This is what you call talent---no bullshit costumes, dancers, flashing lights--just an amazing talent---people will be listening to this 1000 years from now...
Who is still listening in 2021? Listen to Gregg's voice, guitar playing at its best!! Beautiful man. Brings me back to my younger years. How I wish I could go back to those years again. RIP Gregg and Duane. Blessings
You said it how I wish I could too . Such wonderful times and when he sings I can feel those days in my soul. Nothing compares to when they came on the scene and the magic of their music , and Greggs voice. song book of my youth . No one will ever be like him .
It is April 2024. Watching and listening to this just gets better and better with age. God rest the soul of GA, and God bless DG for not letting this become the proverbial tree in the forest.
A dear friend of mine dated Gregg in the early 70s. Pre-Cher. They remained close friends until he passed. Gregg was not only immensely gifted, he had a sweet and generous heart. See you over yonder, Big Guy.
Didn’t even try to promote himself, his band or an album. Just played two amazing songs and sang solo with his guitar…..killed it! who can do that nowadays!?!?
You said it, warguy.... This is the price we pay for all of the internet freebies, etc. I still don't have to like it tho.... But I'm thankful there are recordings of so many artists who've moved on, even decades ago.🍷
Two of my daughters are named Jessica and Melissa. A man once said to them - "your dad must be an Allman Brothers fan." Their names were not picked because of the Allman Brothers songs, but he was right about one thing. I am an Allman Brothers fan!
Him and Orbison are the only vocalists that can always bring a tear to my eye. I knew Gregg a little bit, he had his demons but he was never anything less than a complete gentleman and a kind soul. Rest in peace, ol' Gypsy.
Yes even though he had them in interviews he was a complete southern gentleman. I often think if he had become a dentist instead like he’d planned how much soul the world would’ve missed out on. He just had the blues down perfect! And then that slide guitar of Duane and those after,on top of that fantastic piano. The Allman Brothers were nearly perfect. Actually going on a road trip today and plan on listening to them all the way.
I was in the studio audiece that day, it was one of letterman's first shows. I'll never forget the experience of him playing 'Melissa". The acoustics were excellent and the setting so intimate.
...as a young teen, I had the honor of working on the stage crew for a major ABB concert, and quietly stood just behind Gregg Allman...just out of the lights....as he played and sang with that genuine soul and sincerity. He was an American treasure and the heart of one of the best original music groups that ever appeared in our country. Years later, I thought of how much he was a real southern boy from Georgia, and what a tragedy our Civil War was, where boys very much like Gregg were slaughtered on the battlefield by the tens of thousands. He had a majestic appearance and a quiet charisma.....all real musicians respected his talent and that of his late brother as well.....along with Jaimoe, Butch , Dicky, and the other band members , too. His music lives on...
Duane and Gregg were from Nashville Tennessee and spent their first fifteen years or so there. They then moved to Daytona Beach. The band was formed in Jacksonville Florida, and when Phil Walden started to manage Duane's career they moved to Macon, Ga around 1970.
I’m currently reading his book ,”My Cross to Bear.”It’s something else! I highly recommend it to any of his fans! It gives you insight into where his music developed.such feelings & soul! Love the Allman Brothers!Just imagine if Duane ad lived!❤️
I listened to it. The man who read it was fricken out of this world. His accent would almost make you forget it wasn't Gregg himself. And the 10 + hours was most of 2 days at work w/headphones while working. Great book. I love Greg's voice...so soulful and it hits right in the heart.
Gregg had the most haunting voice. You can see and feel his music through his voice and just watching him.....that's the ultimate goal of an musical artist. He was the master of that. Dear Gregg RIP 😇😪
Wow. This is heavy. Saw The Allmans over 30 times from 1989 to about 1997. Only band I've seen more was The Grateful Dead. The Allmans always knocked us out. Always delivered. This man is a legend.
Gregg Allman said he never considered the Allman Bros Band a "southern rock" group. In the interview I saw he seemed half amused and half irritated when the interviewer call the Bros a southern rock band.
Michael Boykin his explanation for why is because he said rock music is southern music. He said calling the Allman Brothers Southern Rock is like calling them Rock Rock.
Gregg in his prime did not receive the accolades he deserved, even though he and the band were very popular. Today, the Allmans are iconic and Gregg is considered a musical genius. What a performer!
Stuart W Ross - I’m glad you used the word ‘intellectual’ but truly-before you started reading his biography, would you have made the connection of Gregg and Intellect? I wouldn’t have, until I read some. He was an amazing human being, which makes me all the crazier that drugs and alcohol were able to get a hold on him so hard.
