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Final Gregg Allman album to be released in September

By | Published on Friday 28 July 2017

Gregg Allman

Rounder Recorders has announced that it will release the final Gregg Allman album, ‘Southern Blood’, on 8 Sep. The record was completed shortly before the musician’s death in May.

“As his producer, I was dedicated to helping Gregg crystallise his vision for the record and to help make sure that this vision made it to the tape”, says the album’s producer Don Was. “He was a musical hero of mine and, in later years, had become a good friend. The gravitas of this particular situation was not lost on me. Gregg was a sweet, humble man with a good heart and good intentions and it was a great honour to help him put his musical affairs in order and say a proper farewell”.

Recorded at Fame Studios in Muscle Shoals, where Allman’s brother Duane first began building his career, the album sees him perform songs by friends and some of his favourite artists, including Bob Dylan, Tim Buckley, Jackson Browne, Willie Dixon, Jerry Garcia Lowell George and Spooner Oldham.

Allman’s manager Michael Lehman says: “A constant discussion during all of my nearly fifteen years working with Gregg was his desire to return to Muscle Shoals. He always would talk about how he needed to get back to Fame Studios to bring him full circle”.

Here’s a brief clip from a behind-the-scenes documentary that will feature on the deluxe release of the album:

And here’s the record’s opening song, ‘My Only True Friend’, written by Allman himself:

The full tracklist is as follows:

1. My Only True Friend (Gregg Allman and Scott Sharrard)
2. Once I Was (Tim Buckley and Larry Beckett)
3. Going Going Gone (Bob Dylan)
4. Black Muddy River (Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter)
5. I Love The Life I Live (Willie Dixon)
6. Willin’ (Lowell George)
7. Blind Bats And Swamp Rats (Jack Avery)
8. Out Of Left Field (Spooner Oldham and Dan Penn)
9. Love Like Kerosene (Scot Sharrard)
10. Song For Adam (Jackson Browne)



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