Recording Artist Gregg Allman ( Allman Brothers Band) performs at the 2010 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival Presented By Shell at the Fair Grounds Race Course on April 25, 2010 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Getty Images)more pics »Gregg Allman had a liver transplant this week, and because of his need for some R&R following the operation, the band's performance at the Crossroads Guitar Festival in Chicago has been canceled today, according to the
New York Times. The Allman Brothers musician, who has Hepatitis C, had the surgery in Jacksonville, Fla., and is recovering well.
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The 62-year-old has been on a waiting list for a new liver and the band has had to cancel concerts in the past due to his unstable health. Allman was notified that a liver was ready for him the night before he went into surgery.
Doctors assure him he'll be fit to walk his 29-year-old daughter Island down the aisle next month. “I feel pretty good, considering everything that’s happened,” he said in a statement.
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