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Gregg Allman

Alan Light, MOJO, September 2017

IT WAS the final show the Allman Brothers Band would ever play. On October 28, 2014 the group made its last appearance at the Beacon Theatre in New York City — the 232nd night of an unprecedented annual residence at the venue. They had already played three sets plus an encore of their signature epic, 'Whipping Post'; it was, in fact, now after midnight, meaning technically it was October 29, the 43rd anniversary of the date of founding guitarist Duane Allman's death.

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