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Jaimoe

Jaimoe, man of many names, and the first person that Duane invited to join the Allman Brothers, has combined forces with fellow drummer and percussionist Butch Trucks in a million subtle, driving, playful, and energizing ways to keep the music on track and flowing.

Jaimoe himself contributes the following biographical insights: This is Jaimoe. No, I did not play at Monterey. I played with Otis Redding 4/18/66 through 9/5/66 in the band that did “Otis – Live at the Whiskey A-Go-Go”. I joined that band a week after that record was recorded. A very good friend of mine, a very good sax player and a hell of an organizer, Donald “Cadillac” Henry, was a great reason for me getting that break and a lot of others, right up to the fact of the reason I was in Macon was because Donald told me to go to Macon. Phil Walden was putting a recording studio in Macon which was Capricorn Records. Phil Walden and Otis Redding had a company called Redwal Music.

Jaimoe backed many legendary musicians including Percy Sledge, Patti Labelle & the Blue Bells, Johnny Jenkins, and the Ma

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Jaimoe (Johnny Lee Johnson)

Major Works

in Allman Brothers Band Albums

  • The Allman Brothers Band (1969)
  • Idlewild South (1970)
  • The Allman Brothers Band at Fillmore East (1971)
  • Eat a Peach (1972)
  • Beginnings (1973)
  • Brothers and Sisters (1973)
  • Brothers and Sisters (gold disc) (1973)
  • The Road Goes on Forever (1975)
  • Win, Lose, or Draw (1975)
  • Wipe the Windows, Check the Oil, Dollar Gas (1976)
  • Brothers of the Road (1981)
  • Eat a Peach (ultradisc) (1988)
  • Dreams (box set)(1989)
  • Ludlow Garage (1990)
  • Seven Turns (1990)
  • Shades of Two Worlds (1991)
  • A Decade of Hits: 1969-1979(1991)
  • An Evening With the Allman Brothers Band (1992)
  • Hell & High Water: The Best Of The Arista Years (1992)
  • Legendary Hits (1992)
  • The Allman Brothers Band At Fillmore East (ultradisc)(1992)
  • The Fillmore Concerts (1992)
  • Where It All Begins (1995)
  • 2nd Set (1996)
  • At the Fillmore East: February 1970(1996)
  • Mycology: An Anthology (1998)

Major Works in Sea Level

  • Sea Level (1977)
  • Cats
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    How Founding Allman Brothers Band Drummer Jaimoe Celebrates the Past While Making Way for the Future

    May 03  / Thursday

    Jaimoe was the first member Duane Allman hired for his fledgling Allman Brothers Band, shortly after the drummer and guitarist met in 1968 at Fame Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, where Duane was playing sessions. Jaimoe, a native of Gulfport, Mississippi and a veteran of Otis Redding, Percy Sledge and other r&b bands, was on his way to New York City to try and fulfill his dream of being a jazz drummer. Instead, he became a cornerstone of a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band as they launched a 45-year career that ended at the Beacon Theater on October 29, 2014.

    Ahead of Jaimoe’s Jasssz Band Friday May 4 show at Garcia’s, the drum great spoke to Allman Brothers biographer Alan Paul.

    You came up as a R&B and soul drummer, then made the jump into the world of rock 'n' roll with the Allman Brothers Band in 1969. How did your formative years of drumming prepare you for playing in the Allman Brothers?

    You can go from the Otis Redding and blues to rock

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