Les Brers was an American

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band formed by former members of

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. They were initially led by drummer

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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 Wanee Music Festival. The lineup at the Peach Festival was

and

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on drums,

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on percussion, Dave Yoke and Vaylor Trucks (son of Butch Trucks) on guitar, and Bruce Katz 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 backup vocals,

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on guitar,

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on bass guitar,

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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 ''

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''. It is a combination of French ("Les") and

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("Brers") which translates to "The Brothers." This band's lineup consisted of the same lineup of Butch Trucks & Very Special Friends that performed at the 2015 Peach Music Festival without saxophonist Bill Evans (although Trucks stated that Evans would probably join the band for certain shows when his schedule allowed). Trucks, Johanson, Quiñones, Burbridge and Pearson were 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

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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 performed songs by the Allman Brothers Band along with some other blues and a few originals from non-Allman 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 * Bruce Katz - keyboards *Lamar Williams Jr. - lead/backing vocals

References

External links

Official Website
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