this week, I'm excited about
The Allman Brothers Band.
Who can blame me?
According to their biography at RollingStone.com, The Allman Brothers Band is an original jam band that blended blues, R&B, country, jazz, and gospel to create a "new south" sound. Although their debut album, The Allman Brothers Band, sold well only in the south, the band eventually gained a reputation for playing live. Since then, 1971's Live at Fillmore East has gained the type of notoriety that Johnny Cash got from Live at Folsom Prison."Ramblin' Man," as seen in the title of this post, was the band's first and biggest single. It was No. 2 in 1973.
According to Rolling Stone, the band was plagued with tragic deaths like that of Duane Allman, who was killed in a motorcycle accident in 1971. The band experienced turmoil over the years and regrouped in 1978 and then again in 1989, at which time it was attracting a new generation of fans that hailed it as the father of collegiate-jam rock (like the Dave Matthews Band). Gregg Allman is still kickin' and will be at Bonnaroo with the band this year.
The Allman Brothers Band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995 and won a Grammy for "Jessica" in 1996 (which, if you are unfamiliar, was featured on Guitar Hero II for Playstation II). Another song you might be familiar with is "Sweet Melissa" (which was featured in the Oscar nominated film "Brokeback Mountain," for you fans of the movie).
Check out the band's official Web site, http://www.allmanbrothersband.com/, for more information.
I have always been a sucker for some classic rock with a little bit of twang, so the Allman Brothers Band is sweet, sweet music to my ears. Literally. It's the kind of stuff I was raised on (and the kind of stuff that kept me up all night watching those Time Life informercials -- "Gods of Southern Rock" or whatever).
Turn on the sound and refer to my Project Playlist at the bottom of the page for some examples of their work.
According to Rolling Stone, the band was plagued with tragic deaths like that of Duane Allman, who was killed in a motorcycle accident in 1971. The band experienced turmoil over the years and regrouped in 1978 and then again in 1989, at which time it was attracting a new generation of fans that hailed it as the father of collegiate-jam rock (like the Dave Matthews Band). Gregg Allman is still kickin' and will be at Bonnaroo with the band this year.
The Allman Brothers Band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995 and won a Grammy for "Jessica" in 1996 (which, if you are unfamiliar, was featured on Guitar Hero II for Playstation II). Another song you might be familiar with is "Sweet Melissa" (which was featured in the Oscar nominated film "Brokeback Mountain," for you fans of the movie).
Check out the band's official Web site, http://www.allmanbrothersband.com/, for more information.
I have always been a sucker for some classic rock with a little bit of twang, so the Allman Brothers Band is sweet, sweet music to my ears. Literally. It's the kind of stuff I was raised on (and the kind of stuff that kept me up all night watching those Time Life informercials -- "Gods of Southern Rock" or whatever).
Turn on the sound and refer to my Project Playlist at the bottom of the page for some examples of their work.
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