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Another band I barely knew anything about before. At first it just sounded like a standard blues rock band. After a few tracks I thought I knew what made their sound distinct and that’s when I got hit with the first long jamming track. I never really got into jam bands and now I can see why. There were a lot of great sections in those 20 minute tracks. But after about 7 minutes I’m ready to move on. Toward the end of “Whipping Post” they do a riff of “London Bridge is Falling Down” and that’s where I knew they were messing with us. I now appreciate guitar solos much more. They can accomplish the same improvisational showcase without overstaying their welcome. Sometimes leas is more. But I have to comment on this coincidence and contrast: the album I got right before this also features blues rock tracks and released in the same year. But it was so soulless and selfish and bland compared to this one. So while this sort of “director’s cut” version of this band’s music isn’t for me, I at least can say it’s still high quality stuff.
So much more credible than I first thought. I must admit I judged this hard at first. Seemed like another set of ordinary white dudes from the 60s (okay early 70s) appropriating the blues and not really adding anything interesting. I love the scale though. Despite it being quite locked into that electric blues style, there is a lot of cool musicianship and genuinely expressive ideas.
Great guitar riffs and groove. Didn't notice a "boring/uninterested" part. Would listen again
Great vibes. My kind of music, just super cool and fun
groovy, i like it
3 + 1 for meeting notability guidelines.
Very groovy, this was a good one
Honestly I really fucked with this album. I enjoyed the live-ness of the album and just listening to the instruments. Not sure if they're jazz or rock but it was fun. Why they started playing Joy to the World at the end of their first 20 min song idk. Last couple of songs were really boring and long but not bad. 4/5
Who doesnt like the blues?
Ах.. Снова эти южане. Ну не нраится мне, ну вот не знаю. Что CCR слушал что теперь небезызвестных The Allman Brothers Band. Выдающийся инструментал, балдёжный блюз, гармошка, ну красота прям. Но этот вокал, эта манера исполнения... Даже хз как описать. Не быть мне фанатом южного рокешника похоже. За крутой инструментал, уважение к группе и безусловный шедевр Whipping Post - поставлю 4.
Excellent musicianship redefining what blues can sound like
This is a supreme jam style live album. Definitely one of the best I’ve heard and technically it’s excellent. It ebbs and flows but mostly at a high tempo. It’s not really my style as I prefer tighter compositions or blues style guitar that has more slow, emotive and powerful sections for emphasis where this is rarely getting below 3rd or 4th gear. But it’s hard to deny the talent on show and it would have been an epic live performance to sit in on. Probably a high 3 on enjoyment alone but it feels like a significant recording and technically there’s a lot to like, so felt the 4 was deserved.
This is great example of when a live album really works. I'd not listened to The AB before but I immediately wished I was at one of these gigs. Listening to a band play their songs and then just have a general blues jam is live music at its best. It was all well executed, if fairly generic, blues rock. In parts, the album is a bit rambling through the extended improv sections but I was listening on a long drive and could just surrender to it with any repetition feeling appropriate. Good find.
Blues Hammer from Ghost World without being frat boys.
A this was a great live album. It’s all they’re familiar hits some 25 minutes longer than you would normally hear them but awesome to listen to. I won’t say too much more than that.
Great jams
Whipping post är en av de bästa låtarna jag vet. I den här liveversionen är den magisk. Väldigt bra live-album överlag måste jag säga. Det är oändligt med girarrsolon men det funkar för att Duane Allman är så vansinnigt skicklig (galet att han dör bara några månader senare). Fruktansvärt bra! Början av You Don't Love Me är också magisk, sedan går den lite vilse i alla solon. In Memory of Elizabeth Reed, också mycket bra. Gillar detta mycket!!
Having never listened to the Allman brothers before, I found this album quite enjoyable. Some of the tunes are pretty funky, there's a lot of blues going on. Is it an album to listen to before you die? Probably not, but still worth a lesson
Phenomenal live album. It really showcases the band at its finest while jamming to some of their best tunes. It's great background listening.
I have to be in the right mood for jam band stuff, and I was in that right mood for this album.
good live album, perfect for locking into work
AWESOME. Classic Blues Rock at its finest.
So far my favourite rock album. The instrumentals are beautiful, especially the guitar riffs. Beautifully produced album. Some of the best guitar solos I have heard, especially in the song You don't love me. This album made me realise that sometimes you don't even need vocals, instruments can sing too, case in point Hot Lanta. Favourite song in the album - Whipping Post No. of favourited songs - 4/7 Rating - 4/5
lot's of great guitar solo's
I really enjoyed it. Much more than I expected
What a sexy live band.
Nothing has changed in that I don't prefer live albums, but this one was pretty good. They really jam out on this. There were certainly parts where it dragged on a little long, but those guys were having fun up there.
Incredible rock from a band who just seem to know where each other is going at any given moment.
4/5 Best Song: In Memory of Elizabeth Reed Worst Song: Stormy Monday Weirdest Song: You Don't Love Me Honorable Mention: Whipping Post Epic live album from Allman Brothers. Great guitar solos and instrumentation throughout. Starts a little slow but really kicks off at You Don't Love Me and only gets better from there.
I enjoyed this more than I thought I would! Cool vibes, wel executed and interesting enough compositions
I don't think I would pick it on my own to listen to, but goddamn if this wasn't fucking great.
I like driving rock and roll with electric guitars, and I also like long dynamic jazz pieces that are alternately mesmerizing and arresting, so this definitely works for me. 4/5. Sure, this probably fits on a hugely long list of must listen music. Maybe on mine.
Nice album. Lot of good moments.
y se quejaban porque taylor tiene una canción de 10 minutos
This is an absurd amount of noodling, and most times I find that really annoying. This was not one of those times. Wish I'd been invited to this party.
solowki sa mega smieszne, i tez zajebista jakosc produkcji jak na to ze na zywo nagrywane i w 1971 r.
Legends. Masters. Whatever you want to label this band they are rock, blues, messiahs. So many people owe so much to bands like this. This is a live album which normally makes me cringe, but this one works
Always enjoyed this one!
I got on board the ABB train late in life, and even well after loving the Dead and other jam bands for a couple decades or more. But this album is just an excellent summary of all that there is to love about ABB. Strong 4+, maybe a 5.
The band is so cool but the album 'at fillmore east' is not the best album to them. Theres a album named where it all negins is better :^)
Despite the long jams it was still enjoyable.
Awesome !!!
great live album with fun improv
Second day in a row of live albums from Fillmore (had quicksilver messenger service yesterday). Both are testaments to the power and vitality of live rock music of the period. They capture something the studio albums never can: the interplay and groove of a tight group of musicians. Live at Fillmore starts out kinda lame with the old school blues of ”statesboro blues”. But the album really picks up steam and ”Hot ’Lanta” and ”In Memory of Elizabeth Reed” are two absolute stunners. Tight, groovy, explosive aural beauty.
folk rock is such a fun genre I quite enjoyed ‘Stateboro Blues’ ‘Stormy Monday’ is such a good love rendition but my favourite of the Live At Fillmore pieces were ‘Done Somebody Wrong’ and ‘Whipping Post’. This love album further solidified my interest in Blues rock and folk. Rating: 4/5 GEMV (10.05.2026)
Pretty good live album, especially the blues material. Love to hear a great band jamming!
