My Cross to Bear (52 page)

At the B3 with the re-formed band.

Kirk West/Big House Museum Archives

Bill Graham shares my B3 bench at the Crackdown benefit in New York City, 1986.

Kirk West/Big House Museum Archives

The Gregg Allman Band, 1987.

Brian Hagiwara

Floyd Miles, who I’m forever indebted to for bringing me and Duane across the tracks and introducing us to the blues.

Kirk West/ABB Archives

With Allen Woody, one of the funniest people I’ve ever known.

Alan Schwartz

At the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony with Dickey; Jaimoe; Butch; my niece, Galadrielle; and Berry Oakley’s children, Berry and Brittany.

Toni Brown

Words of wisdom from my mentor and longtime producer, Tommy Dowd.

Kirk West/ABB Archives

The three-headed rhythm monster
(from left to right):
Marc Quiñones, Jaimoe, and Butch.

Danny Clinch

Dickey and I harmonize on “Midnight Rider,” 1995.

© Jay Blakesberg

The young’uns: guitarist Derek Trucks and bassist Oteil Burbridge at the Beacon Theatre.

Danny Clinch

With Derek at our return to Piedmont Park in 2007. Pretty cool that he’s wearing a shirt with my brother on it from Piedmont Park in 1969.

Kirk West/ABB Archives

This is what eighty thousand people look like from the stage—Bonnaroo Music Festival in Tennessee, 2005.

Michael Weintrob 2012

To honor my brother, Eric Clapton sat in with the Allman Brothers during our fortieth anniversary celebration at the Beacon Theatre.

© Derek McCabe