Prior to the album’s release in 1973, the band lost founding member Duane Allman and, bassist Berry Oakley, both killed in motorcycle accidents. Inevitably, drugs helped them through.

A year earlier, they had lost Duane Allman, the group’s founder ... Herring had also supplied Allman with drugs. For most, the “Brotherhood” code had been not just been broken, but betrayed ...

Duane Allman's sudden motorcycle accident that took his life in 1971 was tragic and shocking. Now, the story of the Allman Brothers Band has taken an even sadder turn. In his memoir, My Cross to ...

Duane Allman, the band’s transcendent guitarist ... But as the peanut farmer ascended, the Allmans went the other way. Drugs, infighting and exhaustion took their toll. Their once-magical ...

The Allman Brothers Band reformed several times over the years. Allman overindulged in women, drugs and alcohol before finally getting sober in the mid-1990s. He said that after getting clean ...

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 ...

The Church of Duane Allman creator and local artist John Mollica, or “Johnny Mo,” speaks with exhibit attendees about his artwork on Sunday, Nov. 24, 2024, during Skydog Festival at Carolyn ...

He traded licks with Duane Allman and proved to be a worthy sparring ... By that point Mr. Betts had been through plenty of struggles with drugs and alcohol, as well as multiple arrests, including ...

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: ...