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The Allman Brothers Band was an American rock band from Macon, Georgia.Formed in March 1969 by brothers Duane (guitar) and Gregg Allman (organ, vocals), the group originally also included guitarist and vocalist Dickey Betts, bassist Berry Oakley, and drummers Butch Trucks and Jai Johanny "Jaimoe" Johanson.
The group was signed to Macon, Georgia-based Capricorn Records by the suggestion of Duane Allman, guitarist and leader of the Allman Brothers Band. Cowboy's first album, Reach for the Sky , was released in 1970, and they supported the Allman Brothers on a national tour between 1970–71.
The Allman Brothers Band was an American rock band formed in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1969. [3] Its founding members were brothers Duane Allman (slide guitar, lead guitar) and Gregg Allman (vocals, keyboards), as well as Dickey Betts (lead guitar, vocals), Berry Oakley (bass), Butch Trucks (drums), and Jai Johanny "Jaimoe" Johanson (drums).
Albums released by the label included the Allmans’ Brothers and Sisters, At Fillmore East and Eat a Peach.Singles included the Allmans’ “Ramblin’ Man,” which went to No. 2 on the ...
In 1969, music promoter Phil Walden -- who had just created Capricorn Records with his brothers -- traveled to Muscle Shoals, Alabama, to recruit a gifted young guitarist named Duane Allman for ...
Betts wrote the band’s sole Top 10 single, “Ramblin’ Man,” in 1973 — a song that peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 that fall, held out of the top spot by “Half Breed,” a campy ...
When Warner Brothers could not successfully negotiate a buyout of the label in 1975, Capricorn made a new distribution deal with PolyGram. [2] In the following year Capricorn's most successful and prolific act, the Allman Brothers Band, would split up. The 1970s recession affected Capricorn record sales, especially later in the decade.
They released four albums on the Capricorn Records label in the 1970s: Reach for the Sky (1970), 5'll Getcha Ten (1971), Boyer and Talton (1974), and Cowboy (1977). The song "Please Be with Me"–perhaps their best-known song–featured a performance from Duane Allman. It was also later covered by Eric Clapton on his album 461 Ocean Boulevard ...