Southern rock
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Southern rock is a subgenre of rock music and a genre of Americana. It developed in the Southern United States from rock and roll, country and blues, and is focused generally on electric guitars and v
Duane Allman of The Allman Brothers Band performing in 1971.
The Allman Brothers Band
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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 "
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…prototype of what later could be called Southern rock". Late 1960s, The Box Tops, Sir Douglas Quintet, and Dale Hawkins were popular in southern states. The Allman Brothers Band, from Jacksonville, Florida, made their national debut in 1969 and soon gained a loyal following. Duane Allman's playing on the two Hour Glass albums…
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