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As any fan knows -- heck, as anyone who's listened to the radio since 1970 knows -- there was much more to the Allman Brothers Band than blues. Blues-rock, however, was a foundation of their music, and that's what you'll hear on this compilation, which is part of the Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues CD series, issued in conjunction with the television documentary series The Blues. As is proper, almost all of this is from the band's early years; all but two of the songs were recorded between September 1969 and June 1971, and none of them postdate 1979. So the accent falls very heavily on their Southern rockified covers of blues songs by Elmore James, T-Bone Walker, Muddy Waters, Blind Willie McTell, and Sonny Boy Williamson, including tunes that were among the group's most popular, among them "Trouble No More," "Statesboro Blues," "One Way Out," "You Don't Love Me," and "Dimples." That means there's no room for the considerable chunk of their repertoire that also mixed in pop, straight-ahead hard rock, jazz, and country, like "Dreams," "Ramblin' Man," "Whipping Post," and "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed." But if you are in the mood for the blues and the blues only, this is certainly a good (and long, running 74 minutes) sampler of the sounds that made them the most esteemed American blues-rock interpreters.
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
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Dickey Betts, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Gregg Allman, Organ, Piano, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Berry Oakley, Guitar, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Butch Trucks, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Duane Allman, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Muddy Waters, ComposerLyricist - Adrian Barber, Producer - The Allman Brothers Band, MainArtist - Jaimoe, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1969 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dickey Betts, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Gregg Allman, Organ, Piano, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Berry Oakley, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Butch Trucks, Drums, Timpani, AssociatedPerformer - Duane Allman, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - ELMORE JAMES, ComposerLyricist - TOM DOWD, Producer - The Allman Brothers Band, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jaimoe, Drums, Conga, AssociatedPerformer - Thom Doucette, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1971 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dickey Betts, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Gregg Allman, Organ, Piano, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Berry Oakley, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Butch Trucks, Drums, Timpani, AssociatedPerformer - Duane Allman, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - TOM DOWD, Producer - Aaron Walker, ComposerLyricist - The Allman Brothers Band, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jaimoe, Drums, Conga, AssociatedPerformer - Thom Doucette, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1971 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dickey Betts, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Gregg Allman, Organ, Piano, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Butch Trucks, Drums, Timpani, AssociatedPerformer - McKinley Morganfield, ComposerLyricist - Chuck Leavell, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Sandlin, Producer - The Allman Brothers Band, Producer, MainArtist - Lamar Williams, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jaimoe, Drums, Conga, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1975 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dickey Betts, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Gregg Allman, Organ, Piano, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Willie McTell, ComposerLyricist - Berry Oakley, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Butch Trucks, Drums, Timpani, AssociatedPerformer - Duane Allman, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - TOM DOWD, Producer - The Allman Brothers Band, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jaimoe, Drums, Conga, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1971 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dickey Betts, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Gregg Allman, Piano, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Berry Oakley, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Marshall Sehorn, ComposerLyricist - Butch Trucks, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Duane Allman, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - ELMORE JAMES, ComposerLyricist - TOM DOWD, Producer - Sonny Boy Williamson II, ComposerLyricist - The Allman Brothers Band, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jaimoe, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Aaron Baron, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Larry Dahlstrom, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1972 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dickey Betts, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Gregg Allman, Organ, Piano, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Berry Oakley, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Butch Trucks, Drums, Timpani, AssociatedPerformer - Duane Allman, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - TOM DOWD, Producer - WILLIE DIXON, ComposerLyricist - The Allman Brothers Band, MainArtist - Jaimoe, Drums, Conga, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1970 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Dickey Betts, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Gregg Allman, Organ, Piano, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Berry Oakley, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Butch Trucks, Drums, Timpani, AssociatedPerformer - Duane Allman, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Roy Jordan, ComposerLyricist - TOM DOWD, Producer - The Allman Brothers Band, MainArtist - William Weldon, ComposerLyricist - Jaimoe, Drums, Conga, AssociatedPerformer - Rick Lemker, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dan Britt, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1989 Island Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dickey Betts, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Gregg Allman, Organ, Piano, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Berry Oakley, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Butch Trucks, Drums, Timpani, AssociatedPerformer - Duane Allman, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - John Lee Hooker, ComposerLyricist - The Allman Brothers Band, MainArtist - James Bracken, ComposerLyricist - Jaimoe, Drums, Conga, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Levenson, Producer
℗ 1970 Island Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dickey Betts, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Gregg Allman, Organ, Piano, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Dan Toler, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Butch Trucks, Drums, Timpani, AssociatedPerformer - TOM DOWD, Producer - Chuck Leavell, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - The Allman Brothers Band, MainArtist - John Mertis, ComposerLyricist - David Goldflies, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jaimoe, Drums, Conga, AssociatedPerformer - Jim Essery, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1979 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Dickey Betts, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Gregg Allman, Organ, Piano, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Berry Oakley, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Butch Trucks, Drums, Timpani, AssociatedPerformer - Duane Allman, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Traditional, ComposerLyricist - TOM DOWD, Producer - Willie C Cobbs, ComposerLyricist - The Allman Brothers Band, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jaimoe, Drums, Conga, AssociatedPerformer - Thom Doucette, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1971 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
As any fan knows -- heck, as anyone who's listened to the radio since 1970 knows -- there was much more to the Allman Brothers Band than blues. Blues-rock, however, was a foundation of their music, and that's what you'll hear on this compilation, which is part of the Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues CD series, issued in conjunction with the television documentary series The Blues. As is proper, almost all of this is from the band's early years; all but two of the songs were recorded between September 1969 and June 1971, and none of them postdate 1979. So the accent falls very heavily on their Southern rockified covers of blues songs by Elmore James, T-Bone Walker, Muddy Waters, Blind Willie McTell, and Sonny Boy Williamson, including tunes that were among the group's most popular, among them "Trouble No More," "Statesboro Blues," "One Way Out," "You Don't Love Me," and "Dimples." That means there's no room for the considerable chunk of their repertoire that also mixed in pop, straight-ahead hard rock, jazz, and country, like "Dreams," "Ramblin' Man," "Whipping Post," and "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed." But if you are in the mood for the blues and the blues only, this is certainly a good (and long, running 74 minutes) sampler of the sounds that made them the most esteemed American blues-rock interpreters.
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 01:14:02
- Main artists: The Allman Brothers Band
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Island Def Jam
- Genre: Blues/Country/Folk Blues
© 2003 UMG Recordings, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 2003 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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