Gregg Allman
Gregg Allman
Gregory LeNoir "Gregg" Allmanis 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...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth8 December 1947
CityNashville, TN
CountryUnited States of America
I really told my story as I saw it in 'Cross to Bear,' and I was pleased - and a bit surprised - by how well it was received and how it sold. No. 2 on the 'New York Times' bestseller list? I'll take that any day, my man!
I've never sat down and tried to write something for some occasion. You just write the tune and stay totally wide open to everything. It'll find the person or persons who are supposed to do it.
I was always the Doubting Thomas of the bunch, and I don't think I was convinced about the Allman Brothers until 'Fillmore East' hit - that one removed all doubt!
When I got out of high school, I thought, I'll take a year or two off and play the clubs, get this out of my system, and then go to med school.
There are as many ways to write songs as there are songs.
Rock 'n roll was born in the South. It's like saying rock-rock.
I've come to the conclusion that I'm not supposed to be married.
In my line of business, there's no better feeling than having a real nice work that you're really satisfied with.
There's only one cook in the kitchen, only one chef. I let the soloists do their thing - you've gotta let a man do a solo the way he wants - but as far as picking the tunes and working on the arrangements, I take full responsibility for it.
I left home the day after I graduated from high school because I knew we weren't going to make any dough to pay the rent in music.
You got to be pretty thin to be in the movies, or it helps. I would actually love to do it.
I have been going to the gym instead of the bar, trying to get back down to my fighting weight.
Clapton asked my brother to play on his record. I thought that was the most wonderful thing in the world.
Gotta take my puppy on the road with me, Killer