This is what you call talent---no bullshit costumes, dancers, flashing lights--just an amazing talent---people will be listening to this 1000 years from now...

@Taylor-kd6lr

26 күн бұрын

100% Agree!!

Who is still listening in 2021? Listen to Gregg's voice, guitar playing at its best!! Beautiful man. Brings me back to my younger years. How I wish I could go back to those years again. RIP Gregg and Duane. Blessings

@chevyblue10

3 жыл бұрын

May 4th, 2021 and yeah, I'm still listening. @8:58, the best version of Mellisa I've ever heard. I play this over and over...still.

@montygates8767

3 жыл бұрын

Those were special times. No other generation will ever be able to experience such a unique and art filled time

@brianloftus563

2 жыл бұрын

Now listening to allman betts band carry on!!!!

@drgwhatsthetruth3783

2 жыл бұрын

That'll be me. 7/30/2021. I'll be listening till my time on this earth is done.

@mariapalmer8538

2 жыл бұрын

You said it how I wish I could too . Such wonderful times and when he sings I can feel those days in my soul. Nothing compares to when they came on the scene and the magic of their music , and Greggs voice. song book of my youth . No one will ever be like him .

Still listening in 2024 ❤

It is April 2024. Watching and listening to this just gets better and better with age. God rest the soul of GA, and God bless DG for not letting this become the proverbial tree in the forest.

@Mcwriter1-kj1so

Ай бұрын

April 22, 2024 I’m still a fan ✌🏼

@OMGWUNSIU

Ай бұрын

And RIP Dickey Betts. ❤

@sherrylsteele5520

Ай бұрын

Love Greg Allman and miss him... great performer eva!

@ggkk9694

29 күн бұрын

Everything is finally cured by time

@terryb.9719

8 күн бұрын

Such a deep sultry voice and the lyrics, wow!! I'm appreciating The Allman Brothers Band more today than when I was younger. Today, May 21, 2024.

What a beautiful man. How blessed we are to have had him in our lives.

@ggbythesea9231

9 ай бұрын

How Blessed We were.. Yet He's with US still 🕯

A dear friend of mine dated Gregg in the early 70s. Pre-Cher. They remained close friends until he passed. Gregg was not only immensely gifted, he had a sweet and generous heart. See you over yonder, Big Guy.

@Mcwriter1-kj1so

28 күн бұрын

Lucky Ladies 💝🎼💝

Pure heartfelt emotion performing Melissa. A great man gone but never forgotten.

Two of my daughters are named Jessica and Melissa. A man once said to them - "your dad must be an Allman Brothers fan." Their names were not picked because of the Allman Brothers songs, but he was right about one thing. I am an Allman Brothers fan!

A KZread ad popping up in the middle of Gregg singing should be a criminal offense

@quarter_moon_and_a_guitar

3 жыл бұрын

Google updated their philosophy: "Do nothing but evil"

@justincarpenter2735

3 жыл бұрын

Lol fuck yeah man!!!!

@MrsAnson7777

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed!!

@johnprekurat6960

3 жыл бұрын

That's worse than having cops shine a flashlight in your car when you're with your best gal's sister.

@steveburtt1562

3 жыл бұрын

You said it, warguy.... This is the price we pay for all of the internet freebies, etc. I still don't have to like it tho.... But I'm thankful there are recordings of so many artists who've moved on, even decades ago.🍷

This guy and his brother ARE southern rock. Ride on.

Him and Orbison are the only vocalists that can always bring a tear to my eye. I knew Gregg a little bit, he had his demons but he was never anything less than a complete gentleman and a kind soul. Rest in peace, ol' Gypsy.

@amythompson6869

5 ай бұрын

Yes even though he had them in interviews he was a complete southern gentleman. I often think if he had become a dentist instead like he’d planned how much soul the world would’ve missed out on. He just had the blues down perfect! And then that slide guitar of Duane and those after,on top of that fantastic piano. The Allman Brothers were nearly perfect. Actually going on a road trip today and plan on listening to them all the way.

@marthawedge-blake5479

4 ай бұрын

Hope your road trip was awesome.

Gregg certainly was gorgeous in 1982! His hair just blows my mind.

@user-gz9gy9td4r

Ай бұрын

He is gorgeous indeed❤❤❤

Who's listening to this 11/19/2022? OMG, such God giving talent! I cried when I heard that he died. Still brings tears. mmmmmmmmmm

Didn’t even try to promote himself, his band or an album. Just played two amazing songs and sang solo with his guitar…..killed it! who can do that nowadays!?!?

