Track Listing

1. Key to the Highway - Big Bill Broonzy
2. Lost Lover Blues - Blind Boy Fuller
3. Statesboro Blues - Blind Willie McTell
4. Stormy Monday Blues - T-Bone Walker
5. Sweet Little Angel - B.B. King
6. Smokestack Lightnin' - Howlin' Wolf
7. Trouble No More - Muddy Waters
8. Can't Stop Lovin' - Elmore James
9. It Takes Time - Otis Rush
10. Deep Feeling - Chuck Berry
11. Need Your Love So Bad - Little Willie John
12. It's Too Late - Chuck Willis
13. I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town - Louis Jordan
14. Did You Ever Love a Woman - B.B. King
15. Wild About You Baby - Elmore James
16. Mona - Bo Diddley
17. Hoochie Coochie Man - Muddy Waters
18. Orange Blossom Special - Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys
19. San Antonio Rose - Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
20. Nobody Knows You When You Are Down & Out - Bessie Smith
21. Tears - Django Reinhardt
22. Come on in My Kitchen [Take 2] - Robert Johnson
23. T.B. Blues - Jimmie Rodgers
24. Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground - Blind Willie Johnson

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #328760 in Music
• Released on: 2008-11-11
• Number of discs: 1

Album Description
2008 compilation of classics that inspired the true architects of Southern Rock: The Allman Brothers. After the British Blues boom had drifted off into the realms of Psychedelia, a group of home-grown American musicians merged Blues, Country and Jazz into what was to become Southern Rock. This collection brings together the many influences that made The Allman Brothers the toughest, Blues outfit of their generation. 24 tracks including cuts from Howlin' Wolf, Big Bill Broonzy, Blind Willie McTell, B.B. King and many others. Complete Blues.

Customer Reviews

Good although not perfect
About half of this Cd is songs covered by the Allman Brothers and its members and you can't go wrong with any of those cuts. There are some big songs done by the band not here ( suzh as One Way Out, You Don't Love Me). The other half of the Cd is songs that the compilers say have "inspired" the band. One could in theory say hundreds of songs, maybe thousands of songs have inspired the band and its members so this is a very subjective list.
Still there's a lot of good music here with direct and indirect links and ties with the Allman Brothers Band. Serious fans of the band should check this out- I'd put it in the 4 to 4.5 star area.