Cher Ex-Husband: Who Was Gregg Allman?

Gregory LeNoir Allman was an American singer, songwriter, and musician. He was famous for being a member of the Allman Brothers Band. He wrote “Whipping Post,” “Melissa,” and “Midnight Rider,” among the band’s most popular tunes.

Allman had a successful solo career, with seven studio albums to his credit. He was born in Nashville, Tennessee, and spent much of his childhood there before moving to Daytona Beach, Florida, and subsequently Richmond Hill, Georgia.

Allman and his brother, Duane, created the Allman Brothers Band in 1969, and their live record At Fillmore East, released in 1971, was a commercial triumph. Duane was killed in a motorcycle accident shortly after.

In 1971, Allman released his first solo album, Laid Back, and spent the rest of the decade married to pop singer Cher. With his cover of “I’m No Angel” in 1987, he had an unexpected late-career hit, and his seventh solo album, Low Country Blues (2011), reached the highest chart positions of his career.

Allman struggled with alcohol and substance abuse throughout his life, as he chronicled in his biography My Cross to Bear (2012). On September 8, 2017, his final album, Southern Blood, was released posthumously.