When filmmaker James Keach signed on to direct Gregg Allman: The Music of My Soul, a new documentary about the Allman Brothers Band’s co-founder, he admits he knew the group’s music but wasn’t fully versed in the history. Then he had a conversation with his wife. “‘You have to do this movie,’” Keach recalls her … Read more
The Southern-rock pioneer fused country-blues with San Francisco-style extended improvisation, creating a template for countless jam bands The question “Can white men sing the blues?” has been debated for decades, especially once earnest white kids began taking a crack at the music in the 1960s. But in the case of Gregg Allman, no one ever … Read more
Jaimoe doesn’t have to look too far for a reminder of the past and the friends and bandmates he’s lost. On any given day, all he has to do is glance down at his right calf. On this particular day, Jaimoe is chilling in a recording studio near his home in Bloomfield, Connecticut, where he’s … Read more