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The Gregg Allman Band: Uncle Sam

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On September 20. 2024, “Sawrite Records” label released “Uncle Sam”, a live album by Gregg Allman Band (The). It was recorded in July 1983, at “Uncle Sam’s” in Hull, Massachusetts.

Personnel:

  • Gregg Allman – lead vocals, Hammond B-3 organ, acoustic guitar
  • Dan Toler – lead guitar
  • Greg Voorhess – bass
  • Frankie Toler – drums
  • Bruce Waibel – guitar
  • Chaz Trippy – percussion
  • Donn Finney – saxophone, flute
  • Larry Finney – trumpet

Track listing:

  1. Dreams – Gregg Allman
  2. Sweet Feelin’ – Candi Staton, Clarence Carter, Marcus Daniel, Rick Hall
  3. Hot ‘Lanta – Duane Allman, Gregg Allman, Dickey Betts, Jai Johanny Johanson, Berry Oakley, Butch Trucks
  4. Queen of Hearts – Gregg Allman
  5. Trouble No More – McKinley Morganfield
  6. Don’t Keep Me Wonderin’ – Gregg Allman
  7. Melissa – Gregg Allman, Stephen Alaimo
  8. Statesboro Blues – Willie McTell

The Dickey Betts Band: Pattern Discruptive

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On October 18, 1988, “Epic” label released “Pattern Disruptive”, album by the Dickey Betts Band (the fourth Dickey Betts album overall). It was recorded in 1988, and was produced by John Mathias, Dickey Betts, Warren Haynes, Johnny Neel, Marty Privette, and Matt Abts.

  • Dickey Betts – lead vocals, guitar
  • Warren Haynes – lead and backing vocals, guitar
  • Johnny Neel – lead and backing vocals, keyboards, harmonica
  • Marty Privette – bass, backing vocals
  • Matt Abts – drums, backing vocals
  • Butch Trucks – percussion
  • Jon Mathias – recording, mixing
  • David Murphy – engineer assistant
  • George Marino – mastering
  • Chris Austopchuk – art direction
  • Hans Neleman – photography
  • Jessica Betts – letter design
  • Michael Caplan – executive producer

Track listing:

  1. Rock Bottom – Dickey Betts, Warren Haynes, Johnny Neel
  2. Stone Cold Heart – Dickey Betts, Warren Haynes, Haynes, Johnny Neel
  3. Time to Roll – Dickey Betts, Warren Haynes, Johnny Neel
  4. The Blues Ain’t Nothin’ – Johnny Neel, Kim Morrison
  5. Heartbreak Line – Dickey Betts
  6. Duane’s Tune – Dickey Betts
  7. Under the Guns of Love – Dickey Betts, Johnny Neel, Mike Lawler
  8. C’est la Vie – Dickey Betts, Johnny Neel
  9. Far Cry – Johnny Neel, Kim Morrison, Warren Haynes
  10. Loverman – Dickey Betts

The Allman Brothers Band: At Filmore East

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On July 6, 1971, “Capricorn” label released “At Fillmore East”, the third Allman Brothers Band (The) album. It was recorded in March 1971, at “Filmore East” in New York City, and was produced by Tom Dowd.

Personnel:

  • Duane Allman – lead and slide guitar
  • Dickey Betts – lead guitar
  • Gregg Allman – vocals, organ, piano
  • Berry Oakley – bass guitar
  • Jai Johanny Johanson – drums, congas, timbales
  • Butch Trucks – drums, timpani
  • Thom Doucette – harmonica
  • Jim Santi – tambourine
  • Aaron Baron – engineer
  • Sam Whiteside – engineer
  • Larry Dahlstrom – engineer assistant
  • Dennis M. Drake – mastering
  • Jim Marshall – photography
  • Tom Dowd – liner notes
  • Bruce Malamut – assistant producer

Track listing:

  1. Statesboro Blues – Blind Willie McTell
  2. Done Somebody Wrong – Clarence Lewis, Bobby Robinson, Elmore James
  3. Stormy Monday Blues – T-Bone Walker
  4. You Don’t Love Me – Willie Cobbs
  5. Hot ‘Lanta – Duane Allman, Greg Allman, Dickey Betts, Butch Tricks, Berry Oakley, Jai Johanny Johanson
  6. In Memory of Elizabeth Reed – Dickey Betts
  7. Whipping Post – Gregg Allman

Deep Purple: Turning to Crime

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On November 26, 2021, “earMusic” label released “Turning to Crime”, the twenty-second Deep Purple studio album. It was recorded in 2021, and was produced by Bob Ezrin.

