Allman
photo by Andrea Klein
Background information
Birth name	Gregory Lenoir Allman
Born	December 8, 1947 (1947-12-08) (age 59) Nashville, Tennessee
Genre(s)	rock, blues
Occupation(s)	Musician, Songwriter
Instrument(s)	Vocals, Keyboards, Guitar
Associated acts	The Allman Brothers Band
Website	greggallman.com

Gregory Lenoir Allman (born December 8, 1947 in Nashville, Tennessee), known as Gregg Allman (sometimes spelled Greg Allman), is a rock and blues singer, keyboardist, guitarist, and songwriter, best known as a founding member of The Allman Brothers Band. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995 with The Allman Brothers Band, and personally received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in 2006. Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... is the 342nd day of the year (343rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Nickname: Location in Davidson County and the state of Tennessee Coordinates: , Country United States State Tennessee Counties Davidson County Founded: 1779 Incorporated: 1806 Government  - Mayor Bill Purcell (D) Area  - City  526. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... For other uses, see Rock music (disambiguation). ... Blues is a vocal and instrumental form of music based on the use of the blue notes and a repetitive pattern that most often follows a twelve-bar structure. ... A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified with the purpose of making music. ... In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who sings, i. ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... For other uses, see Guitar (disambiguation). ... The Allman Brothers Band is a band from Macon, Georgia, labeled by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as the principal architects of Southern rock. ... is the 342nd day of the year (343rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nickname: Location in Davidson County and the state of Tennessee Coordinates: , Country United States State Tennessee Counties Davidson County Founded: 1779 Incorporated: 1806 Government  - Mayor Bill Purcell (D) Area  - City  526. ... For other uses, see Rock music (disambiguation). ... Blues is a vocal and instrumental form of music based on the use of the blue notes and a repetitive pattern that most often follows a twelve-bar structure. ... A singer is a musician who uses their voice to produce music. ... A keyboardist is a musician who plays keyboard instruments. ... the very definition of a guitarist is cody allen and taylor hines because of there un ending guitar skills and awsomnes. ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... The Allman Brothers Band is a band from Macon, Georgia, labeled by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as the principal architects of Southern rock. ... The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at sunset. ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ...

Early years

Raised in Daytona Beach, Florida, attended Seabreeze High School along with his older brother Duane, Gregg took an interest in the guitar before Duane did. But while Duane would soon become the superior guitarist, Gregg focused more on vocals. Little Milton was one of his favorite singers. Daytona Beach in 2005 Daytona Beach is a city in Volusia County, Florida, USA. As of 2004, the population estimates recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 64,422. ... Seabreeze High School is a High School located in Daytona Beach, Florida. ... Howard Duane Allman (November 20, 1946 – October 29, 1971) was an American lead guitarist and noted session musician. ... For other uses, see Guitar (disambiguation). ... Milton Little Milton Campbell, Jr. ...

Allman Joys and Hour Glass

In the mid- to late-1960s, the Allmans played in a series of bands including The Escorts and Allman Joys, mostly gigging around their native American Southeast. Toward the end of the decade, The Allman Joys relocated to Los Angeles, California, and were signed to Liberty Records, which renamed them the Hour Glass. Strongly controlled by the label, the group produced a pair of psychedelic blues albums. All the players were deeply dissatisfied with the results; Duane Allman in particular spoke bitterly of the Hour Glass's output. The 1960s decade refers to the years from January 1, 1960 to December 31, 1969, inclusive. ... Regional definitions vary from source to source. ... Nickname: Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: , State California County Los Angeles County Settled 1781 Incorporated April 4, 1850 Government  - Type Mayor-Council  - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa  - City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo  - Governing body City Council Area  - City  498. ... Liberty Records was a United States-based record label. ... Psychedelia in music (or also psychedelic music, less formally) is a term that refers to a broad set of popular music styles, genres and scenes, that may include psychedelic rock, psychedelic folk, psychedelic pop, psychedelic soul, psychedelic ambient, psychedelic trance, psychedelic techno, and others. ...

