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    Please Be With Me: A Song for My Father, Duane Allman

    Written by Galadrielle Allman

    Narrated by Galadrielle Allman

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    A deeply personal, revealing, and lyrical portrait of Duane Allman, founder of the legendary Allman Brothers Band, written by his daughter

    Galadrielle Allman went to her first concert as an infant in diapers, held in her teenage mother's arms. Playing was her father-Duane Allman, who would become one of the most influential and sought-after musicians of his time. Just a few short years into his remarkable career, he was killed in a motorcycle accident at the age of twenty-four. His daughter was two years old.

    Galadrielle was raised in the shadow of his loss and his fame. Her mother sought solace in a bohemian life. Friends and family found it too painful to talk about Duane. Galadrielle listened intently to his music, read articles about him, steeped herself in the mythic stories, and yet the spotlight rendered him too simple and too perfect to know. She felt a strange kinship to the fans who longed for him, but she needed to know more. It took her many years to accept that his life and his legacy were hers, and when she did, she began to ask for stories-from family, fellow musicians, friends-and they began to flow.

    Galadrielle Allman's memoir is at once a rapturous, riveting, and intimate account of one of the greatest guitar prodigies of all time, the story of the birth of a band that redefined the American musical landscape, and a tender inquiry of a daughter searching for her father in the memories of others.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateMar 4, 2014
    ISBN9780804165129
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    • 4/5
      Enjoyed this! Duane's daughter pulled together an interesting tale of life in once- upon-a-time rock and roll. Been a fan of the Allman Brothers for years, but knew very little of their early beginnings. From the days of the boys growing up until the untimely death of Duane, enjoyed getting to know those who touched their lives. One thing "sort of" bothered me during the read. With the passage of time and the usage of drugs and alcohol, it seems that some of the stories would be a little hazy. All in all a very good book. Off to listen to Duane play with the likes of Boz Scaggs, Eric Clapton and Aretha Franklin
    • 4/5
      i received this book for free through goodreads first reads.written by his daughter that was only two when he died, this book is a very personal point of view of Duane Allman. through stolen memories and stories of him from family and friends, this memoir makes him come to life again
    • 5/5
      A most excellent 5 star read...This is a book written straight from the heart by a daughter who never really knew her famous father. Galadrielle Allman was only 2 years old when her father was killed in a motorcycle accident, he was at the very young age of 24 in 1971. Howard Duane Allman, "Skydog" to those that knew him, was a guitar player and founder of one of the most famous bands of southern rockers the country has seen since... The Allman Brothers band. The Allman brothers band was the soundtrack of my youth as well as a generation of kids back in the 1970's. This is a heartbreaking yet, surprisingly uplifting and honest tribute to a man she loved yet, never really knew. The name dropping of huge rock and roll bands and legends they met, hung out or played with is mind boggling... Eric Clapton, Delanie and Bonnie, Blind faith, Derek and the Dominos, Jackson Browne, Traffic, Cream, Buffalo Springfield, Otis Redding, James Brown, Taj Mahal, Richie Havens, Jimi Hendrix, Donovan, the Beatles, Stephan Stills, King Curtis, Joe Cocker, The Beach Boys, Jim Morrison, leon Russell, Johnny Winter, Graham Parsons, Chet Atkins, Janis and Big Brother and the Holding Company, Paul Butterfield, Eric Burden, Boz Scaggs, Wilson Pickett, Country Joe and the Fish, Jefferson Airplane, Herbie Mann, Aretha Franklin, Ry Cooder, The Nitty Gritty Dirt band and on and on....Duane & his little brother Gregg were born in Tennesse to a spunky mother and a father who was a military man. They moved and played in and around the southern states where rock and roll and the blues were born. They were heavily influenced by all the great blues and jazz mucisions of the time, the men who set the standard for what would become rock and roll, That's how the brothers found the sound that would shake up the music industry by electrifying the blues and thanks to a little glass bottle of cold medicine, crazily enough, a sound was born. The brothers formed and played with many bands before they decided on the name Allman Brothers, they liked the way it included "All men" All men could enjoy it. Howard Duane Allman was a tall, lanky red headed, mutton chopped moody guy who, once he found the guitar, just wanted to play. Duane's favorite book was The Lord of The Rings and he named his daughter Galadrielle after the royal elf in the book. He was a dreamer and when you put a guitar in his hand he made magic just like in his favorite book. He had one true love and that was his guitar, much to the heartbreak of the people who would love him. One of the saddest lines I have read in a long time is "My father is killed in the first paragraph of every article ever written about him." I never knew much about the Allman brothers other than what I could gleen from the albums or magazine articles back in the day but, every song makes me want to dance and every song I know by heart. This book is a real and honest look at a couple of small town boys chasing the dream, falling in love with music and the wild life that could be had, the stories it coulld tell. The saying sex, drugs and rock and roll is very true in this story as well. There were lots of girls, bikers, booze and the drugs were ubiquitous. A memory of 2 year old Galadrielle's just after the death of her father is of her young mother handing her small diapered daughter off to her uncle Gregg with his long blond hair tucked behind an ear as he stepped up on stage to a huge crowd and said "this is my brothers little girl and he lives on through her" ... This is an incredible book by a daughter just looking for her dad.
