| Gregg Allman shot himself in the foot in 1965 to avoid being sent to Vietnam. Duane was exempt from the draft because he was the oldest son and his father was dead. |
| In 1991, Gregg Allman played a drug dealer in the movie Rush. |
| Their mushroom logo comes from the hallucinogenic mushrooms they took in their early years. Every member except Warren Haynes had it tattooed on his calf. Jaimoe's mushroom tattoo is only the outline. Apparently it hurt too much to color it in. (thanks, Jim - Los Angeles, CA) |
| Duane Allman named his daughter Galadrielle, after a character in J.R.R. Tolkein's Lord Of The Rings. |
| Duane Allman was a session player before joining the Allman Brothers Band. He played with the likes of Wilson Pickett and Aretha Franklin, and was also in Eric Clapton's short-lived rock band, Derek and the Dominos. (thanks, James - New Castle, PA) |