@berta7019

10 ай бұрын

Eric Clapton Can, B.B. KING AND JIMI HENDRIX COULD 🎸

@joleneloveland8911

8 ай бұрын

​Only one could the other two have passed on.

@donnagreene7323

6 ай бұрын

Not many “artists” today play instruments!!😢

January 7, 2023. Watching nearly 41 years later. It looks and sounds new. And great. Thank you again, DG.

Wow, so beautiful. Him, his voice, his playing, the song, the sentiment. What a gift he was.

Gregg, Duane, Berry, Butch are SORELY missed. Forever.

@JT-rc7vx

Ай бұрын

And now, Dickey😢

@yancyjenkinssr1824

Ай бұрын

Jaimoe still kikin

Melissa is a beautiful, haunting ballad. Amazing chord progression and lyrics. The master at work.

@tonygallo1104

2 жыл бұрын

well said!

I'm still listening in 2023 and still love him RIP 🙏

Magnificent solo performances. The man had a way of touching & moving people with simply a guitar (or a piano) & that voice. RIP, sir.

...as a young teen, I had the honor of working on the stage crew for a major ABB concert, and quietly stood just behind Gregg Allman...just out of the lights....as he played and sang with that genuine soul and sincerity. He was an American treasure and the heart of one of the best original music groups that ever appeared in our country. Years later, I thought of how much he was a real southern boy from Georgia, and what a tragedy our Civil War was, where boys very much like Gregg were slaughtered on the battlefield by the tens of thousands. He had a majestic appearance and a quiet charisma.....all real musicians respected his talent and that of his late brother as well.....along with Jaimoe, Butch , Dicky, and the other band members , too. His music lives on...

@normatible9795

Жыл бұрын

Lucky you to have seen him. Listened to him live and worked for him

@jgunther3398

11 ай бұрын

agreed that it would be better if the south had won the war of northern aggression

@ClueSign

11 ай бұрын

@@jgunther3398 Yeah where my slaves at, am I right, Jethro?

@joleneloveland8911

8 ай бұрын

Duane and Gregg were from Nashville Tennessee and spent their first fifteen years or so there. They then moved to Daytona Beach. The band was formed in Jacksonville Florida, and when Phil Walden started to manage Duane's career they moved to Macon, Ga around 1970.

@kenperkins7921

7 ай бұрын

It was actually born in MUSCLE SHOALS!

Still hard to believe he is gone. Thank you Gregg for so many years of beautiful music!

You Rock, Don Giller. Thanks for your other Allaman videos. I remember being very sadden upon learning of this truly talented man's death. God Bless him. MUCH respect!

Fantastic. Raw and beautiful! One of the best ever. Miss you Gregg

Gregg Allman will always be remembered in my life

One of a kind! ❤️ The world is colder & sadder without Gregg!

@justincarpenter2735

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely man!!!! Couldn't have said it better myself

Gregg had the most haunting voice. You can see and feel his music through his voice and just watching him.....that's the ultimate goal of an musical artist. He was the master of that. Dear Gregg RIP 😇😪

@pamelahaynes9744

3 жыл бұрын

They will be missed.

@dmarlin999

Жыл бұрын

Always listener💔💖

@joleneloveland8911

8 ай бұрын

A complete original. He had his own sound. His songs sounded like him. That is the mark of a great artist.

I am in awe, plain and simple. Damn man...

@KoloaKane

2 жыл бұрын

No doubt

Gregg was a true talent and will forever be missed. What a voice!!

Greg was so good looking ..Even as the got older he was still fine ...

I’m currently reading his book ,”My Cross to Bear.”It’s something else! I highly recommend it to any of his fans! It gives you insight into where his music developed.such feelings & soul! Love the Allman Brothers!Just imagine if Duane ad lived!❤️

@GSDjrbites

5 ай бұрын

I listened to it. The man who read it was fricken out of this world. His accent would almost make you forget it wasn't Gregg himself. And the 10 + hours was most of 2 days at work w/headphones while working. Great book. I love Greg's voice...so soulful and it hits right in the heart.

