An Evening with The Allman Brothers Band: 2nd Set

Allman Brothers Band | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 9, 1995)
• Original Release Date: May 9, 1995
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B000002AX9
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #15,610 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #51 in Music > Blues > Slide Guitar

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Released in 1995, this outstanding live opus closes the Allman Brothers' New Testament in dramatic fashion. Old-timers might cry blasphemy, but the band's resurgence in the early 1990s came remarkably close to recapturing the glory of their seemingly insurmountable peak in the late 1960s and early 1970s. With five years in the band under his belt, slide guitarist Warren Haynes had truly come into his own, magically interacting with Dickey Betts and serving up scorching leads that might have made even Duane look twice. The standard blues covers like "You Don't Love Me" and "The Same Thing" receive wonderful treatments, and Haynes's own "Soul Shine" is a worthy addition to the Allman songbook, but the centerpiece is the acoustic "Liz Reed," which matches the band's greatest performances, New Testament or Old. --Marc Greilsamer

Product Description

This live opus closes the Allman Brothers' renewed period of success during the early '90s and features a number of blues standards and great performances. Includes Sailin' 'Cross the Devil's Sea; You Don't Love Me; Soulshine; Back Where it All Begins; In Memory of Elizabeth Reed; The Same Thing; No One to Run With , and Jessica . --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Up There In Quality with Anything by The Original Allmans, January 17, 2007

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TUCO H. "H. TUCO" (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: An Evening with The Allman Brothers Band: 2nd Set (Audio CD)

This album and its companion first set prove that Warren Haynes of Government Mule was the best possible choice to take the Duane spot. Haynes shines all over this album, not in displaying his own style to the detriment of the great spirit of the Allmans but in synergizing with Betts and the rest of the group towards the greater goal of re-capturing the magical Allmans spirit.

He channels the spirit so well, he gets the rest of the band to remember what they were all about and feel it that much better. And though he has chops to spare, not one note is overplayed. Solos sound sweet endlessly without boring the listener just like vintage Allman Bros. Listen and be amazed and hear Dickey Betts rise up to the challenge of Haynes and play like a revitalized man. The best performances? For me it would have to be "Back Where it All Begins" "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" (acoustic), "No One to Run With," "Jessica," "Melissa" (acoustic) and a 10 plus minute "Dreams."

Let me tell you, I even gave these two live sets the ultimate test, I played them back-to-back with the "Fillmore East" album and not only does it hold its own but sometimes it's even preferable. It has the spirit of the Allman Brothers in spades and that's all that matters, that's all that ever mattered (the spirit was wandering out in the air before the Allmans somehow latched onto it in 1969 and it became forever known as the Allmans' spirit), it's a seamless flow in terms of spirit, from a song off these live sets to something from 1971 if you had it back to back on a compilation disc.

Tom Dowd took a lot of care in recording these shows and they have great sound quality. Real old time, pure analog sound quality of sweet tones and instruments played well. No digital harshness or thin sounding digital instruments or crappy digital processing, everything you hear is fantastically analog and thick and things are balanced just right. This entire band is about tone and the recording does them justice.

Also amazing is how well Gregg's voice has held up and how deeply he still feels these songs. I could never figure out how a 22 year old white kid could sound as soulful as he did in 1969 until I read in the "Midnight Riders" biography book that Gregg's best friend Floyd Miles was black and through this friendship he and Duane had been playing with black musicians in the black part of Daytona Beach since the early 1960s. They were known as 'those white boys who can play that funky music.'

So make sure you get both these live sets, this and the one with the blue cover since both are excellent and essentially one long concert released as two. If any of you out there reading this are new to the Allman Brothers, you need get the "Laid Back" solo album by Gregg, one he made in 1973 right after Duane & Berry's death, it's a great one, his best. You also need to get the 2 Duane Allman compilations that include some of his work with Aretha Franklin and Wilson Pickett and others at the Muscle Shoals studios in Alabama, right before the forming of the Allman Brothers Band. And if you're also into the more jazzy and world-fusion side of things jam-band related check out "Mondo Garaj" by Garaj Mahal and "Cosmic Hug" by Fareed Haque group.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars You've got to hear this version of Eliz Reed!, June 17, 1999

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This review is from: An Evening with The Allman Brothers Band: 2nd Set (Audio CD)

I think the last person meant "Soulshine" not Southbound, which is on An Evening with the Allman Brothers.

As far as 2nd Set goes, I don't care too much for Sailin Cross the Devil's Sea and this version of the normally excellent No One to Run With is sloppy and the Bo-Diddley licks aren't as sharp as the 1994 original. Other than that, this CD is just smokin. Soulshine, Back Where It All Begins, You Don't Love Me (better than the drawn out 1971 version), Jessica, Same Thing, and the spectacular acoustic Elizabeth Reed will show you why the Allmans are such a popular live act still today.

Warren Haynes and Dickey Betts are a talented guitar tandem that have heavily influenced the young jam bands of today. And while I really like this CD, I would recommend getting An Evening with the Allman Brothers first, but GET BOTH.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Almost as good as the "First Set"., February 24, 2001

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kireviewer (Sunnyvale, Ca United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: An Evening with The Allman Brothers Band: 2nd Set (Audio CD)

The title of this CD is misleading. It is not the 2nd set from the earlier "An Evening With the Allman Brothers-First Set".

In 1989, the Allman Brothers reformed, adding Warren Haynes on guitar and Allen Woody on bass. They recorded the studio albums "Seven Turns" and "Shades of Two Worlds". Next came "An Evening With the Allman Brothers", which was recorded in 1991. On the cover in little print, was written "First Set". They then recorded the studio album "Where It All Belongs". In 1994 they went on tour again, and released a CD from the tour called "2nd Set".

This CD is very good, but not quite as good as the "First Set". The old songs are played in new and exciting ways. The acoustic version of "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed", is very interesting (but not stunning). The new songs are all very good. The real show piece is "Back To Where We Belong". It ends with a 15 minute version of "Jessica" that doesn't sound very much like "Jessica". There is alot of jamming and playing around with bits of "Mountain Jam" thrown in. There are no bad spots in the CD, but it doesn't have the continous intensity of the "First Set".

Note that "First Set", "2nd Set" and "Seven Turns" can be bought together as low priced packaged set.

After this CD, Haynes and Woody left the group to concentrate on their side project Gov't Mule. Woody died last year and Haynes is now playing with Phil Lesh and Friends. The Allman Brothers reformed once more, with Butch Trucks' nephew on guitar. Dickie Betts has been temporarily kicked out of the band.