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Record ID
14
Artist
Greg Allman
Title
Laid Back
Field / Genre
Rock
Year Recorded
1973
Label
Capricorn
Pressing
Am
Rating
**
Discs
1
Media
R
Date Bought
1 Jan 1900
Cost
¤8.00
Cover Name
—
Review
<p>Recorded in the same year as the Brothers and Sisters album, this solo debut release is a beautiful amalgam of R&B, folk, and gospel sounds, with the best singing on any of Gregg Allman's solo releases. He covers his own "Midnight Rider" in a more mournful, dirge-like manner, and Jackson Browne's "These Days" gets its most touching and tragic-sounding rendition as well. Although Chuck Leavell and Jaimoe are here, there's very little that sounds like the Allman Brothers Band -- prominent guitars, apart from a few licks by Tommy Talton (Cowboy, ex-We the People), are overlooked in favor of gospel-tinged organ and choruses behind Allman's soulful singing.</p><p>—<strong>Bruce Eder</strong></p>