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March 14, 2019 at 10:13 pm #128197
Posting a day or two late but when you are talking about one of the greatest live blues rock albums ever, what’s a couple of days.
This album was life changing for me and is still my all time favorite live recording
The Allman Brothers Band Recorded Live At Fillmore East, On This Day In 1971
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March 15, 2019 at 11:43 am #128224
That is a great album! ‘One Way Out’ and ‘Whipping Post’ are my favorites.
James
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March 15, 2019 at 1:17 pm #128227
That is a great album! ‘One Way Out’ and ‘Whipping Post’ are my favorites.
James
“One Way Out” & “Whipping Post” are definitely two great songs. The Brothers were really on top of their game when they recorded that weekend.
I don’t know which song would be my favorite, they are all so good but Duane was smoking on the final solo of “Liz Reed”. Everything that he played, he was all out but that one solo especially stands out.I have to keep reminding myself that he was only 24 when that was recorded and he had only been playing slide for a bit over 2 years when he died. He accomplished a lot
Duane & Dickey are my favorite American players by far…..
Final solo begin approx at the 7:45 mark
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March 16, 2019 at 9:25 am #128284
I have to agree that if this isn’t my favorite live recording, it’s either a close 2nd or tied for first. As a young lad growing up when I hadn’t really been exposed to much other than rock, my favorite live album was KISS Alive, only to somewhat recently find out it wasn’t really recorded live. But I digress…
My favorite on Fillmore East is probably Done Somebody Wrong. It has such a cool breadth of vibes in it. Starts off a little subdued but by the time Duane’s solo hits, it is absolutely swinging!
When I have to plow snow (which was far too often this winter), it was this live album that I was listening to more often than not.
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March 16, 2019 at 10:52 am #128289
I have to agree that if this isn’t my favorite live recording, it’s either a close 2nd or tied for first. As a young lad growing up when I hadn’t really been exposed to much other than rock, my favorite live album was KISS Alive, only to somewhat recently find out it wasn’t really recorded live. But I digress…
My favorite on Fillmore East is probably Done Somebody Wrong. It has such a cool breadth of vibes in it. Starts off a little subdued but by the time Duane’s solo hits, it is absolutely swinging!
When I have to plow snow (which was far too often this winter), it was this live album that I was listening to more often than not.
I’d like to have a dollar for every time that I have listened to Live At The Fillmore. If I had a long drive, queue up the Live At The Fillmore album on the mp3 player; project around the house, Live At The Fillmore. I can practically sing all of the solos on that album LOL……. now if I could just connect my hands to what I hear in my heart & soul.
Live At The Fillmore stood out to many people. From Wikipedia:
In 2004, the album was selected for preservation in the Library of Congress, deemed to be “culturally, historically, or aesthetically important” by the National Recording Registry.Great accomplishment for 6 guys that came together to form a band…….
I know that I’m biased but my favorite live albums in the 2nd & 3rd slot is Recorded Live! from 1973 and Undead – from 1968 both by Ten Years After
I’ve mentioned Alvin Lee many times on the forum; after listening to music as long as I have, for the time period, I find Alvin & Ritchie Blackmore to be far above their peers in the UK. Alvin’s background was blues & jazz and Ritchie was classically trained but both came out playing great rock & roll.
On the American side of the Big Pond, we had Jimi; on the European side, Alvin and Ritchie. Many will argue that there could never be a comparison to Hendrix but if you really listen to Alvin & Ritchie, well, others can make that argument. All 3 were great players that changed the course of music. Throw Duane Allman in that mix too because his slide playing set new standards for slide and considering that he had played slide less than 3 years when he died, great accomplishmentAnother band that had multiple live albums that are exceptional isn’t mentioned much these days is Humble Pie. Steve Marriott was an exceptional blues rock guitarist and singer and having Peter Frampton as a 2nd player & singer made a great lineup. For those not familiar, Pie’s music would probably be considered what some call “Heavy Blues” but it was Hard Rock at the time. They had great studio albums but like many bands of that day, their strength was their live shows.
Alvin Lee, Duane Allman, Steve Marriott, Jimi, Gary Moore, Stevie Ray, Johnny Winter, Rory Gallagher, Roy Buchanan, Danny Gatton – great players that left us far too early in life that had a lot of music left to give us.
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