"Little Martha / Blue Sky / Little Martha" - Allman Brothers - Beacon Theater - 3/23/09

[@mcdsplace9902]

Listen to the intricate way Derek and Warren go through the many changes in this Beautifully crafted tribute to Duane Allman And Dickey Betts!! Such a true work of Magic!!! This music will never grow Old!!!

[@jonlairs8714]

how. why

[@jonlairs8714]

h

[@2253glen]

I love it! Great job. I'm 57 and saw the orig. many times and was stunned to learn that death could touch me and mine at a young age. I've seen Warren many times and Derek a couple and they are Masters. But you got to understand, people my age lived the music and the times back then and nothing can be "better" than the orig. to us, it was our life and time back then. It doesn't mean we can't absolutely love this also. Glen

[@martinlynch599]

Great take Glen.

this is like playing basketball with jordan, pipen and rodman. just imagine that... abb is the best band in the world. 17 years has gone and I still can't stop listen to them. pure magic of melody. awesome

[@AllenGarberGuitarFun]

Kind've a nice way of dealing with the elephant in the room- i.e the fact that the two previous great guitarists that the band is really known for, Duane and Richard, are not there. Having Derek and Warren together in the ABB is really a treat that really makes them almost as important as the original guitarists in the band...that's the way I see it anyway...

[@JC-11111]

Elephant in the room? Nah. They got past that 25+ years ago when Derek and Warren joined. That performance was from 2009. The elephant had long been gone home by then. It was a great tribute to 2 incredible guitarists. IMO, the best tandem leads to ever play together. Other than that, I disagree. There was no "elephant in the room" by that time. Not in any way whatsoever. They were, are, and always will be Allman Brothers. That alone, to me, means there was never an elephant to begin with. They're Brothers. They were the moment they joined the band. And in that respect, they are equals with Duane & Dickey. And accepted as part of the band and as being equals. So there couldn't be an elephant in the room.

[@AllenGarberGuitarFun]

@@JC-11111 Great points...

[@martinlynch599]

A dose of ABB magic.

[@b4d27]

Holy crap this is freaking amazing! Duane set the bar for slide guitar and blues in general, and every ABB guitarist since has been amazing! Never forgetting Dickey of course...but Warren and Derek are unbelievable, I hope I can see them live some day.

[@lgspeical7879]

i saw them live in Weedsport ny outside concert it was my 16th birthday present, back in the mid 90's. i loved it, we ( mom and i) were standing on a bridge in the middle of the crowd ( like small walk bridge), and we were waving at all the band members' when Dickey bets waved at us smiled and made eye contact. we were jumping up and down and just so happy and were screaming because "Dickey waved at us!". i will never forget this. this is an amazing version of blue sky and little Martha two of my fav. songs i looked up on here to find this today!!! absolutely love these guys, as 1 of my all time favorite bands!!!

[@mcdsplace9902]

This was magical! If you listen OTiel sounds like Berry!! What a gift!!!

[@MrPhotodoc]

This is the way concerts used to be kids.

[@chriskurtz6707]

little martha rings out through the amps of every ABB associated guitarist in some way. i’ll never forget the way derek starts off midnight in harlem with little martha while the band simmers in that background

[@MOSKII58]

Warren can play just about anythg he sets his mind to an awesome & very under-rated player who kept the ABB alive during lean & turmoultuous times.. mainly the 80's

[@jimtina]

The Allman Brothers in any permutation will always be joyful to behold. One of the greatest bands ever to stand up and play. Young Trucks is the godchild of that legacy.

[@oicsaywhat]

lets just say they are all amazing guitar players , Duane, Dickey, Derek and Warren, and for the later to play this is a tribute to the greats before them, I take my hat off beautifully done

[@jameschar24]

I'm sure Skydog was smiling from above this evening...

[@bigbean78]

Beautiful music, stuff like this has gotta make ya feel good.

[@authorityblues]

I like to think of the Allman Brothers Band as a continuum of great players throughout the years and generations. Duane, Dickey, Butch, Greg, Derek, Warren...it just keeps going on down the line in this great river we call life. Even Vaylor Trucks, Butch's son on the cover of Brother and Sisters, is an amazing guitar virtuoso who has a band called Bonobos Conversion. The Allman Brothers, to me, are a mystical family of ever lasting tremendous players. God bless them and remember, eat a peach...

