The Allman Brothers Band
The Allman Brothers Band formed in 1969 in Macon, Georgia, United States an… Read Full Bio ↴The Allman Brothers Band formed in 1969 in Macon, Georgia, United States and blended different strains of Southern Rock related music— Blues, Country, Gospel, Jazz, and more— into a flexible, jam-oriented Rock and Roll style. Reflecting the emergence of the "New South" and setting the style for Lynyrd Skynyrd, the Marshall Tucker Band, and many other bands, the Allman Brothers Band also oddly— or eerily, some would say— had an unusual string of untimely deaths, a pattern similar to other Southern rockers. Through personal tragedy and turmoil, the group endured for decades. Reaching the peak of their commercial clout in the early 70s, they were highly respected and well received by legions of fans. Lead guitarist and band leader Duane Allman has been recognized as one of the greatest blues and rock guitarists in history, according to numerous polls.
Brothers Gregg Allman and Duane Allman were living in Daytona Beach, Florida, in 1960, and played in various bands until 1964, when they formed the Escorts, which became the Allman Joys in 1965. After their version of Willie Dixon’s “Spoonful” failed as a single, the two brothers and three other band members went to L.A., where they signed with Liberty Records as the Hourglass. They recorded two albums of outside material (Hourglass, 1967, and Power of Love, 1968) before heading to Muscle Shoals, Alabama, to record at Fame Studios. Liberty rejected the resulting tapes, and Duane and Gregg returned to Florida.
Soon after, the brothers joined the 31st of February, whose drummer was Butch Trucks. After recording an album, Gregg went back to L.A. to make good on the Liberty contract. (A 1973 Bold album called Duane and Gregg consisted of tapes made by the 31st of February.) Duane stayed in Jacksonville, where he began playing with the Second Coming, which included Dickey Betts and Berry Oakley, veterans of Tommy Roe and the Romans.
But before Duane became an established member of the Second Coming, Fame Studios owner Rick Hall asked him to return to Muscle Shoals to play lead guitar for a Wilson Pickett session. At Duane’s suggestion, Pickett recorded Lennon and McCartney’s “Hey Jude.” Duane became Fame’s primary session guitarist, recording over the next year with Aretha Franklin, King Curtis, Percy Sledge, Clarence Carter, and Arthur Conley, and signing with Fame Productions as a solo artist. He also collaborated with Eric Clapton on the Derek and the Dominos album which produced the classic “Layla.”
At the urging of Atlantic Records vice president Jerry Wexler, Phil Walden bought the Fame contract, with the notion to build a band around Duane for his upstart Capricorn Records. Allman hired "Jaimoe" Jai Johanny Johanson, a Muscle Shoals drummer who had worked with Otis Redding, Percy Sledge, Joe Tex, and Clifton Chenier. He went back to Florida and reconvened Trucks, Oakley, Betts, and Gregg. Once assembled, the Allman Brothers Band moved to Macon, Georgia, where Walden was launching Capricorn. (In 1991 Trucks said of the group’s long tenure with the label: “We had grossed $40 million and woke up one day to realize our own manager [Phil Walden] had cheated us out of every cent.”) The Allman Brothers Band, the group’s debut, was well received only in the South. After its release, Duane continued to play on sessions with Boz Scaggs, Laura Nyro, Otis Rush, Delaney and Bonnie, Ronnie Hawkins, and John Hammond. He appears with Eric Clapton on Derek and the Dominos’ Layla. (His session work is collected on the two Anthology volumes.)
On the strength of the Allman Brothers’ growing reputation as a live band, its second album sold well. In March 1971, four shows at New York’s Fillmore East were recorded for release as a live double LP set in July. By the time the album reached the Top 10, the Allman Brothers Band was being hailed in print as “America’s best rock & roll group.” But on October 29, 1971, less than three months after At Fillmore East’s release, Duane was killed in a motorcycle accident in Macon. The group played at his funeral and decided to continue without a new guitarist. Three songs on their next LP, Eat a Peach, had been recorded before Duane’s death, and with live material from the Fillmore East concerts, the double LP was released in February, entered the chart in the Top 10, and rose to #4. In 1972, Oakley was killed in a motorcycle crash three blocks from the site of Duane’s accident a year earlier.
Dickey Betts, by then the band’s unofficial leader, wrote and sang “Ramblin’ Man,” the band’s first and biggest hit single (#2, 1973); Brothers and Sisters went to #1, with Lamar Williams, a childhood friend of Jaimoe’s, taking Oakley’s place, and Chuck Leavell on keyboards. The first two albums, when reissued as Beginnings, more than doubled their original sales. The group returned to the road after two years. In Watkins Glen, New York, 600,000 people gathered in July 1973 for an all-day concert by the Allman Brothers Band, the Grateful Dead, and the Band. There was growing dissension in the group, however, as Gregg and Betts began to disagree over schedules and musical direction. In 1974 they each released a Top 20 solo album (Allman’s Laid Back and Betts’ Highway Call), and Allman formed the Gregg Allman Band with Johanson, Leavell, Williams, and others to tour and record The Gregg Allman Tour. The subsequent Allman Brothers Band album, Win, Lose or Draw (#5, 1975), sold well, but it was four years before the next album of new material; The Road Goes On Forever, a compilation, and Wipe the Windows, a live collection, were released in 1976. By 1975, Allman was involved in a tumultuous marriage to Cher (they divorced in 1979). They had a son, Elijah Blue, in 1977. Their 1977 LP, Allman and Woman: Two the Hard Way, was universally panned.
