Jeff’s Playlist: Brothers and Sisters

The Allman Brothers Band — Brothers and Sisters

Probably the last Allman Brothers Band album I bought. Duane was dead, Barry died dur­ing the mak­ing of this, and Dickey was becom­ing increas­ing­ly cov­ered in tat­toos and turn­ing into an angry red­neck who was no fun. Gregg was hav­ing fun with the ladies, but was not yet with Cher.

However, this is some mighty fine music; enjoy.

Track list­ing

Side one
No.      Title                                Writer(s)                                         Length
1.         “Wasted Words”           Gregg Allman                               4:20
2.         “Ramblin’ Man”             Dickey Betts                                  4:48
3.         “Come and Go Blues” Gregg Allman                               4:54
4.         “Jelly Jelly”                   Billy Eckstine Earl Hines            5:46

Side two
No.      Title                            Writer(s)                                             Length
1.         “Southbound”           Dickey Betts                                      5:11
2.         “Jessica”                    Dickey Betts                                      7:31
3.         “Pony Boy”               Dickey Betts                                      5:51

Personnel

(All cred­its adapt­ed from lin­er notes.)

The Allman Brothers Band

Gregg Allman – vocals, Hammond organ, rhythm gui­tar on “Wasted Words”, back­ing vocals on “Ramblin’ Man”

Dickey Betts – lead gui­tar, vocals on “Ramblin’ Man” and “Pony Boy”, slide gui­tar on “Wasted Words”, dobro on “Pony Boy”

Berry Oakley – bass gui­tar on “Wasted Words” and “Ramblin’ Man”

Jai Johanny Johanson – drums, con­gas on “Ramblin’ Man” and “Jessica”

Butch Trucks – drums, per­cus­sion, tim­pani on “Jessica”, con­gas on “Come and Go Blues” and “Jelly Jelly”

Chuck Leavell – piano, back­ing vocals on “Ramblin’ Man”, Fender Rhodes elec­tric piano on “Jessica” and “Come and Go Blues”

Lamar Williams – bass guitar

Additional musi­cians

Les Dudek – co-lead gui­tar on “Ramblin’ Man”, acoustic gui­tar on “Jessica“
Tommy Talton — acoustic gui­tar on “Pony Boy”

Production

Johnny Sandlin – pro­duc­tion, engi­neer, remix
Ovie Sparks – engi­neer, remix
Buddy Thornton – engi­neer
George Marino – mas­ter­ing engi­neer
Judi Reeve – graph­ic con­tent
Dan Hudson, Jr. – pho­tog­ra­phy
Bo Meriwether – pho­tog­ra­phy
Barry Feinstein – lay­out, design
Vicki Hodgett – lay­out, design

Released   August 1973
Recorded  October–December 1972
Studio        Capricorn Sound (Macon)
Length       38:21
Label         Capricorn
Producer   Johnny Sandlin, The Allman Brothers Band