Lori Carson

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    Lori Carson Remembers Gregg Allman: ‘Having Him Sing on My Record Was a Dream’

    In 1990, when a rising New York singer-songwriter named Lori Carson released her Hal Willner-produced, critically acclaimed debut for Geffen Records, it featured a surprising guest star: one of Carson’s childhood idols, Gregg Allman. In the late ‘80s, I was making my first record, Shelter, with producer Hal Willner, and we were looking for someone to sing on “Imagine Love,” a ballad that would close the album. “What about Gregg Allman?” I asked — and Hal flipped for the idea.