The Gregg Allman Tour

by Gregg Allman

Overview

Gregg Allman's tour in support of his debut solo LP, Laid Back, led to the recording of this album (originally two LPs) at Carnegie Hall in New York and the Capitol Theatre in Passaic, NJ. It's a match for Laid Back in musical value and then some, with a good, wide range of repertory and great performances throughout by all concerned, plunging head-first and deep into blues, R&B, honky tonk, and gospel. Strangely enough, the album contains only three of Laid Back's songs -- "Don't Mess Up a Good Thing" opens the show in a properly spirited, earthy manner, but it's the second song, "Queen of Hearts," in a soaring rendition, with gorgeous backing by Annie Sutton, Erin Dickins, and Lynn Rubin, and superb sax work by Randall Bramblett and David Brown, that shows Allman in his glory as a singer and bandleader. Allman gives a lively, raucous, honky tonk-style rendition of the Elvis Presley hit "I Feel So Bad," complete with a killer guitar solo by Tommy Talton, and "Turn on Your Lovelight" gets an extended treatment worthy of the Allman Brothers Band. One would expect that, with Chuck Leavell and Jaimoe present in the band, there were be more similarity to the Allmans' sound, and that they'd be prominently featured, but Tommy Talton and bassist Kenny Tibbetts get more of a spotlight. Several Allman Brothers songs are present here, in more laid-back and lyrical versions, and the Capricorn Records band Cowboy -- essentially serving as the core of Allman's touring band -- gets a featured spot with two songs, "Time Will Take Us" and "Where Can You Go," that leave one wanting to hear a lot more concert material from them, and from Talton as a singer. ~ Bruce Eder

Product Details

Release Date:	08/30/2019
Label:	Mercury
UPC:	0602577605703

Tracks

Disc 1

1. Don't Mess Up a Good Thing
2. Queen of Hearts
3. I Feel So Bad
4. Turn On Your Love Light
5. Oncoming Traffic
6. Will the Circle Be Unbroken

Disc 2

7. Stand Back
8. Time Will Take Us
9. Where Can You Go?
10. Double Cross
11. Dreams
12. Are You Lonely for Me Baby

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Gregg Allman   Primary Artist,Organ,Piano,Vocals,Keyboards
Cowboy   Primary Artist
Jai Johanny Johanson   Congas,Percussion
Johnny Sandlin   Bass
Scott Boyer   Guitar,Vocal Harmony,Guitar (Rhythm)
Peter Ecklund   Trumpet
Tommy Talton   Guitar,Vocals,Slide Guitar
Chuck Leavell   Piano,Piano (Electric)
Randall Bramblett   Sax,Horn,Organ,Soloist,Saxophone,Sax (Alto),Sax (Soprano)
Max Cahn   String Director
Todd Logan   Trumpet
Lynn Rubin   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Kenny Tibbetts   Bass,Bass (Electric)
Annie Sutton   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Harold Williams   Saxophone
Dave Brown   Saxophone
Peter Eklund   Trumpet
Erin Dickins   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Bill Stewart   Drums
Johnny Lee Johnson   Drums
David Brown   Bass

Technical Credits

Traditional   Composer
Berry Oakley   Composer
Chuck Willis   Composer
Jai Johanny Johanson   Drum Arrangements
Ed Freeman   Horn Arrangements,String Arrangements
Andy Cousin   Composer
Janice B. Allman   Composer
M. Christian   Composer
Deadric Malone   Composer
Warne Livesey   Composer
Julianne Regan   Composer
Johnny Sandlin   Arranger,Producer,Remixing
Joseph Scott   Composer
Mark Price   Composer
Marty Willson-Piper   Composer
Oliver Sain   Composer
George Marino   Mastering
Tom Flye   Engineer
Buddy Thornton   Technical Assistance
Suha Gur   Remastering,Digital Remastering
Bert Berns   Composer
Kalifornia Kurt Kinzel   Assistant Engineer
Chuck Leavell   Composer
Gregg Allman   Arranger,Composer,Producer
Sam Whiteside   Remixing
Roy Acuff   Composer
Randall Bramblett   Horn Arrangements
Ovie Sparks   Technical Assistance
Tom Scott   Engineer
Gyro   Technical Assistance
Richard Mantel   Design
Minoru Harada   Product Manager
Al Clayton   Photography
Chihiro Nozaki   Art Research
Joseph Wade Scott   Composer
Frank Thomas Talton   Composer
Charles Alfred Leavell   Composer