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With the new century the blue-eyed boys of the 60s blues revival have been turning into old bluesmen themselves, and the memorialising of their heroes seems to be a later-life rite of passage. Gregg Allman’s history lesson may not match his finest recordings, but it’s a diverting blues miscellany from an undoubted master.
The singer is best remembered for his string of albums with The Allman Brothers Band in the 1970s, and fans of that group’s driving and melodic blues-rock will need to recalibrate their ears for an immediate dose of early country blues. Gregg Allman’s emotive voice is penetrating but thin, and a little exposed by T-Bone Burnett’s sparse production on songs by Sleepy John Estes and Skip James.
The producer has been the curator-in-chief of contemporary American roots music for some years now, and there’s always a danger of the Burnett signature eclipsing the latest legend to arrive in his LA studio. Devotees of Plant and Krauss’s Raising Sand, for example, will here quickly recognise the unmistakeable thud and clatter of Dennis Crouch and Jay Bellerose, that album’s distinctive rhythm section.
Low Country Blues is too entertainingly diverse, though, to submit to an all-embracing style. Catching up on the 60s and 70s with BB King and Otis Rush, the brass and lead guitar of Please Accept My Love and Checking on My Baby are faithful pastiches, while the jazzy arrangement and big-band dynamics of Blind Man sound just like the setting where Bobby "Blue" Bland shone his brightest.
These are mighty blues vocalists, of course. But at 63, Gregg Allman holds his own; few have bettered his trademark throaty holler, and aided by his trusty Hammond B-3 the veteran sustains an appealing presence throughout the idiosyncratic variety (and yes, that is Dr John’s understated piano fills in the left-hand speaker).
There is just one song, Allman’s mournfully anthemic Just Another Rider, where it’s difficult not to feel nostalgic for the measured maelstrom of twin lead guitars and two drummers that supported the writer of Whipping Post and Midnight Rider at his very best.
--Ninian Dunnett
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(2011 'Rounder') (52:39/12) Von dem einzigartigen T-Bone Burnett produziertes intensives, manchmal düsteres und melancholisches Album, ein deutlicher Weg zu den Roots, zu den Sounds von Skip James oder Sleepy John Estes. Beeindruckend, mit welcher Leidenschaft Allman singt. Großartiger Sound! Ein Muss
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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful
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I am clearly not the "purist" that the other reviewers are. I haven't spent any time analysing the music, or its composition, or who is playing what too loudly or too quietly. Simply, I think this is superb - it manages to be subtle but gutsy and the musicianship, in my humble view, is superlative. A welcome and pleasant change from the mass produced, indistinguishable offerings that are dished up as contemporary music.
45 of 47 people found the following review helpful
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Pick one of the great voices in White blues music Gregg Allman; add in one of the best producers around currently T Bone Burnett (producer of Robert Plant, Elton John, and Elvis Costello). And you have an Idea what this album is going to be like.
The songs are well chosen not only to highlight how good Gregg Allman's voice is (remember Allman Brothers Band Classics `It's not my cross to Bare' and `Wipping Post') but chosen with care to highlight the skill of some of the session musicians involed in the recording (Dr John for instance). For a man just recovering from a Liver transplant this certainly is a great way to recover and I hope it servers as a reminder of the great music Gregg has produced over the years and spurs Gregg on to writing more original material not that I am companioning. The Songs are not the best known blues tunes but man are they sung with conviction. Highlights of the album are the one original song `Just Another Rider' co written with fellow Allman Brothers member Warren Haynes, a strong version of Muddy Water's `I Can't Be Satisfied'. And the album closer a brooding seven-minute version of `Rolling Stone'
This is also unique as a Gregg Allman solo album in that it's the first not to contain a cover of an Allman Brothers song in a more laid back style. It's been a long wait 1997 was the last new album from Gregg Allman, a great start to 2011.
The songs are well chosen not only to highlight how good Gregg Allman's voice is (remember Allman Brothers Band Classics `It's not my cross to Bare' and `Wipping Post') but chosen with care to highlight the skill of some of the session musicians involed in the recording (Dr John for instance). For a man just recovering from a Liver transplant this certainly is a great way to recover and I hope it servers as a reminder of the great music Gregg has produced over the years and spurs Gregg on to writing more original material not that I am companioning. The Songs are not the best known blues tunes but man are they sung with conviction. Highlights of the album are the one original song `Just Another Rider' co written with fellow Allman Brothers member Warren Haynes, a strong version of Muddy Water's `I Can't Be Satisfied'. And the album closer a brooding seven-minute version of `Rolling Stone'
This is also unique as a Gregg Allman solo album in that it's the first not to contain a cover of an Allman Brothers song in a more laid back style. It's been a long wait 1997 was the last new album from Gregg Allman, a great start to 2011.
30 of 32 people found the following review helpful
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There is barely anyone on this planet more qualified to sing these great blues standards than the Gregg Allman a rock n roll survivor par excellence. His story encompasses the great first incarnation of the Allman Brothers Band with "Live at Fillmore East" the true monument to their genius, the tragic death of his brother Duane Allman possibly the best rock guitarist to have picked up a Gibson, his own descent into drugs hell where his infamous "grass" of roadie John "Scooter" Herring saw the latter get 75 years while GA got immunity and the failed on/off marriage to Cher. In recent years Gregg Allman has also had a liver transplant and suffers from Hepatitis C. While the Allman Brothers have carried in various incarnations the music has relied heavily on past glories.