But the greatest blow to the group occurred in 1976, when Allman testified against Scooter Herring, his personal road manager, charged with dealing narcotics. Herring was subsequently sentenced to 75 years in prison (later reduced to two years on appeal). Allman’s action, the others said, betrayed the fraternal loyalty that had sustained them: They vowed never to work with him again. The members pursued separate but at times intertwining paths. Betts formed Great Southern, duplicating the original Allman Brothers lineup with two guitars, two drums, bass, keyboards, and vocals. Only the group’s first album charted in the Top 100. After Allman’s disastrous duet LP with Cher, he regrouped the Gregg Allman Band, with no help from any former Brothers, and put out Playin’ Up a Storm in 1977. The other members also remained active: Trucks studied music at Florida State University for two years and formed an experimental group, Trucks. Leavell, Williams, and Johanson, with guitarist Jimmy Nails, formed the fusion-oriented Sea Level. Later, Leavell returned to session work, notably with the Rolling Stones, with whom he has toured since 1989.
In 1978, the Allman Brothers Band regrouped for the first time. After Allman, Trucks, and Jaimoe joined Betts and Great Southern onstage in New York in 1978, Great Southern guitarist Dan Toler and bassist Rook Goldflies also joined the new Allman Brothers Band. Enlightened Rogues (#9, 1979) was certified gold within two weeks of its release. Two years later Brothers of the Road gave the group a minor hit single, “Straight From the Heart.” The group broke up again in 1980. In 1983 Lamar Williams died of Agent Orange–related cancer. Betts recorded an album with the Dickey Betts Band, and Allman released I’m No Angel (#30, 1987) with its #49 title track.
Regrouping yet again in 1989 with core members Allman, Betts, Jaimoe, and Trucks, the Allman Brothers Band took to the road. Dreams, a box set, compiles songs from 1966 to 1988. The group’s recent albums and performances have attracted a new generation of fans who have come to appreciate the Allman Brothers as the root of much latter-day collegiate jam rock. There was renewed critical respect, as well, especially for Allman’s singing and writing. Allman, who finally won his struggles with heroin and alcohol, has also acted, appearing in the film Rush and the syndicated TV series Superboy.
In 1995 the group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and released 2nd Set. It received its first Grammy Award (for Best Rock Instrumental Performance) the next year, for “Jessica.” Gregg Allman released his first solo recording in a decade with 1997’s Searching for Simplicity, which opens with a remake of the Allman Brothers’ classic blues “Whipping Post.” Allman’s solo anthology, One More Try, includes only eight previously released songs.
A series of personnel changes, and the occasional intramural ruckus, have kept the band in flux. In 1996, Warren Haynes and Allen Woody left to work full-time with their own project, the blues-rock trio Gov’t Mule. Guitarist Jack Pearson, who cowrote Gregg Allman’s epic “Sailin’ ’Cross the Devil’s Sea,” and bassist Oteil Burbridge (Aquarium Rescue Unit) replaced them. Pearson’s departure in 1999 made way for 20-year-old guitarist Derek Trucks, Butch’s nephew, to join a band he had been sitting in with for years. In June 2000, Betts was ousted via fax from the band on the eve of a summer tour. Soon thereafter, he put together a new eight-piece band, touring as the Dickey Betts Band. Not long after that, Warren Haynes rejoined the Allman Brothers.
Upon inducting the Allman Brothers Band into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Willie Nelson said:
"The Allman Brothers Band took what moved them and merged it into something unique that audiences love: a sound that redefined the direction of rock and roll, and opened the doors to a spirit of experimentation that continues in today's music.
"The Allman Brothers Band were and still are one of the most exciting live bands ever to hit the stage. They became road warriors with a vengeance and left devoted fans wherever they went. The ABB is a band that reflects so many of my sentiments about music: originality, a determination not be confined musically or stylistically but instead to forge your own way and make music that moves you, a devotion to the road, and understanding that beyond pleasing yourself as an artist, the only other consideration should be the people, the fans who come to hear you.
"And so with pleasure, I give you rock and roll's greatest jammin' blues band, the Allman Brothers Band!"
In 2014, the Allman Brothers Band announced they were breaking up, for good this time, after 45 years. After they played their final show, countless fans across the globe played tribute. Gregg Allman has since toured as a solo artist.
