Allman Brothers Band [1969] Allman Brothers

[01] Don't Want You No More
[02] It's Not My Cross To Bear
[03] Black Hearted Woman
[04] Trouble No More
[05] Every Hungry Woman
[06] Dreams
[07] Whipping Post



amg: This might be the best debut album ever delivered by an American blues band, a bold, powerful, hard-edged, soulful essay in electric blues with a native Southern ambience. Some lingering elements of the psychedelic era then drawing to a close can be found in "Dreams," along with the template for the group's on-stage workouts with "Whipping Post," and a solid cover of Muddy Waters' "Trouble No More." There isn't a bad song here, and only the fact that the group did even better the next time out keeps this from getting the highest possible rating.
(amg 9/10)