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Loading... One Way Out: The Inside History of the Allman Brothers Bandby Alan Paul
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. I grew up on the Allman Brothers and one of my first live concerts was ABB back in the 70s. I loved Dickey Betts and In Memory of Elizabeth Reed is still my favorite instrumental of all time. Having said that, this book makes Betts out to be a prick, and I suspect he probably was. The book is mainly the thoughts of the various members and crew, so I don"t doubt the content. However, if you want to maintain a rosy image of the band, this book will not serve you. I feel strange having read it, like I may have been better off giving this story a pass..It's kind of interesting how everyone continues to talk about Duane Allman as some kind of visionary, though he was with the band only at the outset. On the other hand, I stopped following the band after the album Brothers and Sisters, the best album that doesn't feature Duane. I did see ABB once in Japan in the 90s during a rare moment of band stability. Great show. ( ) Real good book about the ABB. A book written mostly through interviews, One Way Out has lots of great information and insight from the people who made that band what it is today. Lots of details about the members early on in their history, but after the fist breakup of the band there isn't the depth and attention given to the other iterations. While Mr. Paul covers all of the band's history, you can see that his focus was on the Duane -era ABB. Still a good book and something that should be read if you are a rock and roll person. I was a big ABB fan through the 70's and I continue to enjoy them somewhat. Good musicians, good people, good (and bad) times. And I enjoyed the book but it seemed to me that at times there was a little too much self-important puffery going on in there. Still, it's very much worth a read, especially if you're an Allman Brothers fan. no reviews | add a review
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References to this work on external resources. Wikipedia in English (18)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 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. No library descriptions found. |
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