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lp.constantcontactpages.com/s... Music Legend Gregg Allman died at 69
When it came to the Allman Brothers band - he played on everything. They were the quintessential Southern-Rock band even though Gregg disliked that tag.
His management confirmed his death today saying, Allman "passed away peacefully at his home in Savannah, Georgia, Gregg struggled with many health issues over the past several years. During that time, Gregg considered being on the road playing music with his brothers and solo band for his beloved fans, essential medicine for his soul. Playing music lifted him up and kept him going during the toughest of times."
He was born Gregory LeNoir Allman on December 8, 1947 in Nashville, Tennessee. He was always the main vocalist and composer.
For many years this group had the The Three Musketeers motto, “All for one and one for all.” They lived together, played and traveled together and partied together which certainly helped at the groups inception in 1969 when they were starving, malnourished and looking for their audience. They still stayed up all night raising hell. When they weren't practicing it was party time.
Duane's vision was to have a “different” band with two lead guitarists and two drummers. They even toyed with calling themselves Beelzebub.
Those first two Allman Brothers Band LP's, the self-titled debut from 1969 and 1970's “Idlewild South” were not big hits at first even though there classic tunes on both. The first had "Whipping Post" which Rolling Stone magazine called an "enduring anthem ... rife with tormented blues-ballad imagery" and it also contained Muddy Waters classic "Trouble No More.” “Idlewild South” had “Midnight Rider” which Gregg Allman called, "the song I’m most proud of in my career.” It also featured a future concert mainstay, "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" a jazz flavored groovy instrumental.
These architects of southern rock found their commercial footing however on their third. A little light bulb went off for Gregg Allman when he realized that without commercial success the band could still survive as a concert act and their drummers were a huge part on that sound. After all the crowds were building so maybe it was time for a live album?
In July 1971 they released, “At Fillmore East.” It's considered one of the best live albums of all time and it was a hit on the charts peaking at #13 on the charts. Everything changed after that.
With increased popularity came the usual rock n roll carnage, drugs and booze. Duane Allman, bassist Berry Oakley and a few of their roadies went into rehab.
The bands biggest blow came on October 29, 1971. At 24, Duane Allman, was killed in a motorcycle accident. On deciding the future of the band Trucks said, "We all had this thing in us and Duane put it there. He was the teacher and he gave something to us-his disciples-that we had to play out."
“Eat a Peach” did feature Duane and was dedicated to him and reached #5 on the Billboard charts. It feature the gorgeous tune, “Melissa” that was originally thought to be too soft for the group. Gregg wrote it in 1967 and would later play it at Duane's funeral. Then bassist Berry Oakley was killed in another motorcycle accident a few blocks from where Duane died. They are buried side-by-side.
Interestingly they called their next project “Brothers and Sisters” even though the family atmosphere in the band was fading fast via drugs and arguments. It did feature, "Ramblin' Man their only top 10 hits it was their only #1 album. MORE AT www.johnbeaudin.com
John Beaudin has been in major market radio (Edmonton, Vancouver & Calgary) for 33 years and a music journalist since 1989. He graduated from Broadcasting school as a news man so he would have the skills to write about the artists that inspired him since he bought his first album, “Madman Across The Water” by Elton John as a teen. In the 80's Beaudin was the host of the syndicated radio show “The Cross Canada Report” which had two version (Rock and A/C). Beaudin was also asked to be a judge at the Juno Awards (Canada's answer to the Grammys) Twice. He has anchored every position in radio including morning and afternoon drive and was a Program and Music Director for The Breeze and California 103 in Calgary. He currently hosts the popular Lovesongs at QM-FM in Vancouver and on iHeartRadio.
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My favorite band for all time...I'm sad. Heaven has gained a great musician!
Brother Gregg Rip,thanks for all the Memories ,the Allman Brothers music Will always ramble thur my mind #
His autobiography book is an excellent read !! I enjoyed his honesty, sense of humor, and most of all the stories behind the songs he wrote, along with his personal struggles from childhood into adulthood. I feel that everyone who is an Allman Brothers Band fanatic like myself is deeply blessed to have the honor of listening to the BEST MUSIC EVER !! Gregg I know you're with your brother Duane at last and it feels good to know the long await has come to pass.