I noticed the look on his face too. That band lost a lot of very talented members over the years. Everyone who loves the Allman Brothers should read "One way out". What a life.
Just an amazing performance & from David’s desk-don’t see that these days. Hard to believe that was 40 years ago. That guitar, that voice what a special talent!!!!
Mark Bauer theres a few successful world class rock musicians from the north and a few others from the east and west:) Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel, Anthony Kiedis, Aerosmith, Alice Cooper, Grand Funk Railroad, Iggy Pop, The Romantics, Jack White, Nirvana, The Verve Pipe, Glenn Fry, Ted Nugent, Uncle Kracker, Marshall Crenshaw. Prince was from Minnesota:). Even further north into Canadian territory you have, Bryon Adams, Bachman-Turner Overdrive, The Guess who, The Band, Rush, Neil Young, Loverboy, Triumph. Tip of the iceberg:). And the list goes on. Peace:). Amazing how much talent is out there, where would we be without it:)
@@la196 I think Duane meant that all rock and roll is based on the blues and the blues originally come from the Mississippi Delta, filtered up through Memphis, St. Louis and on into Chicago. Highway 61. It's why Dylan (born in Minnesota, but burnished in NYC's Greenwich Village) called his most important album Highway 61 Revisited. Even those lads from Liverpool acknowledged their debt to guys like Little Richard (Georgia) and Chuck Berry (St. Louis). It's not about the birthplace on your birth certificate, it's about what's in your soul.
I had just gotten back from Vietnam in ‘72 when I first heard of the Allman Brothers. How many times did I listen to their records while sitting in a dark room over the next few years. How many beers. How many joints. What a time
The real thing. More talent in one man than in most of the current generation of youth combined. Plays keys, guitar, great blues singer, and songwriter
Imagine it. He was already a force to be reckoned with vocally and on guitar, when his brother showed him a Hammond Organ and informed him they needed one in the band. No problemo. :D
Dave got to sit there close enough to smell the wood on that guitar while Gregg played one of the most beautiful songs ever written. If any host deserved to be there it was Dave though, he has always had the best musical guests and a deep appreciation for American music.
Oh man. Happy birthday to Gregg Allman. In heaven. Your voice was truly heavenly. Missing you ,Duane,and all the other band members. Your music together was otherworldly. .
Great to see this footage of Gregg in his prime. I loved the Allman’s when I was a teen, now I find myself coming back to them again and refunding what I loved about them all those years ago.
Pure talent...Pure voice...Life was easier and simpler in the times of gregg allman and the solo albums really mean alot to me...RIP to this legend..ty for the songs and the memories.
@@dongiller Oh, I see. So this was part of a warm-up (practice) show, then, before the actual show premiered? Don, do you know how many of these warm-up shows were made?
Everyone my age ..70..remembers where they were when they heard the Fillmore album when it was first released. This was at time when stunningly great albums were released every week. It was played constantly on every turntable from that point on. It was an instant touchstone. Bands then paid serious dues, rehearsed and played together constantly; became unified and solid. We loved The Allman Brothers then and still do. The original band was a wonder to behold. Every member was a talented integral part and Greg was an amazing songwriter. Witness beautiful Melissa. Thanks.
Beautiful soul...my rock star "crush" in college, would go to the ends of the earth to see the Allman Brothers, missed Watkins Glen in '73 but went all the way from Connecticut to Rapid City SD in 1990 to see them during the 50th Sturgis Bike Rally.
Saw Gregg at a club in Toronto in the early 80s..then decades later in Vegas circa '15. Older, mellower, but still a magnificent talent. RIP bros. Duane, Gregg & now Dickey.
What a tremendous talent. I could hear the rest of the band playing even tho it was just him on his own. God bless you Gregg. Dave we miss you too.....
Get goosebumps hearing him sing "Melissa". So many memories. Gregg sings it beautifully yet so powerfully. That voice, talent and his gorgeous hair. Hope Dave Letterman knew history was being made that night.
I'm stunned by the beauty of this performance. Also, what a forthcoming and nice guy. Great image of the Whipping Post lady. ... Thanks Don and have a good weekend...
Oh my, I'm glad I stuck around for "Melissa" my favorite. Can't describe adequately my love for Allman Brothers; especially Greg. I live near where they were based in Macon, Georgia. This was MY era! So glad I stumbled on this which I haven't seen.
