At Fillmore East During this time, the group began struggling with drug addictions. Everyone in the group, with the exception of the brothers, was also struggling to make a living (vocalist Gregg Allman received more money from royalty payments and Duane more from session work). In one incident, tour manager Twiggs Lyndon stabbed and killed a promoter for not paying the band; he later claimed temporary insanity. Their fortunes began to change over the course of 1971, where the band's average earnings doubled. The Allman Brothers Band had first played Fillmore East in December 1969, opening for Blood, Sweat & Tears for three
Fillmore: The Last Days of Santana's 1971 album "Santana III" includes three bonus tracks from the July 4 show. The 2006 "Legacy Edition" of the CD has a second disc with all 11 songs that they played at the concert. The 2003 CD reissue of the 1971 studio album "New Riders of the Purple Sage" has three bonus tracks from the band's Fillmore West performance. Allmusic praised "Fillmore: The Last Days", saying "When the venerable San Francisco rock and roll mecca the Fillmore West packed it in on the Fourth of July 1971 an era in pop music history had also passed... The discs