Man I second your request on all these songs I'm a southern rock fan from way back and I agree with you 100% on every song you listed there's also the Charlie Daniels band million mile reflections
Well, since you asked. This song takes me back to 1976. I've just moved to Charlotte North Carolina. I have a brand new older stepbrother whose 6yrs older than me. I'm in his room with the black light and strobe light and stem light.lol. lightning was very important. I'm a kid about 9yrs old. He's 15 and not really all that stoked about having a strange kid living in his house. But I can sit still, be quiet and not cause the needle to jump. He turned me on to a whole lotta cool music. He loved these guys. My brother Bob passed 5yrs ago. Damned lung cancer. He was the first person to play the Allman Brothers for me. These guys are in a league that includes very few other bands. Maybe the Grateful Dead. They do 20-30 minute tunes. Give Mountain Jam a listen. The Allman Brothers make me think of my late brother Bob. Thanks for playing it.
It is a slide guitar that's making this sound, that sounds like voices. I don't believe that you have looked at Soulshine by ABB yet! Trust me, you need this one! When you do, go with Live from The Beacon Theater, 2003.
Gosh, I was a kid. I was fortunate to grow up in a household of music because of my mom. So while my generational music was really the 80s & 90s, I was well immersed in the 50s, 60s and 70s.
I’m from the South. You can’t ask me the first time I heard ANY Allman Brothers Band song, I was listening to these classics before I started remembering things. Like hymns at church, I’ve always known them.
Greg and Duanne Allman grew up in Daytona Beach, Florida. At the time, there was the Beach side, mainland and " other side of the tracks" ( black section). The Allman Brothers would go across the tracks to listen to the blues and soul music that was being played. They didn't care what anyone else thought, they liked the music. So, if you listen to their own stuff, its heavy in blues and soul .
A guy I played drums with here in Tallahassee is Charles Atkins, a blind Black blues keyboardist who grew up in Daytona. He told me that Greg and Duane would hang out at the bars he played in Daytona, just like you said. So it all makes sense that Greg had that blues style of singing engrained in him at an early age. Charles said that he ate a couple of Thanksgiving dinners with Greg and Duane at their house with their mom.
I was a 17 year old kid, in the Navy, waiting for us to head to the far east. And that's the first time I heard, in a bar in Long Beach CA that kinda looked the other way forr legal age. The other guys were shooting pool and I saw it on the jukebox. Must have played it and Ramblin Man half dozen times in a row that afternoon ! Have a good day young man, I appreciate yer reactions! Good job !
I first heard most of their songs off their Live at the Fillmore double album, but I had the pleasure to see them twice. At the Fillmore East in NYC & they were amazing. I saw them with Dwayne right before he died. There will never be another band like them. Gregg's voice is beyond amazing. (soulful, and he felt every word)
It's all good, it's all good if it's got the almond brothers. Brother's brother's brother's brother's brother's brother's brother's brother's brother's brother's brother's brother's brother's brother's brother's brother's brother's brother's brothe. Rs bryan nightmare then it's all good when it's got there
During the chorus you can hear Gregg Allman's Hammond B3 organ under those guitar notes during"Not gonna let 'em catch me, no, Not gonna let 'em catch the midnight rider".
I seen this band six times in Boston. Once with Dickey Betts and then mostly with Derek Trucks and Warren Haynes. every time one of the best shows I've ever seen. I seen a 27-minute version of whipping post once. World class band
I believe you'd enjoy checking out their song Dreams. It's an extremely chill and groovy tune. And while we're at it, their song In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed is in the same boat.
In 1989 I was working at an amusement park outside Buffalo NY. The Allman Brothers were preparing for their upcoming tour by living in the campground and practicing in the amphitheater. They had a full blown dress rehearsal and a local radio station had a contest to "win a private concert and meet the band". I didn't win the contest but employees were invited to attend after the park closed. So I was one of about 15 people at a private concert. It was awesome.
I heard this song live in Sarasota 1969. I was 14. Already a seasoned concert rat I was in complete amazement. They led off with "Don't want you no more", which is classic, driving, Allman Brothers.
Love the Alman Brothers they were the soundrack of my college days and got to see them live once in 1969. Great artists with a unique sound unmatched to this day. Fellow DC resident here.
I was 12 years old when my brother went off to college in Macon, Ga.. and came home with this.I was instantly hooked and way ahead of my classmates in music, after this !
