Stub Memories: Allman Brothers, 09/06/1991

For this blog post, I had to play some serious history detective.

As the photo shows, the stub isn’t in terribly great shape. It’s pretty clear about “Great Woods” and “A…man Brothers.” But the date info on the stub isn’t at all obvious, given the layer of paper schleg covering it over – I had to use the toothpick on my Swiss Army knife to gently scratch away at that layer. “Sept. 6, 1991″ seems to peek through. I checked on AllmanBrothers.com, and sure enough, the band played at Great Woods that date.

But, at that point, I still couldn’t recall anything about this gig. How I got there. Where I stayed. Where I sat at the venue, or whom I sat with. And the circumstances of the show didn’t lend themselves to memory. By that I mean it didn’t really add up. Sept. 6 would have been just a few days into sophomore year. You’d think I would have been more preoccupied with, I don’t know, buying books and shit. Settling in. Why would I schlep out to Great Woods for an Allmans show?

So, playing the history detective, I consulted with two Brown friends who were my roommates that year. Maybe we all piled into our buddy’s Econoline van as a back-to-school treat? Nope. Neither recalled anything about the show.

Next, I sought help from high school friends, with whom I’d done a lot of hanging during the summer of 1991. I bounced an email off one. Perhaps, he said. He’d check his photo album.

A day or two later, he emailed back. “You were indeed at that show…as was I,” he said. Photos confirmed it.

I asked high school friend if his photography revealed anything about where we were that night or that weekend. No word back. If he comes through, and it means anything to me, I’ll post. Maybe memories can be jogged after 18 years.

Here’s the set list from that night, courtesy of AllmanBrothers.com There’s also a concert video of this show. I doubt it would help with my memory here, unless I miraculously made it into a crowd shot or something.

• Intro Jam
• Hot ‘Lanta
• Statesboro Blues
• Blue Sky
• End Of The Line
• Nobody Knows
• Low Down Dirty Mean
• Melissa
• Come On In My Kitchen
• Midnight Rider
• Goin’ Down the Road Feelin’ Bad
• Hoochie Coochie Man
• Kind Of Bird
• Get On With Your Life
• In Memory of Elizabeth Reed
• Revival

Encore:

• Jessica
• Whipping Post