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...
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
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 .
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.
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.
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.🍷
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!
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.
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.
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!?!?
...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...
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.
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!
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.
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 😇😪
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
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.
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.
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.
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!❤️
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.
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.
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:)
@@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.
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.
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.
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
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
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!!!!
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.
@@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?
@@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.
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.
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.
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.
Took him 25+ years to come to some sort of terms in his brother's death. But he thought about him everyday until the day Gregg passed. Gregg's eyes always gave his feelings away, to me anyway. You could always see the clouds move in on his horizon. Today is the first of May. 3 years he's been gone on the 27th. Seeing him perform Melissa here, which kind of became an anthem for Duane, i see all kinds of clouds roll by, but the last few bars show determined strength coupled with dedication and love. Always rest easy Gregory, i believe in my heart that all of us will meet again. ❤
Life dealt him some tough breaks, loss of his dad as a youngster, loss of his brother and then another friend and band member shortly afterward. Yeah, he feels every note.
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.
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. .
And plays his guitar WELL. Not just rhythm guitar strumming. His voice sounds great! Not yelling and screaming or singing in a way that becomes impossible as he gets older. Many good childhood memories!
What a tremendous talent. I could hear the rest of the band playing even tho it was just him on his own. God bless you Gregg. Dave we miss you too.....
6:49. Dave sez "you don't drink" and a couple guys in the audience laugh. As if Dave was launching into a sarcastic bit. Very quickly it's apparent that Gregg is fighting something very real, very big. Gregg; you rest in peace my brother - we never met but you were there with me.
@@karenoliver5738 he was fighting pretty much everything at that point, yes. Booze, cigarettes, heroin, coke, uppers, downers. he had a very very hard time for at least another 13 years after this till he finally won his battles. he spent about 42 years constantly fighting his addictions...and losing badly. thankfully, he finally won.
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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...
100% Agree!!
Still listening in 2024 ❤
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
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.
Those were special times. No other generation will ever be able to experience such a unique and art filled time
Now listening to allman betts band carry on!!!!
That'll be me. 7/30/2021. I'll be listening till my time on this earth is done.
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 .
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.
April 22, 2024 I’m still a fan ✌🏼
And RIP Dickey Betts. ❤
Love Greg Allman and miss him... great performer eva!
Everything is finally cured by time
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.
What a beautiful man. How blessed we are to have had him in our lives.
How Blessed We were..
Yet He's with US still
🕯
Pure heartfelt emotion performing Melissa. A great man gone but never forgotten.
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.
Lucky Ladies 💝🎼💝
A RUclips ad popping up in the middle of Gregg singing should be a criminal offense
Google updated their philosophy: "Do nothing but evil"
Lol fuck yeah man!!!!
Agreed!!
That's worse than having cops shine a flashlight in your car when you're with your best gal's sister.
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.🍷
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!
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.
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.
Hope your road trip was awesome.
Gregg certainly was gorgeous in 1982! His hair just blows my mind.
He is gorgeous indeed❤❤❤
This guy and his brother ARE southern rock. Ride on.
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!?!?
Eric Clapton Can, B.B. KING AND JIMI HENDRIX COULD 🎸
Only one could the other two have passed on.
Not many “artists” today play instruments!!😢
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
Melissa is a beautiful, haunting ballad. Amazing chord progression and lyrics. The master at work.
well said!
...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...
Lucky you to have seen him. Listened to him live and worked for him
agreed that it would be better if the south had won the war of northern aggression
@@jgunther3398 Yeah where my slaves at, am I right, Jethro?
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.
It was actually born in MUSCLE SHOALS!
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!
I’m reading Gregg Allman’s biography and it’s fascinating. Gregg Allman really was a deeply thoughtful intellectual.
How truly gifted Gregg and Duane were.
Everything eventually fell apart, Butch Trucks within the last couple of years killed himself. I feel The Allman bothers represented a generation.
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.
Iconic band....Fillmore East album proves it
Wow, so beautiful. Him, his voice, his playing, the song, the sentiment. What a gift he was.
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 😇😪
They will be missed.
Always listener💔💖
A complete original. He had his own sound. His songs sounded like him. That is the mark of a great artist.
here i am, worried about whats going on in the world right now, than i realized how healing is gregs music...thank you greg|
*Gregg
I am just discovering him now.. and I am 51
@@larryn2682 tank you lari
@@mdhotstuff where you been at? Glad your here.
@@mdhotstuff me too...... i love this performance so much. and he seems like the epitome of effortless coolness
January 7, 2023. Watching nearly 41 years later. It looks and sounds new. And great. Thank you again, DG.