Thank you for your heart and thank you for the music Brother.
Rest In Peace Greg, you and your life will live on in your music forever.
I spent many many days and nights listening to the brothers. Greg will live forever in his music. You can bet I will be at the next show when I get to the upper room. Peace out my brother, rip.
seeing the Allman Brothers in concert is as fine a evening as I ever had
Rip Gregg Allman what a fantastic musician you were love your music
god we're losing our greats R.I.P gregg thanks man
I will miss you Greg always and forever! Now you will be with Duane cruising in highway heaven. ALLMAN BROTHERS FOREVER.
Very nice tribute. Rock In Peace Gregg!
RIP GREGG THE ALLMAN BROTHERS ARE REUNITED ONCE AGAIN WHAT A SOUND THE ANGELS WILL HEAR IN HEAVEN TONIGHT
God bless you Greg ...and thank you for the times you gave us ...RIP
so sad. When Jerry died the Allman Brothers stepped in briefly to fill that void. Anybody who really knows music will know what I'm talking about. Thanks Greg!
One of the best blues voices ever...Adios Gregg you've got plenty to run with now Duane inc.
I still can't wrap my mind around this. The ABB was always my favorite band growing up, and from the first time I ever heard Midnight Rider I have called it my theme song. I saw the ABB in concert in Washington, DC, in the early 1970's, (after an eight hour drive to get there, see the concert, then back another eight hours in time to go to work.) In the 1990's, I saw Gregg and ABB live in Poughkeepsie, NY, and in the city, too. Because of my love for this band, these folks have been as much a part of me as family. I once owned a place I called "Brothers and Sisters Farm," and me and some friends once went to Georgia just to visit Statesboro. I even learned to play slide because of this band. Each loss along the way has been difficult, but this one is particularly hard, not only because it is Gregg, not only because it comes on the heels of losing Butch, but because it represents the final curtain for a band like no other. “Now cracks a noble heart. Good-night, sweet princes; And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest. ”
@wthendrix5047
7 жыл бұрын
West Winds We lost one of our finest Sons of The South. What a time to live. They set the tone for our lives. God's speed to Gregg Allman and thanks for commenting brother.
I remember seeing them in 1975 , what a beautiful memory , R.I.P. Greg !
True American music icons who have been part of my life since my freshman year in high school. Gregg we love you! Thanks for the memories, my brother in music.
Greg was so talented and he fought his demons till the end and died clean and sober!
RIP Gregg Allman - forever in my Heart!!!
What a sad loss of an awesome talent. There will never be another one like Gregg. A warrior til the end. But he will live on in our hearts and his music will live forever. Love you Gregg.
RIP, Butch Trucks, Chris Cornell and Greg Allman. And of course all the others over the years.
The Allman Brothers Band & Pink Floyd will always be the greatest Classic Bands of all time. R.I.P. GREGG ALLMAN!!!!!!
@louisfumbanks7589
7 жыл бұрын
Yes but theire about 14 years apart, Do You mean classic Rock They Arent in the same time. The Allman Brothers Started Theire band basically in a tin shed in the summer.
RIP Gregg - the very best.
" And the road goes on forever "
Was lucky to have been raised in Jacksonville, Florida when the Allman Brothers Band was just getting started. They were so much a part of my teenage years and taught me what good music sounded like. God Bless you Gregg and I hope Duane, Berry and Butch are waiting for you in Heaven as they were in Jacksonville back in 1969.
Gregg Allman RIP......
RIP,, my friend. From Nashville Tn.
Growing up in Nashville during the 70's the ABB were like musical gods. Everybody had Fillmore East & Eat a Peach. All flags in the South should be at half mast. Thank you Gregg. RIP Brother...
Allman Brothers made me fall in love with music T MAM
*R.I.P., DEAR GREGG!!!*
RIP Gregg Allman. Most southerners will tell you that growing up in the 60's and 70's that these guys had a connection with us somehow. The Allman Brothers just seemed like the rest of us; made their way in small southern towns like Daytona, FL and Macon, GA and never drifted far from their roots. If you were in high school in the late 70's or early 80's, you more than likely rode around in your friends Camaro or Mustang and drank beer from a quart bottle and had their 8 track playing.
