Customer Reviews
Perfect music forever 
2008-01-08
I listen mainly to indie rock/pop, but this is probably one of my top 20 favorite albums ever, and probably one of my top 5 favorite live albums ever. The guitar playing is beyond beautiful. The first time I heard this version of "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed", I nearly cried. This album contains some of the most expressive, sincere, and moving guitar playing I have ever heard. This album is definitely more of an "experience" than most live albums you've heard.
I'm in love with You Don't Love Me! 2007-11-16
I have been listening this song almost every day for quite a while this year and I just can't get tired of it. I think it's the strongest live jam I have ever heard. I love when talented musicians deconstruct old tunes and put them back together with their own interpretations. And the version of "You Don't Love Me" on this record is the greatest example of this I've come across. Joy to the world, the Allman Brothers play on!
Still Great 
2007-11-06
The album and group brought back memmories of some of the best music from the finest eastcoast outlet - The Filmore East. Many groups made live hit albums from this venue and this is no exception.
Guitar Interplay? Get'cha some. 2007-11-05
The Allman Brothers at Fillmore East
I bought "Beginnings" as an LP, including the first two ABB records. Wow. Could these guys play, even if the songwriting was uneven. I knew Duane from "Layla", and knew he was an All World guitar player, and loved, and I mean loved, the way a slide guitar sounded.
I read a couple of reviews of "Live at the Fillmore East", and bought it. From the opening strains of "Statesboro Blues", with Duane...what's a good word...making the strings scream, to the last gasp, the band just blows you away.
Dickie Betts has his moments as well, and ain't afraid to step up to the front of the stage. The other guys can all play, Butch Trucks, Berry Oakley, J.J. Johanny, Brother Gregg, but this is a GUITAR band, my friends. Its Duane and Dickie's show, and they just burn the house down. Other cuts from the night are to be found on other ABB albums, and all are equally amazing. Highly recommended is "Mountain Jam".
Poor Duane died, and so did Berry, and the band continued, but as a keyboard band with Chuck Leavell. Make no mistake, Chuck can PLAY, but the band would never have the sting and fire it did as recorded on this album.
I think the thing I like most about Rock music is the teamwork of a great band. Lyrics are fine, catchy songs are OK, but I want the band to ROCK, to play together with FIRE, and kick some rear end. Shoot, boy, step and and wail! Then, get the heck out of the way and NEXT! This record does that better than anything I've ever heard. No one cared who got the credit, they just wailed. Get the lyrics out of the way and GO! The stunning harmony guitars is on display in spades here, the twin drummers sound as one. Berry is a monster holding the bottom, and Greg can sing and play.
But Duane and Dickey were the show, and it's here for all time.
a guitar lovers dream 2007-09-28
The reason I bought this album is because one, I love 70's classic rock and especially lengthy guitar jams, and two, because everyone said it was the ultimate live rock album featuring exciting, spectacular jamming. Is that true? Yes, for the most part. I have a small problem with the track sequencing, but other than that, yes, At the Fillmore probably deserves to be called a classic.
"Statesboro Blues" opens the album. While I'm not crazy about the studio version, the guitar soloing is pretty loud, clean and fantastic here. Probably the ultimate blues rock song, and because I have family down around the Statesboro area, I'm biased. It's a great way to open the album, not to mention an appropriate way. After all, we're talking about a southern rock band here. You'd expect a blues/southern tune to be the opener, and that's what it is. "Done Somebody Wrong" is the next track, and this is where I have a problem with the order of tracks. The style and mood is very similar to the previous song, and I believe it was a mistake to open the album with two bluesy rockers in a row. It's a great song though, especially the harmonica parts. I just wish the song had appeared somewhere towards the middle of the album.
"Stormy Monday" is where Greg's vocals really amaze me, along with the sound quality of the album. These are the kind of songs that show people why the Allman Brothers Band were such a good live band. You can really feel the mood of the atmosphere, and you don't want the song to ever end, sort of like the Doors classic "Riders on the Storm". Everyone wants that song to last forever, and the same can be said here. "You Don't Love Me/Soul Serenade" is REALLY a cool song that goes through all sorts of keyboard and guitar sections. That little keyboard riff that keeps repeating immediately following the verse melody is SO good. After the vocals are over, the rest of the tune is about HEAVY instrumental jamming.
