Fillmore East Closing Evening, June 27th, 1971 radio broadcast, WNEW FM 102.7

[@stuartstark9831]

After graduating H.S.I left home for good on June 28, 1971 . I was so excited the night before that I knew I couldn’t sleep. Up all night listening to the live radio broadcast of this epic show was my goodbye to home. What a gift that was. Thanks for posting this unforgettable show.

[@johnpandolfino8663]

I'm old enough to have seen the Brothers play three times with Duane and Berry.......what a band.....my inspiration for learning how to play the guitar......love those boys.....

[@martyjansing2675]

I saw them twice in one day back in 1971. Early afternoon in Clearwater and Tampa that night.

[@mypalfootfoot9591]

There's a vinyl box set, which I own, of the acts playing at the closing of the Fillmore West, I haven't been able to find one for the Fillmore East, not sure one exists. I remember listening to this broadcast, I was 20 and couldn't believe that the Fillmore's were closing, it was so sad. The whole crew of jocks at WNEW FM were like friends, I listened to that station constantly. During the days of the counterculture you could turn that station on at any hour and know that they would take care of your head. At no other time would a radio station be so in touch with the culture that it represented. RIP Bill Graham, you may not have been one of us but you valued our ideals and gave us some best live music ever! Thank you!

[@shellywatson2784]

Duane "Skydog" Allman will always be my favorite guitarist.

[@Thetrueking-gr2ss]

Skydog??!!

[@MmedicatedGoo]

Is that you? This is me

[@mickymantle3233]

This took rock to another higher level for me. I will always love & respect the ABB ! Not forgetting Bill Graham. R.I.P

[@johnanderson8046]

I stayed up all night taping this concert simulcast (WNEW-FM) on my reel-to-reel tape deck. The old tapes deteriorated over the years and are no longer playable, so thanks for posting this. Great to hear it again. "When The Music Mattered."

[@Gnofg]

I was there Friday night.

[@if6was929]

When music meant something and when a small venue like the Fillmore East staged the best performances, when FM radio was an important source for that music. WNEW FM was a great station back then.

[@joebizzizzle]

WNEW and WMMR the two greatest radio stations ever!!!

[@boilerroom54]

the night bird wow, Scott so

[@jamestemple8970]

Music does not mean anything anymore?

[@if6was929]

@@jamestemple8970 Lets not become distracted by semantics, my point is that rock music was a monolithic cultural force back then, it sustained and fortified a significant counterculture. Today's rock culture is too balkanized to have any significant effect on society. Rock music today doesn't have the same force and by comparison it is meaningless.

[@jamestemple8970]

@@if6was929 There is plenty of meaningful music today although most is not what you would call rock. Anyway I always thought, even back then that soul and funk music had more meaning than most rock music did.

[@witoman]

Bill's intro of the Allman Brothers Band starts at 1:17:45

[@stevelongobardi6870]

Duanes phrasing and bends in " You dont love me " are off the charts. Here we are 46 years later and no one can touch this level of playing. Attempts to copy his style are often made, , but his creativity and phrasing is never achieved. Some come close, but the energy is never quite there. Duane usually played slightly ahead of the beat ....which gave him this explosive energy.

[@WGBader]

I saw him three times, and you're right. He'll never be equaled, let alone surpassed. He still makes me think of someone tap dancing on a high wire without a safety net.

[@ireneruthfox]

I seen the " Brothers" maybe 25 times. 5 with Duane. The original Band was the bench mark. Duane was the best I ever seen, and I seen them all, Clapton, Hendrix, Page, Beck, Santana, etc. They where al great. But no one moved me more than Duane.

[@Toms-]

I often wondered if he was still around today where everyone would have wound up?

[@markvonwisco7369]

Derek Trucks and Warren Haynes both get pretty close.

[@bluesdriver6354]

@@Toms- It would be MUCH better!!!

[@emevargas7173]

What a great version of in memory of Elizabeth Reed. R.I.P Duane & Greg.

[@bobmorr2892]

Fantastic amazing incredible so great to hear versions of the songs I haven't heard before, got my first copy of Fillmore East in 72 wore out a few versions over the years. Obviously there were so many great versions of these songs there they could have made four or five Fillmore East albums. The Allman Brothers Band like he said " the best of them all."

[@GammaSpike]

Glad you liked it! There are videos floating around on KZbin with the songs and artist that are not in here. I will be posting more soon. Please Subscribe, if you have not already, and you will be notified. Thanks again for looking in!

[@MainEventPoint]

This is the greatness of old time radio.

[@GammaSpike]

Scott C , It really was. They were out there for real music fans, playing full versions of songs and not just the singles. Live concerts broadcasted through the night. Dj's who you would make sure you caught their show. Not just one station either. 3-4 non commercial radio at different times, competing. Great Radio Days, Indeed. Glad you enjoyed. More of these will be posted as I transfer from Cassettes. If you subscribe, you will get a notice as they do and I would appreciate it. More Soon!

