Allman Brothers

Rip It Up, Issue 1, 1 June 1977, Page 2

Allman Brothers

The Allman Brothers have, of course, broken up. The individual members are, however, pursuing independent musical careers.

Guitarist Dickey Betts has quit the Capricorn label and signed with Arista, together with his new band Great Southern. The band features the same instrumentation as the Allman Brothers, with Ken Tibbets on bass, Jerry Thompson and Danny Sharbono on drums, Tom Broome on keyboards, and Dan Toler on guitar. Their first album Dickey Betts and Great Southern was recorded at Miami's Criteria Studios. Former Allman Brothers Chuck Leavell, Lamar Williams and Jai Johanny Johansen together with

guitarist Jimmy Nalls form new band Sea Level. Their first album, also titled Sea Level, has just been released overseas.

Meanwhile, Gregg Allman is working on a second solo album, Playing Up A Storm with well-known West Coast producers Lenny Waronker and Russ Titelman. His new band, the Gregg Allman Band, features musicians Willie Weeks on bass, Rick Hirsch on guitar, Bill Stewart on drums, Neil Larsen on keyboards, John Hug on guitar and Gene Dinwiddie on sax. It also appears that plans for a duet album with Cher have been shelved in view of the couples current (and third) separation.