Scott Sharrard, the longtime guitarist and bandleader in Gregg Allman’s solo band, co-wrote the rock legend’s final two songs. “My Only True Friend” was the emotional core of Southern Blood, Allman’s moving 2017 swan song of an album, released posthumously a few months after his passing. They cut an instrumental track for the other tune, “Everything a Good Man Needs,” during those sessions — but Allman never recorded a vocal.
Scott Sharrard, Gregg Allman's Longtime Guitarist, Talks New Album, 'Saving Grace'
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