‘He experienced a full life of trauma’: documentary explores troubled tale of Gregg Allman (opens in new tab)

A new documentary focuses on the hugely successful musician whose life was punctuated by tragedyLate in the afternoon on 29 October 1971, one of the world’s greatest guitarists, Duane Allman, was riding his motorcycle when he swerved to avoid colliding with a flatbed truck that suddenly stopped short in an intersection. He wound up slamming into the back of the truck with such force, it threw him under his bike which skidded and dragged him for 50 ruinous feet. Suffering a collapsed chest, a ...