Posted on 05/27/2017 12:55:01 PM PDT by COBOL2Java
As recently as April 24, reports surfaced claiming Allman was in hospice. His manager previously denied those reports to Variety, which Allman then substantiated in a Facebook post.
With his older sibling, guitarist Duane Allman, the singer-keyboardist-guitarist-songwriter led one of the most popular concert attractions of the rock ballroom era; the group’s 1971 set “At Fillmore East,” recorded at Bill Graham’s New York hall, was a commercial breakthrough that showed off the band’s prodigious songcraft and instrumental strengths.
After Duane Allman’s death in a motorcycle accident weeks after the live album’s release, his younger brother led the band through four more stormy decades of playing and recording. The Allman Brothers Band’s latter-day history proved tumultuous, with other fatalities, disbandings, regroupings and very public battles with drugs and alcohol on the part of its surviving namesake.
Though Gregg Allman’s highly publicized addictions, his tabloid-ready marriage to pop vocalist Cher, and his equally public disputes with co-founding guitarist Dickey Betts came under harsh and sometimes mocking scrutiny over the years, Allman prevailed as the linchpin of an act that maintained popularity over four decades and opened the commercial door for such other Southern acts as Lynyrd Skynyrd and the Marshall Tucker Band.
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Just saw this
“If there’s a rock ‘n’ roll heaven,
You know they’ve got a helluva band.”
Awwww, man! RIP!
For all his flaws, that man -- along with the entire Allman Brother Band -- was a legend.
One of the greatest Blues songwriters ever.
Melissa is one of my all time favorites.
RIP Greg, you brought much joy to the world with your music.
Ahh...damn. He lived an interesting life, was brother to a rock legend and a member of one of the best rock bands every. He was even able to get past the ignominy of having married Cher. RIP - I’ll put “Live at Fillmore East” on the turntable tonight to remember him.
What a shame. I can’t believe it.
Just one more morning
I had to wake up with the blues
Pulled myself out of bed
And put on my walking shoes
Went up on the mountain
To see what I could see
Whole world was falling
Right down in front of me
I stared at that with fascination as a kid. All kinds of little details to take in.
Some great music that will live on.
I really liked some of his stuff; that album with “Sweet Feeling” and “Brightest Smile In Town” was pretty good.
One of my favorites.
RIP.
Always loved “Midnight Rider.” Once tried to do it in karaoke, but my voice didn’t fit the song; Greg’s did - gritty and poignant.
Exactly! That had to be one of the best inner album artworks. I look at that cover and I can hear “No Way Out” playing on my Pioneer stereo.
That it will. And at least I’ve got Tedeschi-Trucks Band tickets for July. And will probably go see Warren Haynes playing with Government Mule in October.
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