THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND

 

Last updated: January 28, 2012
 ©2009-2012 Hans van Ryswyk
FAMILY TREE: BERRY OAKLEY

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BERRY OAKLEY
b. Raymond Berry Oakley III
April 4, 1948
Chicago, IL
d. November 11, 1972
Macon, GA
   
             
   

THE VIBRATONES
(19??)

Berry Oakley - Guitar
 Bob Guziejka - Guitar, Vocals
Ron Sadus - Drums
Jerry Kokas - Bass
   
             
   

THE SHAYNES
(19??)

Berry Oakley - Guitar
 Bob Guziejka - Guitar, Vocals
Ron Sadus - Drums
Jerry Kokas - Bass
   
             
   

THE ROEMANS
(1966)

Berry Oakley - Bass
 Lanny Langford - Vocals
Bertie Higgins - Drums, Vocals
Ronnie Swartzcopf - Guitar, Vocals
Bob Glover - Lead Guitar, Vocals
   
             
   

THE JOKERS (2)
(around 1967)

Dickey Betts - Guitar
 Berry Oakley - Bass
 Dale Betts - Vocals
Reese Wynans - Keyboards
Larry Reinhardt - Guitar
John Meeks - Drums
Sometimes with:
Thom Doucette - Harmonica
   
             
   

THE BITTERSWEET
(19??)

Berry Oakley - Bass
 Reese Wynans - Keyboards
??? - Drums
??? - Guitar
   
             
   

THE SOUL CHILDREN
(around 1967/1968)

Dickey Betts - Guitar
 Dale Betts - Keyboards, Vocals
Larry Reinhardt - Guitar
??? - Bass
??? - Drums
Sometimes with:
Thom Doucette - Harmonica
 Berry Oakley - Bass
   
             
   

THE BLUES MESSENGERS
(around 1968)

Dickey Betts - Guitar
 Larry Reinhardt - Guitar
Dale Betts - Keyboards, Vocals
 Berry Oakley - Bass
 John Meeks - Drums
   
             
   

THE SECOND COMING
(1968-1969)
  

Dickey Betts - Guitar, Vocals
 Larry Reinhardt - Guitar
Dale Betts - Vocals
Reese Wynans - Organ
 Berry Oakley - Bass
 John Meeks - Drums (died October 14, 2007)
(Duane Allman sometimes jams with the group)
   
             
   

BERRY OAKLEY
(1969)

Recording demos with Duane Allman at Fame Studios,
Muscle Shoals, AL
   
             
THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND (1)
(March 26, 1969 - October 29, 1971)
Duane Allman
Lead Guitar, Slide Guitar
(died October 29, 1971)		 Gregg Allman
Lead Vocals, Hammond B-3 Organ, Electric Piano		 Dickey Betts
Lead Guitar, Vocals		 Berry Oakley
Bass		 Butch Trucks
Drums, Percussion		 Jaimoe
Drums		 Thom 'Ace' Doucette
Harmonica
(played as a regular guest
with the band from 1969
through the 2000s, although
he was never a member)
             
 

THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND (2)
(November 22, 1971 - October 1972)

  
  Gregg Allman
Lead Vocals, Hammond B-3 Organ, Electric Piano		 Dickey Betts
Lead Guitar, Slide Guitar, Vocals		 Berry Oakley
Bass		 Butch Trucks
Drums, Percussion		 Jaimoe
Drums		  
             

THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND (3)
(October 1972 - November 11, 1972)

  
Chuck Leavell
Piano		 Gregg Allman
Lead Vocals, Hammond B-3 Organ, Electric Piano		 Dickey Betts
Lead Guitar, Slide Guitar, Vocals		 Berry Oakley
Bass
(died November 11, 1972)		 Butch Trucks
Drums, Percussion		 Jaimoe
Drums