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Gregg Allman is a rocker turned writer

Erik Jacobs for the Boston Globe

While in town to play at the Bank of America Pavilion, Gregg Allman figured he’d try to sell some books. So the 64-year-old singer/keyboardist stopped by Brookline Booksmith Monday to sign copies of his entertaining new memoir, “My Cross to Bear.” The book, which he co-wrote with Alan Light , is a candid account of Allman’s life in music. (We’re betting former bandmate Dickey Betts doesn’t like the book.) If Allman has a little extra spring in his step these days, it might be because he’s engaged to be married — for a seventh time! — to 24-year-old girlfriend Shannon Williams.