The Allman Brothers Band Lyrics

The Allman Brothers Band Info:

From:
Macon, GA, U.S.A.

Genres:
Southern rock, blues, blues rock, roots rock, boogie rock, country rock, jam rock, electric blues

Years active:
1969-1976, 1978-1982, 1989-2014

Associated acts:
Gov't Mule, The Dead, The Derek Trucks Band, Derek and the Dominos, Hour Glass, Great Southern, Sea Level

Members:
Gregg Allman -
organ, piano, guitar, vocals
(1969-1976, 1978-1982, 1986, 1989-present)

Butch Trucks -
drums, tympani
(1969-1976, 1978-1982, 1986, 1989-present)

Jai Johanny "Jaimoe" Johanson -
drums, percussion
(1969-1976, 1978-1980, 1986, 1989-present)

Warren Haynes -
guitar, slide guitar, vocals
(1989-1997, 2000-present)

Marc Quiñones -
drums, percussion, background vocals
(1991-present)

Oteil Burbridge -
bass, vocals
(1997-present)

Derek Trucks -
guitar, slide guitar
(1999-present)

Past Members:
Duane Allman -
guitar, slide guitar (1969-1971; died 1971 )

Berry Oakley -
bass, vocals (1969-1972; died 1972 )

Dickey Betts -
guitar, slide guitar, vocals (1969-1976, 1978-1982, 1986, 1989-2000)

Chuck Leavell -
piano, synthesiser, background vocals (1972-1976, 1986)

Lamar Williams -
bass, vocals (1972-1976; died 1983)

Dan Toler -
guitar (1978-1982, 1986; died 2013)

David Goldflies -
bass (1978-1982)

David "Frankie" Toler -
drums (1980-1982; died 2011)

Mike Lawler -
keyboards (1980-1982)

Allen Woody -
bass, background vocals (1989-1997; died 2000)

Johnny Neel -
keyboards, harmonica (1989-1990)

Jack Pearson -
guitar, vocals (1997-1999)

Jimmy Herring -
guitar (2000)

Did You Know:
Founding members Duane Allman and Berry Oakley died in 1971 & 1972, both in motorcycle accidents at the age of 24.

The group has split-up twice: from 1976 to 1978 & again from 1982 to 1989


Allman Brothers Band Quotes:
I'd kind of grown up with a classical background and Duane and Gregg with the Blues. Plus, my background was Gospel. But then with Dickey with the Blues and the Country background, it all kind of melted. That first year or two, all we listened to was Miles and Trane and people like that in the jazz idiom. 
Butch Trucks

Well, I left Florida State College with a couple of friends in '67 and went to Daytona to make it big playing music. We went to college to stay out of Vietnam, is all we were doing. They finally kicked us out of college for not coming to class. We left Tallahassee and headed to Daytona to strike it big. We had a band that was good, but you couldn't dance to it, so we couldn't get work.
Butch Trucks

"The band has always viewed itself as the original alternative band. They went out there breaking all the rules. They insisted on doing their way, not the way the industry told them they had to do it." 

"We have two drummers and percussionist and two lead guitar players. None of these bands have that kind of firepower."

The Allman Brothers Band Awards
1995
Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance “Jessica,” 

Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame