Never Knew How Much (I Needed You)

Album: Brothers Of The Road (1981)
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Songfacts®:

  • Written by Gregg Allman about his wife, Julie. They married in 1979 and divorced soon after this was released in 1981.
  • Gregg and Julie Allman had a daughter, Delilah Island, in 1980.

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  • Barry from New York, NcThis was during the "lost period" of the Allman Brothers Band (1979-82). They were recording for Clive Davis' Arista company, and were encouraged to write and record in a style similar to the type of pop that was filling the airwaves at the time. Eventually the Brothers broke up again, but were back in 1989 for a dynamic return.
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