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.…
read more