Vivid details such as those can be found in Connell's memoir "Allman Joy," subtitled "Keeping the Beat for Duane and Gregg," coming out from Mercer University Press in August. Though friends are ...

The Allman Joys, featuring Duane Allman on guitar, Gregg Allman on organ and Bill Connell on drums, perform in this file image from the mid-1960s. Courtesy John Lynskey Editor’s note: ...