What Are You Listening To?

[Beach]

from my library

Allman Brothers Band - A Decade Of Hits - 1991 - **

I'm not really a big fan of "southern rock", but when a band hangs around this long they have to have put out some decent stuff. And with the bluesy material they perform live, it's pretty good, They are based in Georgia but got together in Jacksonville, Florida in 1969. This compilation pretty much sums it up. It covers the period from 1969 to 1979, their first 6 albums. I'm sure there are other collections after this one, as the band is still touring, but this is their best material.

Favorite Track - Melissa

Crossroads, seem to come and go, yeah.
The gypsy flies from coast to coast

Knowing many, loving none,
Bearing sorrow havin fun,
But back home hell always run
To sweet melissa... mmm...

Freight train, each car looks the same, all the same.
And no one knows the gypsys name

No one hears his lonely sigh,
There are no blankets where he lies.
In all his deepest dreams the gypsy flies
With sweet melissa... mmm...

Again the mornings come,
Again hes on the run,
Sunbeams shining through his hair,
Appearing not to have a care.
Well, pick up your gear and gypsy roll on, roll on.

Crossroads, will you ever let him go? (lord, lord)
Will you hide the dead mans ghost,
Or will he lie, beneath the clay,
Or will his spirit roll away?

But I know that he wont stay without melissa.

Yes I know that he wont stay without melissa.




1) Statesboro Blues - **
....YouTube - Allman Brothers Band - Statesboro Blues -Live
2) Ramblin' Man - **
....YouTube - Allman Brothers - Ramblin' Man
3) Midnight Rider - ***
....YouTube - The Allman Brothers Band - Midnight Rider
4) Southbound - ***
....YouTube - Allman Brothers - Southbound Gainesville Florida 1980
5) Melissa - ***
....YouTube - The Allman Brothers Band - Melissa
6) Jessica - **
....YouTube - Allman Brothers - Jessica
7) Ain't Wastin' Time No More - **
....YouTube - Allman Brothers "Ain't Wastin' Time No More" (Live-2003)
8) Little Martha - *
....YouTube - Allman Brothers Band - Little Martha
9) Crazy Love - *
....YouTube - Crazy Love - Allman Brothers Band
10) Revival - *
......YouTube - Allman Brothers Band - "Revival" 3-17-05
11) Wasted Words - **
12) Blue Sky - **
......YouTube - Allman Brothers Band - Blue Sky
13) One Way Out - **
......YouTube - The Allman Brothers Band 1995 One Way Out Live at the R&RHOF
14) In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed - *
......YouTube - Allman Brothers - In Memory of Elizabeth Reed - 1970
15) Dreams - *
......YouTube - "Dreams" - The Allman Brothers Band - FULL
16) Whipping Post - ***
......YouTube - The Allman Brothers Band with Duane - Whipping Post - Fillmore East - 09/23/1970 (Part 1)

3's - 4
2's - 7
1's - 5

Rating - 2.0

Great song you've chosen as the stand-out, Melissa - I used to sing it with my own band all the time back in 1980/81. Even have a couple of recordings of it from those days somewhere.
Started doing One Way Out during a long-ish stint at a restaurant down in the snow country out here back in 1995 as well.
Have been doing Statesboro Blues for quite a few years and used to do Southbound in a band back in the mid-seventies.
I've always been a fan of the Allmans and of Southern Rock generally. This isn't bad for a greatest hits type set! :wink: