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 "
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
Duane Allman, the group's leader, was killed in a motorcycle crash in 1971.
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
The Allman Brothers Band
…The Allman Brothers Band was an American rock band formed in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1969. Brothers Duane (slide guitar, lead guitar) and Gregg Allman (vocals, keyboards) founded it with Dickey Betts (lead guitar, vocals), Berry Oakley (bass), Butch Trucks…
The graves of Duane Allman and Berry Oakley
"Remember Duane Allman" tribute, carved into an excavation face next to Interstate 20 in 1973