#Song Lyric Sunday-Allman Brothers Sept 27

by Coach4aday · September 27, 2020

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This week for Song Lyric Sunday our host Jim Adams for has given us the prompt of Brother/Sibling/Sister.

Here are the “rules”:
• Post the lyrics to the song of your choice, whether it contains the prompt words or not. If it does not meet the criteria, then please explain why you chose this song.
• Please try to include the songwriter(s) – it’s a good idea to give credit where credit is due.
• Make sure you also credit the singer/band and if you desire you can provide a link to where you found the lyrics.
• Link to the YouTube video, or pull it into your post so others can listen to the song.
• Ping back to this post or place your link in the comments section below.
• Read at least one other person’s blog, so we can all share new and fantastic music and create amazing new blogging friends in the process.
• Feel free to suggest future prompts.
• Have fun and enjoy the music.

There is really no choice for me . I have listened to Allman Brothers Band songs more than any other in my lifetime and that is who I am going with this week. Their covers of many blues songs heavily influenced me in falling in love with that genre.

The Allman Brothers Band originally consisted of brothers Duane Allman and Gregg Allman along with Dickie Betts, Butch Trucks, Berry Oakley, and Jaimoe. Today only Betts and Jaimoe are still alive.

Duane Allman the slide guitar master died in 1971 at the age of 24 in a motorcycle accident. The band moved on without him but that slide guitar sound is not the same after he passed. I am choosing a song that he played on.

Some music critics claim that the Allman Brothers Band Live at Fillmore East (Double Album) changed the boundaries of a what a album could be.

They covered Willie Dixon, Elmore James, and Muddy Waters songs so well that many people believe they wrote them but they did not.

Dan Rys did a great post on “7 Great Blues Songs that The Allman Brothers Made Their Own

The song I choose was Statesboro Blues written by Blind Willie McTell and of course made popular by The Allman Brothers Band. It was the first song on the Fillmore East album.