Rock and Blues Legend Gregg Allman Discusses His New Memoir, My Cross to Bear
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Written on May 16 2012It was a great way to see an artist in a different light and hear about his life stories. Thank you and thank you Greg Allman
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Written on May 16 2012Truly a great event and my first up close and personal with my blues hero Gregg Allman. I have been a fan of the Allman Brothers and Gregg Allman and Friends for the last 30 years. Ironically, I was first introduced to The Allman Brothers when I was living in Santa Monica and my friends band used to cover many of their tunes. How fitting that Gregg was sharing events of his life with us last night in the same movie theater in Santa Monica where I used to go to matinees as a kid! If you have a chance to hear Gregg share his testimony with Alan Light I would highly encourage you to go or even to a book signing; well worth it. I intend to dive into "My Cross to Bear" tonight and suspect it will be hard for me to put it down. Brett
Barry J.
Written on May 16 2012Candid, sensative, not unexpected.
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Gregg Allman is a founding member of the Allman Brothers Band and in his own storied solo career, he has long been a gifted natural interpreter of the blues, his soulful and distinctive voice is one of the defining sounds in the history of American music. His 2011 album Low Country Blues marked the legendary Rock & Roll Hall of Famer’s seventh solo recording and first in more than 13 years. Like any genuine bluesman, Allman’s own life has been colored by myriad triumphs and too many tragedies. Low Country Blues was initially slated for a mid-2010 release, but that plan changed when Gregg, who had long battled chronic hepatitis C, was notified that he was a candidate for a liver transplant. In June 2010, he entered the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida where he successfully underwent the difficult surgery. Knowing that he had only just made one of the defining albums of his recorded career proved to be the best medicine, giving Allman the inner strength he needed to fully heal. At this year’s 54th Annual Grammy Awards, the Allman Brothers Band was honored with the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award, and Low Country Blues received a nomination for Best Blues Album. Allman’s upcoming memoir chronicling the highs and lows of his legendary life and music is My Cross to Bear.
Alan Light has been one of America’s leading music journalists for the past twenty years. Currently, he is a frequent contributor to the New York Times and Rolling Stone; a columnist for msn.com; and the Director of Programming for Live from the Artists Den, a concert series now in its fourth season on PBS. Alan is the co-author of Gregg Allman’s forthcoming memoir, My Cross to Bear.
Alan was the founding music editor (1993-’94) and editor-in-chief (’94-’97) of the urban culture monthly Vibe. He then served as the editor-in-chief of Spin magazine from January 1999 until March 2002. His most recent publishing position was editor-in-chief and co-founder of Tracks, a magazine dedicated to “Music Built to Last” that published from November 2003 to April 2005. Before coming to Vibe in 1993, Alan was a Senior Writer at Rolling Stone, where he began working in 1989. He has interviewed and profiled artists including U2, Neil Young, Johnny Cash, and Prince. Alan’s writing has appeared in such publications as The New Yorker, GQ, Entertainment Weekly, Newsweek, Mother Jones, and the Oxford American. Alan is a two-time winner of the ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award for excellence in music journalism.