The Allman Brothers Band Album: “Seven Turns”

After many years of inactvity, these guys returned in fine form. Whereas this recording is not on the same level as Idlewie South or Brothers and Sisters, at least the raw honest roots of the Brothers exists on this disc. Greg Allman is in fine voice on the radio friendly Good Clean Fun as well as the haunting blues driven Gamblers Roll. Johnny Neel lays down some pretty piano runs throughout. Dickey Betts also makes his presence known on the spunky Let Me Ride It and the inspiring Seven Turns. The vocal arrangement is pretty unique on the later one as the Brothers tend to step out of their normal style a bit. About three tracks are somewhat ordinary and merely fill up the disc. But in general, this recording is more reminiscent of the Duane Allman Guitar driven days than the previous two recordings, Brothers Of The Road and Reach For The Sky which display a more pop oriented sound. Score one more for the good guys.

In 1990, the Allman Bros returned from an 8 year hiatus with the four livng originals (Allman, Betts, Trucks, Jaimoe) being joined by three great new bandmates & legendary producer Tom Dowd. While the Allman Brother albums of the early 80s and the solo efforts of Betts & Gregg in the late 80s had a studio slickness & cheesey shouthern rock sound, somehow the band returned to form with a very "organic" blues rock album (possible the influence of legendary producer Tom Dowd). This album was recorded primarily live in the studio & represents a great batch of songs. The best two cannot be previewed here (country style ballad "Seven Turns" & jazz instrumental "True Gravity") and are among the best songs ever written or performed by any version of this outfit. This would be a great place to start your collection of the Allman Bros second classic period: the 1990s (stay away from anything from them on the Arista label in the 80s). I am not sure why anyone would say this was recorded by "hacks." Just listen to the sound clips and judge for yourself.

nothing fancy here.just the blistering blues guitars and the Gregg Allman vocal growl we have come to expect--and that,my friends,is just fine.

Warren Haynes does an excellent Duane Allman musical

impersonation on the guitar--his lead vocal on 2 songs is

a little thin (picture Keith Richards singing "Happy") but it is OK in this context. this album will not recruit many new fans-

but those of us us already in the fold will enjoy having it.

at the time of this review--this disk was selling for a super

bargin price--(around $3.00) do not let the fact that it is inexpensive deter you from this one--you will

not be sorry.

Great comeback album, with all stops pulled. The title track justifys the purchase of this album. If one must buy only one of the comeback album this is it!

The Allman Brothers Band reunited in 1989 to tour and the following year they went into the studio to record this comeback CD. A very welcome return that delights Peachheads! Higlights include Dickey Betts great title track, "Gamblers Roll", "Good Clean Fun",the instrumental "True Gravity", "Loaded Dice" and "It Ain't over yet".

This CD staked the band's claim to fans both old and new that they are still a major band. The great part is they are still staking that claim all these years later!