Idlewild South by the Allman Brothers Band (Vinyl record album review)

Album name: Idlewild South

Group name: The Allman Brothers Band

Year: 1970

Number of discs: one

Label: Atco Records

Collection: Brenner / Gessner

Distinguishing characteristics: “G” written inside the album sleeve, indicating that my father owned this record

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My review

Level of familiarity before listening

I’ve listened to two Allman Brothers records in the past month and a half: Eat A Peach and The Road Goes On Forever: A Collection of Their Greatest Recordings.

What I expected

Rock, blues, &c.

What it was actually like

I didn’t enjoy this Allman Brothers record as much as the previous two, since it didn’t have my favorite songs, and since the first track, Revival, reminded me of something that Paul Simon might have done in the 1980s. Midnight Rider was the only song I recognized, and I’ve always considered it to be good, but not one of their best (though in fairness, if another band had recorded it, then it might have been their best).

Don’t Keep Me Wonderin’, at three minutes and 40 seconds, was about three minutes too long.

Grade

3/5: interesting, but not for me