UNITED STATES. "I wanted to prove that jam happened here, and set the record straight," Price said. Setlist. Within weeks the group had moved up to Macon, Ga., home of a new company, Capricorn Records. The story of The Jam is an indelible part of Allman Brothers Band lore: March 23, 1969, a Sunday afternoon on which all but one of the founding members jammed for hours in the living room of a big house in Riverside. Use this setlist for your event review and get all updates automatically! "I would like to see Jacksonville recognized as the place where the Allman Brothers were born, where it all began.". Fifty years later, a state historical marker is going up in front of the old house where the jam is believed to have taken place, a marker with a simple title at its top: BIRTH OF THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND. Original content available for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons license, except where noted. The Allman Brothers Band were an American rock band formed in Jacksonville, Florida in 1969 by brothers Duane Allman (founder, slide guitar and lead guitar) and Gregg Allman (vocals, keyboards, songwriting), as well as Dickey Betts (lead guitar, vocals, songwriting), Berry Oakley (bass guitar), Butch Trucks (drums), and Jai Johanny "Jaimoe" Johanson (drums). "It started everything," Kealing said. jmccullers striketheset. Still, the jam that took place there was a momentous event in their history, said Kealing, who has written books on Elvis Presley in Florida, on Flying Burrito Brothers singer and one-time Bolles student Gram Parsons, on Jack Kerouac and his Orlando connections, and on Brownie Wise, the early promoter of Tupperware. Choose the plan that’s right for you. To be sure, some accounts have placed the jam at the Green House on the next block. ANY DISTRIBUTION OR REPRODUCTION OF THE TRADEMARKS CONTAINED HEREIN ARE PROHIBITED AND ARE SPECIFICALLY RESERVED BY THE ABB MERCHANDISING CO.,INC. I was there too. "He was like, 'Oh yeah, that's it,' " Kealing said. In the bay window by the front door of the Gray House, there's a sign that says "Hippies Use Back Door — No Exceptions." Duane Allman, Berry Oakley, Dickey Betts, Butch Trucks and Jai Johanny "Jaimoe" Johanson were there. They'd jammed together before, and with others, sometimes playing for the hippies in nearby Willowbranch Park.