Gregg Allman on Letterman. January 25, 1982

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  • Gregg first performs "Come and Go Blues," then, after chatting with Dave, offers up "Melissa."
    Yes, the date is correct.

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  • @parisweieneth6340
    @parisweieneth6340 3 роки тому +512

    Who is still listening in 2021? Listen to Gregg's voice, guitar playing at its best!! Beautiful man. Brings me back to my younger years. How I wish I could go back to those years again. RIP Gregg and Duane. Blessings

    • @chevyblue10
      @chevyblue10 3 роки тому +21

      May 4th, 2021 and yeah, I'm still listening. @8:58, the best version of Mellisa I've ever heard. I play this over and over...still.

    • @montygates8767
      @montygates8767 3 роки тому +36

      Those were special times. No other generation will ever be able to experience such a unique and art filled time

    • @brianloftus563
      @brianloftus563 3 роки тому +16

      Now listening to allman betts band carry on!!!!

    • @drgwhatsthetruth3783
      @drgwhatsthetruth3783 3 роки тому +20

      That'll be me. 7/30/2021. I'll be listening till my time on this earth is done.

    • @mariapalmer8538
      @mariapalmer8538 3 роки тому +24

      You said it how I wish I could too . Such wonderful times and when he sings I can feel those days in my soul. Nothing compares to when they came on the scene and the magic of their music , and Greggs voice. song book of my youth . No one will ever be like him .

  • @valarieosborne2958
    @valarieosborne2958 10 місяців тому +4

    Still listening and love him in 2024❤❤❤

  • @dgutz55
    @dgutz55 8 місяців тому +119

    This is what you call talent---no bullshit costumes, dancers, flashing lights--just an amazing talent---people will be listening to this 1000 years from now...

    • @Taylor-kd6lr
      @Taylor-kd6lr 7 місяців тому +7

      100% Agree!!

    • @CHRISSLATTERY-i4r
      @CHRISSLATTERY-i4r 3 місяці тому +4

      No backing tracks...voice leveling phony crap

    • @lenorefriedrich1634
      @lenorefriedrich1634 Місяць тому +1

      Here November 2024 , raw and rugged! Great 😊 music 🎼 came out of the 70s and 80s!

  • @joeclarke6756
    @joeclarke6756 Рік тому +26

    This guy and his brother ARE southern rock. Ride on.

    • @davidl.-pl7rb
      @davidl.-pl7rb 3 місяці тому

      i saw them a couple of times. hung out with them and captain beyond in louisville,ky. 1972. great times. hard to believe they're all gone.

    • @denniwolf7826
      @denniwolf7826 23 дні тому

      Truth

  • @loveydovey816
    @loveydovey816 8 місяців тому +80

    Still listening in 2024 ❤

    • @DavidL.Hudson
      @DavidL.Hudson 3 місяці тому

      Till-death, do, we part... RIP DUANE, GREG BARRY, BUTCH, DICKIE AND DAN TOLER

  • @buzz385
    @buzz385 Рік тому +131

    What a beautiful man. How blessed we are to have had him in our lives.

    • @ggbythesea9231
      @ggbythesea9231 Рік тому +3

      How Blessed We were..
      Yet He's with US still
      🕯

  • @warguy403
    @warguy403 4 роки тому +245

    A UA-cam ad popping up in the middle of Gregg singing should be a criminal offense

    • @quarter_moon_and_a_guitar
      @quarter_moon_and_a_guitar 3 роки тому +13

      Google updated their philosophy: "Do nothing but evil"

    • @justincarpenter2735
      @justincarpenter2735 3 роки тому +5

      Lol fuck yeah man!!!!

    • @IamAnson777
      @IamAnson777 3 роки тому +2

      Agreed!!

    • @johnprekurat6960
      @johnprekurat6960 3 роки тому +5

      That's worse than having cops shine a flashlight in your car when you're with your best gal's sister.

    • @steveburtt1562
      @steveburtt1562 3 роки тому +2

      You said it, warguy.... This is the price we pay for all of the internet freebies, etc. I still don't have to like it tho.... But I'm thankful there are recordings of so many artists who've moved on, even decades ago.🍷

  • @allysonkitchens5840
    @allysonkitchens5840 2 роки тому +47

    A dear friend of mine dated Gregg in the early 70s. Pre-Cher. They remained close friends until he passed. Gregg was not only immensely gifted, he had a sweet and generous heart. See you over yonder, Big Guy.

    • @Mcwriter1-kj1so
      @Mcwriter1-kj1so 7 місяців тому +5

      Lucky Ladies 💝🎼💝

    • @craigcollins1843
      @craigcollins1843 6 місяців тому

      @@Mcwriter1-kj1so Just read his bio - there are alot of them!

