Allman Brothers Band Saturday Night in Macon 9 10 1973

[@kevincopeland795]

50 years ago. A half a century. Incredible.

[@patrickhite3026]

The greatest band in America & I was lucky enough to know Duane & Gregg when they practiced in Mama A's back yard & ally .What an amazing thing to see..They had the chops at 16 & 17 years old..I wasn't the only one hanging out in the ally ..When they played, all the neighborhood kids would sit in there yard & listen..🍑🍑 And i got storys ill never tell..LOL..RIP Brothers

[@grammy965]

🙋🏻‍♀️✌️❤️

[@jdspence7281]

You are one lucky lucky person to witness this wow👍🏽

[@Marcus_C51]

That's so cool--must've been incredible back then! RIP Brothers indeed!

[@steveparish9210]

C'mon tell us those stories!

[@davidmccaffery7977]

We were all about the A.B.B in 73🎉

[@johnp9434]

They opened for Jimi Hendrix in Madison, Wisc., May 18, 1970, the night before I had to report to Ft. Ord. Ca. to leave for Vietnam. It was an incredible show, and I still have my ticket, $7.50, main floor, center section, row 12. I'll never forget that night.🍑🍑

[@posecoach]

Wow! They were in the groove, and Chuck was just killing the piano parts. So solid!

[@donaldbishop7550]

ABB my go to band when working On my old hot rods., sounds as good today as it did back in the day., just never get old !!!!

[@barrysmith8920]

America’s Rolling Stones: -Incredible vibe -Loose and free -Yet very tight and precise

[@cloverhoney-wx5sw]

I get bored with my playlist started listen to these guys and i swear now im stuck possibly forever!

[@abekantarovich9231]

Duane once said..."Dickey's the good one, I'm just the famous one." He had such respect for Dickey Betts.

[@sblair6362]

Chuck Leavell rocks that piano!

[@jimnagel5611]

SAW THEM WITH HIM PLAYING AN EXTENDED VERSION OF JESSICA & BY THE END I HAD TEARS IN MY EYES -- ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL MUSIC

[@GreensnGuitars]

Badass. The orig piano sound of ABB

[@GreensnGuitars]

Jessica!! Him

[@kb1056]

Dickey totally rockin’ the Dwayne slide groove

[@lewisurvetzky6835]

Leavell is awesome but the wrong sound for ABB.

[@jeffwillis1340]

Very thankful I got to see them in Miami 1972 the utilmate concert Duane was gone but the rest of them carried on greatest band of that time thanks guys

[@imdeplorable257]

Saw them at watkins glenn what a weekend!!! Trippin and cookin in the sun 50 yds from the stage it was awesome!! The Dead the Allman bros and the band how could you go wrong with that in 1973!! 600 thousand people still the biggest concert ever!!

[@posecoach]

I was there, sort of….😂

[@optimus163]

I will never forget when this aired in '73 on Don Kirshners Rock Concert tv show. I had a little 3' reel to reel and set up a mic to the tv speaker to record the whole Saturday Night in Macon special . It featured Wet Willie outdoors, Then moved into the theatre for Marshall Tucker Band - who did a ripping version of 'Ramblin on my Mind' and finally the Allmans who were really spot on and super tight this night . I then transferred the recording onto cassette once I made that leap and it has been a treasured tape ever since. ABB was slowly emerging from the fog of Duane and Berry's passing. Fortunately bringing in Lamar and Chuck helped immensely.

[@Mike-oj1tm]

THANK YOU SOÒOOOOO MUCH FOR POSTING THIS👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍💖👍👍👍

[@nellymoriarty_5783]

Glad Gregg continued on, what a writer & musician, & he always returned every year to Macon Opera House

[@nancyboyd6273]

Bill Graham was the best! R.i.p.

[@drumhd1]

You got that right man…..

[@bigblue1762]

Love watching Dickey play. He plays with a physicality that turns into sweet flowing sounds

[@christopherpohl8743]

WOW WOW WOW !!!!!!!!!!!! That is a piece of musical history that every person should experience…..or it’s your loss.