Lineups (Past & Present)
1969 - 1976 (Original to First Disbandment)
Gregg Allman - organ, piano, guitar, vocals (1969-1976, 1978-1982, 1986, 1989-present)
Duane Allman - guitar, slide guitar (1969 - 1971; died 1971)
Dickey Betts - guitar, slide guitar, vocals (1969-1976, 1978-1982, 1986, 1989-2000)
Berry Oakley - bass, vocals (1969-1972; died 1972)
Butch Trucks - drums, tympani (1969-1976, 1978-1982, 1986, 1989-present)
Jai Johanny 'Jaimoe' Johanson - drums, percussion (1969-1976, 1978-1980, 1986, 1989-present)
Chuck Leavell - piano, synthesiser, background vocals (1972-1976, 1986)
Lamar Williams - bass, vocals (1972-1976; died 1983)
1978 - 1982 (First Reformation to Second Disbandment)
Gregg Allman - organ, piano, guitar, vocals (1969-1976, 1978-1982, 1986, 1989-present)
Dickey Betts - guitar, slide guitar, vocals (1969-1976, 1978-1982, 1986, 1989-2000)
Butch Trucks - drums, tympani (1969-1976, 1978-1982, 1986, 1989-present)
Jai Johanny 'Jaimoe' Johanson - drums, percussion (1969-1976, 1978-1980, 1986, 1989-present)
Dan Toler - guitar (1978-1982, 1986; died 2013)
David Goldflies - bass (1978-1982)
David 'Frankie' Toler - drums (1980-1982; died 2011)
Mike Lawler - keyboards (1980-1982)
1986 - 1986 (Second Reformation to Third Disbandment)
Gregg Allman - organ, piano, guitar, vocals (1969-1976, 1978-1982, 1986, 1989-present)
Dickey Betts - guitar, slide guitar, vocals (1969-1976, 1978-1982, 1986, 1989-2000)
Butch Trucks - drums, tympani (1969-1976, 1978-1982, 1986, 1989-present)
Jai Johanny 'Jaimoe' Johanson - drums, percussion (1969-1976, 1978-1980, 1986, 1989-present)
Dan Toler - guitar (1978-1982, 1986; died 2013)
Chuck Leavell - piano, synthesiser, background vocals (1972-1976, 1986)
1989 - Present
Gregg Allman - organ, piano, guitar, vocals (1969-1976, 1978-1982, 1986, 1989-present)
Dickey Betts - guitar, slide guitar, vocals (1969-1976, 1978-1982, 1986, 1989-2000)
Butch Trucks - drums, tympani (1969-1976, 1978-1982, 1986, 1989-present)
Jai Johanny "Jaimoe" Johanson - drums, percussion (1969-1976, 1978-1980, 1986, 1989-present)
Warren Haynes - guitar, slide guitar, vocals (1989-1997, 2000–present)
Allen Woody - bass, background vocals (1989-1997; died 2000)
Johnny Neel - keyboards, harmonica (1989-1990)
Marc Quiñones - drums, percussion, background vocals (1991–present)
Oteil Burbridge - bass, vocals (1997–present)
Jack Pearson - guitar, vocals (1997-1999)
Derek Trucks - guitar, slide guitar (1999–present)
Jimmy Herring - guitar (2000)
Current members
Gregg Allman - organ, piano, guitar, vocals (1969-1976, 1978-1982, 1986, 1989-present)
Butch Trucks - drums, tympani (1969-1976, 1978-1982, 1986, 1989-present)
Jai Johanny 'Jaimoe' Johanson - drums, percussion (1969-1976, 1978-1980, 1986, 1989-present)
Warren Haynes - guitar, slide guitar, vocals (1989-1997, 2000–present)
Marc Quiñones - drums, percussion, background vocals (1991–present)
Oteil Burbridge - bass, vocals (1997–present)
Derek Trucks - guitar, slide guitar (1999–present)
Brothers Gregg Allman and Duane Allman were living in Daytona Beach, Florida, in 1960, and played in various bands until 1964, when they formed the Escorts, which became the Allman Joys in 1965. After their version of Willie Dixon’s “Spoonful” failed as a single, the two brothers and three other band members went to L.A., where they signed with Liberty Records as the Hourglass. They recorded two albums of outside material (Hourglass, 1967, and Power of Love, 1968) before heading to Muscle Shoals, Alabama, to record at Fame Studios. Liberty rejected the resulting tapes, and Duane and Gregg returned to Florida.
Soon after, the brothers joined the 31st of February, whose drummer was Butch Trucks. After recording an album, Gregg went back to L.A. to make good on the Liberty contract. (A 1973 Bold album called Duane and Gregg consisted of tapes made by the 31st of February.) Duane stayed in Jacksonville, where he began playing with the Second Coming, which included Dickey Betts and Berry Oakley, veterans of Tommy Roe and the Romans.
But before Duane became an established member of the Second Coming, Fame Studios owner Rick Hall asked him to return to Muscle Shoals to play lead guitar for a Wilson Pickett session. At Duane’s suggestion, Pickett recorded Lennon and McCartney’s “Hey Jude.” Duane became Fame’s primary session guitarist, recording over the next year with Aretha Franklin, King Curtis, Percy Sledge, Clarence Carter, and Arthur Conley, and signing with Fame Productions as a solo artist. He also collaborated with Eric Clapton on the Derek and the Dominos album which produced the classic “Layla.”
