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Dixie Lullaby: A Story of Music, Race and New Beginnings in a New South

The book covers the contributions of numerous performers including the Allman Brothers Band, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Dr. John, R.E.M., Jason & the Scorchers, Gov't Mule, The Drive-By Truckers and Steve Earle.

Gregg Allman Band

The Gregg Allman Band, also known as Gregg Allman & Friends, is a Southern rock/blues rock group that Gregg Allman established and has led since the 1970s, during periods when Allman has been recording and performing separate from the Allman Brothers Band and has chosen not to perform exclusively as a solo artist.

Purple Onion

Warren Haynes (Allman Brothers Band) adds slide guitar on the "Buzzards of Green Hill" and Fish Fisher (Fishbone drummer) guests on "Whamola." "Whamola" was a live show staple named after the unique instrument Les employs -- a one-string bass played with a drumstick.

Summer Jam at Watkins Glen

The Summer Jam at Watkins Glen was a 1973 rock festival which once received the Guinness Book of World Records entry for "Largest audience at a pop festival." An estimated 600,000 rock fans came to the Watkins Glen Grand Prix Raceway outside of Watkins Glen, New York on July 28, 1973, to see the Allman Brothers Band, The Band, and the Grateful Dead perform.


see also

A Decade of Hits

A Decade of Hits 1969–1979, a compilation album by The Allman Brothers Band

Peakin' at the Beacon

Peakin' at the Beacon was the first Allman Brothers Band album to include Derek Trucks on guitar and Oteil Burbridge on bass, and the last to include founding member Dickey Betts.

Twiggs County, Georgia

Chuck Leavell, an American musician and current tree farmer in Twiggs County, Georgia, who was a member of The Allman Brothers Band during the height of their 1970's popularity, a founding member of the jazz-rock combo Sea Level, a frequently-employed session musician, and long-time touring member of The Rolling Stones.

Virgil Trucks

Trucks' great nephew, Derek, is also currently a member of the Allman Brothers Band and has a band with his wife, Susan Tedeschi, Tedeschi Trucks Band.