THE BEAT GOES ON
If you're lucky enough to score a seat when the Allman Brothers Band comes to town, you can be pretty damn sure that Gregg Allman's organ will be in tune, Dicky Betts" amp won't hum, and the sound will be crisp and clear as Georgia dew—no small feat in their usual venues of cavernous coliseums and filled-to-capacity football stadiums.
The Beat Goes On
Almost Brothers: Roadie Rock
If you're lucky enough to score a seat when the Allman Brothers Band comes to town, you can be pretty damn sure that Gregg Allman's organ will be in tune, Dicky Betts" amp won't hum, and the sound will be crisp and clear as Georgia dew—no small feat in their usual venues of cavernous coliseums and filled-to-capacity football stadiums. It's a top-notch team that transforms the Brothers" 18-tons of metal into one of the best-sounding shows ardund, " and after Pioneer's P.R. barrage last year, the ferric feats of superroadies such as Red Dog and Twiggs have become as much associated with the Allman Brothers Band as Dicky's stinging guitar riffs and Gregg's gutsy wail.
But after six years on the road, the countless natural and unnatural disasters that the Allman road crew are called on to counter have become about as routihe for
them as picking so many seeds from a watermelon. Most of their work is finished hours before showtime, and lately, they've been using the interim to make music of their own; not unwittingly, they've named their roadie band Almost Brothers.