"Song Of The South: Duane Allman & The Rise Of The Allman Brothers Band" - A Fundraiser For The San Miguel Resource Center

Join us for Telluride Blues & Brews Festival's film screening of 'Song of the South: Duane Allman & The Rise of the Allman Brothers Band' on Wednesday, September 14th at 8:30 p.m. at the historic Sheridan Opera House presented by KOTO FM's DJ Jimmy Jazz and Telluride Blues Society.

Start your Festival weekend early with a party and film screening celebrating one of the greatest slide guitarists of all time, Duane Allman. Come for a good time and a good cause - all proceeds are donated to the San Miguel Resource Center (SMRC), a local non-profit organization dedicated to the elimination of domestic violence. A pre-film VIP Reception Party will include live music, cash bar, complimentary food and raffle ticket. Tickets for the reception are $35 per person and available here. The film, with a separate admission ($15 suggested donation to the San Miguel Resource Center), will start shortly after the Reception Party and raffle at 8:30 p.m.

Pre-Film VIP Reception:

  • Date - Wednesday September 14, 2016

  • Time - 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

  • Location: Sheridan Opera House (located at 110 N Oak St)

  • Open to the Public - Tickets are $35 per person and available here

The Film:

  • "Song of the South: Duane Allman & The Rise of the Allman Brothers Band"

  • Date - Wednesday September 14, 2016

  • Time - 8:30 p.m.

  • Location: Sheridan Opera House (located at 110 N Oak St)

  • Open to the Public - Free with a $15 Suggested Donation to SMRC

Film Summary:

In the early to mid 1970’s, a handful of bands from the Deep South reinvigorated American popular music by fusing blues, country and rock 'n' roll styles into a new and unique form. But the man who had sparked this renaissance and who had struggled to gain acceptance in an industry firmly established in the North and out West, was by then just a memory. Duane Allman, the lead guitarist and driving force behind Southern Rock pioneers The Allman Brothers Band, lived a tragically short life, but during his brief career he changed music forever.

This film looks at Allman's life, work and musical output, from his early days in Florida to his influential session work in Muscle Shoals, his monumental collaboration with Eric Clapton in Derek & The Dominos and the inimitable virtuosity with which he set the Allman Brothers Band alight.

"The story of a man who traveled a great distance in a short amount of time and whose particular genius not only launched a new genre (Southern rock) but has continued to inspire listeners and players well over 40 years after his death” - Jedd Beaudoin, PopMatters

Steve Gumble2016