Gregg Allman on Letterman. January 25, 1982

Gregg first performs "Come and Go Blues," then, after chatting with Dave, offers up "Melissa."
Yes, the date is correct.

[@parisweieneth6340]

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

[@chevyblue10]

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.

[@montygates8767]

Those were special times. No other generation will ever be able to experience such a unique and art filled time

[@brianloftus563]

Now listening to allman betts band carry on!!!!

[@drgwhatsthetruth3783]

That'll be me. 7/30/2021. I'll be listening till my time on this earth is done.

[@mariapalmer8538]

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 .

[@ronflatter1235]

I gotta say I come back to this maybe twice or three times a year. I cannot thank Mr. Giller enough for sharing this.

[@buzz385]

What a beautiful man. How blessed we are to have had him in our lives.

[@ggbythesea9231]

How Blessed We were.. Yet He's with US still 🕯

[@dgutz55]

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...

[@Taylor-kd6lr]

100% Agree!!

[@CHRISSLATTERY-i4r]

No backing tracks...voice leveling phony crap

[@lenorefriedrich1634]

Here November 2024 , raw and rugged! Great 😊 music 🎼 came out of the 70s and 80s!

[@warguy403]

A KZbin ad popping up in the middle of Gregg singing should be a criminal offense

[@quarter_moon_and_a_guitar]

Google updated their philosophy: "Do nothing but evil"

[@justincarpenter2735]

Lol fuck yeah man!!!!

[@IamAnson777]

Agreed!!

[@johnprekurat6960]

That's worse than having cops shine a flashlight in your car when you're with your best gal's sister.

[@steveburtt1562]

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.🍷

[@allysonkitchens5840]

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.

[@Mcwriter1-kj1so]

Lucky Ladies 💝🎼💝

[@craigcollins1843]

@@Mcwriter1-kj1so Just read his bio - there are alot of them!

[@kenarms4364]

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!

[@mikew8128]

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!?!?

[@berta7019]

Eric Clapton Can, B.B. KING AND JIMI HENDRIX COULD 🎸

[@joleneloveland8911]

​Only one could the other two have passed on.

[@donnagreene7323]

Not many “artists” today play instruments!!😢

[@joegallagher9703]

Post Malone

[@RidgeRunner-lz5ko]

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.

[@amythompson6869]

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.

[@marthawedge-blake5479]

Hope your road trip was awesome.

[@ronflatter1235]

January 7, 2023. Watching nearly 41 years later. It looks and sounds new. And great. Thank you again, DG.

[@Critical_Thinker858]

Melissa is a beautiful, haunting ballad. Amazing chord progression and lyrics. The master at work.

[@tonygallo1104]

well said!

[@ronflatter1235]

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.

[@Mcwriter1-kj1so]

April 22, 2024 I’m still a fan ✌🏼

[@OMGWUNSIU]

And RIP Dickey Betts. ❤

[@sherrylsteele5520]

Love Greg Allman and miss him... great performer eva!

[@ggkk9694]

Everything is finally cured by time

[@terryb.9719]

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.

[@loveydovey6026]

Still listening in 2024 ❤

[@DavidL.Hudson]

Till-death, do, we part... RIP DUANE, GREG BARRY, BUTCH, DICKIE AND DAN TOLER

[@joeclarke6756]

This guy and his brother ARE southern rock. Ride on.

[@davidl.-pl7rb]

i saw them a couple of times. hung out with them and captain beyond in louisville,ky. 1972. great times. hard to believe they're all gone.

[@johnfoster535]

...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...

[@normatible9795]

Lucky you to have seen him. Listened to him live and worked for him

[@jgunther3398]

agreed that it would be better if the south had won the war of northern aggression

[@ClueSign]

@@jgunther3398 Yeah where my slaves at, am I right, Jethro?

[@joleneloveland8911]

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.

[@kenperkins7921]

It was actually born in MUSCLE SHOALS!

[@carycareycarrie4445]

Wow, so beautiful. Him, his voice, his playing, the song, the sentiment. What a gift he was.

