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The Allman Brothers Band’s final concert will be released as a live album

The Allman Brothers Band’s final concert will be released as a live album

The Allman Brothers Band’s final concert will be released as a live album later this month.

The groundbreaking rock band performed its final concert on October 28, 2014 at the Beacon Theater in New York City. The show featured founding members Gregg Allman, Jaimoe and Butch Trucks, as well as Warren Haynes, Derek Trucks, Marc Quinones and Oteil Burbridge, and played a 29-song setlist that spanned their entire career.

Now a recording is being released as a live album to celebrate the show’s 10th anniversary. “Final Concert 10-28-14” will be available digitally on October 25th and as a CD box on November 22nd and can be pre-ordered here.

The CD “Final Concert 10-28-14” contains remastered audio recordings of the show as well as a 16-page booklet with exclusive photos and liner notes.

“When I joined the Allman Brothers Band in 1991, I had no idea what I was getting into as a percussionist on stage with two drummers,” Quinones said in a statement about the concert. “Fast forward, 23 years to the last show we played as the Allman Brothers Band. I feel honored to have been part of such a historic musical force that was and is ABB. I love ABB!”

Since the concert, several members of the Allman Brothers Band have died. Dickey Betts, the band’s original guitarist, died in April of this year at the age of 80, while Allman died in 2017 at the age of 69.

Allman founded the band with his brother Duane in 1969 and released their self-titled debut album that same year. They soon garnered recognition for hits such as “Ramblin’ Man,” “Midnight Rider” and “Jessica,” which captured new audiences as a theme in later years Top equipment.

Known for their extended jam band improvisations and combination of country and blues influences in their classic rock aesthetic, they achieved commercial and critical success with albums such as the 1971 live album At Fillmore East and the latter Eat a Peach” from 1972, which was dedicated to the memory of Duane, who had recently died in a motorcycle accident.

The band continued playing sporadically until 2014 and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995.