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The Allman Brothers Band

Where It All Begins

RS: 3of 5 Stars

1994

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Twin leads, two drummers, an impossibly soulful vocalist – no American band ever emerged with the sheer power of the Allmans. It's the tragedy of these terrific players that, ever since the long-ago deaths of Duane Allman and Berry Oakley, their albums have only echoed – clearly or confusedly – their original boom. This time out, Gregg's world-weary singing and guitarist Dickey Betts' country inclinations get subsumed too often in formula blooze. But there's no denying stellar jamming. Give the Brothers any obvious three-chord sequence, and they soar, spinning solos and building percussive thunder.

PAUL EVANS

(Posted: Jul 14, 1994)

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