@ZEROIDEAPodcast

4 ай бұрын

I actually just finished it and I had never listened to him/them. I’m making my rounds now “catching up” lol he was my dads generation

@davedocherty7189

3 ай бұрын

Great book read it last month, once I started I couldn’t put the book down, excellent work

So gorgeous & such soul!❤️❤️❤️❤️

God I sure miss that beautiful haunting voice, never be another talent like his!!

I had just gotten back from Vietnam in ‘72 when I first heard of the Allman Brothers. How many times did I listen to their records while sitting in a dark room over the next few years. How many beers. How many joints. What a time

@johnmartin2470

4 жыл бұрын

thanks brother

@kenholley3272

4 жыл бұрын

GOD BLESS YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE SIR. I FULLY SUPPORT OUR VETERANS( ANGELS) I PRAY VERY REGULARLY AT OUR VETERAN'S MEMORIAL. I LOVE YOU IN CHRIST 💘

@megntx1

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your Service, Papa Steve. ...SO glad you made it back home.

@pointyblackhat9045

3 жыл бұрын

Papa Steve-In 1972, you needed beer, pot and the Allmans to deal with what you did. I hope it helped. Thanks for everything you had to do over there.

@catherinepiccione7508

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your service. 🇺🇸✌️

Pure talent...Pure voice...Life was easier and simpler in the times of gregg allman and the solo albums really mean alot to me...RIP to this legend..ty for the songs and the memories.

Beautiful lyrics and melody...A lost art in today's music industry..RIP Greg and Dwayne.

So talented. A beautiful man and even more beautiful hair.

Gregg's only 34 yrs old here.

He was a Gorgeous Man

Mellisa,man I could hear that lead guitar come in while Gregg strummed, Thats a keeper, Beautiful.

Just dripping with talent. You don't see this kind of act on TV anymore.

I loved his hair and voice. When I think Southern Rock I think Allman Brothers. American treasures.

@jmb92555

4 жыл бұрын

Gregg Allman said he never considered the Allman Bros Band a "southern rock" group. In the interview I saw he seemed half amused and half irritated when the interviewer call the Bros a southern rock band.

@ashby7166

3 жыл бұрын

Michael Boykin his explanation for why is because he said rock music is southern music. He said calling the Allman Brothers Southern Rock is like calling them Rock Rock.

@justincarpenter2735

3 жыл бұрын

AbsFuckinlutly!!!!!!

Soothing. When there was sincerity behind music.

Oh man. Happy birthday to Gregg Allman. In heaven. Your voice was truly heavenly. Missing you ,Duane,and all the other band members. Your music together was otherworldly. .

Greg was my hero in 1970 and bless his soul I still play his music every week

Gregg´s pure talent would teach many young people today!! Hope he´s not forgotten as so many brilliant rock musicians were

Gregg wearing that blue sweater really looks good, it makes his gorgeous eyes pop. Love Gregg forever.

I was so lucky to see him play in life.A truly great soulful singer and musician.

Miss you Gregg. The world was a better place with you in it.

I was in the studio audiece that day, it was one of letterman's first shows. I'll never forget the experience of him playing 'Melissa". The acoustics were excellent and the setting so intimate.

@dongiller

Ай бұрын

Nice! This was one of Dave’s test shows before its premiere on February 1.

The real thing. More talent in one man than in most of the current generation of youth combined. Plays keys, guitar, great blues singer, and songwriter

@screeningmimi

4 жыл бұрын

That's IT..."The REAL Thing" I still miss this man, although I still play his music often, the world was a better place with him in it.

@screeningmimi

4 жыл бұрын

Imagine it. He was already a force to be reckoned with vocally and on guitar, when his brother showed him a Hammond Organ and informed him they needed one in the band. No problemo. :D

Just an amazing performance & from David’s desk-don’t see that these days. Hard to believe that was 40 years ago. That guitar, that voice what a special talent!!!!

A man and his guitar; Purest singing of these two songs... GREGG ALLMAN ❤️💛❤️‍🔥🤎💔

Love Gregg. Beautiful ❤️!!! One of the best bluesmen. So much talent and a very kind soul. Very missed.

What a deep soul. It seems as if he always had more to say.

Wow. This is heavy. Saw The Allmans over 30 times from 1989 to about 1997. Only band I've seen more was The Grateful Dead. The Allmans always knocked us out. Always delivered. This man is a legend.

