The Allman Brothers Band - last live Concert at Fillmore East 1971
Type: Bootleg
Format: Flac
Source: Soundboard
Quality: A+
Download size: One file 379 MB
What can be said about this legendary Allman Brothers Band set that
hasn't been said before? Not much, but for the sake of those unfamiliar with this
particular show, here they are, the original lineup, performing the last set
ever to be played at the venerable Fillmore East.
Country influences were not yet prominent in the group’s sound, but their
unique blend of rock, blues and jazz was reaching stratospheric regions by
this point. Duane Allman and Dickey Betts’ telepathic lead guitar playing
combined with Berry Oakley's incredibly inventive, melodic bass to achieve a
pure, improvisational genius, equal to the likes of the greatest jazz
performers. Add Gregg Allman's bluesy organ, authentic gritty vocals and the
dynamic, propulsive drumming duo of Johanson and Trucks, and you have
one of the most innovative and captivating bands to ever play the Fillmore.
After the classic Bill Graham introduction, the group warms up with
"Statesboro Blues." After three more, relatively short bluesy numbers - all of
which are played wonderfully - they get down to serious business on "In
Memory Of Elizabeth Reed." Here, the band takes flight, soaring upward with
Betts' and Allman's inspired guitar playing, riffs vacillating from beautiful to
furious. This is also a testament to Berry Oakley's bass playing as an integral
melodic factor to the band's overall sound.
Following a straightforward, concise rendition of "Midnight Rider," the band
takes flight again on the fierce, propulsive instrumental "Hot ‘Lanta." Next up
is the ever popular "Whipping Post," here stretched out to almost twenty
minutes of epic jamming that never loses interest as Duane Allman explores
the farthest reaches of possibility on slide guitar. With the band's allotted
time having just run out, Bill Graham returns to the stage to say thanks and
goodbye to the Fillmore East audience. The band, still hungry to play, begins
the classic riff that launches "You Don't Love Me," and before you know it,
are off on another epic jam that would go down in history as the last song
ever played at the Fillmore East.
Of course nobody knew it at the time, but Duane Allman had less than 100
days left to live after this performance. He would be killed in a motorcycle
accident on October 29, 1971 in Macon, Georgia, when his bike collided
with a truck. Approximately a year after that tragic loss, Berry Oakley died
in another motorcycle accident, only three blocks away from the site of Allman's
fatal accident, on November 11, 1972.
Band Lineup:
Gregg Allman - organ, vocals
Duane Allman - guitar, vocals
Dickey Betts - guitar, vocals
Berry Oakley - bass, vocals
Butch Trucks - drums
Jai Johanson - drums
Tracklisting:
01. (00:00:54) - Bill Graham Introduction
02. (00:04:28) - Statesboro Blues
03. (00:03:37) - Don't Keep Me Wonderin'
04. (00:03:36) - Done Somebody Wrong
05. (00:05:26) - One Way Out
06. (00:12:34) - In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed
07. (00:03:08) - Midnight Rider
08. (00:05:42) - Hot 'Lanta
09. (00:19:17) - Whipping Post
10. (00:01:23) - Bill Graham Outro
11. (00:17:56) - You Don't Love Me
Playing Time.........: 01:16:38
Total Size...........: 460.66 MB
Total duration: 58:43
Publisher: Lost Rose
Reference :LR 05
Date :1991
Made In :Italy