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Sep 6, 2017Even without the obvious gravitas hovering over the project, this is an exceptional work and arguably Allman’s finest non-Brothers release.
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Nov 13, 2017Given Low Country Blues was Grammy-nominated, stand by for the superior Southern Blood to appear in many year-end lists.
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MojoSep 27, 2017Gregg's vocal technique was remarkably intact despite his illness, as was his trademark ability to convey love, honesty, anguish. [Nov 2017, p.97]
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UncutSep 22, 2017Southern Blood is a timeless regional soul album. [Nov 2017, p.31]
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Sep 7, 2017Southern Blood is almost perfect; there isn't a better final album Allman could have made. It belongs on the shelf between 1973's Laid Back and the mysteriously withdrawn but amazing One More Try: An Anthology.
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Sep 6, 2017For his final recordings, Allman returned to Fame Studios in Muscle Shoals, where gospelly backing vocals and burring horns bring a deep-soul tone and texture not just to a soul standard like “Out Of Left Field” but also to material like “Going, Going, Gone” and the Dead’s “Black Muddy River”.
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Sep 6, 2017It’s not often anyone has the (albeit heartbreaking) luxury of being able to map out their own memorial, and Allman leaves us with his head held high and a record of rare beauty.
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Sep 6, 2017There's nothing groundbreaking or surprising about this last record--it's classic Gregg Allman--which is exactly why it's a sweet, solid note to go out on. I'd say we're mighty lucky he gave it one more kick at the can.
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Sep 11, 2017While Southern Blood is rich with intimations of mortality, it's easygoing too, with a laid-back generosity that recalls Allman's kindest Seventies work.
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