Live At The Atlanta International Pop Festival July 3 & 5 1970 - Album

Live At The Atlanta International Pop Festival July 3 & 5 1970 (Album) by The Allman Brothers Band

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Artist Biography For The Allman Brothers Band

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