[@MainEventPoint]

Please do, i worked in radio from 1992-2003 and it was the greatest 10 years of my life. But I wish was in the business in its heyday.

[@namcat53]

"Old time" I have to laugh. I guess if you're too young it's indeed "old time". For us it was brand new..STEREO! LOTS of live broadcasts we had to listen to the radio to hear about...NO COMPUTERS!...and we liked it that way. WHFS was O.K. The New York stations were a bit hipper then.

[@OrangeYTT]

@@namcat53 I'm pretty young and it sucks I missed those days. Havinf access to all these recordings online is awesome but to be there live at my radio must've been a treasure.

[@namcat53]

@@OrangeYTT A lot of times the local hip FM station would simulcast the audio with a television broadcast. There were great live studio interviews or studio concerts all the time as well. A few times the interviews were held at local record stores where you could drop in and check it out. Colleges and universities usually had a cool FM radio station that would play live recordings. This was normal for us in the late 60's- early 70's. WHFS, WAMU, WPLJ, KSAN, etc.

[@travelingaroundtheworld1367]

WPLJ 95.5 Fm New York’s best Rock 1971 to 2019 RIP WNEW Fm where Rock Lives 1967 to 1997 RIP there’s only one Rock station left from that era is 102.3 WBAB Fm Long Island

[@richardlee866]

Dickie is off the charts of course the whole band is his tone and phrasing along with feel. On done somebody wrong just blew me a way God bless and thank you very much for putting this on here.

[@GammaSpike]

Thank you Richard,...it’s responses and reactions like this that makes it a pleasure to share.

[@Woozler554]

J. Geils Band, Edgar Winter's White Trash, Mountain, The Allman Brothers Band - All groups I used to love. All great in their own way.

[@ronanderson2140]

A friend just send me a copy of the whole Mountain set from the closing night.

[@Gnofg]

ON Friday it was J Geils and Albert King. I was there.

[@MmedicatedGoo]

How j geils was nominated 4 times and not allowed into the rarhof tells you all about the rarhof. Yet nwa is in.

[@Woozler554]

@@MmedicatedGoo The so-called "Rock and Roll Hall of Fame" is a bunch of crap. Not only is J. Geils not in it, but also Emerson Lake and Palmer and King Crimson are not in it, if you can believe that. It's due to that super-biased asshole Jann Wenner. Yet they admit acts like ABBA and Deep Purple. Deep Purple's music was so simplistic, we wouldn't even play it when we were 15 years old, as we thought it was beneath us. Until the RARHOLF starts doing the right thing, I will NEVER visit that place.

[@shable1436]

​@@MmedicatedGoo what's worse is I heard Eminem is going to get in. That's insane, it's not rock and roll hof, but record sales hof, it has to be. Or top 40 hof, whoever votes there doesn't know the difference between rap and rock and roll. Just because there's no hip hop hof they have to infiltrate the actual musicians hof and ruined their reputation

[@mattrobinson7262]

Super grateful for whoever posted this..... The spirit of the original "Brothers" still lives on.... Duane still can't be topped for style, soul, and attack of that guitar. It was the whole band that pushed and inspired each other......

[@GammaSpike]

You are very welcome Matt, I appreciate your kind words ...It is posted so all can hear. It is something we will never experience again, most likely. A radio station willing to go all night broadcasting a concert, and/or a band worth broadcasting or listening to,..all night!

[@mr.yellowstrat3352]

Agreed. Derek Trucks is AMAZING in his own way but I think even he would agree that Duane's slide work is untouchable. Derek is definitely the closet thing we have in this day and age to Duane's slide but it's not the same, nor should it be. There will never be another sound like the original ABB

[@sidsimo]

I'm just as floored as I was when I heard this for the first time back at a High School party in the early 70's. Bless you for posting it!

[@Dc8139]

BRING BACK THE FILLMORES!!!!!!!

[@skydogfan4671]

I was 10 at the time. Never saw the Allman Brothers with Duane. I would have traded all the concerts I’ve been to over the years (except seeing Mark Farner) to see one time the Allman Brothers with Duane. Duane is the GOAT.

[@javierloya4086]

@Skydogfan I was 18 at that time, I was lucky to have seen the Allman Brothers band twice. Many rock bands during concerts act silly and just put up shows because they aren’t very good players (the stones) The Allman didn’t put up a show they just stood there and played their instruments, they were the top band.

[@XxSkydog71xX]

You are speaking facts

[@Mr-Security]

My first San Francisco concert was at the carousel ballroom Steve Miller as headliner. There was always three acts and then everybody played twice for six sets of music. The second band on was called All Man Joy. Not until years later did I realize that that was the Allman brothers before they called them selves that. Great intro to the SF scene. Twas magic.

[@fredonia81]

Man I love that statement because I kinda feel the same way.

[@jerrymcgrath3662]

Who's Mark farmer?

