 By that summer , the group began rehearsals for what would become their fourth studio album , Brothers and Sisters . Allman brought the band the song " Queen of Hearts " , which he had worked on for , by that point , a year and a half . He was inebriated at the time , and the members would not consider the song . Later that night he returned to Capricorn Studios alone to work on his own songs . He worked for forty @-@ two hours , slept for six , and returned for a final session that wound up lasting a further twenty @-@ eight hours . " Mentally and physically exhausted , " he was unhappy with his output , and discarded the tape reels in a trash can , hoping to set them aflame . Producer Johnny Sandlin walked in and convinced Allman to start over . Together , they worked on a cover of the Jackson Browne song " These Days " , enlisting Scott Boyer to play pedal steel guitar on the track . Later in the year , he worked on several demos for the album at Criteria Studios in Miami , Florida alongside friend Deering Howe and bassist Berry Oakley ( who was killed in a motorcycle crash not long afterward ) . 