[@brucekestin1010]

Betts is tearing up the slide. Duane would be proud of him!😎 "Restin"🎸🃏

[@sgg6927]

Never knew Dickie was proficient on slide!

[@Marcus_C51]

@@sgg6927 Yeah, as I've heard he took it upon himself to really work on it and get good as a tribute to Duane. I'd have to say he succeeded in spades! I saw Duane, him and others play a glass slide on the second finger and that's how I've always played. It makes it easy to play chords too, you've got Chuck Berry rhythms there no problem plus most everything else.

[@andyford8359]

Dickie stepped up big time after Duane died!

[@Chet_Brinkley]

That's an era gone by but never forgotten, thank God for video and audio, even though by today's standards are somewhat prehistoric , we have them and they are very good . Watch , listen , and learn young people , this is the best of the best !!

[@nellymoriarty_5783]

Thanks do much for this beautiful piece of history, glad they made my life better, I was 13 & loving these guys, now are my favorite American Band ever

[@michaelp.2842]

WOW ! GREGG ON THE GUITAR . NEVER. SAW IT TILL RIGHT NOW !THIS IS OLD STUFF BUT STILL GREAT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@claritydreamsleeves541]

'73 tour frequently opened with Gregg on guitar. Had to have him front and center. Such was the loss.

[@oonojoe]

Great Video! Thank you.

[@lorrainespagnuolo4149]

WOW that was some great mucic. I loved the ending, when they showed all of the pictures. Rest easy Brothers. Love you Gregory ♥️

[@iam6345789]

This is one of my favorite Allmans line up!

[@nancykelley9541]

Televised live from the Grand Opera House in Macon, Georgia. I watched it. What a show!!

[@larryn2682]

It was an ABC In Concert. Not sure about shown live. It was taped. Wet Willie played outside. Marshall Tucker Band were there inside, also.

[@Taine2]

Losing Duane and then Berry not too long before this show is all you need to know about how they’re even capable of stepping onstage. Can’t imagine the pain. Small wonder the drugs overwhelmed them.

[@Scott-ly2nk]

Richard betts so underated

[@joedebacco1480]

Wow! A rare find. Saw them about 5 weeks before this taping and just before the Watkins Glen event. They played at least 4 hrs. Saratoga NY 1973. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@sidviscous5959]

I went to high school near Macon in the early 70's. This is like a time machine for me . . .

[@BienvenidoFeo]

❤ Ole los hermanos 😊

[@Billytomtom18]

I have seen the Brothers many times over the years, going back to Watkins Glen NY's 3 day outdoor concert in 1973, sadly by the time I really got hooked on them the Filmore East had just shutdown ... some great venues back then ...

[@donaldbishop7550]

50 year ago today July 28 1973 ?

[@robertmurphy5518]

Greg & Chuck both excellent keyboard players , this concert is jamming nice and tight , Thank's for it! P. S, , I just had the pleasure of seeing Allman / Betts band , the sons of Greg & Dickey , fantastic show !

[@phazyme]

God I miss them. Had the phenomenal luck to see them quite a bit intact and patched up.

[@phazyme]

I think that this band was THE miracle BAND in what they could produce as well as all their side antics. I mean anyone that plays must be astounded at the precision of the music, the two part lead guitar harmonies , and the whole thing that gave them their unrepeatable driving sound, topped off with this ultra phenomenal blues voice coming out of a white guy. Gregg Allman was born with an incredible head of blonde hair making the overall package that the girls would just faint over while the guys mouths would drop with the soaring ear splitting rock and roll blues. Those days appear to be mostly gone but hopefully they will be back in different configuration. No one should even attempt to copy this. It came to us and then left - leaving great memories of a better time for the world and for music.

[@jamesandros9473]

Saw my 1st show in Macon w Duane 10 yrs old changed me forevet

[@andrewdekovitch7144]

Look at Dickey Betts just laying it down

[@jamesmack3314]

He’s on the cover of the new issue of guitar player magazine

[@jamesmack3314]

Love DB

[@angierucker5505]

Fuckin "A" So Bad-Ass!!!!!!! >>>> Thank you!! ,For sharing!! 🌈🍄 RIP brothers!!

