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Founded in 1969, the Allman Brothers Band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995 in Cleveland, Ohio. The band’s 1971 release, At Fillmore East, is considered by music critics to be the greatest live album of the era.  Duane Allman, the group’s founder, was named by Rolling Stone magazine as the second-best guitarist of all time, trailing only Jimi Hendrix.  The Allman Brothers Band and members Duane Allman, Chuck Leavell and Gregg Allman have been inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame.  The band also was the first racially integrated group to travel the Deep South in the late ‘60s and early ‘70s