“I don’t want to give everyone this idea, but the model we created here is awesome. It’s taking the songbook from the original band, which is beloved, and putting players in the mix who are decades younger.'
Whatever way forward heritage bands choose, these are uncharted waters for the classic-rock genre as its major players approach or surpass 80. “As we all get older and people pass, how does the legacy carry on?” says Ross Schilling, who manages Lynyrd Skynyrd. “I think that has to be a decision for each individual group and the estates.”, Strock says the idea was to pull together a band “that replicates the original energy that was created by Duane Allman when he stated the band in 1969.
Brandon Niederauer says he was all of eight when his father, an Allmans fans, took him to see the band. “Some of my first concerts were Allman Brothers shows at the Beacon,” he says. “My parents were always playing Allman Brothers records around the house. They’re the reason I played guitar in the first place. Fast forward 10 years, and I’m up there [at the Beacon] where they were. It was kind of insane.
Williams, who handles the lead vocals on “Trouble No More,” “Whipping Post,” and “Ain’t Wastin’ Time No More,” among others, opts for a modern R&B feel rather than mimic Gregg Allman’s raspy voice. “The people around us have been directly tied to the band for the last 25 years or 30 years,” he says. “That’s another way of saying ‘approved by.’ But we’re not carrying the torch, we’re continuing on with open interpretations of the music and reinventing it.
Although Trouble No More have been well received, they’re also prepared for fans who will grouse at not seeing surviving members Jaimoe or the retired Dickey Betts onstage. “There are always going to be haters,” says Brandon Niederauer . “If people come to a show and don’t like it, that’s OK. You can’t bring people back from the dead, right? Obviously there are going to be people who are upset that the original members are gone or not onstage, but people don’t live forever.
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