# Talk:Gregg Allman

Wow.  2008, and no further interest.  Hmmm.  Does anyone have the information about his involvement in his manager's scoring dope for the band, being busted, and taking the fall?  I remember that as being interesting.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mszd (talk • contribs) 02:43, 14 June 2010 (UTC) 

In 1976, Gregg Allman was busted for drugs and was facing prison time. In exchange for immunity against prosecution, he testified against the person who was supplying him with the drugs -- his tour manager John "Scooter" Herring. Herring was sentenced to 75 years and the other members of the band were so infuriated by what Allman did that they refused to work with him again.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gsq826 (talk • contribs) 06:44, 19 September 2011 (UTC) 

Urk. What a mess. I've removed the links to "pregnancy" and "miscarriage". They aren't really relevant to Gregg Allman's bio and linking every word with a corresponding Wiki article quickly turns a page into nothin' but blue links. There were several sentences that appear to have been inserted between, or tacked to the end of, previously existing ones. I fixed those and tried to reorganize the various marriages and children into a more coherent format. We jumped from his marriages to his children back to his marriages. I think Allman's children should either be discussed with each marriage, in a separate section, or not at all.
Really, the whole thing needs to be rewritten, IMO, but I don't have the time. --Fean (talk) 02:37, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
I recall an article in "High Times" entitled "Snitcher Chic" showing Gregg Allman & Cher which stated that Gregg's lifelong friend had copped drugs for him and when Gregg was busted, he testified against his friend, getting the guy life in prison while getting himself off all charges.  Anyone else recall?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.143.145.53 (talk) 03:29, 2 September 2010 (UTC) 

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Jack White is listed as one of his influences in an edit added by Special:Contributions/24.153.118.187. My brief googling didn't find any other references to this fact. While I could believe this, it would be nice to see some kind of citation. UnwashedMeme (talk) 02:05, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

ummm, is this really necessary?
Jones629 (talk) 03:20, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
yeah I'm gonna delete this since it's definitely something the article can exist without it. "It must have significance to the article; the article should be incomplete without such a mention. The policy regarding this is laid out in the policy guidelines WP:HTRIV and WP:UNDUE, where it is specified, among other things, that items in an article must meet criteria of significance or meaning and not be merely vaguely interesting peripheral matters." Jones629 (talk) 17:57, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

I'm certainly no expert at referencing, but even my meager knowledge leads me to believe that this page was very poorly sourced.  I have removed the "<ref></ref>" from around several "cits."  They do not cite references, only restating the info in more detail, and leaving the basic statements unsupported.  If I am in error, please feel feee to revert.  I have to attend to another problem in the real world, but will return to this article today to fix my new error created.  If you feel inclined, fix that as well. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ragityman (talk • contribs) 15:57, 10 April 2014‎ (UTC)

It would be nice to include a section here about all Gregg's compositions - including those he wrote while still in the Allman Brothers Band.  lifeform (talk) 00:56, 4 July 2015 (UTC)

Why isn't organ listed at an instrument?  I'm pretty sure he played organ in the Allman Brothers a lot more than guitar! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.119.191.49 (talk • contribs) 

Gregg recently got married to Shannon Williams.  This should be mentioned in the article.100.34.34.94 (talk) 12:09, 2 April 2017 (UTC)

We need a reference to support that (see wikipedia:reliable source). Searching online, I'm finding news stories of a 2014 engagement between the two, but I don't see news of a marriage. -- Finlay McWalter··–·Talk 12:35, 2 April 2017 (UTC)
NYT is saying she is his widow 5.27.17 Beaglemix (talk) 00:01, 28 May 2017 (UTC)

Southern rock pioneer (Variety The Hollywood Reporter)
Trailblazer of Southern Rock (Billboard)
Cornerstonepicker (talk) 19:43, 27 May 2017 (UTC)

At 4:30 pm I read:

Allman died in his home in Savannah, Georgia on May 27, 2017. He was 69. He died of a fatal heart attack and was found by his wife that evening.

How could his wife have found him the evening of May 27th if the death were announced early in the afternoon? MaynardClark (talk) 20:30, 27 May 2017 (UTC)

Since it's obviously wrong, and uncited, why not just remove the bogus claim? Anyone can edit the page, you know. -- 184.189.217.210 (talk) 20:44, 27 May 2017 (UTC)
I read that he passed away however, it is said that he died of causes currently unknown. Chrismaster1 (talk) 20:51, 27 May 2017 (UTC)
I read that this is a hoax. The other post I read said it wasn't a heart attack but complications from liver cancer ?!? Ifrisco58 (talk) 22:18, 27 May 2017 (UTC)
Will we wait for the autopsy and/or coroner's report? MaynardClark (talk) 22:52, 27 May 2017 (UTC)

