Gregg Allman Band

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Gregg Allman Band
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The Gregg Allman Band performing in 2016
Background information
Genres Southern rock, blues rock
Years active1986–2017
Labels Epic
Past members Gregg Allman
Floyd Miles
Bruce Katz
Scott Sharrard
Jerry Jemmott
Steve Potts
Jay Collins
Dan Toler
David Toler
Bruce Waibel
Tim Heding
Charles "Chaz" Trippy

The Gregg Allman Band, also known as Gregg Allman & Friends, was a Southern rock/blues rock group that Gregg Allman established and had led since the 1970s, during periods when Allman has been recording and performing separate from the Allman Brothers Band and has chosen not to perform exclusively as a solo artist.

Contents

Line ups

1984-1988

(At the time of I'm No Angel and Just Before The Bullets Fly ) [1]

More recent line up

Death

The band dissolved following the death of Gregg Allman in May 2017.

Floyd Miles died on 26 January 2018, at the age of 74. [2]

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References

  1. Strong, Martin Charles (2006). The essential rock discography. Open City Books. p. 20. ISBN   978-1-84195-860-6.
  2. Saunders, Emmeline (26 January 2018). "Blues musician and singer Floyd Miles dies aged 74". Mirror.co.uk. Retrieved 27 January 2018.