The Allman Brothers Band is an
American rock band. The band
was formed by brothers Duane
Allman (slide guitar and lead
guitar) and Gregg Allman
(vocals, organ, songwriting),
who were supported by Dickey
Betts (lead guitar, vocals,
songwriting), Berry Oakley
(bass guitar), Butch Trucks
(drums), and Jai Johanny
"Jaimoe" Johanson (drums) in
Jacksonville, Florida, in
1969. Athough the band have
been called the major founder
of Southern rock, they also
mix elements of jazz, country
music,and blues.Allman
Brothers live shows have
band-style maneuver and
instrumental songs.
The band achieved their
commercial break in 1971 with
the release of album "At
Fillmore East", presenting
extended arrangement of their
songs "In Memory of Elizabeth
Reed" and "Whipping Post" and
frequently considered as one
of the best live albums ever
made. Rolling Stone magazine's
George Kimball addressed them
as "the best damn rock and
roll band this country has
produced in the past five
years". Group frontman Duane
Allman was killed in a
motorcycle accident several
months later . The band
survived that and a year
later, the death of bassist
Oakley in another motorcycle
accident. In 1973, with
substitute members Chuck
Leavell and Lamar Williams,
the Allman Brothers Band
achieved its highest
commercial success with the
album "Brothers and Sisters"
and the hit single "Ramblin'
Man". The group broke up in
1976 after having internal
conflict and regroup soon at
the end of the decade with
changes in members, and broke
up again in 1982. They
reunited again in 1989 and
their still active to this
date.
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