At the urging of Atlantic Records vice president Jerry Wexler, Phil Walden bought the Fame contract, with the notion to build a band around Duane for his upstart Capricorn Records. Allman hired "Jaimoe" Jai Johanny Johanson, a Muscle Shoals drummer who had worked with Otis Redding, Percy Sledge, Joe Tex, and Clifton Chenier. He went back to Florida and reconvened Trucks, Oakley, Betts, and Gregg. Once assembled, the Allman Brothers Band moved to Macon, Georgia, where Walden was launching Capricorn. (In 1991 Trucks said of the group’s long tenure with the label: “We had grossed $40 million and woke up one day to realize our own manager [Phil Walden] had cheated us out of every cent.”) The Allman Brothers Band, the group’s debut, was well received only in the South. After its release, Duane continued to play on sessions with Boz Scaggs, Laura Nyro, Otis Rush, Delaney and Bonnie, Ronnie Hawkins, and John Hammond. He appears with Eric Clapton on Derek and the Dominos’ Layla. (His session work is collected on the two Anthology volumes.)
On the strength of the Allman Brothers’ growing reputation as a live band, its second album sold well. In March 1971, four shows at New York’s Fillmore East were recorded for release as a live double LP set in July. By the time the album reached the Top 10, the Allman Brothers Band was being hailed in print as “America’s best rock & roll group.” But on October 29, 1971, less than three months after At Fillmore East’s release, Duane was killed in a motorcycle accident in Macon. The group played at his funeral and decided to continue without a new guitarist. Three songs on their next LP, Eat a Peach, had been recorded before Duane’s death, and with live material from the Fillmore East concerts, the double LP was released in February, entered the chart in the Top 10, and rose to #4. In 1972, Oakley was killed in a motorcycle crash three blocks from the site of Duane’s accident a year earlier.
Dickey Betts, by then the band’s unofficial leader, wrote and sang “Ramblin’ Man,” the band’s first and biggest hit single (#2, 1973); Brothers and Sisters went to #1, with Lamar Williams, a childhood friend of Jaimoe’s, taking Oakley’s place, and Chuck Leavell on keyboards. The first two albums, when reissued as Beginnings, more than doubled their original sales. The group returned to the road after two years. In Watkins Glen, New York, 600,000 people gathered in July 1973 for an all-day concert by the Allman Brothers Band, the Grateful Dead, and the Band. There was growing dissension in the group, however, as Gregg and Betts began to disagree over schedules and musical direction. In 1974 they each released a Top 20 solo album (Allman’s Laid Back and Betts’ Highway Call), and Allman formed the Gregg Allman Band with Johanson, Leavell, Williams, and others to tour and record The Gregg Allman Tour. The subsequent Allman Brothers Band album, Win, Lose or Draw (#5, 1975), sold well, but it was four years before the next album of new material; The Road Goes On Forever, a compilation, and Wipe the Windows, a live collection, were released in 1976. By 1975, Allman was involved in a tumultuous marriage to Cher (they divorced in 1979). They had a son, Elijah Blue, in 1977. Their 1977 LP, Allman and Woman: Two the Hard Way, was universally panned.
But the greatest blow to the group occurred in 1976, when Allman testified against Scooter Herring, his personal road manager, charged with dealing narcotics. Herring was subsequently sentenced to 75 years in prison (later reduced to two years on appeal). Allman’s action, the others said, betrayed the fraternal loyalty that had sustained them: They vowed never to work with him again. The members pursued separate but at times intertwining paths. Betts formed Great Southern, duplicating the original Allman Brothers lineup with two guitars, two drums, bass, keyboards, and vocals. Only the group’s first album charted in the Top 100. After Allman’s disastrous duet LP with Cher, he regrouped the Gregg Allman Band, with no help from any former Brothers, and put out Playin’ Up a Storm in 1977. The other members also remained active: Trucks studied music at Florida State University for two years and formed an experimental group, Trucks. Leavell, Williams, and Johanson, with guitarist Jimmy Nails, formed the fusion-oriented Sea Level. Later, Leavell returned to session work, notably with the Rolling Stones, with whom he has toured since 1989.
In 1978, the Allman Brothers Band regrouped for the first time. After Allman, Trucks, and Jaimoe joined Betts and Great Southern onstage in New York in 1978, Great Southern guitarist Dan Toler and bassist Rook Goldflies also joined the new Allman Brothers Band. Enlightened Rogues (#9, 1979) was certified gold within two weeks of its release. Two years later Brothers of the Road gave the group a minor hit single, “Straight From the Heart.” The group broke up again in 1980. In 1983 Lamar Williams died of Agent Orange–related cancer. Betts recorded an album with the Dickey Betts Band, and Allman released I’m No Angel (#30, 1987) with its #49 title track.
Regrouping yet again in 1989 with core members Allman, Betts, Jaimoe, and Trucks, the Allman Brothers Band took to the road. Dreams, a box set, compiles songs from 1966 to 1988. The group’s recent albums and performances have attracted a new generation of fans who have come to appreciate the Allman Brothers as the root of much latter-day collegiate jam rock. There was renewed critical respect, as well, especially for Allman’s singing and writing. Allman, who finally won his struggles with heroin and alcohol, has also acted, appearing in the film Rush and the syndicated TV series Superboy.