I was inside the Macon, Georgia Coliseum. In 1974, age 16, we packed as many, stoned, drunk hippies as possible in a Chevy Van. I lived in the Tri-state area of Georgia, Alabama, Florida. We hit I-75 & headed north to Macon, an hour away. I remember standing on a table to see, Gregg was singing on keyboard, I just saw his very long blond hair. Gregg Allman's “Midnight Rider,” first recorded by the Allman Brothers Band on their second album, Idlewild South, in 1970, is the story of a man on the run - presumably by the law. Duane was once the #1 best guitarist ahead of Eric Clapton. He recorded with Wilson Pickett & Aretha Franklin. In the youths, Gregg & Duane attend concerts of southern soul and blues artists, Percey Sledge, Ottis Redding, & Clarence Carter & more.
It was in the movie Walking Tall starring The Rock, except it was the OTHER version of this song. The difference is the intro to the song. In the movie, the song starts with a slide guitar ( my favorite version ).
I remember hearing this song and its been a minute. I was sitting in my chair and it was there. A suggestion from UA-cam. An LFR reaction. Feels like ages ago. Back in the ol good days.
I first heard this driving up to campus in Santa Cruz. It evokes the romance of the road that is so popular in folk music and southern rock. Van- here’s my favorite road trip song- it’s psychedelic and classic blues by Canned Heat called On the Road Again. Does anyone else remember this fabulous song and vibe?
I heard in an interview that Gregg did with Red Breard, that from the time Gregg had the idea for the song and after calling around without finding any of the band members, he got 2 roadies and taught 1 a base line and the other a bit on the drums and had a demo recorded in 45 minutes.
This is a great song. Love your reaction. Hey Van, I just learned that the great actor, director, activist Sidney Poitier has passed away. I had a giant crush on him back in the sixties. Maybe you could react to something from one of his movies. “To Sir With Love” comes to mind, but anything to honor this amazing man would be great! He was 94. 🌺✌️
So sad to lose him. He was a wonderful human and a great actor. He broke so many barriers in Hollywood. I absolutely loved To Sir with love, both the movie and the song recorded by LuLu. RIP Mr. Poitier 🖤
I grew up on this music my entire life I don't remember the 1st time I heard it. All I know is I can't drive while I listen to it because I hit that gas pedal 😂😂
Love this band seen them many times in the 70s when as a teenager you could afford to buy a ticket without asking your parents. Connecticut was a great place to live with many concerts to enjoy
God I love them!!! Have since I was 14. I'm 65. So 51 years. Also I would get in so much trouble at home when I'd find a way to skip out n go to a concert. It was so worth it.
I first heard this song in the mid 70's. I grew up with R and B, funk and disco but this has song has something that catches you. When I met my husband many years later this is the song I associate with him.
Yooooo! you blew my mind with the percussion drums that I've never heard before in the song, bc im so engrossed in the guitars, drums and lyrics. Damn! thank you! ❤
First time I heard this song was I was 15 years old 1975 76 and I'm 61 now and it's still a rocking song and it's amazing after all these years you remember all the words
Swimming pool by the college in my small town....it happened to be around the time College kids were doing the "streaking" thing all over the country....I was twelve and missed out but this Parks and Public recreation center was nestled in the neighborhood of the college....dorm windows open and all kinds of great music playing! Mustangs, Camaros, Chevelles....all with skinny front tires and jacked up in the back with wide "ET" mags....always thought it would be like that forever.....
The first time I heard this was in 1972. I was 19. I’d been in love with them since 1969. Their live album At Filmore East is a must listen! Also, in later years Greg Allman did a song called I’m no Angel. That is also a must listen! So enjoying watching you watching bands I’ve known for so long! There’s still more! 🥰🎶❤️
This was released on their album Eat a Peach, I still have the album. Saw them perform it live in 1974 at the Georgia Jam. Takes me back to my teen years.
A couple of years after the Allman Brothers released Midnight Rider, their brother, Greg Allman covered the song and released his definitive version. Although not a huge hit, it hit the top 40 and is considered a classic by Greg Allman fans.
Yes Sir! More Allman Fire! There is actually a later version of this song that Greg Allman did; it is more "unplugged" and it actually hooks me in even more! You might want to give it a listen. You are so right; the percussion on this song is great; no doubting that it is front and center. I don't remember exactly the first time I heard this song; must have been when my parents played it, but i know that 50 years later this is still on my playlist when I am in that laid back, yet deep mood.
I don't remember the first time I heard this but I guarantee I heard it many times sitting on the tailgate of Daddy's truck, doing my homework... memories.
It was a spring of 1971 when I first heard this song on WMMR 93.3 in Philly. It’s to go see Johnny Winter at the spectrum. The band right before them what is the Allman Brothers band. Even though I loved Johnny Winter, the Allman Brothers Band blew me away and to this day I listen to them at least 10 times more than any other music from that time. When you get a chance and you want to hear slide guitar, put on don’t keep me wondering off of the at Fillmore East album. Duane Allman talks slide guitar to a whole new level that nobody was doing at the time.