    • @gergemall
      @gergemall Місяць тому

      I heard the same from people who knew him ❤

  • @paulawaldner3474
    @paulawaldner3474 Рік тому +9

    I'm still listening in 2023 and still love him RIP 🙏

  • @RidgeRunner-lz5ko
    @RidgeRunner-lz5ko Рік тому +77

    Him and Orbison are the only vocalists that can always bring a tear to my eye. I knew Gregg a little bit, he had his demons but he was never anything less than a complete gentleman and a kind soul. Rest in peace, ol' Gypsy.

    • @amythompson6869
      @amythompson6869 Рік тому +6

      Yes even though he had them in interviews he was a complete southern gentleman. I often think if he had become a dentist instead like he’d planned how much soul the world would’ve missed out on. He just had the blues down perfect! And then that slide guitar of Duane and those after,on top of that fantastic piano. The Allman Brothers were nearly perfect. Actually going on a road trip today and plan on listening to them all the way.

    • @marthawedge-blake5479
      @marthawedge-blake5479 11 місяців тому +2

      Hope your road trip was awesome.

  • @kenarms4364
    @kenarms4364 4 роки тому +37

    Two of my daughters are named Jessica and Melissa. A man once said to them - "your dad must be an Allman Brothers fan." Their names were not picked because of the Allman Brothers songs, but he was right about one thing. I am an Allman Brothers fan!

  • @briandufoe3719
    @briandufoe3719 Рік тому +7

    Mellisa,man I could hear that lead guitar come in while Gregg strummed,
    Thats a keeper,
    Beautiful.

  • @robinhalloran648
    @robinhalloran648 3 місяці тому +13

    Listening in 2024.

    • @barryfohn4385
      @barryfohn4385 Місяць тому

      Ditto! I remember being a little confused when this came out. Good stuff...but the Duane days were gone.

    • @drewsouthernmusic
      @drewsouthernmusic 17 днів тому

      Me too,

  • @Simone-qd1bv
    @Simone-qd1bv 2 роки тому +14

    Who's listening to this 11/19/2022? OMG, such God giving talent! I cried when I heard that he died. Still brings tears. mmmmmmmmmm

  • @mikew8128
    @mikew8128 Рік тому +70

    Didn’t even try to promote himself, his band or an album. Just played two amazing songs and sang solo with his guitar…..killed it! who can do that nowadays!?!?

    • @berta7019
      @berta7019 Рік тому +3

      Eric Clapton Can, B.B. KING AND JIMI HENDRIX COULD 🎸

    • @joleneloveland8911
      @joleneloveland8911 Рік тому +2

      ​Only one could the other two have passed on.

    • @donnagreene7323
      @donnagreene7323 Рік тому +6

      Not many “artists” today play instruments!!😢

    • @joegallagher9703
      @joegallagher9703 6 місяців тому

      Post Malone

  • @ronflatter1235
    @ronflatter1235 8 місяців тому +54

    It is April 2024. Watching and listening to this just gets better and better with age. God rest the soul of GA, and God bless DG for not letting this become the proverbial tree in the forest.

    • @Mcwriter1-kj1so
      @Mcwriter1-kj1so 8 місяців тому +5

      April 22, 2024 I’m still a fan ✌🏼

    • @OMGWUNSIU
      @OMGWUNSIU 8 місяців тому +5

      And RIP Dickey Betts. ❤

    • @sherrylsteele5520
      @sherrylsteele5520 8 місяців тому +5

      Love Greg Allman and miss him... great performer eva!

    • @ggkk9694
      @ggkk9694 7 місяців тому +1

      Everything is finally cured by time

    • @terryb.9719
      @terryb.9719 7 місяців тому +5

      Such a deep sultry voice and the lyrics, wow!! I'm appreciating The Allman Brothers Band more today than when I was younger. Today, May 21, 2024.

  • @aliciakenerley2119
    @aliciakenerley2119 3 роки тому +31

    Gregg certainly was gorgeous in 1982! His hair just blows my mind.

    • @JackieSwayne
      @JackieSwayne 8 місяців тому +2

      He is gorgeous indeed❤❤❤

    • @JackieSwayne
      @JackieSwayne 4 місяці тому +1

      Yessssssssss!!!!!!!!❤❤❤❤❤

  • @ronflatter1235
    @ronflatter1235 Рік тому +13

    January 7, 2023. Watching nearly 41 years later. It looks and sounds new. And great. Thank you again, DG.

  • @johnfoster535
    @johnfoster535 2 роки тому +60

    ...as a young teen, I had the honor of working on the stage crew for a major ABB concert, and quietly stood just behind Gregg Allman...just out of the lights....as he played and sang with that genuine soul and sincerity. He was an American treasure and the heart of one of the best original music groups that ever appeared in our country. Years later, I thought of how much he was a real southern boy from Georgia, and what a tragedy our Civil War was, where boys very much like Gregg were slaughtered on the battlefield by the tens of thousands. He had a majestic appearance and a quiet charisma.....all real musicians respected his talent and that of his late brother as well.....along with Jaimoe, Butch , Dicky, and the other band members , too. His music lives on...