[@lindavaughn8088]

What a treasure this is! Thank you so much for posting.

[@GammaSpike]

Hey Linda,...my pleasure. I’m So glad you enjoyed. There will be more soon. Please subscribe, and you will get notices of when. Thank you.

[@uwsgrrrl9981]

I got a ticket from my roommate who worked for A&M Records. What a night of music. I remember the dress I wore & I still have the green suede wide belt. I have the playbill but have lost the poster from moving at some point.

[@Gnofg]

I went Friday and I have known this show for a long time. The really great show was Saturday night.

[@XxSkydog71xX]

I like how Duane does wtf he wants when he wants and it still sounds like a pre written solo. That’s the sign of a genius

[@gregoryirwin263]

Skydog was the best of the best a musicians musician Every note he played had 1000 percent of his soul and energy into it no matter if he was playing lead slide rythm or acoustic

[@cornfilledscreamer614]

He played like he lived - right on the absolute edge - certainly on slide. Oh sure - you'd hear mistakes, but it doesn't matter - he was always experimenting while he was playing in front of people. Takes a lot of balls to do that!

[@mikesheridan4071]

I didn't see the Allman Brothers until after Duane's passing, but I played the crap out of their Lp' s especially Live at the Fillmore East. There were lots of good bands in the 60's and 70's The Brothers were right there , and now were down to just two..

[@robertmurphy5518]

The palace of all venue.s in the country , once a band played the Fillmore , they achieved a plateau of success very rarely equaled !

[@groganzolla1]

I have the "G" from the FILLMORE East marquee... I am GRATEFUL!

[@acrosticox]

Fillmore East: Closing Night SONGS / 4:58:09 1 Albert King / Bill Graham Introduction 00:06 2 Albert King / Knock On Wood 05:03 3 Albert King / Got To Be Some Changes 06:13 4 Albert King / Nothing But The Blues 03:26 5 Albert King / Crosscut Saw 05:53 6 Albert King / Personal Manager 06:23 7 Albert King / Bye Bye Blues 02:10 8 J. Geils Band / Bill Graham Introduction 00:10 9 J. Geils Band / Sno-Cone 03:21 10 J. Geils Band / Wait 03:19 11 J. Geils Band / First I Look At The Purse 04:51 12 J. Geils Band / Whammer Jammer 03:00 13 J. Geils Band / Homework 03:31 14 J. Geils Band / Pack Fair And Square 02:19 15 J. Geils Band / Cruisin' For A Love 04:03 16 J. Geils Band / Serves You Right To Suffer 12:44 17 J. Geils Band / Hard Drivin' Man 03:51 18 Edgar Winter's White Trash / Bill Graham Introduction 00:59 19 Edgar Winter's White Trash / Where Would I Be (Without You) 05:17 20 Edgar Winter's White Trash / Let's Get It On 07:35 21 Edgar Winter's White Trash / Tobacco Road 15:47 22 Edgar Winter's White Trash / Turn On Your Love Light 09:09 23 Mountain / Bill Graham Introduction 00:25 24 Mountain / Never In My Life 06:03 25 Mountain / Theme From An Imaginary Western 05:44 26 Mountain / Dream Sequence (guitar solo) 02:44 27 Mountain / Roll Over Beethoven 06:18 28 Mountain / Dreams Of Milk And Honey / Swan Theme 15:34 29 Mountain / Silver Paper 07:48 30 Mountain / Mississippi Queen 06:41 31 The Beach Boys / Bill Graham Introduction 00:07 32 The Beach Boys / Heroes And Villains 03:53 33 The Beach Boys / Do It Again 02:52 34 The Beach Boys / Cotton Fields 02:42 35 The Beach Boys / Help Me, Rhonda 04:14 cut the rec ............ 1:15:12 36 The Beach Boys / Wouldn't It Be Nice 03:00 37 The Beach Boys / Your Song 04:58 38 The Beach Boys / Student Demonstration Time 05:16 39 The Beach Boys / Good Vibrations 04:28 40 The Beach Boys / California Girls 03:29 41 The Beach Boys / I Get Around 02:31 42 The Beach Boys / It's About Time 03:50 43 Country Joe McDonald / Bill Graham Introduction 00:21 44 Country Joe McDonald / Kiss My Ass 02:31 45 Country Joe McDonald / Entertainment Is My Business 03:31 46 Country Joe McDonald / The Fish Cheer 00:10 47 Country Joe McDonald / Fixin-To-Die-Rag 01:02 48 Country Joe McDonald / Rockin' All Around The World 06:53 49 Country Joe McDonald / Hold On It's Coming 03:31 cut the rec until here ........... 1:17:48 50 The Allman Brothers Band / Bill Graham Introduction 00:55 The Allman Brothers Band / Statesboro Blues 04:13 52 The Allman Brothers Band / Don't Keep Me Wonderin' 03:36 53 The Allman Brothers Band / Done Somebody Wrong 03:52 54 The Allman Brothers Band / One Way Out 04:56 55 The Allman Brothers Band / In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed 14:58 56 The Allman Brothers Band / Midnight Rider 02:47 57 The Allman Brothers Band / Hot 'Lanta 05:52 58 The Allman Brothers Band / Whipping Post 19:00 59 The Allman Brothers Band / Crowd 01:23 60 The Allman Brothers Band / You Don't Love Me 16:51 PLAYLIST DESCRIPTION COMMENTS Bill Graham opened the Fillmore East in March, 1968 at 2nd Avenue and 6th Street in New York City. With spectacular light shows, dancing, and extraordinary performances from rock's biggest names, it quickly became legendary. Graham's success with his Fillmore's East and West contributed to the changing demands of the musicians he featured, opening the door to a commercial atmosphere of bigger salaries and larger venues. Anticipating those changes, Graham closed the Fillmore East with a month-long celebration that culminated in the June 27, 1971 concert featured in this playlist. With Albert King, the J. Geils Band, Edgar Winter, Mountain, the Beach Boys, Country Joe McDonald, and the Allman Brothers Band all featured on the bill, it was an appropriately epic and genre-spanning line-up. Admission into the venue was invite-only, but it was broadcast in New York over WNEW-FM and WPLJ-FM; fittingly, Don McLean's "American Pie" received its first radio airplay during those broadcasts, as a bit of music history died in the early morning hours of June 28, 1971 when the Fillmore East finally shut its doors. We hope you'll join us in remembering the legendary venue with this fond farewell from Bill Graham.