My first time hearing this song was in Macon GA, where the Allman's lived, and recorded at Capricorn Studios. For me it's bitter-sweet, released not long before Duane Allman's death.
Gotta do "No One To Run With" by the ABB. The first time I heard the Allman Brothers band was in 1969 or 1970. My brother had just seen them as the opening band for a singer named B.J. Thomas back then. After the Allman Brothers played their set before B.J. Thomas came on they mentioned they were going down to play some more music at a bar on the college campus. This was in July 1969 just about 4 months after the band formed. My brother told me about it when he got home that night and not long after that their first album came out and of course we bought it. I've been in love with the Allman Brothers ever since. One time I saw them in 1973 their was a big snow storm and Gregg Allman asked the audience if we minded if they go a little longer playing that night because of all the snow. Nobody seemed to mind. Those were the days. Tickets were probably only about 6 or 7 bucks back then.
I first heard this song in 1979 in the movie The Electric Horseman with Robert Redford and Jane Fonda. Willie Nelson was also in the movie, and he sang his version of this song. It wasn't until after I discovered UA-cam in the mid 2000's that I found the Allman Brothers original, I like them both. Willie Nelson's version reminds me of the movie, and I listened to The Allman Brothers on my mp3 player while working on a dairy farm, their version reminds me of the calves (my babies) that I used to take care of.
Hi Mr. Van, I love everything you do sir. Now, I am biased. The Allman Brothers are my favriote band. I am from GA, and I listened to them all my life. I even turned many others onto them when I was in the Navy in the 90s. That said.... I heard this probably when I was about 5 or 6 years told. It was either someone on a motorcycle or a cowboy on a horse to me. It's been that way to me ever sense, and I'll be 50 this year. Doesnt matter this rings out to me very time I hear it. Thank you so much!!!!
ABB is from Macon Ga. Southern blues band. My 1time hearing this was when I was 3 maybe 4. My father managed a huge bar called The Other Place in Daytona Bch Fla.My mom was head bartender. They came in in the day time to set up and do sound check. I remember hearing a sound I never heard before. It sounded majestical. As a curious youn'in I snuck over to the left of the stage behind some ampps not far from my mom's bar. I had a Jesus coloring book. I fell off the first amp onto the floor with my coloring book with a loud thud. I threw my book over my head and froze ( like I'd be invisible 😂) Peeking out from under someone with long blonde hair leaned over and saw me.I had interrupted his playing. I think he saw the terrified look on my face. He asked " Hey Suger Plum , what'ch doin down there?" I lied and said "*coloring". He invited me to color by him and he'd play me a tune. I showedhim my Jesus coloring book. He said " You know Jesus?" I said "Yes, sir.Momma said he's my invisible friend always by my side" He said,He my friend too." Matter of fact I got a song just for you Suger Plum. He closed his eyes and began to play the most bluesy gospel kind of way What A Friend We have in Jesus. Like singing to the heavens. He let me sing with I'm the few parts I learned from him. I tore out my picture I colored and gave it to him. He hugged me folded it up and put in his wallet. I didn't know at the time he was Greg Almond. It's one of my earliest memories of my life. It' so clear. Looking back,what a gentleman, who was such a humble believer. To share his time to sing the gospel to a little girl. When I heard he passed I took a walk, prayed for his family and sang to him up in Heaven "What a Friend We have in Jesus" I know he heard me. I sang the song to my children and now my grandchildren. That gift of time and song is priceless. Singing that song got me though the most painful times in my life. What truly we all have a Friend in Jesus. I just wanted people to know what kind of man Greg Allman was
Heard it on the radio when it came out in 71(I was 11). Didn't truly become a worshipping fan till 78,when I heard "Live at Fillmore East" for the first time....
Couldn't tell you my first time probably on the radio riding with one of my parents. This song, Sweet Melissa and Statesboro Blues are my favorite tunes by them in that time now you can add Soul Shine to the list as well.
Great song, great band! I'm the same age as Van so this song is older than me, but it's one that I just always remember hearing, on the radio and elsewhere. Can't remember not knowing this jam.
With the man that taught me all there is to know about Southern rock since I was knee high ,Allman brothers, CCR,Doobie Brothers,Stephen Wolf,Bad Company, Bob Seger and his hero Stevie Ray Vaughan.....but he always quiz me when music played "who is this and what album, I am 38 and this is my heart and soul .....R.I.P Uncle Vince ......his fav was One Way Out Allman Brothers 🎸🎶🎙
This brings me back to the early days when we would go up north in West branch Michigan play around the Sandune‘s or go tipping cows at a local farm in the summertime.
