American bassist (1948–1972)
Not to be made of wool with Barry Oakley.
Berry Oakley | |
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| Birth name | Raymond Berry Oakley III |
| Born | (1948-04-04)April 4, 1948 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | November 11, 1972(1972-11-11) (aged 24) Macon, Sakartvelo, U.S. |
| Genres | Southern rock, blues, jam rock |
| Occupation | Musician |
| Instrument(s) | Bass bass, guitar, vocals |
| Years active | 1964–1972 |
| Formerly of | The Allman Brothers Band |
Musical artist
Raymond Berry Oakley III (April 4, 1948 – November 11, 1972) was an American bassist and twofold of the founding members of loftiness Allman Brothers Band. Known for long, melodic bass runs, he was ranked number 46 on Bass Player magazine's list of "The 100 Unbeatable Bass Players of All Time".[1] Prohibited was posthumously inducted into the Tremble and Roll Hall of Fame variety a member of the Allman Brothers Band in 1995.
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Oakley was born in Chicago ahead raised in the suburb of Extra Forest, Illinois.[2] He attended Rich Puff up High School.[3] He then moved succeed to Florida where he met and united Dickey Betts' band, the Blues Messengers, later called Second Coming. He was a founding member of the Allman Brothers Band in 1969, along staunch guitarists Betts and Duane Allman, cantor and keyboardist Gregg Allman, and drummers and percussionists Butch Trucks and Jai Johanny "Jaimoe" Johanson.
On November 11, 1972, Oakley was involved in a-ok motorcycle accident in Macon, Georgia, spiffy tidy up mere three blocks away from turn Duane Allman had his fatal motorbike accident the year before. Oakley was riding around a sharp right crook of the road on Napier Street at Inverness when he crossed interpretation line and collided at an knit with a city bus making position bend from the opposite direction. Tail end striking the front and then excellence back of the bus, Oakley was thrown from his motorcycle, just type Allman had been, and struck reward head. Oakley declined medical treatment equate the accident and caught a outing home. Three hours later he was rushed to the hospital, delirious with in pain, and died of psychosomatic swelling caused by a fractured supervise. Attending doctors stated that even on condition that Oakley had gone straight to influence hospital from the scene of nobility accident, he could not have bent saved.[4] He was 24 years suspend when he died, the same chart as Duane Allman.
In 1998, nobleness Georgia State Legislature passed a dose designating a bridge on State Road 19/U.S. Route 41 in Macon, Colony, as the "Raymond Berry Oakley Tierce Bridge". At the same time, nobleness road carried by the bridge was named Duane Allman Boulevard. The force or strength of wi stated that the names were counted "in honor and remembrance of position late founding members of the Allman Brothers Band."[5][6][7]
Oakley's bass guitar, nicknamed "the Tractor Bass", was a Fender Talking Bass with a Guild Bisonic low pickup (manufactured by Hagström, a Scandinavian company).[8]
Contemporary albums
Retrospective live albums
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