The Allman Brothers had been broken up for the most part and Dickey Betts was on tour with his band Great Southern. The Central Park Concerts at Wollman Rink were always fun but this one turned out to be historic.
The Central Park shows had an orchestra section and a separate balcony section that you could not move down from. Somehow during this show my friends and I strayed from our orchestra seats and were on the outside looking in. After much “persistence” one security guard granted us a reprieve and reluctantly allowed us back into the venue in the balcony section.
Shortly after we got back in, the unimaginable happened- Gregg Allman came onstage to play with his old band mate Dickey Betts for an apparently impromptu reunion.
The Allman Brothers Band would ultimately find their way back together and remain a recording and touring entity in various incarnations until their recent final stand at the Beacon Theater in 2014.
Enlightened Rogues
Rock on
GQ
Great concert remember it well. Remember seeing Cher on stage with Greg Allman.
Great concert remember it well. Remember seeing Cher on stage with Greg Allman.
I was back stage as Rat Race Choir was the opening act. I was hanging out with John Belushi when Great Southern started their set, out of the Blu Sky Gregg showed up with Jaimoe and Butch and reunited the ABB. The after party was epic!
Man o man I remember that epic concert me and my friends didn’t want to leave no one did till the dude came out and said there won’t be anymore dr pepper concerts if ya don’t leave . That was 1 of my best concerts I ever went too aaaaa good times!!