Southern Rockin’ at The Big House Buffalo & Friends Benefit for The ABB Museum
by Vincent Vinyl With temperatures hovering awfully close
to the 100 degree mark, a crowd of devoted music lovers converged upon the Big House property at Vineville Avenue, Macon, Georgia - the home of the world-famous Allman Brothers Band Big House and Museum. They set up folding chairs, spread blankets on the ground, and kept close to coolers filled with ice, water, beer, and wine. They periodically pulled towels from their carrying bags to wipe off layers of sweat, often stepping into the on- site bathrooms or the Big House itself to cool their jets. I was not the only one carrying a cool, wet towel around on this day. Today the weather was hot, but the music was hotter. On the last Sunday of each month, the Big
House holds a free concert on their beautiful covered stage behind the house, and today, it was something of a special occasion. KUD- ZOO Editor Michael Buffalo Smith had teamed with the Big House to hold a concert to benefit the non-profit museum. Smith and Rob Schneck had been working out the de- tails for months, and finally the day had ar- rived.
Donnie Winters, Michael Buffalo Smith and Billy Eli. The back yard was filled with fans from all
over sure, there were plenty if Maconites and othe Georgia folk, but there were people from Ohio, Tennessee, Florida, the Carolins, Ala- bama, Texas, New Jersey and more, all gath- ered together to enjoy the music from the eclectic group of players Smith had asked to perform. And performthey did. The opening set was an acousting
singer/songwriters affair that brought to- gether Donnie Winters, Billy Eli and Smith himself, along with Silver Travis Band bassist Joey Parrish on acoustic bass. Each man would perform an original song, and then hand off to the next guy. Donnie Winters is best known as guitarist,
Russell Gulley, Sonny Moorman, and E.G. Kight.
singer and songwriter for The Winters Broth- ers Band, a red hot southern rock outfit headed up by Donnie and his brother Dennis who recorded two excellent albums during the mid- ‘70s, the self-titled debut being pro- duced by Taz DiGregorio of The Charlie Daniels Band, and released by Atco Records. Donnie is close to releasing his first ever solo CD, so most of the songs were drawn from its playlist, although he did treat the crowd to
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