![]() ![]() Q: What inspired you to write your book, and why do you call it “My Cross to Bear”? But as he graciously tells us, the book has been in the works for a long time. ![]() ![]() The moving narration chronicles his long struggle with substance abuse, life in one of rock’s legendary Allman Brothers band and the tragic deaths of his brother, Duane, and the group’s bassist Berry Oakley.Īllman, a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member, sets the record straight about internal bickering in the band, surviving the abyss of cocaine, speed, heroin and alcohol abuse, multiple rehab stays and life with six wives - including pop superstar Cher.Īllman tells of contracting hepatitis C and having to choose between a liver transplant or a painful and slow death.Ĭonsidering all the years of hard partying, you might wonder how he can remember such details of past events and put them in a memoir. Gregg Allman’s musical journey, as told in his new book, “My Cross to Bear,” is a gut-wrenching, brutally honest self-reflection of a true rock-and-roll survivor. ![]()
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