DICKEY BETTS AND GREAT SOUTHERN
''INSTANT LIVE: THE ODEON, CLEVELAND, OH 3/9/2004, DISC ONE''
APRIL 20 2004
161:39
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DISC ONE (51:43)
1 Little Martha 08:45
2 Steady Rolling Man 06:08
3 Blue Sky 08:44
4 Change My Way 08:00
5 Girl With The Deep Blue Eyes 08:03
6 Donna Maria 12:00
*****
DISC TWO (57:25)
1 Southbound 09:49
2 Nobody Knows 08:13
3 Nobody Knows (Part II) 05:48
4 Where It All Belongs 13:34
5 Get Away 07:23
6 Kitchen 06:32
7 Having A Good Time 06:03
*****
DISC THREE (52:31)
1 Liz Reed 15:51
2 Ramblin Man 08:21
3 No One To Run With 06:29
4 Seven Turns 06:40
5 Jessica 15:06
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Dickey Betts/Guitars, Vocals
Danny Toler/Guitar
David Stoltz/Bass Guitar
Frankie Lombardi/Drums, Percussion
Michael Kach/Organ, Piano
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REVIEW/AMG
Bruce Eder
Anyone who misses the original Allman Brothers Band sound need look no further than this live triple-CD set, recorded at the Odeon in Cleveland, OH, on March 9, 2004, to find it. Not that the band doesn't put its own stamp on the material, starting with a bracing and gorgeous rendition of Duane Allman's "Little Martha," but the two-guitar attack, courtesy of Dickey Betts and Dan Toler, touches some familiar sonic territory, and David Stoltz (bass), Frankie Lombardi (drums), and Michael Kach (keyboards), filling out the ranks of Betts' band Great Southern, sound more like the Allmans of old than the current band circa 2004/2005 does. The repertoire ranges freely through current originals, Allman Brothers classics, and the band's adaptations of blues standards such as Robert Johnson's "Steady Rolling Man," which sounds like it could've come off of the Idlewild South album. The sound is excellent and the swiftness with which the triple-disc set was made available, scarcely a month after the show while the band was on tour, precludes even the notion of any "sweetening" or phonying up of the sound. There's no annotation and the packaging is extremely spare; this is the sort of fan-oriented set that is usually offered over a group's website, but in this case it's also gotten a commercial release. But the music is what matters here, and anyone buying this set pretty much knows who and what he's listening to without the need of a program.
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BIOGRAPHY/AMG
William Ruhlmann
Dickey Betts joined the Allman Brothers Band as second lead guitarist and singer in the late '60s. In addition to matching bandleader Duane Allman lick for lick, Betts also wrote such memorable songs as "Revival" (number 92, 1971) and the instrumental tour de force "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed." After Duane Allman was killed in a road accident in 1971, Betts and Allman's brother Gregg shared leadership of the band, with Betts writing and singing the group's biggest hit, "Ramblin' Man" (number two, 1973). Members of the band began solo careers in 1973, and Betts released his first solo album Highway Call, in 1974. The Allmans split up in 1976, and Betts formed Dickey Betts and Great Southern. The Allmans reformed in 1978, with Betts contributing "Crazy Love" (number 29, 1979), "Angeline" (number 58, 1980), and "Straight From the Heart" (number 39, 1981). But they split again, and both Betts and The Allmans were inactive for several years. Betts returned with the Dickey Betts Band and Pattern Disruptive in 1988, and in 1989 he and a couple of members of his backup band joined a second, more permanent re-formation of The Allmans.
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''INSTANT LIVE: THE ODEON, CLEVELAND, OH 3/9/2004, DISC ONE''
APRIL 20 2004
161:39
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DISC ONE (51:43)
1 Little Martha 08:45
2 Steady Rolling Man 06:08
3 Blue Sky 08:44
4 Change My Way 08:00
5 Girl With The Deep Blue Eyes 08:03
6 Donna Maria 12:00
*****
DISC TWO (57:25)
1 Southbound 09:49
2 Nobody Knows 08:13
3 Nobody Knows (Part II) 05:48
4 Where It All Belongs 13:34
5 Get Away 07:23
6 Kitchen 06:32
7 Having A Good Time 06:03
*****
DISC THREE (52:31)
1 Liz Reed 15:51
2 Ramblin Man 08:21
3 No One To Run With 06:29
4 Seven Turns 06:40
5 Jessica 15:06
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Dickey Betts/Guitars, Vocals
Danny Toler/Guitar
David Stoltz/Bass Guitar
Frankie Lombardi/Drums, Percussion
Michael Kach/Organ, Piano
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REVIEW/AMG
Bruce Eder
Anyone who misses the original Allman Brothers Band sound need look no further than this live triple-CD set, recorded at the Odeon in Cleveland, OH, on March 9, 2004, to find it. Not that the band doesn't put its own stamp on the material, starting with a bracing and gorgeous rendition of Duane Allman's "Little Martha," but the two-guitar attack, courtesy of Dickey Betts and Dan Toler, touches some familiar sonic territory, and David Stoltz (bass), Frankie Lombardi (drums), and Michael Kach (keyboards), filling out the ranks of Betts' band Great Southern, sound more like the Allmans of old than the current band circa 2004/2005 does. The repertoire ranges freely through current originals, Allman Brothers classics, and the band's adaptations of blues standards such as Robert Johnson's "Steady Rolling Man," which sounds like it could've come off of the Idlewild South album. The sound is excellent and the swiftness with which the triple-disc set was made available, scarcely a month after the show while the band was on tour, precludes even the notion of any "sweetening" or phonying up of the sound. There's no annotation and the packaging is extremely spare; this is the sort of fan-oriented set that is usually offered over a group's website, but in this case it's also gotten a commercial release. But the music is what matters here, and anyone buying this set pretty much knows who and what he's listening to without the need of a program.
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BIOGRAPHY/AMG
William Ruhlmann
Dickey Betts joined the Allman Brothers Band as second lead guitarist and singer in the late '60s. In addition to matching bandleader Duane Allman lick for lick, Betts also wrote such memorable songs as "Revival" (number 92, 1971) and the instrumental tour de force "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed." After Duane Allman was killed in a road accident in 1971, Betts and Allman's brother Gregg shared leadership of the band, with Betts writing and singing the group's biggest hit, "Ramblin' Man" (number two, 1973). Members of the band began solo careers in 1973, and Betts released his first solo album Highway Call, in 1974. The Allmans split up in 1976, and Betts formed Dickey Betts and Great Southern. The Allmans reformed in 1978, with Betts contributing "Crazy Love" (number 29, 1979), "Angeline" (number 58, 1980), and "Straight From the Heart" (number 39, 1981). But they split again, and both Betts and The Allmans were inactive for several years. Betts returned with the Dickey Betts Band and Pattern Disruptive in 1988, and in 1989 he and a couple of members of his backup band joined a second, more permanent re-formation of The Allmans.
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WEBSITE
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