"After seeing Derek Trucks, how could I not?" he writes, referring to the band's current slide guitarist, nephew of founding drummer Butch Trucks, whose lyrical playing is reminiscent of Duane's.
"There's more to life here," he says, adding that he believes in reincarnation. Later in life, Allman, having finally ditched drugs, found spirituality in the Episcopal Church. "I have thought about that every single day of my life," writes Allman, who reluctantly played at his brother's funeral, getting through the grim event thanks to cocaine. "He said, 'Sorry, I sure do love you, baybrah'" - Duane's nickname for Gregg, meaning "baby brother." And it's their final exchange - Gregg lied when asked if he'd stolen some of Duane's cocaine - that haunts the writer. The Gregg Allman Band Its Not My Cross To Bear: I have not come, yeah, to testify About our bad, bad misfortune and I aint here a wondering why But. Upon meeting her in Los Angeles at the dawn of the '70s disco era, he recalls her "smelling like a mermaid." Allman also takes is easy on guitarist Dickey Betts, who "isn't the devil just mixed up." Betts has been on the outs with the band for years.īut it is the ghost of Allman's older brother and band founder Duane, the legendary slide guitarist who died in a motorcycle accident in 1971, who dominates this memoir. He's kind to ex-mates, including ex-wife Cher, with whom he remains in touch.
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