[@paulawaldner3474]

I'm still listening in 2023 and still love him RIP 🙏

[@pamelahaynes9744]

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 😇😪

[@pamelahaynes9744]

They will be missed.

[@dmarlin999]

Always listener💔💖

[@joleneloveland8911]

A complete original. He had his own sound. His songs sounded like him. That is the mark of a great artist.

[@Simone-qd1bv]

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

[@karendegraaf1146]

2024

[@user-xt3gx5yu3b]

Gregg was a true talent and will forever be missed. What a voice!!

[@poodlenme]

One of a kind! ❤️ The world is colder & sadder without Gregg!

[@justincarpenter2735]

Absolutely man!!!! Couldn't have said it better myself

[@rogerp6903]

Such a beautiful version of Melissa ,one of my alltime fave songs.So honoured to have had the music of Mr.Allman in my life

[@MAX5WM]

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!

[@ALifeThatRocks]

I’m reading Gregg Allman’s biography and it’s fascinating. Gregg Allman really was a deeply thoughtful intellectual.

[@dennissmith5037]

How truly gifted Gregg and Duane were.

[@dennissmith5037]

Everything eventually fell apart, Butch Trucks within the last couple of years killed himself. I feel The Allman bothers represented a generation.

[@pointyblackhat9045]

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.

[@sunnysprinkle3865]

Iconic band....Fillmore East album proves it

[@guttorocha]

here i am, worried about whats going on in the world right now, than i realized how healing is gregs music...thank you greg|

[@larryn2682]

*Gregg

[@mdhotstuff]

I am just discovering him now.. and I am 51

[@otaviorocha4156]

@@larryn2682 tank you lari

[@davidharris7805]

@@mdhotstuff where you been at? Glad your here.

[@smcchandler3430]

@@mdhotstuff me too...... i love this performance so much. and he seems like the epitome of effortless coolness

[@papasteve215]

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

[@johnmartin2470]

thanks brother

[@kenholley3272]

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 💘

[@megntx1]

Thank you for your Service, Papa Steve. ...SO glad you made it back home.

[@pointyblackhat9045]

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.

[@catherinepiccione7508]

Thanks for your service. 🇺🇸✌️

[@amythompson6869]

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!❤️

[@GSDjrbites]

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.

[@ZEROIDEAPodcast]

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

[@davedocherty7189]

Great book read it last month, once I started I couldn’t put the book down, excellent work

[@erichanhauser3190]

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.

[@dcd915]

So you got to see the time of Seven Turns and Shades of Two Worlds! Two great albums

[@shivapejman8155]

The Allman brothers were the greatest live musicians who were consistently AWESOME!!!! Saw them 20 times or so.

[@RapperBC]

@@dcd915 I did, and lemme tell ya something, the Allman Brothers in those years were AWN FAR

[@thebizzybuddies5647]

The Dead and The Allman Bros - perfect combo

[@tuck6464]

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.

[@irahasson7885]

Fantastic. Raw and beautiful! One of the best ever. Miss you Gregg

[@queenbeedat8726]

I loved his hair and voice. When I think Southern Rock I think Allman Brothers. American treasures.

[@jmb92555]

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.

[@ashby7166]

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.

[@justincarpenter2735]

AbsFuckinlutly!!!!!!

[@bigroy38]

Gregg & Jim Dandy knew how to own a stage.

[@aliciakenerley2119]

Gregg certainly was gorgeous in 1982! His hair just blows my mind.

[@JackieSwayne]

He is gorgeous indeed❤❤❤

[@JackieSwayne]

Yessssssssss!!!!!!!!❤❤❤❤❤

[@PortnoyEric]

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.

[@dongiller]

Nice! This was one of Dave’s test shows before its premiere on February 1.

[@KoloaKane]

I mentioned in my comments " the people in the audience got a real treat that night" I'm still so blown away by the whole thing. The first song was amazing, I didn't realize he was such a good guitar player. He looked fantastic all sobered up and then Melissa, Wow, goose bumps. I'm envious you got to see this performance. Super stoked for you 😊 12:35

[@Juneau65]

Well done young man. You and your older brother altered the course of history for your family.

