 Some of the invitees included Eric Clapton, Boz Scaggs, and Levon Helm, formerly of The Band, who arrived the first day with his own drum kit.Clapton had invited Duane Allman to perform with Clapton's band, Derek and the Dominos, on its 1970 album "Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs'

In January 2010, the Beacon's management announced it would be unable to accommodate the Allman Brothers Band that year because it had booked an extended run of a new Cirque du Soleil production, forcing the band to move its annual New York engagement to a new venue, the United Palace Theater.According to "The New York Times", at that time the Allmans had played "190 shows over the past 20 years" at the Beacon, beginning in 1989.