A first live album on this journey- which I’m sure if you were at the concert was a hell of an evening. I’m not entirely sure what I’ve listened to though- rock, blues, jazz, country? I guess a mixture of all 4. Vocally I wasn’t overly won over however the music itself never felt repetitive and despite a couple of the tracks been loooong.. it flowed well and the ‘jamming’ sessions were warmly recieved by my ears. Unfortunately however due to the vocals not being to my taste and the fact I actually wasn’t in the room for the concert I wasn’t fully sold on the album. For that I’m going to give it an overall 8/10 Best song- ‘in memories of Elizabeth Reed’ Worst track- ‘done somebody wrong’
Allman Bros It kind of all became one long jam. An enjoyable jam, but a jam. Standouts for me were the drums/guitar duel of You Don't Love Me, and the twin guitar of Hot Lanta. Bonus point for using two drummers. Always love a duel drum attack 😂 Best Track - Hot Lanta Worst Track - Stormy Monday (which I know everyone calls a classic but...) 7.5/10
Was fun and relaxing. It's not a lot that I see an album with songs going over 10 minutes, though. woooah
Great jam album, and a great group! Rating: 8/10 Favorite Songs: Statesboro Blues, Whipping Post
I’ve heard this before. I don’t own it but it’s in my dad’s collection, so I heard this a lot growing up. Allman Brothers is one of the few southern rock bands I really like, so I think it’s because of the jamming. Except I’m not a huge fan of jam bands, so I guess it’s because the jams are not aimless. They got a set start, a general direction, and end at the right time; they got a verb to them, if that makes sense. And this record is filled with those jams.
My dad used to play some Allman Brothers, as well as I've come across some of these tracks in my work. "Statesboro Blues" is a great opening track, with some great blues-rock vocals & guitar tone. "Done Somebody Wrong" another solid blues rock entry. Clean playing, vocal delivery is solid. I like that they call out at the start of "Stormy Monday" that it's a T-Bone Walker song. I think it's really important to understand that Blues, and by extension Blues-Rock & Rock n' Roll are built upon the foundations of these African American artists. While maybe it didn't stick with the crowd at the live show, it's still great to see Artists acknowledge Artists, something that wasn't always done at this time. Fantastic original song, and this version does a great job to honor it. "You Don't Love Me" again, solid blues rock. Vocals are fine, guitar work is great. I like how up beat and bouncy this one while we get to hear those humbuckers rip. Certainly a lengthier track that really start's to further emphasize the jammyness of this album. I do think the track does ramble on quite a bit with it clocking in at a slightly over 19 minute listen time. In contrast to my prior listen of Jimi Hendrix's *Electric Ladyland* where I made note of the length of some tracks, but simultaneously how much Hendrix would seemingly introduce and remove different licks & solos within them— Duane Allman's playing here get's a little too samey for my taste. It's not to the degree where I feel like I'm just listening to a dude noodle on, there's quality & thought there. It's just some licks overstay their welcome, and last a little too long as the major theme with minimal change. Coming off "You Don't Love Me", "Hot 'Lanta" feels arguably almost too short. It feels like a step away from that blues-rock tone thusfar, and further into a more jazz-like track which I find super interesting. It's a breath of fresh air coming into side C— but in some ways it feels underdeveloped and unexplored when you consider the lengthy tracks that sandwhich it between side B, and the rest of side C & D. "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" is a return to some more blues rock, and man does the guitar solo absolutely bang in this one. "Whipping Post" is quite the way to wrap up the album. Definitely more of the same, but in a saving-the-best-for-last kind of way. I think this was some of the best Jam-Band style playing & guitar work by Duane Allman across the album. Across the album, I really dig the extended, jam-band, almost jazzy kind of versions of songs. In many ways, the album feels like a precursor to not only many Southern Blues-Rock artists, but Jam Bands to follow. Favorite Track: "Whipping Post"
A band that jams
This is pretty solid but standard bluesy jams and then you get to Whipping Post and it blows the rest of the album completely out of the water. It’s worth a listen just for Whipping Post
Statesboro Blues (Live At Fillmore East, March 13, 1971) - Suuuuuper cool so far. Reminds me of a blues bar I visited once. Done Somebody Wrong (Live At The Fillmore East, March 1971) - Funky vibe. fun. sort of slow. Stormy Monday (Live At Fillmore East, March 13, 1971) - I stopped paying attention to each song. Whoops. Good! great to have in the background.
A fantastic live blues-rock record.
Love this live album. Duane, man
Good blues with some rock/soul vibes. Guitar work, etc.
Great Live Album.
This version of Elizabeth Reed has been part of my consciousness for so long. Love it. This album always delivers.
Must have been a great show
Aastast 1971 üks algupäraseid, aga ikkagi väga suure iseloomuga blues rock esinemisi. Pikad soolod, pikad lood, hinge siin on. Laivis kindlasti kuulaks veel, kuigi väga meeldejäävaid bängereid otseselt polnud. 3.8/5
An incredible live album from a band that is known for its live shows. Perhaps the best version of "Statesboro Blues" Highlights: "Statesboro Blues", "Stormy Monday" and "Midnight Rider"
Great album of young Allman Brothers band. Great jam album. Classic blues
Genuinely enjoyed this
Loved this, just a great live album by a great band.
I've heard that this is one of the greatest live albums ever made. I don't think that's quite true, but I could be wrong here. It's essentially a standard 70s blues-rock album played live with a handful of the songs being insanely long jam sessions. It's a good album, even though the songs are basic and the lyrics even more so. The album is entirely carried by the musicianship; every soloist is clearly good at their instrument. That said, the extended songs are mostly pointless and could have stayed a normal length. Therefore, this is not the greatest live album ever made like some say it is. It's just a good concert recording that showcases the talents of the band members.
Incredibly long but very good jams, absolute classic rock
8.5 / 10
A pretty cool live blues album. Teenage me would have absolutely loved this. For 40-year old me, it was probably just a 4*. Super talented musician and some cool segments in the epic jams, but I just don't get as excited about 20 minute guitar solos as I used to.
I had forgotten how good this record is!! All man Brothers play blues songs just out of this world!!!
I mean they really do go for it. Jam city baby. Time capsule and incredible musicianship on display.
Great space out music
My first impression was that this album is one of those live albums filled with blues jamming. I have to admit that the Allman brothers seems to even do that in a way that i don't totally hate. And as we go further to side B and onwards the band's got other tricks in their sleeves, with jazzy and proggy elements that really make me appreciate this much more than the first bars of the firsts songs anticipated. Will have to spin it again couple of times just for fun!
The All Man Brothers Band, it don’t get more macho than that! Kinda surprised they aren’t sitting on Harleys in every picture. Anyways, another in the long list of bands I couldn’t afford to get into during my pre-streaming youth, but I always meant to. They absolutely rip, and my guitar playing would have benefited greatly from listening to this record repetitively as an early teen. I’ll see if doing it now will work the same way. Let’s hope.
Excellent groove
Wow, what an amazing live album! This record shows how underrated The Allman Brothers were as a jam band. These improvised guitar solos and drum beats are timeless. Sure, some of the jams falter off and lose some steam from time to time. But that doesn’t waver my love and nostalgia I have for this band. Growing up, my dad would play this album and countless other Allman Brother records on car rides to school. It’s safe to say my dad has great taste and set the bar high for music I listen to every day. Thanks dad
Didn't do me wrong.