[@thebizzybuddies5647]

They altered the course of music history

[@amythompson6869]

So gorgeous & such soul!❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@briandufoe3719]

Mellisa,man I could hear that lead guitar come in while Gregg strummed, Thats a keeper, Beautiful.

[@billywalker2559]

I agree with the man that said, Greg was the greatest white blues singer there ever was. Period. End of discussion.

[@bryantrogers5596]

The Reagan folks 💨🍄🌅🍄😀

[@donandjoanmckinnon4571]

Thats it . .

[@Marcus_C51]

That sir is the truth,

[@CarolWilliamson03]

Billy Walker Truth!

[@kenni123064]

Agreed Gregg Allman is my favorite and was as still is the best “Blues Singer” ever! 2nd right behind him probably Rod Stewart!

[@roccos5594]

Still hard to believe he is gone. Thank you Gregg for so many years of beautiful music!

[@markwilson9778]

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!!!!

[@marianomartinez133]

Gregg´s pure talent would teach many young people today!! Hope he´s not forgotten as so many brilliant rock musicians were

[@pearyhsclassof70]

So talented. A beautiful man and even more beautiful hair.

[@hoagymapleton2206]

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

[@kenriehl7852]

Brother, don’t feel bad you’re not the only one.

[@thebizzybuddies5647]

Chills, goosebumps and shivers up the spine all at once!

[@Coopdog1911]

I am in awe, plain and simple. Damn man...

[@KoloaKane]

No doubt

[@kathybryant4185]

God I sure miss that beautiful haunting voice, never be another talent like his!!

[@michaeldean9338]

You Rock, Don Giller. Thanks for your other Allaman videos. I remember being very sadden upon learning of this truly talented man's death. God Bless him. MUCH respect!

[@vickyvlrich]

Love this man's voice and his music so much

[@Str8ShootinLoner81]

Pure talent...Pure voice...Life was easier and simpler in the times of gregg allman and the solo albums really mean alot to me...RIP to this legend..ty for the songs and the memories.

[@BobbieLGray]

Its june 2024 and his spirit still around us ..i love and miss him ❤️

[@joeherbert7555]

Just dripping with talent. You don't see this kind of act on TV anymore.

[@OblivionAviator]

Magnificent solo performances. The man had a way of touching & moving people with simply a guitar (or a piano) & that voice. RIP, sir.

[@Michelle-mr1uc]

What a deep soul. It seems as if he always had more to say.

[@grangrampa832]

Very few beautiful people left like you RIP love you and your music forever ❤️

[@HippieNiecey]

Yes Gregg Allman was indeed beautiful and talented. His music and singing was the best. Iisten faithfully to this day.

[@reeblesnarfle4519]

Thankyou SO much for including this cherished performance. THIS is why he was so good. His soul is deep. This is REAL Americana in front of your face. It has not been here in a while, and it is sadly and sorely missed. Thankyou for this. God Bless.🙏❤😎👍

[@arizjones]

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

[@screeningmimi]

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.

[@screeningmimi]

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

[@franksullivan1873]

I was so lucky to see him play in life.A truly great soulful singer and musician.

[@jon780249]

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.

[@edgeriderrocks8997]

Love Gregg. Beautiful ❤️!!! One of the best bluesmen. So much talent and a very kind soul. Very missed.

[@TheGuitarMan71]

Gregg Allman will always be remembered in my life

[@lorrainespagnuolo4149]

Thank you Gregory for all of your music. You have inspired and consoled me many times of my life. RIP♥️

[@reefgeorge1]

This is so beautiful and soulful. The simplicity of this performance and emotion in his voice is so powerful. Moving beyond words. A throwback to what started it all as the early rockers found the blues.

[@c.b.-11]

The Allman Brother's Band was God's gift to Southern Rock

[@hollywoodusmcboss8867]

So true dude

[@markbauer827]

Duane always said "There is no such thing as Southern Rock, all rock is Southern." True dat.

[@la196]

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:)

[@markbauer827]

@@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.

