GREGG ALLMAN CONFIRMS 11-DATE TOUR INCLUDING NEW YEAR’S EVE PERFORMANCE

NEW YEAR’S EVE PERFORMANCE

ALLMAN was forced to cancel shows with the ABB at their annual New York City Beacon Theatre residency earlier this year due to the side effects of treatment he was receiving for Hepatitis C.  With the disease suppressed thanks to 24 weeks of interferon treatment, the group returned to the road for two legs of dates, including last week’s (10/13) “Change Rocks” concert on behalf of Senator Barack Obama held in State College, PA.

“I feel great,” says GREGG.  “We did about 20 shows this summer and we were really hitting it.”  Asked about his active touring schedule, GREGG recently told the Pensacola (FL) News Journal, "It's a hell of a lot more rewarding than [doing] crosswords.”  Joining GREGG on the tour will be BRUCE KATZ (keyboard), JERRY JEMMOTT (bass), STEVE POTTS (drums), SCOTT SHARRARD (guitar), JAY COLLINS (sax) and FLOYD MILES (percussion).

In live reviews of the ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND’s 8/16 Mansfield, MA concert, Boston.com writer Steve Morse hailed the band, saying “[Gregg] Allman's perennial, blues-soaked voice was in fine form on a lengthy, twisting ‘Desdemona’…The Allmans headlined the nearly sold-out show with a typically potent set keyed by a piercing jam on ‘In Memory of Elizabeth Reed' (guitarist Derek Trucks took it for an interstellar ride) and thrilled listeners with a subtly powerful treatment of Van Morrison's ‘Into the Mystic.'”  Boston Herald writer Tom Kielty said, “The headlining set from the Allman Brothers Band was astounding for both its muscularity and pace.”