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With all the cool bands keeping the Allman Brothers legacy alive these days, there is great interest in learning about the band that brought the blues into the mainstream. Hearing first-hand is certainly the best way to gain knowledge, and Tony's interview with someone who was there is a real treat. Pictured to the far right in the picture, with the Allman Bros. road crew is Road Manager Willie Perkins. Tony Sarno interviewed Willie for a Sunday morning show on HIPPIE RADIO 94.5 called "Before The Soundcheck", and you can hear it by clicking above the photo on the left. Tony Sarno was managed by Willie Perkins for a time in the 90's. (Jim Marshall Photo)
Select-O-Hits is one of the largest independent record distributors in the world. President Johnny Phillips (pictured here with Tony) presently runs the company which was co-founded by his father, Tom Phillips, and his uncle, Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records). Johnny, along with then head of A&R, Mark Maynard, signed Tony Sarno to their Icehouse Records label in 1995 and continue to distribute Mark and Tony's Marconi Records label.
Tony Sarno recorded his first album "It's a Blues Thing" in Memphis Tennessee, and his third album "It's a Blues Thing Too" in Muscle Shoals Alabama. Some of the greatest Rock, Soul, and Blues was recorded in these two iconic cities, and Tony and his 10-piece band are playing the best of them live. The Stones, Wilson Pickett, Rod Stewart, Al Green, Jimmy Cliff, Bob Seger, Aretha Franklin, Percy Sledge, The Bar-Kays, Dusty Springfield and others recorded classic hits there, and Tony and the gang are playing a set of them in addition to their original set on the road this summer. All we can say is "It Sounds Like a Party!".