[@devermb]

Who has a recording of all of this? The version here is truncated.

[@charlesandrews2360]

Early Jay geils was best

[@michaelbirke6050]

Thank you so much for this. This post is special. Important to. It’s history. I believe it captures a moment in time that’s priceless. The music was the best. Pure Rock and Soul and Roll flavored with the Blues.

[@joeyroni3858]

The June 26 show closed with a marathon performance by the Allmans that lasted well into Sunday morning. “That was a special show,” guitarist Dickey Betts told Rolling Stone. “We played until daylight that morning. I remember it was dark in there, and when they opened the door, the sun about knocked us down. We didn’t realize we had played until seven, eight o’clock in the morning. Bill Graham just let us rattle and nobody said, ‘We gotta cut the time.’ It was just a really free kind of thing.” “We played for roughly seven straight hours with everything we had,” added drummer Butch Trucks. “We played a three-hour set and then came back out. The feeling from the audience, not necessarily the volume, but the feeling was just so overwhelming that I just started crying. Then we got into a jam … that lasted for four straight hours. Nonstop. And when we finished, there was no applause whatsoever. The place was deathly quiet. Someone got up and opened the doors, the sun came pouring in, and you could see this whole audience with a big s--eating grin on their face, nobody moving until finally they got up and started quietly leaving the place. I remember Duane [Allman] walking in front of me, dragging his guitar while I was just sitting there completely burned, and he said, ‘Damn, it’s just like leaving church.'” I SAW THIS ONE FOR $4.50 FROM THE 3RD ROW. THEY PLAYED SOME SONGS TWICE. LAST PUBLIC SHOW.

[@TheGman858]

that's THE show us allman fans all have heard about you won the music lottery that night I would love to hear in detail your memories of that performance I'm seriously bummed out about being born at the wrong time

[@zozepp8993]

4.50 4 the best show ever minus the 8ball lol

[@rockyrovere2526]

From the time I was 17 in 69, our entire almost fate and hand picked friends had grown up musicians,or very astute musical geeks. We were students of the Allman Joys ,and the guys were one of the many tutors(list is long).We followed them worse than “dead heads”.Must have seen them and met them at least 30 times, mostly early on. Saw them in clubs, barns,college campuses,opening large shows,, cc. sale. After this long, my point is that the show at the Fillmore’s last nite had an amazing amount of the blazing fire that all shows did when they were cuttin their teeth. Didn’t mean to take up all your sweet time. Peace, Rocky

[@sugarjoe50]

I saw the Beach Boys at the Kingsbridge Armory in the Bronx around this time. It was some sort of a weekend 'happening' event. Vendors selling clothing, records. posters, etc. I was 12 years old.

[@salasconi5311]

The greatest Live Albums Ever the guitar playing is very vocal and than comes back at you love the style and Duane the slide playing is well done soft touch easy going

[@EdKazO-Vision]

Damn, this is mighty. I fondly recall listening to this into the evening on my very first FM radio. It was a Toshiba and it was my window into a new world.

[@GammaSpike]

Ed Kaz! I’m glad I could convey and rekindle those memories that this invokes in me as well. I had thoughts of going down this night and try to get in, even though it was private. If not for the radio broadcast and my reel to reel to record it,...I may have. Besides,...I was still in the doghouse for not getting home till about noon from the night before,...(but called Home at around 7:30am after show) I was only 16, but I wasn’t going to call earlier, and be told to come home. I preferred to risk the wrath. ...a case of, rather ask for forgiveness than permission.

