Gregg Allman of The Allman Brothers has passed away

Americana rock pioneer Gregg Allman has died peacefully at his home after battles with numerous health problems. He was 69. Following a diagnosis of hepatitis C in 2007, he received a liver transplant in 2010. Last year, he had cancelled a series of shows due to health problems. Plans for him to pursue another tour this year were also cancelled as his health failed to improve.
Allman enjoyed both a successful solo career as well as the iconic collaboration with his brother Duane that became the Allman Brothers. The band was founded in 1969 and rose to prominence with the recording of their live album At Filmore East. Unfortunately it was only three months after that album's release that Duane died in a motorcycle accident at the age of 24. Their next album, Eat a Peach included Duane's posthumously released recordings.
Gregg then pursued a solo career with 1973’s Laid Back. He married Cher in 1975, and the couple had a son and made the album Two the Hard Way before they divorced in 1978. His latest album was the 2011 Low Country Blues. In 2012, he released his memoir My Cross to Bear, in which he chronicled his life as a musician as well as his struggles with drug and alcohol abuse.
In 2011, before playing Vicar Street, Gregg Allman sat down with Hot Press' Colm O'Hare to talk working with T- Bone Burnett and what he learned about songwriting from Jackson Browne. Revisit the old interview here.