[@thirdsamuel6643]

Good times around Macon in those years and a lot of jams at Grant's lounge.

[@pongsakvittayarumpa9233]

Brilliant !

[@Gretny]

Good old Bill Graham ! (RIP)

[@nulldude782]

Saw them a month later in NJ. My first concert as a 12-year old punk kid.

[@mikepetrie5851]

best live version of aint wastin time no more !

[@vaughanbranch6270]

Have you listened to the version on Mar Y Sol?

[@mikepetrie5851]

@@vaughanbranch6270 have not, never even heard of it in fact. will listen now !

[@MDavidG1]

@@mikepetrie5851 The Mar Y Sol version is the one on Wipe The Windows Check The Oil Dollar Gas. It's the only tune on that album from that festival.

[@kb1056]

So raw and pure here … all of them playing at their most inspired …

[@ScreemnEagle1]

Bad-ass is right Angie. One of the very best recordings of the ABB and from 1973. Another fav of mine is at the U of Florida1982.

[@feellucky271]

You just know a young Ronnie Van Zant and some of the other future members of Lynyrd Skynyrd we're watching this and taking notes. Miss you Greg, Dwayne Dickey, Ronnie, Allen Collins and all the rest of the guys see you on the other side.

[@brettbaker9416]

Ronnie was approx 1month younger than Gregg😂

[@shawnriffhard]

Their 1st album "Pronounced" was released in August of 73.

[@mben-david2064]

Skynyrd was a totally different band.They owed a lot to the ABB for starting the Southern rock tradition, but the ABB players listened to a lot of jazz. I assure you there was no John Coltrane on the sound system at the Hell House in Jacksonville. and it's GREGG and DUANE.

[@JamesAllmond]

I love the crowd shots, where I spot friend's parents and, uh, old folks I attend church with...oh geez, had to add, folks I went to high school with...

[@ivanfortuny2244]

Great Band Southern Rock at its Best.☮️

[@pamelabarrow3275]

Enjoyed them since the 70's

[@pamelabarrow3275]

❤🎉❤

[@robertmaurer903]

@@pamelabarrow3275 They didn't really like that label. ABro's were playing blues & roots music a little harder & groovier! They dug those other groups, but thought their sound was different. Then "Capricorn" would put label mates on tours together and that was that. Forever labeled a "Southern Band".

[@kennygardner5041]

Awesome! Dickey with a Les Paul Deluxe!

[@biblebear6795]

Good ole southern rock right here. To think that a band that was barely 5 years old at this point were already veterans in their time and with still a long way to go!

[@tomf429]

Losing Duane Allman in ‘71 was catastrophic. The band put out some great music afterwards, but, was never what they were with Duane on guitar.

[@kenamaro3942]

It's also good to see Bill again..I had a rather long conversation with him at a Stones concert I think in 89.

[@shawnriffhard]

Oakland?

[@Harpplayer504]

The last time I saw Bill was earlier in this video, RIP,Bill,Gregg,And Butch!

[@PaulCappelletti-yb1mt]

Really good, my first time hereing this at Saturday night live. Where the he'll wad I it great !

[@Harpplayer504]

The Great Allman Brothers Band !

[@nunyabusiness3920]

Loved Bill Graham,listed to all his tv sermons 😂

[@mitkojovanov4847]

Thanks from Macedonia!

[@pedromonteiro6155]

Ok friend! Clifford from Brasil (Minas Gerais - Belo Horizonte)

[@stephenfiore9960]

…Ah, a Biblical geographical reference, cool -USA

[@sasodcfred]

@@stephenfiore9960 Glad to meet you, Stephen! True Allman fans are everywhere :)

[@Tom_Emody]

Precious moments.

[@lisareichard5791]

How the hell did I not know that The Allman Brothers, my #1 Favorite Band, performed on SNL? How? Gregg Oh that voice ♥️

[@lisareichard5791]

Oh Saturday night in Macon! Either way works for me! 🙄

[@mikeymumblesreal]

Not from SNL.

