Mark McGee–Gregg Allman’s Crusing Guitar Shark
By: Bill Thames Cruising the music scene, just below the surface, like a shark looking for the next place to strike; Gregg Allman and Friends guitarist, Mark McGee continues to transform and evolve, demonstrating how incredibly diverse he can be. Much like legendary guitarist, Danny Gatton, Mark McGee remains one of the world’s greatest unknown […]
Gregg Lands On “Earth Vs. The Radiators – The First 25”
New Orleans’ icons, The Radiators, celebrate their first 25 years with a double CD and DVD release :Earth Vs. The Radiators: The First 25. The CD will be the band’s first release in three years – a double live CD recorded at the world-famous Tipitina’s over the course of the band’s 3-night run January 29,30 […]
Gregg Allman, Yo-Yo Collector
By David Lindquist The Indianapolis News/Indianapolis Star It’s fitting — and perhaps also surprising — that Gregg Allman collects yo-yos. The “Midnight Rider” rock star knows ups and downs, ranging from drug arrests and a stormy marriage to Cher to transcendent performances with the Allman Brothers Band and induction to the Rock and Roll Hall […]
Gregg Allman Hittin’ the Note
By: Jaan Uhelszki For the San Jose Mercury-News 9/2/2003 The Allman Brothers Band recently released “Hittin’ the Note,” its first studio album in nine years. And to hear Gregg Allman talk about it, it’s the band’s best disc since 1972’s “Eat a Peach.” “This album had the same vibe like that one did, plus, like […]
Gregg Allman is Hittin’ the Note in Every Way
By: Tom Lounges For The Northwest Times Few bands in the history of rock have had such impact on music as the self-named Southern-fried blues group founded by two Nashville-born and Florida-bred brothers named Duane and Gregg Allman. The Allman Brothers pioneered the use of double-drummers and were among the first to incorporate the twin […]
A recharged Gregg Allman has the band hitting new notes
By: Ed Masley For The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette One day, Gregg Allman says, he woke up and his eyes were orange. “That’s kind of a wake-up call there, isn’t it?” The legendary voice behind such classic Allman Brothers Band performances as “Midnight Rider” and “It’s Not My Cross to Bear” is approaching his seventh year of […]
Gregg Allman captures chemistry again with ‘Hittin’ the Note’
By: Robb Frederick For Pittsburgh Live Gregg Allman is getting old. The 60-grit singer is 55 now. His knees creak. He knows when the rain’s coming. His personal trainer comes out to the house, out past the plantation oaks. She has him on the Atkins diet. “This friend of mine, this guy who lives two […]
Gregg Allman Tells it Like it Is
By: Steve Morse For the Boston Globe Gregg Allman sounds more like a grizzled baseball manager every day. Listen to him describe the latest lineup of the Allman Brothers Band: ”We got our beloved Haynes back and we had already acquired the kid. And, of course, we had the rhythm section.” To further the baseball […]
Gregg Allman Pumped about Band, CD
By: Alan Sculley For the South Bend Tribune Gregg Allman said making the new Allman Brothers Band CD, “Hittin’ the Note,” reminded him of being back in the studio with the group’s original lineup. “It really was (similar). It had a lot to do with the vibes,” Allman said. “I mean, the songs just went […]
All Good — Gregg Allman and Warren Haynes
By: Jimmy Leslie For: Gig Magazine 1 May 2003 The Allman Brothers Band is still one of the top attractions in the live concert industry after over 30 years of touring. Like the Grateful Dead, they’ve always been a draw regardless of whether the new album went gold or not. In fact, a new album […]
Duane And Gregg
This is an addition to your discography. The album is entitled Duane and Gregg. It is an early Polydor release. The album cover features the same likenesses as on Idlewild South (white outline drawings of Duane and Greggs faces on a black background) The sound quality of this record is actually quite poor but it […]
Florida Today Interview With Gregg
Legendary Allman Brothers Discover There’s Life After Betts By: Alan Sculley 09/13/2002 Florida Today Page 19 (c) Copyright 2002, Florida Today. All Rights Reserved. Legendary Allman Brothers Discover There’s Life After Betts By: Alan Sculley For TGIF When the Allman Brothers fired guitarist Dickey Betts two years ago, many people probably assumed it could be […]