Great Southern / Atlanta's Burning Down [Import, Original recording remastered]

Dickey Betts & Great Southern | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 22, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Original recording remastered
• Label: Acadia Records
• ASIN: B000A3X6VW
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #262,270 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Out To Get Me

2. Run Gypsy Run

3. Sweet Virginia

4. Way Love Goes

5. Nothing You Can Do

6. California Blues

7. Bougainvillea

8. Good Time Feeling

9. Atlanta’S Burning Down

10. Leavin’ Me Again

11. Back On The Road Again

12. Dealin’ With The Devil

13. Shady Street

14. You Can Have Her

15. Mr. Blues Man

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dickey Betts And GREAT Southern, December 31, 2006

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The Footpath Cowboy "rockerusa2002" (Kingston, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Great Southern / Atlanta's Burning Down (Audio CD)

This remastered CD combines the two albums Dickey Betts released in 1977 and 1978, during the Allman Brothers Band's first split, with his own band, Great Southern (note the emphasis on "Great" in the title of this review). These albums show that, contrary to what a lot of critics said at the time, Betts was still at the top of his game on these albums, which, despite a few areas that drag a bit, are a great example to show that Betts was just as important to the Allmans' success as Gregg, Duane, and Berry Oakley. Moreover, the sound quality on this remastered two-fer is warm and thick, making you feel like you're in the room where the record was being made. Betts' advocacy of sanctions against Indonesia in retaliation for that country's trumped-up 2005 drug-smuggling conviction of a young Australian tourist gives "You Can Have Her (I Don't Want Her)" the feel of a diss against a woman who insists on a romantic vacation in Bali, and makes DICKEY BETTS & GREAT SOUTHERN/ATLANTA'S BURNING DOWN an essential purchase for both your ears AND your conscience.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Freakin Amazing!, March 7, 2008

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Eric Kropp - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Great Southern / Atlanta's Burning Down (Audio CD)

This my friends is some of the greatest music ever recorded. Run Gypsy Run, Bougainvillea, and Atlanta's Burning Down are masterpieces. You Can Have her, I Don't Want Her is amazing. This music is great and down to earth. You'll be hard pressed to find anything better.