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Musical
Profile Index
Welcome to our summary page of musical artists that
we profile. Many of the bands we have more detailed profiles, which include
topics ranging from reviews, commentary, discography, cd recommendations,
photos, among other topics.
We're always adding new recommendations so stop
back frequently.
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Band
overviews
Allman Brothers | Duane
Allman
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Let There Be Rock |
Back in
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to AC DC came with the release of their second album Let There Be
Rock. What a great record, simple songs, electrifying, powerful, and exciting.
Their later albums offered a more polished sound, but the
simplicity of Let There Be Rock adds to its appeal, and
of the AC/DC albums we've heard we think this is among their
strongest output.
Certainly the title track is classic, and
the way guitarist Malcom Young incorporates the classic riff
of "Hot Rod Lincoln" in a totally new way is not
brilliant, but certainly enjoyable. Overall the whole album
offers a strong flow intermingling punk rock, heavy metal, and
blues.
The late Bon Scott was replaced by Brian Johnson ushering the new era
on Back in Black. |
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The Essential Aerosmith 3.0 [Limited Edition] |
O, Yeah! Ultimate Aerosmith Hits |
Both The Essential Aerosmith 3.0
and O, Yeah! Ultimate Aerosmith Hits
are the same release under a different name. The 2011 edition does
offer a limited edition third disc.
Disc: 3
1. Lord Of The Thighs
2. Toys In The Attic
3. You See Me Crying
4. Baby, Please Don't Go
5. Devil's Got A New Disguise
6. Walk This Way (Live Version) |
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My
favorites Aerosmith releases would be their first
four.
Aerosmith
Get Your Wings
Toys in the Attic
Rocks |
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Get Your Wings |
Toys in the Attic |
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box set Pandora's Box has been out since 1991. Second
hand copies could be had at very prices. Lots of
rarities as well as a focus on the early material. The
sound quality is not quite what I'd expect. |
| Pandora's Box |
Pandora's Box |
Pandora's Box |
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10,000 Clowns on a Rainy Day |
Live |
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Acclaimed
Holland guitarist Jan Akerman drifts from jazz to rock to
blues.
Some of his recordings are hard to come by.
However, his live two-disc, 10,000 Clowns on a Rainy Day, offers
a good value and is easy to track down.
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Gold
Dreams |
Eat a Peach |
| The Allman Brothers Band's are clearly one of the
great successes in rock music. Through the years they have meshed
blues, country, and rock with an emphasis on jamming to the
delight of many satisfied fans.
If you are looking for an introduction to the
Allman Brothers Band, you can't go wrong with The
Allman Brothers Band Gold; two discs of studio material through the 1970's
and some great live tracks. Dreams is a good box-set
that also showcases some solo efforts by Gregg Allman and Dickey
Betts.
Eat a Peach is a classic. The Deluxe
Edition includes a second disc with a concert from 6/27/71,
highly recommended.
Additional Allman Brothers content
Allman Brothers Band Profile
Southern Rock
Guitar and Piano
Videos
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| The Fillmore East
has a few editions. The most relevant are below. |
The Fillmore Concerts
12 songs |
At Fillmore East
13 Songs
Add Midnight Rider to F. Concerts |
The Allman Brothers At Fillmore East
7 Songs |
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| The current
Allman Brothers line-up is awesome with the guitar duo
of Derek Trucks Warren Haynes. Here are some commercial
releases. |
| One Way Out |
Hittin' the Note |
Live at the Beacon Theatre
DVD |
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The current
Allman Brothers line-up celebrated their 40th anniversary
tour in 2009, which was legendary. You can buy the
concerts from their website and they also are often
available through Amazon.
Our top picks from that run.
3/20/09 Clapton
Then the
other top picks.
3/28/09 - Chuck Leavell / Grateful Dead
3/23/09 - King Curtis & classic rock / blues w/ Widespread Panic
3/14/09 - Jazz / Pedal Steel
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3/28/09
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3/23/09
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Duane Allman Anthology Vol. 1 |
Duane Allman Anthology Vol.
2 |
Duane
Allman is best known for his work with the Allman Brothers
Band followed by Derek and the Dominos. Though, prior to
forming the Allman Brothers Band, Duane performed session work
and appears on numerous great records from the likes of Boz
Scaggs, Wilson Pickett, Aretha Franklin, King Curtis to name
just a few.
