Just heard on the radio ...
RIP Gregg Allman
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thecontrolcentre thecontrolcentre https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=76240 - KVRAF
- 37262 posts since 27 Jul, 2005 from Scottish Borders
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Winstontaneous Winstontaneous https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=98336
- KVRAF
- 2593 posts since 15 Feb, 2006 from Another Green World
I just saw that as well, Gregg was instrumental in the creation a lot of funky, soulful, spacy, transcendent music. RIP
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- Rad Grandad
- 38041 posts since 6 Sep, 2003 from Downeast Maine
wow, just 69
The highest form of knowledge is empathy, for it requires us to suspend our egos and live in another's world. It requires profound, purpose‐larger‐than‐the‐self kind of understanding.
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- KVRAF
- 7413 posts since 8 Feb, 2003 from London, UK
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- KVRAF
- 6179 posts since 29 Mar, 2003 from Location: Location
Gregg and Duane Allman were a big part of my early rock musical life. I was a fan up to and including 'Eat a Peach'.
I saw them live more times then I can remember, including Duane Allman, since they toured the east coast quite a bit.
I didn't know the band myself, but a few of my friends would hang with them when they were in town. I was told they were very nice people, and knowing those friends, very tolerant.
It brings me to a fond memory of one concert. I was high on acid, as I frequently was at Spectrum concerts. I was seated with a stereo cassette recorder on my lap and on top of that a large cup of soda. Me not thinking, hits the cassette eject button and the soda catapults from the cassette door onto the lap of the guy sitting next to me! I turned to look at him in shock and saw that his other neighbor was wrestling with a spider monkey screaming in terror while the Allman Bros played at their expected high volume. I felt real bad for that guy next to me and that monkey show. What a trip.
What a talent...thank you Gregg Allman.
I saw them live more times then I can remember, including Duane Allman, since they toured the east coast quite a bit.
I didn't know the band myself, but a few of my friends would hang with them when they were in town. I was told they were very nice people, and knowing those friends, very tolerant.
It brings me to a fond memory of one concert. I was high on acid, as I frequently was at Spectrum concerts. I was seated with a stereo cassette recorder on my lap and on top of that a large cup of soda. Me not thinking, hits the cassette eject button and the soda catapults from the cassette door onto the lap of the guy sitting next to me! I turned to look at him in shock and saw that his other neighbor was wrestling with a spider monkey screaming in terror while the Allman Bros played at their expected high volume. I felt real bad for that guy next to me and that monkey show. What a trip.
What a talent...thank you Gregg Allman.
....................Don`t blame me for 'The Roots', I just live here. 
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- KVRAF
- 4265 posts since 21 Oct, 2001 from my bolthole in the south pacific
Sorry to hear this. What a soulful singer he was - the live version of One Way Out comes to mind. Great stuff. Ain't it the truth - nobody gets out alive.
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- KVRAF
- 6179 posts since 29 Mar, 2003 from Location: Location
....................Don`t blame me for 'The Roots', I just live here.
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- Rad Grandad
- 38041 posts since 6 Sep, 2003 from Downeast Maine
I was thinking similar yesterday, until recently I never though of this angle of aging. Surviving the years means being faced with a lot of loss, it's not as easy as it lookedjancivil wrote:getting old is starting to get to me
The highest form of knowledge is empathy, for it requires us to suspend our egos and live in another's world. It requires profound, purpose‐larger‐than‐the‐self kind of understanding.
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- KVRAF
- 7274 posts since 4 Apr, 2005 from here and there
Hink wrote:I was thinking similar yesterday, until recently I never though of this angle of aging. Surviving the years means being faced with a lot of loss, it's not as easy as it lookedjancivil wrote:getting old is starting to get to me
May he RiP
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- KVRAF
- 6179 posts since 29 Mar, 2003 from Location: Location
I'm 7 yrs Gregg Allmans's junior, but of course I haven't put on the mileage Gregg did over his lifetime, so I'm fortunate that way. Nevertheless, it has become very apparent, sitting on my ass for yrs has taken it's toll. Now, at my present age, I must begin to build up muscles I lost in order to take care of myself in a physical way. I strained/sprained my upper back 3 weeks ago because of shear muscular weakness in places you don't know you have. Now I am going to physical therapy for a few weeks so I can get up to a level where I can start exercising in a standard gym.Hink wrote:I was thinking similar yesterday, until recently I never though of this angle of aging. Surviving the years means being faced with a lot of loss, it's not as easy as it lookedjancivil wrote:getting old is starting to get to me
Age will get you when your not looking. It's insidious. When you didn't realize you were on the edge, something will come along and push you off.
....................Don`t blame me for 'The Roots', I just live here.
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- KVRAF
- 26033 posts since 20 Oct, 2007 from gonesville
I looked great just a couple years ago but I'm clearly on my way out. I'll be surprised to make 69. I'm 61 today.
I had excellent physical therapy in Skilled Nursing last year. I was fairly athletic, it's not that, it's neurological issues, diabetes.
I had excellent physical therapy in Skilled Nursing last year. I was fairly athletic, it's not that, it's neurological issues, diabetes.
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- Rad Grandad
- 38041 posts since 6 Sep, 2003 from Downeast Maine
happy b-dayjancivil wrote:I looked great just a couple years ago but I'm clearly on my way out. I'll be surprised to make 69. I'm 61 today.
I had excellent physical therapy in Skilled Nursing last year. I was fairly athletic, it's not that, it's neurological issues, diabetes.
The highest form of knowledge is empathy, for it requires us to suspend our egos and live in another's world. It requires profound, purpose‐larger‐than‐the‐self kind of understanding.