I definitely like this album more than the last one I got. I'm using not a super huge fan of blues kind of music, so this surprised me. I t sounds like the kind of music my dad would put on the car, and the kind of concert he'd drag me to "for the experience", so in that way this album feels "homey" The guitar solos are quite impressive, although they do happen quite a lot so sometimes its a bit repetitive. But overall, it was enjoyable. and whoever was absolutely shredding on that harmonica, go you man, that's badass.
I like the Allman Brothers - and have 16 songs liked by them on Spotify. I only have 1 song liked from this specific album - "Whipping Post" - which I just noticed is the longest song on this one at 23 minutes. Most of my liked songs are from their studio albums - with 9 of them from the album called Eat a Peach (which is a perfect album with no skips) - which also has 3 live songs on it that I like. I will add that, in general, live albums usually aren't my favorite. I love live music in person, but don't think albums usually capture what makes it so good. And I I think double albums are usually full of lots of filler. So, whenever I see a live double album I get a little worried. Thoughts after listening 3 times ... I didn't really get into the first 2 songs - "Statesboro Blues" and "Done Somebody Wrong". "Stormy Monday" - digging the slower, more hypnotic, pace of this song. The organ part really kicks it up a notch. "You Don't Love Me" - good. Oh yeah, I've heard "Hot 'Lanta" before and really like it. I already have "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" liked from the studio version - and the live version is also really good - and probably even better with the cool, long extended jams. I know a lot of people comment on the twin lead guitars that the Allman Brothers use and clearly they are awesome at this - but I don't think the drumming gets enough love. They also have 2 drummers and what they are doing sounds very complex to me - that and the bass keep this all chugging along - plus the drum solos are fantastic. This is even harder to do in a live setting - so props to Butch Trucks and Jaimoe for crushing this. I also think the recording of this is great for a live album. You can hear everything really well and it doesn't get that "muddy" feel to it, nor the play too fast/slow or out of synch sound that many live albums get. Thanks Allman Brothers for proving me wrong about live double albums! Liked songs on Spotify: 5/7 NOTE: these 5 songs represent 89% of the minutes of this album - even though it's only 71% going by song count. Apparently I tend to like the longer jams the best Rating: 4/5
Fuck yeah some R’R
I love listening to music that makes you feel like you're in a basement half paying attention to the music and half covering your drink
I have a standing suspicion of live albums. Too often the audience is roped in as a character reference. The cheering, the applause, the whooping — all of it quietly saying: *look how much this mattered in the room, therefore it matters now*. I like live music enormously, but that doesn’t automatically mean I want the evidence preserved. Plenty of bands have left me thinking that, were they playing in a pub, I’d have to be dragged out at closing time still demanding encores, while having absolutely no desire to take their studio album home from the merch table. _At Fillmore East_ more or less demolishes that objection. The crowd is mixed back enough that they barely function as endorsement. They are almost forensic evidence: yes, this really happened in a room, with no apparent need for the room to tell you how impressed to be. And that turns out to be the whole boast of the album: **look what these guys just do**. The Allman Brothers Band are obviously formidable players, but virtuosity on its own is not terribly interesting. What matters here is their ability to think while playing. George Harrison once contrasted his own tendency to construct a lead guitar solo with Eric Clapton’s ability to jam intelligently, and that distinction feels useful here. The skill is not simply generating more notes. It is hearing what has just happened, remembering it, altering it, returning to it, developing it and knowing when to push forward. It reminded me of birdsong slowed down. A song thrush can sound spontaneous until you examine the pattern closely and hear movement, repetition, variation and development taking place in real time. That is what a good jam ought to be. A bad one merely proves that everybody remains capable of continuing. A good one allows an idea to live through time. That is why the extended playing here rarely feels like acreage. These musicians listen to one another. The guitars braid rather than queue. The rhythm section doesn’t simply maintain momentum; it gives the improvisation memory. The music can wander because somebody always seems to know where the landmarks are. There is an enormous amount of testosterone in the room. This is forceful American rock in a way British rock often isn’t. British rock has always had music hall, art school, theatricality, glam, irony and camp running through it, even when it is pretending to be terribly serious. The Allmans sound almost suspicious of anything that might weaken the claim to masculine conviction. There is very little quotation-mark distance around what they do. And yet it works. It feels like _Easy Rider_: wind over the helmet, engine vibration through the body, distance being eaten. The longer passages make more sense once you hear them that way. This is not musicians standing around contemplating modes. It is motion. “Stormy Monday” produced the strangest moment for me. A few seconds in, I knew it — not the song, but this version. It is one of those rare live performances that has escaped its parent album and become the version that exists independently in the culture. That is the strongest defence a live album can make. At that point the performance is no longer a document of an occasion. It has become the text itself. That made me think of “Too Much Too Young”, where the live version is simply the defining version, or even “Purple Rain”, whose live foundations Prince never seemed especially interested in advertising. The point isn’t that something was recorded live. The point is that the performance had enough authority to become definitive without needing the fact of its liveness as a selling point. The 1001 Albums project occasionally asks for trust. Every so often that trust is badly rewarded and I find myself wondering why a merely successful or respectable record has been elevated into necessity. This one makes a much clearer case for itself. It captures a moment when musicianship itself could be the spectacle: not studio construction, not theatrical apparatus, not even particularly the songs in isolation, but the almost alarming fact that a group of people could generate this much shape, attack, certainty and collective intelligence in real time. This is what they did. And, more importantly, this is what happened when somebody had the sense to leave the tape running.
Band: The Allman Brothers Band album summary: purely instrumental, very little vocals, tracks ranging from 5 minutes to 19 minutes. My favorite track is: In Memory of Elizabeth Reed "A 13-minute jazz-rock instrumental written by guitarist Dicky Betts. Complex chords, melancholic melody, and long solos. A masterpiece of the band." - I was stuck on it for 13 minutes while it was playing, and the instrumental was really cool.
Live blues rock. I was always going to like this. Probably slightly too long and jammy in places, and some of the tracks are covers, but good stuff nonetheless.
Does it get better than this? No, I don't think so. Fire. 4.75.
I can only describe this genre as “damn he’s just on stage and he’s slangin’ it”.
Strong 4
Really great music, but I don’t know that I like 20 minutes songs
Definitely should be on a list like this. Southern jazz blues rock. Tight band. Greg Allman has the perfect voice for this. Dickey Betts doesn't get enough credit. Some solos go on too long. Whipping Post showcases all of them.
Blues con aire de swamp rock. Estilo Creedence. Buen sonido, me despiertan ganas de estar en un bar de Missouri en los '70. Gran sonido, a diferencia del disco anterior, este presenta momentos sin lirica que con esa guitarra se ama escuchar, y cuando aparece la voz queda espectacular. Sin contar con el organo o sintetizador que suena de fondo con gran precisión.
classic
Overall Rating - 4.42/5 (8.86/10). A Blues style jam band is a choice. A good one, in my mind. In Memory of Elizabeth Reed is incredible. Whipping Post must be heard to be truly appreciated.
Definitive. Exemplary musicianship and production. Want to know a source of the jam band? Look no further. Elizabeth Reed and Whipping Post to close? Unbelievable.