[@JamesAllmond]

you forgot Barry, Lamar and Alan, the Bass Players who preceded Oteil...

[@mikegrand4181]

That was so special. Thanks very much for posting.

[@lisareichard5791]

This is SO Freaking beautiful I'm i happy tears. Dancing around my living room right now 🙂

[@lisareichard5791]

And again 4 months later and doing the same thing twirling around my living room

[@bouyboy100]

The transistions are amazing t

[@Allmanbrosfanatic]

This is great. I sure hope the Allman Brothers bring out another album with Mr.Trucks on it.

[@MovieMarlz]

OWWWWWW!!!! LOVE IT! Thanks so much for capturing this!

[@tejastiger61]

Awsome fantastic .. I think thats how you spell fantastic .. this is some sweet tunes through some FINE vintage American gear.... God Bless the 1961 SG LES PAUL and PAF pickups and SETH LOVER..... Yesir yesir indeed ...

[@GeorgiaBoy1961]

Can't leave this thread without putting in a good word for some other members of the Allman's story, Les Dudek - whose slide playing on "Ramblin' Man" will live forever, and also "Dangerous" Dan Toler, another killer player from Duane's solo days in the 1980s. In all the discussion about the old versus new line-up, forgot to give props to Berry Oakley - man, do I miss that guy's playing!

[@oicsaywhat]

truly amazing

[@Method33139]

Stonybrook Blue Sky w Duane...11 minute version....just fkn'g AWESOME.

[@JimDorman]

@boblackey1 I'm 50 and had Eat a Peach when it came out. I didn't get to see what was left of the band until 1980. I enjoyed the early 90's version and have learned to love the current version, but I still enjoy Dickey's songs and playing the most; I got to interview him in 2003 and he was very friendly and expressive about his music and the ABB.

[@Diablagato]

Have the Instant Live on this. Listen to it all the time. This was a HUGE step in the current line-up embracing their past with Dickey! I'm glad someone not only got this on video, but did a good job in capturing this moment! Well done! I captured Dickey joining the TTB last September and I feel pretty good about that.

[@KittyGrizGriz]

My favorite song, thank you ♥️ Jimi~Duane~Dickie ♥️

[@Chris-vw8hd]

I went to rose hill cemetery today. Only been three times. But when I do I stop and see Martha. Allso the graves of the band members.

[@Bonzoandthemadhatter]

ya ya i saw that after i wrote that i didnt realize it ws little martha into blue sky...thought it was just little martha... caught em last night at mountain jam... so dope. cheers!

[@goodtimefolkrock]

Fillmore LP .....yes it is! capturing the Real Allman bros. doing what they did better than anyone else and all under 25 years of age! every line up after that historic first line up was more or less a tribute band. wail on skydog!

[@rihamy2nd]

I can't tell you how much I appreciate reading thoughful comments like yours. I only wish everyone could see things in a similar way.

[@bluesman841]

this is a great video! These guys are the best!

[@DannyLlewallyn]

Love it....every time

[@Spaceman1968]

Love this.

[@fredschipper2044]

Brilliant the best guitar players!!!!!

[@johnSaffire]

AWESOME FOOTAGE DUDE! thanks

[@eerievon2946]

OUTSTANDING

[@The1slickswcc]

Just to know that marv was screaming yeahhhhhhhhhhh makes that concert the most remarkable event I could ever attended he made me the man I am today and I can't thank him enough cheers pops

[@martinlynch599]

Little Martha always makes me cry

[@boblackey1]

@GeorgiaBoy1961 I had an opportunity to speak with Dickey on his tour bus in 1986 in North Carolina and he put up with me asking all kinds of questions about the ABB. Yes that is Dickey playing all lead and slide parts. Les Dudek plays second lead guitar and he and Dickey plays the same licks together (harmony or twin gutiar) here and there such as the little lead up to the middle solo in the song. Dickey said that is Gregg Allman singing back up &Berry Oakely on bass.. his last in the studio.

[@Jetsetfastfood]

Goosebump.

[@jeffharrington6762]

BEAUITFUL !!