    • @normatible9795
      @normatible9795 Рік тому +3

      Lucky you to have seen him. Listened to him live and worked for him

    • @jgunther3398
      @jgunther3398 Рік тому +3

      agreed that it would be better if the south had won the war of northern aggression

    • @ClueSign
      @ClueSign Рік тому +1

      @@jgunther3398 Yeah where my slaves at, am I right, Jethro?

    • @joleneloveland8911
      @joleneloveland8911 Рік тому +3

      Duane and Gregg were from Nashville Tennessee and spent their first fifteen years or so there. They then moved to Daytona Beach. The band was formed in Jacksonville Florida, and when Phil Walden started to manage Duane's career they moved to Macon, Ga around
      1970.

    • @kenperkins7921
      @kenperkins7921 Рік тому +2

      It was actually born in MUSCLE SHOALS!

  • @queenbeedat8726
    @queenbeedat8726 4 роки тому +140

    I loved his hair and voice. When I think Southern Rock I think Allman Brothers. American treasures.

    • @jmb92555
      @jmb92555 4 роки тому +13

      Gregg Allman said he never considered the Allman Bros Band a "southern rock" group. In the interview I saw he seemed half amused and half irritated when the interviewer call the Bros a southern rock band.

    • @ashby7166
      @ashby7166 4 роки тому +13

      Michael Boykin his explanation for why is because he said rock music is southern music. He said calling the Allman Brothers Southern Rock is like calling them Rock Rock.

    • @justincarpenter2735
      @justincarpenter2735 3 роки тому +4

      AbsFuckinlutly!!!!!!

    • @bigroy38
      @bigroy38 2 місяці тому

      Gregg & Jim Dandy knew how to own a stage.

  • @ronflatter1235
    @ronflatter1235 Місяць тому +5

    I gotta say I come back to this maybe twice or three times a year. I cannot thank Mr. Giller enough for sharing this.

  • @MAX5WM
    @MAX5WM 5 років тому +372

    Gregg in his prime did not receive the accolades he deserved, even though he and the band were very popular. Today, the Allmans are iconic and Gregg is considered a musical genius. What a performer!

    • @ALifeThatRocks
      @ALifeThatRocks 4 роки тому +23

      I’m reading Gregg Allman’s biography and it’s fascinating. Gregg Allman really was a deeply thoughtful intellectual.

    • @dennissmith5037
      @dennissmith5037 4 роки тому +26

      How truly gifted Gregg and Duane were.

    • @dennissmith5037
      @dennissmith5037 4 роки тому +10

      Everything eventually fell apart, Butch Trucks within the last couple of years killed himself. I feel The Allman bothers represented a generation.

    • @pointyblackhat9045
      @pointyblackhat9045 4 роки тому +14

      Stuart W Ross - I’m glad you used the word ‘intellectual’ but truly-before you started reading his biography, would you have made the connection of Gregg and Intellect? I wouldn’t have, until I read some. He was an amazing human being, which makes me all the crazier that drugs and alcohol were able to get a hold on him so hard.

    • @sunnysprinkle3865
      @sunnysprinkle3865 4 роки тому +10

      Iconic band....Fillmore East album proves it

  • @papasteve215
    @papasteve215 4 роки тому +78

    I had just gotten back from Vietnam in ‘72 when I first heard of the Allman Brothers.
    How many times did I listen to their records while sitting in a dark room over the next few years.
    How many beers. How many joints.
    What a time

    • @johnmartin2470
      @johnmartin2470 4 роки тому +6

      thanks brother

    • @kenholley3272
      @kenholley3272 4 роки тому +10

      GOD BLESS YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE SIR. I FULLY SUPPORT OUR VETERANS( ANGELS) I PRAY VERY REGULARLY AT OUR VETERAN'S MEMORIAL. I LOVE YOU IN CHRIST 💘

    • @megntx1
      @megntx1 4 роки тому +6

      Thank you for your Service, Papa Steve. ...SO glad you made it back home.

    • @pointyblackhat9045
      @pointyblackhat9045 4 роки тому +8

      Papa Steve-In 1972, you needed beer, pot and the Allmans to deal with what you did. I hope it helped. Thanks for everything you had to do over there.

    • @catherinepiccione7508
      @catherinepiccione7508 4 роки тому +6

      Thanks for your service. 🇺🇸✌️

  • @Critical_Thinker858
    @Critical_Thinker858 3 роки тому +111

    Melissa is a beautiful, haunting ballad. Amazing chord progression and lyrics. The master at work.

