The Allmans March Into The Beacon

The Allman Brothers Band got their nearly annual spring Beacon Theater residency off to a running start with special guests Taj Mahal and Levon Helm. With rampant speculation about who would be sitting in with the band during this 40th anniversary string of gigs, showing their cards with Taj and Levon on the first night bodes very well for what may be on the horizon. Despite confirmed(?) rumors of appearances by Eric Clapton and Aretha Franklin, could a Dickey Betts reunion be the real highlight? We'll know in the coming weeks. Stay tuned to The Weight for continued coverage of setlists from the run . . .

03.09.09
NYC The Beacon, 1st night

Set I:
Little Martha
Don't Want You No More > Not My Cross To Bear
Walk On Gilded Splinters
The Same Thing
Instrumental
Midnight Rider
Leave My Blues At Home
Leavin' Trunk (w/ Taj Mahal)
44 Blues (w/ Taj Mahal)
Statesboro Blues (w/ Taj Mahal - all lead vocals)

Set II:
Ophelia (w/ Levon Helm, Larry Campbell, Teresa Williams, and Brian Mitchell)
I Shall Be Released (w/ Levon Helm, Larry Campbell, Teresa Williams, and Brian Mitchell)
The Weight (w/ Taj Mahal, Levon Helm, Larry Campbell, Teresa Williams, and Brian Mitchell)
Black Hearted Woman > Other One jam (w/ Purple Haze tease by WH ) > Black Hearted Woman
Stormy Monday
Mountain Jam

E: Southbound