The Allman Brothers Band discography | |
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Studio albums | 12 |
Live albums | 7 |
Compilation albums | 18 |
Video albums | 4 |
Singles | 22 |
Retrospective live albums | 19 |
The Allman Brothers Band [1] was an American rock band formed in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1969 by brothers Duane Allman (slide guitar and lead guitar) and Gregg Allman (vocals, keyboards, songwriting), as well as Dickey Betts (lead guitar, vocals, songwriting), Berry Oakley (bass guitar), Butch Trucks (drums), and Jai Johanny "Jaimoe" Johanson (drums). The band incorporated elements of Southern rock, blues, jazz, and country music, and their live shows featured jam band-style improvisation and instrumentals.
The group's first two studio releases stalled commercially, but their 1971 live release, At Fillmore East , represented an artistic and commercial breakthrough. The album features extended renderings of their songs "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" and "Whipping Post", and is often considered the best live album ever made. Group leader Duane Allman was killed in a motorcycle accident later that year, and the band dedicated Eat a Peach (1972) in his memory, a dual studio/live album that cemented the band's popularity. Following the motorcycle death of bassist Berry Oakley later that year, the group recruited keyboardist Chuck Leavell and bassist Lamar Williams for 1973's Brothers and Sisters , which, combined with the hit single "Ramblin' Man", placed the group at the forefront of 1970s rock music. Internal turmoil overtook them soon after; the group dissolved in 1976, reformed briefly at the end of the decade with additional personnel changes, and dissolved again in 1982.
The band reformed once more in 1989, releasing a string of new albums and touring heavily. A series of personnel changes in the late 1990s was capped by the departure of Betts. The group found stability during the 2000s with bassist Oteil Burbridge and guitarists Warren Haynes (in his second stint with the band) and Derek Trucks (the nephew of their drummer) and became renowned for their month-long string of shows at New York City's Beacon Theatre each spring. The band retired for good in 2014. The band has been awarded seven gold and four platinum albums, [2] and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995. Rolling Stone ranked them 52nd on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time in 2004. [3]
More so than most bands, the Allman Brothers have frequently released live albums that filled the role of conventional studio albums, in that they were recently recorded and often contained new material not on any studio album, or significantly lengthened or revamped versions of studio material. An integral part of the contemporaneous evolution of the band, such live albums are included in this section.
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||||
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US [4] | CA [5] | AUS [6] | GE [7] | NO [8] | NDL [9] | NZ [10] | UK [11] | ||||||
The Allman Brothers Band | 188 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
Idlewild South |
| 38 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
At Fillmore East (live) | 13 | 44 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
Eat a Peach (part live) |
| 4 | 12 | 35 | — | — | — | — | — |
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Brothers and Sisters |
| 1 | 1 | 5 | 52 | — | 10 | — | 42 |
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Win, Lose or Draw |
| 5 | 79 | — | — | — | — | 14 | — |
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Wipe the Windows, Check the Oil, Dollar Gas (live) |
| 75 | 71 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
Enlightened Rogues |
| 9 | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Reach for the Sky |
| 27 | 74 | 92 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
Brothers of the Road |
| 44 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
Seven Turns | 53 | 42 | — | — | 19 | — | — | — | |||||
Shades of Two Worlds |
| 85 | 78 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
An Evening with the Allman Brothers Band: First Set (live) |
| 80 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
Where It All Begins |
| 45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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An Evening with the Allman Brothers Band: 2nd Set (live) |
| 88 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
Peakin' at the Beacon (live) |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
Hittin' the Note |
| 37 | — | — | 55 | — | — | — | — | ||||
One Way Out (live) |
| 190 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart. |
Retrospective live albums are concert recordings "from the vault" that were released on CD or LP years after the actual performances. Many of these albums feature the original lineup of the Allman Brothers Band, including Duane Allman on lead and slide guitar and Berry Oakley on bass.
