by Paul, Alan
(PHOTO © NEAL PRESTON 2013)
Gregg Allman relaxing on the road, Phoenix, 1973.
(PHOTO © NEAL PRESTON 2013)
Gregg Allman while being interviewed by young Rolling Stone writer Cameron Crowe in his Phoenix, Arizona, hotel room, 1973.
(PHOTO © NEAL PRESTON 2013)
Thom “Ace” Doucette and Gregg Allman outside Macon rehearsal space, 1974.
(PHOTO © GILBERT LEE, WWW.GILBERTLEE.COM)
Gregg Allman, Dickey Betts, and Lamar Williams in backstage rehearsal room, Boston, near the end of the first run.
(PHOTO © NEAL PRESTON 2013)
Gregg Allman, 1986.
(PHOTO BY KIRK WEST)
Dickey Betts, 1990.
(PHOTO BY KIRK WEST)
Butch Trucks, 1990.
(PHOTO BY KIRK WEST)
Jaimoe, 1990.
(PHOTO BY KIRK WEST)
Warren Haynes, 1990.
(PHOTO BY KIRK WEST)
Allen Woody, 1990.
(PHOTO BY KIRK WEST)
Rolling Stone photo shoot, Bradenton, Florida, April 1990.
(PHOTO BY KIRK WEST)
VH1 video shoot, Bradenton, April 1990.
(PHOTO BY KIRK WEST)
Gregg Allman passing through the Black Hills of South Dakota, August 1990.
(PHOTO BY KIRK WEST)
Haynes and Betts, 1990.
(PHOTO BY KIRK WEST)
Video shoot for “7 Turns.” A portrait of Dickey Betts minus Dickey Betts.
(PHOTO BY KIRK WEST)
Hay House, Macon, Georgia, December 30, 1991. Unused album cover shoot for An Evening With … First Set.
(PHOTO BY KIRK WEST)
Band with Bill Graham, Telluride, Colorado, June 1991.
(PHOTO © KEN FRIEDMAN 2013)
Warren Haynes, Dickey Betts, and Allen Woody, 1990.
(PHOTO BY KIRK WEST)
Derek Trucks and Dickey Betts, Atlanta, Georgia, 1991.
(PHOTO BY RICK DIAMOND)
Backstage band photo, Laguna Seca, California, July 1993.
(PHOTO © KEN FRIEDMAN 2013)
Polaroid collage from Guitar World cover shoot, March 1994.
(PHOTO © DANNY CLINCH)
Beacon Theatre, New York City, 1994.
(PHOTO BY KIRK WEST)
Marc Quiñones, 1995.
(PHOTO BY KIRK WEST)
Oteil Burbridge, 2000.
(PHOTO BY KIRK WEST)
Three drummers, 2002.
(PHOTO BY KIRK WEST)
Derek Trucks, 2000.
(PHOTO BY KIRK WEST)
Warren Haynes and Gregg Allman, Uptown Theatre, Kansas City, Missouri, September 20, 2005.
(PHOTO BY KIRK WEST)
Derek Trucks, Council Bluffs, Iowa, September 17, 2005.
(PHOTO BY KIRK WEST)
Warren Haynes, York, Pennsylvania, September 13, 2005.
(PHOTO BY KIRK WEST)
The drum circle, Kansas City, Missouri, September 20, 2005.
(PHOTO BY KIRK WEST)
Warren Haynes, Derek Trucks, and Eric Clapton, Beacon Theatre, March 2009.
(PHOTO BY KIRK WEST)
Gregg Allman on stage during a soundcheck at the 40th anniversary run, Beacon Theatre, March 2009.
(PHOTO BY KIRK WEST)
About the Author
Alan Paul is a senior writer for Guitar World magazine and has interviewed the members of the Allman Brothers Band hundreds of times. No one has written more frequently about the band.
He is the author of Big in China: My Unlikely Adventures Raising a Family, Playing the Blues, and Becoming a Star in Beijing (Harper), which is currently being developed as a film by Ivan Reitman’s Montecito Pictures. He and his family live in Maplewood, New Jersey. Visit him on the Web at www.alanpaul.net.
ONE WAY OUT. Copyright © 2014 by Alan Paul. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
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Prologue
Photo of Duane and Gregg Allman, Seabreeze High. Courtesy of the Allman Family Archives/Big House Museum.
Photo of Wilson Pickett and Duane Allman. Courtesy of Stephen Paley.
Chapter 2
Photo of the ABB on stage, with Dickey and Duane on guitar. Courtesy of Twiggs Lyndon.
Chapter 3
Photo of the band at the H and H restaurant, 1969. Courtesy of Twiggs Lyndon.
Photo of the band at Macon, Georgia, spring 1969. Courtesy of Twiggs Lyndon.
Photo of Butch Trucks. Courtesy of Toneman/Don Butler Archives.
Chapter 4
Photo of Duane Allman and Dickey Betts, on guitar. Courtesy of Toneman/Don Butler Archives.
