There are quite a few folks who contend that the modern-day jam-band scene was birthed out of the death of Jerry Garcia. The community he and his bandmates in the Grateful Dead had built was something fans refused to let languish. Instead, bands like Widespread Panic, String Cheese Incident and Phish grabbed the baton and kept the groove moving along “Shakedown Street.” The Allman Brothers Band did their part as well, dedicating a show at Jones Beach in New York to Garcia after he had passed away. Dickey Betts even played a “Franklin’s Tower” intro to “Blue Sky” that night. It was a perfect expression of brotherhood.
When Gregg Allman died on Memorial Day weekend in 2017, similar tributes emerged, perhaps the most powerful and lasting coming from his son Devon. He built what was really intended to be a one-time only celebration of his dad’s life, tied to what would have been Gregg’s 70th birthday (Dec. 8, 2017), and it mushroomed into something much larger.
Now a full-scale fall tour, the Allman Family Revival is an 18-city experience modeled after. It’s a multi-media affair with terrific production value presenting a roster of artists that come
