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Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show: Pleasure And Pain

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On October 6, 1978, “Capitol” label released “Pleasure and Pain”, the seventh Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show studio album. It was recorded in 1978, at “Muscle Shoals Sound Studio” in Sheffield, Alabama, and was produced by Rob Haffkine.

Personnel:

  • Ray Sawyer – lead vocals
  • Dennis Locorriere – lead vocals, lead guitar, bass, harmonica
  • Rik Elswit – vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Billy Francis – keyboards, backing vocals
  • Jance Garfat – bass
  • John Wolters – vocals, drums, percussion
  • Bob “Willard” Henke – vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Marilyn Martin – backing vocals
  • Nancy Nash – backing vocals
  • Michael Kanarek – artwork

Track listing:

  1. Sharing the Night Together – Ava Aldridge, Eddie Struzick
  2. Sweetest of All – Shel Silverstein
  3. Storms Never Last – Jessi Colter
  4. I Don’t Want to Be Alone Tonight – Shel Silverstein
  5. Knowing She’s There – Shel Silverstein, Dennis Locorriere
  6. Clyde – J. J. Cale
  7. When You’re in Love with a Beautiful Woman – Even Stevens
  8. Dooley Jones – Hazel Smith, Walter Carter
  9. I Gave Her Comfort – Shel Silverstein, Dennis Locorriere
  10. You Make My Pants Want to Get up and Dance – Sam Weedman

Will Oldham: Viva Last Blues

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On August 21, 1995, “Drag City” label released “Viva Last Blues”, the third Will Oldham studio album. It was recorded in 1995, in Alabama, U.S.A., and was produced by Steve Albini.

Personnel:

  • Will Oldham – vocals, guitar
  • Bryan Rich – lead guitar
  • Liam Hayes – piano, organ
  • Ned Oldham – bass guitar, slide guitar, additional vocals
  • Jason Loewenstein – drums, additional vocals
  • Steve Albini – recording
  • Eric Bates – engineer
  • Eugene Bates – engineer
  • Dianne Bellino – cover drawing
  • Cynthia Kirkwood – painting

Track listing:

  1. More Brother Rides
  2. Viva Ultra
  3. The Brute Choir
  4. The Mountain Low
  5. Tonight’s Decision (and Hereafter)
  6. Work Hard / Play Hard
  7. New Partner
  8. Cat’s Blues
  9. We All, Us Three, Will Ride
  10. Old Jerusalem

The Allman Betts Band: Bless Your Heart

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On August 28, 2020, “BMG” label released “Bless Your Heart”, the second Allman Betts Band (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2020, at “Muscle Shoals Sound Studio” in Sheffield, Alabama, and was produced by Matt Ross-Spang.

Personnel:

  • Devon Allman – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, bass, co-producer
  • Duane Betts – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, co-producer
  • Berry Duane Oakley – vocals, bass, piano
  • Johnny Stachela – slide and electric guitar
  • R. Scott Bryan – percussion, drums
  • John Lum – drums
  • John Ginty – keyboards
  • Art Edmaiston – saxophone
  • Jimmy Hall – harmonica
  • Shannon McNally – cameo vocal appearance
  • Reba Russell – backing vocals
  • Susan Marshall – backing vocals
  • Matt Ross-Spang – engineer, mixing
  • Chase Brandon, Daniel Lynn, Chris Turnbaugh – engineer assistant
  • Pete Lyman – mastering
  • Charley Robinson – art direction, design
  • Darin Black, Gilbert Lee – photography

Track listing:

  1. Pale Horse Rider – Devon Allman, Duane Betts
  2. Carolina Song – Devon Allman, Duane Betts, Stoll Vaughan
  3. King Crawler – Devon Allman, Duane Betts, Stoll Vaughan
  4. Ashes of My Lovers – Duane Betts, Stoll Vaughan
  5. Savannah’s Dream – Duane Betts
  6. Airboats & Cocaine – Devon Allman, Duane Betts, Stoll Vaughan
  7. Southern Rain – Devon Allman, Stoll Vaughan
  8. Rivers Run – Duane Betts, Stoll Vaughan
  9. Magnolia Road – Stoll Vaughan
  10. Should We Ever Part – Devon Allman, Duane Betts, Stoll Vaughan
  11. The Doctor’s Daughter – Berry Duane Oakley, Devon Allman, Duane Betts, Stoll Vaughan
  12. Much Obliged – Devon Allman, Duane Betts
  13. Congratulations – Cisco Adler

Otis Rush: Mourning in the Morning

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In August 1969, “Cotillion” label released “Mourning in the Morning”, the second Otis Rush album. It was recorded in 1969, at “FAME Studios” in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, and was produced by Nick Gravenites and Mike Bloomfield.

