The Oct. 14 edition of Greasy Tracks featured music by artists from Florida, Long Island, New Jersey, Ohio and Ireland along with live offerings from Friends of the Brothers ahead of their up-coming area appearance.
Here’s the archive, while a playlist is here.
Friends of the Brothers bring their celebration of The Allman Brothers Band to The Broad Brook Opera House on Oct. 28. Here’s more info about tickets.
The band was founded in 2017 by Alan Paul, initially to play a one-off show to honor Allmans drummer Butch Trucks who died tragically. He enlisted the aid of a handful of musicians, including former members of the Dickey Betts, Jaimoe and Gregg Allman bands.
That one-off led to a longer-term endeavor keeping the music of the Allmans live on stage. Paul recently was on WRTC discussing his latest book, Brothers and Sisters: The Allman Brothers Band and the Inside Story of the Album That Defined the 70s (St. Martin’s Press).
So how were the locations determined? In the most haphazard way actually.
Florida was where the Allmans got their start, hence the connection to Friends of the Brothers. A set of music from Ireland was dedicated to the memory of WGBH’s Brian O’Donovan who recently passed away.
As far as Long Island, New Jersey and Ohio — those were completely random selections.