@dcd915

2 жыл бұрын

So you got to see the time of Seven Turns and Shades of Two Worlds! Two great albums

@shivapejman8155

2 жыл бұрын

The Allman brothers were the greatest live musicians who were consistently AWESOME!!!! Saw them 20 times or so.

@RapperBC

2 жыл бұрын

@@dcd915 I did, and lemme tell ya something, the Allman Brothers in those years were AWN FAR

@thebizzybuddies5647

Жыл бұрын

The Dead and The Allman Bros - perfect combo

@tuck6464

9 ай бұрын

Funny you say that. Gregg's been quoted in interviews saying he never cared for the Grateful Deads music, said he just didn't get it.

I can listen to Gregory over and over, never gets old

Miss him, and Duane, and that time in my life....a great time for music.

This is the best version of Mellisa that I've ever heard.

A man and his guitar.... beautiful performance

Chills, goosebumps and shivers up the spine all at once!

Thankyou SO much for including this cherished performance. THIS is why he was so good. His soul is deep. This is REAL Americana in front of your face. It has not been here in a while, and it is sadly and sorely missed. Thankyou for this. God Bless.🙏❤😎👍

incredible guitarist, incredible organist, incredible songwriter, one of the best singers in the world... incredible talent.

Never get enough of him.

Yeah.. Gregg was one in a million... That effortless natural blues vocal! Exceptional!

@joleneloveland8911

8 ай бұрын

Ikr?

One of the most sexy and talented men of all time!! RIP gregg allman!!

Thank you Gregory for all of your music. You have inspired and consoled me many times of my life. RIP♥️

MAN, this gave me gosepimples.What a great talent! RIP GREGG ALMOND.

I love this man

Well done young man. You and your older brother altered the course of history for your family.

@thebizzybuddies5647

Жыл бұрын

They altered the course of music history

This is treasure to me.Go he was the most gorgeous man and southern gentleman.

Best thing I've ever seen Gregg do and I love these guys all my life....

Beautiful soul...my rock star "crush" in college, would go to the ends of the earth to see the Allman Brothers, missed Watkins Glen in '73 but went all the way from Connecticut to Rapid City SD in 1990 to see them during the 50th Sturgis Bike Rally.

I'm still listening in 2022

here i am, worried about whats going on in the world right now, than i realized how healing is gregs music...thank you greg|

@larryn2682

4 жыл бұрын

*Gregg

@mdhotstuff

4 жыл бұрын

I am just discovering him now.. and I am 51

@otaviorocha4156

4 жыл бұрын

@@larryn2682 tank you lari

@davidharris7805

4 жыл бұрын

@@mdhotstuff where you been at? Glad your here.

@smcchandler3430

4 жыл бұрын

@@mdhotstuff me too...... i love this performance so much. and he seems like the epitome of effortless coolness

The Allman Brother's Band was God's gift to Southern Rock

@hollywoodusmcboss8867

4 жыл бұрын

So true dude

@markbauer827

4 жыл бұрын

Duane always said "There is no such thing as Southern Rock, all rock is Southern." True dat.

@la196

4 жыл бұрын

Mark Bauer theres a few successful world class rock musicians from the north and a few others from the east and west:) Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel, Anthony Kiedis, Aerosmith, Alice Cooper, Grand Funk Railroad, Iggy Pop, The Romantics, Jack White, Nirvana, The Verve Pipe, Glenn Fry, Ted Nugent, Uncle Kracker, Marshall Crenshaw. Prince was from Minnesota:). Even further north into Canadian territory you have, Bryon Adams, Bachman-Turner Overdrive, The Guess who, The Band, Rush, Neil Young, Loverboy, Triumph. Tip of the iceberg:). And the list goes on. Peace:). Amazing how much talent is out there, where would we be without it:)

@markbauer827

4 жыл бұрын

@@la196 I think Duane meant that all rock and roll is based on the blues and the blues originally come from the Mississippi Delta, filtered up through Memphis, St. Louis and on into Chicago. Highway 61. It's why Dylan (born in Minnesota, but burnished in NYC's Greenwich Village) called his most important album Highway 61 Revisited. Even those lads from Liverpool acknowledged their debt to guys like Little Richard (Georgia) and Chuck Berry (St. Louis). It's not about the birthplace on your birth certificate, it's about what's in your soul.

@TwilightCenturyFilms6586

3 жыл бұрын

1969 ABB BIRTH OF SOUTHERN ROCK - WHAT STARTED IT ALL...

Saw Gregg at a club in Toronto in the early 80s..then decades later in Vegas circa '15. Older, mellower, but still a magnificent talent. RIP bros. Duane, Gregg & now Dickey.