Formation of The Allman Brothers Band

After its second album, The Hour Glass broke up and Duane Allman returned to the South, playing sessions at FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. In time, he would put together the group that would become The Allman Brothers Band - Duane and Dickey Betts on guitars, Berry Oakley on bass, and Butch Trucks and Jai Johanny "Jaimoe" Johanson on drums. Liberty Records believed that Gregg Allman had potential as a solo act, and allowed the rest of the Hour Glass to leave on condition that Allman stay in California to record for them. Gregg quickly grew miserable with this arrangement, and when Duane called from Jacksonville, Florida in March 1969 to say that he had assembled a band that needed a singer, Gregg jumped at the opportunity. He had long wanted to play the Hammond Organ, and was given one immediately upon joining the band, which he had to learn to play in a hurry. He has played the Hammond B-3 and handled much of the lead vocal and songwriting duties for the band (when it has been together), along with occasional piano and guitar contributions, ever since. The Hour Glass were a 1960s guitar-based rhythm and blues band from Jacksonville, Florida. ... FAME (Florence Alabama Music Enterprises) Studios were an integral part of American popular music in the late 60s and 70s. ... Muscle Shoals is a city, famous for its music and contributions to American popular music, in Colbert County, Alabama, USA. As of the 2000 census, the population of the city is 11,924, and is included in The Shoals MSA. // Muscle Shoals is located at (34. ... The Allman Brothers Band is a band from Macon, Georgia, labeled by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as the principal architects of Southern rock. ... Dickey Betts, born Forrest Richard Betts on December 12, 1943 in Jacksonville, Florida, is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter, most known for his work as a founding member of the southern blues/rock group The Allman Brothers Band. ... Raymond Berry Oakley III (born April 4, 1948, in Chicago, Illinois, died November 11, 1972 in Macon, Georgia), was an American bassist who was one of the founding members of The Allman Brothers Band. ... Butch Trucks, promo photograph Butch Trucks (born Claude Hudson Trucks on May 11, 1947 in Jacksonville, Florida) is one of the founding members and one half of the drumming duo of The Allman Brothers Band, along with drummer Jai Johnny Johanson. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Nickname: Motto: Where Florida Begins Location in the state of Florida Coordinates: , Country United States State Florida County Duval Government  - Mayor John Peyton (R) Area  - City  885 sq mi (2,264. ... Also: 1969 (Stargate SG-1) episode. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... A short grand piano, with the top up. ...

Solo efforts

His fame will always be primarily linked to The Allman Brothers Band, but beginning in the mid-1970s, Gregg Allman carved out a solo career. His first album, Laid Back, was released in 1973 to a positive critical reception. The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, also called The Seventies. ... Year 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. ...

Allman, as depicted on the cover of Laid Back.

It included a couple of reworked Allman Brothers songs, such as a horn-laden, swampy version of "Midnight Rider" (one of the band's most famous songs) that made it to #19 on the Billboard singles chart, and originals like "Queen of Hearts", which Allman and the band felt did not quite fit the Allman Brothers sound. There are also a few cover songs on the record, such as the traditional gospel number "Will the Circle Be Unbroken?" and an acclaimed take on former California roommate Jackson Browne's morose classic "These Days." Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Midnight Rider is a popular and widely covered song by The Allman Brothers Band, from their album Idlewild South. ... Clyde Jackson Browne (born October 9, 1948) is an American rock music singer, songwriter, guitarist, and pianist, whose introspective lyrics made him one of the standouts in Southern Californias confessional singer-songwriter movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s. ... These Days is a song written by Jackson Browne. ...

Allman's solo career has continued intermittently throughout the subsequent decades, sometimes touring when the Allman Brothers Band is off the road. Generally, these solo efforts - first with the Gregg Allman Band, and later with Gregg Allman & Friends - eschew lengthy guitar solos and cast Allman more in the mode of his favorite soul singers. The bands often include a horn section and are more groove-oriented. The template of mixing originals with reworked Allman Brothers songs and covers of blues, R&B, and soul classics remains in place. The players in the Gregg Allman Band (AKA Gregg Allman & Friends) are: Gregg Allman-Vocals, Guitar and the Hammond B-3 Floyd Miles-Percussion Neil Larson-Keys Robben Ford-Guitar Willie Weeks-Bass Steve Potts-Drums Jay Collins-Horns Chris Karlic-Horns Jim Seeley-Horns Gregg Allman Web Site ... The Gregg Allman Band, also known as Gregg Allman & Friends, is a rock/blues group that Gregg Allman leads during quiet times for the Allman Brothers Band. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Rhythm and blues (or R & B) is a musical marketing term introduced in the United States in the late 1940s by Billboard magazine. ...

Allman's biggest hit single came in 1987 with "I'm No Angel", from the album of the same name. The song's production is slick, as befits the time it was recorded, but it is in a sense a more radio-friendly take on a prideful blues boast, which he has always done well. It fits with Allman's persona as a singer, although he did not write the title track (other stand-outs on the album include "Can't Keep Running" and "Lead Me On"). The album went on to be certified Gold for 500,000 copies sold and led to a renewed interest in Gregg and leading to a reformation of the Allman Brothers Band less than three years later. Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar). ... Im No Angel is a 1987 single, written by Tony Colton and Phil Palmer and recorded by Gregg Allman. ...

Allman has also made guest appearances on albums and concert videos by a wide variety of other artists, including concert DVD celebrating the twenty-fifth anniversary of The Radiators, playing Midnight Rider with that band. The Radiators, also known as The New Orleans Radiators, are a rock band from New Orleans, Louisiana, who have combined the traditional musical styles of their native city with more mainstream rock and R&B influences to form a bouncy, funky variety of swamp-rock they call fish head music...

