Searching for Simplicity

I'm No Angel	Laid Back By the end of 1973, the Allman Brothers Band seemed to have it all nailed down. They'd proven their mettle with a fine synthesis of blues, jazz, folk, and country influences; expanded upon it with the definitive Fillmore East set; and moved forward after the separate losses of gu...	Playin' Up a Storm Japanese only SHM-CD (Super High Material CD - playable on all CD players) paper sleeve pressing. Universal. 2008.	No Stranger to the Dark: The Best of Gregg Allman Personally overseen by Gregg himself, this collection contains the best of Gregg's material, plus 3 previously unreleased tracks from Gregg's personal vault 'Melissa' (live), 'These Days' (live) & 'Hopelessly Miss You'. 2002.	Just Before the Bullets Fly
The Allman Brothers at Fillmore East There has never been a better showcase for improvisational rock than this 1971 concert recording, and few (if any) live rock albums are in its rank. With only two studio albums (and plenty of touring) under their belt, the Georgia sextet tore into the Fillmore East with road-test...	An Anthology, Vol. 2 Japanese only 2 x SHM-CD (Super High Material CD - playable on all CD players) paper sleeve pressing. Universal. 2008.	An Anthology While his recording career only lasted a little more than six years ('66-'71), Duane Allman's playing was heard not only with the Allman Brothers Band, but on a variety of important records by other artists as well. Hence this posthumous 1972 double-album collection, which--besid...	Where It All Begins The popular aphorism that "there are no second acts in America" has been contradicted by the surprising reincarnation of the Allman Brothers Band after highway deaths, drug trials and artistic lethargy hammered more than one nail in the group's coffin. After breaking up in '81, t...	Beginnings For once, a record label actually gives us more bang for the buck, combining two indisputable classics--1969's self-titled debut and the 1970 follow-up Idlewild South--onto one glorious CD. Five urgent notes kick off Spencer Davis's "Don't Want You No More," and by the time that ...

Great and unknown...
Love the Whipping Post version on this record, very nice arrangment and playing, Jack Pearson's guitar parts are simply great... This is a great and very little known record, Sony did very little on the plugging of this record. Too bad Johnny Sandlins MIX was not the one released, even better...

Southern Blues Allman Style
If you like blues, then an old familiar voice will bring it alive again. And if you are an Allman Bros. fan, this is an invitation to the Blues. My wife and I enjoy this album a lot, the vocals, music and lyrics. KLM

Searching for Simplicity--Review
If you enjoy great vocals, slide guitar, harmonica and a Hammond B3, it really doesn't get a whole lot better. The Muscle Shoals Rhythm section also provides tasty backing and some great sax soloing. You don't have to be a lead guitarist to appreciate this CD. Regards, Joe "Gooch" Guccione

Gregg's most "brothers-like" solo album
Less pop and more blues on this 1997 effort by Gregg Allman, whose solo career has seen him trying for a more eclectic pop sound than what would have flown with the Allman Brothers Band. But this is almost an Allman Brothers record without the rest of the Allman Brothers Band. Gregg grinds his way through a really solid mix of originals and covers, blues-rock with a touch of soul, and he is in fine form, laying down plenty of excellent vocal performances which are underlined by the fine, clear production. Gregg is occationally augumented by a horn section which makes "Searching For Simplicity" sound a little less Allman Brothers-like than it would have otherwise done, and he is backed by a slew of really good musicians which include (at various times) guitarists Scott Boyer, Jack Pearson and current Allman Brothers slide slinger Derek Trucks. There is less guitar candy here on the Allman Brothers' records, and that may disappoint some listeners, but the material is generally strong, most of it consisting of mid-tempo numbers with the occational slowie thrown in for good measure, and both Derek Trucks and Jack Pearson get off a number of sizzling solos. Highlights include Gregg's wonderful, bouncy cover of John Hiatt's "Memphis In The Meantime", a great, soulful "Dark End Of The Street", the melodic R&B of "Rendezvous With The Blues", the tough, swaggering "Don't Deny Me", and the slide guitar-driven slow blues "Wolf's A-Howlin'", a gritty confessional piece which features harpist Topper Price. All in all, "Searching For Simplicity" is a really solid, consistent record. Fans will definitely want a listen.

Good, solid, white boy blues
I heard the new version of 'whippin' post' on the radio and tracked down this cd. A great find. The new version of 'whippin post' has a more funky, island, clean, acoustic groove. Great version. The surprise is that the rest of the songs are solid blues songs (many covers)that are as good as anything the ABB has done in the last decade or so. What a shame that solid albums like this are heard by so few in this pop infested music world that we inhabit.Search for simplicity....