Rest in Peace Gregg, your be missed by your family, friends and fans...I'm so lucky to have seen you in 1985 @ The Stoney Pony in Ashbury, NJ...Your hair was so beautiful, so long and not a split in, in sight...I could've reached out and touched you, cause I was that close...Which I had now...What a memory you gave me of you and I'll never, ever forget you. Your at Peace now, Rest and your with your brother Duane now...You were and still are a music legend...
The voice was soulful, warm, scary, smooth, and seductive...the music was awesome, sad, fierce, mellow, and exciting....The end of one of, if not the greatest bands that ever existed.
💜🕇R.I.✌,GOD Bless U sir Greg!!!!! With your brothers again!!!!! All of U Never Forgotten!!!!! Thank U All,for All the Great Music,All These Years!!!🕆💔✌
so glad to hear that he had finished the solo album and had listened to it the night before he passed away. I have them all and will add this one once its available. He and Joe Walsh have been playing private concerts in my head for years , his lyrics spoke a language that i was very comfortable with. At his concerts I felt sourounded by the coolest people on the planet cause they also knew the same secret that I knew. I have really enjoyed checking out all the acoustic covers. on the "tube" and will continue to enjoy his music , his lyrics , his style. My best to his family , friends and fans. I might even get a shroom tattoo , maybe. His passing makes me feel older but his music keeps me young in my mind. "Sensations I can not borrow. Your embraces won't ease my sorrow. I just wokeup from a bad dream......
I am shocked and heart broken over the loss of this amazing man.God's Speed to you Gregg.Blessings to his family.I am so sorry for your loss.
I had toyed with learning to play guitar after hearing Johnny Winter , but what really gave me the push was hearing Live at the Fillmore East . It was one of those lightning in a bottle moments...RIP Gregg , Duane ,Berry, and Butch are waiting just over the horizon...
Well done on the tribute. Succinct, respectful and honouring a great musician. Thanks.
I'm still cranking up Gregg and miss him dearly ! Never be another ! Thankfully God shared him w us ! 😢 Duane Allman best guartist & a genius! ! As Bill Graham said Best Damn Band in the land ! Godspeed
So glad Gregg did the Dan Rather interview. He knew The Lord. I know where he is.We are blessed with the music. He found a wife after 7 marriages. His kids spent Christmas with him. I'm 69, I understand his plight.
@hopefuldeplorable6890
7 жыл бұрын
Janae Lynn me too.
@ARTll-zy1cp
7 жыл бұрын
Space Ghost 53...... nice post moron......
@JanaeLynn
7 жыл бұрын
Space Ghost 53 I don't know about "moronic religious thing" You can hit below bottom. He cried for help, after 11 rehabs. Someone heard him. Then the miracle guy showed up. 19 Yrs ago. I know he didn't share Cher's belief. We should get his book, A Cross To Bare. He hated "Dull" I dislike religion, love Jesus! He was so cool! Read some Red words. He came for Bottom Feeders, like me. The religious killed him for it. Its all about love, mercy. He would be hanging out with Bikers. The bad ones. If you read a few words of say, Psalms, it sounds familiar. Like all the songs you love. Talk to him, you'll see!This is hard, explain Love. It exists. Its not moronic. Jesus doesn't ruin the party. They ran out of wine! Then the host of the wedding gotin trouble for hoarding The Best Wine, that Jesus made. Its all good, until religion shows up. I hear you!! Love, JL
I love you and miss you Gregg...Keep on Trucking with Butch, Barry, And Duane...
mellisa, jessica and blue sky have always made me happy and smile. three of the most beautiful songs ever. thank you gregg
grew up rockin to him rip gregg
Grew up in atlanta. These guys are like family....... Too freaking sad for words...
God's speed to one of The Souths finest sons. I'm heartbroken to see Gregg leave us.
