One Way Out - The Inside History of the Allman Brothers Band

A major portrait of the legendary American rock-and-roll band draws on exclusive interviews to track their career from 1969 to the present and is complemented by previously unpublished photographs and memorabilia. 100,000 first printing.

List of contents

Author's Note xi
Cast of Characters xiii
FOREWORD BY BUTCH TRUCKS xix
PROLOGUE 1
1. BEGINNINGS 13
2. PLAYING IN THE BAND 17
3. GEORGIA ON A FAST TRAIN 32
4. DREAMS 51
SIDEBAR: DOUBLE TROUBLE 67
5. ONE MORE TRY 71
SIDEBAR: BLUE SUEDE 76
6. KEEP ON GROWING 81
7. LIVING ON THE OPEN ROAD 92
8. LIVE ALIVE 116
9. PUSH PUSH 135
10. SWEET LULLABY 143
11. MEAN OLD WORLD 147
12. WILL THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN? 157
13. AIN'T WASTING TIME NO MORE 165
SIDEBAR: SWEET MELISSA 176
14. DRUNKEN HEARTED BOY 179
SIDEBAR: THE BIG HOUSE 195
15. GOIN' DOWN THE ROAD FEELING BAD 198
16. DEMONS 211
17. MOUNTAIN JAM 218
18. SHINE IT ON 225
SIDEBAR: SOUTHERN MEN 232
19. END OF THE LINE 234
SIDEBAR: OR GA NI ZA TION MAN 242
20. CAN'T SPEND WHAT YOU AIN'T GOT 245
21. IT WAS TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY 265
22. REVIVAL 277
SIDEBAR: MARCH MADNESS 288
23. SECOND SET 290
24. STAND BACK 318
SIDEBAR: KICKIN' ASS 336
25. LAY YOUR BURDEN DOWN 340
26. WALK ON GILDED SPLINTERS 351
27. ONE MORE RIDE 357
SIDEBAR: YOUNGER BROTHER 367
28. HITTIN' THE NOTE 371
29. THE ROAD GOES ON FOREVER 379
AFTERWORD BY JAIMOE 399
Acknowledgments 403
APPENDIX: A HIGHLY OPINIONATED
ABB DISCOGRAPHY 407
Index 419

About the author

Alan Paul; Foreword by Butch Trucks; Afterword by Jaimoe

Product details

• Authors: Alan Paul, Alan/ Trucks Paul, Paul Alan
• Publisher: Macmillan USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.02.2015
• EAN: 9781250040503
• ISBN: 978-1-250-04050-3
• No. of pages: 464
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 210 mm x 31 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Rock & Pop music, Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups, MUSIC / Individual Composer & Musician, Biography: arts & entertainment, Musicians, singers, bands and groups, Composers and songwriters