[@jimsmithctc]

Thank you!

[@marcbernicker206]

One way out is the version they used on their Live at the Fillmore East double album. Who doesn't have every note of Duanes ( and Dickies) leads scorched into their minds?

[@GammaSpike]

marc bernicker -not many, Marc,...not many,...thank you for posting

[@10lbGorilla]

One Way Out from this night was the one that was originally released on Eat A Peach and then again on the Fillmore Deluxe Edition

[@GammaSpike]

marc bernicker ,...so true.

[@doodahdavesrecords4319]

On Eat A Peach dude both albums together landmarks

[@alanbauch2815]

Man, "please give a warm welcome, Mr. Albert King" my heart skipped a beat, but then not a peep... not one note... but then...... nothing

[@GammaSpike]

@@alanbauch2815 …kzbin.info/www/bejne/pYnLnqh-Z859oc0si=xQ8066LY65N1vPL0 There you go Alan! Enjoy!

[@pkmatt3]

when I was emaciated at 16, 8* months. i went to 2 shows in May, two shows in June, and 2 shows in July..I was living in a trailer parked under the westside highway. One time i was pulled aside and asked, when was the last time you ate, and you could use a bath. This guy took me to another guy backstage and he told me to wait for him to be right back. When he came bac he said this nice lady was going to take me to a place where a bunch of nurses from Bellvue hospital lived. I took a quick shower was given some other guys, need a belt, I was very skinny i was fed out of the refrigerator and went back to the fillmore with the nurse and we had a lot of fun for the next few days. they were blown away as to how my life is/was. I gained a guardian angel that nite.

[@GammaSpike]

That is some story! …and, you are still here to tell it! Good stuff. Thanks for sharing with us.

[@charlesrusso2960]

Was there done that what's next..The Closing show's at the beacon ! I gave 45 year's of my life with this band.. epic time! thanks for all the memories/RIP to all we lost under our scrum in ABB family!

[@fredonia81]

Wow! What a fantastic show that must have been!

[@JWemm]

I love hearing the differences of Duane and Dickey's solos, especially on Elizabeth Reed,, but all of it really...compared to the Live at Fillmore East album, where I must know every solo by heart. Great stuff.

[@GammaSpike]

In a sense,...this is better. At Fillmore East,...it’s two separate songs, edited together from two separate nights. After the organ solo, is the cut. It’s perfect,...and not dubbed in studio,...it is from the weekend run, but still not heard that way, live.

[@JWemm]

@@GammaSpike thx for the info ( and for uploading this). Is it this concert that's included on the 6cd Live at Fillmore East product?

[@GammaSpike]

@@JWemm ...parts of that collection are from this night,...yes.

[@shable1436]

My band tries to do that versions cover, we got ok close, but the timings of the harmonized parts are hard to nail because of the beat changes each time to the jazzy rhythm parts.

[@BarrySmith70]

I hear some of the classic New York disc jockeys Dave Herman, Scott Muni and Alison Steele

[@boilerroom54]

yes in deed

[@downhillblur708]

Alison Steele, "The Nightbird" was the most important influence in the development of my musical tastes.

[@sugarjoe50]

Dirtbag Dave Herman was arrested on pedophilia charges, died in jail awaiting trial.

[@TheColonelrob]

I later became one on WFDU-FM 89.1 for 8 years, worked with Don Imus, Bill Rock, Dandy Dan Daniels and more. Allison Steel the Night Bird yelled at me when she stumbled on cable I was moving during the final backstage. Then she laughed and blew me a kiss. MEMORIES....

[@john-zw9rw]

KAREN PEEL...........THANK YOU FOR 2 NIGHTS AT WINTERLAND WITH THE ALLMAN BROS..... The Golden Days ..............we had it all.............

[@bandicoot5412]

Our bunch of travelers were at a safehouse with cool parents in the rec room listening to this live, thousands of years ago.

[@GammaSpike]

Seems like it was, thanks for checking in!

[@Woozler554]

I remember listening to this when it happened, on my brand new stereo. I had just gotten out of the 9th grade. It was a Sunday afternoon/evening, and there was a small party at my house. My father got a little annoyed with me for not coming out to socialize, but I wanted to hear this so badly.

[@GammaSpike]

That's win win. Anytime you upgraded your system, it was great feeling,..new headphones! good stuff!

[@Woozler554]

@@GammaSpike Thank you. I should add that I still have that stereo to this day. I'll never part with it.

[@mikeaustin4138]

The Allman's set started around 2AM Monday morning. Were you in Hawaii at the time?

[@Woozler554]

@@mikeaustin4138 No, I lived in the NJ suburbs, in the Tri-State area just outside the city. I never did get to hear the Allman Brothers that night.

[@KurtKnutsen]

Thanks made my day!

