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Music Analysis Presentation
The
Allman
Brothers Band
Presented By: Nick DennySlide2
“For the first half of the '70s, the
Allman
Brothers Band was the most influential rock group in America, redefining rock music and its boundaries” allmusic.comSlide3
Duane and greg
allmanSlide4
They have always had an interest in music
Always around it and constantly looked for ways to keep playing
Younger brother Greg encouraged older brother Duane to pick up the guitar and he would later become one of the best guitarists of all timesSlide5
Forming of the Allman
Brothers
Duane decided that he wanted to form a band so he recruited
Jaimoe
Johnson and Butch Trucks on drums, Dickey Betts on guitar and Berry Oakley on bass guitar to start the formation of the band.
At the bands jam session Duane knew right away that they had something special. He was quoted saying, “Anybody who doesn’t want to be in my band is going to have to fight his way out the door” (Rockhall.com)Slide6
Forming of the Allman
Brothers
cont’d
They still lacked one more member so they sent out for Greg
Allman
and in March of 1969 The
Allman
Brothers Band was officially formedSlide7
style
The
Allman
Brothers decided that before they recorded anything, they wanted to get their name out to the public. They would do shows and that is how they gained the respect of their fans.
Their shows were a spectacular event. Their specialty was improvisation. They would play jams “sometimes in jams of 40 minutes or more to a single song without wasting a note”Slide8
Albums
The
Allman
Brothers Band (Self-Titled Album)
1969
Live at the Fillmore East
1971
Two weeks after the release of Live at the Fillmore East, Duane
Allman
passed away in a tragic motorcycle accident and thus abruptly ending the career of one of the greatest guitarists of all timesSlide9
Albums
Eat a Peach 1972
Brothers and Sisters 1973Slide10
Albums
Win, Lose or Draw 1975
Wipe the Windows, Check the Oil, Dollar Gas 1976
The Road Goes on Forever 1975
Enlightened Rogues 1979Slide11
Albums
Dreams 1989
Seven Turns 1990
An Evening With the
Allman
Brothers Band 1992
2
nd
Set 1995Slide12
Stormy Monday
Originally written by a man named T Bone Walker
First recorded in 1947
The
Allman
Brothers recorded it in their live album At Fillmore East in 1971
Duane
Allman
-Guitar
Greg
Allman
-Vocals, Organ, Piano
Dickey Betts-Guitar
Berry Oakley-Bass
Jaimoe
& Butch Trucks-DrumsSlide13
Statesboro Blues
Also originally written by a man named Blind Willie
McTell
in the year 1928
Recorded by the
Allman
Brothers Live At the Fillmore East in 1971
First track on the album
Huge emphasis on the slide guitar solo by Duane
AllmanSlide14
Stormy Monday
Stormy Monday by The
Allman
BrothersSlide15
Listening Guide for Stormy Monday
0:16: The actual melody starts with a calming blues feel with the guitar playing the melody and the drums giving percussion. The organ also plays back up chords to give it more of a southern blues feel. Overall the timbre of all the music creates a very recognizable contrast between the different
instrumentsSlide16
3:35 Guitar solo. Conjunct and plays scales. Not necessarily like a typical guitar solo to see how many notes you can fit in a measure but more masters of the blues. Spread out and continuing relaxing feeling. The bass guitar plays the back up to keep the melody line going. The tempo is still slow
Something
the
Allman
Brothers did very
wellSlide17
4:58 Throughout the guitar solo the artist typically uses single notes instead of chords to go through his solo but at this point picks up some chords and uses them to have a good contrast between this section and the rest of the solo. The dynamics of this part of the song would be forte
.
(Duane
Allman
was amazing at this part of music, he wasn’t trying to show off the amount of notes he could fit in a measure, rather play a smooth solo that just ran together perfectly with the rest of the song)Slide18
5:35 To end the organ solo instead of playing single notes, Greg holds several chords to end his solo which then transition into the original melody from the beginning of the song to transition very smoothly into another guitar solo
Throughout the rest of this section there are different scattered guitar solos mixed in with the melodies played by the bass and organSlide19
7:44 The 4
th
verse starts as the song begins its conclusion
8:24 The ending melody is played here in a slower tempo fashion and concludes with an ensemble of all the instruments with an harmonica playing scales and the drums playing multiple notes and ending the whole song on a very hard distinct note by the
drumsSlide20
Statesboro Blues
Statesboro Blues The
Allman
Brothers BandSlide21
Listening Guide
0:22 The whole song enters into the main melody with the guitar still playing the lead part. You can pick up on a keyboard plunking away in the back ground for the guitar and the bass is playing its bass line in a very conjunct manner creating a nice ensemble of music
This song has a nice fast placed blues feel which automatically gets you tapping your foot along with the beatSlide22
The famous slide guitar solo begins at 1:31. Duane put a lot of thought and consideration into his solo as to not have tons of notes up and down a scale. Each note in not just this solo but all solos, has a specific purposeSlide23
2:17 Bridge. All the instruments start off the bridge playing a typical 5 note blues melody and they all have a rest which is when the vocals come in and play in between rests of the instruments.Slide24
Coda begins at 4:09 with a small drum roll and ends with a hard note to end the song.Slide25
Conclusion
Overall The
Allman
Brothers in their prime were a force to be reckoned with in the musical world. Their taste for making and writing music was inspirational for many. It is still a shame that Duane
Allman
died so early in the
Allman
Brothers career.Slide26
Bibliography
“The
Allman
Brothers Band Biography”, Rockhall.com,
n.d
., Web. 03 Oct 2013
“100 Greatest Guitarists: David Fricke’s Picks”, rollingstone.com,
n.d
., 03 Oct 2013
Eder, Bruce, “Artist Biography”, allmusic.com,
n.d
., 03 Oct 2013
Jacobs, Hal, “Blind Willie
McTell
”, georgiaencyclopedia.com, 09 May 2003, 03 Oct 2013
“500 Greatest Albums of All Time”, rollingstone.com,
n.d
., 03 Oct 2013
"T-Bone Walker." 2013.
The Biography Channel website
. Oct 07 2013, http://www.biography.com/people/t-bone-walker-9522187.