[@ronkeller589]

Dan Toler died yesterday...What a great guitarist....RIP DAN

[@TheScoop1128]

6 weeks to the nyc shows have tickets for 2 of them looking forward to the new venue

[@JamesAllmond]

Well, I never got to see them at the Beacon. but DID see and hear them at The Omni (RIP) in Atlanta, Central City (now Carolyn Crayton) Park in Macon, Luther Williams Field in Macon, The Grand Opera House in Macon, the Macon Coliseum and the Macon Auditorium (if you can, see a show there, acoustics are magnificent same for the Grand) and when going to high school way back in the 70's they used to practise in a building with in earshot of our parking lot where we all hung out...and occasionally hung out the window hollering "how was that?"... so I guess that'll do... don't hate me...

[@eldievalenciano7967]

Legends !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@incongra]

These guys are carrying the torch now.

[@y2kdew]

enjoy the changes the allman brothers live in all of us. did you see the change

[@johnmichaelfoy1]

Top notch ABB tribute Band.

[@Deebemc]

This is great stuff! I would want to see and hear this line up if I bought an Allman Brothers ticket. I would be sorry that previous members were no longer around but thats just too bad. Its the same with Little Feat, two founding members down but they are still the Feat and they deliver!!

[@truegangsteroflove]

Amazing that he can do this song electric. I'm glad Derek Trucks is around. He certainly knows his roots. From what I've seen he seems like a great person too. A man could do a lot worse.

[@Talesofspace8]

@donoftheecho you know what i love bout that song? apart from everythin?! "everyone is singin, there's no one left to fight"

[@sneakonproductionz]

they played little martha every night in some way shape or form, one night oteil did it solo on his bass

[@chriss1069]

Please release this run as a DVD box set...

[@MHsearchingTruth]

Piotr Samek- Derek's in Open E for sure , Warren is in Standard.. you can tell when they go into Blue Sky (chords E and A) Derek is playing open and 5th fret when he's on rhythm, sometimes he's playing the E on 12th fret

[@annamariegoessel5097]

Marcus Hempker n

[@jonlairs8714]

h

[@boblackey1]

@GeorgiaBoy1961 Dickey does ALL the solos on Ramblin' Man with Les Dudek playing the additional electric guitar. On Jessica Les Dudek plays acoustic guitar and really stands out on the track. Back then some thought they were going to invite Les Dudek to join the band but they decided to add a piano player (Chuck L.) to fill the void out of respect to Duane. Also they played as a five man band for a year. I saw that version of the band in Jan 1972 live and Dickey was the only lead guitar player.

[@salguod72]

I think Dickey,Warren and Derek would be so damn awesome together.One can dream.

[@boblackey1]

@GeorgiaBoy1961 I was suprised by Dickey when I ask him who is singing back up on Revival from Idlewild South. Dickey said "I know it doesn't sound like it, but that is everybody in the band". I said "You mean even Butch Trucks and Jaimoe?" and he said "yes it is all six of us". Well that would be Gregg, Duane, Dickey, Berry, Butch and Jaimoe singin "people can you feel it, love is everywhere".

[@mikemontagne]

AWESOME.

[@jonlairs8714]

hi brother

[@careyjuliette914]

AND I can't believe they played Jessica in their jam towards the end!!!!

[@salexandris15]

Simply Awesome! Makes me want to become a better guitarist!

[@boblackey1]

@MOSKII58 You must mean the 90's. Warren didn't join the ABB until 1989. Also he was in Dickey's solo band in 1988. The ABB didn't play much in the 80's. They toured in 1980 and 1981 but only played a few gigs in 1982 and 1986 all with Dan Toler and Dickey Betts on guitar. Then in 1989 they toured with Warren in support of Dearms boxset.

[@wiggler91]

The cats from King Curtis and the Kingpins, Tom Doucette, Ron Holloway, Susan T and Mattison in the 1st set. Jimmy Herring and JB from Widespread in the 2nd set

[@boblackey1]

@SharkaZz Duane usually played with a pick except when he played slide. I saw a bunch of shows back then. On Eat A Peach, Duane plays the first solo, then he and Dickey play the little bridge together, then Dickey plays. Also that is the way they did it live the one time I heard the original band play Blue Sky. Duane played first and Dickey second. And Duane didn't use a slide.

