Allman Betts Band at the Blues and Barbecue Festival, Lafayette Square New Orleans 2019

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Allman Betts Band performing in Lafayette Square, New Orleans, October 19 2019

Here in New Orleans there’s a festival every few days in honor or tribute to anything you could imagine.  Last weekend it was the Blues and Barbecue Festival.  My wife Carol and I are back here in NOLA after several months of travel, and decided to meet some friends at Lafayette Square for some music and barbecue while festivalizing.  We focused on food and socializing initially, and heard a bit of good music from Erica  Falls.  The party broke up, but I hopped back on the bike and headed back to catch the Allman Betts Band who closed out the program on Saturday.  The band leaders are Duane Betts and Devon Allman (sons of original Allman Brothers Band members Dickey Betts and Gregg Allman).  Nice show, with some trappings of the olden days including a “psychedelic light show” during the songs, projected onto the backstop of the stage.

  This tour is said to honor the 50th anniversary of the founding of The Allman Brothers in 1969.  Carol and I had seen Allman Betts Band at Lockn’ in August, and as they did at that show in North Carolina, here they included a performance of “Liz Reed” (In Memory of Elizabeth Reed), included on Allman Brothers albums Idlewild South (which I wore the grooves out of playing in my youth) and At Fillmore East. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Memory_of_Elizabeth_Reed
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At_Fillmore_East

Allman Betts Band released their first album in June 2019, recorded at the legendary Muscle Shoals Sound Studios. The recording was produced by Matt Ross-Spang who has worked with Jason Isbell, Margo Price, John Prine and Elvis Presley. Truth in bloggertizing: I have not yet heard this record!  I wanted to play either that or the new Highwomen while Carol and I were driving across Lake Ponchartrain to attend yet another Festival (Ozone Songwriter Festival on the Northshore) where our good friend Jean Bayou was featured. But we talked instead! At the festival,  in addition to Jean I liked Eric Woods.
Going forward I hope to post weekly.  So expect another chapter on or around October 28.  I am attending a pediatric festival (they call it a “conference”) for a few days this week so I might gather some material from that.  As previously stated, comments left on the blog are super cool.  Feel Free! I’ll be monitoring more regularly. 

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  1. RobOctober 22, 2019 at 11:37 AM

    This comment if from me, Rob. I'm testing the functionality.

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  2. MarkOctober 23, 2019 at 12:08 AM

    Pediatric festival. I like that.

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