[@manalishifilms]

1969 ABB BIRTH OF SOUTHERN ROCK - WHAT STARTED IT ALL...

[@shizzle7642]

A man and his guitar.... beautiful performance

[@teresathomley3703]

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.

[@melissaward6311]

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. .

[@MrCretemaniam]

Best thing I've ever seen Gregg do and I love these guys all my life....

[@Qolus]

I'm stunned by the beauty of this performance. Also, what a forthcoming and nice guy. Great image of the Whipping Post lady. ... Thanks Don and have a good weekend...

[@ddq57sm64]

38 years and about 3 months, and THIS is still the best interview I've ever seen of Gregg Allman! RIP (2017)

[@markhall8874]

Thank you for posting this, absolutely beautiful, we had the best musicians.

[@beetee4295]

Legend! That album healed my soul more than once. Thank you Allman Brother’s Band.

[@leetledrummerboy]

incredible guitarist, incredible organist, incredible songwriter, one of the best singers in the world... incredible talent.

[@colbysmith6201]

Beautiful lyrics and melody...A lost art in today's music industry..RIP Greg and Dwayne.

[@soyounoat2814]

That voice has always sounded so RIGHT, and the passing of time has shown how rare it is.

[@Dang...]

Gregg, Duane, Berry, Butch are SORELY missed. Forever.

[@JT-rc7vx]

And now, Dickey😢

[@yancyjenkinssr1824]

Jaimoe still kikin

[@alysonsomerville3654]

Beautiful soul...my rock star "crush" in college, would go to the ends of the earth to see the Allman Brothers, missed Watkins Glen in '73 but went all the way from Connecticut to Rapid City SD in 1990 to see them during the 50th Sturgis Bike Rally.

[@Zx10rJoe]

The way Gregg looks after Dave says “this is the second version of the Allman brothers”. He reflects on that for a second!!!!

[@InDisskyS131]

Yeah, that was pretty heavy actually.

[@dennissmith5037]

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.

[@larryn2682]

The band had just broken up for the second time.

[@bamadeadhead]

6:26

[@papasteve215]

Yeah I caught that too. A twinge of pain in his eyes.

[@SandraMF61]

What a beautiful,talented man.Wish I had known him.I can listen to his music and watch his videos 24-7 and never get tired of his voice or looking at his face.

[@bethbnolan]

Oh my, I'm glad I stuck around for "Melissa" my favorite. Can't describe adequately my love for Allman Brothers; especially Greg. I live near where they were based in Macon, Georgia. This was MY era! So glad I stumbled on this which I haven't seen.

[@TiaMia_]

Man, I miss him.

[@brianhildreth9099]

Me too. So much!

[@sldl04]

Same....his death hit me harder than any other musician.

[@EatAPeach72]

@@sldl04 Same here I couldnt listen to the Brothers for 2 years after he died Seen him perform 20 times live

[@sldl04]

@@EatAPeach72 you're fortunate to have seen them live. I never did but loved their music.

[@justincarpenter2735]

Me too Brother I absolutely Love all of his work man.

[@kathywallace4704]

Never get enough of him.

[@KoloaKane]

the audience was blessed with a real treat that night!

[@carlajean7478]

I love this man

[@sbaxsbax3810]

I can listen to Gregory over and over, never gets old

[@Bill_Woo]

What a special performance. Tremendous songs, inimitably delivered. Thank you.

[@Bill_Woo]

Imagine him sitting on his bed in that house in Macon, GA putting together masterpieces like this. Thank Dickey largely for that. You can visit that home, by the way - worth the trip for that.

[@gingermurray]

@@Bill_Woo Gregg wrote Melissa in California. Thank Dickey for what? Gregg’s song writing or The Big House neither of which Dickey needs thanks for he wasn’t there.

[@Bill_Woo]

@@gingermurray I didn't say it was written in Macon. I was speaking generally about the great works LIKE that that were written on their beds in Macon. And MOSTLY BY DICKEY. Dickey was the great composer and Duane the great performer. I thank Dickey for his phenomenal compositions that he wrote from that bed, from the road, and from Florida. As well as Duane's additional fine contributions.