  • @pamelahaynes9744
    @pamelahaynes9744 4 роки тому +101

    Gregg had the most haunting voice. You can see and feel his music through his voice and just watching him.....that's the ultimate goal of an musical artist. He was the master of that. Dear Gregg RIP 😇😪

    • @pamelahaynes9744
      @pamelahaynes9744 4 роки тому +5

      They will be missed.

    • @dmarlin999
      @dmarlin999 2 роки тому +3

      Always listener💔💖

    • @joleneloveland8911
      @joleneloveland8911 Рік тому +2

      A complete original. He had his own sound. His songs sounded like him. That is the mark of a great artist.

  • @carycareycarrie4445
    @carycareycarrie4445 Рік тому +29

    Wow, so beautiful. Him, his voice, his playing, the song, the sentiment. What a gift he was.

  • @amythompson6869
    @amythompson6869 Рік тому +4

    So gorgeous & such soul!❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @c.b.-11
    @c.b.-11 4 роки тому +87

    The Allman Brother's Band was God's gift to Southern Rock

    • @hollywoodusmcboss8867
      @hollywoodusmcboss8867 4 роки тому +2

      So true dude

    • @markbauer827
      @markbauer827 4 роки тому +11

      Duane always said "There is no such thing as Southern Rock, all rock is Southern." True dat.

    • @la196
      @la196 4 роки тому +2

      Mark Bauer theres a few successful world class rock musicians from the north and a few others from the east and west:) Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel, Anthony Kiedis, Aerosmith, Alice Cooper, Grand Funk Railroad, Iggy Pop, The Romantics, Jack White, Nirvana, The Verve Pipe, Glenn Fry, Ted Nugent, Uncle Kracker, Marshall Crenshaw. Prince was from Minnesota:). Even further north into Canadian territory you have, Bryon Adams, Bachman-Turner Overdrive, The Guess who, The Band, Rush, Neil Young, Loverboy, Triumph. Tip of the iceberg:). And the list goes on. Peace:). Amazing how much talent is out there, where would we be without it:)

    • @markbauer827
      @markbauer827 4 роки тому +10

      @@la196 I think Duane meant that all rock and roll is based on the blues and the blues originally come from the Mississippi Delta, filtered up through Memphis, St. Louis and on into Chicago. Highway 61. It's why Dylan (born in Minnesota, but burnished in NYC's Greenwich Village) called his most important album Highway 61 Revisited. Even those lads from Liverpool acknowledged their debt to guys like Little Richard (Georgia) and Chuck Berry (St. Louis). It's not about the birthplace on your birth certificate, it's about what's in your soul.

    • @manalishifilms
      @manalishifilms 3 роки тому +2

      1969 ABB BIRTH OF SOUTHERN ROCK - WHAT STARTED IT ALL...

  • @poodlenme
    @poodlenme 4 роки тому +95

    One of a kind! ❤️ The world is colder & sadder without Gregg!

  • @guttorocha
    @guttorocha 4 роки тому +222

    here i am, worried about whats going on in the world right now, than i realized how healing is gregs music...thank you greg|

    • @larryn2682
      @larryn2682 4 роки тому +7

      *Gregg

    • @mdhotstuff
      @mdhotstuff 4 роки тому +9

      I am just discovering him now.. and I am 51

    • @otaviorocha4156
      @otaviorocha4156 4 роки тому +1

      @@larryn2682 tank you lari

    • @davidharris7805
      @davidharris7805 4 роки тому +1

      @@mdhotstuff where you been at? Glad your here.

    • @smcchandler3430
      @smcchandler3430 4 роки тому +8

      @@mdhotstuff me too...... i love this performance so much. and he seems like the epitome of effortless coolness

  • @Dang...
    @Dang... 3 роки тому +21

    Gregg, Duane, Berry, Butch are SORELY missed. Forever.

  • @erichanhauser3190
    @erichanhauser3190 4 роки тому +119

    Wow. This is heavy. Saw The Allmans over 30 times from 1989 to about 1997. Only band I've seen more was The Grateful Dead. The Allmans always knocked us out. Always delivered. This man is a legend.

    • @dcd915
      @dcd915 3 роки тому +3

      So you got to see the time of Seven Turns and Shades of Two Worlds! Two great albums

    • @shivapejman8155
      @shivapejman8155 3 роки тому +6

      The Allman brothers were the greatest live musicians who were consistently AWESOME!!!! Saw them 20 times or so.

    • @RapperBC
      @RapperBC 3 роки тому +5

      @@dcd915 I did, and lemme tell ya something, the Allman Brothers in those years were AWN FAR

    • @thebizzybuddies5647
      @thebizzybuddies5647 2 роки тому +2

      The Dead and The Allman Bros - perfect combo

    • @tuck6464
      @tuck6464 Рік тому +1

      Funny you say that. Gregg's been quoted in interviews saying he never cared for the Grateful Deads music, said he just didn't get it.

