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The Allman Brothers Band || May 1969

From left to right:

Back: Duane Allman and Gregg Allman 

(Front): Butch Trucks, Dickey Betts, Berry Oakley and Jaimoe.

Song Review: The Allman Brothers Band - “Whipping Post” (Live, 1991)

By the time 1991 rolled around, the second iteration of the Allman Brothers Band’s final comeback - Johnny Neel had already left - sounded as if it’d been together for a couple of decades rather than a couple of years.

It’s this three-drummer (Butch Trucks, Jaimoe and Marc Quiñones) lineup that features on a freshly unearthed, pro-shot video of “Whipping Post.” And though Gregg Allman is clearly not at his best, he retains power in his voice. Meanwhile, Dickey Betts is in peak form and guitarist Warren Haynes and bassist Allen Woody - the two who joined alongside Quiñones - are veteran members in everything but time served.

The delivery is nearly infallible and the joy is palpable, particularly when Trucks rises from his kit to pound tympani with mallets as the “Post” builds to its final crescendo.

Sound Bites was fortunate to experience this lineup a handful of times and his memories of the gigs are such that the blog has often thought perhaps they were colored with roses. This new evidence confirms they were not.

And with Woody, Trucks, Allman and Betts all gone now, this video is even more valuable.

Grade card: The Allman Brothers Band - “Whipping Post” (Live, 1991) - A

The Allman Brothers Band

Re-posting this with some additional details...

When Gregg Allman (1947-2017) passed nearly seven years ago, I was driven to the negative archive to see if I had any decent shots of the man. I had attended at least two concerts in 1979, as I recall, which would put these images in the Enlightened Rouges time period. I was not thrilled with the quality of the negatives I found, but I was glad to have them nonetheless.

Gregg used his Hammond B-3 with Leslie speaker, of course, but what one sees above is an electric piano with “Hohner” printed thereon. In addition to Gregg, there are three other original members of the band playing during this time period—Dickey Betts, who can be seen playing his Gibson Les Paul, as well as both drummers: Jai Johanny Johanson (Jaimoe) and Butch Trucks.

In the end, one can say that Gregg Allman certainly had an interesting life, with extreme highs and lows. Musically, he had a unique voice and wrote some very memorable songs. The band, which Gregg and his talented brother Duane formed in 1969, was extremely influential and enjoys a firm place in the history of rock and roll. Duane is often to be found on lists of "best guitarists" of course—he was an unusual talent, to be sure.

Three photographs by Richard Koenig.

"Black Rockstars Day 21: Jaimoe"

Jai Johanny Johnson, or Jaimoe for short.

As of 2022, he is one of the only two remaining orginal band members of one of the most revered Southern rock bands, The Allman Brothers Band.

Part of what made this band stand out from other southern rock groups that came out in the 70s was not only its blend of country, blues, and psychedelic, but surprisingly, jazz.