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Welcome to Hittin' the Web With Gregg Allman! |  This is Gregg Allman and on behalf of the band and myself I'd like to welcome you to our home on the web.
We appreciate the love and support you show us on the road and hope this site is a way to keep those good vibes flowing back and forth between us all year round.
We look forward to getting to know y'all here and to sharing information about the band with you. If you'd like to send a personal message to me, send it in the form of a private message to Lana, who will forward it. Although I can't respond to all your messages, I do enjoy reading them.
Thanks for stopping by. Gregg Allman
 What's Shakin'?
For the past six months Gregg Allman has been receiving scheduled treatments for Hepatitis C, a virus that, with these treatments, has become curable in recent years. The treatments so far have been successful and the virus has been eradicated from his system.
However, the recovery time from the side effects of the treatment are taking longer than originally projected. Since the Allman Brothers Band are known for exhilarating and exhausting concert performances they don’t want to give fans anything less than they have come to expect; so the band members made a group decision to delay their first round of dates in 2008. Gregg's solo dates have also been postponed. “I’m getting better but I’m still tired,” says Gregg. “I need to be at 110% to do the shows the way we do them. I can’t tell you how much I appreciate the support and understanding my Brothers and our fans have given me.”
Gregg and the Allman Brothers Band appreciate the ongoing support they have always received from their fans and look forward to seeing them this summer. The road goes on forever…
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To see the poster for Gregg Allman's Hawaii 2007 Tour click HERE.Can't wait to see Gregory live? Then click HERE to see Monica Pearson's WSB TV interview with Gregg.
Gregg Allman thanks *You*! Thanks for making the Allman Brothers Band's recent tour such a success! For tour dates and everything ABB-related check AllmanBrothersBand.com often. When Gregg Allman goes out on the road with his own band, the players in his band are:
*Gregg Allman-Vocals, Guitar and the Hammond B-3
*Floyd Miles-Percussion
*Bruce Katz-Keys
*Steve Potts-Drums
*Jay Collins-Horns
*Mark McGee-Guitar
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Allman Brothers Band Postpones Shows
Posted by Lana on Saturday, March 29, 2008 - 02:32 AM |
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From E! Online
The Allman Brothers Band has announced it will postpone its traditional batch of shows at New York's Beacon Theatre, along with a few other spring gigs, to give multi-instrumentalist frontman Gregg Allman time to recover from treatment he's receiving for heptatitis C.
According to a statement posted on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame outfit's website, the group's annual 15-night stand at the Beacon, set for May 5-24, will be rescheduled for a later date to be announced. The Allmans started the run at the storied venue back in 1989 and it's become an annual pilgrimage for fans of the band.
The Allmans also scrapped April 11-12 appearances at the Wanee Festival, a musical gathering they host every year in Florida—though performances by other acts, including Gov't Mule, Bob Weir & Rat Dog, Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi's Soul Stew Revival, will go forward as planned.
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Gregg Allman to Take Stage at Love Ride
Posted by Lana on Wednesday, November 07, 2007 - 08:28 PM |
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By: Vanessa Franko
For The Press Enterprise
For Gregg Allman, being onstage isn't just a job, it's part of who he is.
"It's part of my life's blood -- it really is," he said during a recent phone interview.
His tour will make a stop at the Pomona Fairplex on Sunday as part of the 24th annual Love Ride, entertaining motorcyclists after a ride that raises money for groups including the Muscular Dystrophy Association and the Special Olympics of Southern California.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member is known for his work with his late brother Duane in the Allman Brothers Band and bringing Southern rock to the forefront of music, with Gregg Allman writing some of the group's most famous songs, including Whipping Post," "Midnight Rider" and "Melissa."
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Remember Duane Allman
Posted by Lana on Monday, October 22, 2007 - 07:00 AM |
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By: Eric Brown
For: The The Vicksburg Post
While Vicksburg might be just another spot on the map to many traveling musicians, it represents something else to Gregg Allman, who will be playing two shows in town next week.
Gregg’s brother, Duane, died Oct. 29, 1971, from injuries in a motorcycle accident. Duane, co-founder with Gregg of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame-inducted Allman Brothers Band, was 24 years old. However, he had accomplished enough musically to achieve legendary status from the band’s followers and critical acclaim from music historians. Rolling Stone magazine even named him No. 2 on its list of the greatest guitarists of all time in 2003, trailing only Jimi Hendrix.
Duane’s genius was also recognized more than 34 years ago by four young men from Vicksburg. They were college students who carved a roadside icon into a bluff along Interstate 20, at the time a new highway. The monument, which simply read, “Remember Duane Allman,” would later appear in Rolling Stone publications and continues receiving attention today, although no longer visible.
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Robben Ford Interview
Posted by Lana on Sunday, October 21, 2007 - 08:08 AM |
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From: Modern Guitar
Q; You toured with Gregg Allman a couple of years ago. Did you enjoy playing Gregg Allman and Allman Brothers music?
RF: Very much. It was a real hand-in-glove fit for me, working with Gregg. The idea was for it to continue, but last year they called me to add some more dates. They kept adding dates and more dates. I'm like, "Wait a minute guys; I have a new record to do." That was Truth, the latest one. I thought, well, okay, maybe I'll just wait until November to start. They just kept adding more dates, so I called and told them I couldn't do it. I had a record to make and I was looking forward to it.
So, I bowed out. But musically, playing that music was just great. It's interesting for me, because I've grown up playing blues, jazz, and some pop music. I've not played much rock. I've played some, of course. Over the last few years I've done the Phil Lesh tour, and that was Grateful Dead music, and then this trip with Gregg. These are guitar bands, you know, a lot of improvisation. I never really played a lot of music that came out of the guitar. So for me, it's a great pleasure to play music like that.
When music's written for the guitar, man, and you're playing it, it's a different feeling than anything I've had. I've always put jazz and blues together; I always have. It's not quite the same work, with open string chords, you know. All those open strings; jazz is played in B flat, you know. Everything I played with Jimmy Witherspoon was B flat and A flat, with one song in C. There're no open strings. That's how I learned to play. So, it was kind of a revelation for me quite frankly, playing with Phil and playing with Gregg. I found a certain freedom and a certain ease that I hadn't had in other situations, in being able to do what I do.
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Gregg Allman is Doing All Right
Posted by Lana on Friday, October 12, 2007 - 03:15 PM |
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By Roger Bull
For The Jacksonville Times-Union
Rocker Gregg Allman is doing all right, man
Gregg Allman gave his name and voice to one of America's greatest rock bands. The Allman Brothers Band defined Southern rock in the early 1970s, but with a hard blues edge. (Statesboro Blues on At Fillmore East may still be the greatest live rock song ever recorded.) The Brothers, formed in Jacksonville and nurtured in Macon, Ga., still play on. And Allman continues to play on his own, bringing his own band to the Florida Theatre on Sunday night. We caught up to him by phone Tuesday ("Sorry I'm late," he said, "I just got off my motorcycle.") He talked about his music and life. He even admitted he still listens to Toto.
Q: So where are you living now?
A: Savannah, Ga.
Q: Do you get down to Jacksonville much for pleasure?
A: I came down to see Tim [McGraw] and his pretty wife, what's her name, oh yeah, Faith Hill. Man that was a great show.
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Gregg on money: "If I was in it for the money I'd have gotten out a long time ago. Course, everybody's got to make a living. Money doesn't really impress me, but not having money really doesn't impress me."
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