"Hot 'Lanta" is a track to satisfy the hard rock lovers out there. A great, exciting song. This version of "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" is MUCH better compared to the shorter studio version. That's because live, the band extends the song and adds more melodic guitar jamming for several extra minutes. The album finishes up with "Whipping Post", a 20+ minute BRILLIANT piece of guitar jamming. The song goes through so many emotional shifts and melodic changes that I have no choice but to declare THIS the ultimate guitar jam of the 70's. Yup, and I know there's many bands back in the day who jammed like crazy and quite frequently, but this song, THIS song... it totally rules.
Alright, you need to own this album. It's over 75 minutes of brilliance.
Not the Complete Album 
2008-07-21
I was very disappointed with this CD. It is not the album I remember. Some of the material has been left off to allow the double album set to fit onto one CD. Too bad.
Oh Lord it feels like I'm dying 2008-07-08
Allman Brothers at their peak, and by Allman Brothers I mean the original six cats that brought us this great music..Duane Allman was finger tapping while van halen was in diapers.. This whole cd is amazing from beginning to end..Duane pushing the whole band, them pushing back..showing their greatness track after track..Oh my I can't stress how important this is to have in your collection, not just for ABB fans but for anyone who is a fan of guitar, jazz, blues, rock, fusion and all inbetween. I will keep this short as others have already pretty much explained it, but to all.. REMEMBER DUANE ALLMAN
One of the Best Concerts Ever Recorded - That's All! 2008-05-24
The Allman Brothers were Duane Allman (slide guitar and lead guitar), Gregg Allman (vocals, organ), Dickey Betts (lead guitar, rhythm guitar, vocals), Berry Oakley (bass), Butch Trucks (drums) and Jai Johanny "Jaimoe" Johanson (drums). The band was labeled as "Southern Rock" , but being from Kentucky, it just sounded like good rock to me. This particular live recording from those southern gentlemen has to be one of the greatest concert albums of all time! The purity of guitars, the bluesy keyboards and the souful grit of Greg Allman's vocals are guaranteed to move anyone. I will always chersih an outdoor concert I attended once in Indiana where this excellent group headlined. They put on one hell of a show and played for what seemed forever. After the concert, we discovered all of the cars had been towed away by the landowner where everyone had parked. Hours and many miles later we were able to buy our car back from the local sheriff. It was morning by the time my friends and I got home but we really didn't mind the hassle because we felt we had witnessed history and were part of something that night jamming with the "Allman Brothers", one the best rock and roll bands the world has ever known! This album captures their live musical magic and should be on everyone's "desert island" list of must have CDs. - Ciao
blue and rambling rock 2008-04-25
First of all, since I'm primarily a jazz (and only partly blues) fan, I'm probably not the most relieble judge for all the rock fans that praise this album (that's why I gave it one more star than I personally would).
But, at the time I was already infected by the jazz bug, I accidentally stumbled upon the first three songs from this album on a blues show on a Croatian radio station...
I liked "Statesboro Blues", "Done Somebody Wrong" (an Elmore James song) and "Stormy Monday (Blues)" (T-Bone Walker song) then and I like these songs now; they're definitely rock, but also they have a fine blues feeling, among the best rock-blues performances I've heard (according to my tastes).
But, the rest of the album is hardly on the same level; I'd give first three songs five stars, but, unfortunately, there are also "You Don' Love Me" (clocking at more than 19 minutes), "In Memory of Elizabeth Read" (13 minutes) and "Whipping Post" (are you kidding me? 23 minutes?!). These are terribly rumbling, overblown, pompose... And some of the extended guitar solos are, well, BAD, at times even terribly amateurish...
Don't get me wrong - I've heard some extended "Deep Purple" performances that actually kept my attention with no difficulty whatsoever so, I guess, I have quite a different taste than most of the reviewers.
But, since I liked compact performances of the first three songs (even the nearly 9 minutes long "Stormy Monday" doesn't ramble), and since I don't want to spoil the rock party, I give THE ALLMAN BROTHERS AT FILLMORE EAST 4 stars...
My advice is - buy the MP3 version of first two or three songs and then decide whether you want the whole album or not.
Great Music 2008-01-27
This CD is of the Allman Brothers Live at Fillmore East in NY. In an interview with Rolling Stone Magazine and Bill Graham (owner of Fillmore East and West) they asked him what were some of the best concerts he ever put on and he replied: Allman Brothers live at Fillmore east.And this CD can back up that quote!
