Nick Grant

Time, Quality, Money — pick two.

I recently dusted off an old Allman Brothers album that I haven’t heard in about 10 years. Here’s what I thought about it.

Artist: The Allman Brothers Band
Album: Beginnings
Release: 1973 

I give this the album a solid C.

The dueling guitar work of Dicky and Duane starts off hot but then starts to fizzle as it finishes out Dreams. The rest of the album starts going down hill as it plays through the studio version of Whipping Post and the painfully god awful sound of Rivival. It does start to perk back up on Don’t Keep Me Wonderin’ but then fades fast again on weak version of Elizabeth Reed and a stupid rendition of Hoochie Coochie Man. Please Call Home was so slow that I went and got another coffee because I got tired. It does end on a high note with Leave My Blues At Home but if I was the producer I would of added this to 1st half of the album and ditch the rest.

Track List:

    Don’t Want You No More
    It’s Not My Cross To Bear
    Black Hearted Woman
    Trouble No More
    Every Hungry Woman
    Dreams
    Whipping Post
    Revival
    Don’t Keep Me Wonderin’
    Midnight Rider
    In Memory of Elizabeth Reed
    Hoochie Coochie Man
    Please Call Home
    Leave My Blues At Home

Eject CD and put back on shelf for another 10 years.