Gregg Allman Undergoes Successful Liver Transplant

In Gregg's song Ain't Wastin' Time No More he sings: ... "With the help of God and true friends I come to realize, I've still got two strong legs and even wings to fly"...Sounds like the man has had an angel on his shoulder his entire life who keeps fighting for the good in him. I belive Gregg has been given mercy in this lifetime, probably because he asked for it and did repent from his ways. He is a master of his craft and has influenced a couple of generations artistically (and will no doubt influence a few more). He has been one of my mentors along with Jerry Garcia and many others in secular music who also had a substance abuse lifestyle...but would they have been only average artists if they hadn't have lived their lives out on the limb? A man's life can be shortened by choices in lifestyle, but it doesn't mean that he wasn't a child of God or undeserving of modern technology if your number gets called. He has been a hard working (sweating buckets on stage) giver in my mind. I have prayed for him through the years and will continue to do so. He is the luckiest man on the face of the earth. He's a winner and just won the lotery. Fly again Mr. Allman.

The reason(s) people are upset is not fully just because of his proclaimed "Prior" alcohol/drug use but moreso where he fell on the list. At his age and even with his reported cleansing of his ways he would not be very high on that transplant list. There are far too many younger people out there with young children and a potentially worthwhile future ahead of them if they were afforded the same opportunity that Mr Alman has been rewarded with. To the people who think there an expert on this waiting process, go stick your heads back in the sand b/c your clearly not seeing this correctly. On any given day in any hospital the attending physician would shame you with his laughter at the idea of jumping in front of the other patients he's attending to in his hospital at Greg's age witout even going to his prior list of activities. Get real with your finger pointing and shaming someone who knows how this system's process is supposed to be run. If you still think his money didn't do some talking here well I guess you'll always be in the dark. Mantel was a LEGEND what exactly was this guy? Oh, that's right Cher's boyfriend!!!

Now I just want to mention how Gregg Allman and his music makes me feel. Have you ever sat and just listened (well I sing along and my feet move and so do my hands) to the melodic sounds of the Allman Brothers Band.

Put on Soulshine and just wait for that glorious guitar/keyboard riff at the middle and at the end....nothing comes close.

Or to Nobody Left To Run With Anymore. If you're all grown up now, family, responsibilities, you think back to the days when you could get together with your friends and just have fun, day or night. Then you come back to reality and how you all think going out to dinner is a big deal now. Gregg brings it all alive, and the pounding drums are to die for.

I could go song by song but you would stop reading and lose the value of what I'm writing. Get an All Time Hits of Gregg Allman and find quiet time to listen. You will become a lifelong fan.

So much bitterness and hatred out there for a fellow human being who was suffering from a terminal illness like so many others. His fame and money DID NOT buy him a grafted liver, his DNA is what worked for him.

Mr. Bill Campbell, I hope you are next on God's list for a miracle.

Why do so many people lack feelings for someone who suffers the same way you do? So he's a celebrity, and YES, he abused his body for years. He was in and out of Rehab and finally, he was able to save himself, and he has been clean for quite awhile now.

So you have led a totally pure life? Congratulations!
You're a saint, but I'm not, neither is Gregg Allman, nor millions of others who need transplants of some kind. So you say they don't deserve to live if they're not PERFECT human beings?

Fellow commentors, think how foolish some people sound when they say these outlandish things here and everywhere. It's sad to see the malignancy out there on a constant basis in almost every subject. What have we as Christians, Jews, Muslims, non-religious, all faiths become? Where has our compassion for mankind gone?

I have hep-c and have had it for 35 years I got it in the 1976. And I had two children and three husband and they never got it thank god.I see people on here saying thier parnters never did drugs...Or that Greg drank let me tell you your are informed wrongly because the only way you can get hep-c is by blood..drug use..tatooes..like Pamlea Anderson or blood transfusion. You dont just get it by drinkig just wanted to clear that up.And a liver transplant if you go on treatment and get rid of the hep-c then it is all good but if you still have hep-c then you will infect that liver and be back where you were in about ten years even if you dont drink or do drugs. I eat -breath every day for a cure cause I am still fighting to stay alive and I will be 54 this dec and for the grace of god been clean and sober for 4 years.. yes I have been to the gates of hell and its not pretty..

I agree with Ozoneday you completely. People on here need not to be so judgemental. It's a damn shame that people get a second chance at life and you have people that think they know what these people are going to do with their second chance.

thank you mr allman for your years of entertainmentand may god blees a speedy recovery

According to one news source in Jacksonville...
"Allman had returned days earlier from a tour and was preparing for a festival hosted by Eric Clapton in Chicago on Saturday when he learned Tuesday afternoon that doctors had found a match for him. His four-month wait was about TWICE AS LONG as the typical amount of time a liver transplant patient spends on the list in the Southeast, said Denise Harnois, a hepatologist at Mayo who has been treating Allman." ...So for those of you that think that Mr. Allman was moved up on the transplant list because of his fame, money etc., it appears that you are wrong.

