Gregg Allman

This album has been in the works for some time and was almost completed when work
began on Brothers And Sisters. Several sessions with noted musicians weren't used, but it
was through his keyboard work on these tracks that Chuck Leavell was asked to join the
Brothers Band. The operative word is production -- lots of horns and strings (46 pieces on
one cut, and a 14-voice chorus). Gregg seems content to concentrate on vocals;... More >

Gregg still doesn't know the difference between drawling slowly and singing soulfully, and it isn't tragedy that makes him sound so doleful, it's a limited formal imagination. That said, it must be admitted that he puts a lot into "These Days" and "Midnight Rider," and that the reason you can listen to such originals as "Please Call Home" and "Multicolored Lady" isn't the writing. (Grade: B)