Personnel:

  • Otis Rush – vocals, guitar
  • Jimmy Johnson – guitar
  • Duane Allman – guitar
  • Barry Beckett – keyboards
  • Mark Naftalin – keyboards
  • Jerry Jemmott – bass
  • Roger Hawkins – drums
  • Aaron Varnell – tenor saxophone
  • Joe Arnold – tenor saxophone
  • Ronald Eades – baritone saxophone
  • Gene “Bowlegs” Miller – trumpet
  • Mickey Buckins – recording
  • Norris McNamara – photography
  • Nick Gravenites – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Me – Mike Bloomfield, Nick Gravenites
  2. Working Man – Mike Bloomfield, Nick Gravenites
  3. You’re Killing My Love – Mike Bloomfield, Nick Gravenites
  4. Feel So Bad – Chuck Willis
  5. Gambler’s Blues – B.B. King, Jules Taub
  6. Baby, I Love You – Ronnie Shannon
  7. My Old Lady – Mike Bloomfield, Nick Gravenites
  8. My Love Will Never Die – Otis Rush
  9. Reap What You Sow – Paul Butterfield, Mike Bloomfield, Nick Gravenites
  10. It Takes Time – Otis Rush
  11. Can’t Wait No Longer – Mike Bloomfield, Nick Gravenites

Etta James: Tell Mama

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In February 1968, “Cadet Records” label released “Tell Mama”, the seventh Etta James studio album. It was recorded in 1967, at “Fame Studios” in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, and was produced by Rick Hall.

Personnel:

  • Etta James – lead vocals
  • Jimmy Ray Jenkins, Albert Lowe – guitar
  • Marvell Thomas – piano
  • George Davis, Spooner Oldham – keyboards
  • Carl Banks, Barry Beckett – organ
  • David Hood – bass guitar
  • Roger Hawkins – drums
  • Gene “Bowlegs” Miller – trumpet
  • James Mitchell, Aaron Varnell – saxophone
  • Floyd Newman – baritone saxophone
  • Charles Chalmers – backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. Tell Mama – Clarence Carter, Marcus Daniel, Wilbur Terrell
  2. I’d Rather Go Blind – Billy Foster, Ellington Jordan, Etta James
  3. Watch Dog – Don Covay
  4. The Love of My Man – Ed Townsend
  5. I’m Gonna Take What He’s Got – Don Covay
  6. The Same Rope – Leonard Caston, Jr., Lloyd Webster
  7. Security – Otis Redding
  8. Steal Away – Jimmy Hughes
  9. My Mother In-Law – George David, Lee Diamond
  10. Don’t Lose Your Good Thing – Rick Hall, Spooner Oldham
  11. It Hurts Me So Much – Charles Chalmers
  12. Just a Little Bit – Rosco Gordon

The Mountain Goats: Dark in Here

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On June 25, 2021, “Merge” label released “Dark in Here”, the 20th Mountain Goats (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2021, at “Fames Studios” in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, and was produced by Matt Ross-Spang.

Personnel:

  • John Darnielle – vocals. guitars, piano
  • Matt Douglas – piano, guitar, woodwinds
  • Peter Hughes – bass
  • Jon Wurster – drums, percussion
  • Spooner Oldham – Hammond B-3, Wurlitzer organ
  • Will McFarlane – guitar
  • Susan Marshall – vocal harmony
  • Reba Russell – vocal harmony
  • Matt Ross-Spang – engineer
  • Shana Gandhi – mixing
  • Brent Lambert – mastering
  • John Lee Gifford – production assistant

Track listing:

All tracks by John Darnielle.

  1. Parisian Enclave
  2. The Destruction of the Kola Superdeep Borehole Tower
  3. Mobile
  4. Dark in Here
  5. Lizard Suit
  6. When a Powerful Animal Comes
  7. To the Headless Horseman
  8. The new Hydra Collection
  9. The Slow Parts on Death Metal Albums
  10. Before I Got There
  11. Arguing with the Ghost of Peter Laughner About His Coney Island Baby Review
  12. Let Me Bathe in Demonic Light

The Big Band of Brothers: A Jazz Celebration of the Allman Brothers Band

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On November 22, 2019, “New West” label released “A Jazz Celebration of The Allman Brothers Band”, an album by the Big Band of Brothers. It was recorded in June 2018, at “Bates Brothers Recording” in Hueytown, Alabama, and was produced by John Harvey, Mark Lanter and Charles Driebe.

Personnel:

  • Mart Avant – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Rob Alley – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Barney Floyd – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Chris Gordon – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Billy Bargetzi – trombone
  • Chad Fisher – trombone
  • Bill Huber – trombone
  • Wycliffe Gordon – soprano trombone
  • Brandon Slocumb – bass trombone
  • Jimmy Bowland – alto saxophone
  • Mace Hibbard – alto saxophone
  • Kelley O’Neal – alto saxophone
  • Dick Aven – tenor, soprano saxophone
  • Nathan McLeod – tenor saxophone
  • Steve Collins – baritone saxophone
  • Marc Broussard – vocals
  • Ruthie Foster – vocals
  • Andy Nevala – piano, Hammond B-3, Rhodes
  • Jack Pearson – slide guitar
  • Matt Casey – guitar
  • Tom Wolfe – guitar
  • Abe Becker – double bass, bass guitar
  • Chris Kozak – double bass, bass guitar
  • David Ray – double bass, bass guitar
  • Mark Lanter – drums
  • Dave Crenshaw – congas, percussion