Gregg, Duane, Berry, Butch are SORELY missed. Forever.
And now, Dickey😢
Jaimoe still kikin
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
thanks brother
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 💘
Thank you for your Service, Papa Steve. ...SO glad you made it back home.
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.
Thanks for your service. 🇺🇸✌️
Man, I miss him.
Me too. So much!
Same....his death hit me harder than any other musician.
@@sldl04
Same here I couldnt listen to the Brothers for 2 years after he died
Seen him perform 20 times live
@@EatAPeach72 you're fortunate to have seen them live. I never did but loved their music.
Me too Brother I absolutely Love all of his work man.
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.
So you got to see the time of Seven Turns and Shades of Two Worlds! Two great albums
The Allman brothers were the greatest live musicians who were consistently AWESOME!!!! Saw them 20 times or so.
@@dcd915 I did, and lemme tell ya something, the Allman Brothers in those years were AWN FAR
The Dead and The Allman Bros - perfect combo
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.
I loved his hair and voice. When I think Southern Rock I think Allman Brothers. American treasures.
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.
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.
AbsFuckinlutly!!!!!!
One of a kind! ❤️ The world is colder & sadder without Gregg!
Absolutely man!!!! Couldn't have said it better myself
What a deep soul. It seems as if he always had more to say.
I am in awe, plain and simple. Damn man...
No doubt
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!❤️
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.
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
Great book read it last month, once I started I couldn’t put the book down, excellent work
The way Gregg looks after Dave says “this is the second version of the Allman brothers”. He reflects on that for a second!!!!
Yeah, that was pretty heavy actually.
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.
The band had just broken up for the second time.
6:26
Yeah I caught that too. A twinge of pain in his eyes.
Magnificent solo performances. The man had a way of touching & moving people with simply a guitar (or a piano) & that voice. RIP, sir.
Greg was so good looking ..Even as the got older he was still fine ...
Gregg was a true talent and will forever be missed. What a voice!!
Just dripping with talent. You don't see this kind of act on TV anymore.
So talented. A beautiful man and even more beautiful hair.
I'm still listening in 2023 and still love him RIP 🙏
The Allman Brother's Band was God's gift to Southern Rock
So true dude
Duane always said "There is no such thing as Southern Rock, all rock is Southern." True dat.
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:)
@@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.
1969 ABB BIRTH OF SOUTHERN ROCK - WHAT STARTED IT ALL...
He was a Gorgeous Man
Fantastic. Raw and beautiful! One of the best ever. Miss you Gregg
I wonder if Dave really understood how epic this segment was.
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.
I've a feeling Dave had a real grasp on the importance of his many guests.
Gregg riding his wave, Dave riding his. We choose which wave we prefer.
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.
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.
Magnificent voice.
Mellisa,man I could hear that lead guitar come in while Gregg strummed,
Thats a keeper,
Beautiful.
Well done young man. You and your older brother altered the course of history for your family.
They altered the course of music history
Gregg Allman will always be remembered in my life
Gregg wearing that blue sweater really looks good, it makes his gorgeous eyes pop.
Love Gregg forever.
A man and his guitar.... beautiful performance
Soothing. When there was sincerity behind music.
I agree with the man that said, Greg was the greatest white blues singer there ever was. Period. End of discussion.
The Reagan folks 💨🍄🌅🍄😀
Thats it .
.
That sir is the truth,
Billy Walker Truth!
Agreed Gregg Allman is my favorite and was as still is the best “Blues Singer” ever! 2nd right behind him probably Rod Stewart!
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
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.
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
That was beautiful man.
So gorgeous & such soul!❤️❤️❤️❤️
One of the most sexy and talented men of all time!! RIP gregg allman!!
Still hard to believe he is gone.
Thank you Gregg for so many years of beautiful music!
Yeah.. Gregg was one in a million... That effortless natural blues vocal! Exceptional!
Ikr?
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!!!!
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
Brother, don’t feel bad you’re not the only one.
God I sure miss that beautiful haunting voice, never be another talent like his!!
Never get enough of him.
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.
This is the best version of Mellisa that I've ever heard.
38 years and about 3 months, and THIS is still the best interview I've ever seen of Gregg Allman! RIP (2017)
I can not get over how clean he looks physically !!!
He looks so together here !!!
Greg Henderson - ...and beautiful...
Unfortunately it didn't last...
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.
This never aired, so the only ones seeing it were there in the studio.
@@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?
@@joadbreslin5819 There were six “Shakedown” shows before Late Night’s premiere on February 1.
