<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> "Dreams" "Dreams" contains slide guitar sections from Duane Allman, and also contains hints of influence from jazz . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Problems playing this file? See media help . </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> "Dreams" "Dreams" contains slide guitar sections from Duane Allman, and also contains hints of influence from jazz . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Problems playing this file? See media help . </Td> </Tr> <P> The songs on the album were largely arranged after Gregg Allman joined the band in Jacksonville, Florida in March 1969 . Most of the songs were devised from longer, impromptu jam sessions . The group's style evolved from a mix of jazz, country music, blues and rock, which was the result of each individual member turning the others onto their particular interests . Trucks introduced Johanson to the Grateful Dead and the Rolling Stones; Johanson likewise introduced the group to jazz musicians such as Miles Davis and John Coltrane, and Betts did the same with country music and Chuck Berry . Duane Allman had previously listened to Davis and Coltrane before Johanson's suggestion, and his two favorite songs--Coltrane's version of "My Favorite Things" and Miles Davis' "All Blues"--were the basis for the majority of the band's modal jamming, "without a lot of chord changes ." </P>

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