Macon house where Duane Allman lived hits Airbnb

Fans of rock music can now stay in Duane Allman’s one-time residence.

The two-story, bright orange house — located at 1125 Bond St. — was recently listed on the Airbnb online homestays service by its owners, Ed and Angie Hubbard. The 3,500-square-foot residence can sleep up to 11 guests for a price tag of around $1,000 per night, according to the listing.

The Hubbards visited Macon in 2019 and enjoyed how “accessible” live music was in the city, Ed said. Ed is a longtime fan of the Allmans and was eager to visit The Big House, home to the band’s museum.

The couple decided to move to Macon from Greenville, South Carolina, in 2024. They bought the Bond Street house for $406,000 and spent six months making minor fixes.

“It’s a quirky old house,” Ed said.

The home — built in 1890 — is stuffed with local art and furniture, including a reclaimed wood picnic table that anchors the dining room. Record covers layer the ceiling in one room, and concert posters, paintings and vinyl can be found on walls throughout the house. A mural by local artist Kevin Lewis wraps around the inside of the stairwell, and a stained glass window casts colorful reflections.

Allman, a famed rock and blues guitarist who founded the Allman Brothers Band in 1969, lived in the residence with his girlfriend Donna and their child Galadrielle. Before his stay on Bond Street, he lived at the Hippie Crash Pad on College Street.

In the foyer is a shrine to the musician. It features small ornaments, pamphlets from Visit Macon, Capricorn Studios and The Big House, and even a menu from H&H, the soul food restaurant known for its Allman Brothers connection.

“We wanted to give folks a place to learn about Macon,” Ed said of the shrine.

The Hubbards recently hosted an open house in partnership with the Historic Macon Foundation, and, next June, the couple plans to lend the house to the Otis Redding Foundation as temporary lodging for visiting musicians.

“Macon is just the right size of community for us — not too big, not too small,” Angie said.

How the Allman brothers found their sound in Macon

Before reaching Macon and the house on Bond Street, the Allman Brothers Band came together in Jacksonville.

Otis Redding’s manager Phil Walden scouted Duane Allman while the rocker was playing in the Florida city. Allman then began assembling the Allman Brothers Band, starting with drummer Jaimoe and then adding Dickey Betts, Berry Oakley and Butch Trucks before finally joining up with Duane’s brother Gregg.

Kirk West, the band’s former assistant tour manager, said the brothers moved to Macon in March 1969 and stayed at the Hippie Crash Pad on College Street — next to where Hotel 1842 is now.

“Young bands, they need to be together all the time or they never actually gel,” West said. “They were developing music and they needed intense interaction.”

The band played its first gig in May 1969 at The College Discotheque on Mulberry Street. Duane was the first to move out of the Hippie Crash Pad. Oakley and Trucks followed. The band would later reunite at The Big House on Vineville Avenue, where they lived there until 1973. In 2009, an interactive museum spotlighting the band opened in the former residence.

There was barely a rock ‘n’ roll scene in Macon when the band arrived — except for one local band, “Boogie Chillen,” West said.

West recalled Duane Allman being asked about the band’s choice to locate in Macon.

“There’s not a damn thing going on down here,” Allman responded.

West said the lack of distraction helped the band focus on their music.

“The music industry came because they were here,” he said.

West and his wife Kirsten bought The Big House in 1993. They lived there for 14 years before deciding to make it a museum.

He photographed the band during their performances and later produced archival releases with tapes he found over the years.

“The relationship and my involvement with the Allman Brothers Band is basically the greatest thing that’s happened to me — except for my wife,” he said.