Howard Duane Allman was an American rock and blues guitarist and the founder and original leader of the Allman Brothers Band, for which he was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Allman performing with The Allman Brothers Band at the Fillmore East in New York City, 1971
The graves of Duane Allman and Berry Oakley
"Remember Duane Allman" tribute, carved into an excavation face next to Interstate 20 in 1973
The Allman Brothers Band was an American rock band formed in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1969. Brothers Duane and Gregg Allman founded it with Dickey Betts, Berry Oakley, Butch Trucks, and Jai Johanny "
Duane Allman
…Howard Duane Allman (November 20, 1946 – October 29, 1971) was an American rock and blues guitarist and the founder and original leader of the Allman Brothers Band, for which he was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995. Born in Nashville, Tennessee, Allman began playing the guitar at…
The Allman Brothers Band in May 1969. From left to right, (back) Duane Allman, Gregg Allman; (front) Butch Trucks, Dickey Betts, Berry Oakley, and Jaimoe.
"The Big House" in Macon, Georgia, where the band lived in the early 1970s
Location of the band's first paid performance