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Adding another drummer and conga player in Jai Johanny Johnson (after known simply as Jamoe) a cult following and word of mouth acclaim lead them to record with producer Tom Dowd. Gregg was assigned to search for a band contract in Los Angeles but returned to their new HQ in Jacksonville where the siblings reunited with guitarist Dickie Betts, drummer Butch Trucks and bassman Berry Oakley. He played on Wilson Pickett’s hit version of ‘Hey Jude’ and honed his chops in Muscle Shoals, Alabama working with soul legends Aretha Franklin, King Curtis, Percy Sledge and many others. Meanwhile, Duane Allman became an in-demand session guitarist. The original Allman Brothers Band formed in the late 1960s with members drawn from teenage groups the Escorts and Allman Joy and the psychedelic affairs Hour Glass and The 31 st of February.
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We love ‘em to bits and are sure that you’ll enjoy discovering or rediscovering what they have to offer – namely American heartland music of the highest quality. Like The Grateful Dead, they are viewed as national treasures in the USA and their European fan base is equally loyal. Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1995 the Allman Brothers notched up eleven gold and five platinum albums from 1971 to 2005 and retain a fanatical live following of old and young followers.
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Bro’ Gregg kept the flame burning throughout the ensuing decades and also became something of a media celebrity thanks to several high profile liaisons, notably with Cher, but it’s as a consummate recording outfit and a constantly inventive live draw that we salute them. Undaunted this toughest of American bands survived to find commercial success away from the bars and halls with the splendid Eat A Peach and the groundbreaking Brothers and Sisters which includes the perennial favourite ‘Ramblin’ Man’. Bassist Berry Oakley also perished in similar circumstances a year later. After making their debut with a self-titled album in 1969 the Allmans hit paydirt with the monumental live double, At Fillmore East (1971) and then faced tragedy when Duane was killed in a motorcycle accident. Formed by the brothers Duane and Gregg Allman – both men expert players on lead and slide guitar and keyboards respectively – they cut their teeth in Florida and Macon, Georgia performing lengthy jam-based rock for biker orientated crowds who saw themselves mirrored by the group’s anti-style image and rebellious sounds.