Je pense pas que je réécouterai mais les solos de guitare à la Santana sont très stylés !! Pour une fois le format live est 100% justifié
This was a really solid album
It was very enjoyable and put me in a jolly mood
That's a pretty good live show dude. Obviously the Allman Brothers are gonna rip live, it's just nice to get confirmation of it.
Really enjoyed this.
3/1001 At Filmore East - The Allman Brothers Band (1971) Who knew a live album could be this good? I didn't want In Memory of Elizabeth Reed or Whipping Post to end, which says a lot for such long tracks. A live album that seems to capture a band at their best. Probably my favourite blues rock or blues rock-adjacent album to date. ★★★★½
Better than The Cashew Sisters.
Incredibly clean mix, especially for a live recording, and from 1971 at that! Lacking a little bit of low end, but every instrument and vocal is very clear. At times it's hard to believe it's a live recording but then the audience chimes in. Absolutely peak musicianship in "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" too. Overall quite a few songs lack structure and devolve into noodling, but it’s eminently listenable noodling by supremely talented artists.
A solid live album. I hadn't really heard much of them before but I enjoyed this. It was perhaps a bit too long given a lot of it started to sound the same, but I enjoyed it nonetheless
S tier guitar work. RIP Duane Allman
Makes me want to buy a motorcycle
A damn fine blues rock live album, especially when they do the harmonised guitars.
The name Allman uttered around guitar players will illicit some sort of reaction. A lot of people recognize Gregg and Duane Allman as two of guitar's greatest players with Duane really leading the pack. A massive what-if exists considering how young Duane died. He was already a pro at slide guitar and masted blues riffs. [[At Fillmore East]] put them on the national map, really pushing their sound out to the masses. It is 6 hours of non-stop blues rock packed with great slide riffs and catchy songs.
Really not bad I’d listen again
Killer blues. Acid rock. Like this. Didn’t realize the San Francisco connection. Interesting.
A pretty stellar live performance of southern rock jamming!
I was not expecting to like this as much as I did. This isn't the style of music I usually gravitate towards, but the songs are energetic and the jams don't feel overly long and aimless. The skill of these musicians is evident throughout the album, and there are so many amazing riffs and licks in here. Wish I had this much talent. Favorites: Statesboro Blues, Done Somebody Wrong, You Don't Love Me, Whipping Post
Overall really good just kind of repetitive, In Memory of Elizabeth Reed was really good. I'd go with a 4 on this album, it was a bit too long and guitar-noodly but good.
Solid
Great music
I’m partial because I’m from the South but I love Allman Brothers, probably my favorite jam band. This album would be great if only whipping post was on it.
Southern rock at it's finest.
Not bad background music for a run.
(5/7) I l liked the jams more than I thought I would
The Allman Brothers are great, big big fan of Whipping Post personally. Usually I don't care for live albums, given the noise of the audience sometimes taking away from the art itself, but this was actually wonderful. Short but sweet.
In memory of elizabeth reed and you dont love me 👌
Enjoyed the blues but not true stand outs
Found this a really enjoyable listen but not one I'd go back to - I think you absolutely have to be in the mood for jam band stuff, and some of it would be infuriating if not in the mood due to the sheer length of some of the solos etc.
Listened to this while on a road trip and had a good time vibing out to it. The perfect Sunday morning album and the perfect early afternoon dinner album. Sooooo good
The answer to the question "how many hours can I listen to blues" is yes, so there you go
7.5/10 Varias canciones con una alta duración pero bastantes digeribles, blues y rock como principal muestra del disco sumado a ser en vivo lo cual personalmente no me atrae al 100%. Recomendado
Blues, played skillfully and with a lot of energy. I like it!
Stilfull, laid-back blues rock. Dette er råkult. Imponerende at det hele er fra en live-innspilling. Sjeldent hørt instrumenter som lyder bedre. Når det er sagt, er jeg ikke verdens største fan av laaaange låter instrumentallåter. Andre halvdel taper meg derfor litt, selv om Whipping Post er en episk avslutning. Top 3: You Don’t Love Me, Stormy Monday, Stratesboro Blues
Everything you want in a live recording and more! Amazing dynamic performances, excellent recording quality, and the energy and vibe is palpable!
Meh, first song unreal! Lost interest after that
Well live albums are just greatest hits which seem like they don't even belong here, however with a jam band like this you need to hear them live, great fusion blues country rock that is CLEAN for live, some great guitar here, also a little meandering that kinda drug it down for me
Rock but with blues and country sounds. Liked it
Very enjoyable rock music. Mostly instrumental, but still good tempo.
A very fun jam album that sounds so crisp, clear and bright. Just the right amount of jam where it remains enjoyably engaging and doesn't become too self-indulgent. It's a really good live album too - nice and warm with the right amount of crowd noise and atmosphere to make it feel alive but without interrupting. The guitar solos and riffs are so good; a real old-school Americana Rock vibe with bits of country and honky-tonk shining through.
Pretty epic and long, very jammy, lots of rock n roll, 20 minute songs are bonkers
Classic white man blues
Muy bueno. Blues con tintes de rock psicodélico y en su mayoría es instrumental. Apenas pa poner de fondo mientras se trabaja.
These guys knew how to jam. Great album
Solid blues
Not bad
Them kats were cookn. Some great blues. Essential? Nah. But still really good music
Holy shit. This was a long one, understandably as a live album. One I had to hear? Halfway though the second to last song I was like "I'm done". The most this album showed me is that they can really jam and they sound really good live. I enjoy the hits, not much I would do outside of this album.
Jamming! I really enjoyed this. A great record to have on and just vibe to while working or writing or playing games with friends.
At times the guitar can be overbearing and even slightly obnoxious but there’s real power to it. I respect that it actually is given so much room to breathe. Additionally, the accompanying instrumentation helps provide so much support surrounding it. There’s a lot of guitar focused development and I can only describe it as fulfilling. You can feel all of the creativity and sense of joy in creating something moving. Simply an incredible piece of art. Faves: You Don’t Love Me, Done Somebody Wrong, ‘Hot Lanta, Statesboro Blues, In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed, Stormy Monday
muito bom, instrumental surreal
I really enjoyed this album
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Great live album. Take a listen
The groundbreaking template. What turned out to be a brief era in terms of both the venue and this lineup of the band was thankfully captured for posterity. I just prefer the tighter songcraft of the following years.
Great live album.
I enjoyed this one. It was a long one however and tailed off a bit towards the end, however I did enjoy it so will give it a 4.
Listens: 2, 3 Standout Tracks: You Don't Love Me, In Memory of Elizabeth Reed I was expecting this album from the Allman Brothers Band to be something like The Eagles or Journey or Steely Dan, but instead got something more akin to the Grateful Dead or Big Brother and the Holding Company, but with an extra strong Blues bend. Perhaps the fact that this is a live album at Fillmore East should have told me everything I need to know about what I was going to hear. Jam bands generally take me a bit to get into. There's often a lot of music to "digest". Some of the songs are 10+ minutes long, and the whole thing is just seven songs, but clocks in at over 1h15m. This is the kind of music you really need to focus on, not really focus in the same way you need to focus on complicated, cryptic or baroque lyrics, but rather focus on the individual components of the music. Guitar or drum solos. Where the music is straying, and how it "comes back to the song". Good headphones or a good sound system are required to take advantage of the nuances in the various instruments. I liked this. No complains, even with the length.