I have to say that your reactions are very enjoyable. You are personable and fun to listen to. You ask intelligent questions and give good feedback. You have moved up the list into my top ten reactors! That includes some epic reactors so keep on being you and keep on being awesome!
I’m really appreciating your style, thanks man! You should try Soulshine and That Ain’t my Cross to Bear, by they Allmans, there are two of my favourites, all the best, Joel
I heard it the first time on a hot sunday afternoon in 1970 in Central City Park in Macon, Georgia. Love ya blog man. You just keep right on going bro.
Glad to see you've found the very best that was offered, the ABB. For me, 1971 and I was stoned to the gills. Now, for something more interesting about this song. Gregg Allman wrote it. He had it all except the last verse and wanted to get it on tape, as a demo to the band and the recording company. It was late at night. The studio was closed and locked. He and the band roadie, Kim Payne, broke into the studio, stumbled around until they found the switch to turn on all the equipment and got the rough draft down on tape...except that last verse. Gregg was a bit stumped for writing it and it was Payne that came up with it. His name is on the credits as equal songwriter.
Dwayne Allman, Bonnie Raitt and George Harrison-- the greatest slides ever! I miss Dwayne and George. Live for them and thank you Bonnie. Rabbit hole material folks. Lowell George-- little feat was one of Bonnie's favorites. Mine too.
The first time I remember hearing this song was watching the movie Walking Tall starring The Rock. THAT version though, is a stripped down version by Greg Allman and a Dobro lead.
THE MARSHALL TUCKER BAND "CAN'T YOU SEE",, "HEARD IT IN A LOVE SONG",, "TAKE THE HIGHWAY" & "FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN"...ALL CLASSICS..TRUTH!!
Fire on the mountain is my favorite 👍
Man I second your request on all these songs I'm a southern rock fan from way back and I agree with you 100% on every song you listed there's also the Charlie Daniels band million mile reflections
Well, since you asked. This song takes me back to 1976. I've just moved to Charlotte North Carolina. I have a brand new older stepbrother whose 6yrs older than me. I'm in his room with the black light and strobe light and stem light.lol. lightning was very important. I'm a kid about 9yrs old. He's 15 and not really all that stoked about having a strange kid living in his house. But I can sit still, be quiet and not cause the needle to jump. He turned me on to a whole lotta cool music. He loved these guys. My brother Bob passed 5yrs ago. Damned lung cancer. He was the first person to play the Allman Brothers for me. These guys are in a league that includes very few other bands. Maybe the Grateful Dead. They do 20-30 minute tunes. Give Mountain Jam a listen. The Allman Brothers make me think of my late brother Bob. Thanks for playing it.
Loved this song first time l heard it. Was a young teen and loved the Southern, rock,blues of the Allman Brothers band.RIP Duane and Greg
It is a slide guitar that's making this sound, that sounds like voices. I don't believe that you have looked at Soulshine by ABB yet! Trust me, you need this one! When you do, go with Live from The Beacon Theater, 2003.
I was there the Beacon the week before they filmed that.
Do you mean Abba?
No
Gosh, I was a kid. I was fortunate to grow up in a household of music because of my mom. So while my generational music was really the 80s & 90s, I was well immersed in the 50s, 60s and 70s.
I can appreciate you pointing out the African rythyms in the background. It is a great touch.
I’m from the South. You can’t ask me the first time I heard ANY Allman Brothers Band song, I was listening to these classics before I started remembering things. Like hymns at church, I’ve always known them.
Greg and Duanne Allman grew up in Daytona Beach, Florida. At the time, there was the Beach side, mainland and " other side of the tracks" ( black section). The Allman Brothers would go across the tracks to listen to the blues and soul music that was being played. They didn't care what anyone else thought, they liked the music. So, if you listen to their own stuff, its heavy in blues and soul .
I thought they were from Macon Georgia
@@karenpowell6063 Macon was the home base for the whole band.
A guy I played drums with here in Tallahassee is Charles Atkins, a blind Black blues keyboardist who grew up in Daytona. He told me that Greg and Duane would hang out at the bars he played in Daytona, just like you said. So it all makes sense that Greg had that blues style of singing engrained in him at an early age. Charles said that he ate a couple of Thanksgiving dinners with Greg and Duane at their house with their mom.
This song was in the movies Unbreakable & The Electric Horseman, among others. Also, in a Geico ad lol
I was a 17 year old kid, in the Navy, waiting for us to head to the far east. And that's the first time I heard, in a bar in Long Beach CA that kinda looked the other way forr legal age. The other guys were shooting pool and I saw it on the jukebox. Must have played it and Ramblin Man half dozen times in a row that afternoon !
