We looked at the Allman Brothers as the fathers of what was to be called Southern rock. In our book, if you didn't like the Allman Brothers, you were sacrilegious.
Duane Allman might be my favorite guitar player ever. I'd say I'm influenced by the Allman Brothers more than any other band. When I taught guitar lessons for a living, the students that were interested in soloing had to learn the intro to 'It's Not My Cross to Bear' first thing.
And you can't have an Allman Brothers gig without an Allman brother. I've heard people try to argue that you can, but I'm not buying it.
You can't have the Allman Brothers without Butch Trucks and Gregg Allman. Those are just irreplaceable spirits.
I have the distinction of being the only member of the Allman Brothers who has never missed a single show. I have played every single show the Allman Brothers have ever played.
One indisputable fact is that whatever has happened to, and with, the Allman Brothers Band, we've persevered.
Duane Allman inspired the group to explore the extended jam format that was already a staple of the Allman Brothers act. Moreover, his ferocious slide playing motivated Clapton to turn in some of the finest guitar performances of his career
No journalist knows the ins and outs of the Allman Brothers Band better than Alan Paul.
The one thing the Allman Brothers Band does not do is phone it in. They bring it every night and that's something I draw from.
The Allman Brothers Band has a long, storied history and I wouldn't count them out. It's just not in the cards for me.
When we started the Allman Brothers Band, there was this great new technology that allowed us to get exposure: FM radio.
I think the first time I was at Red Rocks was my first gig as a member of the Allman Brothers Band, June of 1999.
When we started the Allman Brothers, it was all about the music.
Capricorn was one of the homes of the Southern rock movement with the Allman Brothers and Charlie Daniels and the Marshall Tucker Band. I don't think you can come from that area and not be influenced by that stuff a little bit, no matter what generation you grew up in.
I was not a big Allman Brothers fan but I could relate to that because that is what the flavor of the day was at that time - at least it was like that for me.
It wasn't unusual for an Allman Brothers record to cost $300,000.