Just because you missed the golden days of The Allman Brothers Band doesn’t mean you can’t get into the next-best thing.

Gregg Allman, who formed the band in 1969 with his late brother Duane, is still going strong despite well-publicized bouts with Hepatitis C and other maladies.

“I want to get in as much playing as I can,” said Allman, 61, who battles hepatitis C. “Now I have to give myself so much time to rest up [between shows]. You don’t want to go out and do a show on automatic pilot. I want to give it all I can.”