Derek Trucks Greg Allman Warren Haynes
Midnight Rider" is a song by the American rock band
the Allman Brothers Band. It was the second
single from their second studio album,
Idlewild South (1970), released on
Capricorn Records. The song was primarily written by vocalist
Gregg Allman, who first began composing it at a rented cabin outside
Macon,
Georgia. He enlisted the help of roadie Robert Kim Payne to complete the song's lyrics. He and Payne
broke into Capricorn Sound Studios to complete a demo of the song.
While the original Allman Brothers release of the song did not chart,
"Midnight Rider" was much more successful in cover versions. Gregg
Allman's solo version of the song, released in 1973, was its biggest
chart success; it was a top 20 hit in the U.S. and Canada. A cover by
Jamaican singer, Paul Davidson, represented its biggest peak in the United Kingdom, where it hit number ten. Country artist
Willie Nelson also recorded a version of the song that peaked at number six on U.S. country charts.
Gregory LeNoir Allman (December 8, 1947 – May 27, 2017)
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