Allman Brothers Band (Official Thread)

[gguerra]

Allman Brothers 9-23-70 Fillmore East

Found this recently and I thought I would share with the truly die hard Allman Brothers fans. This one features Duane and Greg together in their heydey. The mix and camera work could be better but the music comes through.

 

[Sharp Dressed Man]

Found this recently and I thought I would share with the truly die hard Allman Brothers fans. This one features Duane and Greg together in their heydey. The mix and camera work could be better but the music comes through.

Great video! Why not post it directly in the Allman Brothers thread? Well, I've moved it here!

 

[recgord27]

Found this recently and I thought I would share with the truly die hard Allman Brothers fans. This one features Duane and Greg together in their heydey. The mix and camera work could be better but the music comes through.

Thanks for the post gguerra. Especially love the early Duane Allman era stuff from them. Excellent 70's jam band

 

[Radagast]

Southern Rock

IMO, The Allman Brothers Band are the Standard for Southern Rock. The Marshall Tucker Band would come next in line.

Lynyrd Skynyrd and such were never on my to buy list. Don't wish to explain as it may tend to offend other members.

 

[Johnny-Too-Good]

Go ahead - offend!

 

[Sharp Dressed Man]

IMO, The Allman Brothers Band are the Standard for Southern Rock. The Marshall Tucker Band would come next in line.

Lynyrd Skynyrd and such were never on my to buy list. Don't wish to explain as it may tend to offend other members.

The thing is, while there probably wouldn't be any southern rock without The Allman Brothers, their old material is much more blues oriented than what is generally considered southern rock today. Skynyrd took their inspiration from The Allmans, Buffalo Springfield (3 guitars), British rock bands like the Stones, The Beatles, etc. and growing up with country music, combined all of that and basically created southern rock.

Now, don't get me wrong, I LOVE the Allman Brothers and their importance cannot be overstated, BUT again, for me personally, they are not the ultimate SOUTHERN ROCK band.

Feel free to post your thoughts on Skynyrd, Radagast, as long as you keep it civil, nobody will get offended - and even if they do, you have the right to your opinion.

 

[Radagast]

love this band !

 

[joker1961]

the Allman Brothers Band are f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-fabulous yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees

 

[JimJam]

The Allmans are my idea of the ultimate in Southern rock and, along with the Dead, the ultimate in jam bands.

The comparison tends to be the Allmans versus Skynyrd but one was a jam band and the other was not and that's a big distinction. Free Bird is really more of an extended and controlled rave-up than a jam but it's probably the closest the original band came to a jam. The Allmans of course had a slew of great songs minus the jams in their studio recordings but the big difference in the approaches of the two bands came in their concerts.

 

[joker1961]

The Allmans are my idea of the ultimate in Southern rock and, along with the Dead, the ultimate in jam bands.

The comparison tends to be the Allmans versus Skynyrd but one was a jam band and the other was not and that's a big distinction. Free Bird is really more of an extended and controlled rave-up than a jam but it's probably the closest the original band came to a jam. The Allmans of course had a slew of great songs minus the jams in their studio recordings but the big difference in the approaches of the two bands came in their concerts.

add blackberry smoke too!