Bikes, Blues & BBQ announced today that the headliner of this year’s festival will be The Allman Brothers Band, and bikers and old dudes around Northwest Arkansas and all over the United States are high-fiving each other, and bumping their beer guts together, and putting on their leather pants and doing weird biker dances all over the place.
We guess. Or whatever bikers do to celebrate.
And whether it makes us cool or not, we are secretly kinda pumped about it too. Ramblin’ man? Midnight Rider? Jessica? Yes, please.
The concert will be held at the Randal Tyson Track Center on Friday, September 26. Doors open at 6:00 pm. Concert begins at 8:00 pm. A bonus is that a portion of the proceeds from the ticket sales will benefit local charities in Northwest Arkansas.
Tickets go on sale, Friday, July 11 at 10 am. To find out more about ticket availability, and to see the lineup of other acts scheduled on the free admission main stage, go to www.bikesbluesandbbq.org.
We’re glad the Allman Brothers are still doing it. And if you’re gonna have a festival with a couple hundred thousand bikers, who are for the most part older dudes with really weird fashion sense, we can’t think of a better band for them to shake their, err assless chaps to.
It doesn’t appear that the Allman Brothers Band has an opener, or at least not at this time. There are of course tons of local and regional blues bands already posted over at the BBB site but they will be on the mainstage at the Walton Arts Center.
Anyone know if Foghat is available?
Mad props to double K for finding this on the Allman Bro’s website last week.
July 7th, 2008 at 3:25 pm
I will be fleeing Washington County this year during Bikes, Blues, and
Scum Bags. The CONSTANT revving of the engines, makes me want to murder people.
We get it a-hole! You have a motorcycle, and it’s loud. Congratulations tool!
July 11th, 2008 at 3:12 pm
Earplugs and booze are cheaper than gas.
July 21st, 2008 at 2:26 pm
If the planners for BB & BBQ were looking to top last year’s headliners, ZZ Top, they definitely succeeded. For one reason, this band has grown and matured, and is arguably BETTER than they were in the “good ole days”…which was damn good!! As for hearing Rambling Man…probably won’t happen. That was a Dickey Betts song, and he’s no longer with the band. However, Warren Haynes and Derek Trucks (son of original (and current drummer) Butch Trucks) are 2 of the best guitarists in the business. Warren, for that matter, is an outstanding singer, too! Greg is also singing much better than he has in many years, as he’s off the sauce. So, NW Arkansas, you’re in for a huge treat with the Allmans. Do yourself a favor and go to this show.