Have a good day young man, I appreciate yer reactions! Good job !
I first heard most of their songs off their Live at the Fillmore double album, but I had the pleasure to see them twice. At the Fillmore East in NYC & they were amazing. I saw them with Dwayne right before he died. There will never be another band like them. Gregg's voice is beyond amazing. (soulful, and he felt every word)
It's all good, it's all good if it's got the almond brothers. Brother's brother's brother's brother's brother's brother's brother's brother's brother's brother's brother's brother's brother's brother's brother's brother's brother's brother's brothe. Rs bryan nightmare then it's all good when it's got there
That's got samuel bongo buying a limit bunk
THE OUTLAWS "HURRY SUNDOWN",, "THERE GOES ANOTHER LOVE SONG",, "GREEN GRASS & HIGH TIDES" & "GHOST RIDERS IN THE SKY"
Once again I agree 100% with all these requests I'm glad to see another southern rock fan on this channel
Just hearing that intro puts me in another frame of mind . Classic
This song is the opening credits for Rob Zombie's movie "The Devils Rejects" It really fits perfectly to the flow of the start of the film
What way to start a movie then finish off with freebird zombie is a master of horror what a soundtrack
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During the chorus you can hear Gregg Allman's Hammond B3 organ under those guitar notes during"Not gonna let 'em catch me, no, Not gonna let 'em catch the midnight rider".
Don't Keep Me Wonderin, Blue Sky, Revival, Dreams, Statesboro Blues, Soulshine, Southbound.......so many great choices, too many to list.
It was in the movie the devils rejects.
Another great Allman Bros. song. It's been in several movies, 4 or 5. Not sure which movie you would have seen.
Please do Melissa next. ✌️
Yes, Melissa, the live acoustic version
@@Robert-lz7ik I love that version too, so beautiful 🖤
THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND "RAMBLIN' MAN",, "MELISSA" & "BLUE SKY"
i’m sure it’s on many things but it’s in the intro credits of The Devil’s Rejects, which everytime i hear this joint it reminds me of lol
The Greg Allman version off his solo album is just as good IMO. Very different arrangement and excellent!
I like that version better also.....Laid Back
@@jeffbarnes19fg76 Queen of Hearts off that Album is one of my Favorites !
Laid Back is an excellent LP. Gregg's country, blues, and gospel solos are the best. "These Days" is probably my favorite.
I seen this band six times in Boston. Once with Dickey Betts and then mostly with Derek Trucks and Warren Haynes. every time one of the best shows I've ever seen. I seen a 27-minute version of whipping post once. World class band
Happy New Year. The Allman Brothers are great
I believe you'd enjoy checking out their song Dreams. It's an extremely chill and groovy tune. And while we're at it, their song In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed is in the same boat.
BLACKFOOT "TRAIN,, TRAIN" & "HIGHWAY SONG"...MUST HEAR SOUTHERN ROCK CLASSICS.
Yes they are!! I was in high school....my absolute favorite band ever.
In 1989 I was working at an amusement park outside Buffalo NY. The Allman Brothers were preparing for their upcoming tour by living in the campground and practicing in the amphitheater. They had a full blown dress rehearsal and a local radio station had a contest to "win a private concert and meet the band". I didn't win the contest but employees were invited to attend after the park closed. So I was one of about 15 people at a private concert. It was awesome.
I heard this song live in Sarasota 1969. I was 14.
Already a seasoned concert rat I was in complete amazement. They led off with "Don't want you no more", which is classic, driving, Allman Brothers.
It was used in the movie The Devil's Rejects.
Midnight Rider was on the soundtrack of the movie The Devils Rejects.
Love the Alman Brothers they were the soundrack of my college days and got to see them live once in 1969. Great artists with a unique sound unmatched to this day. Fellow DC resident here.
I was 12 years old when my brother went off to college in Macon, Ga.. and came home with this.I was instantly hooked and way ahead of my classmates in music, after this !
I was inside the Macon, Georgia Coliseum. In 1974, age 16, we packed as many, stoned, drunk hippies as possible in a Chevy Van.
I lived in the Tri-state area of Georgia, Alabama, Florida. We hit I-75 & headed north to Macon, an hour away.
I remember standing on a table to see, Gregg was singing on keyboard, I just saw his very long blond hair.
Gregg Allman's “Midnight Rider,” first recorded by the Allman Brothers Band on their second album, Idlewild South, in 1970, is the story of a man on the run - presumably by the law.
