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The Allman Brothers Band - Peakin' at the Beacon Audio CD

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Title: Peakin' at the Beacon
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Release Date: 2008-03-01
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Don't Want You No More 2: It's Not My Cross to Bear 3: Ain't Wastin' Time No More 4: Every Hungry Woman 5: Please Call Home 6: Stand Back 7: Black Hearted Woman 8: Leave My Blues at Home 9: Seven Turns 10: High Falls

A bit of perspective is needed here ....
Correct me if I'm wrong but this is the only commercial release of the Allmans with the pairing of Dickey Betts and Derek Trucks on twin guitars, isn't it?

I don't really care if the recording has the "odd" audio glitch, because the playing is fantastic. Let's get things in perspective here. Not perfect (Dickey - what was that?!) but still fantastic. The band is cooking but the thing that really captured me was the special interplay between Dickey and Derek.

Its different to Dickey and Warren and different to Warren and Derek (and all the other permutations). The interplay between these two on this recording would have Duanne smiling. Don't get me wrong. I don't rate this above other ABB guitar line ups. But it has its special place.


Contractual obligation
If you think the Arista material was as bad as it could get. . you're right. However, this is just one notch above.
Thank goodness "Hittin' the Note" and "One Way Out" showed what a great band the ABB is and can be. .


SHAME IT HAS BEEN DELETED
It is one of the more enjoyable "live" recordings from this lineup. Personally, I think it is a shame this CD has been deleted. To my ears, it is not one of the best in sound quality; but it is far from terrible as some would have it.

From the word I had heard was the reason why Dicky Betts was kicked out of the band was because his addictions had made him difficult to deal with and his playing had become very uneven gig to gig. It was Betts himself got himself "invited" to leave. Sad but true all the same.

Be that as it may, we have more than a decent CD here and it deserves more than the scorn it gets among these reviews

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Look elsewhere
The band sounds tired and listless for the most part. I love ABB and have seen them at their best (first tours in '69-'70 and the Seven Turns era) This is not an inspired or inspiring recording. For you fans of Derek Trucks(which I am not)he hasn't yet inserted himself into the ABB sound at the time of these Beacon shows. Dickey is hardly present and a shell of the player he was around the late 90's. Despite what some other reviewers have mentioned, Gregg's singing on this set is not near his best. His range is limited and he's struggling to stay on key. Granted, he's not able to reach the high notes of his younger days but, I've seen him in the past few years and singing way better than here. This record is for completest fans only. With all the great live Brothers discs out there, look elsewhere.


In my opinion:
. If Greg Allman thinks that Derek Trucks guitar playing is not up to snuff for his tastes then why would Greg hire him in the first place? If that is the case then Derek Trucks is better off in his own band by himself alone (with others backing him as support) but in a full outfit band altogether (the issue is unity as pertains to bands as a whole in the first place) and after hearing THE DEREK TRUCKS BAND (his name is attached to the band for a reason) he has nothing to worry about because he's famous and making plenty of bank.


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