Product: Brothers of the Road Concert 2 [VHS] (1992)
Rating: 4.0
The Allman Brothers Band - Live at Great Woods
As a long time fan of The Allman Brothers Band, including seeing them live, "Live at Great Woods" is a worthy part of any fan's concert footage collection. Some of the negative reviews are ignorantly based on a few edits that cut to historically important and brief interviews during the show. In fact, the brief interviews are placed at edit points that were chosen because of the repetition of a long jam, for example. It was just the edit style of the time period.The overall performance shows the ABB, especially Greg Allman with some fire still in his playing, singing, etc. He is into this gig so to speak. Betts and Haynes are paired up nicely in this mid-career band format and the drums and percussion are stellar as always. There were to few shots of Butch Trucks in this film but he set's the pulse either way. Allen Woody is the unsung player in this performance and never misses a note.If you like this style of music and understand that The Allman Brothers Band has many "evolutionary points" in their infamous career, Live at Great Woods will be a welcome addition to your collection. It captures this period of their music very well.For first timers, it's a good place to start but I would encourage looking back in time to see where they come from, then move to the present. Concert footage of The Allman Brothers Band is still in short supply considering the increadible time span of their long running career.In other words, what is available is actually good and should be appreciated.