How the Allman Brothers Band Carried the Blues Heritage of the 20th Century into Rock and Roll

They sounded like rock.They explored like jazz.They traveled like a jam band. The story of 20th-century blues is often told as if it ends too early. It begins in the Delta, moves through the cities, electrifies in Chicago, and then—somewhere around the middle of the century—gets placed behind glass. From there, the blues is remembered … Continue reading How the Allman Brothers Band Carried the Blues Heritage of the 20th Century into Rock and Roll