Thanks Al. Always appreciate your insights.

YOu're welcome. Throwing myself into writing helps me cope in a big way.

Beautifully interpreted Alan ..... Im not even sure Im saying that right ... Im numb but your words are as much of a gift as playing music , composing it etc. Thank You

Gregg Allman had a god given gift with that voice it was meant for all to hear it and fall right in love with it..

Thanks for always sharing...especially today...

Thanks Alan.

I love your writing almost as much as I love the studio version of Blue Sky. Made me feel good as always.

Beautiful reflections indeed. Shine some nice light on a dark dark day.

Great article, Alan. I got goosebumps reading about your "Come and Go Blues" experience.

Thank you for the article, Alan. I always appreciate your perspective and how you convey your thoughts. It's also worth saying that you are very accurate in your writing, from a factual standpoint.

Thank you Alan

I find the speed of print of these articles unsettling, I know we are in the digital age..... Sorry Al. The dust doesn't settle and the retrospect is in place...... I have bit my tongue until now.

It took Al to say so eloquently what all of us here already knew but couldn't really put into words:

" People talk about the concept of a musician having soul as if it were a phenomenon too complicated to grasp or explain. It is not. A performer has soul when he or she plays music because they feel compelled to do so, when he or she feels as if it is coming from another place and passing through them. Music has soul when it reminds listeners that they have one by stirring something within them, touching them somewhere deeper than their head. Music with soul doesn’t just entertain -- it speaks. And it doesn’t just speak; it has something to say.

Gregg Allman had soul. Listening to him sing, you heard not just words or one-dimensional emotions, but determination, suffering, longing and love. This was in every note Gregg sang and played, because what he did is who he was. Gregg’s music was his life, his therapy, his means of expressing sadness and joy, of screaming in pain and gasping for breath. There was no wall between the artist and the art; everything he had went into his music, and the listeners understood that, even if they didn’t know it."

The dust doesn't settle and the retrospect is in place...... I have bit my tongue until now.

Not sure what you mean. it is very standard for publications to have obituaries of important people on file The HYTimes has thousands and updates them regularly.

But I wrote this Billboard piece from scratch in real time int he depth of my emotions. I did the same for Farmer, Butch, Bruce and others.

Great read, thanks, made me really think how much I'll miss Gregg...

The dust doesn't settle and the retrospect is in place...... I have bit my tongue until now.

Not sure what you mean. it is very standard for publications to have obituaries of important people on file The HYTimes has thousands and updates them regularly.

But I wrote this Billboard piece from scratch in real time int he depth of my emotions. I did the same for Farmer, Butch, Bruce and others.

Yeah I find that reaction pretty odd. Loved what you and others have written.

Quality writing as ever, Alan.

One thing I love about Gregg's singing that has been discussed plenty of times is his sparse approach. Not a whole lot of showing off, no acrobatics. A very pure delivery.

The other is the deceptive simplicity of it. Kind of like the music of The Band, Gregg's singing always sounds tasty and fresh and limber, as if it was a first-time performance, but this hides the craft. You have to work very hard and put in a lot of effort to sound so effortless.