Allman Brothers Band Audio CD's & Vinyl Record Albums

The Allman Brothers Band is a pioneering and innovative Southern rock group from Macon, Georgia originally popular in the 1970s , described by Rolling Stone 's George Kimball in 1971 as "the best .. rock and roll band this country has produced in the past five years".The band was formed in 1969 , consisting of Duane Allman (slide guitar ), Gregg Allman (vocals, organ ), Dickey Betts (guitar ), Berry Oakley (bass guitar ), Butch Trucks (drums ) and Jai Johanny "Jaimoe" Johanson (drums). The actual Allman Brothers, Duane and Gregg, had originally been in a garage band called the Escorts, then the Allman Joys and finally the Hour Glass. The Hour Glass had released two failed albums from Liberty Records , they were all released from the contract except Gregg, who Liberty thought might have some commercial potential. Duane Allman, with a stint as a session guitarist in Muscle Shoals, Alabama behind him, started jamming with Dickey Betts, Butch Trucks and Berry Oakley in Jacksonville, Fla. Duane brought in Jaimoe, a drummer he had played with before and the nucleus of the band was formed. Gregg was in LA fulfilling the HourGlass contract with Liberty Records. He was summoned back to Jacksonville by Duane to "fill out the band and sing." The Allman Brothers Band played numerous concerts in the south before releasing their debut album, The Allman Brothers Band . Critics loved it, but the blues-rock album found few listeners, attracting only a cult audience. Idlewild South (1970 ), the followup, produced by Tom Dowd , was a massive critical success, and managed to be quite lucrative, as well. 1971 saw the release of a live album, Live at Fillmore East , recorded earlier that year at the legendary rock venue, the Fillmore East . The album was another huge hit, and is now remembered as one of the best live albums of all time. It showcased the band's unique mixture of jazz ,classical music ,hard rock and blues . "Statesboro Blues" was a straight-ahead opener, "Whipping Post" became the standard for a long, epic jam that never lost interest, while the ethereal-to-furious "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" invited comparisons with John Coltrane .