This one was coming for a while, but it still hurts.
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/gregg-allman-southern-rock-legend-dead-at-69-w433068 (http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/gregg-allman-southern-rock-legend-dead-at-69-w433068)
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Gregg Allman, Southern Rock Pioneer, Dead at 69
Allman Brothers Band leader played essential role in invention of Southern rock
Gregg Allman, a singer, musician and songwriter who played an essential role in the invention of Southern rock, has died at the age of 69. Allman's rep confirmed his death to Rolling Stone.
Although he claimed the term was redundant, singer-keyboardist Gregg Allman helped create the first great "Southern-rock" group as co-founder of the legendary Allman Brothers Band alongside his older brother, famed guitarist Duane Allman. The Allmans fused country blues with San Francisco-style extended improvisation, and their sound created a template for countless jam bands to come. Gregg Allman was blessed with one of blues-rock's great growling voices and, along with his Hammond B-3 organ playing, beholden to Booker T. Jones, had a deep emotional power. Writing in Rolling Stone, ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons said that Allman's singing and keyboard playing displayed "a dark richness, a soulfulness that added one more color to the Allmans' rainbow."
As he recounted in his 2012 memoir My Cross to Bear, Allman also experienced a quintessential, and essentially tragic, rock-star trajectory that included too-sudden fame, admittedly excessive drug use, a high-profile celebrity romance, multiple marriages and a late-life liver transplant.
Gregory LeNoir Allman was born December 8th, 1947, in Nashville, Tennessee, a little more than a year after brother Duane. The boys' father, U.S. Army Captain Willis Turner Allman, was shot to death by a drinking acquaintance shortly after the family moved to Norfolk, Virginia, in 1949. As a child, Gregg saved up money from a paper route and bought a guitar that was soon appropriated by his older brother. The siblings attended Castle Heights Military Academy in Lebanon, Tennessee, before moving to Daytona Beach, Florida. Duane talked his brother into joining a racially integrated band, the House Rockers, shocking their mother. "We had to turn my mother on to the blacks," Gregg told 16-year-old Cameron Crowe in the 1973 Rolling Stone cover story that would inspire Crowe's 2000 film Almost Famous. He added that it "[t]ook a while, but now she's totally liberated."
After playing in bands like the Untils, the Shufflers, the Escorts and the Y-Teens, the brothers took their band Allman Joys on the road in the summer of 1965 following Gregg's graduation from Seabreeze High School. They often played six sets a night, seven nights a week, and eventually moved to Los Angeles – Gregg having shot himself in the foot to avoid the draft – where they recorded two forgettable albums for Liberty Records as the Hour Glass. While working as a session man in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, Gregg was summoned to Jacksonville, Florida, in March 1969. There he joined Duane and the other musicians – Dickey Betts (guitar), Berry Oakley (bass), Butch Trucks (drums) and Jai Johanny "Jaimoe" Johanson (drums) – comprising the Allman Brothers Band's earliest incarnation.
"It was nice, round, kind of dull-ended instead of sharp," Allman wrote of the Hammond B-3 sound, "and I thought it blended with guitar just perfect." In addition to being the band's main vocalist and composer of signature tunes "Whipping Post" and "Don't Keep Me Wonderin,'" Gregg and his long blond hair also served as its visual focus. The band enjoyed meteoric success with their albums Live at the Fillmore East (1971) and Eat a Peach (1972). Between those albums, tragically, Duane Allman died in a motorcycle accident, followed a year later by Berry Oakley's eerily similar demise.
Shortly thereafter, Gregg recorded his solo debut, 1973's Laid Back, which offered an economical à la carte selection of blues, R&B and soul songs in contrast with the Allman's epic all-you-can-eat live shows. Its critical success, combined with Gregg's marriage to pop superstar Cher in 1975 and the group's collective appetites for narcotics, led to the Allman Brothers breakup after the recording of their disappointing 1975 release Win, Lose or Draw. Additionally, Allman was shunned by his bandmates for testifying to a grand jury, in exchange for immunity, regarding his "valet" and drug provider John C. "Scooter" Herring. Audience shouts of "Narc!" plagued him for years afterward.
