Jackson Browne on Gregg Allman: 'He Was So Natural, Soulful'
Jackson Browne remembered Gregg Allman as "one of the most gifted singers of the last 50 years" in a touching tribute posted to Facebook. Allman died Saturday of complications from liver cancer at the age of 69. Gregg Allman: 20 Essential Songs Southern rock pioneer fused country blues with San Francisco-style extended improvisation, creating a template for countless jam bands As Browne noted, he and Allman became friends in Los Angeles in the late Sixties, when Gregg and his brother Duane were fronting their pre-Allman Brothers outfit Hour Glass. Hour Glass recorded the Browne-penned song "Cast Off All of My Fears" for their debut album, and later Allman rearranged Jackson's song "These Days" for his 1973 solo album, Laid Back . "He was a blues singer first, and he was so natural, and so soulful, that when he sang songs that were written in a major scale, he found all the most soulful and expressive passages through those changes,"...