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"Southern Rock" Innovator Gregg Allman Has Died

  

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Via:  johnrussell  •  7 years ago  •  4 comments

"Southern Rock" Innovator Gregg Allman Has Died

 

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JohnRussell
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link   seeder  JohnRussell    7 years ago

Gregory LeNoir "Gregg" Allman  (December 8, 1947 – May 27, 2017) was an American musician, singer and songwriter.

He is best known for performing in  the Allman Brothers Band . He was born and spent much of his childhood in  Nashville, Tennessee , before relocating to  Daytona Beach, Florida . He and his brother,  Duane Allman , developed an interest in music in their teens, and began performing in  the Allman Joys  in the mid-1960s. In 1967, they relocated to  Los Angeles  and were renamed the Hour Glass , releasing two albums for  Liberty Records . In 1969, he and Duane regrouped to form the Allman Brothers Band, which settled in Macon Georgia .

The Allman Brothers Band began to reach mainstream success by the early 1970s, with their  live album   At Fillmore East  representing a commercial and artistic breakthrough. Shortly thereafter, Duane was killed in a motorcycle crash in 1971. The following year, the band's bassist,  Berry Oakley  was also killed in a motorcycle accident very close to the location of Duane's wreck. Their 1973 album  Brothers and Sisters  became their biggest hit, and Allman pursued a solo career afterward, releasing his debut album,  Laid Back  the same year. Internal turmoil took over the group, leading to a 1975 breakup. Allman was married to pop star  Cher for the rest of the decade, while he continued his solo career with the  Gregg Allman Band . After a brief Allman Brothers reunion and a decade of little activity, he reached an unexpected peak with the hit single " I'm No Angel " in 1987. After two more solo albums, the Allman Brothers reformed for a third and final time in 1989, and continued performing until 2014. He released his most recent solo album,  Low Country Blues , in 2011, and his next,  Southern Blood , is set to be released in 2017.

For his work in music, Allman was referred to as a  Southern rock  pioneer [1]  and received numerous awards, including several  Grammys ; he was inducted into the  Rock and Roll Hall of Fame  and the  Georgia Music Hall of Fame . His distinctive voice placed him in 70th place in the  Rolling Stone  list of the "100 Greatest Singers of All Time". [2]  Allman released an  autobiography My Cross to Bear , in 2012.

 

 
 
 
Randy
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link   Randy    7 years ago

They were one of the bands that I always regretted never having seen live. RIP to a lost genius and legend.

 
 
 
pat wilson
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link   pat wilson  replied to  Randy   7 years ago

I was fortunate to see them several times, never saw them when Dwayne was alive though. Had a huge crush on Gregg!

 
 
 
Bob Nelson
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link   Bob Nelson    7 years ago

They were very good. Their instrumental breaks -- banjo/guitar -- were prodigious 

 
 

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