Allman continued to release solo albums throughout the Seventies and Eighties. These included the live Gregg Allman Tour (1974) and Playin' Up a Storm (1977). Two the Hard Way (1977), a duo album with Cher credited to "Allman and Woman" resembled an Ashford & Simpson-style effort. An admitted hardcore alcoholic throughout the Eighties and most of the Nineties, Allman enjoyed something of a comeback with I'm No Angel (1986) and, three years later, a reformed Allman Brothers Band. His only non-anthology solo release the following decade was Searching For Simplicity (1997).
In 2007, Allman was diagnosed with Hepatitis C, which he attributed to a dirty tattoo needle, and he received a liver transplant. He also suffered from an atrial fibrillation and eventually switched to a gluten-free vegan diet.
T-Bone Burnett produced Low Country Blues (2011), a solid set of blues covers. Allman continued touring with the Allman Brothers until the group played its official final show at New York's Beacon Theater on October 28th, 2014. He released Gregg Allman Live: Back to Macon GA in 2015, and Don Was produced Southern Blood, scheduled for a 2017 release.
"I don't know if I'd do it again," confessed the bluesman in My Cross to Bear's painfully honest final lines. "If somebody offered me a second round, I think I'd have to pass on it."
He had a full life and made lot of great music.
Jammin' with Duane, Berry, and Butch
RIP
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I'm still reeling from Cornell over here, now this...
Rest in Peace.
Just got a call from my dad, super bummed.
RIP
This one hurts. I never got to see him play due to being young with limited funds and the ABB exclusive touring schedules. I've surely felt all the music since the age a 13, and I'm very thankful to know the band from recordings. The first time I ever heard the ABB was at the age of 13 raking leafs in my backyard. My father had a stereo set up to blast music out into the backyard. RIP Gregg
I spent many wonderful nights in my younger days seeing the ABB. So thankful for all those moments. Glad he's at peace.
Saw Gregg play with the allmans and his own band many times... but the one that stands out is jazzfest 1996... the year phish played.
I ate a bunch a boomers and all I can say is I "got" the Allman brothers on that day. There was no rhythm anymore. It was just a wash of sound. The most beautiful sound. You know how they lose the beat entirely for the last 7 minutes or so of Whipping Post on the Fillmore East and it's just washes of melody with no discernible beat? That's what their whole set sounded like to me. It was glorious. A crystalline memory.
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I'm still reeling from Cornell over here, now this...
Rest in Peace.
It just struck me that I was wearing my ABB baseball hat all day today. Got back from a hike when I heard the news
Coincidence?
I think not
End of an era.
Gotta be a rough last couple months for Derek, Oteil, and everyone else in that family.
RIP
What a legend. RIP!
Damn, RIP :cry:
Oh man, this one hurts. We're lucky that there are some out there who have absorbed his lessons and his energy and will carry on his legacy and continue passing it on. I'm not a huge panic or warren haynes fan, but warren and schools lay it down with their words...
https://glidemagazine.com/185284/gregg-allman-tributes-pour-read-warren-haynes-dave-schools-tributes/
Sad day. Happy I'm drunk right about now.
I wonder if it helps that we could see this coming?
Perhaps not.
I first saw the Allmans when they headlined HORDE at MPP. That was a hell of a day for me and they capped it beautifully. I was already a fan but when they tore into Whipping Post... I was transformed.
Per his manager, Gregg passed in the company of loved ones and friends.
After a life so rich with high highs and low lows, what more can a man ask?
Farewell Gregg.
In the same way that many of you were transformed by the music if GD or Phish, for me it was ABB. Specifically, At Fillmore East. That album opened up my ears to the world of improvisational music.
I saw them many times, starting in 1974 when they were at or maybe just past their peak. The wheels started falling of right after that, they were clearly off when I saw them again in 75.
