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William Morrow
May 2012
On Sale: May 1, 2012
400 pages
ISBN: 0062112031
EAN: 9780062112033
Kindle: B005O078LK
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Non-Fiction Memoir
As one of the greatest rock icons of all time, Gregg Allman
has lived it all and then some. For almost fifty years, he's
been creating some of the most recognizable songs in
American rock, but never before has he paused to reflect on
the long road he's traveled. Now, he tells the unflinching
story of his life, laying bare the unvarnished truth about
his wild ride that has spanned across the years.
The story begins simply: with Gregg and his older brother,
Duane, growing up in the South, raising hell with their
guitars, and drifting from one band to another. But all that
changed when Duane and Gregg came together with four other
men to forge something new—a unique sound shaped by soul,
rock, and blues and brimming with experimentation; a sound
not just of a band, but of a family. Bringing to
life the carefree early days of the Allman Brothers Band,
Gregg holds nothing back—from run-ins with the law to
meeting girls on the road, from jamming at the Fillmore East
to experimenting with drugs. Along the way, he goes behind
the scenes of some of greatest rock music ever recorded,
without shying away from the infamous and painful deaths of
his brother, Duane, and Allman Brothers bassist Berry
Oakley. Speaking for the first time about the profound
impact that his brother's death had on him, Gregg offers a
tribute to Duane that only a younger brother could write,
showing how, to this day, he still confronts the grief of
losing his big brother, even as Duane continues to guide and
inspire him. Setting the record straight about the
band's struggles in the face of death, Gregg shows how the
decision to persevere came with a heavy price. While the
rock and roll excesses of drugs, alcohol, and personality
clashes led to a series of breakups that culminated with the
band's permanent reunion in 1989, Gregg fought his own
battle with substance abuse, going to rehab no less than
eleven times and floating through a string of failed
marriages, including his tabloid-frenzied relationship with
Cher, before finally cleaning up once and for all.
Capturing the Allman Brothers' ongoing, triumphant
resurgence as well as his own recent fight against hepatitis
C and featuring over one hundred photos from throughout the
band’s history, Gregg presents a story as honest as it is
fascinating, providing a glimpse inside one of the most
beloved and notorious bands in the history of rock music and
demonstrating how, through it all, the road goes on . . .
forever.
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