[@r.l.hulbert3476]

It's neat seeing Greg on guitar 🎸

[@tammieparrishmiller3669]

Yeah, I liked it too!

[@larryn2682]

Gregg

[@creghommey3077]

This Was😂 Fucking Awesome 😎👍😭 Miss The Brothers🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎸🎹🙏 Thank You 💓

[@HowardKoretz-bf6pl]

Play all night

[@DavidNelsonO]

When I saw them touring the Brothers and Sisters album, they had Les Dudek playing slide, but maybe it was just because he was playing with the opening act (Boz Scaggs). Les played in both bands that night. Fabulous.

[@bigblue1762]

I think he played lead on album and he was in relationship with Cher. Always wondered if he was the reason Gregg and Cher were together

[@thirdsamuel6643]

Les could really get around on a guitar neck.

[@marionodom9585]

Still can! Les Dudek is the Dad!

[@Mike-oj1tm]

FUCKING FANTASTIC!!!!!!

[@The1Koolkat]

Chuck Leavell!!!

[@aryfrenkiel8641]

good stuff! ta for the upload

[@carlosdivax8717]

superb!

[@bpivr]

The lesson here, kids, is always have 2 drummers in the band.

[@otherworld11]

Ha...that's some rare video right there.

[@krzysztofkedzierski7284]

Kocham Allman B B.

[@vikingbrett4]

BILL GRAHAM AMAZING PROMOTER!!! R.I.P. BILLY

[@barackmycat9448]

That`s how ya do it folks.......

[@Joe-bf9ys]

Lamar Williams on bass

[@HowardKoretz-bf6pl]

It's OK we know who is. Missing brother4eva

[@michaelodria1986]

Thank you for posting. I never saw this footage! But I did get to see them at the Beacon Theatre back in 2002. The last year Betts and Haynes in the same band.

[@MDavidG1]

Dickey Betts left the Allman Brothers Band in May of 2000.

[@michaelodria1986]

@@MDavidG1 Then it was March madness at the Beacon w/ABB back in 2000.

[@MDavidG1]

@@michaelodria1986 The last time Warren Haynes and Dickey Betts were both in the Allman Brothers at the same time was in the first part of 1997.

[@martindowney8737]

Much as I love the dog I have to say a dream came first. In that dream was death. The dog walked through it with dignity. Amen.

[@Joe-bf9ys]

Chuck in the keys,and of course Forrest Richard Betts on Guitar

[@seenonyoutube7856]

Interesting, this is 1973 and Betts is playing at that time a newer Les Paul Deluxe guitar with the smaller humbuckers. With his arsenal of vintage guitars at his disposal, it's nice to see Betts playing a newer guitar instead of an old one and he sounds great. It goes to show, the myth about old guitars sounding the best is only a myth. Someone like Betts could pick up new guitar straight off the assembly line at Gibson today and make it sound like a 1957-1960 Holy Grail Les Paul.

[@stageleftpromotions]

"SATURDAY NIGHT IN MACON, GA."...with the ALLMAN BROTHERS band, does it really git any better than that??...NOPE~!!!..first time playing at home, since the "FILMORE EAST" in NEW YORK 1971??...and the MACON AUDITORIUM only holds 2700, and the acoustics are great *****

[@rustybird8803]

Promise that was the best in Macon gà for a year the coke is only passing through

[@greenman7612]

No, this was 1973. They played in Macon in 72 and there is a CD release of a Macon show as well.

[@MDavidG1]

@@greenman7612 Yes, that excellent '72 show is rare in that it featured the 'five man band', from right after Duane died, but before Chuck Leavell joined the group. It contains a mind-blowing early live rendition of 'Les Brers In A Minor' from side one of the brand new Eat A Peach LP. Leavell was a great addition, but he really changed the direction of the band's sound, starting with his first ABB album, Brothers and Sisters, released in 1973.

