THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND

 

Last updated: February 28, 2010
©2010 Hans van Ryswyk

FAMILY TREE: DUANE ALLMAN

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DUANE ALLMAN
b. Howard Duane Allman
November 20, 1946
Nashville, TN
d. October 29, 1971
Macon, GA

   
             
   

Y TEENS
(1961)

Duane Allman - Guitar, Vocals
Gregg Allman - Rhythm Guitar
??? - Bass
??? - Drums

   
             
   

THE SHUFFLERS
(1963)

Duane Allman - Vocals
Gregg Allman -Guitar
??? - Bass
??? - Drums

   
             
   

THE HOUSE ROCKERS / THE UNTILS
(1963-1964)

Jim Shepley - Guitar
??? - Bass
??? - Drums
occasionally with
Duane Allman - Guitar
or
Gregg Allman - Guitar

   
             
   

THE ESCORTS
(1964-1965)

Duane Allman - Guitar, Vocals
Gregg Allman - Rhythm Guitar, Vocals
Van Harrison - Bass, Vocals
Maynard Portwood - Drums

   
             
   

SWEET WILLIAM & THE STEREOS
(September 1964-Winter 1965)

Bill 'Sweet William' Sauls - Vocals
Duane Allman - Guitar
Bill Hileman - Drums
???
???

   
             
   

THE ALLMAN JOYS (1)
(1965-1966)
  

Duane Allman - Guitar, Vocals
Gregg Allman - Organ, Vocals
Bob Keller - Bass, Harmonica, Vocals
Maynard Portwood - Drums

   
             
   

THE ALLMAN JOYS (2)
(May 1966-end of 1966)

Duane Allman - Guitar
Gregg Allman - Organ, Vocals
Bob Keller - Bass
(replaced by Mike Alexander for a while)
Bill Connell - Drums

   
             
   

THE ALLMAN JOYS (3)
(the line-up on the album
'Early Allman', recorded August 1966
and released in 1973.
It is questionable whether this line-up is correct, as Bill Connell himself claims that he played drums on the entire album and Mike Alexander and Bob Keller also played bass during the sessions)

Duane Allman - Guitar
Gregg Allman - Organ, Vocals
Bobby Dennis - Rhythm Guitar
Jack Jackson - Rhythm Guitar
Ralph Ballinger - Bass
Tommy Amato - Drums
Ronnie Wilkins - Piano

   
             
   

THE ALLMAN JOYS (4)
(end of 1966-1967)

Duane Allman - Guitar
Gregg Allman - Organ, Vocals
Ralph Ballinger - Bass
Bill Connell - Drums

   
             
   

ALLMAN-ACT / ALMANAC / THE ALLMAN JOYS (5)
(1967)
(MORE INFO)

Duane Allman - Guitar
Gregg Allman - Organ, Vocals
Paul Hornsby - Keyboards
Mabron McKinney - Bass
Johnny Sandlin - Drums

   
             
   

HOUR GLASS (1)
(1967)

Duane Allman - Guitar
Gregg Allman - Organ, Vocals
Paul Hornsby - Keyboards, Guitar, Vocals
Mabron McKinney - Bass
Johnny Sandlin - Drums

   
             
   

HOUR GLASS (2)
(1967)
(this line-up only lasted a month)

Duane Allman - Guitar
Gregg Allman - Organ, Vocals
Paul Hornsby - Keyboards, Guitar, Vocals
Bob Keller - Bass
Johnny Sandlin - Drums

   
             
   

HOUR GLASS (3)
(end of 1967-1968)
  

Duane Allman - Guitar
Gregg Allman - Organ, Vocals
Paul Hornsby - Keyboards, Guitar, Vocals
Pete Carr - Bass, Guitar, Vocals
Johnny Sandlin - Drums

   
             
   

THE 31st OF FEBRUARY (2)
(September 1968 recording sessions)

Scott Boyer - Guitar, Vocals
David Brown - Bass
Butch Trucks - Drums
Duane Allman - Guitar
Gregg Allman - Piano, Vocals

   
             
   

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)

   
             
   

DUANE ALLMAN
(1968-1969)

Session guitarist for Fame Studios,
Muscle Shoals, AL

   
             
THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND (1)
(March 26, 1969 - October 29, 1971)
Berry Oakley
Bass
Gregg Allman
Lead Vocals, Hammond B-3 Organ, Electric Piano
Duane Allman
Lead Guitar, Slide Guitar
(died October 29, 1971)
Dickey Betts
Lead Guitar, Vocals
Butch Trucks
Drums, Percussion
Jaimoe
Drums
             
   

DEREK & THE DOMINOS
(1970)
     

Eric Clapton - Guitar, Vocals
Bobby Whitlock - Keyboards, Vocals
Carl Radle - Bass
Jim Gordon - Drums
with:
Duane Allman - Guitar