The Allman Brothers Band's album title Eat a Peach is a reference to Duane Allman's fatal motorcycle accident. I have known for years that Duane Allman died on his motorcycle and Berry Oakley also ...

When bandmate Duane Allman died after a 1971 motorcycle crash, however, Oakley seemed to spin out of control. “I don't think Berry really knew how to exist in a world without Duane,” Butch ...

Duane Allman's sudden motorcycle accident that took his life in 1971 was tragic and shocking. Now, the story of the Allman Brothers Band has taken an even sadder turn. In his memoir, My Cross to ...

The band was also notable as a biracial group from the Deep South. Duane Allman died in a motorcycle accident in 1971, and founding member Berry Oakley was killed in a motorcycle crash a year later.

While ‘Brothers and Sisters’ charts the band’s rise, it also explains their rapid crash ... founding member Duane Allman and, bassist Berry Oakley, both killed in motorcycle accidents.

A few months after the “Fillmore” release unofficial bandleader Duane Allman died in a motorcycle accident. Almost exactly a year later, Oakley died in a motorcycle accident. Both men were 24 ...

Tragedy struck the group when Duane Allman died in a motorcycle accident in 1971 and Oakley was killed in a motorcycle crash a year after. Betts and Gregg Allman became the band’s leaders ...

The band was also notable as a biracial group from the Deep South. Duane Allman died in a motorcycle accident in 1971, and founding member Berry Oakley was killed in a motorcycle crash a year later.

Duane Allman’s tragic death at 24 in an October 1971 motorcycle accident in Macon thrust Betts into a more prominent role in the group as songwriter, instrumentalist and sometime lead vocalist.