September 2007 Nashville's Play It Again Musicians Jam Pictures

Gary Allen
Gary Allen played at some of my
first concerts. I saw the Charlie
Daniels Band many times during
the early days of the band, at a
time when the only known song
was "Uneasy Rider". In the early
70's, a new album "Way Down
Yonder" with Gary on drums,
produces a few songs ("Whiskey"
& "Way Down Yonder") that gets
radio airplay. One concert that
comes to mind, with Gary on
drums, is when the Charlie
Daniels Band, the Marshall Tucker
Band and Black Oak Arkansas
blew out the Municipal Auditorium
(in the early '70s) in what (at that
time) would be known as the
loudest concert ever held in
Nashville. I can believe it. I was
right up front. After that show, I
immediately went out and bought
the CDB's (Way Down Yonder) &
the MTB's (1st album), which was
the current LP's of both bands.
This began my love for Southern
Rock music. Unfortunately, I
missed seeing Gary and the rest
of the CDB at the historic first
Volunteer Jam at the War
Memorial Auditorium. That concert,
would become the beginning of a
Nashville Jam tradition. I have
attended most of the
(Nashville)Charlie Daniels Band
Volunteer Jam's since. That first
Volunteer Jam helped to produce
the triple-platinum "Fire On The
Mountain". Songs on the LP
include, Souths Gonna Do It
Again", "Long Haired Country Boy",
"Trudy", "Orange Blossom
Special" and other classics.
Charlie Daniels Band Volunteer
Jam's since. That first Volunteer
Jam helped to produce the
triple-platinum "Fire On The
Mountain". Songs on the LP
include, Souths Gonna Do It
Again", "Long Haired Country Boy",
"Trudy", "Orange Blossom
Special" and other classics. I still
have my 45 rpm record, recorded
live at the first Volunteer Jam. To
this day, "Souths Gonna Do It
Again" and "Long Haired Country
Boy" receive airplay daily, on
country and rock radio. I even saw
Gary and the CDB perform on the
Midnight Special TV Show, hosted
by the one and only Wolfman Jack.
I wish we had a tape of that one!
Gary often performed with the
Marshall Tucker Band, while on
the road with the CDB. I remember
to this day, seeing Push rock
Fannys (Nashville's party bar in
the 1970's), with Gary, Mark
Fitzgerald, and Barry Barnes (from
the CDB) performing Barnes song
"Feeling Free" from the "Fire On
The Mountain" album. Push was a
well-known local band in
Nashville. Gary played in many of
Nashville's early rock 'n' roll
bands, and even played with
longtime Grand Ole Opry star
Stonewall Jackson for a while.

Gary continues to play drums.
He has played with JJ Cale and
others. He has jammed with
southern rocks greatest, including
members of the Allman Brothers
Band, Lynyrd Sknynrd,
the Marshall Tucker Band,
Barefoot Jerry.
UPDATE 2006-2007: I met Gary
in 2006, and got involved with his
Musicians Jam, a twice-monthly
rock 'n' roll Nashville Jam.
We now work together on projects,
related to the Nashville music
scene. Gary currently co-host's the
"Play It Again Musicians Jam"
with singer/songwriter C.J.
Dubuisson, and (both) currently
play in The Outfit (a group of
Nashville Musicians and
Songwriters). I've seen The Outfit
and they are good.
Text by Pat Adams -
TennesseeConcerts.com website
THE OUTFIT MySpace page
w ww .myspace .com/garyallensoutfit
Pictures of Gary & Friends can be
seen on many pages of the
TennesseeConcerts website
www.M usiciansJ am.I nfo
www.S outhernT ribute.com
The Volunteer Jam
The Jets
Jam-A-Que 2007
The Outfit (his & CJ's new band)