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In Memory of Gregg Allman

Today’s post will be mostly about the influence of Gregg Allman. His contribution to music spanned five decades. He passed away three years ago today. His legacy remains and it can be clearly traced through his signature song, ‘Midnight Rider’. Although the original release did not chart, like many songs by the Allman Brothers Band it has left an indelible mark on musicians and fans for nearly have a century.

To truly understand the song ‘Midnight Rider’ you have to place yourself in Gregg Allman’s headspace during the time of writing. The Allman Brothers Band had released their critically acclaimed debut album in late and they spent the end of ’69 and the first half of touring relentlessly, writing and recording. By the time they committed to put together a follow up to ‘The Allman Brothers Band’ they had a combination of road tested blues classics, a couple of stellar Dickey Betts’ creations in ‘Revival’ and ‘In Memory of Elizabeth Reed’ and a couple of songs penned by Allman. They found themselves in need of an additional original creation. The scene to create was established at a farmhouse the band had rented on a lake outside of Macon, Georgia. The country locale became known as “Idlewild South’. It was here that Gregg Allman was able to unwind. He felt free to smoke marijuana and reflect on the whirlwind that life had become. It was during this period of contemplation that ‘Midnight Rider’ came to him in a flurry. He wrote and composed the first two verses in less than an hour. As legend has it, the third verse was giving him some trouble. Allman recognized that the verse was important because “it was kind of the epilogue to the whole thing”; the point where the narrator transforms. This is where he turned to his friend and band roadie, Kim Payne for his thoughts. Kim Payne was in charge of watching over the warehouse where the Allman Brothers Band stored their equipment. Payne’s account of h

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