  • @billywalker2559
    @billywalker2559 4 роки тому +155

    I agree with the man that said, Greg was the greatest white blues singer there ever was. Period. End of discussion.

    • @bryantrogers5596
      @bryantrogers5596 4 роки тому

      The Reagan folks 💨🍄🌅🍄😀

    • @donandjoanmckinnon4571
      @donandjoanmckinnon4571 4 роки тому +1

      Thats it .
      .

    • @Marcus_C51
      @Marcus_C51 4 роки тому +4

      That sir is the truth,

    • @CarolWilliamson03
      @CarolWilliamson03 4 роки тому +2

      Billy Walker Truth!

    • @kenni123064
      @kenni123064 4 роки тому +2

      Agreed Gregg Allman is my favorite and was as still is the best “Blues Singer” ever! 2nd right behind him probably Rod Stewart!

  • @Coopdog1911
    @Coopdog1911 3 роки тому +9

    I am in awe, plain and simple. Damn man...

  • @TiaMia_
    @TiaMia_ 5 років тому +139

    Man, I miss him.

    • @brianhildreth9099
      @brianhildreth9099 4 роки тому +4

      Me too. So much!

    • @sldl04
      @sldl04 4 роки тому +5

      Same....his death hit me harder than any other musician.

    • @EatAPeach72
      @EatAPeach72 3 роки тому +5

      @@sldl04
      Same here I couldnt listen to the Brothers for 2 years after he died
      Seen him perform 20 times live

    • @sldl04
      @sldl04 3 роки тому +5

      @@EatAPeach72 you're fortunate to have seen them live. I never did but loved their music.

    • @justincarpenter2735
      @justincarpenter2735 3 роки тому +3

      Me too Brother I absolutely Love all of his work man.

  • @user-xt3gx5yu3b
    @user-xt3gx5yu3b 4 роки тому +77

    Gregg was a true talent and will forever be missed. What a voice!!

  • @amythompson6869
    @amythompson6869 Рік тому +25

    I’m currently reading his book ,”My Cross to Bear.”It’s something else! I highly recommend it to any of his fans! It gives you insight into where his music developed.such feelings & soul! Love the Allman Brothers!Just imagine if Duane ad lived!❤️

    • @GSDjrbites
      @GSDjrbites Рік тому +2

      I listened to it. The man who read it was fricken out of this world. His accent would almost make you forget it wasn't Gregg himself. And the 10 + hours was most of 2 days at work w/headphones while working. Great book. I love Greg's voice...so soulful and it hits right in the heart.

    • @ZEROIDEAPodcast
      @ZEROIDEAPodcast 11 місяців тому +1

      I actually just finished it and I had never listened to him/them. I’m making my rounds now “catching up” lol he was my dads generation

    • @davedocherty7189
      @davedocherty7189 9 місяців тому

      Great book read it last month, once I started I couldn’t put the book down, excellent work

  • @rogerp6903
    @rogerp6903 11 місяців тому +1

    Such a beautiful version of Melissa ,one of my alltime fave songs.So honoured to have had the music of Mr.Allman in my life

  • @BobbieLGray
    @BobbieLGray 6 місяців тому +6

    Its june 2024 and his spirit still around us ..i love and miss him ❤️

  • @arizjones
    @arizjones 4 роки тому +10

    The real thing. More talent in one man than in most of the current generation of youth combined. Plays keys, guitar, great blues singer, and songwriter

    • @screeningmimi
      @screeningmimi 4 роки тому +3

      That's IT..."The REAL Thing" I still miss this man, although I still play his music often, the world was a better place with him in it.

    • @screeningmimi
      @screeningmimi 4 роки тому +2

      Imagine it. He was already a force to be reckoned with vocally and on guitar, when his brother showed him a Hammond Organ and informed him they needed one in the band. No problemo. :D

  • @XxSkydog71xX
    @XxSkydog71xX 4 роки тому +10

    Gregg Allman will always be remembered in my life

  • @Juneau65
    @Juneau65 4 роки тому +34

    Well done young man. You and your older brother altered the course of history for your family.

  • @joeherbert7555
    @joeherbert7555 3 роки тому +32

    Just dripping with talent. You don't see this kind of act on TV anymore.

  • @irahasson7885
    @irahasson7885 3 роки тому +23

    Fantastic. Raw and beautiful! One of the best ever. Miss you Gregg

  • @KoloaKane
    @KoloaKane Рік тому +3

    the audience was blessed with a real treat that night!

  • @pearyhsclassof70
    @pearyhsclassof70 4 роки тому +35

    So talented. A beautiful man and even more beautiful hair.

