Austin City Limits 1995

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The band performed 87 shows in 1991 and 77 the following year. Their next studio effort, Shades of Two Worlds (1992), produced the crowd favorite 'Nobody Knows' and they followed this with a live album, An Evening with the Allman Brothers Band: First Set, recorded at their 1992 residency at New York's Beacon Theater. The Allmans performed ten consecutive shows there (establishing themselves as a New York rite of spring, according to biographer Alan Paul), which set the stage for their return nearly every year thereafter. The band grew contentious over a 1993 tour, in which Betts was arrested after an altercation with two officers. Struggling to find a replacement guitarist, they brought in David Grissom. Warren Haynes by this time was both opening with his own band and headlining with the Allman Brothers, and considered leaving the group due to what he described as their increasing lack of communication. Despite the growing tension, Haynes remained a member and Betts returned. Their third post-reunion record, Where It All Begins (1994), was recorded entirely live. The band continued to tour with greater frequency, attracting younger generations with their headlining of the H.O.R.D.E. Festival. The group were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in January 1995, although Gregg Allman was severely inebriated and could not make it through his acceptance speech. Seeing the ceremony broadcast on television later, Allman was mortified, providing a catalyst for his final, successful attempt to quit alcohol and substance abuse. In November 1995, The Allman Brothers Band were the headline act for an episode of Austin City Limits, the long running Public Television live music show. Performing an hour long set, largely made up of oldies and classics, they also played - as opener - one of their finest late period songs, the magnificent 'Sailin' Across The Devil's Sea' from Where It All Begins.