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One Way Out is the powerful biography of The Allman Brothers Band, an oral history written with the band's participation and filled with original, never-before-published interviews as well as personal letters and correspondence. This is the most in-depth look at a legendary American rock band that has meant so much to so many for so long.
For twenty-five years, Alan Paul has covered and written about The Allman Brothers Band, conducting hundreds of interviews, riding the buses with them, attending rehearsals and countless shows. He has interviewed every living band member for this book as well as managers, roadies, and contemporaries, including: Gregg Allman, Dickey Betts, Jaimoe, Butch Trucks, Warren Haynes, Derek Trucks, Oteil Burbridge, the late Allen Woody, Jimmy Herring, Eric Clapton, Bob Weir, and many others.
Tracking the band's career from their 1969 formation to today, One Way Out is filled with musical and cultural insights, riveting tales of sometimes violent personality conflicts and betrayals, drug and alcohol use, murder allegations and exoneration, tragic early deaths, road stories, and much more, including the most in-depth look at the acrimonious 2000 parting with founding guitarist Dickey Betts and behind-the-scenes information on the recording of At Fillmore East, Layla, Eat A Peach, Brothers and Sisters, and other classic albums.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Author's Note xi
Cast of Characters xiii
FOREWORD BY BUTCH TRUCKS xix
PROLOGUE 1
1. BEGINNINGS 13
2. PLAYING IN THE BAND 17
3. GEORGIA ON A FAST TRAIN 32
4. DREAMS 51
SIDEBAR: DOUBLE TROUBLE 67
5. ONE MORE TRY 71
SIDEBAR: BLUE SUEDE 76
6. KEEP ON GROWING 81
7. LIVING ON THE OPEN ROAD 92
8. LIVE ALIVE 116
9. PUSH PUSH 135
10. SWEET LULLABY 143
11. MEAN OLD WORLD 147
12. WILL THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN? 157
13. AIN'T WASTING TIME NO MORE 165
SIDEBAR: SWEET MELISSA 176
14. DRUNKEN HEARTED BOY 179
SIDEBAR: THE BIG HOUSE 195
15. GOIN' DOWN THE ROAD FEELING BAD 198
16. DEMONS 211
17. MOUNTAIN JAM 218
18. SHINE IT ON 225
SIDEBAR: SOUTHERN MEN 232
19. END OF THE LINE 234
SIDEBAR: OR GA NI ZA TION MAN 242
20. CAN'T SPEND WHAT YOU AIN'T GOT 245
21. IT WAS TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY 265
22. REVIVAL 277
SIDEBAR: MARCH MADNESS 288
23. SECOND SET 290
24. STAND BACK 318
SIDEBAR: KICKIN' ASS 336
25. LAY YOUR BURDEN DOWN 340
26. WALK ON GILDED SPLINTERS 351
27. ONE MORE RIDE 357
SIDEBAR: YOUNGER BROTHER 367
28. HITTIN' THE NOTE 371
29. THE ROAD GOES ON FOREVER 379
AFTERWORD BY JAIMOE 399
Acknowledgments 403
APPENDIX: A HIGHLY OPINIONATED
ABB DISCOGRAPHY 407
Index 419
