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Get the Greg Allman Southern T Shirt . Their fortunes began to change over the course of 1971, where the band’s average earnings doubled.[50] “We realized that the audience was a big part of what we did, which couldn’t be duplicated in a studio. A lightbulb finally went off; we needed to make a live album”, said Gregg Allman.[51] At Fillmore East, recorded at the Fillmore East in New York, was released in July 1971.[52] At Fillmore East peaked at number thirteen on Billboard‘s Top Pop Albums chart, and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America that October, becoming their commercial and artistic breakthrough.[53] Although suddenly very wealthy and successful, much of the band and its entourage now struggled with addiction to numerous drugs; they all agreed to quit heroin, but cocaine remained a problem.[54] His last conversation with Duane was an argument over cocaine: Gregg took some of his brother’s supply, and later denied it when accused. In his memoir, My Cross to Bear, Gregg wrote: “I have thought of that lie every day of my life … told him that lie, and he told me that he was sorry and that he loved me.”
Get the Greg Allman Southern T Shirt . Duane was killed in a motorcycle accident on October 29, 1971 in Macon.[56] At his funeral, Gregg performed “Melissa”, which was his brother’s favorite song.[57] “I tried to play and I tried to sing, but I didn’t do too much writing. In the days and weeks that followed, … I wondered if I’d ever find the passion, the energy, the love of making music”, he remembered.[58] As the band took some time apart to process their loss, At Fillmore Eastbecame a major success domestically. “What we had been trying to do for all those years finally happened, and he was gone,” Gregg remembered.[59] He later expanded upon his brother’s passing in his memoir.
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