The annual Allman Family Revival tribute concert to Gregg Allman has grown into a three-city tour this year that will hit San Francisco, Denver and New York City in December. The lineup includes the Allman Betts Band, Cheap Tricks Robin Zander, Robert Randolph, Todd Park Mohr of Big Head Todd & The Monsters, Jimmy Hall, Samantha Fish, Jimmy Vivino and more to be announced. (Not every artist will appear at every show.)
The shows will take place December 7th at San Franciscos The Fillmore, the following day at Denvers The Mission Ballroom and December 28th at New Yorks Beacon Theater. Some proceeds will benefit the School of Rock.
The first Allman Family Revival was held at San Franciscos the Fillmore in celebration of Gregg Allmans 70th birthday. Its grown into an annual event featuring artists like Robert Randolph, Luther and Cody Dickinson, Marcus King, Samantha Fish, Jimmy Hall, G. Love, Brooklyn Allman.
The Allman Betts Band will serve as the house band this year. Led by Gregg Allmans son Devon and Dickey Betts son Duane Betts, they came together last year to honor the music of Allman Brothers along with their own compositions. Recent shows have featured Allman Brothers classics like Blue Sky, In Memory of Elizabeth Reed and Midnight Rider.
Allmans son Devon explained to Rolling Stone last yearwhy hed never attempt to revive the Allman Brothers Band name. I dont think that that would be very respectful of the legacy, he said. Its always going be a balance, and my number one thing is integrity and class. So is there a way to kind of perpetuate it within a loose framework? Yes. But to come out and use their name, or the mushrooms and the peaches after they worked hard for all that? No. Its one thing to play a handful of songs and tip your hat to them and give the people that nostalgia. Its quite another thing to open up shop on a business that wrapped up their shop already.