Chapter 5
Photo of Gregg Allman with his guitar. Courtesy of Sidney Smith, www.SidneySmithPhotos.com.
Chapter 7
Photo of Idlewild South. Courtesy of Kirk West Collection.
Photo of Dickey Betts behind the lines, at Tulane University, 1970. Courtesy of Sidney Smith, www.SidneySmithPhotos.com.
Photo of Jaimoe and Duane Allman at the Thunderbird Bird Motel, Miami, 1970. Courtesy of Twiggs Lyndon.
Photo of ABB life on the road, early 1970. Courtesy of Twiggs Lyndon.
Photo of Phil Walden (left) and Jonny Podell at a Capricorn picnic. Courtesy of Sidney Smith, www.SidneySmithPhotos.com.
Photo of Thom Doucette (left) and the ABB, Skidmore College, May 15, 1971. Courtesy © Bill Truran Productions LLC.
Photo of tour manager Willie Perkins. Courtesy of Sidney Smith, www.SidneySmithPhotos.com.
Chapter 8
Photo of Bill Graham introducing the ABB. Courtesy of Sidney Smith, www.SidneySmithPhotos.com.
Photo of Big Brother Berry Oakley. Courtesy of Toneman/Don Butler Archives.
Photo of Berry Oakley after the Alabama bust. Courtesy of the Big House Museum and Archives.
Photo of (top) Butch Trucks after the Alabama bust. Courtesy of the Big House Museum and Archives.
Photo of (bottom) Dickey Betts after the Alabama bust. Courtesy of the Big House Museum and Archives.
Photo of Duane Allman after the Alabama bust. Courtesy of the Big House Museum and Archives.
Photo of Gregg Allman after the Alabama bust. Courtesy of the Big House Museum and Archives.
Chapter 10
Photo of Dickey Betts at his wedding. Courtesy of Sidney Smith, www.SidneySmithPhotos.com.
Chapter 11
Photo of Duane Allman. Courtesy of Sidney Smith, www.SidneySmithPhotos.com.
Chapter 13
Photo of the five-man band promo shot. Courtesy of Twiggs Lyndon.
Photo of “The Farm” (from left) Kim Payne, Dickey Betts, Buffalo Evans, Tuffy Phillips. Betts’ father is standing behind him. Courtesy of Sidney Smith, www.SidneySmithPhotos.com.
Photo of Gregg Allman Playing an acoustic guitar. Courtesy © Neal Preston 2013.
Chapter 14
Photo of Dickey Betts and Berry Oakely at The Warehouse, New Orleans, 1971. Courtesy of Sidney Smith, www.SidneySmithPhotos.com.
Photo of Dickey Betts, driving near the Juliette farm. Courtesy of Sidney Smith, www.SidneySmithPhotos.com.
Photo of Berry Oakley. Courtesy of Twiggs Lyndon.
Photo of Duane Allman’s and Berry Oakley’s graves. Courtesy of Kirk West Collection.
Photo of The Big House, Macon, Georgia. Courtesy of Kirk West, www.kirkwestphotography.com.
Chapter 15
Photo of Lamar Williams, 1973. Courtesy of © John Gellman, www.jgphoto.com.
Photo of Lamar Williams (left) and Chuck Leavell at the Farm. Courtesy of Sidney Smith, www.SidneySmithPhotos.com.
Photo of Dickey Betts and his daughter, Jessica. Courtesy of Sidney Smith, www.SidneySmithPhotos.com.
Photo of Dickey Betts at home, late 1973. Courtesy of Sidney Smith, www.SidneySmithPhotos.com.
Chapter 16
Photo of Jaimoe and Dickey Betts, JFK Stadium, June 1973. Courtesy © John
Gellman, www.jgphoto.com.
Chapter 17
Photo of Jerry Garcia and Dickey Betts, Cow Palace, San Francisco, 1973. Courtesy of Sidney Smith, www.SidneySmithPhotos.com.
Chapter 18
Photo of Dickey Betts onstage with various musicians. Courtesy of Kirk West, www.kirkwestphotography.com.
Chapter 19
Photo of Twiggs Lyndon. Courtesy of Twiggs Lyndon (taken with a self-timing camera).
Chapter 20
Photo of “Dangerous” Dan Toler, 1986. Courtesy of Kirk West, www.kirkwestphotography.com.
Photo of Butch Trucks, 1979. Courtesy of Kirk West, www.kirkwestphotography.com.
Photo of Dickey Betts and David “Rook” Goldflies. Courtesy of Kirk West, www.kirkwestphotography.com.
Photo of Mike Lawler, 1981. Courtesy of Kirk West, www.kirkwestphotography.com.
Photo of Frankie Toler. Courtesy of Kirk West, www.kirkwestphotography.com.
Photo of the Allman Brothers’ mothers: Mrs. Allman (left) and Mrs. Johnson. Courtesy of Kirk West, www.kirkwestphotography.com.
Chapter 21
Photo of Gregg Allman and Dickey Betts, joint solo tour, 1986. Courtesy of Kirk West, www.kirkwestphotography.com.
