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Posted: 12:00 a.m. Thursday, July 5, 2012

The sound of the Allmans 'Round town



By Bill Meredith

Special to The Palm Beach Post

From 2005-2011, James Noble’s concerts at the Orange Door (theorangedoor.com) in Lake Park ranged from local acts to international fusion stars like West Palm Beach-born guitarist Scott Henderson, who’d moved to Los Angeles in 1980 to work with Chick Corea, Jean-Luc Ponty and Joe Zawinul and form the band Tribal Tech.

The Orange Door was sold last summer and turned into the all-ages Snooze Theatre, yet Noble still occasionally leased it for special events like his popular ongoing “3 Guitars” series. But with the Snooze closing last month after a year, Noble’s last few acts have played at the nearby Mos’ Art Theatre, a 146-seat venue that normally presents films and plays.

“I’m much busier now than in 2005,” says Noble, a UPS employee, “so it’s great that I can take the Orange Door there for occasional shows now.”

Next up is Lake Worth-based Allman Brothers tribute act the Marshall Brothers Band (marshallbrothersband.com), winner of the South Florida Fair’s 2012 Classic Rock Tribute Band Competition. Led by the talented father-and-son team of vocalist Alan Marshall and guitarist Derek Marshall, they cover gems from the Allmans’ 43-year catalog with slide guitarist Chris Micolucci, keyboardist Bill Jolly, bassist/vocalist Dennis Freireich, drummer Rod Parker and percussionist/vocalist Bruce Gaffney.

“I grew up listening to the Allman Brothers,” Parker says. “I started jamming with Derek in his garage in late 2008, and asked Al if I could leave my drums there. He said okay, and that’s how this all started.”

See the Marshall Brothers at 9:30 p.m. on July 14 at the Mos’ Art Theatre, 700 Park Ave., Lake Park ($5, 561-337-6763).


‘Round town

Port Salerno’s greatest musical export, roots band the Nouveaux Honkies (tnhband.com), plays a rare Palm Beach County show from 7-11 p.m. on Friday at the fountain stage at CityPlace, 700 S. Rosemary Ave., West Palm Beach (561-366-1000)….There aren’t many reasons to wish you were older after age 21, but here’s one for long-time South Florida residents 50 or younger: you could’ve attended the 1968 Woodstock precursor the Miami Pop Festival (with Jimi Hendrix, Frank Zappa, Chuck Berry, NRBQ, and John Lee Hooker), plus the 1969 post-Woodstock Palm Beach Music and Art Festival at Palm Beach International Raceway (with the Rolling Stones, Janis Joplin, Sly and the Family Stone, King Crimson, the Byrds, and Jefferson Airplane). A historical marker for the 1968 fest was unveiled on July 4 at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale by Old Rock Photo (oldrockphoto.com) principals Ken Davidoff and Jack Connell. They’ll unveil another for the 1969 event at the West Palm Beach raceway on November 24. bill_meredith@pbpost.com

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