The Allman Brothers Band With no slight to Lynyrd Skynyrd intended, these guys wrote the book on Southern Rock.  The Kings (1960 - ?)  (Daytona Beach, Florida) Gregg Allman - keyboards/guitar/vocals - b. December 8, 1947, Nashville, Tennessee. Duane Allman - guitar - b. November 20, 1946, Nashville, Tennessee; d. October 29, 1971, Macon, Georgia. The Allman Joys (1965 - 1967) Gregg Allman - guitar/vocals Duane Allman - guitar/vocals Bob Keller - bass/vocals Maynard Portwood - drums The Hourglass I (1967 - 1968) (Los Angeles, California) Gregg Allman - keyboards/vocals Duane Allman - guitar Paul Hornsby - keyboards/guitar/vocals Mabron McKinley - bass Johnny Sandlin - drums Album: "Hourglass" (1967) The Hourglass II (1968) (Los Angeles, California) Gregg Allman - keyboards/vocals Duane Allman - guitar Paul Hornsby - keyboards/guitar/vocals Jesse Willard Carr - bass Johnny Sandlin - drums Album: "Power of Love" (1968) The Hourglass III (1968) (Los Angeles, California) Gregg Allman - keyboards/vocals Duane Allman - guitar Paul Hornsby - keyboards/guitar/vocals Pete Carr - bass Johnny Sandlin - drums The 31st of February (1968) Gregg Allman - keyboards/vocals Duane Allman - guitar Scott Boyer - guitar/vocals David Brown - bass Butch Trucks - drums - b. Jacksonville, Florida Album: "Duane and Gregg" (1968) The Second Coming (1968) Gregg Allman - keyboards/guitar/vocals Dickey Betts - guitar/vocals - b. December 12, 1943, West Palm Beach, Florida - formerly with Tommy Roe and the Romans. Dale Betts - keyboards/vocals Reese Wynans - keyboards Berry Oakley - bass - b. April 4, 1948, Chicago, Illinois; d. November 11, 1972, Macon, Georgia - formerly with Tommy Roe and the Romans. John Meeks - drums The Allman Brothers Band I (1968 - 1971) Gregg Allman - keyboards/guitar/vocals Duane Allman - guitar Dickey Betts - guitar/vocals Berry Oakley - bass Jai Johanny Johanson (a.k.a. Jaimoe) - drums - b. John Lee Johnson on July 8, 1944, Ocean Springs, Mississippi. Butch Trucks - drums Albums: "The Allman Brothers Band" (1969) "Idlewild South" (1970) "At Fillmore East" (live) (1971) "Live at Ludlow's Garage, 1970" (1990) "Live at the Atlanta International Pop Festival: July 3 & 5, 1970" (2-CDs) (2003) Duane Allman died on October 29, 1971, in a motorcycle accident in Macon, Georgia. The Allman Brothers Band II (1971 - 1972) Gregg Allman - keyboards/guitar/vocals Dickey Betts - guitar/vocals Berry Oakley - bass Jai Johanny Johanson (a.k.a. Jaimoe) - drums Butch Trucks - drums Les Dudek - guitar [Ref: Buddy McPeters, August 24, 2006] Albums: "Eat a Peach" (1972) Berry Oakley died on November 11, 1972, in a motorcycle accident in Macon, Georgia. The Allman Brothers Band III (1972 - 1978) Gregg Allman - keyboards/guitar/vocals Dickey Betts - guitar/vocals Jai Johanny Johanson (a.k.a. Jaimoe) - drums Butch Trucks - drums Chuck Leavell - keyboards Lamar Williams - bass - b. 1947; d. January 25, 1983, Los Angeles, California (Agent Orange-related cancer). Albums: "Brothers and Sisters" (1973) "Beginnings" (1974) "Win, Lose or Draw" (1975) "The Road Goes On Forever" (2-CDs) (1975) "Wipe the Windows, Check the Oil, Dollar Gas" (1976) Chuck Leavell, Lamar Williams, and Jai Johanny Johanson form jazz-tinted Sea Level with guitarist Jimmy Nalls. The Allman Brothers Band IV (1978 - 1982) Gregg Allman - keyboards/guitar/vocals Dickey Betts - guitar/vocals Jai Johanny Johanson (a.k.a. Jaimoe) - drums Butch Trucks - drums Dan Toler - guitar Rook Goldflies - bass Albums: "Enlightened Rogues" (1979) "Reach for the Sky" (1980) "Brothers of the Road" (1981) The Allman Brothers Band V (1982) Gregg Allman - keyboards/guitar/vocals Dickey Betts - guitar/vocals Butch Trucks - drums Dan Toler - guitar - formerly with Dickey Betts and Great Southern. Rook Goldflies - bass Chuck Leavell - keyboards Group disbands.  Butch Trucks forms Trucks. The Allman Brothers Band VI (1989 - 1990) (reformed) Gregg Allman - keyboards/guitar/vocals Dickey Betts - guitar/vocals Jai Johanny Johanson (a.k.a. Jaimoe) - drums Butch Trucks - drums Warren Haynes - guitar Allen Woody - bass Johnny Neel - keyboards Albums: "Seven Turns" (1990) The Allman Brothers Band VII (1990 - 1998) Gregg Allman - keyboards/guitar/vocals Dickey Betts - guitar/vocals Jai Johanny Johanson (a.k.a. Jaimoe) - drums Butch Trucks - drums Warren Haynes - guitar Allen Woody - bass Albums: "Shades of Two Worlds" (1991) "An Evening with the Allman Brothers Band" (1992) "Where It All Begins" (1994) "2nd Set" (1995) The Allman Brothers Band VIII (1998 - 2003) Gregg Allman - keyboards/guitar/vocals Jai Johanny Johanson (a.k.a. Jaimoe) - drums Butch Trucks - drums Warren Haynes - guitar Allen Woody - bass Derek Trucks - guitar Albums: "Hittin' The Note" (2003) Warren Haynes and Allen Woody form Gov't Mule. Duane Allman solo: "Anthology" (1972) "Anthology, vol. 2" (1974) Gregg Allman solo: "Laid Back" (1974) "The Gregg Allman Tour" (1974) "Allman and Woman" (1977) (with wife Cher) "Searching for Simplicity" (1997) The Gregg Allman Band: "Playin' Up a Storm" (1977) "I'm No Angel" (1987) "Just Before the Bullets Fly" (1988) Dickey Betts solo: "Highway Call" (1974) "Dickey Betts and Great Southern" (1977) (Dickey Betts and Great Southern) "Atlanta's Burning Down" (1978) (Dickey Betts and Great Southern) "Pattern Disruptive" (1988) (The Dickey Betts Band) Compilations: "The Best of the Allman Brothers Band" (1981) "Dreams" (box set) (1989) "A Decade of Hits (1969-79)" (1991) "Stand Back: The Anthology" (2-CDs) (2004) Links: ALLMANet - The Allman Brothers Band Webring Hittin' the Web with The Allman Brothers Band Book:  "Midnight Riders: The Story of the Allman Brothers Band" (1996) Allman Brothers Band - Guitar Tablature (Harmony Central) Take me back to the Index... 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