Gregory LeNoir Allman was an American singer-songwriter and musician. He was known for performing in the Allman Brothers Band. Allman also had a successful solo career, releasing seven studio albums. He died of natural causes at the age of 69 on May 25, 2018.
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Gregory LeNoir Allman was an American singer-songwriter and musician. He was known for performing in the Allman Brothers Band. Allman also had a successful solo career, releasing seven studio albums. His distinctive voice placed him in 70th place in the Rolling Stone list of the \”100 Greatest Singers of All Time\”. His final album, Southern Blood, was released posthumously on September 8, 2017. For his work in music, Allman received numerous awards, including one Grammy Award; he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Georgia Music Hall of fame. He died of natural causes at the age of 69 on May 25, 2018. He is survived by his wife, Darlene, and their three children, all of whom were born in the U.S. and grew up in Nashville, Tennessee, and Daytona Beach, Florida. He also leaves behind a brother, Duane Allman, who died in a motorcycle crash in 1994. He had an unexpected late career hit with his cover of the song \”I’m No Angel\” in 1987. He wrote several of the band’s biggest songs, including \”Whipping Post\”, \”Melissa\”, and \”Midnight Rider\”. He was also known for his marriage to pop star Cher for the rest of the decade. His last solo album, Low Country Blues, saw the highest chart positions of his career.
His memoir, My Cross to Bear, was published in 2009. It was the basis of his memoir My Cross To Bear: An Autobiography of a Man and His Music. The memoir was published by Simon & Schuster, a division of Random House, and is available in hardcover, paperback, and e-book editions. For more information, visit: http://www.simonandschuster.com/my-cross-to-bear-autobiography-of-a-man-and-music-my-book/. For more on Gregg Allman’s life and career, visit his website: www.greggallman.com/. For more about Allman and his brother Duane, visit www.allman-brothers-band.com. For more info on the Misfits, visit Misfitz.com or go to www.misfits.org. He was married to Cher for more than a decade, and had two children with her, including a son, Dax, and a daughter, Ashanti, with whom he had two sons, Dallin, and one daughter, Devon, and two sons with twin sons, Brandon and D twin. He and Duane were also involved in the YMCA, where they performed with the Teens, Teens and Teens of Daytona Beach. In 1960, the two brothers attended a concert in Nashville with Jackie Wilson headlining alongside Otis Redding, B. B. King, and Patti LaBelle. The brothers returned to Nashville upon their mother’s graduation.
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