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Allman Brothers Band – Live at American University (1970) (@320)
15 Jun 2008
(Review from cduniverse.com)
While there’s no certainly no shortage of live Allman Brothers Band albums, each with something to recommend it, this one finds the group at its jaw-dropping peak. Recorded in Washington, D.C. just a few months before the performance captured on the band’s seminal “Live At Fillmore East” album, this live album concentrates on the bluesiest aspects of the Allmans’ sound.
While the country and jazz elements of the band’s style are hinted at here, and there’s no shortage of extended jams on such epics as “You Don’t Love Me” and “Whippin’ Post”, (which were new to the Allmans repertoire at the time), the Chicago blues influence predominates. The fury and forward motion the band lends to Muddy Waters’s “Trouble No More” and their pumped-up, house-rocking take on Bilind Willie McTell’s “Statesboro Blues” (just imagine a time when the latter was not tainted by classic-rock ubiquity) mark the Allmans as true blues ambassadors.
The burning, youthful energy that courses throughout “Live At American University” makes it a must for fans of the Allmans’ vintage era.
Line-up:
* Gregg Allman / vocals, Hammond b-3 organ
* Duane Allman / guitar, slide guitar
* Dickey Betts / guitar
* Berry Oakley / bass guitar
* Butch Trucks / drums, timpani
* Jai Johanny “Jaimoe” Johanson / drums, percussion
Track List:
01. Statesboro Blues
02. Trouble No More
03. Don’t Keep Me Wonderin’
04. Leave My Blues At Home
05. Stormy Monday
06. You Don’t Love Me
07. Whippin’ Post
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about 2 years ago
Incredible stuff! Thanks a lot!
/Jörg, Sweden
about 2 years ago
Thanx from Statesboro
about 8 months ago
Thank you for the Allmans, luv em.