Title | Release date | Notes |
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Live at Ludlow Garage: 1970 | April 20, 1990 |
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Fillmore East, February 1970 | 1996 |
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American University 12/13/70 | April 2002 |
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S.U.N.Y. at Stonybrook: Stonybrook, NY 9/19/71 | March 2003 |
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Live at the Atlanta International Pop Festival: July 3 & 5, 1970 | October 21, 2003 |
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Macon City Auditorium: 2/11/72 | 2004 |
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Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY: 5/1/73 | 2005 |
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Boston Common, 8/17/71 | 2007 |
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Play All Night: Live at the Beacon Theatre 1992 | February 18, 2014 |
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Live from A&R Studios | April 1, 2016 |
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The Fox Box | March 24, 2017 |
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Cream of the Crop 2003 | June 15, 2018 |
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Fillmore West '71 | September 6, 2019 |
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The Final Note | October 16, 2020 |
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Warner Theatre, Erie, PA 7-19-05 | October 16, 2020 |
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Down in Texas '71 | March 26, 2021 |
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Syria Mosque | October 28, 2022 |
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Manley Field House, Syracuse University, April 7, 1972 | January 12, 2024 |
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Final Concert 10-28-14 | October 25, 2024 |
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Title | Album Details | Peak chart positions | Certification | |||
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US [4] | CA [5] | GE [7] | UK [11] | |||
Beginnings |
| 25 | 38 | — | — |
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The Road Goes On Forever |
| 43 | — | — | 54 | |
The Best of the Allman Brothers Band [17] |
| — | — | — | — |
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Dreams |
| 103 | — | — | — |
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A Decade of Hits 1969–1979 |
| 39 | — | — | — |
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Ramblin' Man [18] |
| — | — | — | — | |
Hell & High Water: The Best of the Arista Years [19] |
| — | — | — | — | |
Legendary Hits [20] |
| — | — | — | — | |
The Best of the Allman Brothers Band Live [21] |
| — | — | — | — | |
Mycology: An Anthology |
| — | — | — | — | |
Madness of the West [22] |
| — | — | — | — | |
20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Allman Brothers Band |
| 89 | — | — | — |
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Still Rockin' [23] |
| — | — | — | — | |
Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: The Allman Brothers Band [24] |
| — | — | — | — | |
Stand Back: The Anthology |
| — | — | — | — | |
The Essential Allman Brothers Band: The Epic Years |
| — | — | — | — | |
Gold |
| — | — | — | — | |
Playlist Plus [25] |
| — | — | — | — | |
Green Series: The Best of the Allman Brothers Band [26] |
| — | — | — | — | |
Trouble No More: 50th Anniversary Collection |
| — | — | 51 | — |
Title | Album Details | Peak Chart Position | Certification |
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US | |||
Brothers of the Road |
| — | |
Live at Great Woods |
| — |
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Live at the Beacon Theatre |
| 14 |
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40 |
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Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Record label | B-side | Album | |||||
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US | US Main. | CAN | ||||||||
1969 | "Black Hearted Woman" | — | — | — | Capricorn Records | "Every Hungry Woman" | The Allman Brothers Band | |||
1970 | "Revival (Love Is Everywhere)" | 92 | — | — | "Leave My Blues at Home" | Idlewild South | ||||
"Midnight Rider" | — | — | — | "Whipping Post" | ||||||
1972 | "Ain't Wastin' Time No More" | 77 | — | — | "Melissa" | Eat a Peach | ||||
"Melissa" | 86 | — | — | "Blue Sky" | ||||||
"One Way Out" | 86 | — | — | "Standback" | ||||||
1973 | "Ramblin' Man" | 2 | — | 7 | "Pony Boy" | Brothers and Sisters | ||||
"Jessica" | 65 | — | 35 | "Come and Go Blues" | ||||||
1975 | "Nevertheless" | 67 | — | — | "Louisiana Lou and Three Card Monty John" (A-side) | Win, Lose or Draw | ||||
"Louisiana Lou and Three Card Monty John" | 78 | — | — | "Nevertheless" | ||||||
1979 | "Crazy Love" | 29 | — | 61 | "Just Ain't Easy" | Enlightened Rogues | ||||
"Can't Take It with You" | 105 | — | — | "Sail Away" | ||||||
1980 | "Angeline" | 58 | — | — | Arista Records | "So Long" | Reach for the Sky | |||
"Mystery Woman" | — | — | — | "Hell and High Water" | ||||||
1981 | "Straight from the Heart" | 39 | 11 | — | "Leavin'" | Brothers of the Road | ||||
"Two Rights" | — | — | — | "Never Knew How Much (I Needed You)" | ||||||
1990 | "Good Clean Fun" | — | 1 | 69 | Epic Records | "Seven Turns" | Seven Turns | |||
"Seven Turns" | — | 12 | — | "Good Clean Fun" (A-Side) | ||||||
"It Ain't Over Yet" | — | 26 | — | - | ||||||
1991 | "End of the Line" | — | 2 | 74 | - | Shades of Two Worlds | ||||
1994 | "No One to Run With" | — | 7 | 32 | Sony Music | - | Where It All Begins | |||
"Back Where It All Begins" | — | 29 | 92 | - | ||||||
2003 | "Firing Line" | — | 37 | ? | Sanctuary Records | - | Hittin' the Note | |||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart. "?" indicates no info at this time |
Year | Video |
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1990 | "Good Clean Fun" |
"Seven Turns" |
"Instant Live" releases are albums offered at the end of various Allman concerts, recording the majority of the concert, and making an album from the sound board recording. [27] An example is Rosemont Theatre, Chicago, 9/01/04 .
