I agree but it might be a little too long for Angela

So, so true Joe. The same thing for Steve Winwood singing Gimme Some Lovin with the Spencer Davis Group.

So, so true Joe. The same thing for Steve Winwood singing Gimme Some Lovin with the Spencer Davis Group.

Yes, two of the greatest guitar slingers ever! Dickey Betts and Duane Allman, rip Duane

I'll second that! The best live album you will ever hear.

Hands down best live album in music history!!

I think of them as basically inventing the genre, but maybe there were predecessors?

And what genre is that? They fit in a number of rock sub-genres.

I agree as long as we throw Frank Zappa in the mix. Man............if you talk about tight bands and leave Zappa out then you need some schooling.😉😈

@@iamkarma20 Well I've never seen Zappa live, but from the live videos I've seen I don't think his band was as consistently tight as the Allman Brothers, especially pre 80's. They did sound much tighter after that, although the cover of Whipping Post wasn't nearly as tight as the Allman Brothers. Zappa was brilliant and I've loved him ever since I bought his first album, and the slight variations in timing of some of the instruments in the band was not enough to detract from the great overall performances. It might just be the result of all the changes in personnel over the years. The Who was another band who gave great performances, but weren't particularly tight in their early years, but became very tight in later years. I might be more critical because I've been playing for over 50 years and learned more than 300 songs by ear. When you do that you listen in a different way than you do when you listen to music for pleasure, and you become more aware of what each individual instrument is playing. In 1966 I decided to learn "Like a Rolling Stone". I was surprised when listening to realize the organ was coming in slightly late on almost every note, because I had listened to song so many times before and never noticed it. It didn't detract from the song. It wasn't until a few years ago that I ran across an interview with Al Kooper about being basically a beginner on the organ and coming in late on notes because he would look at the keyboard to be sure his fingers were on the right keys before he hit them. That wasn't a unique experience. I discovered a lot of small mistakes and a few very noticeable ones by Jimmy Page when I started learning Led Zeppelin songs. Again I had never noticed them when listening to them before and, again, they didn't really take away from the greatness of the songs. Another I found the reason for many years later. Jimmy rarely would do more than 3 takes on a song because he thought too much of the feelin of the song was lost after playing sequentially too many times. So even though I mentioned being struck by the tightness of the Allman Brothers band, It's just a small part of the overall quality of the band in my opinion. I wouldn't judge a band by how tight they were unless they were so loose that it was distracting.

The original band along with the Grateful Dead are my top two greatest bands of all time. I never saw the Ellington or Basie bands, Louis Armstrong’s hot 5 and 6 were before my time. I saw these two bands though. He legit authentic articles!!! The Allman’s have to also be one of he most tragic stories in music. Still dream of seeing Duane alive and well and getting the original six back together. Just about my favorite dream too!!! Btw, loved your reaction; it was priceless!!!

I heard an interview clip with Gregg a little while back. Even though I knew he was a Southern boy, it was surprising to hear how much of an accent he had when speaking. :)

Maybe formed in Florida, but they spent most of their time in and around Macon, GA

Yeah and in memory of elizabeth reed also....Totally awesome!