Personnel:

  • Ian Gillan – lead and backing vocals, percussion
  • Steve Morse – vocals, guitars
  • Don Airey – keyboards
  • Roger Glover – vocals and backing vocals, bass, additional keyboards, percussion
  • Ian Paice – drums
  • Bob Ezrin – vocals and backing vocals
  • Leo Green – tenor saxophone, horns arrangement
  • Matt Holland – trumpet
  • Gina Forsyth – fiddle
  • Bruce Daigrepont – squeeze box
  • Julian Shank – percussion
  • Nicole Thalia – backing vocals
  • Marsha B. Morrison – backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. 7 and 7 is – Arthur Lee
  2. Rockin’ Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu – Huey “Piano” Smith
  3. Oh Well – Peter Green
  4. Jenny Take a Ride! – Bob Crew
  5. Watching the River Flow – Bob Dylan
  6. Let the Good Times Roll – Sam Theard, Fleecie Moore
  7. Dixie Chicken – Lowell George, Fred Martin
  8. Shapes of Things – Jim McCarty, Keith Ralf, Paul Samwell-Smith
  9. The Battle of New Orleans – Jimmy Driftwood
  10. Lucifer – Bob Seger
  11. White Room – Jack Bruce, Pete Brown
  12. Caught in the Act
  13. Going Down – Don Nix
  14. Green Onions – Booker T, Jones, Steve Cropper, Lewie Steinberg, Al Jackson Jr.
  15. Hot Lanta – Duane Allman, Greg Allman, Dickey Betts, Butch Trucks, Berry Oakley, Jai Johanny Johanson
  16. Dazed and Confused – Jake Holmes, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant
  17. Gimme Some Lovin’ – Steve Winwood, Spencer Davis, Muff Winwood

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

The Allman Brothers Band: Brothers Of The Road

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In August 1981, “Arista” label released “Brothers of the Road”, the eighth Allman Brothers Band (The) studio album. It was recorded in March 1981, at “Young’un Sound” in Nashville, and was produced by John Ryan.

Personnel:

  • Gregg Allman– vocals, organ, acoustic guitar
  • Dickey Betts– vocals, lead, slide, and acoustic guitar
  • “Dangerous” Dan Toler– lead and rhythm guitar
  • David “Rook” Goldflies– bass
  • Butch Trucks– drums
  • David “Frankie” Toler– drums
  • Mark “Tito” Morris– congas, timbales, percussion
  • Mike Lawler– pianos, synthesizers, clavinet
  • Charlie Daniels– fiddle
  • Jimmy Hall– sax
  • Thomas Cain, Johnny Cobb, Jimmy Hall, Chip Young, Greg Guidry, Joy Lannon, Donna McElroy, Keith England, Jeff Silverman, Randall Hart, Peter Kingsberry, Joe Pizzulo – backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. Brothers of the Road – Dickey Betts, Jim Goff
  2. Leavin’ – Gregg Allman
  3. Straight from the Heart – Dickey Betts, Johnny Cobb
  4. The Heat Is On – Dickey Betts, Mike Lawler, Buddy Yochim
  5. Maybe We Can Go Back to Yesterday – Dickey Betts, Dan Toler
  6. The Judgment – Dickey Betts
  7. Two Rights – Dickey Betts, Cobb, Lawler
  8. Never Knew How Much (I Needed You) – Gregg Allman
  9. Things You Used to Do – Gregg Allman, Keith England
  10. I Beg of You – Rose Marie McCoy, Kelly Owens

The Allman Brothers Band: Reach For The Sky

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In August 1980, “Arista” label released “Reach for the Sky”, the seventh Allman Brothers Band (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1980, at “Pyramid Eye Recording Studio” in Lookout Mountain, Georgia, and was produced by Mike Lawler and Johnny Cobb.

Personnel:

  • Gregg Allman- vocals, keyboards
  • Dickey Betts- vocals, guitar
  • Dan Toler- guitar
  • David Goldflies – bass
  • Butch Trucks- drums, percussion
  • Jai Johanny Johanson- drums

Track list

  1. Hell & High Water –Dickey Betts
  2. Mystery Woman – Gregg Allman, Dan Toler
  3. From the Madness of the West – Dickey Betts
  4. I Got a Right to be Wrong – Dickey Betts
  5. Angeline – Dickey Betts, Johnny Cobb, Mike Lawler
  6. Famous Last Words – Dickey Betts, Bonnie Bramlett
  7. Keep On Keepin’ On – Dickey Betts, Dan Toler
  8. So Long – Gregg Allman, Dan Toler

The Marshall Tucker Band: Searchin’ For A Rainbow

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On August 20, 1975, “Capricorn” label released “Searchin’ for a Rainbow”, the fourth  Marshall Tucker Band studio album. It was recorded July 1974 – May / June 1975, and was produced by Paul Hornsby.

