Claim: On the list of the Allman Brothers Band members, former lead guitarist Jimmy Herring (who would later join Widespread Panic) had the longest tenure.
Evidence: Image Gregg Allman  Butch Trucks Jai Johanny Johanson  Warren Haynes  Marc Quiñones 1991–2014 Oteil Burbridge 1997–2014 Derek Trucks 1999–2014 Dickey Betts  Berry Oakley 1969–1972
(his death) Duane Allman 1969–1971
(his death) Chuck Leavell 1972–1976 Lamar Williams 1972–1976
(died 1983) Dan Toler 1978–1982
(died 2013) David Goldflies 1978–1982 Mike Lawler 1980–1982 David "Frankie" Toler 1980–1982
(died 2011) Allen Woody 1989–1997
(died 2000) Johnny Neel 1989–1990 Jack Pearson 1997–1999 Jimmy Herring 2000 The Allman Brothers Band was founded in March 1969 by Duane and Gregg Allman with Dickey Betts, Berry Oakley, Butch Trucks and Jai Johanny "Jaimoe" Johanson. Jimmy Herring (born January 22, 1962) is the lead guitarist for the band Widespread Panic. He is a founding member of Aquarium Rescue Unit and Jazz Is Dead and has played with The Allman Brothers Band, Project Z, Derek Trucks Band, Phil Lesh and Friends, and The Dead. tour with Aquarium Rescue Unit in 1992 and 1993 and was offered the lead guitar job in the Allman Brothers Band after Dickey Betts was arrested after a show in Saratoga Springs, New York on July 30, 1993. Herring declined to take the position full-time. He went on tour with the Allman Brothers Band in 2000, then joined Phil Lesh of the Grateful Dead in Phil Lesh and Friends.