All Night Train

Album: Where It All Begins (1994)
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Songfacts®:

  • This song deals with Gregg Allman's drug addiction. He took drugs most of his adult life and was forced to testify against his supplier in 1975.
  • Allman wrote this with band members Warren Haynes and Chuck Leavell.

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  • David from ArkansasI have always loved this song. I used to get high a lot back in the day I could swear he was talking about meth in the song but I'm pretty sure night train is a cocaine reference.
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