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The home in Macon where bassist Barry Oakley and his wife Linda, along with Duane and Greg Allman, called home is a 6,000-square-foot Tudor which turned into the center of the band’s universe during an incredibly creative period in their history. The band jammed here. Dickey Betts wrote “Blue Sky” in the front room and “Ramblin’ Man” at the kitchen table. The band lived in the home from 1970-1973 after an offer to sign with Capricorn Records brought them to Macon. Duane and his fellow bandmates — brother Gregg, Dickey Betts, Butch Trucks, Jaimoe Johanson and Berry Oakley — combined to form a wicked brew of blues, rock, jazz and country and a new musical genre. During this time frame the band recorded one of the greatest double live albums of all time, “The Allman Brothers Band at Fillmore East.” It ranks No. 49 among Rolling Stone magazine’s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. The album was recorded at the Fillmore East concert hall, the storied rock venue in New York City, on Friday
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and Saturday, March 12-13, 1971. The following year came “Eat a Peach” the 1972 double album which was the last to include founding member and lead slide-guitar player Duane Allman, who was killed in a motorcycle accident in October 1971 while the album was being recorded. The entire downstairs is open to the public and four rooms on the second floor are open as well. Duane’s bedroom has been restored to how it was when he lived there by Berry’s widow, Linda Oakley. The museum is jammed with memorabilia: concert tickets, clothing, posters, IDs, albums and magazine covers… hours worth of history to look through. The band donated $300,000 in seed money to get it up and running and are still involved in its operation. The Allman Brothers Band Museum at the Big House 2321 Vineland Ave., Macon Thursday-Sunday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Adults; $3, children 3-10 thebighousemuseum.com
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