In the "Derek - Warren" era, I've seen them when Gregg was clearly not well but they put on a good show anyway. I'm fortunate that I also saw them when Gregg was healthy, in late 2012 and in 2013, especially 3 nights at the Beacon. There was clearly a renewed energy and fire in the band when Gregg was well - you could hear it and you could feel it. Those 3 nights at the Beacon are definitely a musical highlight for me. March 8, set 2 - Blue Sky, Dreams, Merman> Mtn Jam (with In a Silent Way jam), Whipping Post encore.
It was also shortly before we discovered my wife had cancer so, that whole week really means a lot.
The book is definitely closed. There will be no reunions. The music lives on. Duane's vision was spot on.
The Road Goes on Forever
This sounds like an emotional night, to say the least. I would be bawling like a baby during Amazing Grace. I teared up just reading about it.
http://jacksonville.com/entertainment/music/2017-05-27/concert-review-emotional-night-jacksonville-tedeschi-trucks-opens (http://jacksonville.com/entertainment/music/2017-05-27/concert-review-emotional-night-jacksonville-tedeschi-trucks-opens)
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Concert Review: An emotional night in Jacksonville as Tedeschi Trucks opens Daily's Place
May. 27th, 2017
It's difficult to say what was the most remarkable about Saturday night's concert by the Tedeschi Trucks Band, the first show in Jacksonville's new Daily's Place amphitheater:
• The venue, which looked and sounded great (but could use some more shade).
• The rousing introduction by Jaguars owner Shad Khan.
• The show itself, which opened with a song that didn't leave a dry eye in the house and, a few hours later during the encore, did it again.
• A couple getting engaged, right in the aisle during the middle of the show.
The new amphitheater, built onto one end of EverBank Field, was nearly full for the show. Everything seemed to work smoothly on opening night, although the sun streaming in from over downtown made some of the seats on the floor uncomfortably warm during opening act Jon Cleary and the Absolute Monster Gentlemen's New Orleans blues set.
Khan came onstage just as the sun was setting. "Hello, Jacksonville," he said. "Are we ready to party?"
The band hit the stage with an emotional wallop, opening with the Allman Brothers Band's "Ain't Wastin' Time No More." Gregg Allman, founder of Allman Brothers and Tedeschi Trucks guitarist Derek Trucks' bandmate for 15 years, died earlier in the day. Plenty of hardened rock fans shed a tear during that one.
For the next couple of hours, Tedeschi Trucks just never let up — the tight horns in "Don't Know What it Means," the band's joyous cover version of Derek and the Dominoes' "Keep on Growin'," singer/guitarist Susan Tedeschi showing the pretty side of her voice on "Bird on the Wire" before whipping into a gospel frenzy by song's end, a sublime "Midnight in Harlem" and a ferocious "I Pity the Fool."
During "Leaving Trunk" — not the most romantic of songs — a couple near the front pulled a surprise of their own. Howie Pearce dropped to one knee in the aisle and asked Joyce Guess to marry him. She said yes, and the happy couple returned to the show.
Good news for Daily's: The seats didn't get a lot of wear and tear Saturday, because fans stood and danced for the whole show.
Things got emotional again during the encore. Tedeschi walked on with just keyboardist Kofi Burbridge and talked about all the friends she's lost recently — Allman, Butch Trucks, Leon Russell, Col. Bruce Hampton. "It's been a rough year," she said. "It's getting really difficult to deal with." She then launched into a gorgeous version of Russell's "Song for You" that got the tears flowing again.
Trucks and the rhythm section came on and launched into a version of the Allmans' "Statesboro Blues" that was much more celebration than wake before getting somber again when all the musicians went silent and watched as Trucks played "Amazing Grace," clearly struggling to keep it together.
The bar has been set for the new venue. Good luck topping Saturday night's show.
I was really trying to get to that. But the tickets were a bit out of my price range.
My buddy went and he said the show was nothing short of spectacular and emotional.
This is a shame though. He will be missed.
