Blog: Consequence Of Sound

Gregg Allman forced to cancel Chicago show after successful liver transplant

Yesterday morning, Gregg Allman finally got the call he’s been waiting on for three years. The 62-year-old living legend has been on a liver transplant waiting list since he began undergoing treatment for hepatitis C - an infectious disease that scars the liver and eventually leads to total failure of the organ - in 2007. While Allman has admitted to heavy drug use in the past, he suspects that he may have contracted the disease from a tattoo needle. He had been forced to sleep for up to 11 hours a day just to play [...]
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