Gregg Allman Quotes
At the Muddy Waters thing, I played the first song by myself on an acoustic guitar. I thought that was great that y'all did that tribute to Muddy Waters. I had a real good time. Clapton asked my brother to play on his record. I thought that was the most wonderful thing in the world. Gotta take my puppy on the road with me, Killer. I didn't think we would ever make enough money to pay rent by playing music. I got Jimmy Hall from Wet Willie and he also plays now with Hank Williams Jr. I got tired of playing other people's songs. I have been going to the gym instead of the bar, trying to get back down to my fighting weight. I said, other people can write songs, let's see if I can. So the first 400 or 500 wound up on the floor somewhere. Then I wrote one called Melissa. The Beatles had just come out, and everybody had a band. It was incredible competition out there. The booking agent had the audacity to take 10 percent, so we wound up with about $100 a week apiece. When I got out of high school, I thought, I'll take a year or two off and play the clubs, get this out of my system, and then go to med school. You got to be pretty thin to be in the movies, or it helps. I would actually love to do it.
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