Gregg Allman on Letterman. January 25, 1982

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ก.ค. 2019
  • Gregg first performs "Come and Go Blues," then, after chatting with Dave, offers up "Melissa."
    Yes, the date is correct.

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  • @dgutz55
    @dgutz55 หลายเดือนก่อน +51

    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 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

      100% Agree!!

  • @parisweieneth6340
    @parisweieneth6340 3 ปีที่แล้ว +449

    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 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      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 ปีที่แล้ว +31

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

    • @brianloftus563
      @brianloftus563 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

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

    • @drgwhatsthetruth3783
      @drgwhatsthetruth3783 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

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

    • @mariapalmer8538
      @mariapalmer8538 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      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 .

  • @loveydovey6026
    @loveydovey6026 หลายเดือนก่อน +37

    Still listening in 2024 ❤

  • @ronflatter1235
    @ronflatter1235 หลายเดือนก่อน +41

    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 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

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

    • @OMGWUNSIU
      @OMGWUNSIU หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      And RIP Dickey Betts. ❤

    • @sherrylsteele5520
      @sherrylsteele5520 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

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

    • @ggkk9694
      @ggkk9694 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Everything is finally cured by time

    • @terryb.9719
      @terryb.9719 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      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.

  • @buzz385
    @buzz385 ปีที่แล้ว +102

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

    • @ggbythesea9231
      @ggbythesea9231 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

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

  • @allysonkitchens5840
    @allysonkitchens5840 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    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 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      Lucky Ladies 💝🎼💝

  • @soulnik
    @soulnik หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    Pure heartfelt emotion performing Melissa. A great man gone but never forgotten.

  • @kenarms4364
    @kenarms4364 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    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!

  • @warguy403
    @warguy403 4 ปีที่แล้ว +218

    A TH-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 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Google updated their philosophy: "Do nothing but evil"

    • @justincarpenter2735
      @justincarpenter2735 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Lol fuck yeah man!!!!

    • @MrsAnson7777
      @MrsAnson7777 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Agreed!!

    • @johnprekurat6960
      @johnprekurat6960 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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.🍷

  • @joeclarke6756
    @joeclarke6756 ปีที่แล้ว +8

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

  • @RidgeRunner-lz5ko
    @RidgeRunner-lz5ko ปีที่แล้ว +62

    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 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +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 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Hope your road trip was awesome.

  • @aliciakenerley2119
    @aliciakenerley2119 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

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

    • @user-gz9gy9td4r
      @user-gz9gy9td4r หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      He is gorgeous indeed❤❤❤

  • @Simone-qd1bv
    @Simone-qd1bv ปีที่แล้ว +12

    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 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +42

    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 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

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

    • @joleneloveland8911
      @joleneloveland8911 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​Only one could the other two have passed on.

    • @donnagreene7323
      @donnagreene7323 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Not many “artists” today play instruments!!😢

  • @ronflatter1235
    @ronflatter1235 ปีที่แล้ว +9

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

  • @carycareycarrie4445
    @carycareycarrie4445 ปีที่แล้ว +23

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

  • @Dang...
    @Dang... 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

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

    • @JT-rc7vx
      @JT-rc7vx หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      And now, Dickey😢

    • @yancyjenkinssr1824
      @yancyjenkinssr1824 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Jaimoe still kikin

  • @Critical_Thinker858
    @Critical_Thinker858 3 ปีที่แล้ว +101

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

  • @paulawaldner3474
    @paulawaldner3474 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

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

  • @OblivionAviator
    @OblivionAviator หลายเดือนก่อน +8

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

  • @johnfoster535
    @johnfoster535 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    ...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 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

    • @jgunther3398
      @jgunther3398 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

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

    • @ClueSign
      @ClueSign 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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

    • @joleneloveland8911
      @joleneloveland8911 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +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 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      It was actually born in MUSCLE SHOALS!

  • @roccos5594
    @roccos5594 ปีที่แล้ว +10

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

  • @michaeldean9338
    @michaeldean9338 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    You Rock, Don Giller. Thanks for your other Allaman videos. I remember being very sadden upon learning of this truly talented man's death. God Bless him. MUCH respect!

  • @irahasson7885
    @irahasson7885 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

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

  • @TheGuitarMan71
    @TheGuitarMan71 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Gregg Allman will always be remembered in my life

  • @poodlenme
    @poodlenme 4 ปีที่แล้ว +90

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

    • @justincarpenter2735
      @justincarpenter2735 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Absolutely man!!!! Couldn't have said it better myself

  • @pamelahaynes9744
    @pamelahaynes9744 3 ปีที่แล้ว +96

    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 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      They will be missed.

