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6820 - VARIOUS ARTISTS - All My Friends Celebrating The Songs & Voice Of Gregg Allman, Disc One (2014)

VARIOUS ARTISTS
''ALL MY FRIENDS CELEBRATING THE SONGS & VOICE OF GREGG ALLMAN, DISC ONE''
MAY 6 2014
149:44

DISC ONE
1 /Come and Go Blues
Gregg Allman /Warren Haynes/6:49
2 /End of the Line
Gregg Allman / Warren Haynes / John Jaworowicz / Allen Woody /Warren Haynes, Derek Trucks/5:47
3 /Stand Back
Gregg Allman / Raymond Berry Oakland III /Susan Tedeschi, Derek Trucks/4:28
4 /You Can't Lose What You Ain't Never Had
Muddy Waters /Devon Allman / Jimmy Hall / Robert Randolph/6:16
5 /Please Call Home
Gregg Allman /Sam Moore/5:00
6 /Just Another Rider
Gregg Allman / Warren Haynes /Keb' Mo'/6:32
7 /Before the Bullets Fly
Warren Haynes / John Jaworowicz / Henry Jack /Brantley Gilbert/3:40
8 /Let This Be a Lesson to Ya
Gregg Allman / Malcolm Rebennack /Dr. John/3:39
9 /Queen of Hearts
Gregg Allman /Pat Monahan/5:22
10 /One Way Out
Sonny Boy Williamson II / Elmore James / Marshall Sehorn /John Hiatt/4:59
11 /Statesboro Blues
Blind Willie McTell /Gregg Allman, Taj Mahal/4:41
12 /Just Ain't Easy
Gregg Allman /Widespread Panic/6:21
13 /Wasted Words
Gregg Allman /Widespread Panic, Derek Trucks /5:42
14 /I'm No Angel
Tony Colton / Phil Palmer /Trace Adkins/3:53

DISC TWO
1 /Trouble No More
Muddy Waters /Trace Adkins/4:10
2 /Multi-Colored Lady
Gregg Allman /Vince Gill/5:21
3 /All My Friends
Charles Scott Boyer /Martina McBride/4:53
4 /Can You Fool
Michael Smotherman /Martina McBride, Pat Monahan/3:23
5 /Ain't Wastin' Time No More
Gregg Allman /Eric Church/4:21
6 /Win, Lose or Draw
Gregg Allman /Eric Church/6:00
7 /These Days
Jackson Browne /Gregg Allman, Jackson Browne/4:55
8 /Melissa
Stephen Charles Alaimo / Gregg Allman /Gregg Allman, Jackson Browne/5:21
9 /Midnight Rider
Gregg Allman / Robert Kim Payne /Gregg Allman, Zac Brown, Vince Gill/5:00
10 /Dreams
Gregg Allman /The Allman Brothers Band/10:54
11 /Whipping Post
Gregg Allman /The Allman Brothers Band/13:06
12 /Will the Circle Be Unbroken
Gregg Allman / Johnny Sandlin /Full Cast/8:58

Review
By Stephen Thomas Erlewine
On January 10, 2014, a star-studded tribute concert to Gregg Allman directed by Don Was was held at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta. All My Friends showcases this show in double-CD/single-DVD and, in light of the subsequent announcement that the Allman Brothers Band would retire at the end of 2014 in the wake of the twin departures of Warren Haynes and Derek Trucks, it gains a certain sense of poignancy. Truthfully, it's hard not to envision this 26-song concert as the inaugural event in a year designed to showcase precisely how rich the legacy of the Allmans and Gregg in particular is. To that end, All My Friends is a rousing success. Perhaps Brantley Gilbert and Pat Monahan seem a little slight compared to all the other muscle on-stage, but both acquit themselves admirably and also indicate how the featured lineup encompasses all sides of the Allmans. Haynes and Trucks open up the show, then there's a stretch that showcases the group's blues and soul roots -- Sam Moore and Keb' Mo' show up, then Taj Mahal and Dr. John show up later -- and there's space made for Americana maverick John Hiatt, '70s peer Jackson Browne, jam band Widespread Panic, and country stars Trace Adkins, Vince Gill, Zac Brown, and Eric Church before the Allman Brothers Band ties things up with "Dreams" and "Whipping Post." Some shine more than others -- Church delights with his sly, soulful singing, Hiatt sounds like a live wire, Moore doesn't sound like he's aged a day -- but there are no weak spots and the overall effect of All My Friends is dazzling; it illustrates just how rich Gregg Allman's contribution to American music is and what we'll miss when he retires.