One of my al time favorite tunes! RIP Gregg, Duane, Barry, Butch and Dickey.

and that's why Greg Allman will always be one of the giants in music.

Legendary moment. Letterman’s first show.

@dongiller

Жыл бұрын

Before the first show.

@tented

10 ай бұрын

@@dongillerwhat do you mean? Not sure how it could have been before the show.

@dongiller

10 ай бұрын

@@tented This was one of Late Night’s test shows, called “Shakedowns,” before its premiere on February 1. No one outside the studio had ever seen this appearance before this upload.

I tried about 10 times to sing along with this but my throat kept cramping up crying.. it's too beautiful.. I very much love you Greg g

@kenriehl7852

3 ай бұрын

Brother, don’t feel bad you’re not the only one.

One wore. CLASS. 🍄👌

How could CHER not have fell for HIM‼️♥️💝♥️💝😍

@screeningmimi

4 жыл бұрын

Oh yes, lucky Cher! I for one, am mighty glad he didn't become a dental surgeon as he'd planned. :D

Dave got to sit there close enough to smell the wood on that guitar while Gregg played one of the most beautiful songs ever written. If any host deserved to be there it was Dave though, he has always had the best musical guests and a deep appreciation for American music.

A singular voice drenched in soul like no other!💥

I met Gregg in 1978 In st louis . He was a good friend of pat liston (mama's pride) He was a great person.plus he layer all my favorites. RIP

My favorite singer of all time, I cried the day you passed, RIP

Magnificent voice.

The blues by one of the bluest coolest troubadours born in the backseat of a Greyhound bus rolling down Highway 41

A true masterpiece work of art in every word . Gregg was exceptionally talented . Saw ABB in Tampa around 84 and at the end the whole place over 15,000 was on their feet going crazy with gratitude for excellence . Then Gregg gets up from the organ , and Dickey walks towards him and the two embrace in the middle of the stage with people roaring the two friends shared what must of been a very special moment in time . Knowing you can generate such positive energy of all kinds through music and joy

Oh my, I'm glad I stuck around for "Melissa" my favorite. Can't describe adequately my love for Allman Brothers; especially Greg. I live near where they were based in Macon, Georgia. This was MY era! So glad I stumbled on this which I haven't seen.

Get goosebumps hearing him sing "Melissa". So many memories. Gregg sings it beautifully yet so powerfully. That voice, talent and his gorgeous hair. Hope Dave Letterman knew history was being made that night.

@dongiller

3 жыл бұрын

It was an appearance that no one outside the studio ever saw until this upload, as it was a “test” show shortly before late Night’s premiere.

@gaylasmith5279

3 жыл бұрын

@@dongiller Than you for posting. What a gem!

Great to see this footage of Gregg in his prime. I loved the Allman’s when I was a teen, now I find myself coming back to them again and refunding what I loved about them all those years ago.

Such a beautiful version of Melissa ,one of my alltime fave songs.So honoured to have had the music of Mr.Allman in my life

Playing Good Acoustic 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉, Love 💕 Greg's Voice Which Will Never Die

The way Gregg looks after Dave says “this is the second version of the Allman brothers”. He reflects on that for a second!!!!

@InDisskyS131

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, that was pretty heavy actually.

@dennissmith5037

4 жыл бұрын

I noticed the look on his face too. That band lost a lot of very talented members over the years. Everyone who loves the Allman Brothers should read "One way out". What a life.

@larryn2682

4 жыл бұрын

The band had just broken up for the second time.

@bamadeadhead

4 жыл бұрын

6:26

@papasteve215

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah I caught that too. A twinge of pain in his eyes.

Omg he was terrific.

Gregg wrote Melissa when he was just 17 years old. What a talent he was and a down-to-earth person.

PURE TALENT💯✌🏼

Everyone my age ..70..remembers where they were when they heard the Fillmore album when it was first released. This was at time when stunningly great albums were released every week. It was played constantly on every turntable from that point on. It was an instant touchstone. Bands then paid serious dues, rehearsed and played together constantly; became unified and solid. We loved The Allman Brothers then and still do. The original band was a wonder to behold. Every member was a talented integral part and Greg was an amazing songwriter. Witness beautiful Melissa. Thanks.