I’ve said for decades that the Allman Brothers is (was) the best rock and roll band ever, and that Chuck Leavell is the best keyboards player who ever lived.  Here’s one of many reasons why.

The entire thing is perfect.  The keyboards at 3:04 are out of this world.

Brothers and Sisters, maybe the best record ever made, at Amazon.

Jade Jackson.  Buy her excellent new record at Amazon.

This, friends, is country music.  Love it.

Another sleepy, dusty, delta day.

“In 1967, it was a No. 1 hit for Bobbie Gentry, a singer-songwriter from Chickasaw County, Miss. For two weeks, Gentry was bigger than the Beatles, as her album bumped Sgt. Pepper off the top of the charts.”

“There’s so much power in the brilliant instrumental arrangements in the song, the string section echoing the sound of flowers fluttering down off the bridge, and the pulse of the Tallahatchie River itself.”

Joseph Huber – The Suffering Stage.

OCMS’s 50 Years of Blonde on Blonde is an excellent record.  Some of the best covers I’ve heard in a long time.

 

Sad news out of Atlanta.

I’m not a huge fan of Col. Bruce Hampton‘s music overall, but his influence cannot be overstated.  And his Cold Mountain is one of my favorite songs.