The tragically short life of Raymond Berry Oakley III was an incredibly innovative and influential one. He was born on 4 April, 1948 in Chicago and was a founder member of the Allman Brothers Band in ...

There aren’t many acts that can boast a musical career that spanned six decades. But since coalescing around Florida-raised siblings Duane and Gregg in the late '60s, the Allman Brothers Band ...

Due to the recent devastation to Florida’s Gulf Coast caused by Hurricane Ian, former Allman Betts Band and current Duane Betts bassist, Berry Duane Oakley, and his family have been displaced ...

Live Dead & Brothers brought their all-star tribute to the Grateful Dead and Allman Brothers Band to Portland, OR's Alberta ...

Then Duane Allman was lost in a fatal 1971 motorcycle crash, and Oakley was said to have never fully recovered. "I don't think Berry really knew how to exist in a world without Duane," Allmans ...

From left, Berry Duane Oakley, Duane Betts and Johnny Stachela. Kimberly Nicoletti/Vail Daily You can’t really go wrong musically with a name, and lineage, like Duane Betts.

Gregg Allman will be buried during a private service June 3 in Macon, Ga., alongside his brother Duane Allman and fellow Allman Brothers Band member Berry Oakley at Rose Hill Cemetery.

On Thursday night after Betts’ show, Oakley Jr. played with keyboardist Johnny Neel, who had a stint with ABB, along with a number of Dickey Betts Band members, including Betts’ son and ...

Berry Oakley’s Jive Ass Revue, Ship of Fools and Kettle of Fish recreated the 1973 Summer Jam concert at Watkins Glen in July , playing the music of The Allman Brothers Band, The Grateful Dead ...

The bass eventually ended up with Allman Brothers Band founding member Dickey Betts, who gave it to Oakley's son, Berry Duane Oakley.