The Allman Brothers Band - Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues: Allman Brothers

Artist:

Allman Brothers Band (The)

UPC:

602498010396

See Also:

Allman, Gregg Beatles (The) Leavell, Chuck Johnson, Robert Betts, Dickey Haynes, Warren

Description:

Allman Brothers Band: Gregg Allman (vocals, piano, organ); Dickey Betts (acoustic & electric guitars, background vocals); Duane Allman (acoustic & electric guitars); Berry Oakley (bass, background vocals); Butch Trucks, Jaimoe (drums, percussion). Additional personnel: Dan Toler (guitar); Jim Essery, Thom Doucette (harmonica); Chuck Leavell (piano); David Goldflies (bass). Producers: Adrian Barber, Tom Dowd, Johnny Sandlin, The Allman Brothers Band. Compilation producers: Bill Levenson, Jeffrey Peisch. Recorded at Atlantic Studios, The Fillmore East, New York, New York; Capricorn Sound, Macon, Georgia; Criteria Studios, Miami, Florida; Ludlow Garage, Cincinnati, Ohio between 1969 & 1979. Includes liner notes by Martin Scorsese, Scott Schinder. This is part of "Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues" series. 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

Album Information

Release Date:

09/09/2003

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Rock & Pop

Subgenre:

Hard Rock

Label:

Mercury

Catalog Number:

B000058002

Original Release Year:

2003

# of Discs:

1

SPARS Coding:

DDD

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Guest Artist:

Chuck Leavell

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