No Saints, No Saviors: My Years with the Allman Brothers BandWillie Perkins left the staid, conservative world of commercial bank auditing to jump headlong into the burgeoning beginnings of The Allman Brothers Band and follows their meteoric and sometimes tragic rise, fall, and revival. Perkins's interest in the business of music and his association with an interesting pair of friends led him to the opportunity to go to work with the Allmans at the earliest stage of their career. For the first time we learn from a true insider what it was like to live the nomadic life on the road with the Allmans from their earliest low buck club tours through the triumphant million dollar months of outdoor stadium dates in the mid-seventies. Perkins vividly describes living in the band's "Big House," and what it was like to room on the road with the legendary Duane Allman and what a truly amazing person he was. The author tells of all the band and crew members, and shares how they all dealt with the bumpy road to rock stardom. The fast life of touring, performing, and recording, with its huge rewards and triumphs is seen with literary clarity in these pages. Perkins's memory of the sorrow and grief suffered from the untimely deaths of Duane Allman and Berry Oakley is paralleled by the band's dogged determination not to give up. The reader is not spared the details of the destructiveness of drug and alcohol abuse, and will learn the true facts behind the drug trial of John "Scooter" Herring. Read how the band and its crew dealt with family life, girlfriends, and groupies. Also, you will learn about the making of the legendary "Live At Fillmore East" album, the band's generous charitable contributions, and their relationship with Jimmy Carter. No book on TheAllman Brothers band would be complete without an account of Gregg Allman's solo comeback of the eighties and the twentieth anniversary reunion tour of The Allman Brothers Band. "No Saints, No Saviors" is a story of triumphs and heartbreaks, but ultimately it is a story about how the music of The Allman Brothers Band, indeed, may well live forever. |
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... Alex Hodges , Randy Short , A. J. Lyndon , " Scoots " Lyndon , and John " Scooter " Herring . I would also like to thank the photographers who generously contributed their work to this book . A special thanks goes to Kirk West for his ...
... Alex Hodges , Randy Short , A. J. Lyndon , " Scoots " Lyndon , and John " Scooter " Herring . I would also like to thank the photographers who generously contributed their work to this book . A special thanks goes to Kirk West for his ...
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Contents
| 1 | |
Beginnings | 3 |
Twiggs | 6 |
I Get the Call | 10 |
The Big House | 13 |
Crash Course | 17 |
Tour Tour Tour and a Fateful Meeting | 25 |
Bunking with Duane | 30 |
The Dark Year | 65 |
Enter Chuck Leavell | 72 |
Another Brother Departs | 75 |
The 1500000 Line of Cocaine a Sure Cure for the Hiccups and Other Promoter Stories | 78 |
A New Beginning | 82 |
Wives Girlfriends Groupies and Band Aids | 92 |
The Pinnacle | 95 |
Charities and Benefits | 104 |
More of the Same | 37 |
Live at the Fillmore East | 43 |
Busted | 46 |
Lady Luck and the Slide Bottle | 52 |
Happy Birthday | 54 |
The Closing of the Fillmore East | 56 |
Headed for a Fall | 58 |
The Passing of Duane | 61 |
Trouble in the Studio and a National Soap Opera | 108 |
The Beginning of the End | 115 |
The Real Scooter Herring Story | 118 |
The Scooter Herring Trial and Beyond | 124 |
I Get the Call Again | 134 |
A Few Words about Finances | 145 |
Afterword | 148 |
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