"In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" is a jazz-influenced instrumental song from The Allman Brothers Band that is one of their most well-known pieces. The original studio recording of "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" is the fourth song on the group's 1970 album "Idlewild South". It is a minor key instrumental song written by guitarist Dickey Betts. The song is named after a headstone Betts saw at the Rose Hill Cemetery in Macon, Georgia, a place frequented by band members in their early days. The cemetery was later memorialized by the band as the final resti… read more
"In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" is a jazz-influenced instrumental song from The Allman Brothers Band that is one of their most well-known pie… read more
"In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" is a jazz-influenced instrumental song from The Allman Brothers Band that is one of their most well-known pieces. The original studio recording of… read more
The Allman Brothers Band formed in 1969 in Macon, Georgia, United States and blended different strains of Southern Rock related music— Blues, Country, Gospel, Jazz, and more— into a flexible, jam-oriented Rock and Roll style. Reflecting the emergence of the "New South" and setting the style for Lynyrd Skynyrd, the Marshall Tucker Band, and many other bands, the Allman Brothers Band also oddly— or eerily, some would say— had an unusual string of untimely deaths, a pattern similar to other Southern rockers. Through personal tragedy and turmoil, the group endured for decades.… read more
The Allman Brothers Band formed in 1969 in Macon, Georgia, United States and blended different strains of Southern Rock related music— Blues, Country, Gospel, Jazz, and more— into a flexibl… read more
The Allman Brothers Band formed in 1969 in Macon, Georgia, United States and blended different strains of Southern Rock related music— Blues, Country, Gospel, Jazz, and more— into a flexible, jam-oriented Rock and Roll style. Reflectin… read more