Allman Brothers — 1970
August 13, 2008
All we have here is a funny story about someone whom Kelly and I love dearly. Appparently in 1970 this young Floridian female, 16 years old to be precise, was gaga over the latest teenage sensation at the time, The Osmond Brothers.
She was just soooo excited when she heard they were coming to her hometown that she decided she was going to buy herself a ticket and attend the concert. She gets to the show and the music soundedweird and the guys on stage didn’t have pearly white smiles. Actually they looked like hippie bikers and had really, really long hair!
Well it turns out, it was the Allman Brothers, not the Osmond Brothers, performing in her hometown. She was crushed. I’d like to tell you that she stayed and was won over by the soulful, bluesy guitar prowess displayed by Duane Allman that night. I’d like to, but I won’t. She actually collected herself together once realizing her blunder and beat it out of there after the band’s second song.
