, Pete Levin on Keyboards and Joey Wiliams Guitar), Nobody Left to Run With, Ain’t Wastin Time No More, In Memory of Elizabeth Reed

Encore: And It Stoned Me (w/ The Juke Horns), You Don’t Love Me (w/ John Popper and Joey Williams)