Berry Oakley was my dad's cousin. It's great to know he was this respected!

@peterm1826

11 ай бұрын

😏

There should be markers at each spot. RIP Duane and Berry

@patrickc.mcevoy2065

6 жыл бұрын

1blastman ,amen.

@johnj135

6 жыл бұрын

Most definitely !

@ceejay1794

5 жыл бұрын

I’m shocked there isn’t anything at those sites to memorialize these great musicians. Wow

@tonycole6473

5 жыл бұрын

why?

@LearnerChess

5 жыл бұрын

@@tonycole6473 I dunno about the wisdom of that. Macon seems like a hell of an unsafe place to drive around, and I'm not so certain that distracted driver tourists rubberneckin' the scenes would make it any safer. They should, it seems to me, make a park for family get togethers and barbeques to show respect. A nice granite monument would make it a place for both remembrance and for a tribute to the happiness they brought into this world through their music. Duane's friends say that music meant everything to him. Heck they could hold concerts in that park. But I'm pretty clueless about how Georgians think.

Berry's crash site was a block from my Grandmother's house. That's a sharp curve there at Inverness Ave. I remember playing in her yard when I was a kid in the late 60s and early 70s and hearing a car crash more than once.

Rode by these sites in memory of several years ago. Then by Rose Hill to pay respects. What a beautiful place. What a sad loss. But what beautiful music rides on forever! I’m glad I was alive and grew up with Duane and Berry and the band’s music. Ride on Brothers!

Wow, I remember that day so well. I was 17. I Just got home from school and my Mother said, "That guitar player that you like is dead." I'm thinking Hendrix and my Mom is a little slow.... No, she says the other one..... Shit.... I remember the carpet was green... I remember tuning KPFK on my radio... I'm now 57 and still dazed.

@CharliesMustangShop

4 жыл бұрын

MtnLiner me too

@kamo8977

2 жыл бұрын

68

Deadly Macon streets. Very unfortunate history. Thanks for the video. The Allman Brothers will be my band forever. Everyday day you gotta let your Soulshine!

indianracer111: thanks for posting. Lost Duane on this day(October 29) in 1971.

Wow! Just came across this! Well done dude! I got a serious case of the chills while watching as I was in a serious wreck on my Harley 7 years ago in almost the same way as Duane as I had this little old turn in front of me on pretty much the same type of street. I was very lucky, but it took me a few surgeries to be back with us and hear to respond to this. RIP Duane and Berry!

I had always envisioned it as a dirt road out on the country side with no stop signs, and a peach truck pulling out from nowhere in front of Duane. This is nothing like I imagined. Anyway, one of the sadest days in music history. Duane and Buddy Holly were so young.

@MDavidG1

3 жыл бұрын

For the record, Duane Allman was NOT killed in a collision with a peach truck. That's a ridiculous urban myth that never seems to die.

@Punnybone55

2 жыл бұрын

As were Ronnie Van Zant and Terry Kath.

The events as described really made me angry about the negligence of the truck driver, so I looked up what happened to the guy. Well, according to The History Channel - for whatever they're worth - it didn't happen quite like the narrator indicates. According to the History Channel's account, it was bad luck all the way around. Here's a portion of their article: "On the afternoon of his accident, Duane Allman was speeding along Hillcrest Avenue on his Harley-Davidson Sportster when he slowed to let a flatbed truck carrying a huge crane boom make a left-hand turn in front of him. Allman pulled his bike toward the center of the road so he could swing around the outside of the truck, but in the middle of its turn the flatbed suddenly rumbled to a stop. Unable to maneuver around or under the giant obstacle, Allman ran right into it. The crane’s weight ball knocked him off his Harley, which bounced up in the air and off of Allman’s chest before skidding to a stop along the curb." The details of the article seem too specific for me, but they stand by their account, and I suppose, so did the Macon police department that investigated the tragedy. Here's the link - www.history.com/this-day-in-history/guitarist-duane-allman-dies-in-motorcycle-accident

They died less than half a mile from each other. And now Greg Allman has died at 69 on May 27, 2017. RIP boys.

@raymondsullivan5960

6 жыл бұрын

That Rock 'n Roll Heaven is getting bigger and better all the time. R.I.P. and thanks!

@michaelsteven1090

5 жыл бұрын

They're all dead except for Dickie..

@BobHunter1977

5 жыл бұрын

I guess they both died in the same place, same hospital? But yeah: the wrecks that sealed their fates were half a mile apart. Very chilling. And everybody involved - Duane and Berry and the truck driver and the bus driver - being 24 years old.

@da324

5 жыл бұрын

@@michaelsteven1090 Jaimoe is alive too.

