The REAL greatest southern rock band of all time. The
Allman Brothers were a blues-rock band from Macon, Georgia. There were actually only two real "
Allman brothers" in the band, Duane (the 2nd greatest guitarist of all time, according to Rolling Stone), and Gregg, who played organ. The other members were lead guitarist Dickey
Betts, bassist Berry Oakley, and drummers Butch Trucks and Jaimoe
Johanson. Sadly,
Duane Allman was killed in a motorcycle accident in 1971, and Berry Oakley met the same fate just a year later. The remaining members stumbled along until the early '80s, when they dissolved due to infighting and drug abuse. They reunited with several new members in 1989, and continue to tour. In 2000, Dickey Betts was fired because of his alcoholism, and the band has continued without him.
Seriously,
Lynyrd Skynyrd is great, but they are far from the greatest
southern rock band of
all time. The Allman Brothers invented the genre, and they're still the best.