    • 4/5
      Once I saw this book listed on, I knew that I had to read it. Although I am not familiar with all of the Allman Brothers Band material, as a fan of rock music from that era I am familiar with many of their songs. Duane Allman was the force that created the band, with his brother Gregg, and his dedication to the art of making music is incredibly moving. This book is written by his daughter, Galadrielle, who was only two when he tragically died. Through her conversations with family members, friends, band-mates and other musicians, she re-creates his early years and his short life with the Allman Brothers Band. She excels at describing his relationships with other musicians and the bond that he formed with those whose music he admired. The author also does an excellent job of making the time period come alive with descriptions of clothes and buildings and attitudes. What I found most moving, though, were the passages in which she tries to fully understand her father and his all-consuming love for his music. At times I felt that she reached a little to re-create specific scenes but overall she has written a moving tribute to her father and his music. It is one of those books that you read, dreading the finish, wishing it could have a completely different ending. I received this book through NetGalley.
    • 4/5
      Please Be With Me: A Song for My Father Duane Allman authored by his daughter Galadrielle is a daughter’s homage to the father she never really knew. Duane died when Galadrielle was one year old. Unlike the illiterate and inane My Cross to Bear, Gregg Allman’s autobiography, this book is well written. Rather than concentrating on the drugs and women that Gregg chose to dwell on, Galadrielle chose to honor her father by talking about his devotion to music, his growth as a musician and both those musicians who influenced him as well as those he influenced. The list of musicians that he played with daunting: Aretha Franklin, Boz Scaggs, Eric Clapton, King Curtis and more. And any Allman Brothers/Duane fan will readily extol the virtues of his music, from the amazing Layla to the extraordinary Loan Me a Dime (one of my personal favorites) with Boz Scaggs. It would have been nice to see how he would have developed musically if he had lived. Galadrielle does not gloss over the drugs and women because they had major impacts on the band and their families. But on the other hand, it was not her focus. While you can see that Galadrielle idolized her dad, Please Be With Me is a pretty even-handed biography and one worth reading. Next on the list, I guess, is One Way Out: The Inside History of the Allman Brothers Band by Alan Paul. That should complete my Allman Brothers Band reading list.
    • 3/5
      Subtitled A Song for My Father, Duane Allman, this book does a decent job of following his life. The author was only two when her father was killed, and I imagine that writing this biography was cathartic for her. And I know now a great deal more about Duane Allman and the band than I did before reading the book.The problem is that I don't really care. I don't think I would have especially liked Duane Allman. Yes, he was very young, and youth is sometimes an excuse for a certain amount of bad behavior, but Allman seemed so incredibly self-centered. Most of the men in this book treated them women around them very badly. And the women allowed them to do that. Back in those days when more women were gaining their voices and standing up for themselves, these women were throw-backs to worse times. Of course, drugs and alcohol were mainstays of the lives of both the men and women, and that never helps people avoid stupid decisions.I had hoped that this biography would include more flavor of the times, more outside the realm of just the music makers, the various bands, and the concerts, but the view of the world outside their tiny part of it was pretty limited.Speaking of concerts, I heard the Allman Brothers the first time they played at Fillmore East, teamed with Blood, Sweat, and Tears. I had forgotten until reminded by the book that the audience booed them, but I do remember quite clearly that the Allman Brothers' performance was pretty awful. It seemed like they were too stoned to care about the concert. So it surprised me that they thought they had played well, even though they were booed. (I didn't boo – was raised better than that – but was so disappointed in their music.)The author used too much slang of the time, and some slang that seemed too early for the times, but perhaps that's because they were Southern boys and hadn't yet picked up the newer west coast idioms. At any rate, the writing occasionally seemed stilted, but for the most part it was straightforward and clear, even lyrical at times. The end though, seemed to just romanticize the drugged-out musicians.Even in my advance uncorrected proof, not as finished as the published version, the included photographers were wonderful.For fans, this is a biography worth reading. For those who want a more encompassing feel for the times and are not huge Allman fans, this is a sad look at lives gone awry.I was given an advance copy of this book for review.