His "Midnight Rider" and "Whipping Post" are two of the most covered songs in rock music and staples for many club bands. Though Gregg Allman, who died May 27, got more than his share of "foxy ladies," most rock fans would strongly disagree with anyone claiming Allman's art won't last. Good-looking people don't have any spine. We are uncool and while women will always be a problem for us, most of the great art in the world is about that very same problem. Teenaged Miller admits being friends with the band made him feel cool, to which Bangs replies, "Hey, I met you. Miller is the fictional alter ego of Crowe who toured with The Allman Brothers Band-which largely inspired Stillwater-as a teen in late 1973 to write an article for Rolling Stone magazine, when the band was at the top of the rock world. In a pivotal scene in Cameron Crowe's movie "Almost Famous," Lester Bangs, a famous rock critic played by Philip Seymour Hoffman, scolds fifteen-year-old William Miller for making friends with the rock band Stillwater. In Rolling Stone's Rock and Roll Encyclopedia Singer/Songwriter under Entry for 'Sex, Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll'
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