Gregg Allman is most famous for being the main lead vocalist and keyboardist for the Allman Brothers Band, but he also had an occasional solo career from the early 1970s until his death in 2017. As part of his solo work, he sometimes played songs in a solo acoustic format. Personally, I really like his solo acoustic style, but he never released an entire album like that. So I've gathered two albums of songs in that format. Here's the first one.
The thing about Allman playing solo acoustic is that he had a small number of favorite songs, such as "Melissa" and "These Days," and he mostly just played those. But what I've done is including only one version of each song across these two albums. A few of the songs were also played by the Allman Brothers Band, such as "Midnight Rider," but most of these songs were from his solo albums instead, where they were usually played with a full band.
All but three of the songs here come from an official compilation called "One More Try: An Anthology," which was released in 1996. Nearly all of the performances from that album were previously unreleased. But for whatever reason, Allman didn't like that album. He pulled it from the stores after a short time, and it's remained out of print ever since. Most of the songs from it are studio versions done as outtakes from his solo albums. The first song has appeared elsewhere as a bonus track. The last two are officially unreleased, but they sound great because they were done for a radio station appearance.
This is very different from the Allman Brothers Band with extended solo work. The songs are generally just Gregg Allman singing and playing an acoustic guitar, or occasionally a piano or keyboards. So if you like acoustic music like I do, definitely check this out.
01 These Days (Gregg Allman)
02 Catfish Blues (Gregg Allman)
03 God Rest His Soul (Gregg Allman)
04 Multi-Colored Lady (Gregg Allman)
05 Will the Circle Be Unbroken (Gregg Allman)
06 Adam's Song - Shadow Dream Song (Gregg Allman)
07 Bring It on Back (Gregg Allman)
08 One More Try (Gregg Allman)
09 Midnight Rider (Gregg Allman)
10 Melissa (Gregg Allman)
https://www.upload.ee/files/15123528/GreggA_1972-1974_AcoustcVolume1_atse.zip.html
I'm not sure exactly where or when the cover art photo comes from, but I would guess from Allman's appearance that it's from the 1970s.
Thank you.
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