The REAL greatest southern rock band of all
time. The Allman Brothers were a blues-rock band from Macon,
Georgia. There were actually only
two real "Allman brothers" in the band, Duane (the 2nd greatest guitarist of all
time, according to Rolling
Stone), and Gregg, who played organ. The other members were lead guitarist Dickey Betts, bassist Berry Oakley, and drummers
Butch Trucks and Jaimoe Johanson. Sadly, Duane Allman was killed in a motorcycle accident in 1971, and Berry Oakley met the same fate just a year later. The remaining members stumbled along until the early '80s, when they dissolved due to infighting and drug abuse. They reunited with several new members in 1989, and continue to tour. In 2000, Dickey Betts was fired because of his alcoholism, and the band has continued without him.
Seriously, Lynyrd Skynyrd is great, but they are far from the greatest southern rock
band of all
time. The Allman Brothers invented the genre, and they're still the best.