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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: ...
Southern Rock can be linked back to March 26th, 1969 when Duane Allman, the founder and leader of the Allman Brothers Band, summoned his brother Gregg to join a band he patched together that was ...
There’s a secret tribute to Gregg and Duane Allman on Jimmy Hall’s new album, and even producer Joe Bonamassa, who helped shape the song, didn’t know who wrote it at first. Hall’s “Ready ...
During a memorable gig at The Green House, Duane recognized the potential of something great—what would later be known as the Allman Brothers Band. He called Gregg to come home from L.A. and the ...
Duane and Gregg played in bands called the Five Minutes and the Allman Joys, then headed out to LA, where they started another group called Hour Glass. Soon, Duane and drummer Jaimoe Johanson ...
Performing was always a magical, transformative experience for Gregg Allman. “I’ve walked onstage with an abscessed tooth and as soon as you get out there, it goes away. Walk offstage, it ...
Devon Allman met Duane Betts for the first time back in 1989. The two were out on the road with their dads — the late, great Gregg Allman and Dickey Betts — after the Allman Brothers Band had ...
Duane Betts isn’t quite sure how this year’s Allman Betts Family Revival tour will feel. The eighth annual celebration — meant to honor the music of Gregg Allman, Dickey Betts and The Allman ...
Duane Allman, the band’s transcendent guitarist ... would go on to become the band’s highest charting single at No. 2. With it and Gregg Allman’s “Wasted Words” already in the can ...
The founder of The Allman Brothers Band passed away at his Georgia home. — -- Gregg Allman, one of the founding members of The Allman Brothers Band, has died. He was 69. The southern rocker's ...
Betts joins his brothers, Duane Allman, Berry Oakley, Butch Trucks and Gregg Allman, as well as ABB crew members Twiggs Lyndon, Joe Dan Petty, Red Dog, Kim Payne and Mike Callahan in that old ...