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The Allman Brothers Band
Biography
The Allman Brothers Band is an American rock/blues band once based in Macon, Georgia. The band was formed in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1969 by brothers Duane Allman (slide guitar and lead guitar) and Gregg Allman (vocals, organ, songwriting), who were supported by Dickey Betts (lead guitar, vocals, songwriting), Berry Oakley (bass guitar), Butch Trucks (drums), and Jai Johanny "Jaimoe" Johanson (drums). While the band has been called the principal architects of Southern rock, they also incorporate elements of blues, jazz, and country music, and their live shows have jam band-style improvisation and instrumental songs. The band achieved its artistic and commercial breakthrough in 1971 with the release of At Fillmore East, featuring extended renditions of their songs "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" and "Whipping Post" and often considered one of the best live albums ever made. George Kimball of Rolling Stone magazine hailed them as "the best damn rock and roll band this country has produced in the past five years. " A few months later, group leader Duane Allman was killed in a motorcycle accident. The group survived that and the death of bassist Oakley in another motorcycle accident a year later; with replacement members Chuck Leavell and Lamar Williams, the Allman Brothers Band achieved its peak commercial success in 1973 with the album Brothers and Sisters and the hit single "Ramblin' Man". Internal turmoil overtook the band soon after; the group dissolved in 1976, reformed briefly at the end of the decade with additional personnel changes, and dissolved again in 1982. In 1989, the group reformed with some new members and has been recording and touring since. A series of personnel changes in the late 1990s was capped by the departure of Betts. The group found stability during the 2000s with bassist Oteil Burbridge, Warren Haynes and Derek Trucks, (the nephew of their drummer), serving as its guitarists, and became renowned for their month-long string of shows in New York City each spring. The band has been awarded eleven gold and five platinum albums between 1971 and 2005 and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995. Rolling Stone ranked them 52nd on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time in 2004.
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Discography
- At Fillmore East, 1971
- The Essential Allman Brothers Band: The Epic Years, 2004
- Brothers and Sisters, 1997
- 1994-08-20: Lakeside Amphitheater, Darien Center, NY, USA
- Beginnings, 1986
- Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: The Allman Brothers Band, 2003
- 1993-08-01: Mansfield, MA, USA (feat. Zakk Wylde)
- Enlightened Rogues, 1997
- 1973-12-31: Cow Palace, Daly City, CA, USA
- Eat a Peach, 1990
- 1993-08-03: Merriwether Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD, USA (feat. David Grissom)
- 1998-08-23: Maple Leaf: Molson Ampitheatre, Toronto, ON, Canada
- An Evening With the Allman Brothers Band: First Set, 1992
- 1993-08-03 Merriwether Post Pavilion: Hot, High & Hallucinating, 1993
- Legendary Hits, 1995
- Win, Lose or Draw, 1975
- Gold, 2005
- 1970-02-11: Early Show, Fillmore East, 105 2nd Avenue, New York City, NY
- 1973-07-28: Watkins Glen, NY, USA
- Wipe the Windows, Check the Oil, Dollar Gas, 1976
- 1991-10-06: Mountain View, CA, USA
- Live at the Bonnaroo Festival 2003-06-14 (disc 1)
- The Allman Brothers Band, 1969
- Seven Turns, 2000
- 2003-03-21: New York, NY, USA
- Idlewild South, 2007
- Zakk Goes Wylde at Great Woods Amphitheatre, 1993
- Live at Ludlow Garage 1970, 1991
- 2003-07-26: Post-Gazette Pavillion, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, 2003
- Chicago Blues Again
- Stand Back: The Anthology, 2004
- 2007 Jazzfest Live, 2007
- Duane & Greg
- Fillmore East, February 1970, 1996
- Instant Live: The Fox Box, 2004
- Still Rockin’, 2000
- Shades of Two Worlds, 2008
- 2nd Set, 1995
- The 1991 Atlanta Ramblin' Men
- Hell & High Water: The Best of the Arista Years, 1994
- Live at the Atlanta International Pop Festival: July 3 & 5, 1970, 2003
- Rock From The South
- Best of the Allman Brothers Band: Green Series, 2008
- The Gatlinburg Tapes
- Second Coming
- Master Series: The Allman Brothers Band, 1996
- Live USA
- 2007-08-07: Bank Boston Pavilion, Boston, MA, USA
- IRSA International Rett Syndrome Association, 1993
- Where It All Begins, 1994
- S.U.N.Y. at Stonybrook: Stonybrook, NY, 9/19/71, 2003
- An Evening with the Allman Brothers Band: 2nd Set, 1995
- American University 12/13/70, 2002
- The Collection, 1992
- Reach for the Sky, 1980
- Hittin’ the Note, 2003
- The Road Goes On Forever, 2001
- The Best of The Allman Brothers Band
- Mycology: An Anthology, 1998
- 2009-03-20: Beacon Theatre, New York, NY, USA
- A Decade of Hits: 1969-1979, 1991
- 2004-03-18 Beacon Theater, NYC, NY - #1
- 1971-06-27: Last Serenade: Fillmore East, New York City, NY, USA
- Live at Great Woods, 1992
- Peakin’ at the Beacon, 2000
- Melissa, 1972
- Brothers of the Road, 1981
- Southern Harmony
- Dreams, 1989
- 2003-03-22: New York, NY, USA
- The Fillmore Concerts, 1992
- 2003-06-14: Live at Bonnaroo Disc 2, 2004
- Madness of the West, 1998
- 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of The Allman Brothers Band, 2000
- 1991-03-21: True Gravity: Crested Burre, CO, USA
- 2004-08-21: Tweeter Center, Mansfield, MA, USA (disc 1), 2004
- Ramblin’ Man, 1992
- With or Without You (For Duane)
- Then... Again... Live: Eat a Peach
- 1992-06-12: Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Live at the Beacon
- The Universal Masters Collection: Classic Allman Brothers, 1999
- Jamming in Midnight (disc 1)
- The Best of the Allman Brothers Band (live)
- One Way Out: Live at the Beacon Theatre, 2004
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| Album | Brothers And Sisters |
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The Allman Brothers make me think of summer. GO AWAY winter!
Duane and the boys at their best!
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