Greg Allman’s brotherly love

Gregg Allman thinks about his brother, Duane, every day, said Chris Talbott in the Associated Press. And sometimes, the singer can feel the legendary rock guitarist watching over him. “I can tell when he’s there, man,” Allman, 64, says of his former bandmate, who died in a motorcycle accident in 1971. “I’m not going to get all cosmic on you. But listen, he’s there.” The singer is still haunted by his final conversation with his older sibling, when the two fought over some missing cocaine. The spat started when Allman gave his brother $100 to buy a gram but never got the drugs. Incensed, he snuck into Duane’s house, found his stash, “poured out about half a gram, and snorted it up.” When Allman got home, Duane phoned and demanded to know if he had stolen the coke. Allman said that he hadn’t. “The last thing I ever said to my brother was a f---ing lie, man.” Duane apologized and told Allman he loved him. “I have thought of that lie every day of my life, and I just keep recrucifying myself for it. I know that’s not what he would want—well, not for long anyway.”

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