For fans of the Allman Brothers, the last two years have felt just a little off without the band’s annual run at the Beacon Theatre. While all of the band’s esteemed members have kept themselves busy, it’s hard to imagine any musician not wanting to reunite with the ABB members should the opportunity arise.
According to bassist Oteil Burbridge, that reunion may not be too far off. Burbridge spoke to JamBase about his role in Dead & Company, The Aquarium Rescue Unit, and more, but there was an intriguing question about the ABB that has our eyebrows raised.
When asked if Burbridge missed the Allman Brothers band, he responded, “Honestly, not really. It needed to end when it did. It wasn’t feeling good anymore by that point. At least not to me anyway. I also get to play with Butch [Trucks], Jaimoe, Marc [Quiñones] and Jack Pearson pretty regularly so I still play those songs, it’s still in my life. We obviously needed a break from each other. Everyone is still on the road playing just not with each other, so you do the math.”
Then, Burbridge spoke about a potential reunion spearheaded by founder Gregg Allman, though it seems there has been little follow up in a couple months. “Gregg [Allman] texted all of us right before the last Wanee about trying to put something together next year but I haven’t heard anything since then. I told him that I was down for it. I guess enough time has passed for him.”
We’ll be keeping our fingers crossed for these great musicians to get back together and play the classics, if only for one more time. You can see the full interview here.