There are a lot of sentences saying Allman this or that. These are often next to sentences talking about Duane and Gregg, or even just Duane. Would it make sense to change these (mostly without being barbaric) to Gregg? I have honestly had to reread sentences a couple times to understand who is going where. Let me know if this something that should be done.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pengoloð (talk • contribs) 01:35, 1 June 2017 (UTC) 

@Pengoloð: Please see WP:SURNAME.  - Mlpearc (open channel) 01:38, 1 June 2017 (UTC)

as of this writing, allman (presumably now his estate) is listed as a defendant and cross-plaintiff in the wrongful death action filed by the parents of the crewmember of the allman biopic killed by a train during filming. the suit was filed in 2014 and is in trial as of this date. worthy of at least a mention?Toyokuni3 (talk) 16:36, 15 July 2017 (UTC)

This review is transcluded from Talk:Gregg Allman/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.
Reviewer: Mike Christie (talk · contribs) 13:18, 5 March 2018 (UTC)
I'll review this. Mike Christie (talk - contribs -  library) 13:18, 5 March 2018 (UTC)
I'll copyedit as I go through; please revert if I make any mistakes.

A couple of points that are not issues for GA but you may wish to fix:
[1] is a dead link
There are some page ranges given that should be "pp." instead of "p."
which formed the basis of his acclaimed memoir My Cross to Bear: suggest cutting "acclaimed".
The band continued on, with Brothers and Sisters (1973) representing their largest sales: suggest "The band continued, with Brothers and Sisters (1973) their most successful album."
discovering artists such as Muddy Waters, which later became central to his musical evolution: should this be "who later became"?
Allman always maintained that Herring had told him to take the deal and he would take the fall for it: I don't follow this; what deal?
the first verse introduced a story, expounded upon it in the second, and the third may serve as an epilogue: needs a bit of tweaking: as it stands "the first verse" is the subject of "expounded".
Footnote 45 is to Freeman 1996, but there's nothing matching that in the sources list.
Generally this is in excellent shape.  Once these points are fixed I will promote to GA. Mike Christie (talk - contribs -  library) 03:08, 6 March 2018 (UTC)

hey mike, thanks for the great review and all your edits. i addressed all your points, and re-wrote the passage regarding scooter + "take the deal" or whatever -- i don't even remember what i was trying to say there, and i re-read the book i cited and couldn't decipher it either. thanks again! Saginaw-hitchhiker (talk) 07:04, 6 March 2018 (UTC)
The fixes look good; promoting.  Nice work. Mike Christie (talk - contribs -  library) 09:38, 6 March 2018 (UTC)

His wife was Danielle Galiana (with an "a" at the end) not Galiano.   I'm a distant cousin and therefore I know! 67.85.55.121 (talk) 14:20, 6 January 2024 (UTC)

 Fixed. You are correct. I've fixed all instances of the misspelling in the article and provided a reliable source, Contemporary World Musicians, edited by Clifford Thompson and published by Routledge. Thanks for pointing this out. Carlstak (talk) 16:33, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
While some sources do have Danielle's last name spelled Galiana, others have it as Galliano.  Examples of the latter include the Toronto Sun, Salon, and the Los Angeles Times.  — Mudwater (Talk) 18:55, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
Yes, but those are newspapers and a magazine. I would say that the editorial supervision and fact-checking of a book published by an academic publisher such as Routledge makes it a more reliable source. Carlstak (talk) 19:32, 6 January 2024 (UTC)

Greg Allman had at least one other child with a woman out of wedlock, a son in 1966. 2601:196:8701:5640:44BB:3C7B:81CD:2B7E (talk) 18:52, 18 April 2024 (UTC)

This article is a mess since Wikipedia allowed too many editors who never knew Gregg Allman or his life. Most probably never listened to the Man's music . . .  Allman only had 4 marriages. The last-listed younger woman never existed. We need sources for the two women between Cher & Stacy Fountain, since they're wanna-be's, not wives or girlfriends. He only had 5 biological children. Layla Allman is not a biological child. Footnote 172 claims Michael Lehman as manager -- not true, and the entire article included in the footnote is nothing but lies by some person who never knew Allman. Footnote 173 reference doesn't exist & it's nothing ABC News would report. Allman had cirrhosis, not liver cancer. . . Then, the man died several years ago and the article was perfect after his death. We don't need all of these know nothings fixing the bio of a man they did not know. 2600:8805:C03:800:F97A:9399:6105:30A2 (talk) 20:23, 11 November 2024 (UTC)

You're free to provide reliable sources to support your claims.  - FlightTime (open channel) 20:25, 11 November 2024 (UTC)

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