  • @Michelle-mr1uc
    @Michelle-mr1uc 4 роки тому +48

    What a deep soul. It seems as if he always had more to say.

  • @jonathanhutchison2881
    @jonathanhutchison2881 14 днів тому +1

    Best white blues singer ever, hands down. Wrote most of the ABB's most iconic songs and his organ defined the sound of the band as much as any other element, including Duane.

  • @Zx10rJoe
    @Zx10rJoe 4 роки тому +60

    The way Gregg looks after Dave says “this is the second version of the Allman brothers”. He reflects on that for a second!!!!

    • @InDisskyS131
      @InDisskyS131 4 роки тому +10

      Yeah, that was pretty heavy actually.

    • @dennissmith5037
      @dennissmith5037 4 роки тому +17

      I noticed the look on his face too. That band lost a lot of very talented members over the years. Everyone who loves the Allman Brothers should read "One way out". What a life.

    • @larryn2682
      @larryn2682 4 роки тому +4

      The band had just broken up for the second time.

    • @bamadeadhead
      @bamadeadhead 4 роки тому +5

      6:26

    • @papasteve215
      @papasteve215 4 роки тому +11

      Yeah I caught that too. A twinge of pain in his eyes.

  • @olly8
    @olly8 Рік тому +2

    A man and his guitar; Purest singing of these two songs...
    GREGG ALLMAN
    ❤️💛❤️‍🔥🤎💔

  • @roccos5594
    @roccos5594 2 роки тому +10

    Still hard to believe he is gone.
    Thank you Gregg for so many years of beautiful music!

  • @kathybryant4185
    @kathybryant4185 3 роки тому +13

    God I sure miss that beautiful haunting voice, never be another talent like his!!

  • @bryancollins6903
    @bryancollins6903 Рік тому +6

    Yeah.. Gregg was one in a million... That effortless natural blues vocal! Exceptional!

  • @PortnoyEric
    @PortnoyEric 8 місяців тому +8

    I was in the studio audiece that day, it was one of letterman's first shows. I'll never forget the experience of him playing 'Melissa". The acoustics were excellent and the setting so intimate.

    • @dongiller
      @dongiller  8 місяців тому +2

      Nice! This was one of Dave’s test shows before its premiere on February 1.

    • @KoloaKane
      @KoloaKane 4 місяці тому +2

      I mentioned in my comments " the people in the audience got a real treat that night"
      I'm still so blown away by the whole thing. The first song was amazing, I didn't realize he was such a good guitar player. He looked fantastic all sobered up and then Melissa, Wow, goose bumps. I'm envious you got to see this performance. Super stoked for you 😊 12:35

    • @PortnoyEric
      @PortnoyEric Місяць тому +2

      @@dongiller So did the episode actually air? I was in the city with time to kill and stopped by NBC at 30 Rock and asked if there was anything being shot they had tickets to. This is where I ended up and they wanted Mr to move further done to an empty seat up front but I was embarrassed about being there (no idea who Letterman was). Became a HUGE fan, of course. Also attended a first season SNL show (Candice Bergen, Land Shark) by just walking in and asking.

    • @dongiller
      @dongiller  Місяць тому +1

      @@PortnoyEric No, it never aired. It was never meant to air. Which makes this appearance all the more special.
      I had acquired all but one of what were called “Shakedown Shows” from someone in 2016 who had worked on the show and has since passed away. After I watched this appearance, I immediately decided that it was too good to leave it unseen..

  • @marianomartinez133
    @marianomartinez133 Рік тому +7

    Gregg´s pure talent would teach many young people today!! Hope he´s not forgotten as so many brilliant rock musicians were

  • @HippieNiecey
    @HippieNiecey 11 місяців тому

    Yes Gregg Allman was indeed beautiful and talented. His music and singing was the best. Iisten faithfully to this day.

  • @Knight14649
    @Knight14649 4 роки тому +44

    What a great voice. Nobody quite like Greg Allman.

  • @grangrampa832
    @grangrampa832 2 роки тому +3

    Very few beautiful people left like you RIP love you and your music forever ❤️

  • @dianabarreras6872
    @dianabarreras6872 4 роки тому +12

    Gregg wearing that blue sweater really looks good, it makes his gorgeous eyes pop.
    Love Gregg forever.

  • @05trichxxk1ll3rr
    @05trichxxk1ll3rr 10 місяців тому

    Listening to the Allman Bros, Skynyrd, makes me long to go back to that time of my life. I still listen regularly and am into so many kinds of music but no one can move me like the Allman Brothers and Dickey Betts. Today almost all music is just noise. Growing up in the 60’s and 70’s was a time of incredible joy. People knew who they were and were happy to live life. Stupid questions like what gender do you respond to didn’t exist. Nixon got caught and knew to leave. You smelled a girls perfume and asked her out, you didn’t look at a computer to pick your girl. It was such an easier time without so much pressure for everything.

