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Listen: New Gregg Allman Album 'Low Country Blues'

Allman's first album in 14 years is a collection of classic blues covers

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January 14, 2011 6:10 PM ET
Listen: New Gregg Allman Album 'Low Country Blues'

Click to listen to Gregg Allman's Low Country Blues

Low Country Blues, Gregg Allman's first album in 14 years, is a collection of blues classics recorded by the Allman Brothers Band frontman with producer T Bone Burnett. Rolling Stone's David Fricke praised the record for its "austere, consciously antique production" and the way Allman's "blues-wolf growl" suits grim standards like Skip James' "Devil Got My Woman" and Amos Milburn's "Tears, Tears, Tears." Click above to hear it for yourself in this audio stream of the album in its entirety.

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