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CD IN REVIEW RT EDWARDS JRM PRICE H$ 18. 99 CD $ 29.99 2LP 42 years later and over 30 records to his name, Gregg has released, Low Country Blues. A twelve song collection of Blues covers and one new song, “Just Another Rider” cowritten by Warren Haynes. OTHER SUGGESTED LISTENING BY GREGG ALLMAN: The Allan Brothers Band, At The Filmore East (Mercury 3145312602) $14.99 CD; (Mercury 8232731) $29.99 2 LP Set Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues: The Allman Brothers Band (Mercury B00058002) $14.99 GREGG ALLMAN Low Country Blues (ROUNDER 2215) Gregory Lenoir Allman was born in Nashville, Tennessee on December 8th, 1947. Gregg was the youngest of two children from Willis and Geraldine Allman. In 1949 Willis became a lieutenant in the army and moved the family to Fort Story, Virginia. On a visit to Norfolk, the day after Christmas, Willis Allman was shot and killed while being robbed at gun point. Geraldine, now a widow, took young Gregg and his one year older brother Duane, and moved in with Willis’s parents in Nashville, Tennessee. Geraldine found work was hard to find, but eventually landed a job as a secretary in an auto parts shop. Geraldine realized she would need more money to raise Gregg and Duane on her own and decided to go to college to become a CPA. Using Willis’s military benefits, Geraldine went to college and sent Gregg and Duane to military school, while getting a break on tuition for the boys because their father had been killed while in the army. After graduating from college in 1957, Geraldine then moved the family to Daytona Beach, Florida. In 1959, while Gregg and Duane were staying with their grandparents in Nashville, Gregg befriended a neighbor by the name of Jimmy Banes, who happened to be playing guitar on his front porch. Gregg was enthralled by Jimmy and his guitar playing, and asked Jimmy to teach him how to play. Jimmy taught Gregg everything he knew on the instrument and that’s when Gregg got, “The Fever” as he says. Gregg, just 11 years of age, saved up enough money on a paper route to buy his first guitar, a Sears Silvertone. Gregg took a few lessons and taught himself how to play from a Mel Bay guitar handbook. It wasn’t long after this that Duane got,“The Fever” himself and wanted to play guitar as well. It was those summer visits to Nashville that Gregg and Duane began their musical journey. The boys’ grandma would take them to the Grand Ole Opry and Rhythm & Blues Revues. After Gregg and Duane took up the guitar, it was one show in particular that really stirred their souls. That show was a R&B Revue that featured Otis Redding, Patti LaBelle, Jackie Wilson and B.B.King. Soon Gregg and Duane would become infatuated by the sounds of Howlin’ Wolf, Bobby Bland and Ray Charles to name a few. In 1960 Gregg met Floyd Miles, whom was a singer in a group called, The Untils and the Houserockers. Duane also befriended Jim Shepley who also was the guitarist in the Houserockers. In 1962 Geraldine sent Gregg back to Tennessee for his sophomore year of high school, due to his love of playing music and his lack of school interest. Duane had already dropped out of high school the year before, to focus on playing his guitar. Gregg then returned to Daytona Beach in 1963. By 1964, Gregg and Duane formed their own band, The Escorts. By 1965 they were calling themselves The Allman Joys and were playing all over the south. Gregg was having second thoughts about playing music and had thoughts of becoming a dentist after graduating from high school. Gregg now 18 yrs old, had a bigger problem to deal with, the draft. Duane was exempt from the draft because he was the oldest son and his father was deceased. To avoid the draft and going to Vietnam, Duane schemed up a plan for Gregg to shoot himself in the foot, thus getting a medical exempt from being drafted into the army. The evening before Gregg’s physical exam, Gregg and Duane would throw a, “Foot Shootin’ Party”. A few friends came over and Gregg had been drinking whiskey pretty heavily to get the nerve to pull the trigger. Gregg called the ambulance, shot more whiskey, and shot himself in the foot. The ambulance could be heard coming even before he pulled the trigger. The plan worked and Gregg avoided the draft. Soon after, The Allman Joys broke up and Gregg and Duane formed their new band, The Hour Glass. The Hour Glass was eventually signed to Liberty Records out of Los Angeles, California. It wasn’t long before The Hour Glass became the opening act for various bands at the Fillmore West and the Whiskey-A-Go-Go. Duane eventually became fed up with the west coast scene and he and Gregg headed back to Daytona Beach, FL. Gregg soon returned to Los Angeles to become a solo artist for Liberty Records. Duane went on to record with Wilson Pickett, Clarence Carter, John Hammond Jr. and many more R/B artist in Muscle Shoals, AL. In March of 1969, Gregg had enough of the California lifestyle and liberty Records. Gregg headed to Jacksonville, FL. at Duane’s request. Duane had been telling Gregg about his new band and wanted Gregg to be lead singer and organist. Gregg arrived in Jacksonville on March 26th and the newly formed Allman Brothers Band eventually went on to become one of the most influential bands in history. 42 years later and over 30 records to his name, Gregg has released, Low Country Blues, a twelvesong collection of Blues covers and one new song, “Just Another Rider” co-written by Warren Haynes.This CD features deep country Blues to big city style Blues songs, all sung in the richly passionate and soulful quality that Gregg is known for delivering. Highlights include Bobby Bland’s, “Blind Man,” Skip James’ “Devil got my woman” and Muddy Waters, “Cant Be Satisfied.” Allman also covers songs by Junior Wells, Magic Sam, Sleepy John Estes, B.B. King, Otis Rush and a few traditional country Blues numbers. I would argue that, Low Country Blues is the finest solo record Gregg has made to date. 11
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