I have been counting down the greatest live rock and roll performances of all time. Scroll down for numbers nine through two. We have now reached number one.

The Allman Brothers are still around today, but it was only a brief run with the great guitarist, Duane Allman, who died in 1971 in a motorcycle accident. Another band member died a year later, also in a motorcycle accident. Praise the Lord that the Allman Brothers recorded the Fillmore concerts from 1971. That double album has not a wasted note. The highlight is this song, the greatest live performance of all time, In Memory of Elizabeth Reed, an instrumental that just goes on forever, and you wish it could go on forever, but it ends after 13 minutes. These boys could play, and I have never heard anything better.

There are two ways to take in this performance. The full, uncut version is available from Grooveshark. The YouTube version is below.