Gregg Allman was born on December 8, 1947. He is a rock and blues singer, keyboardist, guitarist and songwriter.

Biography and Career

Gregg Allman was born as Gregory Lenoir Allman, in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. He was raised in Daytona Beach, Florida and attended Seabreeze High School for his early education.

In the mid to late-1960s, the Allmans played in a series of bands including The Escorts and Allman Joys mostly playing around the Southeastern United States. Toward the end of the decade, The Allman Joys relocated to Los Angeles, California, and were signed to Liberty Records, which renamed them The Hour Glass. Strongly controlled by the label, the group produced a pair of psychedelic blues albums.

Later he assembled the group that would become The Allman Brothers Band, Duane and Dickey Betts on guitars, Berry Oakley on bass guitar, and Butch Trucks and Jai Johanny Johanson on drums. Liberty Records still believed that Gregg Allman had more potential as a solo act and allowed the rest of The Hour Glass to leave on condition that Allman stay in California to record for them.

In the mid 1970s, after the death of Duane Allman, Gregg Allman carved out a solo career. His first album, Laid Back, was released in 1973. Allman's solo career has continued intermittently throughout the subsequent decades sometimes touring when the Allman Brothers Band is off the road. Generally, these are solo efforts, first with the Gregg Allman Band and later with Gregg Allman & Friends.

As an actor, Allman had roles in the films Rush Week released in 1989 and Rush in 1991. He also worked in a couple of episodes of the TV series Superboy. He also had a brief speaking cameo in the Family Guy episode Let's Go to the Hop.

Allman has been married at least six times and has several children, and two grandchildren.

General Appearance

Birth Name: Gregory Lenoir Allman
Birth: December 8, 1947.

Why do we like Gregg Allman?

We like him because of his music.

Why is Gregg Allman Famous?

He is famous as a rock and blues singer, keyboardist, guitarist and songwriter.

Gregg Allman Lists

	1947 births
	Living people
	The Allman Brothers Band members
	American baritones
	American rock singers
	American blues singers
	American rock keyboardists
	Musicians from Tennessee
	People from Nashville, Tennessee
	People from Volusia County, Florida

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Gregg Allman Pictures

 

Gregg Allman Movies
Rush Week Rush Lightning in a Bottle American Revolutions: Southern Rock
Gregg Allman Filmography

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Category: Musicians  - ( Musicians Archive)

Date Added: 20 December '10

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