Ramblin' Man

Buck Norris sings "Ramblin' Man" by the Allman Brothers Band. Allman Brothers Live: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WGVW7byRCA
Duane Allman began working as a session guitarist at Fame Studios in Muscle Shoals, AL, and it was there, appearing on records by Wilson Pickett, Aretha Franklin, John Hammond, and King Curtis, among others, that he made his reputation. In 1969, at the coaxing of ex-Otis Redding manager Phil Walden, Allman gave up session work and began putting together a new band -- Jaimoe came aboard, and then Allman's longtime friend Butch Trucks and another Allman friend, Berry Oakley, joined, along with Dickey Betts, with whom Oakley was playing in a group called Second Coming. A marathon jam session ensued, at the end of which Allman had his band, except for a singer -- that came later, when his brother Gregg agreed to join. They were duly signed to Walden's new Capricorn label.

The band didn't record their first album until after they'd worked their sound out on the road, playing heavily around Florida and Georgia. The self-titled debut album was a solid blues-rock album and one of the better showcases for guitar pyrotechnics in a year with more than its share, amid albums by Cream, Blind Faith, the Jeff Beck Group, and Led Zeppelin. It didn't sell 50,000 copies on its initial release, but The Allman Brothers Band impressed everyone who heard it and nearly everyone who reviewed it. Coming out at the end of the 1960s, it could have passed for a follow-up to the kind of blues-rock coming out of England from acts like Cream, except that it had a sharper edge -- the Allmans were American and Southern, and their understanding of blues (not to mention elements of jazz, mostly courtesy of Jaimoe) was as natural as breathing. The album also introduced one of the band's most popular concert numbers, "Whipping Post."

Their debut album attracted good reviews and a cult following with its mix of assured dual lead guitars by Duane Allman and Dickey Betts, soulful singing by Gregg Allman, and a rhythm section that was nearly as busy as the lead instruments, between Oakley's rock-hard bass and the dual drumming of Trucks and Johanson. Their second album, 1970's Idlewild South, recorded at Capricorn's studios in Macon, GA, was produced by Tom Dowd, who had previously recorded Cream. This was a magical combination -- Dowd was completely attuned to the group's sound and goals, and Idlewild South broadened that sound, adding a softer acoustic texture to their music and introducing Betts as a composer (including the original studio version of "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed," an instrumental tribute to Miles Davis that would become a highlight of their shows, in many different forms, for the next 30 years). It also had a Gregg Allman number, "Midnight Rider," which became one of the band's more widely covered originals and the composer's signature tune.

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[jtls8]

Thumbs up Buck*****

[bucknorrismusic]

@jtls8 Thanks so much for the thumbs up.

[NancyMbWpg]

hi Buck - nice cover of this great Allman Band song !

[bucknorrismusic]

@NancyMbWpg Thanks so much Nancy, great song.

[jc6154]

Buck you did a super job on this Allman Brothers classic. Two Thumbs Up. Jerry

[bucknorrismusic]

@jc6154 Hi Jerry thanks how is the weather where you are?

[mtronce2]

its a shame the great artists dont get the recogntion eg;gadd,weckl,chambers drums,pat methney,mike stern, frank gambale guitar,chick,herbie,whitty keybords,pattitucci,markus,min­h doky bass!

[309rp]

Thanks Buck! Thumbs up!

[australianfan]

Ah great song you have covered this well ..good post thank you ..Aussie ☺

[grammaelvis]

fabulous performance on this classic

[Johnnydoxx]

Good one Buck ( I need to find more phrases that mean that)!

I'll send you a private message about this song,too long for a response.

[JoshWMusic1]

Excellent work on this classic my friend!!

[horrorfan1930]

A classic song!! Great job Buck!!!