Produced as a fundraiser for the Big House Foundation, “Please Call Home” is a full-length feature documentary (here is film website) that chronicles three years (1970-1973) the Allman Brothers Band lived in the “Big House” in Macon, Georgia. The movie is being screened in Peekskill at the Paramount Center for the Arts and directed by long-time Allman Brothers Band Historian, Archivist and Tour Magician, Kirk West, who with his wife Kirsten, purchased the Big House in 1993 and lived in it for 15 years before moving out to begin the process of turning the house into a museum to honor the Southern rock legends, the Allman Brothers Band. The museum is slated to open at the end of 2009.
The show depicts the time that saw triumph and tragedy for the Brothers as they went from playing free concerts to selling out stadiums across the country, but also lost two of its brothers, seminal slide guitarist Duane Allman and bassist Berry Oakley. These were the years that the group became the road warriors who broke down color barriers as the first integrated rock band to come out of the South. It’s the story of the rise to prominence of this great American institution who this year are celebrating their 40th Anniversary by once again taking the stage at New York’s City famed Beacon Theatre for 15 sold-out shows this March.
If you can’t score a ticket for the Beacon, this isn’t a bad alternative. Please let me know if anyone would like to attend the screening with me.
Godspeed friends of TBR!
Leave a Reply