@glenkepic3208

3 жыл бұрын

Gregg died the day before my 60th BD. Clapton at HPP was the gift for my '50th. 60, passed. I didn't even want to go out for dinner.. Sad now but where i was..

Thanks so much for going through all the trouble to bring us this wonderful video. Yes, just imagine how much we'd have musically with Duane still around. And not forgetting the fact that Barry has been an inspiration for many bassists. Gone too soon, indeed...

For anyone who's ever used Google maps to try to find these accident sights, after they found out the cross streets on Wiki like I did, thank you very much. This video was a public service to all of us and that you did it on a bike makes it even better. Seeing it on a map is one thing but you really demonstrated how close these accidents really were....absolutely surreal, thanks again for a very classy and respectful presentation. Tomorrow will be 45 years that Duane is gone and I always post a tribute on Facebook for all my friends who loved the Allman Brothers as much as we do

@FolsomBluesPrison

7 жыл бұрын

Lovely comment man!

@stillbill9937

7 жыл бұрын

FolsomBluesPrison. Greg said in his book Duane didn't ride a motorcycle he just road fast all the time flat out.

@slide4180

7 жыл бұрын

I guess it goes without saying that neither guy was wearing a helmet...

@maddienreeree

5 жыл бұрын

@@slide4180 Duane had just put new tires on his Sportster and bought a new helmet the day he crashed...so it doesn't go without saying because he was wearing it at the time of the crash. He was thrown from the bike and the bike landed on him crushing his internal organs. He died two hours after the crash while in surgery. So please don't make assumptions about how someone died! The helmet that Duane WAS wearing did nothing to prevent his untimely demise.

@gfunk63901

2 жыл бұрын

@@slide4180 I think berry was

Chills....Very surreal, as you captured this through what could have been their point of view. Seeing the crash sites and their proximity is truly touching. Every day, I'm grateful for the musical gift they left us and I feel a void for the music that never was. Tastefully done - thank you for posting this.

Thanks for the video. I grew up in this neighborhood. My mother heard Duane's wreck which was 2 blocks from our house. Of course, Berry's was only 3 blocks away. Inverness Avenue. Not "Iverness."

Thanks for sharing. I stopped by the grave site when heading up to our property in Dahlonega.

The saddest day for rock and roll music was motorcycle crashes and the loss of Duane and Berry in 1971 and 1972. I was fortunate to have seen ABB with both of them at the Grand Opera House, Macon Central City Park and the Second Atlanta Pop Festival in Byron, Ga. July 1970. Its hard not to think what they would have done with more time; the greatest rock guitar player ever hadn't made a dent into what was to come in his 24 years on the planet. The two biggest events in my formative years was Woodstock and the Second Atlanta Pop Festival; both of which inverted the molecular structure of my universe. I discovered the wonders of my youth with the people there and people like them I have known since. Forty four years later.....the road goes on forever. Indeed it does..........

@Retroscoop

9 жыл бұрын

That day of course is competing with the tragic accident of Lynyrd Skynyrd, among others...

@karenl.davies1681

4 жыл бұрын

You must be my brother from another mother. Our life stories are SO similar. Yes, I lived in Macon on and off from late '69 - early '72 and moved back to stay in 1977 until a family tragedy caused me to leave my beloved home. Macon is so very rich in music history and there are many places to honor that fact. Just recently an awesome mural was completed to honor Duane, Gregg and Phil. It can be seen on the Big House website.

I got married in 79. Wife got pregnant, good friend got killed, sold my Harley. Chickenshit?? I'm 60 with 5 grandkids. Right decision for me..

@jackharris1257

5 жыл бұрын

His wife killed good friend, Still riding Like I did to see play back in cocoa Beach in 1965. Right decision for me..Never married.Don't forget Twiggs

A bit of trivia for all you die hard ABB fans. It's video shot from a bike showing exactly where both accidents occurred and how close they were together. Good video.Good quality.

@tellmeitsnottaken

9 жыл бұрын

Keith Buchanan You mean it's a video about the locations of motorcycle crashes involving Allman Brothers members, as stated in the title AND video description?! Wow! Thanks for clarifying that!

I saw them in 1970 right before they hit the big time. What a band. Tragic losses both . 😪

This was cool, as a fan, thanks for posting this mini tour...

@devonallman6683

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for the comments you’re such amazing 😉, Kindly drop me your hangout just to get in touch with you 💯❤️

Brother Skydog was truly one of a kind. The only other guitar player of his era who was even remotely in his league was Hendrix. There's lots of people with superhuman chops, and that's great, but Jimi and Duane had an extra dimension that you might see a couple of times in a lifetime, if you're lucky.

