The Allman Brothers Band (album)

The Allman Brothers Band (album)

The Allman Brothers Band, released in 1969, was the debut album of Southern rock group, The Allman Brothers Band.

The album sold poorly outside of Southern United States, reaching #188 on the Billboard charts. "Dreams" and "Whipping Post" would become the basis for two of The Allman Brothers' most famed epic concert numbers. Lester Bangs said of the album: "... it is consistently is subtle, and honest, and moving."

In April 1969 the Allman Brothers Band moved from Jacksonville, Florida to Macon, Georgia. They first rented a house at 309 College Street. The front album cover photo was taken at the entrance of the College House (now owned by Mercer University) right next door at 315 College Street. The back cover photo of the album was taken at the Bond Tomb at Rose Hill Cemetery located at 1091 Riverside Drive in Macon.

"Don't Want You No More" is a cover of a 1967 song by The Spencer Davis Group.

Read more about The Allman Brothers Band (album):  Personnel

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