[monkeydevil]

Some memories from the night the Allmans jammed with Peter Green at the Warehouse the 7th november 1970
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"I was there!

Three of us hitchhiked down from USM in Hattiesburg. It was a typical
New Orleans weekend. We met up with friends in the quarter and asked
what was happening in town. They said the Allman Brothers were playing at the
Warehouse. We caught the purple warehouse bus from the quarter. Luckily
we saw a friend in line and borrowed the $3 admission fee. ABB opened
for Procol Harum. Most of the crowd saw that from the floor, Acapulco
Gold was in town! Through the whole set, a long haired skinny dude in a
paisley silk shirt was up and dancing the whole time. PH came on and
played a fantastic set. By the end only about 100 people were left, all
right up by the stage. They came back for five encores, the last being
Whiter Shade of Pale. After their set, they started setting up the ABB
equipment again. Jam! The bros came on stage with the skinny dude in the
paisley shirt - Peter Green! They played The Mountain Jam from 12:30 to
3:30, when the drummers all collapsed on their kits. Duane turned around
and looked, turned back to the mic and said "we would like to keep
playing, but we don't have any drummers!" "
-Butch Ammons

Having been to most of the Allman Bros. concerts at the Warehouse, I
always felt like the band had turned another corner in Nov. of '70 when
they opened for Procol Harum. Hailed before their first concert at the
Warehouse (in March of '70) as an "experimental blues band", I tried to
understand just what that meant, although it sounded very promising. I
suppose I conjured up images of free-form improvisational blues-rock
jamming with Grateful Dead influences but didn't really know what form it
would take. By the time I saw them in person, I got the message.

Here was a hungry, egoless music entity blowing people's minds but acting
like they were really privileged to have an audience listening to them.
Could this really be? Duane would always say unassumingly after their
first "structured set", "We're gonna go drink a beer, and if there's
anybody still here, we'll play some more". And play they always did.

So anyway, they opened for Procol Harum in fine fashion, but I noticed a
subtle change in how they were projecting. They kind of went from a dark
"experimental blues band" to more of a "good vibe" experimental blues
band. They played a great set and then Procol Harum came out & wowed the
audience. After the Procol Harum set, Duane & Dicky jammed with Peter
Green with only the guitars. It was a wonderful jam as I remember, Green
even slipping in his riff from "Oh Well" at one point.

But for some reason, the group of people I was with didn't stick around &
out & play again as someone described on this website previously. After
reading that account of the playing that followed, I'm sorry we did.
Although, we did get to hear them play their Mountain Jam set at the end
of the evening on many other occasions. It was always very special to
say the least.

In reference to Peter Green, I guess he had to get away from the "Green
Manalishi" (the evil greenback) shortly after this, putting out an album
called "The End of the Game" & giving up all his possessions for awhile.
To hear him at the height of his powers with Fleetwood Mac, check out
"Fleetwood Mac - Live in Boston" recorded in Feb. 1970 (and the studio
album, "Then Play On".) Fleetwood Mac also opened the Warehouse with the
Grateful Dead at just about that same point in time.

But all the Allman Bros. concerts at the Warehouse were the stuff of
legend. And rightfully so. Their selfless approach to the music to make
something bigger with the sum of the parts was truly in evidence here,
and this approach became the signature of a band that lives on to this
day after 40 years.

Larry Eagan