Well shiver me timbers… I really enjoyed this today. A long way from the strokes. The vocals sit perfectly on these songs. Unreal guitar work,something to be said for an electric guitar and blues music. The drumming is perfectly timed. I get it, it’s a live album, personally I’m not a live album fan, but as far as live albums go. Pretty great recordings. Just a really enjoyable experience all around. Urged me to look into their catalogue abit more.
Straight away I'm familiar with these guys a little and the late great Duane Allman amazing slide guitar player. Surprised to see this is a live album, sounding great as a live mix for 1971! And the band firing off at all cylinders showing their tightness and musicianship right away. Let's see how it develops. Second track amazing back and forth from the harmonica and guitar players. I think many people might find this dated but this kind of era of live band jamming all about the sound and musicianship right up my street They were in their 20s when this was recorded too, now that is impressive! In memory of Elizabeth reed fantastic guitar playing on that track! Whipping post too that classic guitar harmony, I think other famous guitar solos have used that lick in homage to Duane allman, who died not too long after the recording of the album sadly!
classic if somewhat dated
So much noodling, and not so little but indeed so much time. Sounds like a fun party to have been at.
Excellente performance que j'ai beaucoup aimé. ET damn j'ai jamais vu des tracks qui font 30 minutes
Das gefällt mir überraschend gut! Technisch extrem versiert, teilweise aber auch recht gniedelig und nicht wirklich songdienlich. Ich hätte nicht gedacht, dass es auch über weite Strecken instrumental ist. Am besten gefallen mir mit Abstand die jammigen Longtracks, wobei der Rest auch in Ordnung ist. Interessanter Genremix. Erinnert mich teilweise an Mars Volta, King Crimson und Motorpsycho. Interessant: Jede Reissue wird immer ein gutes Stück länger. 76:22 (1971 release) 132:11 (1992 reissue) 134:58 (2003 reissue) 365:03 (2014 reissue)
Very solid 70s rock, with a little bit of dive bar grit. Breakthrough. Jam band. In Library of Congress as one of the most important albums. Long songs showing off the bands’ skills.
It was pretty neat, I inmersed nyself in the sounds of it, I was enthralled. Gret guitar rifts, great secuences, i liked it
This absolutely ripped
Wasn’t sure at first but enjoyed it in end, good to work to
erratic/ecstatic
One time my high school US history teacher kicked all of the girls out of the classroom and played his “super manly man” playlist that was just the Allman Brothers
Lyden af min far, meget cool blues-rock
White man blues is still a bangwr
All out jam here. Great album but won't revisit
Dad probably likes this. Can hear that they are very talented musicians. Blues and rock and roll version of jazz improvisation.
Good live album but I ain’t listening to all 2 hours of it
This was a lot of fun, and I'm a big fan of the whole concept of a "jam band." Overall, this is a solid showing of it, although I do feel like a lot of the guitar solos kind of fall flat/maybe aren't the most brilliant. Still love these fellas though.
bem groovy e meio jazzy, algumas musicas mto compridas mas overall amei ouvir e achei bem diferenciado
Some of the songs were a bit long and repetitive (especially the last one) but I guess that’s par for the course for jam bands. I liked the vocals but the real star of the show is the guitar. The guitar work is so incredible every solo fucking bangs. The note choices are so tasty, and the licks are so memorable and catchy. I could listen to those solos for days on end. 8/10
What I listened to was cool but there was like 6 discs for this on Apple Music. I listened to two. Spotify has only 7 songs. I think I listened to the relevant stuff. Some great guitar solos.
4.1 / 5 Finally, some good Blues music! Couldn't say I've been waiting for this album to show up in particular, but it conveys the vibe of the genre perfectly. While there's many styles of music that just sound better on a studio recording, Blues music has to be experienced live. This album sells that. Although critics might start arguing about if this album is influencal enough to be on this list, lemme direct your attention to the large collection of 1-star rated albums that accumulated in our list so far, with many of them striving for higher appraisal and sophistication (while failing). "At Fillmore East" shows that you don't need that to make some good music.
This is a live album and pretty much nothing else. I do think the instrumentals are great and there are some good guitar solos, but that pretty much it. some of the songs feel drawn out, which makes sense for a live performance but not much sense for a album. I probably won’t be replaying this album just to listen to, but I wouldn’t mind replaying this album for background noise
My dad actually borrowed the vinyl of this from my neighbor so that’s cool!! Great album, loved hearing it live!
030126 9:51 3.5
i’m so shocked to be giving a live album a four. some other reviewer wrote that listening to a live album feels like when your friend makes you watch videos they took at a gig. that characterization is so accurate i won’t attempt to word it any other way. this album does not have that feeling. first of all how is the sound quality so good? perhaps because i have the ears of a novice but i wouldn’t have known this is a live album were it not for the cheers and whooping at the end of songs. who knew recordings were so quality in the 70s. second of all these people can JAM. it almost sounds like they didn’t rehearse these songs or figure them out beforehand, they just went on stage and started grooving. not that it sounds like they didn’t practice. it just sounds like these aren’t recorded songs at all but freestyles instead. that is a compliment. of the highest degree actually. to give a live album a four after it made you listen to a 23 minute song .. this ladies and gents is the real deal.
This was a bit of blues laden jam fest; I’ve not listened to any of their albums, but I imagine they have taken their songs and just had a great time jamming, and I’m sure it was well received, there’s a definite vibe to this that is right up my street.
No matter how great a live performance is, even the best recording is an attempt to recover the unrecoverable - even for those fortunate enough to have been in attendance. In many ways live albums feel like social situations where someone keeps asking you to watch their latest favorite YouTube video. 100% interesting for them by very difficult for you to enjoy in that moment. I listened to this album, and it is really good. I recognize it for the work that it is, but I really need to hear it again when, for whatever reason, I need to hear the blues or I am at a place where a solid blues performance will resonate. Call this a future four.
Fantastic guitar
Jam bands aren’t always my…jam. But I do like The Allman Brothers and can tell that this is top tier. Maybe not for work desk listening, but in the right time and place, I’d be all over this.
not my style
I enjoy my blues, and if you are doing a live album Fillmore East is the place.
Play them blues white boys
Just a blisteringly fantastic blues rock album.
Some of this is amazing. Some of it is overly long and bloated.
Another classic, had this on vinyl. Always good to get back to some screaming guitars with great organ from Gregg….
If you had asked me, before this experience, to listen to an over hour long Alman Brothers live album I would have politely declined. However, after listening to it I am surprised how much I liked it! I'm usually not a fan of live albums, or jam bands for that matter, and while this album isn't going to change that I can sit here and say that this album is a solid 3.5/5 but for the sake of ratings I have no problem rounding up to a 4/5.
Actually good fun! I find that jam bands can be pretty hit or miss for me, so I'm glad this one hit.
Would I ever have bought this in the days before streaming? Very doubtful.
Dirty, blues-based Southern Rock at it's finest, played LIVE at it's best, as it should be. Juat Sit Back, Relax & Enjoy. Yeah, they jam. What of it! 4
the opening of in memory of elizabeth reed is so cool
It’s pretty good, it’s giving Creedence. I don’t mind a bit of that. I liked “In Memory of Elizabeth Reed.” When I stopped listening like I was trying to download something for my playlist and started listening like it was easy listening on YouTube on my TV like a jazz album or something, I enjoyed it a lot more. The beauty of a lot of these is I’ll listen to them only once and that’s ok. I hope I find the right instance to thrown on The Allman Bros again. They know what they’re doing. Long form Creedence.