Our Duane
Allman page reviews The Duane Allman Anthology Vol. 1, and
provides information on many of the albums that he appears
on.
See also Aretha
Franklin
Additional Duane Allman content
Duane
Allman sessions and more
Allman Brothers Band Profile
Southern Rock
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Wilson Pickett
Hey Jude
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King Curtis
Instant Groove
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Boz Scaggs
Boz Scaggs
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on tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, and 10. |
Duane Allman plays on tracks 2, 3, 5 & 7.
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Duane plays on tracks 5, 6, 7, and 8.
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Amazon
Editorial Reviews
Reissues 2011 - Ronnie Hawkins and The Hawk
Ronnie Hawkins is a rockabilly singer who may be more famous for his backup musicians than his own music. His
backup group from the early 1960s, The Hawks, evolved into The Band. His two most sought after albums have never been issued on CD, until now. What makes these albums so special is the guitarist on both albums is Duane Allman.
Ronnie Hawkins was originally issued on the Cotillion label in 1970. Along with Duane Allman, it also features
King Biscuit Boy and Eddie Hinton.
The Hawk was originally issued on the Cotillion label in 1971. Besides Duane Allman, it also features Donald
"Duck" Dunn on bass and The Memphis Horns.
From RonnieHawkins.com
RONNIE HAWKINS
Muscle Shoals Sound
Studio, Alabama, September 1969
Ronnie Hawkins (vocals), Duane Allman
(guitar), Eddie Hinton (guitar), Jimmy Johnston (guitar), David Hood
(bass), Barry Beckett (keyboards), Scott Cushnie (keyboards), King
Biscuit Boy (harmonica), Roger Hawkins (drums), Sweet Inspirations
(chorus). Producers Jerry Wexler and Tom Dowd.
The Hawk
RONNIE HAWKINS
Atlantic South Criteria Studio, Miami, 1971
Ronnie Hawkins (vocals), Duane Allman (guitar/dobro), Charlie Freeman (guitar), Jim Dickinson (piano, acoustic guitar), Donald 'Duck' Dunn (bass), Mike Utley (organ), Sammy Creason (drums), Memphis Horns (-1). Producer Tom Dowd. |
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Ronnie
Hawkins
1. One More Night
2. Bitter Green
3. I May Never Get To Heaven
4. Will The Circle Be Unbroken
5. Matchbox
6. Little Bird
7. One Too Many Mornings
8. Forty Days
9. Down In The Alley
10. Who Do You Love
11. Home From The Forest
The Hawk
1. Don't Tell Me Your Troubles
2. Sick And Tired
3. Lonely Weekends
4. Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee
5. Red Rooster
6. Ooby Dooby
7. The Lady Came From Baltimore
8. Leaves That Are Green
9. Patricia
10. Odessa
11. Treasure Of Love
12. Black Sheep Boy
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Ronnie Hawkins |
The Hawk |
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Low
Country Blues |
The Solo Years 1973-1997: One More Silver Dollar |
Track
List:
1. Floating Bridge (Sleepy John Estes)
2. Little By Little (Junior Wells)
3. Devil Got My Woman (Skip James)
4. I Can't Be Satisfied (Muddy Waters)
5. Blind Man (Bobby Bland)
6. Just Another Rider (Gregg Allman & Warren Haynes)
7. Please Accept My Love (BB King)
8. I Believe I'll Go Back Home (Traditional)
9. Tears Tears Tears (Amos Milburn)
10. My Love is Your Love (Samuel Maghett)
11. Checking On My Baby (Otis Rush)
12. Rolling Stone (Traditional)
Additional Gregg Allman content
Duane
Allman sessions and more
Allman Brothers Band Profile
Southern Rock
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Press
Release
Gregg's new CD, Low Country Blues, is coming out January 18th
on Rounder Records. It features twelve tracks -- 11 blues classics
and one new song written by Gregg and Warren Haynes. The players
include Dr. John on piano, guitarist Doyle Bramhall II, bassist
Dennis Crouch and drummer Jay Bellerose.
The album was produced by T Bone Burnett and
recorded at Village Recorder studios in Los Angeles.
All the photographs are by Danny Clinch, one of
the top photographers in the music industry. They were all taken in
the Low Country, around Gregg's current hometown of Savannah, GA.