  • @kathywallace4704
    @kathywallace4704 Рік тому +12

    Never get enough of him.

  • @Timebend2025
    @Timebend2025 3 місяці тому +1

    My friends Daddy used to sell gold jewelry to a lot of people, Country music people...the bracelet looked like one of his pieces RIP Grady Page ❤ I love you Greg, RIP

  • @kimburroughs5789
    @kimburroughs5789 4 роки тому +30

    One of the most sexy and talented men of all time!! RIP gregg allman!!

  • @franksullivan1873
    @franksullivan1873 2 роки тому +6

    I was so lucky to see him play in life.A truly great soulful singer and musician.

  • @ddq57sm64
    @ddq57sm64 4 роки тому +73

    38 years and about 3 months, and THIS is still the best interview I've ever seen of Gregg Allman! RIP (2017)

  • @soyounoat2814
    @soyounoat2814 3 місяці тому +1

    That voice has always sounded so RIGHT, and the passing of time has shown how rare it is.

  • @Gaglias123
    @Gaglias123 4 роки тому +9

    Soothing. When there was sincerity behind music.

  • @markwilson9778
    @markwilson9778 2 роки тому +16

    Just an amazing performance & from David’s desk-don’t see that these days. Hard to believe that was 40 years ago. That guitar, that voice what a special talent!!!!

  • @shizzle7642
    @shizzle7642 4 роки тому +26

    A man and his guitar.... beautiful performance

  • @melissaward6311
    @melissaward6311 4 роки тому +9

    Oh man. Happy birthday to Gregg Allman. In heaven. Your voice was truly heavenly. Missing you ,Duane,and all the other band members. Your music together was otherworldly. .

  • @hoagymapleton2206
    @hoagymapleton2206 3 роки тому +14

    I tried about 10 times to sing along with this but my throat kept cramping up crying.. it's too beautiful.. I very much love you Greg g

    • @kenriehl7852
      @kenriehl7852 9 місяців тому

      Brother, don’t feel bad you’re not the only one.

  • @point2822
    @point2822 3 роки тому +1

    SUCH A GREAT INSPIRATION TO ME BEAUTIFUL DUDE NOT MY CROSS TO BARE RIP DEAR FRIEND .28

  • @OblivionAviator
    @OblivionAviator 8 місяців тому +8

    Magnificent solo performances. The man had a way of touching & moving people with simply a guitar (or a piano) & that voice. RIP, sir.

  • @colbysmith6201
    @colbysmith6201 3 роки тому +6

    Beautiful lyrics and melody...A lost art in today's music industry..RIP Greg and Dwayne.

  • @christinaomalie429
    @christinaomalie429 2 роки тому +10

    This is so rare. To hear him solo, acoustic, Come and Go Blues! I would've flipped out!
    I hope someone realized what they were seeing.

    • @dongiller
      @dongiller  2 роки тому +2

      This never aired, so the only ones seeing it were there in the studio.

    • @joadbreslin5819
      @joadbreslin5819 Рік тому

      @@dongiller Oh, I see. So this was part of a warm-up (practice) show, then, before the actual show premiered? Don, do you know how many of these warm-up shows were made?

    • @dongiller
      @dongiller  Рік тому +1

      @@joadbreslin5819 There were six “Shakedown” shows before Late Night’s premiere on February 1.

    • @joadbreslin5819
      @joadbreslin5819 Рік тому +1

      @@dongiller Thanks for the reply, Don. I couldn't remember the term for such a show.

  • @Str8ShootinLoner81
    @Str8ShootinLoner81 3 роки тому +6

    Pure talent...Pure voice...Life was easier and simpler in the times of gregg allman and the solo albums really mean alot to me...RIP to this legend..ty for the songs and the memories.

  • @debbieedwards711
    @debbieedwards711 3 роки тому +14

    It doesn't get much better than sitting back and watching Greg play some very fine acoustic classic rock treasures. "Those were the days" RIP GREG

  • @alysonsomerville3654
    @alysonsomerville3654 2 роки тому +2

    Beautiful soul...my rock star "crush" in college, would go to the ends of the earth to see the Allman Brothers, missed Watkins Glen in '73 but went all the way from Connecticut to Rapid City SD in 1990 to see them during the 50th Sturgis Bike Rally.

  • @leetledrummerboy
    @leetledrummerboy 4 роки тому +12

    incredible guitarist, incredible organist, incredible songwriter, one of the best singers in the world... incredible talent.

  • @gaylasmith5279
    @gaylasmith5279 3 роки тому +8

    Get goosebumps hearing him sing "Melissa". So many memories. Gregg sings it beautifully yet so powerfully. That voice, talent and his gorgeous hair. Hope Dave Letterman knew history was being made that night.

