The morning after he graduated from Tuscaloosa High School, class of 1966, the 17-year-old Connell picked up a ticket left for him by legendary slide guitarist Duane Allman, boarded a Southern ...

In 1971, Duane Allman — one of the greatest slide guitarists of all time — died at age 24. His daughter, Galadrielle Allman, was only 2 at the time. Here, she joins World Cafe to present music ...

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. ... Tuscaloosa High School class of ‘66, ...

The memoir by the late Bill Connell and Allman Brothers Band archivist John Lynskey captures “a moment in time” — the mid-to-late-1960s music scene in the South.