As an actor, Allman had roles in the films Rush Week (1989) and Rush (1991). He also had a brief speaking cameo in the Family Guy episode "Let's Go to the Hop". Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... Rush is a crime drama from 1991. ... Peter Jackson in The Fellowship of the Ring (top), The Two Towers (middle) and The Return of the King (bottom). ... Family Guy is an Emmy award winning American animated television series about a nuclear family in the fictional town of Quahog (IPA or ), Rhode Island. ... “Let’s Go to the Hop” is an episode from the second season of the FOX animated television series Family Guy. ...

When Allman was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame on September 16, 2006, he was introduced by Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue. He performed Oncoming Traffic, Melissa, and Georgia on My Mind solo and then ended with Midnight Rider, backed by fellow inductees R.E.M. at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta. // 1400 - Owain Glyndŵr declared Prince of Wales by his followers. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays full 2006 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... George Ervin Sonny Perdue III (born December 20, 1946) is the current governor of the U.S. state of Georgia. ... Georgia on My Mind is a song written in 1930 by Stuart Gorrell (lyrics) and Hoagy Carmichael (music). ... This article is about the band. ... The Georgia World Congress Center or GWCC is the major convention center in Atlanta, run by the state of Georgia. ... This article is about the state capital of Georgia. ...

Personal life

The blond, blue-eyed Allman struggled with drugs both legal and illegal, primarily cocaine, heroin, and alcohol, from the 1970s onward. But the 6"1' singer is sober as of the mid-1990s and has often spoken in interviews of being revitalized and enjoying life again. Not surprisingly, his output and the quality of his vocals have improved with sobriety. He continues to tour every year with both The Allman Brothers Band, which in 2003 released its first studio album in nearly a decade, "Hittin the Note". Cocaine is a crystalline tropane alkaloid that is obtained from the leaves of the coca plant. ... Heroin (INN: diacetylmorphine, BAN: diamorphine) is an opioid synthesized directly from the extracts of the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... For the band, see 1990s (band). ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Allman has been married at least six times, most famously to singer/actress Cher from 1975 to 1979, a relationship that gave Gregg more general celebrity than he ever had as a musician. Together they had a son, Elijah Blue Allman, who grew up to form his own band, Deadsy. Gregg and Cher even tried an unlikely musical collaboration, releasing the album Two the Hard Way (billed as Allman and Woman) in 1977. It was universally panned and has long since been out of print. Cheryl Sarkisian LaPierre (better known as Cher) (born on May 20, 1946)[1] is an American actress, singer, songwriter, author and entertainer. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Deadsy is an American synth rock band from California. ... Two the Hard Way was a 1977 album by Gregg Allman and Cher, billed in un-politically correct fashion as Allman and Woman. ... Also: 1977 (album) by Ash. ...

Gregg was linked to Shannon Wilsey (who was later to be known as porn actress Savannah) between 1986 to 1988, when he was 40 and she was 16, a relationship which apparently ended when she became pregnant at 18. (The pregnancy ended in a miscarriage.) Shannon Michelle Wilsey Longoria (October 9, 1970 – July 11, 1994), commonly known by her stage name of Savannah, was an American actress, starring in more than 100 pornographic films during her career. ...

Gregg was married to wife Julie from 1979 to 1981; they had a daughter, Delilah Island Allman. Julie later was linked with Sarasota DJ Tom Jones

Gregg's son Devon Allman, from his first marriage to wife Shelley, is also a musician. Devon leads the band Honeytribe, and has appeared with the Allman Brothers Band on a few occasions. Honeytribe is an American rock band formed in Saint Louis, Missouri. ... The original Allman Brothers Band The Allman Brothers Band is a pioneering and innovative Southern rock group from Macon, Georgia originally popular in the 1970s, described by Rolling Stones George Kimball in 1971 as the best . ...

He married Stacey Fountain in 2001. They currently reside in Richmond Hill, Georgia. Richmond Hill is a city located in Bryan County, Georgia. ...

Influences

• Blind Willie McTell - legendary Atlanta 12-string guitarist, composer of Statesboro Blues also influenced Bob Dylan and Taj Majal

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Discography

Albums

• 1973 Laid Back
• 1974 Gregg Allman Tour (live)
• 1977 Two the Hard Way - Allman and Woman (Cher)
• 1977 Playin' Up a Storm
• 1987 I'm No Angel
• 1988 Just Before the Bullets Fly - The Gregg Allman Band
• 1997 Searching for Simplicity
• 2002 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection (compilation)
• 2002 No Stranger to the Dark: The Best of Gregg Allman (different compilation, with 3 new tracks)

Two the Hard Way was a 1977 album by Gregg Allman and Cher, billed in un-politically correct fashion as Allman and Woman. ...

With the Allman Brothers Band

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See also

• List of Hammond organ players

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External links

• Official website