    • @dongiller
      @dongiller  3 роки тому +4

      It was an appearance that no one outside the studio ever saw until this upload, as it was a “test” show shortly before late Night’s premiere.

    • @gaylasmith5279
      @gaylasmith5279 3 роки тому +4

      @@dongiller Than you for posting. What a gem!

  • @edgeriderrocks8997
    @edgeriderrocks8997 4 роки тому +14

    Love Gregg. Beautiful ❤️!!! One of the best bluesmen. So much talent and a very kind soul. Very missed.

  • @IamAnson777
    @IamAnson777 2 роки тому +2

    I'm still listening in 2022

  • @AnAmericanGirl4Sure
    @AnAmericanGirl4Sure 4 роки тому +10

    He was a Gorgeous Man

  • @bosco008
    @bosco008 6 місяців тому +2

    Hands down, without a doubt, unequivocally the best solo unplugged performance. Bar none.

  • @marc2397
    @marc2397 3 роки тому +4

    Miss him, and Duane, and that time in my life....a great time for music.

  • @JH-rs8fx
    @JH-rs8fx 2 роки тому +1

    Miss you Gregg. The world was a better place with you in it.

  • @Bill_Woo
    @Bill_Woo 5 років тому +259

    I wonder if Dave really understood how epic this segment was.

    • @Bill_Woo
      @Bill_Woo 5 років тому +23

      Credit to Dave for not making it a Cher thing. Legendary interview, and certainly did not need that. Perhaps that was Gregg's choice, though.

    • @jackstraw0000
      @jackstraw0000 5 років тому +37

      I've a feeling Dave had a real grasp on the importance of his many guests.

    • @danstone8783
      @danstone8783 4 роки тому +9

      Gregg riding his wave, Dave riding his. We choose which wave we prefer.

    • @davidrobertson8464
      @davidrobertson8464 4 роки тому +8

      I beg to differ. I think either Dave or Paul Shaffer was very diligent in acquiring major artists. I remember one time Ted Nugent was on and man was that an awesome experience, Jammed with Paul Shaffer's band in the seat next to Dave.

    • @longfade
      @longfade 4 роки тому +18

      I'm going to guess 'yes' on that one. Even if some people didn't even know who Mr. Allman was going in, his presence is so real and intense that you just feel the greatness pouring into you. You can see Paul Shaeffer back there in rapt attention, anyway. And Letterman totally understood that this was not a meeting that was going to be played for laughs.

  • @carlajean7478
    @carlajean7478 3 роки тому +3

    I love this man

  • @thebizzybuddies5647
    @thebizzybuddies5647 2 роки тому +8

    Chills, goosebumps and shivers up the spine all at once!

  • @greghenderson4582
    @greghenderson4582 4 роки тому +13

    I can not get over how clean he looks physically !!!
    He looks so together here !!!

  • @joanofarc9438
    @joanofarc9438 3 роки тому +4

    This is treasure to me.Go he was the most gorgeous man and southern gentleman.

  • @donandjoanmckinnon4571
    @donandjoanmckinnon4571 4 роки тому +20

    Greg was so good looking ..Even as the got older he was still fine ...

  • @3155DOGMAN
    @3155DOGMAN 2 роки тому +4

    Magnificent voice.

  • @sbaxsbax3810
    @sbaxsbax3810 8 місяців тому +2

    I can listen to Gregory over and over, never gets old

  • @Strik9
    @Strik9 Рік тому +5

    MAN, this gave me gosepimples.What a great talent! RIP GREGG ALMOND.

  • @garywheeler60
    @garywheeler60 Рік тому +2

    Greg was my hero in 1970 and bless his soul I still play his music every week

  • @vickyvlrich
    @vickyvlrich 5 років тому +75

    Love this man's voice and his music so much

  • @nashvegasnow
    @nashvegasnow 2 роки тому +2

    obviously very few better guitar players,
    lyricists or vocalists.
    Gregg does it for me
    Thank you Gregg

  • @namcat53
    @namcat53 2 роки тому +4

    Everyone my age ..70..remembers where they were when they heard the Fillmore album when it was first released. This was at time when stunningly great albums were released every week. It was played constantly on every turntable from that point on. It was an instant touchstone. Bands then paid serious dues, rehearsed and played together constantly; became unified and solid. We loved The Allman Brothers then and still do. The original band was a wonder to behold. Every member was a talented integral part and Greg was an amazing songwriter. Witness beautiful Melissa. Thanks.

  • @stevemarino5745
    @stevemarino5745 4 роки тому +42

    At 3:39, the way he roars "Sail On" right out of nowhere brings shivers down my spine. Just amazing. One of the greatest blues singer's who ever lived, and like all of us Southerners, he learned to sing like that from listening to black folks. Still, Greg could sing the blues because he lived it, he owned it, he WAS the blues.