Gregg Allman sat in with Elton John and Leon Russell at New York’s Madison Square Garden on March 16, 2011.

Though billed as an Elton John show, Russell sat in for a third of the show as he did the two previous shows in March 2011. Allman emerged partway through the night to sing with Russell and Elton on “Gone To Shiloh.” The three musicians collaborated on the same song—which appears on the new Elton John/Leon Russell album The Union —last October in both Boston and New York during T Bone Burnett’s "Speaking Clock Revue." Burnett also produced Allman’s new solo album Low Country Blues.

Russell is in New York for his induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Allman—who enjoyed a night off from the Allman Brothers Band’s Beacon run—attended the show with his son Devon.

Elton introduced Davey Johnstone's beautiful daughter to the stage before playing "Crocodile Rock" explaining that tonight was her 16th birthday. She was a nervous wreck, but John Mahon stood behind her and even played the occasional percussion fill himself. Davey proudly pointed to her repeatedly through each chorus milking applause for her.

Following is the complete set list of the New York City show on March 16, 2011:

Elton and band

• Funeral for a Friend
  
• Love Lies Bleeding
  
• Saturday Night’s Alright (For Fighting)
  
• Levon
  
• Madman Across the Water
  
• Tiny Dancer
  
• Philadelphia Freedom
  
• Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
  
• I Guess That’s Why They Call It The Blues


  
• Rocket Man
  
  Elton and band with Leon
  
• If It Wasn’t For Bad
  
• Hey Ahab
  
• Best Part of the Day
  
• Gone To Shiloh (with Gregg Allman)
  
• Monkey Suit
  
• When Love Is Dying
  
• Never Too Old (To Hold Somebody)
  
• Dream Come True


  
  Elton and band
  
• Sad Songs (Say So Much)
  
• Take Me To The Pilot
  
• Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me
  
• Candle in the Wind - (Solo)
  
• Burn Down the Mission
  
• Bennie and the Jets
  
• Bitch is Back
  
• Crocodile Rock (with Davey Johnstone's 16 daughter on percussion)
  
  
• Your Song

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