Gregg Allman | A Greatest Singer
Gregory LeNoir Allman (December 8, 1947 – May 27, 2017) was an American singer-songwriter and musician. He was known for performing in the Allman Brothers Band. Allman grew up with an interest in rhythm and blues music, and the Allman Brothers Band fused it with rock music, jazz, and country at times. He wrote several of the band’s biggest songs, including “Whipping Post”, “Melissa”, and “Midnight Rider”. Allman also had a successful solo career, releasing seven studio albums. He was born and spent much of his childhood in Nashville, Tennessee, before relocating to Daytona Beach, Florida,More info:wiki
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Gregg Allman, who with brother Duane founded the iconic Allman Brothers Band, died Saturday. The guitarist, singer, and songwriter was 69 years old.
The hits the Allmans turned out created a signature sound that many have imitated but few have come close to equaling. With classics like “Melissa,” “Whipping Post,” and “Midnight Rider,” the Allmans totally defined southern rock as a separate genre.
A statement on Allman’s website announced his death, stating he’d “passed away peacefully” at his Savannah, Georgia residence. “Gregg struggled with many health issues over the past several years,” the statement read, most likely referencing his battle with hepatitis C, which resulted in a liver transplant in 2010.
“During that time,” the death announcement continued, “Gregg considered being on the road playing music with his brothers and solo band for his beloved fans, essential medicine for his soul.”
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Music legend Gregg Allman, whose bluesy vocals and soulful touch on the Hammond B-3 organ helped propel the Allman Brothers Band to superstardom and spawn Southern rock, died Saturday, a publicist said. He was 69.
Allman died at his home in Savannah, Georgia, publicist Ken Weinstein said. A statement on the singer’s website says he “passed away peacefully.”
Allman had cancelled some 2016 tour dates, announcing on Aug. 5 that he was “under his doctor’s care at the Mayo Clinic” due to “serious health issues.” Later that year, he canceled more dates, citing a throat injury. And in March 2017, he canceled performances for the rest of the year.
Born in Nashville, Tennessee, the rock star known for his long blond hair was raised in Florida by a single mother after his father was shot to death. Allman idolized his older brother, Duane, eventually joining a series of bands with him. Together they formed the nucleus of The Allman Brothers Band.
The original band featured extended jams, tight guitar harmonies by Duane Allman and Dickey Betts, rhythms from a pair of drummers and the smoky blues inflected voice of Gregg Allman. Songs such as “Whipping Post,” ”Ramblin’ Man” and “Midnight Rider,” helped define what came to be known as Southern rock and opened the doors for such stars as Lynyrd Skynyrd and the Marshall Tucker Band.
#6 Gregg Allman: 20 Essential Songs,More info:rollingstone
The question “Can white men sing the blues?” has been debated for decades, especially once earnest white kids began taking a crack at the music in the 1960s. But in the case of Gregg Allman, no one ever raised the question. It wasn’t simply a matter of his husky, often pained voice and the genuine sense of despair, desperation and boastfulness conveyed by it.
It was also a reflection of the tragedy that haunted Allman’s life, from the murder of his father when Gregg was two years old to the motorcycle accidents that took the lives of his brother Duane and Allman Brothers Band member Berry Oakley a year apart in the 1970s.
Add in the impact of fame, celebrity, chemical temptations and divorces, especially with dealing with a relatively shy person like Allman, and he more than earned his right to sing the blues. “You’ve got to consider why anybody wants to become a musician anyway,” Allman told Rolling Stone in 1973. “I played for peace of mind.” Here are some of those moments, where Allman hopefully did alleviate his inner burdens with song.
#5 Gregg Allman Remembrances & Tributes Flood In From All Corners,More info:jambase
In the span of just four months the music world has lost two founding members of The Allman Brothers Band as drummer Butch Trucks died in January and word of Gregg Allman’s death was announced on Saturday. Gregg’s passing has hit home with many artists from multiple genres of the rock world and beyond.
Allman’s longtime band mate Warren Haynes was one of the first to weigh in. “I am truly honored to have been fortunate enough to have written many songs with him and equally honored to have traveled the world with him while making the best music the world has ever known. I will never, ever take that for granted,” read part of Warren’s note. Gregg’s ex-wife Cher wrote, “WORDS ARE IMPOSSIBLE GUI GUI?” in reference to her nickname for Allman.
JamBase has started to compile remembrances of Gregg Allman. We’ll be sure to update this post as we imagine more tributes will file in over the coming hours and days.
#4 Cancer kills Gregg Allman of The Allman Brothers Band at 69,More info:heraldnet
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Music legend Gregg Allman, whose bluesy vocals and soulful touch on the Hammond B-3 organ helped propel the Allman Brothers Band to superstardom and spawn Southern rock, died Saturday, his manager said. He was 69.
Allman died peacefully and surrounded by loved ones at his home near Savannah, Georgia, his manager, Michael Lehman said. He blamed cancer for Allman’s death.
“It’s a result of his reoccurrence of liver cancer than had come back five years ago,” Lehman said. “He kept it very private because he wanted to continue to play music until he couldn’t.”
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