1971 ALLMAN BROTHERS FILLMORE EAST HOLY GRAIL TICKET STUB CLOSING NITE LATE SHOW

Description

Much desired June 26 HOLY GRAIL stub from the Allmans legendary last full show at the Fillmore East, ending in the wee hours at daybreak on June 27.
The June 25-27 shows were headlined by the Allmans; also featured were bluesman Albert King, who had played the venue's first night, and the
J. Geils Band
. The June 26 date ended with a marathon performance by the Allman Brothers Band that lasted well into Sunday morning.
"That was a special show,"
Dickey Betts
later told
Rolling Stone
. "We played until daylight that morning. I remember it was dark in there, and when they opened the door, the sun about knocked us down. We didn't realize we had played until seven, eight o'clock in the morning. Bill Graham just let us rattle and nobody said, 'We gotta cut the time.' It was just a really free kind of thing."
The band's late drummer Butch Trucks added: "We played for roughly seven straight hours with everything we had. We played a three-hour set and then came back out. The feeling from the audience, not necessarily the volume, but the feeling was just so overwhelming that I just started crying. Then we got into a jam ... that lasted for four straight hours – nonstop. And when we finished, there was no applause whatsoever. The place was deathly quiet.