I Caught Allman Brothers Shirt Fever At Red Rocks

After an amazing concert at Red Rocks 2009 I've once again caught the Allman Brothers bug. I dug around and found this nice shirt from the 1979 "The Enlightened Rogues" Tour. I really like the silver lettering on the front, really in good shape considering the shirt is 30 years old. I actually saw somebody wearing a shirt very similar to this one at Red Rocks, the front looked identical but I didn't get a look at the back. This shirt is on sale on eBay for $200, I wonder if they were really wearing one at the show? Props to them if it was the same shirt, here is a picture of the shirt front and the shirt back.

Ok, back to the shirt fever I mentioned in the title. What made me a little ill was what they were charging for shirts at the merchandise booth. The average price for a new Allman Brothers t-shirt at the venue was $35. I regu'arly hear people griping about the price of shirts at concerts and in the past I didn't understand. I always thought that $20 - $25 for a shirt was enough, but reasonable enough to buy one. When I saw the prices at Allman Brothers I finally got it, $35-$40 for a shirt is outrageous. The shirts are very graphical but I can't imagine that the cost per shirt is more than $7.50 a shirt considering the volume.

Let that be a lesson to any band out there, if you're not selling shirts your missing out on revenue for your band.

Just so we're clear here, my opinion on the price of their shirts is completely unrelated to my love of the band. The show was fantastic, Gregg Allman sounded great, Warren Haynes and Derick Trucks were on fire and conversations with old hippies are always interesting. If you get a chance to see the Allman Brothers don't even think about it, get tickets now.