Allman Brothers add stops to 35th anniversary tour

The Allman Brothers Band--purveyor of Southern rock for 35 years--has added several new stops to its 2004 tour of the U.S.

The outing, which is now scheduled to run through early April, gets underway with a July 3 co-headlining show with The Dead at Washington State's Gorge amphitheater, and also includes a two-night stand in the Denver area with The String Cheese Incident.

The Allmans opened their touring year in March as they normally do: with a sold out, multi-night stand at New York City's Beacon Theatre.

Also in March, the group released the double-live CD "One Way Out," which was recorded during two of the group's 13 performances at the Beacon Theatre in 2003. The set includes the 15 songs housed on the group's "Live at the Beacon Theatre" DVD, which surfaced in February, as well as four additional tracks: "Every Hungry Woman," "Trouble No More," "Wasted Words" and "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl."

The Allman Brothers Band released its self-titled, debut album in 1969. The group's most-recent studio release is 2003's "Hittin' the Note," which is its first new studio set in nine years.

"Instrumental Illness," a track from "Hittin' the Note," was nominated for a Grammy award in the Best Rock Instrumental Performance category. (The award went to Jeff Beck's "Plan B.")

Earlier this month, Hip-O Records issued "Stand Back: The Anthology," a two-disc set that compiles material from the Allmans' entire 35-year career.

The anthology's 32 tracks--at least one song from each of the group's 13 studio albums--have been digitally remastered. The package also includes a 24-page color booklet.

The band's lineup now features Gregg Allman (vocals, keyboards), Butch Trucks (percussion), Derek Trucks (guitar), Marc Quinones (percussion), Oteil Burbridge (bass), Jaimoe (percussion) and Warren Haynes (guitar).