
Conversation from the Crossroads of Southern music, history, & culture is an independent project of historian Dr. Bob Beatty, author of 'Play All Night! Duane Allman and the Journey to Fillmore East.' No affiliation/endorsement with the Allman Brothers.
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On Global Beatles Day (June 25, 2026), I’m ABBsolutely thrilled to bring you this episode with Chris O’Dell, who was on the rooftop the day of the Beatles’ last performance. It’s far from her only incredible encounter with rock & roll.
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Richard Josey and I have been in conversation for close to twenty years. He began his history career at Colonial Williamsburg as a pre-teen, portraying free and enslaved Africans well before we openly discussed the impa...
📷Gilbert Lee
I put a 34-song Gregg playlist together a few years back. I included songs from across his catalog, from the ABB’s 1969 debut album1...
The livestream failed miserably. John & I recorded the conversation anyway.
John Lynskey returned to the Crossroads to talk through Gregg Allman: The Music of My Soul. The movie documents well by Gregg’s duality as a s...
I saw Gregg Allman: The Music of My Soul this week. It was a moving, pretty much unflinching look at Gregg as not just an artist, but as a human. The title of this post, “He lived a lifetime of I’m sorry’s,” is from Gregg’s son Devon.
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