(http://i.imgur.com/stlLR6h.jpg)
RIP
He was a trailblazer for sure. He kept the light and spirit of the ABB alive through all those decades.
:cry: so lucky to have had the chance to see him...
You know that time in your life when you transition from simply listening to whatever and just being casually aware of music, to finally starting to get what really grabs you and what marks the difference between merely good music and incomparably great music? ABB was right there for me at that time, heavy in the rotation alongside Phish, the Dead, Pink Floyd and some pivotal others. I was lucky to have finally seen them once, on their co-bill tour with Phil and Friends about eight or so years ago.
celebration of Gregg's life at the Big House in Macon yesterday. Dickey joined Jaimoe and Marc on stage.
Apparently Dickey and Gregg reconnected recently
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celebration of Gregg's life at the Big House in Macon yesterday. Dickey joined Jaimoe and Marc on stage.
Apparently Dickey and Gregg reconnected recently
It's good to hear that, even if they couldn't be in business together, they could reconcile before Gregg passed.
That may be the best thing I've heard coming out of this whole business.
Turns out the rumors of Dickey playing, or even being there were false. Supposedly they did reconcile in the recent past
Dickey's son, Duane, was there and played a fair bit, along with Berry Oakley jr and many others
Great interview with Derek about Gregg in Rolling Stone: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/derek-trucks-reflects-on-gregg-allmans-life-advice-and-legacy-w486682
Tracklist of Gregg's "Southern Blood" album that he wrapped up before it became a posthumous album.
NPR first track listen:
http://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2017/07/26/539261952/gregg-allmans-posthumous-my-only-true-friend-aint-just-another-road-song
kind of a holy shit tracklist if you ask me:
My Only True Friend (Gregg Allman-Scott Sharrard)
Once I Was (Tim Buckley-Larry Beckett)
Going Going Gone (Bob Dylan)
Black Muddy River (Jerome J. Garcia-Robert C. Hunter)
I Love the Life I Live (Willie Dixon)
Willin' (Lowell George)
Blind Bats and Swamp Rats (Jack Avery)
Out of Left Field (Dewey Lindon Oldham Jr.-Dan Penn)
Love Like Kerosene (Scot Sharrard)
Song for Adam featuring Jackson Browne (Jackson Browne)
This is gonna be a good listen... painful, though. Willin'!!!
Black Muddy River?
damn
wow
that 1st track is powerful
Im sure the rest are, too
the vibe of the album seems like it's going to be like Warren Zevon's The Wind
Whole album is up on NPR First Listen today:
http://www.npr.org/2017/08/31/547045228/first-listen-gregg-allman-southern-blood
thanks!
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thanks!
On first listen I love Gone Gone Gone and Willin especially.
Quote from: rowjimmy on August 31, 2017, 08:22:45 AM
Whole album is up on NPR First Listen today:
http://www.npr.org/2017/08/31/547045228/first-listen-gregg-allman-southern-blood
Thanks, the insight from the associated article is good too:
QuoteAllman ends the album with Jackson Browne's ode to a fallen friend, "Song for Adam," an overt evocation of his late brother Duane, who died from a motorcycle crash in 1971 as the Allman Brothers Band was approaching the peak of its popularity. Duane was Gregg's hero, and it's impossible to overstate the impact his passing had on his little brother. And in the final verse of this closing cut, Allman reportedly became too overcome with emotion to sing the lyrics: "When I stood myself behind, I never felt so strong / Still it seems he stopped singing in the middle of his song."
Don Was never asked Allman to complete that verse. Perhaps fate intervened. Or perhaps the veteran producer heard something in that final silence that words could never say.
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Pretty heavy record.
I really dug it.
Great album
Here's another good read about the recording from Alan Paul
http://www.cetusnews.com/life/Gregg-Allman%E2%80%99s-Final-Album--%E2%80%98Southern-Blood-%E2%80%99-Ties-Up-Loose-Ends.SkeUD3RC_-.html
Yeah, I'm loving it.