Hard to watch, but I really appreciate seeing the places. It's just a modest little neighborhood and it's amazing how close the two tragic accidents happened. I loved both of them and it still pains me that they were both snatched away from life so young.

Dang, they were both Knockin on Heaven's door! RIP Duane and Berry; Brothers to infinity and beyond!

This vid is the most comprehendable explanation on YT. The 2 crash sites are horrifically close to one another, creepy close imo.

Incredible how "ordinary" these two heavily sacred/sad places look, cars just driving by, people going about their business all these years later. But for me, who has been deeply affected by the two motorcycle accidents ever since they happened, it is very moving, very chilling to see where it happened. Duane speeding way too fast on his bike coming down that hill; a year later a still-distraught Berry veering across that centerline....man, it still really gets to me. I wish I could go there myself, to Macon, but it is so far away. Thank you for this video.

I'm from Macon and used to live off Napier. Those two areas are really close. My mother used to talk about the accidents but I never knew exactly where they were before this video. Thanks for posting man.

@bigmamma816

9 жыл бұрын

dognasty3 I'm from Macon too. I never knew where they died either. My mom also used to talk about it. They died 5 and 4 years before I was born. Its kinda neat to see my home town on the video.

Thanks for the video. It puts everything in perspective...but they're side by side in Rose Hill. RIP Duane and Berry, and now Gregg. What a band, what great musicians.

Thank you my brother. I may never get a chance to get there in person, so to see you drive (a motorcycle nonetheless) to show that is much appreciated. RIP Duane and Berry. I still hear you both everyday.

Thank you for doing this and sharing brother!!!

great video. thanks. should be memorials at both wreck sites of the great musicians.

It's quite sad to see these actual spots and to think how the tragedies that occurred there affected so many lives. Thanks for doing this indianracer111. As always, RIP Berry Oakley and Duane Allman. You'll never be forgotten.

@devonallman6683

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for the comments you’re such amazing 😉, Kindly drop me your hangout just to get in touch with you 💯❤️

I was full of emotions as you approached the crash sites, kind of in fear for you! Thanks for the ride along. Had looked it up on a map program before....

I cannot tell you the range of emotions that went through me, watching this video. I lived on the west coast all of my life, and I really felt the pain when Duane died, and then Barry. I have though about them, and how close the accident site were, many times over the years. I knew I would never get out there to see it, so thank you for bringing it to us. Thank you.

Thank you for posting this!

Thanks for sharing brother.

Duane didnt see the crane sticking out the back of the truck (which was well into his path on the left) until it was too late. There was nothing he could do going at that speed with possibly bad brakes. He hit some part of that crane and was thrown from the bike. I have seen pictures online of the Sportster after the wreck and it seemed intact - not like it hit a curb or a hydrant or anything - so I surmize that Duane hit the crane with his body and got thrown or lost control. RIP Duane

Thanks for this. I grew up down the street from the Allman family in Daytona Beach. My dad knew them both very well.

@baliman555

3 жыл бұрын

That is more than cool ….it’s SUPER COOL !!!!!! Any stories you can tell us ????????

My grandparents lived on Hillcrest Avenue, the motorcycle driver road right by it. My great aunt owned the Big House that Berry Oakley rented on Vineville Avenue. Born and raised in Macon, Georgia. And yes, those neighborhoods are no longer what they once were.

@JCStorm76

Жыл бұрын

It looks very run down

@dianawalker1622

Жыл бұрын

@@JCStorm76 Sad, but true. Hillcrest Avenue boasted beautiful homes many built in the 1920s. My grandparents didn't lock their doors. They could go outside and work in the yard. They moved out in the mid seventies, since it was no longer safe there. My aunt moved from Vineville Avenue. My Dad owned a realty company, so he rented out her house. The Big House. Candy and Linda Oakley use to come to his office to pay Berry's rent. Berry autographed My Eat a Peach album. I was able to get some guitar picks and strings, and drum cases when they moved. Whenever my Dad and I would go to check rental property, you could smell incense in the house. Funny story, my aunt, Mrs Higgens had left a large dining room table in the attic. Berry pulled it down and set it in the dining room. My uncle Bob had once set up a train set in the parlor. As a child, I was always scared in that old house.

Astonishing piece of informed filming for those of us that care about the lives and deaths of great musicians. I'm a music loving Brit who's seen countless top artists in my 60 years on earth but sadly never got to fully appreciate the genius of the ABB. This is so enlightening and I thank you my friend.

