My Cross to Bear (48 page)

My brother always knew how to raise some hell for his little brother. He even tried to hang me once, though thankfully it wasn’t from
this
tree.

Allman Family Archives

Cadet Gregory L. Allman.

Allman Family Archives

Playing the Seabreeze High School graduation party at Oceanside Country Club, 1965.

Courtesy Ann Williams Bacon & Matthew D. Godwin

The Escorts opening for the Beach Boys in Daytona Beach, 1965.

Courtesy Lee Hazen & Joe Bell

All dressed up for an Allman Joys gig, March 1966.

Allman Family Archives

The Allman Joys eventually morphed into the Hour Glass, and here we are in the studio.

ABB Archives

It was tough for the Hour Glass. We spent a lot of time going through the motions.

ABB Archives

Forging the Brotherhood at Rose Hill Cemetery in Macon, 1969.
Bottom row, left to right:
Butch, Dickey, Berry, Jaimoe;
top row:
Duane and me.

© Stephen Paley

The first-ever Allman Brothers Band studio session with Phil Walden looking on, in Macon, 1969.

Baron Wolman

Early morning blues when Dickey was out of commission in Boston, 1969.

Albert J. Sullivan

Loading the dreaded Econoline van with Red Dog and Kim Payne, 1969.

W. Robert Johnson

Our first road manager, Twiggs Lyndon, was constantly taking photos—especially in the early days. Here I am staring down his lens.

Twiggs Lyndon

Passing the time with a game of cork ball in Macon, 1969.

ABB Archives