    • @dmarlin999
      @dmarlin999 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Always listener💔💖

    • @joleneloveland8911
      @joleneloveland8911 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

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

  • @Coopdog1911
    @Coopdog1911 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

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

    • @KoloaKane
      @KoloaKane 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No doubt

  • @user-xt3gx5yu3b
    @user-xt3gx5yu3b 3 ปีที่แล้ว +76

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

  • @donandjoanmckinnon4571
    @donandjoanmckinnon4571 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

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

  • @amythompson6869
    @amythompson6869 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    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 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +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 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +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 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @amythompson6869
    @amythompson6869 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    So gorgeous & such soul!❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @kathybryant4185
    @kathybryant4185 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

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

  • @papasteve215
    @papasteve215 4 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    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 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      thanks brother

    • @kenholley3272
      @kenholley3272 4 ปีที่แล้ว +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 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

    • @pointyblackhat9045
      @pointyblackhat9045 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Thanks for your service. 🇺🇸✌️

  • @chrispressnell1150
    @chrispressnell1150 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  • @colbysmith6201
    @colbysmith6201 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

  • @pearyhsclassof70
    @pearyhsclassof70 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

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

  • @punishmentforall
    @punishmentforall 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Gregg's only 34 yrs old here.

  • @AnAmericanGirl4Sure
    @AnAmericanGirl4Sure 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    He was a Gorgeous Man

  • @briandufoe3719
    @briandufoe3719 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

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

  • @joeherbert7555
    @joeherbert7555 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

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

  • @queenbeedat8726
    @queenbeedat8726 4 ปีที่แล้ว +132

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

    • @jmb92555
      @jmb92555 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      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 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      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 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      AbsFuckinlutly!!!!!!

  • @Gaglias123
    @Gaglias123 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Soothing. When there was sincerity behind music.

  • @melissaward6311
    @melissaward6311 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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. .

  • @garywheeler60
    @garywheeler60 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

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

  • @marianomartinez133
    @marianomartinez133 ปีที่แล้ว +7

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

  • @dianabarreras6872
    @dianabarreras6872 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

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

  • @franksullivan1873
    @franksullivan1873 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

  • @JH-rs8fx
    @JH-rs8fx 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @PortnoyEric
    @PortnoyEric หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    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  หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @arizjones
    @arizjones 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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

  • @markwilson9778
    @markwilson9778 ปีที่แล้ว +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!!!!

  • @olly8
    @olly8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @edgeriderrocks8997
    @edgeriderrocks8997 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

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

  • @Michelle-mr1uc
    @Michelle-mr1uc 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

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

  • @erichanhauser3190
    @erichanhauser3190 4 ปีที่แล้ว +115

    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 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

    • @shivapejman8155
      @shivapejman8155 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

    • @RapperBC
      @RapperBC 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

    • @thebizzybuddies5647
      @thebizzybuddies5647 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The Dead and The Allman Bros - perfect combo

    • @tuck6464
      @tuck6464 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +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.

  • @sbaxsbax3810
    @sbaxsbax3810 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @marc2397
    @marc2397 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

  • @chevyblue10
    @chevyblue10 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This is the best version of Mellisa that I've ever heard.

  • @shizzle7642
    @shizzle7642 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    A man and his guitar.... beautiful performance

  • @thebizzybuddies5647
    @thebizzybuddies5647 ปีที่แล้ว +8

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

  • @reeblesnarfle4519
    @reeblesnarfle4519 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Thankyou SO much for including this cherished performance. THIS is why he was so good. His soul is deep.
    This is REAL Americana in front of your face. It has not been here in a while, and it is sadly and sorely missed.
    Thankyou for this. God Bless.🙏❤😎👍

  • @leetledrummerboy
    @leetledrummerboy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

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

  • @kathywallace4704
    @kathywallace4704 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Never get enough of him.

  • @bryancollins6903
    @bryancollins6903 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

  • @kimburroughs5789
    @kimburroughs5789 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

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

  • @lorrainespagnuolo4149
    @lorrainespagnuolo4149 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Thank you Gregory for all of your music. You have inspired and consoled me many times of my life. RIP♥️

  • @Strik9
    @Strik9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

  • @carlajean7478
    @carlajean7478 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love this man

  • @Juneau65
    @Juneau65 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

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

  • @joanofarc9438
    @joanofarc9438 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

  • @MrCretemaniam
    @MrCretemaniam 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Best thing I've ever seen Gregg do and I love these guys all my life....