Photo of the ABB in 1990 (from left) Dickey Betts, Warren Haynes, Gregg Allman, Butch Trucks, Allen Woody, Jaimoe, Johnny Neel. Courtesy of Kirk West, www.kirkwestphotography.com.
Photo of Johnny Neel, 1990. Courtesy of Kirk West, www.kirkwestphotography.com.
Chapter 22
Photo of Dickey Betts with his Navajo spiritual mentor, Stuart Etsitty. Courtesy of Kirk West, www.kirkwestphotography.com.
Photo of Derek Trucks, 1991. Courtesy of the Trucks family.
Photo of the ABB, Memphis, 1991, during the Shades of Two Worlds sessions. Courtesy of Kirk West, www.kirkwestphotography.com.
Photo of the marquee outside the Beacon Theater, New York City. Courtesy of Kirk West, www.kirkwestphotography.com.
Chapter 23
Photo of the Shades of Two Worlds sessions, Ardent Studio, Memphis. Tom Dowd is on the right. Courtesy of Kirk West, www.kirkwestphotography.com.
Photo of Warren Haynes and Dickey Betts. Courtesy of Kirk West, www.kirkwestphotography.com.
Photo of Blues giant Albert King and Dickey Betts, Memphis, 1991. Courtesy of Kirk West, www.kirkwestphotogrpahy.com.
Photo of Gregg Allman and Dickey Betts in the Late Show with David Letterman dressing room. Courtesy of Kirk West, www.kirkwestphotography.com.
Chapter 24
Photo of Jack Pearson, 1998. Courtesy of Kirk West, www.kirkphotogrpahy.com.
Photo of the ABB, 1997–99, with Jack Pearson and Oteil Burbridge. Courtesy of Kirk West, www.kirkwestphotography.com.
Photo of Allen Woody, Matt Abts, and Warren Haynes, Macon, Georgia, 1994. Courtesy of Kirk West, www.kirkwestphotography.com.
Chapter 25
Photo of manager Bert Holman (center) with Dickey Betts and Gregg Allman. Courtesy of Kirk West, www.kirkwestphotography.com.
Chapter 26
Photo of Jimmy Herring. Courtesy of Kirk West, www.kirkwestphotography.com.
Photo of “The Allman Rescue Unit,” 2000: Butch Trucks, Jimmy Herring, Oteil Burbridge. Courtesy of Kirk West, www.kirkwestphotography.com.
Chapter 27
Photo of Allen Woody. Courtesy of Kirk West, www.kirkwestphotography.com.
Photo of Warren Haynes. Courtesy of Kirk West, www.kirkwestphotography.com.
Photo of Derek Trucks, playing with Warren Haynes. Courtesy of Kirk West, www.kirkwestphotography.com.
Photo of Jaimoe playing the drums. Courtesy of Kirk West, www.kirkwestphotography.com.
Photo of the ABB frontline since 2001: Derek Trucks, Warren Haynes, Oteil Burbridge. Courtesy of Kirk West, www.kirkwestphotogrpahycom.
Photo of Gregg Allman and his keyboard. Courtesy of Kirk West, www.kirkwestphotography.com.
Photo of Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks. Courtesy of Kirk West, www.kirkwestphotography.com.
Chapter 28
Photo of the ABB in Gregg Allman’s Georgia backyard, 2003. Courtesy of Kirk West, www.kirkwestphotography.com.
Photo of Warren Haynes and Gregg Allman, rehearsal at the Beacon Theater, New York City, 2009. Courtesy of Kirk West, www.kirkwestphotography.com.
Photo of Derek and Butch Trucks. Courtesy of Kirk West, www.kirkwestphotography.com.
Chapter 29
Photo of Gregg Allman and B. B. King, Apollo Theater, Harlem. Courtesy of Kirk West, www.kirkwestphotography.com.
Photo of Eric Clapton with the ABB, Beacon Theater, New York City, 2009. Courtesy of Kirk West, www.kirkwestphotography.com.
Photo of the ABB, 2009. Courtesy of Kirk West, www.kirkwestphotography.com.
Photo of Warren Haynes. Courtesy of Kirk West, www.kirkwestphotogrpahy.com.
Photo of Duane Allman. Courtesy of Stephen Paley.
Endpapers: Art by W. David Powell
Cover design by Rob Grom
Cover hand-lettering by Dave Stevenson
Cover photograph © Michael Ochs Archives/Stringer/Getty Images
The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:
Paul, Alan, 1966–
One way out: the inside history of the Allman Brothers Band / Alan Paul.— 1st ed.
p. cm.
ISBN 978-1-250-04049-7 (hardcover)
ISBN 978-1-4668-3586-3 (e-book)
1. Allman Brothers Band. 2. Rock musicians—United States—Biography. I. Title.
ML3930.A43P38 2014
782.42166092'2—dc23
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2013030280
e-ISBN 9781466835863
First Edition: February 2014