Last live song he performed was "One Way Out". Can't help but think that he knew.
When I think about growing up, all those years ago in the Ludlow Garage. "Good Lord I feel like i'm dying!"
A cursory treatment of a legend. I had heard that the band tried to find a different singer but that no one could get it right save Gregg. An underrated keyboardist and the brother had soul. I can't think of anyone who has more soul except, maybe, James Brown, BB, Chris Robinson; that's a small list.
@Invisiguy
7 жыл бұрын
Early on, Gregg decided to emulate Ray Charles. Now you can hear it, can't you?
R.I.P Gregg!!! You definitely made your mark in this world!!! No one could ever replace you!!!
RIP Brother, Greg , Here's A ✌🏻moment of silence ❤️ for Gregg Allman from the Allman Brothers Band, passing onto "wherever he wished it would be" . A simple man, A good man , ~a true american icon ~ 🇺🇸
Mud Island in Memphis on the Seven Turns Tour, the best show I ever did see. Rest Easy Gregg !
Thank you for pointing out how Gregory disliked the term "Southern rock". Five out of six were southerners (Berry Oakley was from Chicago), but the Allman Brothers Band simply played the most sophisticated rock ever. (Tedeschi Trucks Band is as great a band as the ABB, but their best songs are covers of George Harrison, Santana and Derek & the Dominoes.
I SAW THE LALLMAN BROTHERS BAND BACK IN 1989 AT THE CHASTAIN PARK AMPHITHEATRE IN ATLANTA GEORGIA AND WAS A GREAT SHOW WITH WHIPPING POST BEING THE LAST SONG THEY PERFORMED THAT EVENING.
First Chris Cornell and now Greg Allman....WTF?? We are losing our musical legends.
I am honestly surprised he made it this far, he lived on the edge, all the time, so he did well to make it to 69!
@crazyhawk59
7 жыл бұрын
He hadn't "lived on the edge" for many years. Clean and sober since 1995 he led a quieter life than before.
Had to come back to this video-Saddens me his loss is not being recognized more by news, social media and the Allman tree branch of musicians & family members. Tweets,video's,IG?The fans are there...where are the rest?
@JanaeLynn
7 жыл бұрын
Nikkipicky My husband didn't tell me! He thought I knew. Grief turned to Anger!! Some people. Tiger got a DUI. Please!!
RIP Greg allmam .take your midnight ride :'(
The Netherlands will think of you...Greg. R.I.P. 1-6-2017
From the trodden communities of blue imposition and afluence, to the most global communities are a people who are grateful to have become famiar with Gregg Allman; All of these constituents of Greg Allman heartfully endear their respect of these remains and the music that he, Greg Allman, rendered into art, awarding humanity with the meritirious decoration bywhich Greg Allman's vital works honor humanity with articulate music which genuinely flowed from the diverce confrontations he, Greg Allman, encountered in life; Diverse confrontations which impelled and roused his spirit. God Bless.
@louisfumbanks7589
7 жыл бұрын
Do You Mean He Had The Blues? BB King Said He Had The Blues ? If You never have the blues You don't know how to Rock. Most know nothing about the Blues today.
R.I.P. AND THANK YOU ~ skip and the meddle BLUES project
We'll all miss you Gregory, as we miss Duane and Butch.
@thememo9941
7 жыл бұрын
and Berry
@hopefuldeplorable6890
7 жыл бұрын
brian jensen and Berry.
RIP
i'm so glad i was blessed to see gregg in vancouver in 1998. the main reason i started playing guitar.mellisa, jessica and blue sky. rip gregg
Gregg and the band resisted the label of Southern Rock and rightly so. They were much more than that. It was not until Duane died and Dickey Betts became more prominent as a song writer that they began to do more country-influenced material. Even then it was not so much Southern as it was an amalgam of several styles. They cut their teeth on blues and went from there. Betts was more country-ish but also appreciated Brahms; Duane loved listening to John Coltrane as well as Taj Mahal; They were musical sponges and it made their improvisations take often diverse paths. Blues, Jazz, old school R&B, and Country, with a touch of Latin for good measure. That was The Allman Brothers Band.
that's one thing you can say about Gregg allman, He sang that song, like he had a pair
Gregg Allman was such a great singer/songwriter and musician. The Allman Brothers were a great band. Melding different musical styles, including blues, country, jazz, rock and soul. Rest in peace, Duane Allman, Berry Oakley, Dan Toler, Butch Trucks and Gregg Allman.
