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The Allman Brothers Band: A History

Article by Kim Welsh Photos by Sidney Smith (SidneySmithPhotos.com) Music was an Allman family tradition. They hailed from the Tennessee hill country forty miles west of Nashville. Weekends were spent listening to the Grand Ole Opry on the radio and many family members sang and played traditional instruments-mandolin, guitar, banjo- performing gospel and Carter family classics and in barbershop… »