Allman as a result has taken stock and by doing so gone deeper into the blues roots of the Allman Brothers producing an album of 11 covers and one new original song the truly excellent "Just another rider" (for info the album has been streaming for weeks on NPR and Rolling Stone for those who may wish to check it out). He has also added the extra dimension of the hottest producer working in music today namely T Bone Burnett fresh from triumphs with Robert Plant, Alison Krauss, B B King and Elvis Costello. The results are very impressive and sees Allman return to form with his graveled voice older and wiser but sounding stronger than it has for years. The highlights on Low Country Blues are many not least the stunning smokey version of Amos Milburn's "Tears, Tears, Tears" which reeks southern fried atmosphere and evokes Ray Charles and sees that old rogue Dr John producing one of his finest piano solos in years. The Muddy Waters standard "I can't be satisfied" skips along at a fine old pace with its swampy Burnett production and brilliant bottleneck guitar accompaniment. Skip James's "Devil got a woman" is stripped right back by Burnett in an austere remake acoustic but one which sees Allman vocally at his best and guitarist Doyle Bramhall II completely inspired. Allman has always loved the songs of Bobby Bland and the brassy version here of "Blind Man" is tighter than a vice. Finally on the cover of Otis Rush's "Checking on my baby" he manages to evoke memories of Fillmore East an album which this reviewer would run into a burning building to retrieve.
Granted the cover of John Lee Hooker's "I believe I'll go back home" is a bit workmanlike and no new ground is broken here. But this is not an album of surprises and as Allman's first outing in 14 years it is a hugely welcome return with a set of songs impeccably chosen by Burnett and delivered by a great singer. The Midnight Rider is back and doing what he does best.
Allman as a result has taken stock and by doing so gone deeper into the blues roots of the Allman Brothers producing an album of 11 covers and one new original song the truly excellent "Just another rider" (for info the album has been streaming for weeks on NPR and Rolling Stone for those who may wish to check it out). He has also added the extra dimension of the hottest producer working in music today namely T Bone Burnett fresh from triumphs with Robert Plant, Alison Krauss, B B King and Elvis Costello. The results are very impressive and sees Allman return to form with his graveled voice older and wiser but sounding stronger than it has for years. The highlights on Low Country Blues are many not least the stunning smokey version of Amos Milburn's "Tears, Tears, Tears" which reeks southern fried atmosphere and evokes Ray Charles and sees that old rogue Dr John producing one of his finest piano solos in years. The Muddy Waters standard "I can't be satisfied" skips along at a fine old pace with its swampy Burnett production and brilliant bottleneck guitar accompaniment. Skip James's "Devil got a woman" is stripped right back by Burnett in an austere remake acoustic but one which sees Allman vocally at his best and guitarist Doyle Bramhall II completely inspired. Allman has always loved the songs of Bobby Bland and the brassy version here of "Blind Man" is tighter than a vice. Finally on the cover of Otis Rush's "Checking on my baby" he manages to evoke memories of Fillmore East an album which this reviewer would run into a burning building to retrieve.
Granted the cover of John Lee Hooker's "I believe I'll go back home" is a bit workmanlike and no new ground is broken here. But this is not an album of surprises and as Allman's first outing in 14 years it is a hugely welcome return with a set of songs impeccably chosen by Burnett and delivered by a great singer. The Midnight Rider is back and doing what he does best.
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Great blues
I really like this CD. I have been a fan of the Allmans and Gregg solo for a long time. I think it is a little of a departure from some of his earlier works, but I really like... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Joan
Allman's solo return a qualified triumph
Gregg Allman's voice is not quite back to 'Laid Back' standards but given his recent health issues he sounds better than he might have a right to! Read more
Published 10 months ago by Mr. D. M. Stuart
Gregg sings the (real) Blues
What did I expect when I bought this cd? I bought it because I read a lot of good things about it - and that can be a dangerous thing to do. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Erik
Gregg Allman's Low Country Blues
I heard a couple of tracks from this album on Planet Rock radio and was very impressed. I was given this CD as a present and it is constantly on my player. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Zoedudley
Wow............
just amazing one of my CDs of the year that wonderful gnarled vocals backed up with a great set of musicians doubt if it will be bettered buy it you will not be disappointed.
Published 13 months ago by Martin Doody
Excellent modern blues record
I was never a big Allman Brothers fan or a Gregg Allman fan and was therefore really shocked by how good this album is - probally the result of a combination of Gregg's excellent... Read more
Published 13 months ago by G. E. Harrison
Can white men sing the blues? This one certainly can
Rather better than anyone could reasonably have expected after such a long absence, "Low County Blues" avoids the pitfalls often encountered by albums of this nature. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Leonardo27
Needs a few listens!
This CD by Greg Allman is generally very good, but I think it needs a few listens to really appreciate it. One or two tracks are quite jazzy, but the rest are good blues.
Published 14 months ago by Babara
Just Great
Wow! what a good album, excellent sounds from Greg & top musicians. I head a snippet of the Floating Bridge and bought the album on the back of that, absolutely no regrets just... Read more
Published 14 months ago by Paul Green
Is this what it takes to make a great blues album
20 years of addiction, 6 wives, 14 sessions of rehab and a new liver is obviously what it taks to produce a belter of an album. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Mr. G.B. O'Dwyer
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