The multiple ailments that Gregg Allman suffered from caught up with the Southern Rock icon on this day in 2017 when he succumbed to liver cancer. Gregg soldiered on following the death of his band mate and brother Duane Allman and bassist Berry Oakley who both lost their lives in motorcycle accidents almost exactly one year and just a few city blocks apart in 1971 and '72 in Macon, Georgia.  His soulful voice and outstanding keyboard work and his devotion to continuing the legacy of the Allman Brothers Band sustained the group through many other tough times in the decades that followed, cementing its deserved recognition as one of America's pre imminent bands and making it one of the most influential bands in Rock history.

Other Noteworthy Classic Rock events on May 27 include

1945 Bruce Cockburn born. 

1948 Jefferson Starship multi instrumentalist Pete Sears born.

1958 Split Enz, Crowded House, Fleetwood Mac's  Neil Finn born.

1962 Bob Dylan releases The Free Wheelin' Bob Dylan.

1975 Paul McCartney releases Venus & Mars.

1977 Elvis Costello has his concert debut in London.

1987  U2 concerts are spectacles of sights and sound on a massive scale, but a show in Rome on this night during the Joshua Tree Tour was so loud that the group's massive sound system triggered earthquake alarms.

1988 Van Halen, Metallica open Monsters Of Rock tour in Wisconsin.

1992 Songwriters Hall Of Fame announces Elton John and Bernie Taupin, Billy Joel, Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman as inductees.    

1994 The Eagles do their first concert in 14 years in Burbank, California.

1995 Rolling Stones start recording Stripped in Amsterdam.     

1997 Paul McCartney releases Flaming Pie.

1999 BB King lands several honors at the W.C. Handy Awards.

2015 Rolling Stones play a private birthday party for an HP exec's wife at Solana Beach, California club.

2015 U2 road manager Dennis Sheehan dies of a heart attack in his Hollywood hotel room.

2022 Def Leppard releases Diamond Star Halos...