The Allman Brothers Band history reads like an Italian opera, with death, betrayal and reconciliation played against a background of worldwide fame, rapturous fans and stunning music. At the center of ...

“I’ve definitely lived a dangerous life,” admits guitar legend Dickey Betts, “but not really that much different than a lot of other rock and rollers.” Case in point: Of the six original members of ...

Rick Derringer’s guitar talents made him a go-to player for artists across the spectrum. Over the course of his 60-year career, the guitarist — who died May 26 — performed onstage or on record with ...

Duane Allman rubbed elbows with a number of famous musical peers over his short career, but one guitarist blew him away ...

Dickey Betts, whose country-inflected songwriting and blazing, lyrical guitar work opposite Duane Allman in the Allman Brothers Band helped define the Southern rock genre of the ‘60s and ‘70s, died ...

The original Allman Brothers Band, the pre-October 29, 1971 version, was the brainchild of Duane Allman. The aural record of the band from this period has been augmented substantially since the advent ...

On April 7, 1972, the Alllman Brothers Band performed at Manley Field House on the Syracuse University campus. More than half a century later, a recording of the concert is finally being released as a ...

Thanks to a distinct melting pot of genres, a scintillating dual guitar act that reinvented the wheel for two-pronged player partnerships and a borderline unrivaled live energy, the Allman Brothers ...

Maybe it was in his DNA. Or his upbringing. Or maybe it was inevitable that Derek Trucks would become a guitar hero. He is the nephew of Allman Brothers drummer Butch Trucks. He’s named after Derek & ...

Just like the songs I leave behind me / I’m gonna live forever now, outlaw country musician Billy Joe Shaver boldly declared in his 1993 hit “Live Forever.” Penned by Shaver and his late son, Eddy, ...