Happy Anniversary, Mushroom Nation. Gregg's arrival completes the band

The Conversation from the Crossroads podcast has launched! Thanks for all of the comments and the love. All six (to date) episodes are here www.longlivetheabb.com/podcast.

Stay tuned, lots more coming.¹

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The room where it happened: March 26, 1969

Derek Trucks with his parents, March 2019.

March 26, 1969 is an important day in Allman Brothers Band history. Three days earlier, following a MONSTER jam with five of the original six Allman Brothers, Duane Allman called his younger brother Gregg home from L.A.

Gregg arrived at the Gray House, the communal home of the Second Coming, Dickey Betts and Berry Oakley’s band, directly from the road. The sound was so powerful, it knocked him backwards.

I tell the rest of the story in the above video.²

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“You got something you wanna say? Walk out on that stage and do it!” Fillmore East, Bill Graham, & the Allman Brothers Band

📷Ben Haller, Fillmore East 6/26/71

Really proud of this video essay on Fillmore East, which I published March 13, 2026, the 55th anniversary of the Allman Brothers’ recording the bulk of At Fillmore East. www.longlivetheabb.com/p/fillmore-east-video-essay

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Play All Night! goes global

BRASIL: “Duane Allman’s opinion on Eric Clapton”³

UNITED KINGDOM: “The guitarist Duane Allman thinks ‘wrote the book’ on being an icon”

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Speaking of the U.K.

Guess which album ranked #1 in the BBC Music Magazine’s “21 greatest live albums of all time”?

“You guessed it!”

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Solo projects in Shroom Nation

“Oteil Burbridge & Lamar Williams Jr. Announce New Album The Offering” I am a big (BIG) fan of Lamar Williams, Jr., who I first heard when he fronted Les Brers, the band Butch founded after the Allman Brothers’ retirement. And Oteil? Oteil’s simply the best.

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“Guitar legend Warren Haynes defies Southern rock, jam-band labels: ‘No one likes to be stereotyped’” Matt Wake is just a terrific interviewer. Every time he speaks to a musician from the ABB family tree, it’s clear he knows his ABB history well. Here, he offers to Haynes a genuine opportunity to reflect on his life and career.

“Gabe Dixon presents sonic identity both distinct and intoxicating” Gabe Dixon was new to me when he joined Tedeschi Trucks Band as a sub for Kofi Burbridge (Oteil’s brother) in early 2019. Within a matter of weeks, Kofi died, and Dixon stepped into the chair permanently. He was a revelation onstage as a singer and on the keys. He’s also an amazing songwriter, penning some of my favorite songs on TTB’s epic 2022 release I Am the Moon: the title track, “Gravity,” and the glorious “Soul Sweet Song.”

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Derek Trucks plays Jerry Garcia’s guitar at the Beacon

My good friend @farmer_doug1 caught some great video of Derek in action doing what I think is one of his badest-ass moves…changing a string onstage. There’s just something about him sitting there while that music SWIRLS AROUND him…

In this case, it’s on Jerry Garcia’s 13.5 lb. MONSTER of a guitar, Tiger.

@farmer_doug1

Doug Johnson on Instagram: "What do you do when you break a str…

“It’s not for the faint of heart. You need to know what you’re doing to play that guitar” Derek Trucks reveals what it’s like to play Jerry Garcia’s record-breaking $11.56mn Tiger guitar

“How Derek Trucks Ended Up Playing Jerry Garcia’s $12 Million ‘Tiger’ Guitar”

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Tedeschi Trucks Band just released another ABBsolute BANGER

Future Soul has joined my listening repertoire. My lord is it a great album! More to come. Maybe.⁴

For now, let this great review from my dude Doug Peaches suffice.

@dougpeaches

Doug Peaches on Instagram: "@tedeschitrucksband Future Soul Rev…

Thanks for being here y’all.

One of my favorite photos ever. Yours truly with my best friends & bandmates Troy & Steve visiting the Gray House in 2021.

1. Including an interview with John Lynskey of the Big House.

2. Excerpted fromPlay All Night! Duane Allman & the Journey to Fillmore East.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0813069505

3. Though based in Brasil, Rafael Polcaro told me most of his traffic comes from the U.S.

4. I feel called to write something first on I Am the Moon from 2022, which is my favorite album of the 21st century BY FAR and a truly magnificent artistic achievement IMNSHO.

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