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MACON a ' That Kirk West would be the one person from the Allman Brothers Band's wide sphere of influence who would end up memorializing the band's glory years was a given.

1970 - John Lennon released the album Plastic Ono Band , which coincidentally enough, was also the name of an album released by Yoko Ono on the very same day.

Rock - n Roll Hall of Famer Gregg Allman is both a founding member of one of the biggest and most important American bands of all time, the still-active and thriving Allman Brothers Band, and a critically acclaimed solo talent.

Matthew Curran's debut album 'Simplify' captures the essence of rock sound very well - flavours of Hendrix and the Allman Brothers mix with the more modern influences of Collective Soul, the Black Crows, Nirvana, and Alice in Chains.

There was only one police officer on Sanibel Island in 1974 - and that same cop worked Captiva, too.

It's tragic when a dream dies, particularly one so steeped in Macon history. The former Capricorn studio buiding was set to be auctioned off Tuesday on the courthouse steps to satisfy a bank loan.

A building that onced housed a recording studio used by The Allman Brothers was auctioned off on the steps of the Bibb County Courthouse.

The adopted son of dairy farmers, Neal Coty grew up in rural Maryland strongly influenced by two uncles: one who turned him on to '70s Southern rockers like Lynyrd Skynyrd and the Allman Brothers, and %Uncle Buzz, who introduced the young man to his deep love of traditional country music.

Are you in the market for some history? Maybe something having to do with rock music in general and Georgia rock in particular? Get out your checkbook.

Talk about paying your dues. Long before Duane and Gregg Allman found fame with the Allman Brothers, they were playing second fiddle to three school girls from Pensacola.

In just more than a month, Macon will be celebrating the opening of The Big House Museum.

I get an e-mail from The Old Farmer's Almanac each week. My kids used to tease me about this until I grounded them in 2007 for mocking me about it.

Since my first Allman Brothers concert almost two decades ago, I have paid retail to attend at least 50 sold-out rock concerts at the Beacon Theater on Broadway.

Christopher Columbus High School, a boys Catholic school in West Miami-Dade with its 50-year reputation for tough academics, might not be the first place to hear rock-n-roll cranking in the middle of a school day.

Expansive jam band Gov't Mule has a devoted following in Ithaca, and the group returns to town for an 8 p.m. show Oct.

There are few experiences in life that act as true rites of passage: Learning to ride a bicycle or drive a car, or that first kiss with that special post-pubescent someone.

Share + Oct 19, 2009 6:51 pm US/Eastern They were once dubbed the best Rock and Roll band by Rolling Stone magazine.

Well well well, look who's back to check on a weekend full of shows! We've got everything you need to know about the weekend in Houston music right here for you, dear reader.

Rivalries bring out the best in people, huh? a Don't even begin to kid yourselves: Getting around town this weekend will be a pain.

Yesterday Bill Rawlinson, the elmcity curator for Huntington, WV, noticed something odd about an event that showed up on Eventful.com: Here's the example: http://eventful.com/huntington/events/allman-brothers-/E0-001-020736056-0 . It appears the Allman Brothers were in concert today, but I'm pretty sure they weren't. I'm pretty sure they weren't ...