The Allman Brothers Band

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFaHwkH8_7nJC-AtJb5qVUPJgsZSwduIwsBPVUgFQohW5MUt9D114Aql7Hjr7yO_dKCC9KdLfptTbSDlONmRWtAPz3l5vmeTyULtFjZNS4bo8pdaZumq0zNtGOXLtmGDi7gq3Vlw4MVaA/s1600/AllmanBrosBand.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFaHwkH8_7nJC-AtJb5qVUPJgsZSwduIwsBPVUgFQohW5MUt9D114Aql7Hjr7yO_dKCC9KdLfptTbSDlONmRWtAPz3l5vmeTyULtFjZNS4bo8pdaZumq0zNtGOXLtmGDi7gq3Vlw4MVaA/s1600/AllmanBrosBand.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1AvEMRUNBhdJ_PnCyskCt1KKkBrkVywBckFmYU-opzVA_HIPIFLVfyKFnTjKOvS8xygh4klP7ZjbU1vLx8wrUJhdQMcT02KhQX7d1IgrrkWRNdNUEJ34uQF9tYZhf3L_q_q1k20_H_1g/s1600/The%252BAllman%252BBrothers%252BBand%252BAllmanBrothers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1AvEMRUNBhdJ_PnCyskCt1KKkBrkVywBckFmYU-opzVA_HIPIFLVfyKFnTjKOvS8xygh4klP7ZjbU1vLx8wrUJhdQMcT02KhQX7d1IgrrkWRNdNUEJ34uQF9tYZhf3L_q_q1k20_H_1g/s320/The%252BAllman%252BBrothers%252BBand%252BAllmanBrothers.jpg" width="305" /></a></div><b>The Allman Brothers Band</b> is an American <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_music" title="Rock music">rock</a> band once based in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macon,_Georgia" title="Macon, Georgia">Macon, Georgia</a>. The band was formed in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacksonville,_Florida" title="Jacksonville, Florida">Jacksonville, Florida</a>, in 1969 by brothers <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duane_Allman" title="Duane Allman">Duane Allman</a> (slide guitar and lead guitar) and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregg_Allman" title="Gregg Allman">Gregg Allman</a> (vocals, organ, songwriting), who were supported by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dickey_Betts" title="Dickey Betts">Dickey Betts</a> (lead guitar, vocals, songwriting), <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berry_Oakley" title="Berry Oakley">Berry Oakley</a> (bass guitar), <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butch_Trucks" title="Butch Trucks">Butch Trucks</a> (drums), and <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jai_Johanny_%22Jaimoe%22_Johanson" title="Jai Johanny "Jaimoe" Johanson">Jai Johanny "Jaimoe" Johanson</a> (drums).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-amg-bio_0-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Allman_Brothers_Band#cite_note-amg-bio-0"><span></span><span></span></a></sup> While the band has been called the principal architects of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_rock" title="Southern rock">Southern rock</a>,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Allman_Brothers_Band#cite_note-1"><span></span><span></span></a></sup> they also incorporate elements of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blues" title="Blues">blues</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz" title="Jazz">jazz</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">country music</a>, and their live shows have <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jam_band" title="Jam band">jam band</a>-style improvisation and instrumental songs.<br />The band achieved its artistic and commercial breakthrough in 1971 with the release of <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At_Fillmore_East" title="At Fillmore East">At Fillmore East</a></i>, featuring extended renditions of their songs "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Memory_of_Elizabeth_Reed" title="In Memory of Elizabeth Reed">In Memory of Elizabeth Reed</a>" and "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whipping_Post_%28song%29" title="Whipping Post (song)">Whipping Post</a>" and often considered one of the best <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_album" title="Live album">live albums</a> ever made. George Kimball of <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_Stone" title="Rolling Stone">Rolling Stone</a></i> magazine hailed them as "the best damn rock and roll band this country has produced in the past five years."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Allman_Brothers_Band#cite_note-2"><span></span><span></span></a></sup> 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 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Leavell" title="Chuck Leavell">Chuck Leavell</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamar_Williams" title="Lamar Williams">Lamar Williams</a>, the Allman Brothers Band achieved its peak commercial success in 1973 with the album <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brothers_and_Sisters_%28album%29" title="Brothers and Sisters (album)">Brothers and Sisters</a></i> and the hit single "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramblin%27_Man_%28The_Allman_Brothers_Band_song%29" title="Ramblin' Man (The Allman Brothers Band song)">Ramblin' Man</a>". 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.<br />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 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Haynes" title="Warren Haynes">Warren Haynes</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Trucks" title="Derek Trucks">Derek Trucks</a>, 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<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Allman_Brothers_Band#cite_note-3"><span></span><span></span></a></sup> and was inducted into the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_and_Roll_Hall_of_Fame" title="Rock and Roll Hall of Fame">Rock and Roll Hall of Fame</a> in 1995. <i>Rolling Stone</i> ranked them 52nd on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time in 2004.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Allman_Brothers_Band#cite_note-4"><span></span></a>

The Allman Brothers Band

The Allman Brothers Band is an American rock band once based in Macon, Georgia . The band was formed in Jacksonville, Florida , in 1969 by...

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