Les Brers was an American

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band formed by former members of

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. They were initially led by original Allman Brothers drummer

Butch Trucks Claude Hudson "Butch" Trucks (May 11, 1947 – January 24, 2017) was an American drummer. He was best known as a founding member of The Allman Brothers Band, for which he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995. Trucks was born ...

History

Les Brers was formed in 2015 following the retirement of

at the end of 2014. The origins are from a band led by Butch Trucks that was billed as Butch Trucks & Very Special Friends. This band performed at two festivals in 2015, the Peach Music Festival and

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. The lineup at the Peach Festival was

and Jaimoe Johanson on drums,

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on percussion, Dave Yoke and Vaylor Trucks (son of Butch Trucks) on guitar and

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on keyboards. The lineup for the band at the Wanee Music Festival was Butch Trucks, Jaimoe Johanson, Marc Quiñones and Bruce Katz joined by Jack Pearson on lead and slide guitar/lead and back up vocals,

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on guitar,

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on bass guitar, Bill Evans on saxophone and Lamar Williams Jr. (son of former Allman Brothers Band bassist

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) on vocals. Following the Peach Music Festival, Trucks announced plans to perform in 2016 with a band called Les Brers. The band's name was taken from the Allman Brothers Band song "Les Brers in A Minor" off of their 1972 album '' Eat a Peach''. It is a combination of French ("Les") and

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("Brers") which translates to "The Brothers." This band's lineup consists of the same lineup of Butch Trucks & Very Special Friends that performed at the 2015 Peach Music Festival without saxophonist Bill Evans (although Trucks has stated that Evans will probably join the band for certain shows, when his schedule allows). Trucks, Johanson, Quiñones, Burbridge and Pearson are all former members of the Allman Brothers Band. They all performed together in the band between 1997 and 1999. Les Brers performed two shows at the Cox Capitol Theatre in

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in 2016. They also performed at the 2016 Wanee Festival. During this performance they were joined by former Allman Brothers Band guitarist

Warren Haynes Warren Haynes (born April 6, 1960) is an American musician, singer and songwriter. He is best known for his work as longtime guitarist with the Allman Brothers Band and as founding member of the jam band Gov't Mule. Early in his career he was ...

for some songs. They performed again at the 2016 Peach Music Festival and went on a short U.S. tour in September 2016.Kielty, Martin (July 4, 2016)
"Allman Brothers Band Offshoot Les Brers to Tour US"
''TeamRock''. retrieved July 5, 2016. The band primarily performs songs by the Allman Brothers Band along with some other blues and a few originals from non-Allmans members. After Butch Trucks died on January 24, 2017, the band announced they would play their final show in August that same year.

Band members

- drums * Jai Johanny "Jaimoe" Johanson - drums *

- percussion *

- bass, backing vocals *Jack Pearson - lead guitar, slide guitar, lead/backing vocals *

- guitar *

- keyboards *Lamar Williams Jr. - lead/backing vocals

References

External links

Official Website
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