(Greg Allman and Richard Betts, the two “front men ” of the Allman Brothers Band, came off separate solo tours recently. Meanwhile, despite countless rumors, the ABB rolls on. Richard Betts declined to speak with us while he was out on the road, but Bill Douglas caught up with Gregg in Dallas, and found the singer-organist more than cordial.)

You mentioned somewhere that the next time you cut a solo album in the studio, you were going to avoid some different pitfalls that just come with that project •.. what were the problems?