Thanks a million man , really. I can not tell you how many , many times I have tried to think and think of what it actually looked like. You are an angel man for doing this ... I am 62 and I have been a fan since day 1... I can not believe that ... oh man thanks.

I saw the ABB at the FIllmore East on 3/12/71. This video is so sad, but I'm glad I finally got to see where the accidents happened. It gives some kind of closure. Thanks so much for shooting and posting it.

Thanks for doing this and uploading. I appreciate it. God bless.

Thank you so much for this.

Thanks so much for this, brother

Regardless, he came off the bike, both started tumbling, and the bike landed on him and caused massive internal injuries. He never regained consciousness even though they performed three hours of emergency surgery in an attempt to save his life. He had three seperate internal injuries that each could have proved fatal on their own. Two of the greatest losses the music world has ever experienced...

40th year anniversary of Duane's death, just think what kind of music he could have made over the past 40 years.

The truck was a long flatbed with a crane on the back most likely belonging to that lumber company at the site. As usual Duane was riding fast, the truck was into the turn, the driver spotted Duane and then froze not knowing if Duane was going to cut in front of him - thats why he stopped mid-turn. Duane made the split second decision to go around him on the left. Problem is as everyone knows the back of a long truck swings out alot in a turn. continue...

Wow, Thank you for showing us this. I can't believe there are no markers, crosses, flowers anything.

Thanks for this video. I've watched it several times over the years. KZread is what makes this kind of thing possible.

Thanks for posting this, have never been to Georgia but would like to soon. The Old Allmans are why I am a musician..long live Skydog!

Can't believe the ad sign at 0:23

@joejohnston2035

3 жыл бұрын

OMG, good eye !! Crazy coincidence ??? I don't think so

Gòd Bless both men! Great musicians and terrible accidents.

@RobertJamesChinneryH

6 жыл бұрын

Kurtland y'all gotta pay to play?😃nest pas

@m.a.c.8366

6 жыл бұрын

wow Robert James Chinnery, just wow. From the legend of Robert Johnson forward through the many musical stars we knew that left all to soon, do you feel there is something to that "gotta pay to play"??

All my million thanks for showing these to us. Living across the ocean in Greece it is our only chance to see where these terrible events happened. Thanks again. All my life i was wondering....

I remember how hard it was on Berry when Duane passed. At the time Berry passed, so close to the time of Duane's s passing, and so close to the site of Duane's s crash, gotta admit that it did enter my mind that Berry just couldn't handle it anymore, and just wanted out of the pain. Don't think that way anymore, but at the time, it was just so unbelievable. Thanks for posting this!!!! I went to their gravesite about a year after Berry passed, but never saw where we lost them... Gravesite has changed so much thru the years. When we went, there were no steps, no iron bars, and you had to make your way down the hill thru brush and debris. But it was a beautiful location. Off to itself, quiet, peaceful, shared by trees.A lol of natural vegetation. So happy they were buried side by side. We were able to walk right up to the marble graves and pay our respects. Now Gregg is resting there too!! Thanks again!!!!!!

Thank you, indianracer111 for sharing this interesting video...RIP Duane & Berry

Duane Allman And Berry Oakley CRASH SITE WRECK Allman brothers . The wrecks were only 33 seconds away from each other , Very Sad .

Great insight on a true double rock and roll tragedy,I use the term rock and roll loosely country rock/blues rock seems more adequete ts a long time since anyone posted so i doubt that this will ever be read.Ah well.

I learned to ride in the Motorcycle Safety Foundation course. They teach you the Hurt study's findings about the leading cause of accidents: Vehicle turns left in front of oncoming bike because they can't see the biker. That's why you should ride with headlight on.

I loved those guys they were the best I would have done anything to have met them or played in there band what an influence they had on me as a drummer& guitar player Duane and Berry had a way to make a good musician play great I miss them so much such a shame to lose them so young

Thank you for sharing this. I've been to Rose Hill a dozen times over the years to pay my respects; always wondered where the crash sites were. Thank you. RIP Brothers!

thanks for that. I've been a british fan of these guys since 1972 so this really helps put you in touch with what happened and how we all feel about their music from so far away. Cheers.

thought of them every day since this happened and every time I ride my motorcycle and listen to the bros. Every day.

I talked to the owner of the Harley dealership there in Macon a few years back. He said Duane and Greg had just flew in on a "jumbo jet" and Duane got a bike. Since Georgia had a helmet law, they told him he needed a lid to ride out. Duane said ok and promptly cut the chin strap off with his knife. Duane hated wearing helmets apparently. Don't know the validity of this story but the H-D dealer is an old guy with integrity. Sad couple of days indeed. Thanks for posting this...

