Where It All Begins Artist Launches Web Site
Ioannis, the artist who did the album cover for Where It All Begins and the art that appears at the top of this page, has just launched his personal website: www.dangerousage.com. In addition to his ABB work, Ioannis has created album covers for such legendary acts such as Deep Purple, Blue Oyster Cult, Lynyrd Skynyrd, […]
Gregg Allman, Yo-Yo Collector
By David Lindquist The Indianapolis News/Indianapolis Star It’s fitting — and perhaps also surprising — that Gregg Allman collects yo-yos. The “Midnight Rider” rock star knows ups and downs, ranging from drug arrests and a stormy marriage to Cher to transcendent performances with the Allman Brothers Band and induction to the Rock and Roll Hall […]
Band Leader Duane Allman Dies in Bike Crash
By: Jon Landau For Rolling Stone “Ol’ Duane was married to his music, the truth be known,” a close friend reflected after the funeral rites. “I guess him dyin’ so young, though, was almost inevitable. He had a wild and reckless streak in him, and apart from pickin’ his git-tar, he’d get…bored. I guess you […]
A Lesson Carved in Stone
By: William M. Thames III Even today at age fifty-three, on rare occasions, that vague nagging feeling in the pit of my stomach returns—that unpleasant feeling that my stomach is trying to crawl up into my throat, and empty its bounty of churning butterflies. To a young teenage musician, stage fright can be a terrifying, […]
Tom Dowd in Spotlight on Sundance Channel
By: Dean Goodman For Reuters 10/3/2003 Tom Dowd, a physics wiz who helped develop the atomic bomb during the 1940s, went on to create a series of bigger explosions that rocked the world. No one was hurt in the process. For Dowd found his calling as the engineer or producer for such acts as Charlie […]
ABB on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 9/2/2003
By: Brent From: The Banks of the Left Coast First things first: Greatest of leftcoast vibes out to Neil and Rich. You guys are class, and I am sure the apple didn’t fall far from the tree. Second thing: Scotty, thanks a ton for the hookup for the Tonight Show passes last night. What a […]
ABB Receives Trees to the City in Raleigh
The Mayor of Raleigh, Charles Meeker, presented certificates to the Allman Brothers Band, the only act to appear at ALLTEL Pavilion each of the venue’s 13 years in operation, just before their concert at Alltel Pavilion in Raleigh August 10. The certificates stated that seven trees will be planted in the band’s honor in Raleigh. […]
Skydog
WAIL ON SKYDOG,PLAY IT LOUD MAKE IT MOAN.TRAVEL HIGH ON THE FRETBOARD TO PLACES UNKNOWN.TAKE ME HIGH ON A MOUNTAIN OR A COOL RUNNING STREAM.YOU AND YOUR BROTHERS MADE ONE HELL OF A TEAM.LEANING BACK ON A HARLEY HAIR INTO THE WIND,HOW COULD YOU KNOW IT WOULD BE YOUR LAST SPIN.30 YEARS HAVE PASSED IN […]
Gregg Allman is Hittin’ the Note in Every Way
By: Tom Lounges For The Northwest Times Few bands in the history of rock have had such impact on music as the self-named Southern-fried blues group founded by two Nashville-born and Florida-bred brothers named Duane and Gregg Allman. The Allman Brothers pioneered the use of double-drummers and were among the first to incorporate the twin […]
Gregg Allman Pumped about Band, CD
By: Alan Sculley For the South Bend Tribune Gregg Allman said making the new Allman Brothers Band CD, “Hittin’ the Note,” reminded him of being back in the studio with the group’s original lineup. “It really was (similar). It had a lot to do with the vibes,” Allman said. “I mean, the songs just went […]