[@gingermurray]

@@Bill_Woo I disagree about Dickey. Liz Reed (Duane era) only Betts tune played at a live gig n it sucks.ZZZZZ Duane was open to the other's contributing tunes besides his bro n I'm sure DB composed a lot more tunes Duane prob shot um down, "too country bro." His solo career went nowhere, Gregg's did. Which era made ABB? Skydog era thee masterpiece @ Fillmore, Mountain Jam, San Francisco - January 1971. Yes, it took the original six to make that incredible music. After Duane died ABB/Dickey went country rock I LOATH it, don't listen to it. Gregg was the brains behind Whipping Post, Melissa, Midnight Rider (Kim Payne), Don't Keep Me Wonderin', Dreams, Come and Go Blues. Yeah no denying DB a great guitar player, but of course IMO his compositions suck. Skydog era, without a doubt ABB were the greatest live jam band in the world. Duane's Vision dude!

[@Bill_Woo]

@@gingermurray If you don't think Dickey was the compositional leader DURING Duane's life, then just keep thinking that. If you think he countrified them after Duane's death, good luck with that too. You're way off. (His solo album work was garbage but no one even mentioned that.) And if you' want to itemize, you just said Mountain Jam. Umm, Dickey - unless you want to credit Jai Johnny like the credit says. Umm, Elizabeth Reed? Huh? Huh? Les Brers? Yeah? Umm, Hot Lanta? And I'm not even counting Brothers and Sisters which is substantial. Gregg probably composed more of that era than Dickey. I'll give him the edge. But your case for Duane is poor. He was the leader, true. His vision, true. His responsibility for their success, true - with thanks to Dickey and Greggs's compositions. From their beds in Macon, dude.

[@Bill_Woo]

I wonder if Dave really understood how epic this segment was.

[@Bill_Woo]

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.

[@jackstraw0000]

I've a feeling Dave had a real grasp on the importance of his many guests.

[@danstone8783]

Gregg riding his wave, Dave riding his. We choose which wave we prefer.

[@davidrobertson8464]

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.

[@longfade]

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.

[@rwschaller1481]

Very few Gregg Allman interviews this was 'great'!......thanks for the memories...may the legends live on!

[@kathmandoo]

Such a relaxed beautiful cruise with blues an soul.

[@gaylasmith5279]

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.

[@dongiller]

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.

[@gaylasmith5279]

@@dongiller Than you for posting. What a gem!

[@garywheeler60]

Greg was my hero in 1970 and bless his soul I still play his music every week

[@Strik9]

MAN, this gave me gosepimples.What a great talent! RIP GREGG ALMOND.

[@olly8]

A man and his guitar; Purest singing of these two songs... GREGG ALLMAN ❤️💛❤️‍🔥🤎💔

[@colinmanning284]

A singular voice drenched in soul like no other!💥

[@05trichxxk1ll3rr]

Listening to the Allman Bros, Skynyrd, makes me long to go back to that time of my life. I still listen regularly and am into so many kinds of music but no one can move me like the Allman Brothers and Dickey Betts. Today almost all music is just noise. Growing up in the 60’s and 70’s was a time of incredible joy. People knew who they were and were happy to live life. Stupid questions like what gender do you respond to didn’t exist. Nixon got caught and knew to leave. You smelled a girls perfume and asked her out, you didn’t look at a computer to pick your girl. It was such an easier time without so much pressure for everything.

[@healthybeans3161]

That was beautiful man.

[@irasparer6111]

Thank you for accessing these classic moments for us.

[@dianabarreras6872]

Gregg wearing that blue sweater really looks good, it makes his gorgeous eyes pop. Love Gregg forever.

[@ronbo11]

Don - you are a fine fellow indeed! So great to see these performances and Gregg's chat with Letterman.

[@craigmonteforte1478]

Love it Greg is amazing as a performer , singer and songwrite the Allman Brothers Band is still one of my favoriye all time bands

[@MrBinnskinny]

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.....

[@CountryHitsUSA]

Thanks for sharing! Amazing Talent!

[@kevinwaters5872]

Wow. So talented , so humble. Thanks for your music , Greg.