Thank you so much for this. I'll probably never make it down there to pay respects so this is wonderful to see. I can't believe there isn't markers or anything.

Great video, man. Educational, and very well done. What a shame that Duane and Berry died so young. As great a band as the Allman Brothers were, how great would they have been had those two been able to live out their lives? Thank you very much for this fine video.

thanks alot for this man. I've been abritish fan of the band since 1971 and miss these two guys music so much. Its kinda good to relate to what happened to them from the UK.

Thanks a lot for this birds eye view. I never got such a good view and and had no idea how really close the two accident sites were to each other. Well done.

thank you for making and posting this. I hadn't imaged it like this I expected it to be more out in the country.

@erinreilly171

6 жыл бұрын

I would suspect that area to have been significantly more countryish in 1971.

Fascinating window on a very sad piece of American history. Thanks for the lesson...Also your bike rides so smooth and quiet. Seems like a great ride.

@devonallman6683

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for the comments you’re such amazing 😉, Kindly drop me your hangout just to get in touch with you 💯❤️

An important piece of musical history. Thanks for making the video. It answers a lot of unknowns.

Very interesting - we hear about these accidents at the time but don't realize they actually happen at quite ordinary places and just random bits of bad luck. I remember reading about Duane's and Berry's accidents and imagined they happened on the open road on some lonely highway with the trees and mountains in the distance - but in reality on quiet non-descript suburban roads. There ought'r be some plaques commemorating these spots and great guys who met their maker there?? Kinda spooky the accidents happened so close together. Thanks for the tour - the music lives on!!

@nolabooth2904

6 жыл бұрын

Rip boys

Wow what a shocking coinsidence that both accidents were so close and a year apart......thank you for such a lmformative video for those of us who can't pay our respects at the scene......

A fantastic illustrating of this stuff. Thanks.

Thank you so much for showing us that.

Thanks for posting. I heard Macon now has a Duane Allman Blvd. and Berry Oakley Bridge.

A classic tale right out of mythology. Nice job on the video and narration.

Thanks for sharing, Bro. It still stings when thoughts of those two events come to mind, but your video is an excellent documentation of the sites.

At first it didn't seem so close but the end trip cutting through I see it ,always heard it was very close together. Thank you

thank you mate...fabulous video

Thanks for posting this; fascinating stuff. I've been to the graves and have always heard the two accidents were very close but I've never seen the accident sites. Just eery how close they were.

Thanks for posting this brother

Thanks for doing this brother.

Thanks for doing this.

Very good video. Very well done and interesting.

Fantastic video man!! Thank you for sharing!! 🎸🤘🎸🤘🎸🤘

Thanks for posting this.

It is very depressing but i appreciate you doing this to let us all know where these accidents happened

wow, thanks for doing this video I have always wondered what the scene actually looked like other than looking at maps in books. RIP to two awesome guys!

Great video. I always wondered what that intersection looked like relative to speed, trees, incline, visibility, road quality, etc. Always wondered what sort of intersection Duane was up against. Nice overview of Macon as well. I'm not gonna say RIP Duane & Berry cuz I'm pretty damn sure they're jammin' loud and hard up there and havin' a few beers.

Thank you for the visual. I remember well when the first album was released. I recon the Allman Brothers Band to be one of the best. Just really got into their southern blues. Clapton said something like Duane being a better player than he. I had not realized until today that Berry Oakley had died, and under such similar circumstances. I stopped buying their albums after Duane died. Well I did, Eat A Peach, and finally, Brothers And Sisters. I have one thing thought about motorcycles, for some of my own friends were killed on them...enough said...Acecoseis

Thanks for posting always wondered

Thanks for taking the time to do this.

thank you much for the video, excellent.

@indianracer111 thanks for that. I've been a british fan of these guys since 1972 so this really helps put you in touch with what happened and how we all feel about their music from so far away. Cheers.

Thanks man, I know it's hard but people need to know. I came to Macon in 91, it was my first trip there, I met a man at Rose Hill who said he owned the Bike that was Duane's, Charlie Daniel's came by that day also. Duane and Barry were very inspirational to many many musicians/people. Ride on Bro.

Thanks, these are historic figures whose names will survive way past our lives.

Thanks for making this.

Thanks for posting the video. Really interesting to see where it happened after reading about it. I'm a huge ABB fan and when I was a kid, I was hit by a car in 1971 right about the time Duane had his accident. One day I'd like to see visit Macon and see these places and see Rose Hill Cemetery too to pay respects to both Duane and Berry.

man eerie to see it all these years later. wonder if greg has ever went there just get the feeling of how it all went down.