One Way Out: The Inside History of the Allman Brothers Band

Foreword by Butch Trucks

Afterword by Jaimoe

With New Material—Behind the Scenes of The Allman Brothers' Final Days

For more than two decades, Alan Paul has covered and written about The Allman Brothers Band, conducting hundreds of interviews, riding the buses with them, attending rehearsals and countless shows. He has interviewed every living band member for this book as well as managers, roadies, and contemporaries, including: Gregg Allman, Dickey Betts, Jaimoe, Butch Trucks, Warren Haynes, Derek Trucks, Oteil Burbridge, Allen Woody, Jimmy Herring, Eric Clapton, Bob Weir, and many others.

Tracking the band's career from their 1969 formation to today, One Way Out is filled with musical and cultural insights, riveting tales of sometimes violent personality conflicts and betrayals, drug and alcohol use, murder allegations and exoneration, tragic early deaths, road stories, and much more, including the most in-depth look at the acrimonious 2000 parting with founding guitarist Dickey Betts and behind-the-scenes information on the recording of At Fillmore East, Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs, Eat a Peach, Brothers and Sisters, and other classic albums.

Filled with original, never-before-published interviews as well as personal letters and correspondence, this is the most in-depth look at the American hard rock band that has meant so much to so many for so long.