On New Years Eve, December 31, 1981 my girlfriend, now wife, and I traveled to the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale to see the reunited Allman Brothers Band on the Enlightened Rogues tour with Molly Hatchet and Peter Rowan.
The show itself does not spark any particular memories. Molly Hatchet flirted with disaster with several albums and FM radio hits and the Allman Brothers Band pre- Derek Trucks and Warren Haynes was finally back together and on the road with both Gregg Allman and Dickey Betts.
The most memorable part of the evening was actually after the show while returning to Queens on the Notthern State Parkway, there was a young holiday reveler, who was wearing a cardboard “Happy New Year” hat, walking on the middle white lane marking in the middle of roadway. I remember thinking that some poor guy with a couple of beers in him is going to hit this knucklehead and get himself arrested.
It was on this night I figured out that driving around on New Year’s Eve was probably not a good idea even if you are not drinking.
Happy New Year
And Rock on1982!
GQ
I was there too & still have my photographs…PETER ROWAN was not there…
The Lineup was…”THE OUTLAWS/MOLLY HATCHET/ALLMAN BROS BAND”- New Years Show-Dec 31st, 1981…
And for the Encores, the guitarists frum the OUTLAWS & M.HATCHET jammed w the BROS….regards, B.
I was in 2nd Row center with my Twin and we smoked Doobie of good Sense with Molly Hatchet!!! One of the Guitarists whispered in my ear after , that was some good shit we don’t get that good in the South !!!!Never forget that night although I had a half pint of. Scotch in my Blue Jean jacket !!!
I was there but I was pretty drunk. I do remember the new years countdown ,cher came out and handed Gregg bottle of JD
I think this may be the concert where the Allman brothers were playing whipping post at the midnight mark, then paused for happy new year and continued on right after with “Oh lord I feel like I’m dying”
I was tripping out wandering around backstage that night when I fell about 10 feet to the ground as I open up a curtain I was right behind Butch,so I sat on his packing gear.Best seat house,later I walked around by the bass side,big mistake as I was seen and than thrown down flight of stair by biker security.