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When I met Galadrielle Allman years ago through a mutual friend, I was surprised to learn that this woman with watchful, curious eyes, living quietly in a north Berkeley, Calif., house filled with books, was the daughter of rock legend Duane Allman.

She seemed more like a graduate student at the nearby University of California.

For as long as I've known her, Allman has wanted to write a book about her father, co-founder of the Allman Brothers and considered by Rolling Stone magazine to be the second greatest rock guitarist of all time, second only to Jimi Hendrix.

But she was hesitant to tell family secrets.

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Delving into her past also made her feel less like his daughter, and more like one of his curious fans. She writes, "It confounds me that I am not alone in loving him and missing him." In the book's intro, she admits, "I dreaded pursuing this story as a reporter would, by asking uncomfortable questions and following every lead....

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