Duane was once the #1 best guitarist ahead of Eric Clapton. He recorded with Wilson Pickett & Aretha Franklin. In the youths, Gregg & Duane attend concerts of southern soul and blues artists, Percey Sledge, Ottis Redding, & Clarence Carter & more.
Love it!! Yes, Marshall Tucker Band awesome too, as the one commenter mentioned
It was in the movie Walking Tall starring The Rock, except it was the OTHER version of this song. The difference is the intro to the song. In the movie, the song starts with a slide guitar ( my favorite version ).
I remember hearing this song and its been a minute. I was sitting in my chair and it was there. A suggestion from UA-cam. An LFR reaction. Feels like ages ago. Back in the ol good days.
I first heard this driving up to campus in Santa Cruz. It evokes the romance of the road that is so popular in folk music and southern rock. Van- here’s my favorite road trip song- it’s psychedelic and classic blues by Canned Heat called On the Road Again. Does anyone else remember this fabulous song and vibe?
1972 I was 12 and heard this on the radio ♥️🎵 Loved it ever since 🤟Please react to their song from 1970 called “ Please Call Home” It’s beautiful ♥️
First comment lol. I love the Allman Brothers and I'm only 37
Me too. I'm 37
I heard in an interview that Gregg did with Red Breard, that from the time Gregg had the idea for the song and after calling around without finding any of the band members, he got 2 roadies and taught 1 a base line and the other a bit on the drums and had a demo recorded in 45 minutes.
This is a great song. Love your reaction. Hey Van, I just learned that the great actor, director, activist Sidney Poitier has passed away. I had a giant crush on him back in the sixties. Maybe you could react to something from one of his movies. “To Sir With Love” comes to mind, but anything to honor this amazing man would be great! He was 94. 🌺✌️
So sad to lose him. He was a wonderful human and a great actor. He broke so many barriers in Hollywood. I absolutely loved To Sir with love, both the movie and the song recorded by LuLu.
RIP Mr. Poitier 🖤
Yes To Sir With Love from te movie!!!!
come on man.....in the heat of the night!
I love the cement of the whole song.
The acoustic guitar track. Rarely changes.
Also the harmonies of the line is mesmerizing.
Happy New Year!!!
Yeah! Another incredible tune from The Allman Brothers Band. Peace.
I grew up on this music my entire life I don't remember the 1st time I heard it. All I know is I can't drive while I listen to it because I hit that gas pedal 😂😂
Listen to "These Days" and "Multicolored Lady" fgom Gregg Allman's Laid Back album. About 73 or 74. Listened to it I with the 8 track in my car
Love this band seen them many times in the 70s when as a teenager you could afford to buy a ticket without asking your parents. Connecticut was a great place to live with many concerts to enjoy
I envy you! I wasn’t allowed to go ! Lol
God I love them!!! Have since I was 14. I'm 65. So 51 years. Also I would get in so much trouble at home when I'd find a way to skip out n go to a concert. It was so worth it.
My first hearing this song was on the radio when it first came out :)
I first heard this song in the mid 70's. I grew up with R and B, funk and disco but this has song has something that catches you. When I met my husband many years later this is the song I associate with him.
I believe the movie is Easy Rider, and I think that's where I first heard it too. The melodic ahh sound is the slide guitar.
Yooooo!
you blew my mind with the percussion drums that I've never heard before in the song, bc im so engrossed in the guitars, drums and lyrics.
Damn!
thank you! ❤
First time I heard this song was I was 15 years old 1975 76 and I'm 61 now and it's still a rocking song and it's amazing after all these years you remember all the words
Elizabeth Reed and You Don't Love Me from Live at the Fillmore, the greatest live album ever.
Swimming pool by the college in my small town....it happened to be around the time College kids were doing the "streaking" thing all over the country....I was twelve and missed out but this Parks and Public recreation center was nestled in the neighborhood of the college....dorm windows open and all kinds of great music playing! Mustangs, Camaros, Chevelles....all with skinny front tires and jacked up in the back with wide "ET" mags....always thought it would be like that forever.....
The first time I heard this song in 1970’s, when Gregg Allman put it out on a solo album! I bought it right away! Best album!
The first time I heard this was in 1972. I was 19. I’d been in love with them since 1969.
Their live album At Filmore East is a must listen!
Also, in later years Greg Allman did a song called I’m no Angel. That is also a must listen!
So enjoying watching you watching bands I’ve known for so long! There’s still more! 🥰🎶❤️
"SOULSHINE" is another great option from them. Give it a try.
This was released on their album Eat a Peach, I still have the album. Saw them perform it live in 1974 at the Georgia Jam. Takes me back to my teen years.
