The title might suggest I could be talking about yesterday's nice weather.  Indeed, I did go out under the deck to clear out the remaining leaves from the fall; after I sat on my patio chair near my grill and listened to some videos on YouTube of performance of "The Brothers" from their two 55th Anniversary  performances last week at Madison Square Garden.  Marisa and I attended the Tuesday evening show; the playing was just amazing Tuesday; I played videos of Blue Sky from Tuesday and Wednesday evening followed by the instrumental Jessica.  In part, taking my daughter to the show somewhat made up for not getting her a last minute ticket to the March 10, 2020 50th Anniversary "reunion" show of former Allman Brothers Band members I attended just before COVID shut everything down.

Five years after that wonderful concert, The Brothers -- drummer and founding Allmans member Jaimoe, guitarist and members of its last iteration vocalist Warren Haynes, guitarist Derek Trucks, bassist Oteil Burbridge and percussionist Marc Quiñone, joined by the Allmans’ original rehearsal keyboardist Reese Wynans and special guest its 1970s era pianist Chuck Leavell, as well as drummers Joe Russo and Isaac Eady, reunited  on stage April 15 and 16.  We selected the first night because we already had tickets to see the "Rick Wakeman final solo tour" at The Paramount in Huntington, a very nice venue.

Two very enjoyable well-performed shows, one an ensemble, one solo but often sounding full band due to the keyboard mastery of Wakeman who was a member of what many consider the classic lineup of Yes. The setlists and the linked videos evidence the power of each concert.  Interestingly, the second Brothers set flowed one song into another without any break (though the audience knew the points to applaud).  Marisa posted to Facebook on The Brothers and Wakeman shows.

There is nothing like live music and these two shows made that point.

The Brothers:

          Set 1:

Statesboro Blues (Blind Willie McTell cover; or use this link  which also includes Trouble No More)

Trouble No More (Muddy Waters cover)

No One to Run With

Hot’Lanta

Midnight Rider

Black Hearted Woman

Blue Sky (with Chuck Leavell vocal, piano)

Gambler’s Roll (with Chuck Leavell piano)

Come and Go Blues (with Chuck Leavell piano)

I Walk on Guilded Splinters (Dr. John cover) (with Chuck Leavell piano)

Jessica (with Chuck Leavell piano)

           Set 2:

Mountain Jam

Stormy Monday (T-Bone Walker cover)

You Don’t Love Me (Willie Cobb cover)

Dreams

In Memory of Elizabeth Reed

Into the Mystic (Van Morrison cover) (with Chuck Leavell piano)

(Ain’t Wastin’ Time No More)

Ain’t Wastin’ Time No More >> Mountain Jam coda (with Chuck Leavell piano)

          Encore: 

Whipping Post (with Chuck Leavell piano)

Rick Wakeman:

(Six Wives of Henry VIII medley:

Jane Seymour (from The Six Wives of Henry VIII)

Catherine Howard (from The Six Wives of Henry VIII)

Catherine of Aragon (from The Six Wives of Henry VIII)

Space Oddity>> Life On Mars (David Bowie covers)

Excerpts from King Arthur:

   King Arthur (from The Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table)

   Guinevere (fromThe Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table)

   The Last Battle (fromThe Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table)

   Merlin (fromThe Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table)

Yesonata (selections from his Yes career including Long Distance Runaround, Roundabout, Close to the Edge, And You and I)

Help>>Eleanor Rigby (Beatles covers) (video is from 4/17 show at Paramount Hudson Valley)

          Encore:

Journey to the Center of the Earth