In 1995 the group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and released 2nd Set. It received its first Grammy Award (for Best Rock Instrumental Performance) the next year, for “Jessica.” Gregg Allman released his first solo recording in a decade with 1997’s Searching for Simplicity, which opens with a remake of the Allman Brothers’ classic blues “Whipping Post.” Allman’s solo anthology, One More Try, includes only eight previously released songs.
A series of personnel changes, and the occasional intramural ruckus, have kept the band in flux. In 1996, Warren Haynes and Allen Woody left to work full-time with their own project, the blues-rock trio Gov’t Mule. Guitarist Jack Pearson, who cowrote Gregg Allman’s epic “Sailin’ ’Cross the Devil’s Sea,” and bassist Oteil Burbridge (Aquarium Rescue Unit) replaced them. Pearson’s departure in 1999 made way for 20-year-old guitarist Derek Trucks, Butch’s nephew, to join a band he had been sitting in with for years. In June 2000, Betts was ousted via fax from the band on the eve of a summer tour. Soon thereafter, he put together a new eight-piece band, touring as the Dickey Betts Band. Not long after that, Warren Haynes rejoined the Allman Brothers.
Upon inducting the Allman Brothers Band into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Willie Nelson said:
"The Allman Brothers Band took what moved them and merged it into something unique that audiences love: a sound that redefined the direction of rock and roll, and opened the doors to a spirit of experimentation that continues in today's music.
"The Allman Brothers Band were and still are one of the most exciting live bands ever to hit the stage. They became road warriors with a vengeance and left devoted fans wherever they went. The ABB is a band that reflects so many of my sentiments about music: originality, a determination not be confined musically or stylistically but instead to forge your own way and make music that moves you, a devotion to the road, and understanding that beyond pleasing yourself as an artist, the only other consideration should be the people, the fans who come to hear you.
"And so with pleasure, I give you rock and roll's greatest jammin' blues band, the Allman Brothers Band!"
In 2014, the Allman Brothers Band announced they were breaking up, for good this time, after 45 years. After they played their final show, countless fans across the globe played tribute. Gregg Allman has since toured as a solo artist.
Lineups (Past & Present)
1969 - 1976 (Original to First Disbandment)
Gregg Allman - organ, piano, guitar, vocals (1969-1976, 1978-1982, 1986, 1989-present)
Duane Allman - guitar, slide guitar (1969 - 1971; died 1971)
Dickey Betts - guitar, slide guitar, vocals (1969-1976, 1978-1982, 1986, 1989-2000)
Berry Oakley - bass, vocals (1969-1972; died 1972)
Butch Trucks - drums, tympani (1969-1976, 1978-1982, 1986, 1989-present)
Jai Johanny 'Jaimoe' Johanson - drums, percussion (1969-1976, 1978-1980, 1986, 1989-present)
Chuck Leavell - piano, synthesiser, background vocals (1972-1976, 1986)
Lamar Williams - bass, vocals (1972-1976; died 1983)
1978 - 1982 (First Reformation to Second Disbandment)
Gregg Allman - organ, piano, guitar, vocals (1969-1976, 1978-1982, 1986, 1989-present)
Dickey Betts - guitar, slide guitar, vocals (1969-1976, 1978-1982, 1986, 1989-2000)
Butch Trucks - drums, tympani (1969-1976, 1978-1982, 1986, 1989-present)
Jai Johanny 'Jaimoe' Johanson - drums, percussion (1969-1976, 1978-1980, 1986, 1989-present)
Dan Toler - guitar (1978-1982, 1986; died 2013)
David Goldflies - bass (1978-1982)
David 'Frankie' Toler - drums (1980-1982; died 2011)
Mike Lawler - keyboards (1980-1982)
1986 - 1986 (Second Reformation to Third Disbandment)
Gregg Allman - organ, piano, guitar, vocals (1969-1976, 1978-1982, 1986, 1989-present)
Dickey Betts - guitar, slide guitar, vocals (1969-1976, 1978-1982, 1986, 1989-2000)
Butch Trucks - drums, tympani (1969-1976, 1978-1982, 1986, 1989-present)
Jai Johanny 'Jaimoe' Johanson - drums, percussion (1969-1976, 1978-1980, 1986, 1989-present)
Dan Toler - guitar (1978-1982, 1986; died 2013)
Chuck Leavell - piano, synthesiser, background vocals (1972-1976, 1986)
1989 - Present
Gregg Allman - organ, piano, guitar, vocals (1969-1976, 1978-1982, 1986, 1989-present)
Dickey Betts - guitar, slide guitar, vocals (1969-1976, 1978-1982, 1986, 1989-2000)
Butch Trucks - drums, tympani (1969-1976, 1978-1982, 1986, 1989-present)
Jai Johanny "Jaimoe" Johanson - drums, percussion (1969-1976, 1978-1980, 1986, 1989-present)
Warren Haynes - guitar, slide guitar, vocals (1989-1997, 2000–present)
Allen Woody - bass, background vocals (1989-1997; died 2000)
Johnny Neel - keyboards, harmonica (1989-1990)
Marc Quiñones - drums, percussion, background vocals (1991–present)
Oteil Burbridge - bass, vocals (1997–present)