It was in "Devil's Rejects" by Rob Zombie for one...My personal favorite...;)
A couple of years after the Allman Brothers released Midnight Rider, their brother, Greg Allman covered the song and released his definitive version. Although not a huge hit, it hit the top 40 and is considered a classic by Greg Allman fans.
Yes Sir! More Allman Fire! There is actually a later version of this song that Greg Allman did; it is more "unplugged" and it actually hooks me in even more! You might want to give it a listen. You are so right; the percussion on this song is great; no doubting that it is front and center. I don't remember exactly the first time I heard this song; must have been when my parents played it, but i know that 50 years later this is still on my playlist when I am in that laid back, yet deep mood.
The Allman Bros music and all the individual members have played on soundtracks to countless movies 🤓👍🏼just sayin
Country, blues, and gospel meet at the Allmans. Early 70s.
The Allman Brothers.... ahhhhhhh, I really LOVE this song!!! It was one Daddy loved too!
I don't remember the first time I heard this but I guarantee I heard it many times sitting on the tailgate of Daddy's truck, doing my homework... memories.
It was a spring of 1971 when I first heard this song on WMMR 93.3 in Philly. It’s to go see Johnny Winter at the spectrum. The band right before them what is the Allman Brothers band. Even though I loved Johnny Winter, the Allman Brothers Band blew me away and to this day I listen to them at least 10 times more than any other music from that time. When you get a chance and you want to hear slide guitar, put on don’t keep me wondering off of the at Fillmore East album. Duane Allman talks slide guitar to a whole new level that nobody was doing at the time.
My first time hearing this song was in Macon GA, where the Allman's lived, and recorded at Capricorn Studios. For me it's bitter-sweet, released not long before Duane Allman's death.
Greg Allman is the main singer. His brother Dewayne was the lead guitarist until he died
Road trip in my teens first hearing this...developed a taste for freedom listening to it. I'm 57, last of the midnight riders
Gotta do "No One To Run With" by the ABB. The first time I heard the Allman Brothers band was in 1969 or 1970. My brother had just seen them as the opening band for a singer named B.J. Thomas back then. After the Allman Brothers played their set before B.J. Thomas came on they mentioned they were going down to play some more music at a bar on the college campus. This was in July 1969 just about 4 months after the band formed. My brother told me about it when he got home that night and not long after that their first album came out and of course we bought it. I've been in love with the Allman Brothers ever since. One time I saw them in 1973 their was a big snow storm and Gregg Allman asked the audience if we minded if they go a little longer playing that night because of all the snow. Nobody seemed to mind. Those were the days. Tickets were probably only about 6 or 7 bucks back then.
I first heard this song in 1979 in the movie The Electric Horseman with Robert Redford and Jane Fonda. Willie Nelson was also in the movie, and he sang his version of this song. It wasn't until after I discovered UA-cam in the mid 2000's that I found the Allman Brothers original, I like them both. Willie Nelson's version reminds me of the movie, and I listened to The Allman Brothers on my mp3 player while working on a dairy farm, their version reminds me of the calves (my babies) that I used to take care of.
One of the smoothist song ever, superb song
What I love about them, is that they always play the Beacon Theater in NYC. Annual treat.
Hi Mr. Van, I love everything you do sir. Now, I am biased. The Allman Brothers are my favriote band. I am from GA, and I listened to them all my life. I even turned many others onto them when I was in the Navy in the 90s. That said.... I heard this probably when I was about 5 or 6 years told. It was either someone on a motorcycle or a cowboy on a horse to me. It's been that way to me ever sense, and I'll be 50 this year. Doesnt matter this rings out to me very time I hear it. Thank you so much!!!!
ABB is from Macon Ga. Southern blues band. My 1time hearing this was when I was 3 maybe 4. My father managed a huge bar called The Other Place in Daytona Bch Fla.My mom was head bartender. They came in in the day time to set up and do sound check. I remember hearing a sound I never heard before. It sounded majestical. As a curious youn'in I snuck over to the left of the stage behind some ampps not far from my mom's bar. I had a Jesus coloring book. I fell off the first amp onto the floor with my coloring book with a loud thud. I threw my book over my head and froze ( like I'd be invisible 😂) Peeking out from under someone with long blonde hair leaned over and saw me.I had interrupted his playing. I think he saw the terrified look on my face. He asked " Hey Suger Plum , what'ch doin down there?" I lied and said "*coloring". He invited me to color by him and he'd play me a tune. I showedhim my Jesus coloring book. He said " You know Jesus?" I said "Yes, sir.Momma said he's my invisible friend always by my side" He said,He my friend too." Matter of fact I got a song just for you Suger Plum. He closed his eyes and began to play the most bluesy gospel kind of way What A Friend We have in Jesus. Like singing to the heavens. He let me sing with I'm the few parts I learned from him. I tore out my picture I colored and gave it to him. He hugged me folded it up and put in his wallet. I didn't know at the time he was Greg Almond. It's one of my earliest memories of my life. It' so clear. Looking back,what a gentleman, who was such a humble believer. To share his time to sing the gospel to a little girl. When I heard he passed I took a walk, prayed for his family and sang to him up in Heaven "What a Friend We have in Jesus" I know he heard me. I sang the song to my children and now my grandchildren. That gift of time and song is priceless. Singing that song got me though the most painful times in my life. What truly we all have a Friend in Jesus. I just wanted people to know what kind of man Greg Allman was
Heard it on the radio when it came out in 71(I was 11). Didn't truly become a worshipping fan till 78,when I heard "Live at Fillmore East" for the first time....
