The Allman Brothers Band

micky wrote: the site has long since moved past being just an archive of 'prog bands' and has moved into the realm of the progressive music.   That isn't saying the ABB should be added..but that means they should not be rejected out of hand for not being 'prog'.

I beg to differ, they are indeed mostly a southern rock band with progressive tendencies, particularly if you consider their early output.  Later stuff is pretty much mostly sr.  I don't profess to be an expert though.  The only other album I have is Eat A Peach which has Mountain Jam, 33:38 minutes baby!  Can a jam be an epic?  Also very notable on that one is the instrumental Les Brers in A Minor. (9:03). 


Edited by Slartibartfast - April 26 2009 at 07:29

definitely listen closer..  it hasn't been labeled as the greatest live album rock album ever made (along with LaL) for no reason.

Maybe I should give it a second spin; it was late at the time, so my concentration powers were not at their peak. If memory serves Hot Lanta and that one were my favorites, but they seemed kinda directionless and boring the first time thru. I'll listen to it again I guess.

I bought Live at Fillmore East because of this thread, but I got to say that I didn't see anything remotely progressive about it. Just seemed like Blues rock/jamming to me. Did I get a bad album choice?

PS: Unless the use of hammond is auto-prog. It was all over that album.


Edited by Deathrabbit - April 25 2009 at 07:03

yesfaninatl wrote: A band that was on the same label as The Allman Bros, but did not receive the attention was Captain Beyond.  If you like the Allman Brothers, and you like prog in general, you will love Captain Beyond.  I only know of two CD's - Self Titled "Captain Beyond" and Sufficiently Breathless.

Captain Beyond are indeed great, and I hope to review their debut album very soon. However, they were full-fledged Heavy Prog - unlike the ABB, whom I think are a bit of a can of worms (or perhaps a big one).

A band that was on the same label as The Allman Bros, but did not receive the attention was Captain Beyond.  If you like the Allman Brothers, and you like prog in general, you will love Captain Beyond.  I only know of two CD's - Self Titled "Captain Beyond" and Sufficiently Breathless.  

I'll weigh in and agree with some - the biggest problem with even considering ABB, is that they are very well known, thus many of us (inlcuding me) believe they know the band's music enough to say no, and to say it very quickly.
But being open-minded , or rather , learning to be open-minded about these suggestions has showed me that too often we disregard the songs or albums, i.e. the reasons why an act is being considered (no effort to even consider those points) and focus on what we actually think we know - "Ramblin Man . prog ? Jessica jazz ? This is the end of the world "!
I do agree with the southern rock thing. But then until Molly Hatchet came on the scene, the tag was for a pretty varied type of music. Groups would mostly share country, blues, jazz and rock influences. But each would have an emphasis on one or two. With Molly Hatchet, it became just another hard rock genre .

NaturalScience wrote: Deathrabbit wrote: What about creating a contested section? Bands that have significant support, but also significant opposition could go there. The bands in the contested section could still be reviewed, but would be removed from considerations such as top 100, popular artist/album, etc. Not really in favor of "second-class citizens".  Artists are either here, or they're not.  People will have to live with it either way.

yepper... either it is deemed to fit.. or belong on the site... or it doesn't.   Don't like the idea of 'second-class citizens'... PR is close enough to that as it is. 

It also panders to people who would like to review seem albums that aren't on here, though. One thing I've learned about the internet; never count on a solution that relies on people acting reasonably. That's a long wait for a train that won't come.