Personnel:

  • Doug Gray- lead vocals, percussion
  • Toy Caldwell- lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, steel guitar
  • Tommy Caldwell- bass guitar, backing vocals
  • George McCorkle – acoustic and electric guitars, guitars, banjo
  • Jerry Eubanks- flute, alto, baritone and tenor saxophone, backing vocals
  • Paul Riddle – drums
  • Dickey Betts- guitar solo
  • Al McDonald – mandolin
  • Paul Hornsby– piano, organ
  • Chuck Leavell – electric piano
  • Jerome Joseph – congas
  • Leo LaBranche – trumpet, horn arrangements
  • Charlie Daniels– fiddle
  • George Marino – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Toy Caldwell, except where noted.

  1. Fire on the Mountain – George McCorkle
  2. Searchin’ for a Rainbow
  3. Walkin’ and Talkin’
  4. Virginia
  5. Bob Away My Blues
  6. Keeps Me from All Wrong – Tommy Caldwell
  7. Bound and Determined
  8. Can’t You See” (Recorded Live July 31, 1974 at the Performing Arts Center, Milwaukee Wisconsin)

The Allman Brothers Band: Win, Lose Or Draw

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In August 1975, “Capricorn” label released “Win, Lose or Draw”, the fifth Allman Brothers Band (The) studio album. It was recorded February – July 1975, at “Capricorn Sound Studios” in Macon, and “The Record Plant” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Johnny Sandlin, Gregg Allman, Richard Betts, Jaimoe, Chuck Leavell, Butch Trucks and Lamar Williams. The cover art was by Twiggs Lyndon.

Personnel:

  • Gregg Allman— lead vocals, organ, clavinet, acoustic guitar
  • Richard Betts— lead vocals, acoustic and lead guitar, slide guitar
  • Jaimoe— drums and percussion
  • Chuck Leavell— piano, electric piano, Moog synthesizer, clavinet,  backing vocals
  • Lamar Williams— electric bass
  • Johnny Sandlin — drums, percussion, acoustic guitar
  • Butch Trucks— drums, congas, percussion, timpani
  • Bill Stewart — drums
  • Sam Whiteside – engineer
  • Carolyn Harriss – engineer assistant
  • Johnny Sandlin, Sam Whiteside, Carolyn Harriss – remix

Track listing:

  1. Can’t Lose What You Never Had – Muddy Waters
  2. Just Another Love Song- Dickey Betts
  3. Nevertheless – Gregg Allman
  4. Win, Lose or Draw – Gregg Allman
  5. Louisiana Lou and Three Card Monty John – Dickey Betts
  6. High Falls – Dickey Betts
  7. Sweet Mama – Billy Joe Shaver

The Allman Brothers Band: Brothers And Sisters

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In August 1973, “Capricorn” label released “Brothers and Sisters”, the fourth Allman Brothers Band (The) album. It was recorded October–December 1972, at “Capricorn Sound Studios”, and was produced by Johnny Sandlin, Gregg Allman, Dickey Betts, Berry Oakley, Jai Johanny Johanson, Butch Trucks, Chuck Leavell and Lamar Williams.

Personnel:

  • Gregg Allman– vocals, organ, rhythm guitar, backing vocals
  • Dickey Betts– lead and slide guitar, vocals
  • Berry Oakley– bass guitar
  • Jai Johanny Johanson– drums, congas
  • Butch Trucks– drums, percussion, timpani, congas
  • Chuck Leavell– piano, backing vocals, electric piano
  • Lamar Williams – bass guitar
  • Les Dudek– co-lead and acoustic guitar
  • Tommy Talton – acoustic guitar
  • Johnny Sandlin, Ovie Sparks – engineer, remix
  • Buddy Thornton – engineer
  • George Marino– mastering
  • Judi Reeve – graphic content
  • Barry Feinstein, Vicki Hodgett – layout, design
  • Dan Hudson, Jr, Bo Meriwether – photography

Track listing:

    1. Wasted Words – Gregg Allman
    2. Ramblin’ Man – Dickey Bets
    3. Come and Go Blues – Gregg Allman
    4. Jelly Jelly – Gregg Allman
    5. Southbound – Dickey Betts
    6. Jessica – Dickey Betts
    7. Pony Boy – Dickey Betts