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Collab efforts are always a tricky thing, a song can be tough enough but a whole project? They can be nearly impossible sometimes. So when a group such as Jamtown-consisting of Cisco Adler, Donavon Frankenreiter and G.Love get together, it can be a special thing. With a group as talented and as storied as these three, you know the effort will good. The group brings together a plethora of styles and genres into some easygoing hits, with roots in surf rock, pop/reggae, hip hop, and some folksy harmonica playing all entering the fray. All these ingredients come together to give...

Gregg Allman, whose hard-jamming, bluesy sextet the Allman Brothers Band was the pioneering unit in the Southern rock explosion of the ‘70s, died Saturday due to currently unknown causes. He was 69. 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...

Gregg Allman, the soulful singer-songwriter and rock n' blues pioneer who founded The Allman Brothers Band with his late brother, Duane, and composed such classics as "Midnight Rider," "Melissa" and the epic concert jam "Whipping Post," has died at age 69, Billboard has learned. He was diagnosed with hepatitis C in 1999 and underwent a liver transplant in 2010. He "passed away peacefully at his home in Savannah, Georgia," according to a statement on Gregg Allman's official website, noting that the family planned to release a statement soon. "Gregg struggled with many health issues over the past several years. During...

Allman Brothers Band drummer Butch Trucks fatally shot himself in front of his wife in Florida, according to law enforcement records. The legendary drummer, 69, had been dogged by financial woes for years, The Mail reported, citing local court records.

Seven other crew members were treated at a hospital for injuries suffered on the 110-year-old trestle above the Altamaha River in Wayne County. Open Road Films, the film’s U.S. distributor; Unclaimed Freight, the Pasadena company producing the film; and the Georgia-based Meddin Studios film crew had permission from the railroad operator to film "Midnight Rider" near the railroad tracks, but they did not have permission to be on it, authorities said. "I do believe there is going to be an issue about whether they had permission to be on the tracks," Wayne County Sheriff’s Det. Joe Gardner told the Los...

Shareef Allman, the man suspected of killing three and wounding seven in a shooting spree, has been shot and killed in a Sunnyvale neighborhood... 8:40 a.m.: Law enforcement sources confirmed suspect is dead Law enforcement sources have confirmed triple homicide suspect Shareef Allman has been shot and killed in Sunnyvale. Santa Clara County Sheriff's deputies were involved in the shooting that happened at about 7:20 a.m. in Sunnyvale, according to Lt. Rick Sung