Album | Songs | Year |
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Mar y Sol: The First International Puerto Rico Pop Festival | "Ain't Wastin' Time No More" | 1972 |
The Best of King Biscuit Live Volume 3 [28] | "Ramblin' Man" | 1991 |
Live @ the World Cafe 18: I'll Take You There [29] | "Midnight Rider" | 2004 |
Endless Highway: The Music of The Band | "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" | 2007 |
All My Friends: Celebrating the Songs & Voice of Gregg Allman [30] | "Dreams", "Whipping Post" | 2014 |
The Allman Brothers Band was an American rock band formed in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1969 by brothers Duane Allman and Gregg Allman, as well as Dickey Betts, Berry Oakley (bass), Butch Trucks (drums), and Jai Johanny "Jaimoe" Johanson (drums). Subsequently based in Macon, Georgia, they incorporated elements of blues, jazz and country music and their live shows featured jam band-style improvisation and instrumentals.
At Fillmore East is the first live album by American rock band the Allman Brothers Band, and their third release overall. Produced by Tom Dowd, the album was released on July 6, 1971 in the United States, by Capricorn Records. As the title indicates, the recording took place at the New York City music venue Fillmore East, which was run by concert promoter Bill Graham. It was recorded over the course of three nights in March 1971 and features the band performing extended jam versions of songs such as "Whipping Post", "You Don't Love Me" and "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed". When first commercially released, it was issued as a double LP with just seven songs across four vinyl sides.
Eat a Peach is the third studio album and the first double album by American rock band the Allman Brothers Band. Produced by Tom Dowd, the album was released on February 12, 1972, in the United States by Capricorn Records. It was the band's fourth album since their debut The Allman Brothers Band in 1969; released as a double album, it constitutes both their third studio album and second live album, containing a mix of live and studio recordings released in 1972. Following their artistic and commercial breakthrough with the July 1971 release of the live album At Fillmore East, the Allman Brothers Band got to work on their third studio album. Drug use among the band became an increasing problem, and at least one member underwent rehab for heroin addiction. On October 29, 1971, lead and slide guitarist Duane Allman, group leader and founder, was killed in a motorcycle accident in the band's adopted hometown of Macon, Georgia, making it the final album to feature him.
Howard Duane Allman was an American rock and blues guitarist and the founder and original leader of the Allman Brothers Band, for which he was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995.
The Fillmore East was rock promoter Bill Graham's rock venue on Second Avenue near East 6th Street on the Lower East Side section of Manhattan, now called the East Village, in New York City. The venue was open from March 8, 1968, to June 27, 1971, and featured some of the biggest acts in rock music of that time. The Fillmore East was a companion to Graham's Fillmore Auditorium, and its successor, the Fillmore West, in San Francisco.
"Mountain Jam" is an improvised instrumental jam by The Allman Brothers Band, based on Donovan's 1967 hit song "There Is a Mountain". The first known recording of a performance was done on May 4, 1969, at Macon Central Park. "Mountain Jam" was originally released in 1972 on the album Eat a Peach, as recorded at the Fillmore East concert hall in March 1971. It is this rendition that is best known.
John Lee Johnson, frequently known by the stage names Jai Johanny Johanson and Jaimoe, is an American drummer and percussionist. He is best known as one of the founding members of the Allman Brothers Band and, with the death of Dickey Betts on April 18, 2024, he is the last surviving original member of the band.
Raymond Berry Oakley III was an American bassist and one of the founding members of the Allman Brothers Band. Known for his long, melodic bass runs, he was ranked number 46 on Bass Player magazine's list of "The 100 Greatest Bass Players of All Time". He was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Allman Brothers Band in 1995.
