At Fillmore East

My opinion on this album is really two-fold.

On the one hand this is one of the best live albums ever recorded. You can really hear this is an amazing band that really need a live venue to bring the magic that their regular albums kind of lack. They're bringing their own compositions and covers to impressive song lengths with passion and intensity. Duane Allman is the best slide guitarist I've ever heard. The intermezzo on "You Don't Love Me" is the prime example of this.

On the other hand, if you really don't like listening to glorified jam sessions on record while not in the crowd this is a bitter pill to swallow. And you lose interest after the 2nd 8 minute solo.

Meh..too long. Don't do blues jams all that much. 1.5/5

Right up my street this one, a few songs go on a bit much but overall brilliant live album.

I'm generally not into southern rock but I can't deny that these guys rock in the classical sense of the word. Love the extended jams here and the slide guitar.

Great, even if I'm still not sure live albums belong on the list. The final track - a 77 minute (or so) version of whipping post is an all-timer.

De sessie heeft een bijzonder sterke start, waarbij zang en muziek beide duidelijk flinke kracht in zich hebben. Dit wordt bij beide precies voldoende geëtaleerd om op te vallen zonder te overheersen. Zang en muziek gunnen elkaar precies voldoende de ruimte. Ik denk dat de zanger vervolgens even een biertje is gaan drinken, want die horen we daarna even niet meer terug. Er is dan een afwisseling van soms raggende instrumenten, waar ik van kan genieten en soms suf gepingel. Dat laatste doet afbreuk aan verder een geweldige sessie. Kom ik daardoor op 3,5 ster.

The Allman Brothers Band are an American southern rock/blues band. They infuse their blues/rock hybrid with elements of jazz and country to make a very unique, but fantastic sound.

This album is a live double record, with a runtime of roughly 80 minutes, and only 7 songs. The Allman Brothers Band are the definition of a jam band. Every show they played had a different rendition of their songs. They don't play the music, they feel it. This led to some phenomenal guitar solos, and some amazing band cohesion.

Overall, an epic listen today. I will absolutely listen again!! This is what peak musicianship looks like.

Favourite songs: Statesboro Blues, Done Somebody Wrong, Stormy Monday, Whipping Post, You Don't Love Me, In Memory of Elizabeth Reed

Least favorite song: if forced to pick, Hot 'Lanta

4/5

A lot of this I quite like, nice easy listening, good jams etc. Especially towards the end, they really go for it. But then there's plenty of smug, masturbatory musical interludes that are annoying and soooo long, and do absolutely nothing. Imagine seeing them in concert and a third of the gig is them just them wanking each-other off on stage.

oh god its a live blues rock album. It's actually surprisingly tolerable if you just go ahead and ignore it, which is pretty easy to do. God I wish this stupid guitar solo would stop. Dear lord, its me. I am trapped in this neverending blues extravaganza. Down here, a Hammond organ and the blandest overdriven guitars do basic pentatonic solos with occassional blues notes follwed by 1 4 5 4 progressions. There is no color. There is respite. There is no where to hide. Only the blues. This was like 15 mins of music stretched out to almost 2 and a half hours.

Loved this, especially its more psychedelic odysseys, which reminded me of Circle and Pharaoh Overlord.

kunnon tiluttelua. Hot 'Lanta ainakin hyvää jamikamaa.

These kind of blues jams are very much not my thing. Couldn't make it through most tracks. I find this kind of stuff utterly boring and tedious. Can't even imagine trying to make it through the deluxe edition .

No me convence eso de recomendar un disco en directo como imprescindible de un grupo. Creo que los directos son un complemento a los discos de estudio pero no lo principal. Aunque también es cierto que muchos grupos tienen discos "meh" y luego brillan en directo. Después de este rollo vamos a hablar de este disco. Este disco me da igual, no es malo pero no es algo que escucharía ni recomendaría. Le doy 2 estrellas y ya.

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MANEIRO