Gregg Allman was born Gregory LeNoir Allman on December 8th, 1947 in Nashville Tennessee before his family moved to Daytona Beach Florida. Gregg and his brother became interested in and involved in playing music in their teens. They played in their first band together, the Allman Joys, in the mid 60’s. The brothers moved to LA in 1967 where they renamed their band the Hour Glass which released two albums. They again regrouped in 1969, forming the band the Allman Brothers Band and resettling in Macon Georgia.
The Allman Brothers experienced their first real mainstream success in the early 1970’s with the live album At Fillmore East.