Oakland's Vinyl Vault - Brothers and Sisters

Hello again, I'm back from my long break, and I've got some sweet tunes for this week.  It's the southern rock classic, Brothers and Sisters by the Allman Brothers Band.

Release Date: August 1973
Singles: Ramblin' Man, Jessica

The Allman Brothers started Brothers and Sisters a brother short.  This was the first album recorded in its entirety after the death of Duane Allman in a tragic motorcycle accident.  Then, during the early recording of the album, another band member, bassist Berry Oakley, died as the result of a motorcycle accident, just blocks away from Duane's fatal crash.

But the music must go on! Dickey Betts took over the bulk of the songwriting, and with great success.  His "Ramblin' Man" reached #2 on the charts, and the album as a whole went to #1.  There are only 7 tracks (and only 6 of them are listed on the cover of my copy), and the shortest track is "Wasted Words" at 4:20.  There are long instrumental solos ("Jessica," the longest track is all instrumental) and that's just the way I like it.

Rating: 8 thumbs up - A great, complete album.  Perfect for summer, so get all your brothers and sisters together and enjoy the long southern rock jams of the Allmans.

Here's "Jelly Jelly," which is getting the special treatment here on Pat is Crazy because it got left off the cover of the original album cover.  Enjoy!



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