The Allman Brothers Band: Most Interesting Facts

-The band has received 11 Gold and 5 Platinum albums between 1971 and 2005.

-In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked them 52nd on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.

-Rolling Stone listed The Allman Brothers' album At Fillmore East as one of Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

-Duane Allman was killed in a motorcycle accident on October 29, 1971 and just over a year later another band memeber, Berry Oakley, died in a motorcycle accident only three blocks from the site of Duane's accident.

-Gregg Allman married Cher; they eventually separated.

-The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995.

-They won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance for "Jessica" in 1996.

-Rolling Stone Magazine added Duane Allman, Warren Haynes, Dickey Betts, and Derek Trucks to their list of 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time in 2003, with Allman coming in at #2 and Trucks being the youngest guitarist on the list.

-The band has played the 2900-seat Upper West Side Manhattan theatre 173 times since 1989 in a tradition known as the "Beacon Run" among fans; people travel from across the United States, Canada and Western Europe to see these annual March and April shows.

-The band continues to record and tour to the present day.