[@gloriapowell4800]

Yea but how many of us were at the show in pa that year 73 up in in the poconos i"m sure there were a few of us at that party cause he'll we totaled over 300,000 and it was a great great time for all and the year before at the Pocono Speedway there was a festival totaled about 250,000 people fact is both shows were the last of theor kind nothing but good people smokn being mellow laid back passing the smoke around bottles boons farm and good times and great music enjoyed by all at booth shows. I' m sure there's a bunch of ya remembering it right now and just smiling

[@sallybeatty4150]

With all the synthesized material!@ its already a lost art...

[@roylynlocke3695]

AT THEIR BEST CONCRETING EVERYTHING THEY WENT THROUGH!!!!!!! GREATNESS AND I HAD A GREAT TIME IN MACON GEORGIA SOUTHERN FRIED SATURDAY NIGHT 😘 ✌️, 🍑🍑🍑🍑🍑🍑🍑🍑🍑🍑🍑🍑🍑🍑🍑

[@stevenharris-ts7oz]

GOAT!

[@rustybird8803]

Aaaaàhhh thè ŕeal deàĺ! ÒH MAN HEÀRÌN THEM FROM UP OR DOWN RIVER

[@leedee4968]

Mind blowing😂

[@MrBluzhound]

What were those long sleeves all about…? Transitional time, for sure. I love Dickey’s playing but not slide…just no energy. But good to see this video- thanks for posting!

[@davidevans3175]

Saw them the same year in Hartford, CT. Honestly, not a great show. They were just going through the motions. Dicky threw a hissy fit and walked off stage. Between Duane's death, the heroin and infighting, not a good time for the band. They did not play "Blue Sky" which is what I was waiting for, probably because Duane was not there for the trade off solo. Still love the band regardless.

[@crispmom]

This looks like it was filmed at the Grand Opera House in Macon. There's a clip floating around KZbin of the Marshall Tucker Band playing here around the same time this concert was filmed.

[@Joe-bf9ys]

Prefall down in Macon Ga....

[@superfuzzymomma]

Dickey on an LP Deluxe, Sweet

[@MrRazorchampion]

This had to be shortly after Duane died and before Barry crashed. Absolutely Historic. need credits. Who is on Keyboards with Greg. Thank GOD for Dickey and of course Jaimoe and Butch. Fn Majic, all of it.

[@billmcevoy]

This is post Berry

[@phantompanther648]

I had Greg as a taxi customer Zollapalooza .,, l figured ld , see if l could get him to talk ( with body guard ) So l , told him of what he said when he walked on stage Hollywood FL 1975 .,,.. ( Was freezing cold night ) “ You came out you said ;” l thought it was supposed to be warm in Florida ….” He says ; “ l Remember..,! “

[@Joe-bf9ys]

Look at Greg on that guitar

[@jamesmack3314]

The live album, check the oil wipe the windows whatever it’s called is of their 1973 tour and it’s absolutely fantastic start to finish highly underrated. I like it better than Fillmore East, and they do a version of Elizabeth Reed that is just off the charts.

[@bigblue1762]

Love the Jessica version on that one. Just rhythmic progression

[@jamesmack3314]

@@bigblue1762 definitely and the whole album is excellent…Can’t lose what you never had is a favorite

[@frereanaktom99]

superb blues music and what a great blues singer [you are allowed to be white!] but i have to admit there is something missing / someone missing

[@kategarcia4301]

❤

[@letsgomets002]

Never knew they had another piano player....seen them at Fillmore East never saw this piano player

[@mben-david2064]

You've never heard of Chuck Leavell ? What kind of ABB fan are you ? He was the replacement for Duane.They decided that another guitar player was pointless and went with Chuck.

[@Pittie21]

❤Uncle Bobo 😊

[@truckerkevthepaidtourist]

Was this just to get together or were they touring the brothers and sisters album at this time?

[@hunzilla3122]

Totally diff sound by 73....

[@rickdiaz7239]

Effing wow!😂

[@sheddski2942]

thats right berry oakly passed Away that year

[@greatexpectations2307]

Greg seems a little wasted. But that was the way of things that night. They deliver the goods.