Couldn't tell you my first time probably on the radio riding with one of my parents. This song, Sweet Melissa and Statesboro Blues are my favorite tunes by them in that time now you can add Soul Shine to the list as well.
Every time I hear this, I remember riding on a Hog going thru the "Dragon Tail" super fast before the park closed and riding the Hog trail. Big Smile.
Heard one album and then saw them in concert in 1971…saw them many more times afterwards..
Allamn Brothers = Legends!!
I first heard this when I was about 4. My Dad is a huge Allman Brothers Band Fan.
Great song, great band! I'm the same age as Van so this song is older than me, but it's one that I just always remember hearing, on the radio and elsewhere. Can't remember not knowing this jam.
I'm a trucker I use to play this at midnight when I was running hard all night and 1/2 the day. Running tobacco between KY the Carolinas and Virginia.
With the man that taught me all there is to know about Southern rock since I was knee high ,Allman brothers, CCR,Doobie Brothers,Stephen Wolf,Bad Company, Bob Seger and his hero Stevie Ray Vaughan.....but he always quiz me when music played "who is this and what album, I am 38 and this is my heart and soul .....R.I.P Uncle Vince ......his fav was One Way Out Allman Brothers 🎸🎶🎙
I first heard this in the movie The Devils Rejects and thought it was such a great song, that full movie has a great soundtrack
Allman brothers concert 75 was when I decided to marry Jimmy. 48 years later we still go to all touring shows.
This brings me back to the early days when we would go up north in West branch Michigan play around the Sandune‘s or go tipping cows at a local farm in the summertime.
I have to say that your reactions are very enjoyable. You are personable and fun to listen to. You ask intelligent questions and give good feedback. You have moved up the list into my top ten reactors! That includes some epic reactors so keep on being you and keep on being awesome!
"Midnight Rider" in 3 minutes tells the story of a man's desperation, and determination.
I’m really appreciating your style, thanks man! You should try Soulshine and That Ain’t my Cross to Bear, by they Allmans, there are two of my favourites, all the best, Joel
I heard it the first time on a hot sunday afternoon in 1970 in Central City Park in Macon, Georgia. Love ya blog man. You just keep right on going bro.
The first time i heard this song i was in Tennessee on a trip with my sister and my girlfriend years ago this takes me back man
You heard this in a GEICO car insurance commercial.
Glad to see you've found the very best that was offered, the ABB.
For me, 1971 and I was stoned to the gills.
Now, for something more interesting about this song. Gregg Allman wrote it. He had it all except the last verse and wanted to get it on tape, as a demo to the band and the recording company. It was late at night. The studio was closed and locked. He and the band roadie, Kim Payne, broke into the studio, stumbled around until they found the switch to turn on all the equipment and got the rough draft down on tape...except that last verse. Gregg was a bit stumped for writing it and it was Payne that came up with it. His name is on the credits as equal songwriter.
Dwayne Allman, Bonnie Raitt and George Harrison-- the greatest slides ever! I miss Dwayne and George. Live for them and thank you Bonnie. Rabbit hole material folks. Lowell George-- little feat was one of Bonnie's favorites. Mine too.
The first time I remember hearing this song was watching the movie Walking Tall starring The Rock. THAT version though, is a stripped down version by Greg Allman and a Dobro lead.
The first time I heard this was early 70's. We lived in GA. I liked it the song from the get go.
SOULSHINE is a great Allman Brothers song
I was a 7-8 yr old kid in the 90s and my dad bought Alman bros tape at the gas station this was my favorite song
was released 72 college buzzing ,give john mayall bluesbreakers room to move and paul butterfield born in chicago 1941 a listen.
One of my favorite karaoke songs to perform.