RIP Gregg Allman

Rest easy Gregg, you music was very much a part of the soundtrack of my life. Hope you're catching up with Duane and the boys, while the rest of us down here stay tied to the whippin' post...

 

One of the greats!

 

Thinking about Gregg's passing further tonight I think part of the hit is the realization that The Allman Brothers Band are truly over, it's done. The loss of a life is the largest thing but the loss of the art is also great.

 

RIP brother.

 

Of all the great Gregg Allman songs I'm listening to tonight, one always gets me -- "Win, Lose or Draw."

The title cut from the last album before they broke up (for the first time), the band reportedly considered it an embarrassment.

I think it's a low-key classic with some of Gregg's most heartfelt lyrics sung from the perspective of a lonely jail cell:

Ma, she's dead and gone
Pa just don't seem to find the time
It makes me so sad that he's forsaken me
He's all I have left

And:

But each time I think of your soft hand in mine
I lay here and die one more time

 

Love his laid back version.

 

RIP to both (Duane died in early 70s).Ironically, the creator of the main songs (Jessica, and of course Ramblin Man and so many others) was not either of them but Dickey Betts, subject of a recent topic and I beleive still alive. RIP to Gregg A.

 

Gregg was awesome. RIP

 

I have been away from the computer and media reports for two days so I am just getting the sad news of Gregg passing on. Gregg always used music as a form of healing. I can think of nothing better than listening to his music now. RIP Gregg.

 

Pictures say a thousand words. Such a humble, beautiful man right there.

 

I'd like to think you're back together with Duane now. RIP Gregg.

 

I gave some of this a good blast last night. Awesome.

 

He had a good voice RIP

 

He seemed at peace in the Dan Rather interview he did. God rest his soul.

 

Good photo, interesting booth.

 

Rainy, foggy Memorial Day morning. Playing Laid Back, sipping my black coffee...

 

Early morning here...dew on the grass, sun coming up, going outside to fertilize the lawn...I'll be playing Whipping Post from At Fillmore East...one of my favorite Gregg/ABB moments

 

From the Dan Rather Interview:

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Brother Gregg Allman - The Hour Glass

 

@TomPetty (twitter) - "He was a lifelong hero, truly one of the greatest blues singers of our time." - Tom

 

'Cause I've a hunger for dreams I'll never see, yeah, babe
Lord, help me baby, or, this will surely be the end of me, yeah

RIP

 

David Bowie, Gregg Allman, Butch Trucks ... I hope a 69 (years old) club is not developing.

 

Gregg, Duane, Berry and Butch are jammin' right now.