Allman Brothers Band Play Penultimate Show Of Career

The Allman Brothers Band’s legendary 45-year career comes to a close tonight at the Beacon Theatre in New York City, a venue that has become synonymous with the group. On Monday, the Allmans played their penultimate show at the Beacon and once again honored the group’s co-founder, Duane Allman, by using his guitars during the performance.

An intense first set started with a run of “Done Somebody Wrong,” “Leave My Blues at Home” and “Worried Down With The Blues.” Brother Gregg then led the group through a cover of Wilson Pickett’s “I Found A Love,” before Warren Haynes stepped up front for “That’s What Love Will Make You Do.” The fourth-to-last set in Allman Brothers Band history came to a close with Gregg’s signature “Midnight Rider” and an adventurous “Black Hearted Woman” that contained a more prominent “Other One” jam than usual.

The Allman Brothers returned to the stage with “Come & Go Blues” to kick off the second set. “Les Brers In A Minor” featured what’s become a tradition of this final run -a brief take on the gospel song “Will The Circle Be Unbroken?” Up next was a cover of Bob Dylan’s “Blind Willie McTell” and a standout take on “Feel Like Breaking Up Somebody’s Home” that spotlighted percussionist Marc Quinones. It was a full-on incendiary jam session to finish off the closing stanza with the dream sequence of “Dreams” and “Whipping Post.” It was hard not to get emotional when The Allman Brothers Band closed out the evening with a “No One To Run With” encore. If you can’t attend tonight’s final show, SiriusXM will broadcast a recording of the finale a number of times in the coming days.

Setlist

Set One: Done Somebody Wrong, Leave My Blues at Home, Worried Down with the Blues, You Don’t Love Me, I Found a Love, That’s What Love Will Make You Do, Midnight Rider, Black Hearted Woman

Set Two: Come & Go Blues, Les Brers In A Minor > Will The Circle Be Unbroken? > Les Brers In A Minor, Blind Willie McTell, Feel Like Breaking Up Somebody’s Home, Dreams, Whipping Post

Encore: No One Left To Run With

Videos

[Dreams -Shot by Evan Pragliola]

[Whipping Post -Shot by Rick Randall]

[Will The Circle Be Unbroken? -Shot by Rick Randall]