Very rock n roll boozy blues. Loved it. Need to come back
7 - GOOD
OG Jam album
Fantastic recording that puts their talents on full display. A great ride, and one I've gone back to many times over the years
Southern blues rock at its finest. This was somehow both easy listening and hard rocking, I really enjoyed it. The Allman Brothers know how to jam, and they can play some beautiful rock music. Minor critiques are the songs are too long (2 of the 7 tracks are 20 mins or more) and I would have enjoyed some more vocals, but the musicianship is great and I really enjoyed the album as a whole. It’s a live album, but it doesn’t feel like it for the most part. None of their hits are on here, so if that’s what you’re looking for, you’re gonna be disappointed, but I would say just let the music play and you’ll probably enjoy your time. 4/5
kinda love this. i cant explain why. didnt mind the lack of direction in this it felt like a very fluid listening experience. this is the kind of music i can listen to while cooking, studying, or just going for a walk and be entertained so much energy!! and when i heard it was improv i couldn’t believe it bc it felt like there was so much intention behind it (but obviously would explain how long the songs are)
Blues and southern rockand jam band... hugely preferred to twangy country. The jams were looooong. Loved them then, and now. Prefer the studio albums to live albums, but live they were/are awesome (is any of the original band still with us?). 4 stars because I don't quite trust You Don't Love Me inferences, but the guitar work is amazing. And then just playing victim of love in Tied To a Whipping Post....poor baby Listened before? Yes Saved some tracks? Yes Favorite tracks? Stormy Monday ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Loved it, saved some tracks
Good for the vibe
Great live record, amazing singing and guitar playing, probably the birth of the “Jam Band” genre.
Don't mind some blues, though got repetitive after a while.
7/10 I don’t really know where I fall down on this. As with most live albums, there is the element of disconnect here that is a natural part of sitting down at home listening to music that is being performed in a completely different environment, with the connection between musicians and audience absent. You can still feel the enthusiasm and vibe of what’s going on here, but it’s never going to be as engaging as the real thing. Putting that to one side, there are some moments of spellbinding quality here. When the band is in full flow, the command of their instruments and the tightness of the performances are excellent. The vibe of the performances and the quality of the tone, both instrumentally and vocally was also spot on. My preference among these songs is when they have a thematic centre, typically focused on a vocally led section, that they can drift away from and return to here and there as they indulge their more jam-oriented sections. When they lose that thread a little more, things get a bit too self indulgent and that more noodly end of the spectrum tends to lose me a bit. That’s not to say there aren’t moments in there that I really like, it’s just that everything feels a bit more dragged out and tenuous during those extended solo and jam sections. And that’s where the real flaw to this album comes for my tastes. Three of these songs together total over 55 minutes of the album. It’s just a bit too much for me. I still actually enjoyed some of those tracks as more background music, but with a more focused ear, my attention started to wane, especially in the sections where they stripped things back, or latched onto a single theme for too long. And herein lies the conundrum. Some of those self-indulgent moments just wandered off too far for my personal taste, and it was a little on the long side, but it also feels too good to be a three star album. So it’ll just sneak its way into 4 star territory. Statesboro Blues - A good, weighty blues start to the album. It’s a fairly standard bluesy number, having been written by Blind Willie McTell in the 20s, but it’s well executed, the vocal delivery is excellent and the musicianship is fantastic. Great energy too. Done Somebody Wrong - This has got decent swagger and pace to it. It’s another cover, this time of an Elmore James song, but it’s a good one. The sound is satisfyingly raw, the harmonica and guitar work are really evocative. The vocal work is sparse, but it carries that same swagger as the rest of the instrumentation so works really well. They’re very tight and controlled as a band too. Stormy Monday - There’s a nice drop in pace here. They’re certainly dragging a lot out of the original, which was only three minutes long, but there’s some really solid work as they pass the soloing work around the band. I find organ work in blues like this really satisfying, and the organ solo is great. I can just imagine the guitar face that went along with some of these solos. It’s another good one. You Don't Love Me - We’re moving into something a bit more rhythm and blues territory here. The pace is great and there are some really satisfying hooks and licks. Again, the vocal, while being relatively sparing, does exactly the right job. It’s got an edge of grit and swagger to it, but it shifts the focus along a little bit and then gets out of the way for the rest of the band to indulge. When we get to about the seven minute mark, things do descend into a bit of self indulgence. There’s some nice guitar work and then eventually the band starts to get involved again. But it does drag on. I can imagine that this might work well enough live when there’s a band and crowd connection going on, but listening at home it all just feels a bit unnecessarily self indulgent. They do eventually break back into a tune about 14 minutes in, before drifting away again. This kind of thing just loses me a bit, unfortunately. Hot 'Lanta - This is more of a jam type of song straight off the bat, but it doesn’t drift too far from its centre, unlike the more wayward sections from the last track. It doesn’t have the vocal sections to give it that central hook to deviate and return from, which is perhaps why it doesn't connect with me in the same way as some of the others. The synchronicity of the band is top quality though, and there’s a lot to enjoy about this when you get lost in the flow. There’s even a decent drum solo in there. In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed - This one just kind of riffs around the same theme for thirteen minutes. I mean, they’re very good at what they do and there are some really nice moments. The musicianship is excellent, they’re super tight and flowing together, but it all just goes on for too long. Again, I think this is an audience connection thing. In the live environment this is recorded in, I think this comes across better. Not to say I’m not enjoying the groove and playing, but it’s a bit much for me, particularly for a track that doesn’t have a vast amount of variation or a vocal hook to return to now and again. Whipping Post - I know this from Frank Zappa’s version from the ‘Does Humor Belong In Music?’ concert film, which is excellent. Likewise, the core to this is great, but boy oh boy do they go off piste. Unlike the last track, there is at least the central vocal section that they return to now and then, which is a fantastic vocal hook The riff that follows it is top notch too. But as a home listener, I’m not convinced that I need this song to be 23 minutes long. Again; great musicianship, a quality song, some brilliant moments, but it’s all a bit too much for me.
Yeah it rules but how much blues rock can I do in one sitting, especially ending on a 14 and 22 minute song? Whipping post is amazing but really could just be a 4 minute song. I’m sure it was hype live and in the moment though. I do own this on vinyl but I’m feeling a 4.
This thing is very special. A band that can create such an accurate force is something you don't find every day. Every singe song is performed perfectly. Almost not human like. But very human. The passion is there. The energy. The joy. The healthy competition between blues players. Everything is there. But the musicians are just simply incredible. The vocals and keyboard base of Greg Allman, the bass which is not flashy but darn impressive. The guitars, oh man... unbelievable. Allman and Baits just keep on going. Duane with his unreal slide playing. So clean, so soulful. And Dicky with his melodies. Such a gifted guitar player and musician. I love the double drumming. Absolutely love it. I come to realize it's a feature I enjoy very much in music played live. It give the rithem a depth that can't be achieved otherwise. What a wonderful thing, really. Long but worth every minute. A very very very high 4.
