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The Band: Woodstock

Read "Woodstock" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
August 24, 2019

When the Band took the stage at Woodstock, late Sunday evening, August 17, 1969, they were a little over a month away from releasing their second recording, The Band (Capitol, the “Brown Album") and a year past the release of their debut recording, Music from Big Pink (Capitol, 1968). Later, on January 12, 1970, the group was featured in Time Magazine as “The New Sound of Country Rock." All of this was happening smack dab between stints as Bob Dylan's ...

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Allman Brothers Band: A&R Studios New York 26th August 1971

Read "A&R Studios New York 26th August 1971" reviewed by Doug Collette

by Doug Collette
May 25, 2013

The swagger that distinguished the original lineup of The Allman Brothers Band is on full display here in “Don't Keep Me Wondering," but a comparable confidence permeates this entire performance captured roughly two months before the untimely death of founding member guitarist Duane Allman. Recorded August 26th 1971 at New York's A&R Studios (and broadcast live on WPLJ-FM radio), the sextet is clearly sensing the realization their hard work was beginning to come to fruition with the burgeoning success of ...