The Road Goes on Forever: Fifty Years of The Allman Brothers Band Music (1969-2019)

Michael Buffalo Smith

The Road Goes on Forever: Fifty Years of The Allman Brothers Band Music (1969-2019)
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Mercer University Press
Country
United States
Published
1 August 2019
Pages
352
ISBN
9780881467123

The Road Goes on Forever: Fifty Years of The Allman Brothers Band Music (1969-2019)

Michael Buffalo Smith

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The Road Goes on Forever utilizes history, personal interviews, and many collected documents to aid in the telling of the story of the humble beginnings and career of the original Southern rock band on this, the 50th anniversary of their formation. Author Michael Buffalo Smith personally spoke with former Allman Brothers members including Gregg Allman, Dickey Betts, Butch Trucks, Warren Haynes, and Allen Woody, as well as producers, engineers, roadies, and fans to create a tribute to Macon, Georgia’s greatest rock and roll export. Smith takes us inside the Big House on Vineville Avenue in Macon where the band lived during their peak years and into Capricorn Studios where they recorded all of their original albums. The albums are each given the spotlight as well, including Gregg and Dickey’s solo projects, and the book explores the exhaustive list of recording credits accumulated by Duane Allman during his far too short career. There is a complete review of the unprecedented 40th anniversary Beacon Theatre residency in 2009 that found the band joined onstage by a veritable Who’s Who of contemporary music greats. More than just a history of the greatest Southern band of all time, The Road Goes on Forever is a reference manual for fans of the band–a book filled with ramblin’ men, blue skies, Georgia peaches, and great music. Chuck Leavell, former band member and current Rolling Stones band leader, provides the foreword.

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