The Allman Brothers Band are wrapping up their Rock and Roll Hall of Fame career with six shows at the Beacon Theatre which began last night and will run through Tuesday, Oct. 28.

This year, the band’s 45 anniversary, has been tumultuous. In January, guitarists Derek Trucks and Warren Haynes announced in a joint statement that they would not perform with the band after this year. In March, their annual performances at the Beacon were cut short due to Gregg Allman’s illness, announced by the band as bronchitis. After completing eight shows, the group performed two without their namesake singer before postponing the final four. Those shows, plus two additional concerts, are what the band is about to perform.

Throughout the year, Gregg Allman and drummer Butch Trucks (Derek’s uncle) have made varying statements about whether or not the original members, which include drummer Jaimoe, intend to replace the guitarists and continue. The band has announced that the Beacon performances will be their final shows, a fact Allman was definitive about in an interview in the Beacon lobby Monday night, just before the band’s final rehearsal.

“It’s been 45 years and that’s about enough,” he said. “I think it’s a good thing.”

Allman looks healthy and seemed happy and relaxed after a year of health problems that also caused him to cancel several shows with his Gregg Allman Band. The singer, who has Hepatitis C, underwent a liver transplant in 2010.