The Allman Brothers Band broke up again after Brothers of the Road, to some degree, because the times didn't suit them anymore. "The '80s saw the onslaught of electronic music — synthesizers, electric ...

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The Allman Brothers — Duane Allman (from left), Dickey Betts, Gregg Allman, Jai Johanny Johanson, Berry Oakley and Butch Trucks — in 1969 outside Macon, Ga. (Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images) Then ...

Now finally, today we spent a lot of time remembering Jimmy Carter's legacy as a politician and humanitarian. Now we're going to learn how Jimmy Carter's love of music and his friendship with the ...

Thanks to a distinct melting pot of genres, a scintillating dual guitar act that reinvented the wheel for two-pronged player partnerships and a borderline unrivaled live energy, the Allman Brothers ...

The Allman Brothers Band lead guitarist Dickey Betts plays with the band during their concert in Dallas, TX, at the Starplex Amphitheater in May 2003. File Photo/Staff / 130977 Dickey Betts, who died ...

A bunch of wildly talented Florida boys, including guitar-wielding hellion Dickey Betts, formed The Allman Brothers Band in 1969. They were rock stars in the ’70s, nearly became a rock footnote in the ...

On Nov. 2, 1972, the Allman Brothers Band made their live debut with a new lineup. Duane Allman, the band’s transcendent guitarist and leader, had died a year earlier in a motorcycle accident. His ...

On the way to being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and collecting a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, The Allman Brothers Band delivered some of the most explosive live shows ever ...