@@dongiller Thanks for the reply, Don. I couldn't remember the term for such a show.
Legendary moment. Letterman’s first show.
Before the first show.
@@dongillerwhat do you mean? Not sure how it could have been before the show.
@@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.
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.
Nice! This was one of Dave’s test shows before its premiere on February 1.
I was so lucky to see him play in life.A truly great soulful singer and musician.
Miss him, and Duane, and that time in my life....a great time for music.
PURE TALENT💯✌🏼
Omg he was terrific.
Chills, goosebumps and shivers up the spine all at once!
Love this man's voice and his music so much
MAN, this gave me gosepimples.What a great talent! RIP GREGG ALMOND.
Gregg´s pure talent would teach many young people today!! Hope he´s not forgotten as so many brilliant rock musicians were
How could CHER not have fell for HIM‼️♥️💝♥️💝😍
Oh yes, lucky Cher! I for one, am mighty glad he didn't become a dental surgeon as he'd planned. :D
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.
Gregg Allman gone and Tom Petty too. Pretty much the 2nd string out there now. The giants have left the building.
not all of em.
Dylan, Page, Clapton, Beck, MCCartney, Richards, Reed, Townsend, and a few more
Greg was my hero in 1970 and bless his soul I still play his music every week
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.
wow, greg just sits right there and plays it like he feels it.
he always seemed a little sad too much of the time
*Gregg
Took him 25+ years to come to some sort of terms in his brother's death. But he thought about him everyday until the day Gregg passed.
Gregg's eyes always gave his feelings away, to me anyway. You could always see the clouds move in on his horizon. Today is the first of May. 3 years he's been gone on the 27th. Seeing him perform Melissa here, which kind of became an anthem for Duane, i see all kinds of clouds roll by, but the last few bars show determined strength coupled with dedication and love. Always rest easy Gregory, i believe in my heart that all of us will meet again. ❤
Life dealt him some tough breaks, loss of his dad as a youngster, loss of his brother and then another friend and band member shortly afterward. Yeah, he feels every note.
Sad? He was rich and famous and got all the free premium pussy most of us can only dream about.
@@richardgray8593 if only free premium pussy could guarantee happiness. I wipe my ass with it and I've still got the blues.
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.
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.
@@dongiller Than you for posting. What a gem!
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. .
This is treasure to me.Go he was the most gorgeous man and southern gentleman.
Breathtaking
incredible guitarist, incredible organist, incredible songwriter, one of the best singers in the world... incredible talent.
The blues by one of the bluest coolest troubadours born in the backseat of a Greyhound bus rolling down Highway 41
Love Gregg Allman. What a kind soul ❤️
Love Gregg. Beautiful ❤️!!! One of the best bluesmen. So much talent and a very kind soul. Very missed.
No auto-tunning or trap beats and he actual plays an instrument too 🤯
I know. Unheard of these days, right?
And plays his guitar WELL. Not just rhythm guitar strumming. His voice sounds great! Not yelling and screaming or singing in a way that becomes impossible as he gets older. Many good childhood memories!
👏👏👏Amen brother!!! This is the music I grew up with.
Of course he really plays guitar {, piano, hammond organ) here and THAT VOICE
A man and his guitar; Purest singing of these two songs...
GREGG ALLMAN
❤️💛❤️🔥🤎💔
What a great voice. Nobody quite like Greg Allman.
*Gregg
What a tremendous talent. I could hear the rest of the band playing even tho it was just him on his own. God bless you Gregg. Dave we miss you too.....
Understated....nice and easy. I never saw Gregg like this- and I'm awfully glad I did. I hope he's something even better in the next world.
Beautiful lyrics and melody...A lost art in today's music industry..RIP Greg and Dwayne.
I love this man
6:49. Dave sez "you don't drink" and a couple guys in the audience laugh. As if Dave was launching into a sarcastic bit. Very quickly it's apparent that Gregg is fighting something very real, very big. Gregg; you rest in peace my brother - we never met but you were there with me.
I think he was actually fighting heroin. Not judging but I think it was all a fight for him.
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he was fighting pretty much everything at that point, yes. Booze, cigarettes, heroin, coke, uppers, downers.
he had a very very hard time for at least another 13 years after this till he finally won his battles. he spent about 42 years constantly fighting his addictions...and losing badly. thankfully, he finally won.
A singular voice drenched in soul like no other!💥
Miss you Gregg. The world was a better place with you in it.
Best thing I've ever seen Gregg do and I love these guys all my life....
That little pause where Duane should've played...wow.