Really fun to listen to, everyone is putting in work on this performance. All I could find was a 6.5 hour album of this on iTunes.
Peak southern rock. You know as soon as the music starts it’s going to be good. Duane Allman was a master of his craft. Whether it was recorded live or in a studio.
Just when I thought I was out of the 70s.... they pulled me back in! Pretty top notch southern blues rock band. I always enjoy what I hear from them without being a mega fan. The only thing i'd be critical of with this one is the length of some of the tracks. I get that this is a live album and they're jamming and I'm sure live it hits much harder. On record though, I'm not sure it has the same impact.and I occasionally found them a bit meandering. It's a small gripe though as the music generally is great!
very good live album! we love to see it
I wasn’t expecting this to be so bluesy or so jam bandy, but they do both of those things really well. This was just good, solid music to chill to. Special shout out to the Joy to the World riff at the end of You Don’t Love Me. That was a fun little nugget.
Ok c'était bon mais les solos de guitare interminables ça a ses limites.
This rules. Love the long instrumental parts that seem off the cuff but piece together so nicely
Really good musically overall, not sure what it is I don't particularly like about the allman bros band but it just doesn't fully resonate with me
The Allman Brothers Band in blues, it's nice.
Live albums like this are where groups like The Allman Brothers Band really shine, as it captures their jams and improvisational style, putting their full talent on display.
Solid live American typ hovno
They are clearly great at what they do. The band sounds excellent and tight. While I'm not so into jam bands, I can appreciate this. Would I listen to it a lot? Probably not.
nice!!!
I came to the Allman Brothers party a little late but I am enjoying the vibe. Terrific blues rock with a cool country roll.
04/11/2025
This is a great live blues/rock album. One of the best. Pitchfork: 9.2 Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #49 Best Songs Statesboro Blues Done Somebody Wrong
Schönes Rock Live-Album mit angenehmer Atmosphäre 4/5
Fantastic
another of those niche examples of a live album being the canon discography pick. though i do feel like Eat a Peach's name gets thrown around about as often. makes sense that a live album would represent a band with a tendency to jam. this is really great stuff. i think a lot of noodling jam band stuff loses flavor due to the focus of technicality over songwriting but this album makes up for it because it *sounds* good. the musicianship is impressive but it has a swing and a looseness that makes it approachable. good jams lock you into the groove and lose sense of time, and that happened when i listened to this album. deserves to be one of the 1001? yeah. and i wouldn't mind seeing Eat a Peach on here too
Actually kind of good and enjoyable. It's a long album, but any of the songs are good background noise.
Elizabeth Reed must've been SOME broad....holy smokes. But seriously folks, this thing is on fire. Can't believe they were melting faces like this back in 1971. 4.5 stars
“Coming up to an hour! Ah well, one track to go, almost there! Wait a second….” Actually not bad, but I do like 70s guitar music as a rule, and this made for nice background music to my day job. Felt a bit like the soundtrack to video game level that just goes on looping round no matter how long the level takes you.
I liked it
A classic live album showcasing the immense talents that would pave the way for future classic rock gems.
Miss Vaughan has a beautiful voice and this recording is phenomenal for the time. Loves the audience interactions and little mistakes. Endearing and genuine.
Holds up quite well
Amazing, but a bit long. Five stars if you love jam bands
B A R S
I absolutely love getting live albums on this generator, and this was no exception. I enjoy The Allman Brothers Band quite a bit and have a couple of their songs on my everyday playlist, so to hear them live was a nice treat. This performance is very long, with seven songs that last well over an hour in total, but sitting and vibing to some fantastic instrumental sections was nice in this instance. Listening to this concert felt like I was there watching it, and that's one of the most important things to me when rating these types of albums. It's worth noting that Gregg Allman's vocals are absolutely phenomenal in this performance as well. I was absolutely hooked for a while, but the length did weigh on me after so long to where I had to take a short break.
This album just makes me want to play guitar
A classic of Southern Rock. Too bad about all the deaths.
Prefer the studio stuff, but still great.
I usually HATE live albums (apart from Stop Making Sense of course) but this is a really good album. The instrumentals are really nice and “ In memory of Elizabeth reed” was definitely my favourite.
Allman brothers at their best. I don't typically gravitate towards albums that are live recorded, but their live performances truly could have been studio sessions. Everything played so cleanly and in complete harmony. Standout track for me is In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed, incredibly mix of blues and jazz fusion on the track.
good jazz, was good despite live
there's just something about live music... very enjoyable
The Allman Brothers are a fun listen. They are even better live. The band even said as much. This is extra special as it has Duane Allman before his untimely passing.
I can totally understand how some people could find the many extended jams tiresome or irritating, but I enjoy them. Every musician gets to flex their skills and take the improvised stretches into unknown territory, without ever being lost.
Amazing southern rock and blues - great live album.
J'aime énormément ce genre là. C'est cool et bluesy, sans trop changer la formule.
Im not an allaman fan but this album is a different breed. Its more like an hour long jam of pure power and raw jamming worthy of every collection
Classic rock jam out session. Makes for great music for gatherings with your bros. Peak fishing music.
rockig, gute instrumente
I'm coming to accept that there is a fair amount of highly-regarded live albums out there that are more like live "compilations". For many of these live records in the 1001 Albums book series, they are not the full, unedited performance, but rather the best recordings captured and curated for the at-home listening experience. As such, I have to temper my expectations whenever I get a live record, because chances are good that portions of the concert are missing, either due to poor recording quality, the limitations of how much could fit on vinyl at the time, or a preferred rearrangement of the track listing. Case in point, the Allman Brothers' commercial and artistic breakthrough, At the Fillmore East, is not the full performance of any of their March 1971 shows at the New York City club Fillmore East. There were limitations, as some of the performances involving guest horns and harmonica could not be properly captured with the 16-track machine that producer Tom Dowd had at the time. Also, each night after the shows, Tom would listen through the taped performances with the band, and together they would choose which portions sounded good. This was a deliberate approach that sacrificed the complete performance, as the band wanted people to experience the Fillmore East shows in the fondest way possible, as they cherished them. The remaining selections constitute a solid exhibition of what the band was like at the time, with country-rock covers of blues standards and sprawling extended jams. The highlights are the exchanging solo guitar affairs of Duane Allman and Dickey Betts, elevating these tunes in a manner akin to improvisational jazz. It's mesmerizing how much time the band squeezed out of their jam-oriented compositions, especially cuts like T-Bone Walker's "Stormy Monday" and their originals, "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" and "Whipping Post". While it would have been nice to have experienced the full performance, which later deluxe reissues have satisfied, the original At Fillmore East album is still a strong, kinetic record from start to finish.
Totally gave me those Grateful Dead vibes. I had no idea that Allman Brothers were a jam band like this
Lovely 👌
I was won over after the 30th guitar solo.
They literally just shredded guitars for like 80 minutes
so bluesy and groovy
26/09/2025 This would have carried 5 stars, but some of the songs were way too long. But I did enjoy them. Spotify listeners: 3.6 million
Yeeesssssss!! I kinda love the vibe, and there is’nt and songs i would 100% skip. the entitety of the album has nice vibe and the songs match. Some of the songs are LONG but most of them still interesting and good.
