OK, so last night was the night. My friend and I went to see the Allman Brothers Band (ABB) at the Beacon Theater. Previously, the only other time I was at the Beacon was for Dave Koz on Valentine’s Day. That show was awesome, but the acoustics were horrible. I suspected it was the sound guy, doing a terrible job at the sound board, and not the theater.<\/p>\n
I was right \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
The acoustics for ABB were fantastic. As I described it to Lois (for those you of you read this<\/a> post, you’ll recall that Lois went with my friend’s wife to see a different show last night), with the music wailing, one of the three<\/strong> drummers pulled out a tambourine, and when he tapped<\/strong> it (that’s right, not beat the hell out of it), you could hear the tiny symbols crystal clearly. We were sitting in the last row in the orchestra. Wow.<\/p>\n So, I truly enjoyed the show, and wasn’t disappointed at all. That said, two things to note on the negative<\/em> side, even though they were minor in comparison with my overall enjoyment:<\/p>\n They opened with a famous song, and I realized the difference in the guitarists right away. But, song number 2 was Statesboro Blues (one of their best), and in that one, the difference was stunning. Still, the song was fantastic, and their riffs outstanding, just not perfect<\/em>. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n Aside from the guitars, the other thing that I always credit ABB with is a driving percussion section. They are one of the few bands with 3 full-time drummers. They are awesome, and I found myself concentrating on them a lot during the evening. They also had 2 guest<\/em> drummers sit in on a few songs. On one of them, it was 4 drummers playing alone on stage, and it was mesmerizing<\/strong>!<\/p>\n\n