[@sheels27]

FING AWESOME

[@boblackey1]

@gmfwilly I'm over 60 like Gregg, Dickey, Butch and Jaimoe and I was nuts about the original band. We went to hear them as often as possible and when Duane got killed, it was such a shock to this amazing trip all the fans and the band were on. I think anyone who saw the original ABB, Gregg, Duane, Dickey, Berry, Butch and Jaimoe..would agree the ABB today ain't even close to the energy and magic we experienced. With Warren and Derek playng the guitar parts, it don't sound like the ABB we knew.

[@boblackey1]

Saw them do Blue Sky once with Duane and Duane took the first solo. Both Duane and Dickey played very long solos and both solos got very intense. The solos were so long and not being familure with the song then, when Dickey started singing the second verse, I had forgotten it had vocals. Also for some reason at that show, Berry Oakley did almost all the talking to the audience between songs. Gregg and Duane were quiet. Maybe they were too high:-)

[@JimDorman]

This is brilliant - it pains me that Dickey was not here and part of this, but I feel that, at least Warren and Derek (and probably Oteil) were partially paying tribute to Dickey and this beautiful song (Blue Sky) while paying tribute to Duane.

[@dwightsoell4485]

Anyone that likes this song should listen to the Jerry Douglas version on dobro. Man oh Man!!!

[@b4d27]

@vivian2gin Exactly...they are all spectacular, and everyone has a favorite version of a given song. It doesn't make one any better or worse than the other. I wonder if there is a console recording of this version available anywhere?

[@kingrobert1st]

My two favourite songs from the Allman Bros. I miss the vocals though.

[@gavriellev9959]

King Robert can't have blue sky vocals without dickey

[@boblackey1]

@tonymenown As best as I come pin down on this from interviews with Butch and what fans seeing Dickey at his shows at the time of this Beacon run is this. Dickey only received an invitation through his personal manager who received it from the Allman Brothers manager. No one IN the band ever contacted Dickey. Dickey told one fan just days before this concert he would come if Gregg called him. I don't know. I guess Gregg didn't call.

[@severalseasons]

Best three guitar players for the ABB: Duane, Dickey, Derek1

[@fshboat]

Excellant!

[@waverunna1200]

Yeah the major tone difference between Duane and Dickey is which pickup they used more in solos. Duane used the neck pickup (more smooth sound) on the les paul and dickey generally used the bridge pickup (more treble sound)

[@erik19800]

Superbe

[@67goldtops]

Listen to Derek fucking soar!! Man, I love this kid's playing!

[@careyjuliette914]

I WAS AT THIS CONCERT!!!!!!! I did cry. I did cry. I swear I was born in the wrong era.

[@phallystorm]

Warrens GOT it Man!!

[@tosa275]

First ABB was and still is unreachable.Nobody comes closer to Duane the Great...

[@miznmbr6]

Luv Luv Luv!!!! =)

[@JimDorman]

The first lead in Blue Sky was Duane's and is extremely well regarded. I think that is how they fit it into Duane tribute and paired it with Little Martha, butI also like to think they were paying tribute to Dickey and the original pairing of Duane and Dickey.

[@gmfwilly]

@1PinkFreud your right but 2.3 of the songs you said are instamentals and gregg,otiel,or warren dosent want to sing ramlin man and i recall the last time somebody sang blue sky wason in 2004 when gregg did at the fox in atlanta...but i see where your comin from.

[@stevevc627]

Like my brother says..... Its a HALL OF FAMER!!!!!

[@boblackey1]

@MOSKII58 OK. But don't worry, it IS correct. Us old ABB fans figured out who did what way back in the early 70's. And after hearing Fillmore, Idlewild South & Eat a Peach thousands of times, by 1980 we could just tell by the style. Duane and Dickey actually sound very different from each other after you get use to them. Saw them do B.Sky live too and Duane took first solo and Dickey second just like the record.

[@jackpalmer671]

To me this is like Warren and Derek doing the Air Force version of the Missing Man Formation. Little Martha is always the last song of the show and Blue Sky with no vocals. Who's better, Who's best. Who fucking cares! With music like that. However, I will say that I was at the Walnut Creek Amphitheater, Raleigh NC show on July 4, 1993 and say Derek play Layla. The kid is fucking unbelievable.