Southern rock
Love Whipping Post, and the album
Loved Statesboro Blues maybe I'm just out of touch and don't listen to bands a bunch bc this album was a great combination of a chill vibe and good times too many long guitar solos
I got a lot of nookie in college because people thought I looked like Greg Alman, so I cannot dislike this band. Seriously, though, amazing blues-rock. Fun stuff, well executed. Thank Greg.
Long songs!
I get why my old hippie archery coach liked them so much.
The album could have just been Elizbeth Reed and Whipping Post and it would have still rocked. Jam On!
Good album
BOM
One of the only southern rock bands i fucked with tbh
This was a great listen while doing laundry in Singapore. I don’t much care for the signing and didn’t pay close enough attention to lyrics but I loved the open session, jam-style live performance put on by the band. I will be back for a deeper listen later on. 4/5
I need to do more research on this era. Solid tho
In which Duane Allman has me yelping "Holy Fucking Shit!" whilst on a crowded NYC subway.
i forget how bluesy this band can be.
La musique occupe le premier plan, avant les prouesses techniques ou les musiciens. Une maîtrise souple et sobre, qui se laisse découvrir
Cool
All day
La guitare c'est fort, très fort. C'est dommage que j'aime pas trop le ton de la voix parce que la guitare et la voix se répondent bien. Je trouve que le chanteur chante pour lui-même et pas pour les autres. J'aime bien parce que dans leur rock il y a aussi des sonorités jazzy très cool. J'étais un peu sceptique au début parce que la voix prenait beaucoup de place mais quand les instruments ont le champ libre c'est très très fort. Je crois que c'est Jimi Hendrix, c'etait juste un nom pour moi avant et la poum je me prends son génie dans la gueule. ça s'écoute super simplement, même si c'est des mélodies et des sons agressifs je trouve ça assez simple à écouter. C'est toute une partie de la musique que je suis content de découvrir. C'est long par contre. Les morceaux de 20 minutes bon.
Two live albums in row? This is exposure therapy. I can't think of many thinks I wouldn't choose to listen to over a live jam band record. But hey, it's good! Fun and energetic rock, with an emphasis on the extended instrumental passages. Strong elements of blues, R&B and funk blended in. It's hard to resist an electric organ. But even the long, noodling guitar parts are very enjoyable. Solid 4*.
First i have ever heard of this band, so i was hesitant to start with a live album but i cant say it was a disappointment. Funky riffs, drums, good stuff. I like the music. But i dont see myself ever looking for this, ever pulling it up on my own. Ill never search for 20 minutes or more of jamming. Mustve been fun to see them live though. I like King Crimson a lot so im not too far from this style but i dont really listen to their live albums or jamming sessions either, its just not what i look for in music. Basically, the music is actually really damn good, just not presented in a way ill listen to often. 4/5 Update: the last song, Whipping Post, around the 14 minute mark, something snapped, something beautiful was born right there, maybe i might listen to more music like this after all.
I really liked At Fillmore East. It is another live album meaning that you would probably expect the recording quality to tank because of it but these guys absolutely killed it live. And another thing it does better than quite a lot of live albums is that the songs flow together incredibly well as they never felt like they were constantly stopping at any point. The music itself is great too bringing some fun bluesy and rocking tunes which are incredibly catchy. This one is a bit long and can feel like it drags occasionally but i was still enjoying it. I probably would not be able to feel the same about the revisions of this album though, One of them goes on for 6 HOURS. I don't think i could handle that but i can more than handle this. Best Song: You Don't Love Me Worst Song: Done Somebody Wrong
Standout Songs: Statesboro Blues Stormy Monday Hot 'Lanta Okay so, this album is pretty good. I’m not usually one for long instrumental sections, but this is a style of music I enjoy, so it’s not too bad. The songs that do have lyrics are very enjoyable, love the singer’s voice. The guitarist is very talented, the long solos are so clean.
Very bluesy. Not as much southern rock as I expected. Also lots of blues jams. Can definitely tell it is a live album. Sounds like an old juke joint.
A lot to like about this - although I'm not a "jam band" guy per se, I can definitely appreciate the creativity and musical virtuosity on display all over the place here from basically one of the two OG's of the genre. Duane is rightly regarded as one of the best guitarists of all time even though his time with the band was cut short later this year and his fingerprints are all over this recording (Whipping Post in particular is just an incredible feat of ripping solos). The rhythm section is tight, Gregg's vocals sound like he's a seasoned 50 year old blues guy despite being in his early 20s here, and just the overall live feel and energy of this is great. I think this set a high early bar for best rock live albums and for me it's not too hard to see why.
Another album I’ve not heard of before… Looks at length of album; 78mins - sighs Listens to album; 78mins later - non stop awesome
Very nice. There are very little words this whole album. It's almost just an hour and 20 mins guitar solo.
This is my first recommendation. Nice to be reminded that this kind of music exists and it should be listened to in a dimly lit room, stoned, on a Saturday night. More people need to do this.
I like the Allman Brothers but some of these jams were just too long. I’ve seen them live a few times and it’s always different when you are in the room. On record I find that these long jams just don’t hold my attention. Great song and great playing though.
Feels like Led Zeppelin with a pinch of Pink Floyd. Nice thing.
As a child of southern parents, I’m pretty sure I was born with southern rock running through my veins. One brand of which is certainly The Allman Brothers Band. Let’s put it this way: I can’t remember not knowing their music. I don’t know if one can accurately judge something that’s seemingly part of their DNA, but I will try. This album is so crisp and tight for a live album. It must’ve been killer to witness live! The musicianship is incredible as well as the vocals. I’m gonna knock it down half a star and rate it 4.5 because I’m jealous as hell I wasn’t there.
One of those concerts I desperately wish I could've been at...
Вообще я не люблю длинные концертные импровизации, но в этом альбоме их слушать даже интересно. Даже одна песня здесь более разнообразна, чем многие альбомы других исполнителей. 7 из 10.
This is a great example of a live album.
Great live album by a band who loved to jam. I don't know much about them, but I was impressed.
1. Statesboro Blues - 7.5/10 2. Done Somebody Wrong - 8/10 3. Stormy Monday - 8/10 4. You Don't love me - 9/10 5. Hot 'lanta - 7/10 6. In memory of elizabeth reed - 8/10 7. Whipping post - 8/10 79/100
Seeing the Allman Brothers Band live must have absolutely melted faces. This is just great blues rock and roll. The album is fire, energy, and incredible skill. That said, it is the closest thing to a jam band you can get without I guess technically being a jam band. The songs are long. I enjoyed them, but can see where it'll drag for others who aren't into this style. Standouts are "Done Somebody Wrong" "You Don't Love Me" This album is a very strong 4 for me. Not something I'd throw on often, but really good for a listen through every now and then. I feel like I need a break and a shower when I'm through with this one.
Good tunes
This would probably be a crazy experience if I actually saw them live; an album just can't quite do the same.
I'm gonna tell my mother; I'm gonna have a word with my father too
A great live album but it seems ridiculous that they don’t call themselves a jam band but rather a band that jams 🙄
Favorite Track: Friend of the Devil
Classic blues rock. Guitar has a horn-like quality on some songs and I’m not sure how it was achieved, but is probably just a cranked amp and a vintage Les Paul. Definitely an album that SRV listened to on repeat. Kind of amazing recording for being a live album from 1971. Really good album. My favorite songs from the album are Stormy Monday and Whipping Post.