Jack Pearson - guitar, vocals (1997-1999)
Derek Trucks - guitar, slide guitar (1999–present)
Jimmy Herring - guitar (2000)
Current members
Gregg Allman - organ, piano, guitar, vocals (1969-1976, 1978-1982, 1986, 1989-present)
Butch Trucks - drums, tympani (1969-1976, 1978-1982, 1986, 1989-present)
Jai Johanny 'Jaimoe' Johanson - drums, percussion (1969-1976, 1978-1980, 1986, 1989-present)
Warren Haynes - guitar, slide guitar, vocals (1989-1997, 2000–present)
Marc Quiñones - drums, percussion, background vocals (1991–present)
Oteil Burbridge - bass, vocals (1997–present)
Derek Trucks - guitar, slide guitar (1999–present)
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The Allman Brothers Band Lyrics
. Heat is on Whatever happened to good time Sally I don't see her 'round…
09 Midnight Rider Well, I've got to run to keep from hiding And I'm…
Ain You ride on down the same old street you've seen…
Ain't No Good To Cry Hear a new girl moved to the town Now your baby…
Ain't No Good To Cry Hear a new girl moved to the town Now your baby…
Ain't Waistin' Time No More Last Sunday morning, the sunshine felt like rain The week be…
Ain't Wastin Time No More Last Sunday morning, the sunshine felt like rain The week b…
Ain't Wastin' Time Last Sunday morning, the sunshine felt like rain The week be…
All My Friends Once I was on my own and falling Once I was…
All Night Train Last night sorta got so insane As I went ridin' on…
Angeline Ridin' in a long gray limousine. Sittin' in a pair of…
B.B. King Medley I've got a sweet black angel, I likes the way…
Back Where It All Begins Say you want to be a rolling stone Get your sail…
Bad Rain Don't come around here no more, Bringing me all of…
BB King Medley I've got a sweet black angel, I likes the way…
Before the bullets fly You know I hate to leave you babe But I just…
Black Hearted Woman Black hearted woman, can't you see your poor man dyin' Can't…
Blackhearted Woman Black hearted woman, can't you see your poor man dyin' Can'…
Blind Love Ain't nobody, gonna do my baby wrong. Ain't nobody, gonna d…
Blue Sky Walk along the river, sweet lullaby It just keep on flowing …
Blue Sky #1 Walk along the river, sweet lullaby, it just keeps on…
Bougainvillea Bougainvillea, sing your song For my lover, for my love I…
Brothers Of The Road Silent shadows of the night Faded with the morning light W…
Can You Fool Well you can take all of the money that you…
Can't Lose What You Never Had Had a sweet little girl Run out and took the baby…
Can't Take It With You Can't take it with you Everybody knows Can't take it with yo…
Cast Off All My Fears Ones I was on my one and falling Ones I was…
Change My Way Of Living I've got to change my way of living 'Cause trouble's all…
Come & Go Blues People say that you're no good, But I wouldn't cut you…
Come And Go Blues People say that you're no good But I wouldn't cut you…
Come on in My Kitchen You better come on into my kitchen 'Cause it's sure to…
Crazy Love Somewhere down on a back street Way down deep in the…
Cross to Bear Yeah, yeah, yeah I have not come, yeah To testify About our…
Crossroads by Robert Johnson I went down to the crossroads,fell down…
Demons Another day in the life of a stranger Surrounded by four…
Desdemona Rain falls on a sleepy southern town The midnight moon burni…
Desert Blues Can't get no this And I can't get no that Can't get…
Did Somebody Wrong The bell has tolled My baby caught that train and gone The…
Dimples I love the way you walk I love the way you…
Don't Keep Me Wonderin Oh, tell me 'bout the car I saw Parked outside your…
Don't Keep Me Wondering Oh, tell me 'bout the car I saw Parked outside your…
Don't Keep Me Wondrin' Oh, tell me 'bout the car I saw Parked outside your…
Don't Think Twice It ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe It…
Don't Want You No More / Not My Cross To Bear Oh tell me 'bout the car I saw Parked outside your…
Done Somebody Wrong The bell has tolled My baby caught that train and gone The…
Down In Texas I left you crying at the D.C station Had a little…
Dreams Just one more mornin' I had to wake up with the…
Drunken Hearted Boy Well, yes, people I am a poor, drunken hearted boy. Well,…
Duane's Tune instrumental…
End of the Line And now the gravity of trouble was more than I…
Every Hungry Woman Yeah sad eyed woman Boogie 'til the break of dawn Yeah long…
Everybody's Got A Mountain To Climb Everybody's got a mountain to climb This road we travel gets…
Famous Last Words Famous last words, I'll be right back in a little…
Firing Line Firing Line I know you since you've been born Raising hell e…
From the Madness of the West by Dickey Betts (c) 1980 EMI Blackwood Music Inc. and Pangol…
Gambler's Roll The dealer sits alone in the dark Cigarette shines on his…
Georgia on My Mind / In Memory of Elizabeth Reed Oh, tell me 'bout the car I saw Parked outside your…
