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21 Facts About Legendary Musician Gregg Allman

1- Gregg Allman Born December 8, 1947

2- Born Name : Gregory Lenoir Allman

3- Height : 6′ 1″ (1,85 m)

4- Gregg Allman Born in Nashville, Tennessee  USA

5- Gregg Allman died from liver cancer complications at age 69 on May 27, 2017.  Savannah, Georgia, USA 

6- Gregg Allman In 1973, Allman released his first solo album, Laid Back

7- Gregg Allman Plays a Hammond B-3 Organ. Also plays the acoustic guitar,

electric guitar  , and the electric piano.

8- Gregg Allman inducted Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame in 1995.

9- Gregg Allman Loves his Harley-Davidson

10- GreggAllman is left-handed, but learned to play guitar right-handed.

12- 11-His role in Rush (1991) is almost entirely silent. In 1991, Gregg Allman played a drug dealer in the movie Rush.

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14- He and Elvis Presley were both named on Rolling Stone’s list of 100 Greatest Singers of All Time.

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16- Brother of the late Duane Allman

17- 2007, Gregg Allman was diagnosed with Hepatitis C.

18- Gregg released an album with Cher in 1977 called Two The Hard Way. It was credited to “Allman and Woman.”

19- Duane and Gregg Allman’s father was an Army sergeant. He was murdered in 1949 by a hitchhiker he picked up.

20- He avoided being drafted into the Vietnam War by intentionally shooting himself in the foot.

21- When asked what he thought about rap music, Gregg Allman said rap was “short for crap.”

THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND

1968-2014

Duane Allman(guitar, vocals)1968-1971
Gregg Allman(vocals, keyboards, guitar)1968-2014
Berry Oakley(bass, vocals)1968-1972
Dickey Betts(guitar, vocals)1968-2000
Jaimoe (Jai Johanny Johanson)(drums)1968-2014
Butch Trucks(drums)1968-2014
Chuck Leavell(Keyboards)1972-1978
Lamar Williams(bass)1972-1978
Warren Haynes(guitar)1989-2014
Allen Woody(bass)1989-2000
Johnny Neel(keyboards)1989-1990
Derek Trucks(guitar)2000-2014

Sources : https://www.biography.com/people/gregg-allman-20791309

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0021523/bio

https://www.songfacts.com/facts-the_allman_brothers_band.php

 

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