The Fox Box
The Fox Box is an eight-CD live album by the Allman Brothers Band. It contains the complete three-concert run recorded on September 24, 25, and 26, 2004 at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta. It was released on March 24, 2017.[1][2][3][4][5]
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| Released | March 24, 2017 | |||
| Recorded | September 24–25, 2004 | |||
| Venue | Fox Theatre Atlanta, Georgia  | |||
| Genre | Southern rock, blues rock | |||
| Label | Peach Records | |||
| Producer | The Allman Brothers Band | |||
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Critical reception
    
On jambands.com, Larson Sutton wrote, "This is a celebration, and a fittingly fantastic one, with a comprehensive 55 songs played over three nights, only one repeated ("Dreams"), and several special guests on hand to toast the Brothers."[2]
On AllMusic, Dave Lynch said, "The Fox Box sold out its initial 2004 run before being re-released in late 2005 (and again in 2017, remastered with some tightening of the song spacing, and trimmed down a bit from nine discs to eight).... The Fox Box showcases practically everything that the 21st century Allmans could present at their most epic, revealing a band in astoundingly good shape 35 years after its founding."[3]
In the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Wade Tatangelo wrote, "While a bit much for the casual Allman Brothers Band enthusiast or newbie needing a shot of At Fillmore East, The Fox Box is a fun, thrilling ride that shouldn't be missed by any self-respecting fan. It’s nearly nine hours of music that never loses its relevance and focus... Yes, from the opening "Mountain Jam" to the closing "Whipping Post", it's a smile-inducing journey."[4]
Track listing
    
September 24, 2004:
- Disc 1
 
- "Mountain Jam" (Donovan Leitch, Gregg Allman, Duane Allman, Dickey Betts, Jai Johanny Johanson, Berry Oakley, Butch Trucks)
 - "Trouble No More" (McKinley Morganfield)
 - "Midnight Rider" (G. Allman, Robert Kim Payne)
 - "Wasted Words" (G. Allman)
 - "Worried Down with the Blues" (Warren Haynes, Allen Woody, John Jaworowicz)
 - "You Don't Love Me" (Willie Cobbs)
 - "Ain't Wastin' Time No More" (G. Allman)
 
- Disc 2
 
- "Rockin' Horse" (G. Allman, Haynes, Jack Pearson, Woody)
 - "Hot 'Lanta" (G. Allman, D. Allman, Betts, Johanson, Oakley, Trucks)
 - "Melissa" (G. Allman)
 - "Come and Go Blues" (G. Allman)
 - "Can't Lose What You Never Had" (Morganfield)
 - "Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad?" (Eric Clapton, Bobby Whitlock)
 - "Franklin's Tower" (Jerry Garcia, Bill Kreutzmann, Robert Hunter)
 
- Disc 3
 
- "Black Hearted Woman" (G. Allman)
 - "Dreams" (G. Allman)
 - "Mountain Jam" reprise (Leitch, G. Allman, D. Allman, Betts, Johanson, Oakley, Trucks)
 - "Southbound" (Betts)
 
September 25, 2004:
- Disc 4
 
- "Les Brers in A Minor" intro (Betts)
 - "Don't Want You No More" / "It's Not My Cross to Bear" (Spencer Davis, Edward Hardin / G. Allman)
 - "Statesboro Blues" (Will McTell)
 - "Stand Back" (G. Allman, Oakley)
 - "Who's Been Talking" (Chester Burnett)
 - "Soulshine" (Haynes)
 - "Good Clean Fun" (G. Allman, Betts, Johnny Neel)
 - "Old Before My Time" (G. Allman, Haynes)
 - "Woman Across the River" (Bettye Crutcher, Allen Jones)
 - "Instrumental Illness" (Haynes, Oteil Burbridge)
 
- Disc 5
 
- "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" (Robbie Robertson)
 - "Leave My Blues at Home" (G. Allman)
 - "Key to the Highway" (Charlie Segar, Big Bill Broonzy)
 - "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" (Bob Dylan)
 - "One Way Out" (Marshall Sehorn, Elmore James)
 - "Blue Sky" (Betts)
 - "Dreams" (G. Allman)
 - "Les Brers in A Minor" (Betts)
 - "Layla" (Clapton, Jim Gordon)
 
September 26, 2004:
- Disc 6
 
- "Revival" (Betts)
 - "Every Hungry Woman" (G. Allman)
 - "Done Somebody Wrong" (James, Clarence Lewis, Bobby Robinson)
 - "Hoochie Coochie Man" (Willie Dixon)
 - "Desdemona" (G. Allman, Haynes)
 - "High Cost of Low Living" (G. Allman, Haynes, Jeff Anders, Ronnie Burgin)
 - "44 Blues" (Roosevelt Sykes)
 - "End of the Line" (G. Allman, Haynes, Woody, Jaworowicz)
 
- Disc 7
 
- "Dreams" (G. Allman)
 - "I Walk on Gilded Splinters" (Mac Rebennack)
 - "Stormy Monday" (T-Bone Walker)
 - "The Same Thing" (Dixon)
 - "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" (Betts)
 
- Disc 8
 
- "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" continued (Betts)
 - "Don't Keep Me Wonderin'" (G. Allman)
 - "No One to Run With" (Betts, John Prestia)
 - "Whipping Post" (G. Allman)
 
Personnel
    
The Allman Brothers Band
- Gregg Allman – Hammond B-3 organ, piano, acoustic guitar, vocals
 - Warren Haynes – guitar, vocals
 - Derek Trucks – guitar
 - Oteil Burbridge – bass, vocals
 - Butch Trucks – drums
 - Jaimoe – drums
 - Marc Quiñones – congas, percussion, vocals
 
Additional musicians
- Jack Pearson – guitar on "Dreams", "Mountain Jam" reprise, "Southbound"
 - Susan Tedeschi – guitar and vocals on "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right"
 - Vaylor Trucks – guitar on "One Way Out"
 - Rob Barraco – keyboards on "The Same Thing", "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed"
 
Production
- Produced by the Allman Brothers Band
 - Project supervisor: Bill Levenson
 - Mixing: Bruce Judd
 - Mastering: Kevin Reeves
 - Package design: Terry Bradley
 - Photography: Kirk West
 - Liner notes: John Lynskey
 
References
    
- Legaspi, Althea (March 24, 2017). "Allman Brothers Band Detail Eight-Disc 'The Fox Box'". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on April 6, 2019. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
 - Sutton, Larson (April 29, 2017). "The Allman Brothers Band: The Fox Box". jambands.com. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
 - Lynch, Dave. "The Allman Brothers Band: The Fox Box". AllMusic. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
 - Tatengelo, Wade (March 24, 2017). "Allman Brothers Band 'The Fox Box' Captures 2000s Lineup in Top Form". Herald-Tribune. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
 - DeRiso, Nick (March 23, 2017). "Allman Brothers Band Announce Eight-Disc 'Fox Box'". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
 
