Brothers and Sisters [LP]

by The Allman Brothers Band

Overview

Released a year after Eat a Peach, Brothers and Sisters shows off a leaner brand of musicianship, which, coupled with a pair of serious crowd-pleasers, "Ramblin' Man" and "Jessica," helped drive it to the top of the charts for a month and a half and to platinum record sales. This was the first album to feature the group's new lineup, with Chuck Leavell on keyboards and Lamar Williams on bass, as well as Dickey Betts' emergence as a singer alongside Gregg Allman. The tracks appear on the album in the order in which they were recorded, and the first three, up through "Ramblin' Man," feature Berry Oakley -- their sound is rock-hard and crisp. The subsequent songs with Williams have the bass buried in the mix, and an overall muddier sound. The interplay between Leavell and Betts is beautiful on some songs, and Betts' slide on "Pony Boy" is a dazzling showcase that surprised everybody. Despite its sales, Brothers and Sisters is not quite a classic album (although it was their best for the next 17 years), especially in the wake of the four that had appeared previously, but it served as a template for some killer stage performances, and it proved that the band could survive the deaths of two key members. ~ Bruce Eder

Product Details

Release Date:	06/25/2013
Label:	Mercury
UPC:	0602537287987
Rank:	5306

Tracks

1. Wasted Words
2. Ramblin' Man
3. Come and Go Blues
4. Jelly Jelly
5. Southbound
6. Jessica
7. Pony Boy

Album Credits

Performance Credits

The Allman Brothers Band   Primary Artist,Organ,Vocals,Guitar (Rhythm),Vocals (Background)
Dickey Betts   Dobro,Slide Guitar,Guitar (Electric),Guitar,Vocals,Hambone,Lead Vocals
Gregg Allman   Organ,Guitar,Piano,Vocals,Keyboards,Lead Vocals,Guitar (Rhythm),Organ (Hammond),Vocals (Background)
Les Dudek   Guest Artist,Guitar,Guitar (Acoustic)
Berry Oakley   Bass
Jai Johanny Johanson   Drums,Congas,Percussion
Jaimoe   Drums,Congas,Percussion
Lamar Williams   Bass,Bass (Acoustic)
Richard Betts   Dobro,Guitar,Vocals,Slide Guitar
Tommy Talton   Guitar (Acoustic)
Butch Trucks   Drums,Congas,Hambone,Timpani,Percussion
Chuck Leavell   Piano,Vocals,Keyboards,Synthesizer,Piano (Electric),Vocals (Background)

Technical Credits

The Allman Brothers Band   Audio Production,Producer
Johnny Sandlin   Audio Production,Mixing,Engineer,Producer,Remixing
T-Bone Walker   Composer
Trade Martin   Composer
Traditional   Composer
Sleepy John Estes   Composer
Sonny Boy Williamson II   Composer
John Newton   Composer
Blind Willie McTell   Composer
Kevin Reeves   Mixing
Clarence Lewis   Composer
Jai Johanny Johanson   Composer
Jaimoe   Composer
Lamar Williams   Composer
Kurt Kinzell   Mixing
Elmore James   Composer
Don Gibson   Composer
Mac McAnally   Composer
Casey Bill Weldon   Composer
Dickey Betts   Composer
Richard Betts   Composer
Roy Jordan   Composer
Marshall Sehorn   Composer
McKinley Morganfield   Composer
Butch Trucks   Composer
Morris Levy   Composer
Muddy Waters   Composer
Tom Flye   Engineer
Buddy Thornton   Engineer
Bill Levenson   Mixing,Editing
Chuck Leavell   Composer
Gregg Allman   Composer
Les Dudek   Composer
Merle Watson   Composer
Ovie Sparks   Mixing,Engineer,Remixing
Willie Cobbs   Composer
Sonny Boy Williamson I   Composer
T. Martin   Composer
Eliot Kissileff   Mixing,Editing
Forrest Richard Betts   Composer
William Weldon   Composer
Edwin Othello   Composer
Robert Kim Payne   Composer
William McTell   Composer
Charles Alfred Leavell   Composer
Willie C. Cobbs   Composer
Tom Scott   Engineer