I attended the Dead and Brothers show Friday at Empire Live in Albany NY. It was a great show start to finish . The music was fantastic and the players are all old school, accomplished people in the trade . If you get a chance I recommend going to this show!
first song brought new life to uncle johns band. very small venue. intimate setting with a band who all enjoyed playing together. theyhad a great vibe with the audience. the dead jams were fresh and not note for note copy. easy to getyourhead lost in the spacy music. it was as i remember the early years of dead concerts absolutely beautiful guitar interplay on the allman bros songs. we were blown away by theirmasterful musicianship andwill go again given the chance.
When the band performed a song they were enjoyable but each song was an extended jam session. I can only remember 2 identifiable songs: Truckin and Crossroads. My expectation of a cover band is that they play the most popular songs. We left in the second set.
Show was far better than expected. Wow! Great music and talented musicians so the least. Hope to them again soon
They get better with every show. A group of amazingly talented pro's!
The band of all Stars were really good. Nice mix of Greatfull Dead and Allman Brothers. Played for about 3 hours. Relay enjoy the show.
The show was amazing, have more events like this one and I will definitely be going!
In my opinion this is the next great and only Dead AND Allman cover band. Great set with upbeat songs from both bands played by musicians that really know their stuff. Lots of energy and dancing. General admission floor is perfect. Seeing them again in NYC at the Sony!
I was very impressed with this band! Les Dudek is a guitar god, playing Duane's slide parts and Dickie Betts' lead parts flawlessly. (He looked a bit like Leon Russell in his later days, with a cowboy hat and flowing white beard and hair.) The twin leads for the ABB songs were superb, the arrangements were tight, and all the players were great. They mostly alternated between Dead and ABB songs, and chose some favorite crowd-pleasing tracks. Anyone who likes these two bands will enjoy these guys immensely.
The band jammed 2 sets and included great songs from The Allman Brothers and the Grateful Dead. They were all having fun and it was a great vibe. They were trading vocals and leads throughout the show.. They are all accomplished musicians in their own right and brought it together in a special way. I really hope they tour again!!!!! MUST SEE SHOW!!!!!!!!!!