Get on With Your Life I went around to your house, Found you laid up…
God Rest His Soul A man lay dying in the streets A thousand people fell…
Goin Down The Road I've had my fun if I don't ever get well…
Good Clean Fun Well, I am on the prowl baby Looking for someone to…
Good Morning Little Schoolgirl Good Morning Little Schoolgirl Can I come home with you? T…
Good Time Feeling Well I've been around For a pretty good while I've been on…
Heart of Stone There've been so many girls that I've known I've made so…
Hell & High Water by Dickey Betts (c) 1980 EMI Blackwood Music Inc. and Pangol…
High Cost of Low Living You're the life of the party, everybody's host Still you nee…
High Falls by Forrest Richard Betts (c) 1975 Uichappell Music Inc. and …
Hoochie Coochie Man Gypsy woman told my mama 'while 'fore I was born Got…
Hoochie Coochie Woman Walk along the river, sweet lullaby, it just keeps on…
Hot 'lanta by G. Allman, D. Allman, R. Betts, C. Trucks, R.…
I Beg Of You I don't want my heart to be broken 'cause it's the…
I Feel Free I feel free I feel free I feel free I feel free I feel…
I Got A Right To Be Wrong Oh-uh-oh, oooh. I got a right to be wrong. I got a…
I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town Well I'm gonna move baby Well on the outskirts of town Well…
I'm No Angel No I'm no angel, No I'm no stranger to the…
In Memory of Elizabeth Reed by Forrest Richard Betts (c) 1970 & 1974 by No Exit…
Into the Mystic We were born before the wind, also younger than the…
Introduction SPOKEN WORD INTRODUCTION…
It Yeah, yeah, yeah I have not come, yeah To testify About our…
It Ain't Over Yet Well, it's raining out the window. With no sadness on your…
It's Not My Cross To Bear Yeah, yeah, yeah I have not come, yeah To testify About our…
I’m Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town Well I'm gonna move baby Well on the outskirts of town Well…
Jelly Jelly Stormy stormy rain I'm as lonesome as a man can be Oh,…
Jessica [Instrumental]…
Just Ain't Easy You ride on down the same old street you've seen…
Just Another Love Song Sit alone, waiting on the morning Woman leaving her whole li…
Keep on Keepin Tried everything I know, Held my hand but now I've got…
Keep On Smilin' Well you say you got the blues, Got holes in…
Layla What will you do when you get lonely? An' nobody's waitin'…
Leave My Blues At Home I been trapped inside four walls, feel like I can't…
Leavin Mama stood cryin' at the back door Papa's lacin' on his…
Les Brers In A Minor Copyright 1972 and 1974 No Exit Music Co. Unichappell Music …
Let Me Ride Well, now, times got hard And I didn't draw the card…
Little Martha by Duane Allman (c) 1972 & 1974 by No Exit Music…
Loaded Dice Pocket full of money Got a big smile all on my…
Long Time Gone Out on the lonesome highway Suitcase and an old guitar Just …
Louisiana Lou and Three Card Monty John Louisiana lou and three card monty john, Oh lord, what a…
Low Down Dirty Mean [Chorus] Ain't that low down, low down dirty mean The way yo…
Maybe We Can Go Back To Yesterday I will never forget the time we spent together And let…
Maydell Fatal beauty, the chokin' kind Dangerous feeling in this hea…
Maydelle Fatal beauty, the chokin' kind Dangerous feeling in this he…
Mean Woman Blues Well I love you baby, but you won't give me…
Melissa Crossroads, seem to come and go, yeah The gypsy flies from…
Mid Night Rider Well, I've got to run to keep from hiding And I'm…
Midnight Blues Got the blues like midnight. Honey won't be long 'fore day.…
MIDNIGHT MAN Got my snake skin britches, alligator shoes, Money in my…
Midnight Rider Well, I've got to run to keep from hiding And I'm…
Midnight Rider (Gregg Allman) Well, I've got to run to keep from hidin', And I'm…
Morning Dew Walk me out in the morning dew, my heart Walk me…
Mountain Jam by Donovan Leitch, Duane Allman, Gregg Allman, Dickey Betts,…
Multi-Colored Lady Got on a bus in Memphis Destination Rome Georgia ain't no pa…
Mystery Woman Well I don't know, if I dreamed it. I don't know,…
Nancy Oh-oh Walking in the midnight rain Thought I heard a sou…
Need Your Love So Bad I need someone's hand to lead me through the night Need…
Never Knew How Much Time and time again I've felt these wall's of plaster,…
Nevertheless Lay a hand full of marked cards, I played the last…
Night They Drove Old Dixie Down Virgil Caine is the name, and I served on the…
No One Left To Run With Everybody wanna know Where Jimmy has gone He left town I…
No One to Run With Everybody wants to know where Jimmy has gone He left town I…
No Trouble No More Don't care how long you go I don't care how long…
Nobody Knows Nobody knows about what's going on, With the world and…
Not My Cross to Bare Yeah, yeah, yeah I have not come, yeah To testify About our…
Old Before My Time There is a long hard road follows for behind me It's…
