Brothers and Sisters (album)

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Brothers and Sisters
Studio album by The Allman Brothers Band

Publication
(s)

1973

Label (s) Capricorn Records

Format (s)

LP, CD

Genre (s)

Southern rock , country rock

Title (number)

7th

running time

38 min: 21 sec

occupation

production

Johnny Sandlin
The Allman Brothers Band

Studio (s)

Capricorn Sound Studios, Macon, Georgia

chronology
Beginnings
(1973) 		Brothers and Sisters Win, Lose or Draw
(1975)

Brothers and Sisters is the Allman Brothers Band's fifth album , released in 1973 on Capricorn Records.

background

The album was the first album after Duane Allman's death . While working on the album, bassist Berry Oakley had an accident with his motorcycle, so he can only be heard on the first two tracks of the album. Since three touring technicians had also had an accident at the same time, the originally planned album title "Lighnin 'Rod" was changed to "Brothers and Sisters". The album was extremely successful commercially and stayed at number one on the US Billboard 200 album chart for five weeks . Dickey Betts's single "Ramblin 'Man" climbed to number two on the Billboard Hot 100 . Betts also wrote the lively instrumental classic "Jessica", which reached number 65 as a single on the Billboard Hot 100, as well as the songs "Southbound" and "Pony Boy". The front cover shows a photograph of Vaylor Trucks, son of drummer Butch Trucks , the back shows Brittany Oakley, daughter of bassist Berry Oakley. The inside shows a large photo of band members, roadies, wives, friends and children of the musicians. The RIAA awarded the album gold shortly after its release and platinum in the winter of 1995.

reception

Bruce Eder rates the album with four out of five stars at Allmusic, but expresses himself rather cautiously:

“Despite its sales, Brothers and Sisters is not quite a classic album (although it was their best for the next 17 years), especially in the wake of the four that had appeared previously, but it served as a template for some killer stage performances , and it proved that the band could survive the deaths of two key members. "

“Despite its sales, Brothers and Sisters isn't exactly a classic album (although it was their best for the next 17 years), especially in the light of the Four that came out before, but it served as a template for some great performances, and it proved that the band could survive the deaths of two important members. "

Track list

Page one

  1. "Wasted Words" (Gregg Allman) - 4:20
  2. " Ramblin 'Man " (Richard Betts) - 4:48
  3. "Come and Go Blues" (Gregg Allman) - 4:54
  4. "Jelly Jelly" ( Trade Martin ) - 5:46

Side two

  1. "Southbound" (Richard Betts) - 5:11
  2. "Jessica" (Richard Betts) - 7:31
  3. "Pony Boy" (Richard Betts) - 5:51

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Author: Barry Graves , Siegfried Schmidt-Joos , Das neue Rock Lexikon. Vol. 1, Rowohlt, Reinbek 1990, ISBN 3-499-16320-9 , p. 34.
  2. ↑ Chart successes at allmusic.com
  3. ↑ Gold and platinum awards at riaa.com
  4. ↑ Review of the album at allmusic. Retrieved February 19, 2013 .