The Allman Brothers Band is the debut studio album by American rock band the Allman Brothers Band. Produced by Adrian Barber, it was released in the United States on November 4, 1969, by Atco Records' subsidiary Capricorn. Formed in 1969, the Allman Brothers Band came together following various musical pursuits by each individual member. Guitarist and bandleader Duane Allman moved to Jacksonville, Florida where he led large jam sessions with his new band, one he had envisioned as having two guitarists and two drummers. After rounding out the lineup with the addition of his brother, Gregg Allman, the band moved to Macon, Georgia, where they were to be one of the premiere acts on Capricorn.
Idlewild South is the second studio album by American rock band the Allman Brothers Band. Produced by Tom Dowd, the album was released on September 23, 1970 in the United States, by Atco Records and Capricorn Records. Following the release of their 1969 debut, the Allman Brothers Band toured the United States extensively to promote the album, which had little commercial success. Their performances, however, did create positive word of mouth exposure that extended to more famous musicians, such as Eric Clapton, who invited group leader Duane Allman to contribute to his 1970 album Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs.
Brothers and Sisters is the fourth studio album by American rock band The Allman Brothers Band. Co-produced by Johnny Sandlin and the band, the album was released in August 1973 in the United States, by Capricorn Records. Following the death of group leader Duane Allman in 1971, the Allman Brothers Band released Eat a Peach (1972), a hybrid studio/live album that became their biggest-selling album to date. Afterwards, the group purchased a farm in Juliette, Georgia, to become a "group hangout". However, bassist Berry Oakley was visibly suffering from the death of Duane, excessively drinking and consuming drugs. In November 1972, after nearly a year of severe depression, Oakley was killed in a motorcycle accident, making it the last album on which he played.
"In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" is an instrumental composition by the American group The Allman Brothers Band. It first appeared on their second studio album, Idlewild South (1970), released on Capricorn Records. The jazz-influenced piece was written by guitarist Dickey Betts, among his first writing credits for the group. Betts named it after a headstone he saw for Elizabeth Jones Reed Napier in Rose Hill Cemetery in the band's hometown of Macon, Georgia. Multiple versions of the composition have been recorded, with the version performed on the group's 1971 live album At Fillmore East generally considered the definitive rendition.
The Road Goes On Forever was The Allman Brothers Band's first compilation album, a two-LP set released in 1975. It featured songs from the Allmans' first five albums. In 2001, an expanded edition was released featuring 13 more tracks. The album's title is a line from "Midnight Rider."
Live at the Atlanta International Pop Festival: July 3 & 5, 1970 is a two-CD live album by the Allman Brothers Band. It features their two performances at the 1970 Atlanta International Pop Festival, at the Middle Georgia Raceway in Byron, Georgia. It was released in 2003.
S.U.N.Y. at Stonybrook: Stonybrook, NY 9/19/71 is a two-CD live album by the Allman Brothers Band. The second of a series of archival concert albums from the Allman Brothers Band Recording Company, it features the original lineup of the group. It was released in 2003.
"Whipping Post" is a song by The Allman Brothers Band. Written by Gregg Allman, the five-minute studio version first appeared on their 1969 debut album The Allman Brothers Band. The song was regularly played live and was the basis for much longer and more intense performances. This was captured in the Allman Brothers' 1971 double live album At Fillmore East, where a 22-minute, 40-second rendition of the song takes up the entire final side. It was this recording that garnered "Whipping Post" spots on both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll list and Rolling Stone's list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time", which wrote, "the song is best appreciated in the twenty-three-minute incarnation on At Fillmore East."
"One Way Out" is a blues song that was recorded in the early 1960s by both Sonny Boy Williamson II and Elmore James. A reworking of the song by G. L. Crockett, titled "It's a Man Down Here", appeared on the Billboard record charts in 1965. In 1971, the Allman Brothers Band recorded an updated live version of the song, which was included on their popular Eat a Peach album (1972).
Boston Common, 8/17/71 is a live album by the rock group the Allman Brothers Band. As the name suggests, it was recorded at Boston Common in Boston, Massachusetts, on August 17, 1971. It is the fifth archival release by the Allman Brothers Band Recording Company, and the third one to feature the original lineup of the band. It was released in 2007, and re-released in 2014.
Live from A&R Studios is an album by the Allman Brothers Band. It was recorded on August 26, 1971, at A&R Studios in New York City for a live radio broadcast. It was released on April 1, 2016.
Fillmore West '71 is a four-CD live album by the Allman Brothers Band. It was recorded January 29 – January 31, 1971, at the Fillmore West in San Francisco. It was released on September 6, 2019.