A nice tribute here
Berklee 5 piece String Orchestra plays Whipping Post
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8wEC5RrP-M
Very cool. Thanks for sharing that.
(I modded the post to allow the video to embed.)
I love that they took little solos that were bits and pieces of the Fillmore East solos and round robin'd a bit. Not sure how much they improvised but the conductor coming in to hit the downbeat of the final build-up part indicates that they did a bit.
Is it just me or does anyone else find that violinist who takes the last part extremely hot?
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Is it just me or does anyone else find that violinist who takes the last part extremely hot?
I think in this context you can call them fiddle players. I mean, I don't know.
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Quote from: Buffalo Budd on September 06, 2017, 07:24:35 AM
Is it just me or does anyone else find that violinist who takes the last part extremely hot?
I think in this context you can call them fiddle players. I mean, I don't know.
I always equate fiddle to bluegrass or Celtic music.
When I think of stringed arrangements like this, I always went with violin.
TTB doing Ain't Wasting Time No More at the Beacon with special guests Jaimoe and Nels Cline
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6d6-V6LPXM
Trey sat in for a 30 minute Mountain Jam tonight.
Quote from: rowjimmy on October 14, 2017, 11:52:56 PM
Trey sat in for a 30 minute Mountain Jam tonight.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnxqT4QgWVM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyEHee077j4
Wow! Kicking myself for not seeing any of this run. Derek has really sealed his legacy with these shows.
"OK, who's the fucking Phish fan?"
LOL
that's a great story
Pretty good recording just popped up.
http://bt.etree.org/details.php?id=595655
QuoteTedeschi Trucks Band
2017-10-14 Beacon Theatre
New York City, NY USA
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taper : edtyre
location : right center loge 1st row
Set I
Keep On Growing
Made Up Mind
Until You Remember
Sailing On
Part of Me
Midnight in Harlem
Don't Know What It Means
How Blue Can You Get?
The Storm
Set II
Don't Let Me Slide
Do I Look Worried
Chevrolet
Isn't It a Pity
The Letter
I Want More
I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free
Delta Lady (with Trey Anastasio)
Mountain Jam (with Trey Anastasio)
E
A Song for You
Bound for Glory
Poor Susan?
I felt bad for her at times during that Mountain Jam. Two guitar legends playing off of each other, and she's over there trying to see if she's even plugged in
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Poor Susan?
I felt bad for her at times during that Mountain Jam. Two guitar legends playing off of each other, and she's over there trying to see if she's even plugged in
She seemed contented to hang back. It's not as though she's some slouch on guitar.
Trey seems mesmerized by Derek's beard for nearly the entire song.
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Quote from: EdBanky on October 17, 2017, 03:37:16 PM
Poor Susan?
I felt bad for her at times during that Mountain Jam. Two guitar legends playing off of each other, and she's over there trying to see if she's even plugged in
She seemed contented to hang back. It's not as though she's some slouch on guitar.
agreed. if i wasn't familiar with susan, i'd say she was being a loaf...but she can rage too. i think she was just watching trey jam with her dude and didn't want to get in the way. total respect.
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Quote from: VDB on October 17, 2017, 03:54:46 PM
Quote from: EdBanky on October 17, 2017, 03:37:16 PM
Poor Susan?
I felt bad for her at times during that Mountain Jam. Two guitar legends playing off of each other, and she's over there trying to see if she's even plugged in
She seemed contented to hang back. It's not as though she's some slouch on guitar.
agreed. if i wasn't familiar with susan, i'd say she was being a loaf...but she can rage too. i think she was just watching trey jam with her dude and didn't want to get in the way. total respect.
Yeah, I've seen her rip some solo's.....I think she was just enjoying having one of the best seats in the house...
She can play, but that tune wasn't in her wheelhouse.
that was fantastic!
another cool think about it is that the "lullaby" jam, right before they restated the MJ theme at the end, was rarely (if ever) played post Duane.
Just a great version all around.