[@GeorgiaBoy1961]

As brilliant as these guys are, they aren't the same as the original lineup; without Dicky Betts, there isn't an Allman Brothers as far as I'm concerned. Warren Haynes is a monster, no doubt.... just miss the old lineup is all...

[@GeorgiaBoy1961]

@boblackey1: Was Dudek playing slide on "Ramblin' Man" or was Dickey? Whoever did the job did it right... Betts got overshadowed by Duane and then Gregg Allman for so long, that folks forget what a great performer, player, and writer he is.

[@boblackey1]

@gmfwilly Well I'm 62 and I wish I were your age. 15. I don't like getting old. No doubt the ABB today does have energy, but I sware it is maybe a 6 or 7 and the original on their best nights was a 10. The energy, creative jucies and the magic was just unmatched. And if you listen carefully to live original ABB, you will see Duane and Dickey ARE the ABB guitarwise. As good as they are, Warren and Derek, as far as doing it the ABB way, can't touch what Duane and Dickey were doing back then.

[@mothulicka]

so crunchy

[@deoreofillin]

I wish that I would have been alive when these guys were a whole band. I've seen Greg a bunch of times but it just ant the same as if Dicky and Dwain were around.

[@trucksfan]

the solo jimmy herring did in les bres in a minor was nothing i ever seen before i think jimmy,derek and warren are so good together on stage u just feel and see the magic on stage and i think derek and warren are a great match together on stage so i hate that dickey is not in the band but on the other hand its good too cause u see derek come out in his playing to see that hes really there to make good music and he's a hell of a player

[@severalseasons]

absolutely, but Derek is also great!!!

[@JimDorman]

I love Dickey, but it wasn't all Dickey, the first lead in Blue Sky was played by Duane. Still, I feel like somehow this was a tribute to Dickey and it brought tears to my eyes.

[@boblackey1]

Butch recently ( just a couple of weeks ago) apologized to those who were offended that his picture of the Allman Brothers Band on his personal Facebook page had Dickey cropped out. (the original band). He said the guy he hired to do the page thought he would want it that way because of his personal feelings toward Dickey. Butch said that he has restored the picture with Dickey in it & that he acknowledges Dickey's contribution to the band & his unique relationship to Duane. Butch dislikes DB!!

[@boblackey1]

@DuaneAllmanisGod Sorry but you are wrong. The first Blue Sky solo on Eat A Peach is by Duane Allman and it was his last recording without a slide. The second solo is Dickey. Betts has always played second on Blue Sky. When Duane died he switched from first solo to second guitar solo on Liz Reed. Fillmore Liz Reed is Dickey first, Duane second just like Idlewild South.

[@boblackey1]

joebrassmonkey is right. Duane first and Dickey second. When you really study Duane and Dickey, they sounded completely different. Different licks, tone and style. But that, along with bass player Berry Oakely is what made the originial band even better that this line up on this video. Having all the players in their 20's (Gregg, drummers) help too. That original band not only laid the foundation of the ABB sound, they were SO hot and full of energy.

[@2janisse]

the first solo on eat a peach is most definitely dickey...

[@boblackey1]

@tonymenown Oh yes they are all very good musicans. And Dickey brought Dickey into the ABB to do Duane's parts on the old stuff and contribute to the new songs. He and Warren wrote several together. When Duane died and then Oakley, it changed the sound of the ABB. When Dickey was voted out by his partners, it changed it even more. Now, most of the time, it really doesn't sound like the ABB even when Warren and Derek are tossing in Duane and Dickey licks which I wish they wouldn't even do.

[@hooleyqueen]

Mick C. queue is a line cue is the word you mean. Anyway, great band, I only remember the original in the early 70's I guess it was when they began.

[@boblackey1]

@waverunna1200 First time I saw ABB Duane was using a Fender Strat and Dickey a big Gibson (ES-335?) then for about a year Duane used a Paul and often a strat on slide and Dickey played a sunburst Strat. Dickey then to a Gibson SG for just a few months and when Dickey went to a Paul, he gave the SG to Duane for slide. The last few years Dickey was in ABB he was back on a Strat& Butch &Gregg told Jaimoe to vote to kick him out or they would quit.