{"product_id":"9780812981193","title":"Please Be with Me: A Song for My Father, Duane Allman","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA deeply personal, revealing, and lyrical portrait of Duane Allman, founder of the legendary Allman Brothers Band, written by his daughter\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Galadrielle Allman went to her first concert as an infant in diapers, held in her teenage mother’s arms. Playing was her father—Duane Allman, who would become one of the most influential and sought-after musicians of his time. Just a few short years into his remarkable career, he was killed in a motorcycle accident at the age of twenty-four. His daughter was two years old.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Galadrielle was raised in the shadow of his loss and his fame. Her mother sought solace in a bohemian life. Friends and family found it too painful to talk about Duane. Galadrielle listened intently to his music, read articles about him, steeped herself in the mythic stories, and yet the spotlight rendered him too simple and too perfect to know. She felt a strange kinship to the fans who longed for him, but she needed to know more. It took her many years to accept that his life and his legacy were hers, and when she did, she began to ask for stories—from family, fellow musicians, friends—and they began to flow. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Galadrielle Allman’s memoir is at once a rapturous, riveting, and intimate account of one of the greatest guitar prodigies of all time, the story of the birth of a band that redefined the American musical landscape, and a tender inquiry of a daughter searching for her father in the memories of others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003ePlease Be with Me\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e“Duane Allman was my big brother, my partner, my best friend. I thought I knew everything there was to know about him, but Galadrielle’s deep and insightful book came as \u003cb\u003ea revelation\u003c\/b\u003e to me, as it will to everyone who reads it.”\u003cb\u003e—Gregg Allman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cb\u003ePoignant and illuminating\u003c\/b\u003e . . . brings Duane Allman to life in a way that no other biography will ever be able to do.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Galadrielle Allman offers a \u003cb\u003emoving and poetic\u003c\/b\u003e portrait of her late father.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[Allman’s] descriptions and scenes are \u003cb\u003evivid, even cinematic\u003c\/b\u003e. . . . The pleasure of reading \u003ci\u003ePlease Be With Me\u003c\/i\u003e lies as much in its lyrical prose as in its insider anecdotes.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“An \u003cb\u003eelegantly written, heartfelt\u003c\/b\u003e account.”\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—The Atlanta Journal-Constitution\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Evokes a wistful, elegiac atmosphere; fans of the ’70s music scene may find it \u003cb\u003eindispensable\u003c\/b\u003e.”\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—San Jose Mercury News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A \u003cb\u003ecompelling and intimate\u003c\/b\u003e portrait of Duane.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Hollywood Reporter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “\u003cb\u003eIlluminating\u003c\/b\u003e.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Frequently touching . . . \u003cb\u003eReaders will come away feeling more connected\u003c\/b\u003e to the man and his music.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cb\u003eThe most moving music biography I’ve ever read.\u003c\/b\u003e Better than that, Galadrielle has uncovered the heart and motivations, the desolation and saving graces, of the man, and lays it plain in a born-to-write southern voice. She has looked into absence, and from it she has salvaged two hearts: her father’s and her own.”\u003cb\u003e—Mikal Gilmore, author of \u003ci\u003eShot in the Heart\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47007744491760,"sku":"9780812981193","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780812981193_p0.jpg?v=1763737685","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780812981193","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}