Please Be with Me

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
 
“Duane Allman was my big brother, my partner, my best friend. I thought I knew everything there was to know about him, but Galadrielle’s deep and insightful book came…

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I dearly love this book by the daughter of Duane and Donna Allman, my favorite on the Allman Brothers Band. Part biography and part memoir, it’s heartfelt story of Galadrielle Allman’s quest to get to know her famous father as a human being and artist.

Through the lives of Donna and Linda Oakley, the two young widows at the center of the story, it is also one of the very few music history books that addresses rock & roll’s impact on families. Throughout the book, Allman connects with a father she never knew through her relationships with those who did—an…

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