[@ZChoate]

1:18:00 Allman Brothers Intro

[@austina8797]

Just to hear Alison Steele's voice is incredible.

[@GammaSpike]

It does take us all back to when Radio was King. Queen, in Allison’s case. Thank you for checking in .

[@mreepee4241]

...Elizabeth Reed is Coltrane transliterated for guitars. Magical stuff...

[@shellywatson2784]

The ABB was the best there, no doubt! Gregg's bluesy voice along with Skydog's slide guitar and Dickey, Berry, Butch and Jaimoe....WOW!!!!

[@Not2shabbe]

45,918 views that's really sad ,this is still at the top of best music of the day 50 years later

[@GammaSpike]

Absolutely, perhaps I should add more tags to this video. In any case, it’s out there to be discovered,...and ain’t they in for a surprise, when they find it! ;)

[@Not2shabbe]

yes it is this was my 16th birthday and I stayed at home and recorded on reel to reel all night with headphones on I can't imagine being 16 today and listening to what's made today

[@severinthorslev2967]

The best of the best of the best.

[@markcorley]

Oh, Jesus, Dickey Betts on Whipping Post!!!

[@ireneruthfox]

Yes sur.....One of Dickey's best ever W.P. solo's. The Boy's where Hitting it this night.

[@RPMac]

sad day great place...saw many great p groups there...got a chance to talk to bill graham in central park once.

[@danielmorris3687]

Listening to this you can't help but notice the ABB are heads above every other band. It's no wonder Bill Graham calls them "the best of them all". They have been my favorite band since my older hippie cousins turned me on to them when I was 11. Now all the originals are gone except Jaimoe and Dickey

[@GammaSpike]

daniel morris, that's a great story, thanks for chiming in, and you are so right ,..we all have that one person we give thanks to for turning us on to various things. I was 15 when the day after Christmas I taken to the Fillmore East by an 18 yr old girl I met just a few days earlier,..all because of a BS&T's 8 Track I was playing. ...the brothers opened for them their first time in NYC. Thank you , Annie,.. wherever you are!💕

[@michaelcraig9449]

Yeah they are the best. Of course..

[@shellywatson2784]

You got that right, the ABB was clearly the best. Duane's playing is so unique and special. Gregg's voice back then....WOW. Skydog is my favorite guitarist and Gregg is still one of my favorite singers. RIP Gregg, Duane, Berry and Butch. So sad, only Dickey and Jaimoe are left.

[@TheGman858]

Nobody can top the original 6! Best damn band in the land never forget skydog and his band of mystic musical brothers they were the real thing unfiltered from the source lived it like they played it God given talent

[@Gnofg]

I saw the Friday show on this weekend.

[@bryanmaida137]

13 at the time and made it third row center😜 for the whole show glad I grew up in Brooklyn and had the balls to make it into the city for 75 cents

[@runningblood58]

Scott Muni was also a DJ speaking during the shows he would take a moment and say, "WNEW FM New York". If anyone has the Fillmore East closing concert set, it's all there with Albert King, J.Geils and the Allman Brothers Band on the gig before closing night 26th June 1971.

[@spudwas]

It's amazing that none of this was ever bootlegged back in 71 - 73. I being around that time heard about the bands that played on the closing and the stereo broadcast....but nothing...nada...zip...nothing. Santana would not allow his band to be broadcast over the radio on the West coast closing. What the hell could he have been worried about?

[@Gnofg]

If you purchase the last iteration of Eat a Peach this show is the last CD.

[@spudwas]

@@Gnofg I know that ..I'm referring to someone back in 71' bootlegging the show from the radio broadcast. The so-called full concert release came on CD a couple of decades later. Did no one in the New York area have a reel to reel back then?

[@davidjacobs2871]

I recorded this whole show on cassette. My deck still works, but of course can't find those damn tapes. I will keep looking.

[@GammaSpike]

david jacobs Find em yet?! 😉

[@pac401]

Why listen to an old cassette when you can just listen here?

[@mr.yellowstrat3352]

Find it now!!!!! Lol

[@devermb]

@@pac401 Because its truncated.

[@pac401]

@@devermb Oh om. I thought it was the whole show. Wolfgangs vault has the entire show on their site but I think you have to sign up and pay a fee. They do have a 30 day trial though.

[@asr53]

Saw Albert King a few times (Bottom Line in Greenwich Village was one). He always put on a great show. I liked him better than the other blues King's, BB & Freddie.

[@Exakta66]

+Allan Stuart I saw him at the Lone Star in '86...and yes, he's my favorite as well...

[@Woozler554]

39:00 As a Jersey kid living in the NYC suburbs, I very much remember Alison "The Nightbird" Steele. She was a terrific radio announcer (and also pretty hot, BTW). Very sorry to say she passed away in 1995 at a young age from cancer. I also recall hearing this little tidbit that night about Edgar Winter's White Trash playing through Mountain's equipment that night. My younger brother and I were joking about it.

