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The best studio album in the group's history, electric blues with an acoustic texture, virtuoso lead, slide, and organ playing, and a killer selection of songs, including "Midnight Rider," "Revival," "Don't Keep Me Wonderin'," and "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" in its embryonic studio version, which is pretty impressive even at a mere six minutes and change. They also do the best white cover of Willie Dixon's "Hoochie Coochie Man" anyone's ever likely to hear. ~ Bruce Eder, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Revival (Lyrics) Dickey Betts The Allman Brothers Band (4:05)
Don't Keep Me Wonderin' (Lyrics) Gregg Allman The Allman Brothers Band (3:29)
Midnight Rider (Lyrics) Gregg Allman, Robert Payne The Allman Brothers Band (2:59)
In Memory of Elizabeth Reed Dickey Betts The Allman Brothers Band (6:56)
Hoochie Coochie Man (Lyrics) Willie Dixon The Allman Brothers Band (4:59)
Please Call Home (Lyrics) Gregg Allman The Allman Brothers Band (4:04)
Leave My Blues at Home (Lyrics) Gregg Allman The Allman Brothers Band (4:19)

Credits

Gregg Allman (Organ), Gregg Allman (Piano), Gregg Allman (Keyboards), Gregg Allman (Vocals), The Allman Brothers Band (Main Performer), Dickey Betts (Guitar), Dickey Betts (Vocals), Howard Albert (Engineer), Ron Albert (Engineer), Duane Allman (Guitar (Acoustic)), Duane Allman (Guitar), Duane Allman (Slide Guitar), Joel Dorn (Producer), Thom Doucette (Harmonica), Thom Doucette (Percussion), Tom Dowd (Producer), Jim Hawkins (Engineer), Jaimoe Johnson (Percussion), Jaimoe Johnson (Conga), Jaimoe Johnson (Drums), Jaimoe Johnson (Timbales), Bob Liftin (Engineer), Berry Oakley (Bass), Berry Oakley (Vocals), Butch Trucks (Percussion), Butch Trucks (Drums), Butch Trucks (Tympani [Timpani]), Jimmy Roberts (Design), Jimmy Roberts (Photography), Frank Fenter (Executive Supervision), Howie Albert (Engineer), Shawn R. Britton (Mastering), Thom Douchette (Harmonica), Thom Douchette (Percussion)
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Idlewild South
Studio album by The Allman Brothers Band
Released September 23, 1970
Recorded February 1970, at Capricorn Sound Studios, Macon, GA; July 1970 at Criteria Studios, Miami, FL
Genre Southern rock, blues-rock
Length 30:47
Label Atco, Capricorn
Producer Tom Dowd
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The Allman Brothers Band chronology
The Allman Brothers Band
(1969)		 Idlewild South
(1970)		 At Fillmore East
(1971)

Idlewild South is the second album of The Allman Brothers Band, released in 1970.

Unlike the band's debut album, Idlewild South enjoyed some popular success as well as critical enthusiasm, mostly due to what Rolling Stone magazine called "briefer, tighter, less 'heavy' numbers" which were more radio-friendly. The two most prominent of these were "Midnight Rider" and "Revival", the latter of which, in conjunction with the instrumental "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" (which would become one of the Allmans' most famed concert numbers), foreshadowed the impact of Dickey Betts' songwriting ability upon the band.

The album was named after a ranch they frequently visited in Georgia, whose name in turn was originally a reference to New York City's Idlewild Airport.

"Midnight Rider" has been featured in soundtracks for The Devil's Rejects and Unbreakable. Gregg Allman also rerecorded the song for his solo album Laid Back. In addition, it was sampled for rap rocker Kid Rock's song "Cowboy," a single from the album Devil Without a Cause in 1998.

Contents

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Revival" (Dickey Betts) – 4:05
  2. "Don't Keep Me Wonderin'" (Gregg Allman) – 3:31
  3. "Midnight Rider" (Gregg Allman) – 2:59
  4. "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" (Dickey Betts) – 6:56

Side two

  1. "(I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man" (Willie Dixon) – 4:57
  2. "Please Call Home" (Gregg Allman) – 4:02
  3. "Leave My Blues at Home" (Gregg Allman) – 4:17

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Duane Allman · Berry Oakley · Dickey Betts · Chuck Leavell · Lamar Williams · Dan Toler · David Goldflies · David "Frankie" Toler · Mike Lawler · Allen Woody · Johnny Neel · Jack Pearson · Jimmy Herring
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