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• The band has always viewed itself as the original alternative band. They went out there breaking all the rules. They insisted on doing their way, not the way the industry told them they had to do it.
• We have two drummers and percussionist and two lead guitar players. None of these bands have that kind of firepower.
• [Butch Trucks] I'd kind of grown up with a classical background and Duane and Gregg with the Blues. Plus, my background was Gospel. But then with Dickey with the Blues and the Country background, it all kind of melted. That first year or two, all we listened to was Miles and Trane and people like that in the jazz idiom.
• [Butch Trucks] Well, I left Florida State College with a couple of friends in '67 and went to Daytona to make it big playing music. We went to college to stay out of Vietnam, is all we were doing. They finally kicked us out of college for not coming to class. We left Tallahassee and headed to Daytona to strike it big. We had a band that was good, but you couldn't dance to it, so we couldn't get work.
• [Dickey Betts] Duane Allman was one of the best there ever was ... when you listen to him, you are hearing a truly gifted individual giving his all to the music, and there is nothing better than that. Duane played music the same way that he rode his motorcycle and drove his car .. he was a daredevil, just triple Scorpio, God's-on-my-side wide open... that was part of the romance and I loved Duane. I have nothing but admiration for him.
• [Dickey Betts] Duane Allman didn't see himself as the bandleader .. he led by example, and you gained a lot of respect from Duane if you earned it, if you proved you could keep up with him. If you couldn't, you'd either end up in awe of him or you might not even like him. He was very different from Jerry Garcia (guitar/leader of the Grateful Dead) who was very easy going. Duane didn't have time to be easy going ... there was much more urgency to his personality.
• [Dickey Betts] Duane Allman was bursting with energy ... he was a force to be reckoned with. His drive and focus, as well as his intense belief in himself and our band, was incredible. He knew we were going to make it. We all knew we were a good band, but no one had that supreme confidence like he did, and it was a great thing, because his confidence and enthusiam were infectious... it says a lot that his hero was Muhammad Ali. That kind of supreme confidence that Ali had - that's where Duane was coming from.
Allman Brothers Album Discography
2004 - One Way Out
2003 - Hittin' the Note
2000 - Peakin' at the Beacon
1995 - An Evening with the Allman Brothers Band: Second Set
1994 - Where It All Begins
1992 - An Evening with the Allman Brothers Band: First Set
1991 - Shades of Two Worlds
1990 - Seven Turns
1981 - Brothers of the Road
1980 - Reach for the Sky
1979 - Enlightened Rogues
1976 - Wipe the Windows, Check the Oil, Dollar Gas
1975 - Win, Lose or Draw
1973 - Brothers and Sisters
1972 - Eat a Peach
1971 - At Fillmore East
1970 - Idlewild South
1969 - The Allman Brothers Band
Allman Brothers Single Discography
1990 - Good Clean Fun1981 - Two Rights
1981 - Straight from the Heart
1980 - Mystery Woman
1980 - Angeline
1979 - Can't Take It With You
1979 - Crazy Love
1975 - Louisiana Lou and Three Card Monty John
1973 - Jessica
1973 - Ramblin' Man
1972 - Ain't Wastin' Time No More
1970 - Revival
1969 - Black Hearted Woman
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