Track listing:

  1. Statesboro Blues – Blind Willie McTell
  2. Don’t Want You No More – Spencer Davis, Edward Hardin
  3. It’s Not My Cross to Bear – Gregg Allman
  4. Hot ‘Lanta – Duane Allman, Gregg Allman, Dickey Betts, Butch Trucks, Berry Oakley, Jai Johanny Johanson
  5. Whipping Post – Gregg Allman
  6. Stand Back – Gregg Allman
  7. Dreams – Gregg Allman
  8. In Memory of Elizabeth Reed – Bickey Betts
  9. Don’t Keep me Wonderin’ – Gregg Allman
  10. Les Brers in A Minor – Dickey Betts

Allman Betts Band: Down to the River

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On June 28, 2019, “BMG” label released “Down to the River”, the debut Allman Betts Band studio album. It was recorded 2018 – 2019, at “Muscle Shoals Sound Studio” in Sheffield, Alabama, and was produced by Matt Ross Spang.

Personnel:

  • Devon Allman – lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
  • Duane Betts – lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
  • Johnny Stachela – slide and electric guitar
  • Berry Duane Oakley – bass, backing vocals
  • John Lum – drums
  • R. Scott Bryan – percussion, backing vocals
  • Peter Levin – Hammond B-3 organ, Wurlitzer electric piano, piano
  • Matt Ross-Spang – acoustic guitar, percussion
  • Lamar Williams, Jr. – backing vocals
  • Chuck Leavell – piano
  • Matt Ross-Spang – mixing
  • Daniel Lynn – mixing assistant
  • Pete Lyman – mastering
  • Charley Robinson – art direction, design
  • Christopher Brush – photography

Track listing:

  1. All Night – Devon Allman, Duane Betts, Stoll Vaughan
  2. Shinin’ – Duane Betts, Stoll Vaughan
  3. Try – Cisco Adler, Devon Allman
  4. Down to the River – Devon Allman, Duane Betts, Stoll Vaughan
  5. Autumn Breeze – Chris Williams
  6. Good Ol’ Days – Devon Allman
  7. Melodies Are Memories – Devon Allman, Duane Betts, Stoll Vaughan
  8. Southern Accents – Tom Petty
  9. Long Gone – Devon Allman, Duane Betts, Stoll Vaughan

Wilson Pickett: The Exciting Wilson Pickett

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In August 1966, “Atlantic” label released “The Exciting Wilson Pickett”, the third Wilson Pickett album. It was recorded May 1965 – May 1966, in Memphis, Tennessee, and Muscle Shoals, Alabama, and was produced by Jerry Wexler, Steve Cropper, Jim Stewart, Rick Hall, and Tom Dowd.

Personnel:

  • Wilson Pickett– vocals
  • Steve Cropper, Jimmy Johnson, Chips Moman– guitar
  • Joe Hall, Isaac Hayes, Spooner Oldham– keyboards, piano
  • Tommy Cogbill, Donald Dunn– bass guitar
  • Roger Hawkins, Al Jackson Jr.– drums
  • Wayne Jackson, Gene “Bowlegs” Miller– trumpet
  • Charles “Packy” Axton, Andrew Love, Charles Chalmers– tenor saxophone
  • Floyd Newman – baritone saxophone
  • Steve Cropper – supervisor
  • Tom Dowd– engineer, supervisor
  • Rick Hall – engineer, supervisor
  • Jim Stewart– engineer, supervisor
  • Haig Adishian – design
  • Bob Rolontz– liner notes
  • Scott Galloway – liner notes
  • Nick Samardge – photography
  • Jerry Wexler– supervisor

Track listing:

  1. Land of 1000 Dances – Chris Kenner
  2. Something You Got – Chris Kenner
  3. 634-5789 (Soulsville, U.S.A.) – Steve Cropper, Eddie Floyd
  4. Barefootin’ – Robert Parker
  5. Mercy Mercy – Don Covay, Ronald Dean Miller
  6. You’re So Fine – Lance Finney, Willie Schofield, Bob West
  7. In the Midnight Hour – Steve Cropper, Wilson Pickett
  8. Ninety-nine and a Half (Won’t Do) – Steve Cropper, Eddie Floyd, Wilson Pickett
  9. Danger Zone – Steve Cropper, Wilson Pickett
  10. I’m Drifting – Homer Banks, Pickett, David Porter
  11. It’s All Over – Steve Cropper, Wilson Pickett
  12. She’s So Good to Me – Bobby Womack

Samuel Phillips

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On July 30, 2003, Samuel Cornelius Phillips died aged 80. He was record producer, radio DJ, and founder of “Sun Records” and “Sun Studio”, in Memphis, Tennessee. In the 1940s, Phillips worked as a DJ for “Muscle Shoals”, Alabama radio station “WLAY”. In 1951, Phillips recorded what is considered to be the first rock and roll record, “Rocket 88” by Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats. He discovered and produced recordings by Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, and Howlin’ Wolf.