The Allman Brothers & Southern Blues-Rock

blastingas10 · 12-09-2011, 10:35 PM

Thank you for mentioning "soul Serenade". I just got it, it's an amazing album.

Howard the Duck · 12-10-2011, 03:14 AM

No love for ZZ Top?

they're Southern-rock, just because their biggest hits had synths make people forget people that their stuff up to that point and shortly after that were Southern-rock

as for the Allmans, i don't think they can be considered prog at all, sure they had 20-minute jam sessions, but the songs are mostly blues-based and not complex enough to be "prog" nor are they suites of many smaller songs, the long jam is one long song, really

i just got Eat a Peach and At Fillmore East

At Fillmore East seems to fulfill the promise that Duane was the John Coltrane of the blues, but I wished they remastered or doctored it some more, as the guitar tone is very harsh and brittle on that

SATCHMO · 12-10-2011, 04:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Il Duce

At Fillmore East seems to fulfill the promise that Duane was the John Coltrane of the blues, but I wished they remastered or doctored it some more, as the guitar tone is very harsh and brittle on that

It's an amazing album and I'm almost sure that It's been remastered with some bonus tracks added to it.

Garrett · 12-10-2011, 07:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Il Duce

No love for ZZ Top?

If you can dig some Texas styled down and dirty Rockin Blues music I suggest the album "One Foot in the Blues".

One Foot in the Blues is a compilation album by ZZ Top, released in 1994. This album contains a selection of the band's songs which fall into the blues genre.

1. "Brown Sugar" (Gibbons) – 5:20
Originally from ZZ Top's First Album (1971)
2. "Just Got Back from Baby's" (Gibbons, Bill Ham) – 4:09
Originally from ZZ Top's First Album (1971)
3. "A Fool for Your Stockings" – 4:16
Originally from Degüello (1979)
4. "I Need You Tonight" – 6:15
Originally from Eliminator (1983)
5. "She Loves My Automobile" – 2:23
Originally from Degüello (1979)
6. "Hi Fi Mama" – 2:24
Originally from Degüello (1979)
7. "Hot, Blue and Righteous" (Gibbons) – 3:17
Originally from Tres Hombres (1973)
8. "My Head's in Mississippi" – 4:20
Originally from Recycler (1990)
9. "Lowdown in the Street" – 2:49
Originally from Degüello (1979)
10. "If I Could Only Flag Her Down" – 3:39
Originally from Eliminator (1983)
11. "Apologies to Pearly" (Gibbons, Hill, Beard, Ham) – 2:44 Instrumental, Originally from Rio Grande Mud (1972)
12. "Sure Got Cold After the Rain Fell" (Gibbons) – 6:47
Originally from Rio Grande Mud (1972)
13. "Bar-B-Q" (Gibbons, Ham) – 3:21
Originally from Rio Grande Mud (1972)
14. "Old Man" – 3:32
Originally from ZZ Top's First Album (1971)
15. "Certified Blues" (Gibbons, Beard, Ham) – 3:25
Originally from ZZ Top's First Album (1971)
16. "2000 Blues" – 4:42
Originally from Recycler (1990)
17. "Heaven, Hell or Houston" – 2:32
Originally from El Loco (1981)

Billy Gibbons – guitar, lead vocals
Dusty Hill – bass, keyboards, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Hi Fi Mama"
Frank Beard – drums, percussion

ZZ Top "That Little Ol' Band from Texas".

"Sounds like the Blues are composed of feeling, finesse, and fear.”

~Billy Gibbons~

Howard the Duck · 12-10-2011, 07:45 AM

^^sure, thx for the rec, Garrett

blastingas10 · 12-10-2011, 06:39 PM

ZZ Top is great. I have their first album on vinyl. As a Texan, I love that little ol' band from Texas. Gotta love them Texas blues.

I never expected anyone to consider them as prog, I was just trying to make a case for it and demonstrate how they are more technical than most other blues based bands. They're definitely a blues-rock/southern-rock band, and a jazzy one at that. I'd say their music is best described as blues-rock influenced by several elements of jazz.

Unknown Soldier · 12-10-2011, 06:56 PM

The boogie blues of 1970s ZZ Top is pretty much a must and they`ve got a lot of great material from that era. I`m also a fan of their 1980s Eliminator stuff, but thats mostly for the sexy women in the videos.

SATCHMO · 12-11-2011, 01:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Psy-Fi

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned The North Mississippi Allstars.

Good call and great band:

Which reminds me to mention Mofro:

Lisnaholic · 12-11-2011, 08:31 PM

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Originally Posted by blastingas10

Thank you for mentioning "soul Serenade". I just got it, it's an amazing album.

^ I`m glad you`re enjoying it; the opening track is excellent, isn`t it ? The slow build up, the change of tempo, it all works so well. I also like how the flute playing gives us a little break from the guitarwork once in a while.

Yes, I have some tracks from Hittin The Note - in fact that was the album that convinced me that the "new" Allmans are just as good as the old. Old Friend was a good choice - one of the best !

I also like the Stompin My Foot clip, SATCHMO. Very neat lyrics !

and talking of the North Mississippi Allstars, I wonder if anyone knows about this album ?

I think it`s the NMAs, but with Robert Randolph in the star spot, which sounds very promising. Has anyone heard it, or know where I can find it ?

Garrett · 12-11-2011, 10:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Lisnaholic

North Mississippi Allstars, I wonder if anyone knows about this album ?

I think it`s the NMAs, but with Robert Randolph in the star spot, which sounds very promising. Has anyone heard it, or know where I can find it ?

I have....

Shake Hands With Shorty
Polaris
Keys To The Kingdom

They don`t have it in their store North Mississippi Allstars*Records and CDs*|*Shop the North Mississippi Allstars Official Store but Amazon has some copies of it....http://www.amazon.com/Word/dp/B00005M98F

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blastingas10 Music Addict Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 2,126	ZZ Top is great. I have their first album on vinyl. As a Texan, I love that little ol' band from Texas. Gotta love them Texas blues. I never expected anyone to consider them as prog, I was just trying to make a case for it and demonstrate how they are more technical than most other blues based bands. They're definitely a blues-rock/southern-rock band, and a jazzy one at that. I'd say their music is best described as blues-rock influenced by several elements of jazz. Last edited by blastingas10; 12-10-2011 at 06:45 PM.

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Unknown Soldier Horribly Creative Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: London, The Big Smoke Posts: 8,265	The boogie blues of 1970s ZZ Top is pretty much a must and they`ve got a lot of great material from that era. I`m also a fan of their 1980s Eliminator stuff, but thats mostly for the sexy women in the videos.