Gregg Allman will be honored during UGA football game
BY MELISSA RUGGIERI/AJC Music Scene
Gregg Allman will be honored during Saturday’s University of Georgia game with a special halftime performance.
The University of Georgia Redcoat Marching Band will perform a trio of the late Southern rock icon’s songs while recipients of the Gregg Allman Scholarship are recognized.
The scholarship was established in 2014 by Allman in partnership with the UGA Music Business Program. The Gregg Allman Scholarship Fund is awarded to students attending the Hugh Hodgson School of Music.
The game between the No. 1 ranked Georgia Bulldogs and the South Carolina Gamecocks will air on CBS; kickoff is at 3:30 p.m.
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About the Author
Melissa Ruggieri has covered music and entertainment for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution since 2010 and created the Atlanta Music Scene blog. She's kept vampire hours for more than two decades and remembers when MTV was awesome.