@larrygeetar9309
7 жыл бұрын
+Dwayne Wladyka Don't forget Lamar Williams, Allen Woody and Dan Toler's brother Frank, who briefly played drums for the band 1980-1982. That's eight members, pretty unusual to say the least. Three bass players in a row: Berry Oakley, Lamar Williams and Allen Woody. I knew the Tolers and played with Dan a few times. He was a great player and one of the sweetest guys you'd ever meet. I didn't know Frank much but did meet him and jammed with both of them once. What a great band, my favorite of all time. RIP to all, especially Gregg right now. There are now only two of the original six members left, Jaimoe and Dickey Betts. Very sad and tragic.
@CarolEPMc
7 жыл бұрын
good point! sorry you didn't get to know Frankie (David Toler) he was a sweetheart! I love the dif style he brought to the cut Good Time Feeling - DB&GS Atlanta's Burning Down album.
@dwaynewladyka577
7 жыл бұрын
larry geetar Why I like the Allman Brothers Band, is because they made 100 percent honest music. Each member of the band was very gifted and humble and brought some amazing and diverse musical styles into the band, and the result was some fantastic music. With this band, the music came first.
everyone here at 320 are crushed. R.I.P.
R.I.P. Greg....
Gregg now joins his brother Duane, Butch and Berry .
rip
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He's with Duane now.
R.I.P Greg
Use 2:1 Compression on your audio! It makes a helluva difference!!
Gregg was a top notch composer, singer and it's sometime forgotten what an amazing organist he was, kzread.info/dash/bejne/eYaLk7WlYpanYso.html. One of his finest performances.
What can you say. unlike many groups who played a concert for hour an half. when you saw the brothers you saw 3 hour show. the talent an influence , opened the door for southern rock groups. an if it weren't for then country music would of die. cause it totally sucked in the seventies and eighties.
May he now RIP after many issues. "I testify, O my Lord, that Thou hast enjoined upon men to honor their guest, and he that hath ascended unto Thee hath verily reached Thee andattained Thy Presence...." ~ Baha'u'llah
@hopefuldeplorable6890
7 жыл бұрын
LearnEnglishESL Yes!
@carolludwick9818
7 жыл бұрын
no
I named my daughter Sunshine because I couldn't name her Soulshine.
Another gone too soon. May he rest in peace. That heavenly band is growing by leaps and bounds. 💔😞
Its funny that Duane (like most big brothers) would chest Greg around and assert his authority. I think older brothers instinctively know to bully the younger to prepare him for jr high, HS, Col or in their case bar fights on the road. Greg said there were no little bro love moments at all. He marked a good day by escaping an ass whipin. I love that. Life is rough. Never start them out shielded or protected. A lesson the poor take to immediately. We were upper middle but my brothers did me the favor of daily ass whipins and dryer rides. Blood was drawn at least weekly. It took me to the top 10 in the sport of wrestling in Ohio and I am grateful.
For the new lineup. Yes. New Eagles. Didn't like when Randy Meisner quit. But a burn out is what it is. Randy was married so had a lot on his plate. The Eagles know now what it means to have a family. Love to Randy. The best for our New Eagles. Congratulations 🎶
overdosed, was reported in the news.
@Cook9698
7 жыл бұрын
he died from liver cancer idiot
@jordythefilmmaker317
7 жыл бұрын
It was a recurrence of the liver cancer he'd had before. Do not know if it was the 'NEW' liver or not...but I was relieved to learn it was NOT an overdose that got him. Apparently he was still clean at the end.
@marlenegb3267
7 жыл бұрын
He's been clean and sober for 22 years! Try again
I remember chilling out on the couch with Gregg in 2000 watching Soul Train and bass fishing when we ended up in rehab together. RIP brother.
RIP