[@brennis_the_menace3414]

1:26:35 Duane: “y’all awful quiet man is it early or what is it?” “Nope too high” God I love Duane’s humor

[@if6was929]

Great commentary at around 7:43.

[@georgedonahoe6793]

Interesting, alright. Junkies on 2nd Ave were chasing that stuff that came out of the NYPD Property Storage down on Broome. The war was grinding on... so much happened in so few years and many of the best of us did not survive it. But what Bill gave us in three years has lasted a lifetime and more. Thanks forever and ever.

[@bluesdriver6354]

Never heard this before. I still have the tickets for this show...I didn't make it, something came up. F**k Me sideways!!!

[@bobmorr2892]

Wow, that's one of the biggest bummers I ever heard. I'm sure those tickets are Priceless to you but if you ever got hard up for money I'm sure somebody would put some money down for it.

[@rs-oj7jt]

Doing the Boogaloo Jay geils

[@Jazzer-rr8lo]

Sorry I'm late, guys. What'd I miss the past 54 years? Any new cool cassettes?

[@GammaSpike]

You’re not late,…you’re fashionable! If you have subscribed to my page, you will get notice when new material is published! Thanks.

[@shkyrbty]

Duane is on fire.

[@flammaferus2998]

Wow! ....The Allman Brothers Band -1971. Their style is a bluesy hard rock with some progressive touch. Completely different from what they would sound of the mid-70s (southern rock)

[@shable1436]

Midnight rider is on here, it doesn't get more southern rock than that😂

[@michaelsosna9147]

Very edited. Mountain didn't make the cut. Shows was more than 4 1/2 hours long. My open reel tape deteriorated before I had a chance to make a CD. Anyone have the whole show?

[@GammaSpike]

Michael Sosna - you can find the other performers around you tube of this night-kzbin.info/www/bejne/hqG3m56XdsSLjZY There is Mountain

[@toothbrush5190]

Every Geils song is edited. Annoying

[@BobHunter1977]

@@GammaSpike FIRST there is a mountain! ( then there is no mountain and then there is...)

[@barbaragottlock230]

For highlights of historic performances, including the Allmans, at the Fillmore East check out the book "Manhattan's East Village- Three Decades of Madness"

[@scottshore9680]

Maybe one day the June 26 late show will surface. Butch Trucks said it was their best

[@mitchellbrozinsky160]

I was at the early show that night. I have a copy of that somehow

[@lloydstout4254]

@@mitchellbrozinsky160 I'm interested, are you willing to share?

[@DDios-ih9de]

Dam So gooood

[@sjprairie3213]

You will love him with Boz Scaggs on Loan Me a Dime..

[@andrewjackson7758]

Is this the famous "Live at the Fillmore East" show that Rolling Stone and all the other magazines rate in the top 100 albums of all time?

[@andrewjackson7758]

Nope. Wikipedia says At the Fillmore East was recorded at two shows in March 1971

[@dragisaantic6568]

❤

[@GammaSpike]

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[@eolbuic9319]

I do love you

[@GammaSpike]

….thank you, and , I love you, too.

[@TheColonelrob]

I was there working in sound. :(

[@nickyl9040]

I was there : It cost me an ounce of Columbian to get in But it was worth it

[@jackwindrom253]

So, it cost you $30. I'm sure it was worth it.

[@danielmorris3687]

Wow was it that much cheaper in '71? I paid $60 for the first ounce of Red Columbian I ever bought. But that wasn't until '77 or '78 and I was only 15 or maybe just turning 16. Oh and I'm from Ontario Canada so maybe we paid more. I hear you can't hardly buy a quarter oz for that now but in the day if you said you wanted a quarter no one even knew what the fuck you were talking about. Probably figured you were some kinda fucking Narc. LOL

[@mikebaird8648]

Nicky L but an oz. in those days was nothing. Still more then a ticket...

[@charlesrusso2960]

Me 10 Hits of acid and a gram of hash! Epic show! Turned out for me in the eighty's Started working for the brothers mostly East coast, right trew the last shows at the beacon/RIP to all the fallen ABB family members.. off to the great gig in the sky!

[@jacklittlefield55]

Was not there . Did see them in 1970 at CCNY Lewiston stadium, opening act was the Youngbloods. Both were great. Real columbian had a special aroma to it when you rolled it. Great memories. Orange Sunshine!

[@markchacon7002]

Saw A.King on the ￦est Coast few kick~Ass time then in All~Star🔥💫🌟 w/ Freddie&B.B. King that was once in a Life Time & the Brother what can you say they were perhapa the All 🏬🇺🇸Band✌

[@AndrewVOdom]

Here is Albert King’s set , unceremoniously cut from this tape. Some of us blues nuts find him as great as anything that followed that night. A blues legend to be sure! kzbin.info/www/bejne/a2TaqmWQrK6UrJo

[@precisionbrown6829]

Dam I knew they closed but I really don’t remember this part. Drugs and R&R were my thing. Probably why I don’t remember

[@rs-oj7jt]

early 70s

[@michaelbirke6050]

I can relate brother. Some concerts I remember but most are lost and at best very hazy. You know, we could get completely smashed, and as long as you behaved, nobody bothered you. As soon as the lights went down, everybody fired up. Could always slip in a little half pint of whiskey in your boot. Man, how times have changed. Only by the good grace of God we survived. I partied hard throughout the 70’s and it caught up with me in 1980.

