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Saturday, June 20, 2020

The Allman Brothers Band-Brothers and Sisters (1973)

After suffering the loss of her virtuous guitarist Duane Allman in that fateful accident in 1971, the so-called forerunner of southern rock embarked on a new adventure entitled "Brothers And Sisters", which we can consider her as her particular creative resurgence and one of her most relevant works.
It was released in 1973, the time when the Allman Brothers faced the arduous task of molding their first album without the presence of that rock and roll legend Duane Allman, a former teammate and co-founder of the group. And they would come out triumphant, fortunately they would see the light at the end of the tunnel and they left us this authentic musical gem for posterity. It includes two of the most famous songs of the band, one of their hymns, "Ramblin´man", and the instrumental "Jessica", which has some extraordinary jams and improvisations, others with a certain bloody air like "Southbound", the intensity of the We will feel the art of blues with "Jelly Jelly", the splendid keyboards of "Wasted Words", and "Come and Go Blues", to finish with the peculiar country touches of "Pony boy".
But misfortune and tragedy haunted the Allman Brothers again, as bassist Berry Oakley died in another car accident during the recording of this album. But the band overcame all these adversities, and "Brothers And Sisters" was the proof they needed, giving us this special and significant work.
Once the production of this album ended, marked by irresistible melodies, and being an anthological work of each and every one of the components of this unforgettable formation, "Brothers And Sisters", it would become one of its biggest sales successes , clearing all kinds of doubts and realizing that the Allman Brothers will always have one of the first places in the Olympics of rock and roll.

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