Old Friend You know hard time is just an old friend, just…
old time feeling Well I've been around For a pretty good while I've been on…
One More Ride I will long for a trip, don't need no grip I'm…
One Way Out Ain't but one way out baby, Lord I just can't…
One Way Out (live) One Way Out Ain't but one way out baby, Lord I…
One Way Out Jam Ain't but one way out baby, Lord I just can't…
Pegasus by Dickey Betts (c) 1979 EMI Blackwood Music Inc. and Pangol…
Please Call Home Take one last look before you leave 'Cause oh, somehow it…
Pony Boy Don't worry for me Well I'm all right Lord knows I"m having,…
Queen Of Hearts Once I was glad Always happy never sad And every day Seemed …
Rain When the rain comes, They run and hide their head, Might a…
Ramblin Lord, I was born a ramblin' man Tryin' to make a…
Rambling Man Lord, I was born a ramblin' man, Tryin' to make a…
Ramblin’ Man Lord, I was born a ramblin' man Tryin' to make a…
Revival People can you feel it? Love is everywhere People can you…
Revival (Love Is Everywhere) by Dickey Betts Copyright 1970 Unichappell Inc. and F. R. Be…
Rockin' Horse "My guardian angel wears a hard hat," Said the boy…
Rockin` Horse "My guardian angel wears a hard hat, " Said the boy…
Sail Away Sunset colors, all across the bay. Finds me here alone at…
Sailin' 'Cross the Devil's Sea Lately I don't know where I went wrong, But the…
Sailin’ ’Cross the Devil’s Sea Lately I don't know where I went wrong But the spell…
Same Thing by Willie Dixon Copyright Make a man g…
Seven Turns Seven turns on the highway, Seven rivers to cross. Sometimes…
Shapes Of Things Shapes of things before my eyes Just teach me to despise Wil…
She Has Funny Cars Every day I try so hard to know your mind And…
Shine It On I've had my troubles, I know you've had your troubles…
So Long So long, I hope our paths meet again some day. Oh,…
Soul Serenade You don't love me, pretty baby, You don't love me, yes…
Soulshine When you can't find the light That got you through the…
Soulshine live When you can′t find the light, That got you through the…
South Bound Well I'm Southbound, Lord I'm comin' home to you Well I'm…
Southbound Well I'm Southbound, Lord I'm comin' home to you Well I'm…
Spoonful by Willie Dickson Could be spoonful of diamonds Could be…
Stand Back I recall once upon a time Livin' was so easy and…
Statesboro Blues Wake up momma, turn your lamp down low Wake up momma,…
Stormy Monday They call it stormy Monday But Tuesday's just as bad They ca…
Straight From The Heart You've heard every line before My life's a revolving door Wi…
Sweet Mama Sweet mama, lay your burden down, Sweet mama, lay your burde…
Sweet Melissa Crossroads Seem to come and go, yeah The gypsy flies from …
Temptation Is A Gun Like the hopeful dreams of many He had everything and more …
The Heat Is On Whatever happened to good time Sally I don't see her 'round…
The High Cost of Living Low You're the life of the party, everybody's host Still you nee…
The Judgement The words are the thunder The thought is the lightning The t…
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down Virgil Caine is the name, and I served on the…
The Same Thing by Willie Dixon Copyright Make a man g…
The Weight I pulled into Nazareth, I was feelin' about half past…
These Days Well I've been out walking I don't do that much talking…
Things you used to Well here you come again Claiming to be my long lost…
Trouble No More Don't care how long you go I don't care how long…
True Gravity by Dickey Betts and Warren Haynes (c) 1990 CBS Records, Inc.…
Try It One More Time Well I just can't believe it's time for leavin', Even thoug…
Turn On Your Love Light Without a warning you broke my heart You took it darling…
Two Rights You're coming back into my life After all this time apart Af…
Wasted Words Can you tell me, tell me, friend, just exactly where…
What's Done Is Done I couldn't stay around and finish High School I had…
Whippin' Post I've been run down and I've been lied to And I…
Whipping Post I've been run down and I've been lied to. And I…
Whipping Post Jam I've been run down and I've been lied to. And I…
Who to Believe Woke up this morning Something robbed me of my sleep Reach…
Who's Been Talkin' My baby caught a train Left me all alone My baby caught…
Will the Circle Be Unbroken I was standing by my window On one cold and cloudy…
Win Lose or Draw Endlessly facing the cold concrete floor Four cold grey wall…
Woman Across the River Across the river a good woman cried All because a foolish…
Worried Down With the Blues Lying here for hours Can't get my eyes to close Can't get…
You Can't Lose What You Never Had Had a sweet little girl Run out and took the baby…
You Don't Love Me You don't love me pretty baby You don't love me yes…
You Don't Love Me / Soul Serenade You don't love me, pretty baby, You don't love me, yes…