The Allman Brothers at the Grand Canyon on their first trip West, January 1970. "We did some cuts and nothing came of it except the desire to get back into the group thing. Berry Oakley was there on the session and we talked it all about getting a group thing, and we decided on what would be the best group we could possibly get together. Then Jai Johanny Johanson came down to Muscle Shoals and he became the first one in the group. Then I told Rick the studio thing was stringing me out and I wanted to go back to Florida and work in a more creative capacity. So I went back and me and Berry and Dickey Betts and Jai Johanny jammed together some. Then I found out Butch Trucks, our other drummer, was in town, and decided two drummers would be a good lick, since we had two guitar players. But nobody could really sing as strong as we needed. I thought about Gregg, but thought he was hung up with his work on the coast. He said it was getting to be a drag and he was ready to do something again, so he came back and we started rehearsing seriously. With Phil Walden's encouragement, we moved to Macon and began to get something solid together." Duane Allman 📷️Twiggs