Right on and good post Carol Weikle. You're right, no one has the right to judge.

Sorry to hear as well that your husband, (and yourself), went through all of that. Though since he was at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, you can believe, he really was in about the best care possible; as that is an absolutely great facility. I went there back in 2002, recieved stellar care, and would never have been able to get the care I needed anywhere else, as I would not have been able to afford to get it elsewhere. They have all kinds of great programs.

Some of you people really should be ashamed of yourself!

First of all, no matter how much money Mr. Allman, (or anyone else), has, if God didn't still want him here, cool believe, he would not still be here. ...No matter where he stood on any list or how much money he has etc., etc. Think about that.

Second of all, even IF it is true that those with money get placed ahead on the donor's list, Gregg Allman DID NOT make that rule. So why blame him? If it's true, and it bothers you that bad, then write an idea about how to better the system, get as many like minded people to sign a petition, and present it to the powers that be. Instead of griping, DO SOMETHING to possibly make that change. Utilize YOUR VOICE to make a change. Gregg Allman BTW, spent a great deal of his life UTILIZING HIS VOICE to attempt positive changes on a worldwide scale for decades. And yes, he may have spent a lot of that time doing so while drunk and/or 'otherwise impaired', but at least he made an effort. So, to all of you 'saints', what's YOUR excuse for not attempting to do so at all? What joy, peace, comfort, exchange of ideas have YOU contributed to millions of others on a worldwide scale?

Third of all, so what if Gregg Allman has money. He EARNED it, by working quite hard at his career for over 40 years in an industry that is absolutely grueling! Just the business end alone is absolutely mind numbing, not to mention all the time you spend on the road, away from your home, life and family, with deadlines and commitments and the pressures of performing in front of thousands of people at a time so that THEY can have a good time, have some peace and some comfort in this world. It's a heck of a job, and obviously, most of you couldn't cut it, let alone for forty something years. (I know, I work in the music industry, and it ain't no trip to Disney. ...Trust me.) How many of you that are complaining worked at YOUR job for over forty years? And if you did, and then became life threateningly ill, would you not seek medical attention too? I believe the man has every right to do so.

Fourth, exactly how many of you 'righteous saints' know how much money and/or time and effort Gregg Allman has personally contributed to causes that have helped others over the years and decades of his career? Can you say that you have matched or exceeded it? My guess is NO.

Fifth, ...And yes, the healthcare system is not and has not been fair for a very long time, but how do you know that Gregg Allman is not the one that will, in the future, utilize his (outstanding) voice and talent to make a change for others on healthcare issues, now that he has been through his own serious and life threatening health issues? ...You don't. Being sinless and saintly does not necessarily come with psychic powers; so get over yourself.

Furthermore, there have been clinical studies performed on the healing properties of music; and in those studies it has indeed been scientifically concluded that music HAS healing properties. Clinical studies have also been performed and concluded on one's state of mind as a contributing factor in the healing process.
Now consider the amount of great and positive music Gregg Allman has personally contributed in his vast, four decade plus career that has indeed contributed to lifting the spirits of people that are/were ailing, that may have, and can now, and in the future continue to help bring comfort to multitudes of people which can and will positively aid in their healing process. (Feel free to look that up rather than spewing a bunch of nasty remarks and a bunch of "wasted words".) As a matter of fact, I have a very close family member that is very ill at this time, and I send him tons of 'positive' music to help keep his spirits up, which INDEED, contributes to his state of mind as well as his healing. Thank God there are those like Gregg Allman that are true masters of great music with a positive message and are willing to write, create, SHARE and perform their outstanding music that positively effects the lives of so many. And again, it takes a great deal of work, expense and personal sacrifice on the musician's part to bring people that music, especially those that have done so decade after decade and on a worldwide scale.

And to those with the line of thinking that because Gregg Allman has drank and/or did drugs IN HIS PAST, that he does not deserve the transplant that he has just received, well consider this...sooner or later IT IS inevitable that YOU AND EVERYONE YOU LOVE TOO, WILL INDEED NEED MEDICAL ASSISTANCE. So, WHEN, (NOT IF), you and those you love do, unless you and every one of them have lived an absolutely spotless, sinless and impeccable lives, then you/they will not be deserving of that assistance either; according to your own thinking. (That includes being a hypocrite and judgmental towards others by the wa