![]() ![]() Despite the many changes in membership to come, without question, upon this rock the ABB in particular and Southern rock in general sprouted and spun off in so many directions. ![]() At first, the group featured the line-up of Duane, his brother Gregg (vocals, organ, songwriting), Dickey Betts (lead guitar, vocals, songwriting), Berry Oakley (bass), and dual drummers Butch Trucks and Jai Johanny “Jaimoe” Johanson. We all know the Allman Brothers Band was the brainchild of guitar virtuoso Duane Allman. ![]() So it’s appropriate Paul lets those involved, the living members, managers, roadies, and contemporaries, some 60 voices in all, share how it all happened from the inside. The story, after all, is a very complex saga. No matter what you think you know about the ABB, One Way Out is bound to be revelatory on many levels. In his introduction to Alan Paul’s new One Way Out: The Inside Story of the Allman Brothers, drummer Butch Trucks noted many previous histories of the band have chronicled the “whos” and “whens.” But Paul’s oral history, built on interwoven interviews with those who were there, digs into the “hows” and “whys.” Trucks’ observation is pretty much spot on. ![]()
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