  • @alysonsomerville3654
    @alysonsomerville3654 2 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  • @MrsAnson7777
    @MrsAnson7777 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I'm still listening in 2022

  • @guttorocha
    @guttorocha 4 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      *Gregg

    • @mdhotstuff
      @mdhotstuff 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

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

    • @otaviorocha4156
      @otaviorocha4156 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@larryn2682 tank you lari

    • @davidharris7805
      @davidharris7805 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @smcchandler3430
      @smcchandler3430 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

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

  • @SeemsFutileNow
    @SeemsFutileNow 4 ปีที่แล้ว +83

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

    • @hollywoodusmcboss8867
      @hollywoodusmcboss8867 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      So true dude

    • @markbauer827
      @markbauer827 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

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

    • @la196
      @la196 4 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

    • @TwilightCenturyFilms6586
      @TwilightCenturyFilms6586 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @NevadaBoss
    @NevadaBoss หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Saw Gregg at a club in Toronto in the early 80s..then decades later in Vegas circa '15. Older, mellower, but still a magnificent talent. RIP bros. Duane, Gregg & now Dickey.

  • @bobcruikshank2010
    @bobcruikshank2010 หลายเดือนก่อน

    One of my al time favorite tunes! RIP Gregg, Duane, Barry, Butch and Dickey.

  • @rc2464
    @rc2464 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    and that's why Greg Allman will always be one of the giants in music.

  • @Onlythatfunkyshit
    @Onlythatfunkyshit ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Legendary moment. Letterman’s first show.

    • @dongiller
      @dongiller  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Before the first show.

    • @tented
      @tented 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@dongillerwhat do you mean? Not sure how it could have been before the show.

    • @dongiller
      @dongiller  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@tented This was one of Late Night’s test shows, called “Shakedowns,” before its premiere on February 1. No one outside the studio had ever seen this appearance before this upload.

  • @hoagymapleton2206
    @hoagymapleton2206 2 ปีที่แล้ว +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 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @johnnykawakid
    @johnnykawakid 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    One wore. CLASS. 🍄👌

  • @cheryla.nicholas7718
    @cheryla.nicholas7718 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    How could CHER not have fell for HIM‼️♥️💝♥️💝😍

    • @screeningmimi
      @screeningmimi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Oh yes, lucky Cher! I for one, am mighty glad he didn't become a dental surgeon as he'd planned. :D

  • @bedroom.headroom
    @bedroom.headroom 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Dave got to sit there close enough to smell the wood on that guitar while Gregg played one of the most beautiful songs ever written. If any host deserved to be there it was Dave though, he has always had the best musical guests and a deep appreciation for American music.

  • @colinmanning284
    @colinmanning284 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    A singular voice drenched in soul like no other!💥

  • @tracybieler3955
    @tracybieler3955 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I met Gregg in 1978
    In st louis .
    He was a good friend of pat liston (mama's pride)
    He was a great person.plus he layer all my favorites. RIP

  • @JoseJimenez-fx5zv
    @JoseJimenez-fx5zv หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    My favorite singer of all time, I cried the day you passed, RIP

  • @3155DOGMAN
    @3155DOGMAN ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Magnificent voice.

  • @hollywoodusmcboss8867
    @hollywoodusmcboss8867 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The blues by one of the bluest coolest troubadours born in the backseat of a Greyhound bus rolling down Highway 41

  • @justdoit8779
    @justdoit8779 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    A true masterpiece work of art in every word . Gregg was exceptionally talented . Saw ABB in Tampa around 84 and at the end the whole place over 15,000 was on their feet going crazy with gratitude for excellence . Then Gregg gets up from the organ , and Dickey walks towards him and the two embrace in the middle of the stage with people roaring the two friends shared what must of been a very special moment in time . Knowing you can generate such positive energy of all kinds through music and joy

  • @bethbnolan
    @bethbnolan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Oh my, I'm glad I stuck around for "Melissa" my favorite. Can't describe adequately my love for Allman Brothers; especially Greg. I live near where they were based in Macon, Georgia. This was MY era! So glad I stumbled on this which I haven't seen.

  • @gaylasmith5279
    @gaylasmith5279 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

  • @jon780249
    @jon780249 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Great to see this footage of Gregg in his prime. I loved the Allman’s when I was a teen, now I find myself coming back to them again and refunding what I loved about them all those years ago.

  • @rogerp6903
    @rogerp6903 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +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

  • @daniellyons3339
    @daniellyons3339 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Playing Good Acoustic 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉, Love 💕 Greg's Voice Which Will Never Die

  • @Zx10rJoe
    @Zx10rJoe 4 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    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 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Yeah, that was pretty heavy actually.

    • @dennissmith5037
      @dennissmith5037 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      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 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The band had just broken up for the second time.

    • @bamadeadhead
      @bamadeadhead 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      6:26

    • @papasteve215
      @papasteve215 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

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

  • @jeaniechowdhury6739
    @jeaniechowdhury6739 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Omg he was terrific.

  • @musiclover3205
    @musiclover3205 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Gregg wrote Melissa when he was just 17 years old. What a talent he was and a down-to-earth person.

  • @bard1968
    @bard1968 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    PURE TALENT💯✌🏼

  • @namcat53
    @namcat53 2 ปีที่แล้ว +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.