Who is the band that Cameron Crowe toured with at age 15 (based his Almost Famous film on this)?

Question

I got the impression that this was based on his actual experience as a reporter for Rolling Stone.

Answer 1

It was the Allman Brothers.

Answer 2

The Allman Brothers.

Answer 3

The film is director Cameron Crowe's semi-autobiographical account of life as a young Rolling Stone reporter. The actual group that Crowe first toured with was The Allman Brothers. (Gregg Allman was the one who distrusted him and kept asking if he was a narc.) Crowe's real-life near-fatal plane crash happened while traveling with The Who. The character of Russell Hammond is based on Glenn Frey of The Eagles.

Answer 4

He was assigned to interview Black Sabbath, but he went on the road with Stillwater.

"William does nothing to disabuse Ben, but accepts an assignment to follow Stillwater on the road and write an article." ((Wikipedia))

The film is semi-autobiographical, as Crowe himself was a teenage writer for Rolling Stone.

Answer 5

yes it was the allman brothers. he is the youngest contributer to rolling stone magazine ever.

Answer 6

Centering on a teenage music journalist on tour with an up-and-coming band, it gave insight as to his life as a 15-year-old writer for Rolling Stone.

Answer 7

you're right, and it was The Allman Brothers Band.

Answer 8

Centering on a teenage music journalist on tour with an up-and-coming band“Stillwater’’, it gave insight as to his life as a 15-year-old writer for Rolling Stone.

Answer 9

I thought it was Led Zeppelin.

Answer 10

Allman Brothers. That movie sucked big donkey balls.