Danny has photographed everyone from Springsteen to Willie Nelson,
from Johnny Cash to Tupac Shakur. His work has appeared in Vanity
Fair, Spin, Rolling Stone, GQ, Esquire, the New Yorker, and The New
York Times Magazine, among others.
The CD will be available in all the usual retail
outlets, and favorite online sources like iTunes and Amazon.
It will also be available at every Starbucks in
the country, and Starbucks is very excited to have this new CD in
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other Gregg Allman solo recordings. Searching For Simplicity
from 1997 has a great version of "The Dark End Of The Street,"
to add to my collection of other great renditions (other
favorites include Aretha
Franklin, The
Flying Burrito Brothers, and Linda Ronstadt. Jack Pearson
is the primary guitarist on that album. |
| Laid Back |
The Gregg Allman Tour |
Playin' Up a Storm
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America |
Live 1975
DVD |
From Amazon
America are an Anglo-American folk-rock three-piece formed in London
in 1970 by multi-instrumentalist/vocalists Gerry Beckley and Dan
Peek and singer/guitarist Dewey Bunnell. America are most famous for
their No.1 single "Horse with No Name".
The band released their self-titled debut album in
1971, but this had to be repackaged and re-released the following
year after the success of the single "Horse with No Name",
which was not included on the original release. The single propelled
the band to worldwide success.
The re-released version of the album went platinum
and produced another successful single, "I Need You".
Following a move to the US the band released their next album, Homecoming,
which included the Top 10 single "Ventura Highway" and
helped earn the band the Best New Artist Award at the Grammys.
Their 1973 Hat Trick album was not as
successful but they managed to co-opt former Beatles producer George
Martin to work on the follow-up Holiday. Martin put his
stamp on the album, adding strings and brass to the sound, and
America made it back into the Top 10 singles charts with "Tin
Man" and "Lonely People". Their next album, Hearts,
produced the No.1 single "Sister Golden Hair", but this
was to mark the beginning of the band's commercial decline.
After a few years, during which the band were well
below their commercial peak, changes in personnel and musical style
paid off in 1982 with View From the Ground. The album
featured contributions from Beach Boy Carl Wilson and Argent's Russ
Ballard. It made the Top 50, while the single "You Can Do
Magic" took the band into the Top 10 of the Billboard charts.
The next album, the Ballard-produced Your Move, had another
hit single "The Border", but album sales failed to match
their previous releases.
America are now being name checked and
recognized by a new generation of artists. Janet Jackson used the
"Ventura Highway" riff in her 2002 hit single
"Someone to Call My Lover", and the band collaborated with
Fountains of Wayne frontman Adam Schlesinger on their Here and
Now album released in 2007.
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Guitar Legend:
The RCA Years |
The Early Years 1946-1957
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Chet Atkins
style of playing is not
popular with the masses so he often gets overlooked, but his musical
abilities are no doubt
phenomenal and we consider him one of the best guitarist
players. Atkins' largest
influence came as a session musician and a record producer, and he is often credited with creating the Nashville sound. That's an
incredible accomplishment. Chet's recording career is as impressive an anybody's. A
great overview is his two disc release from RCA records.
Chet Atkins was
influenced by Django
Reinhardt. His earliest material makes it obvious.
However, he didn't just copy the riffs and personnel line-up.
Rather, he had his style to the guitar arrangements. As for
personnel, with the Colorado Mountain Boys he used a fiddle
player, but after that just on occasion. He also used
accordion and lots of mandolin.
Chet Atkins, The Early Years 1946-1957,
on the JSP label, covers quite a bit of material is very
reasonably priced. The release made his previous set, Galloping
Guitar: The Early Years, irrelevant as it includes all the
material on that plus another 40 or so songs for much less
money.
Chester & Lester is a fine album.
The two masters are backed by Nashville studio musician:
Piano - Randy Goodrum
Drums - Larrie Londin
Rhythm guitar Paul Yandell or Ray Endenton or Bobby Thompson
Bass - Henry Strzelecki or Bob Moore
Recorded in 1975 released in 1976
Liner notes by Nat Hentoff and Rich Kienzle. Very few overdubs
on this fun filled recording session.
Atkins-Travis Traveling Show / Reflections
Chet and Merle on the "Atkins Travis Traveling Show - 1974
recording
Reflections - Collection with Chet and Doc Watson - 1980
release
Additional Chet Atkins content
Guitar Greats
Country: guitar and piano
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Atkins-Travis Traveling Show / Reflections |
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