Essential Allman Brothers Band: The Epic Years
The Essential Allman Brothers Band - The Epic Years
This compilation is highly debatable as to whether it's the "Essential Allman Brothers Band on Epic or essential at all. But there are some nice things here. For one, if offers a pretty good look at Dickey Betts as a songwriter. The title cut from Seven Turns could have been on his own Highway Call and the live version of "Blue Sky," whose studio version originally appeared on Eat a Peach appears here from 1992's An Evening With the Allman Brothers Band It's notable, as is his "Jessica" from the release of the second set of that evening as a separate outing. His other tunes, "Nobody Knows" and "No One to Run With," are less successful. The former sounds like Betts was trying to rewrite the jamming section of "Whipping Post" as a new song, and the latter sounds like a bombastic Bo Diddley tribute. Of the rest, there is the now irritatingly ubiquitous "Soulshine" by Warren Haynes which appears on almost every live outing by Gov't Mule or the Allmans It's a decent song, but if one never heard it again it would be too soon. The acoustic version of "Midnight Rider" is taken from a previous anthology called Mycology terrible backing vocals and Haynes doing a bad Jerry Garcia impersonation during his solo mar the cut. The final tune is a live version of Gregg Allman s "Please Call Home" from Peakin' at the Beacon Allman is one of the greatest white blues singers in history, but simply put, this isn't one of his best performances of this tune. His vocal never catches fire because he's overwhelmed by a band that doesn't get the subtlety of the tune. This is spotty to be sure, but it contains some inspired moments. ~ Thom Jurek, All Music Guide
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Credits »
The Allman Brothers Band - Producer
The Allman Brothers Band - Main Performer
The Allman Brothers Band - Executive Producer
Steven Berkowitz - A&R
Tom Dowd - Producer
Joseph M. Palmaccio - Mastering
Marc Quiñones - Guest Appearance
John Jackson - Project Director
Howard Fritzson - Art Direction
Jerry Rappaport - Compilation Producer
Kirk West - Photography
Kirk West - Cover Photo
Risa Zaitschek Noah - Design
Bert Holman - Executive Producer
John Lynskey - Liner Notes
Norm Elrod - Packaging Manager
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