Please Be with Me is a work of nonfiction.
Some names and identifying details have been changed.
Copyright © 2014 by Galadrielle Allman
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Tim Buckley Music: Excerpt from “Once I Was” by Tim Buckley and Larry Beckett, copyright © 1968 and copyright renewed 1996 by Tim Buckley Music (ASCAP) & BMG Platinum Songs o/b/o Third Story Music (BMI). All rights reserved. Used by permission.
Elijah Blue Music, Alfred Music Publishing Co., Inc.: Excerpt from “Melissa” written by Gregg Allman and Steve Alaimo, copyright © 1972 by Elijah Blue Music/Unichappell Music Inc./EMI Longitude Music. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
Linda Miller: Three letters written by Berry Oakley. Used by permission.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Allman, Galadrielle, author.
Please be with me: a song for my father, Duane Allman / Galadrielle Allman.
pages cm
ISBN 978-1-4000-6894-4
eBook ISBN 978-1-58836-960-4
1. Allman, Duane, 1946–1971. 2. Allman, Galadrielle. 3. Rock musicians—United States—Biography. 4. Allman Brothers Band. I. Title.
ML419.A565A45 2014
787.87’166092—dc23
[B] 2013046247
Jacket design: Greg Mollica and Justin Thomas Kay
Jacket photograph: John Gellman
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