[@skydog81]

Does anyone have the set list ?

[@dBunkhouse]

My 16th birthday.

[@severinthorslev2967]

Only 3000 hits Oblivious

[@jamestemple8970]

Duane passed 4 months after this show.

[@GammaSpike]

...yes, almost to the day. Only 24, and hadn’t peaked yet.

[@truebluehead9587]

This is NUTS!!!!!!!

[@GammaSpike]

There is a part 2,..if you really want to go crazy, too! Haha Thank you.

[@kissed61]

In 3 years The Beach Boys would be filling stadiums

[@devermb]

This recording has numerous truncated sections. Who has a complete version?

[@GammaSpike]

They are scattered throughout KZbin. If you seek, you will find. Hope you enjoyed what's here!

[@jasonmoskowitz246]

Time stamps please?? One of the best Dreams

[@OrangeYTT]

Music Begins (J. Geils Band) at 9:45

[@pawlee624]

imagine if there was video

[@GammaSpike]

paul sanfilippo kzbin.info/www/bejne/lYSniJ2cqN5gfaM

[@raffsbev]

@@GammaSpike That was Fillmore West. This is Fillmore EAST closing.

[@mr.yellowstrat3352]

Please tell me the ABB master tapes didn't burn up in the UMG fires?!?!!!!!!!! I'm gonna cry if that's the case

[@GammaSpike]

Hi. I couldn't answer that question.

[@spudwas]

Too bad the "Official Movie" of the closing of the Fillmore did not include the East closing. It would have been a better movie. And this is coming from a person that lived on the West Coast all his life!

[@leoconway6943]

+Gamma Spike No effing kidding. I was at the late show on 6/26. Best ever.

[@Jack-vy6uo]

Let's not forget FZ and his special guests John Lennon and Yoko Ono a few weeks before closing.

[@JWemm]

Is Blue Sky on this? I seem to remember hearing a live version of this on one of the live albums with Duane.

[@JWemm]

Ahh, I knew I didn't dream it. Its on the Stonybrook 9/19/71 recording.

[@pete2479]

I can't say I blame the Allmans for carrying on after Duane's passing. Really. What else could they do? It's just that his influence and leadership was impossible to replace and hearing these renditions just drive that point home. Subsequent versions of the band have never risen past the status of being cover bands in my humble opinion. How could they?

[@GammaSpike]

Hey, Pete. You asked and answered your own questions,… and you’re correct. If you haven’t listened to The Up Close with The ABB shows on my channel ,..the band explains , and talks about that very thing. Thanks for chiming in!

[@precisionbrown6829]

Anybody know how much this was? $30 for any concert was unheard of. Maybe $16

[@toothbrush5190]

precision Brown I can't say how much this show cost but early in 1972 I paid $4.50 to see Traffic at The Academy of Music in NY, which was the venue that replaced the Fillmore as the NY rock theater. Yes one month later was also $4.50

[@uwsgrrrl9981]

precision Brown Tickets were given out to their employees, bands & friends, etc. not available for general sales.

[@emevargas7173]

Oh, Hell yeah!!!!

[@GammaSpike]

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[@jackcrane7853]

They should never have closed that thing

[@briteness]

Graham closed the Fillmore East to focus on arena and stadium shows. I suppose there was something almost inevitable about that, and you can't blame him or the bands for trying to make as much money as they could from their success. Still, it seems a shame that such an iconic and successful venue just closed after less than four years.

[@cckeach7]

Awesome early J. Geils...

[@GammaSpike]

They never disappointed. Always gave it everything they had.

[@GammaSpike]

Here is the, Albert King performance from show. Thank You, Forrest George!! kzbin.info/www/bejne/pYnLnqh-Z859oc0

[@toothbrush5190]

Wait....why were Wait and other J Geils songs edited? Very annoying.

[@GammaSpike]

It was not I who edited. I took this from a Radio archive site,...its all out there, somewhere. I hope you enjoyed in any case, Thanks!

[@GammaSpike]

It was not I who edited. I took this from a Radio archive site,...its all out there, somewhere. I hope you enjoyed in any case, Thanks!

[@TM-te3bh]

Whos j Giles

[@greatness768]

A dusty memory dont slide no more. Cept Uncle Ted. My baby done and cut that chain, caught that train, and gone. They have impeccable timing. The band accomplished so much music to inspire from the blue gravy of the south and put themselves on the map in a big way.