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Genre: Rock/Pop, Sub-Genre:
Southern Rock
The Allman Brothers Band: Greg Allman (vocals, piano, organ); Duane
Allman (guitar, slide guitar); Dickey Betts (guitar); Berry Oakley
(bass instrument); Jai Johanny Johanson (drums, congas, timbales);
Butch Trucks (drums, timpani).
Additional personnel: Thom Doucette (harmonica). The original Fillmore East album is one of the finest live documents of the rock era, capturing the original line-up of one of the 70s' tightest outfits before they Were cruelly robbed of Duane Allman and Berry Oakley. Taken from five 1971 performances at New York's fabled Fillmore East, the extended and effortlessly melodic workouts of 'In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed' and 'Whipping Post' remain definitive recordings. The dual guitar interplay of Duane Allman and Dickey Betts glides effortlessly over the propulsive rhythm section of Oakley and twin drummers Jaimoe and Butch Trucks, while Greg Allman's poWerful blues voice and melodic keyboard work provides the icing on the cake.
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Maybe I’m being a bit ethnocentric here, but I have to admit that “The Allman Brothers At Fillmore East” was, and remains to this day, the album that turned me onto Elmore James, T-Bone Walker, and Duane Allman all at the same time. This may very Well contain the definitive rendition of “Stormy Monday”. Timeless. Wille Hines
Rolling Stone (8/19/71, p.39) - "...The Allman Brothers had many
fine moments at the Fillmores and this live album must surely
epitomize all of them..."
Rolling Stone (9/30/71, p.42) - "...The Allman Brothers Band as a whole is making some of the best rock band music anywhere these days....ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND AT FILMORE EAST is their best so far..."
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