Playin' Up a Storm

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Playin' Up a Storm
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Studio album by
The Gregg Allman Band
ReleasedMay 1977
StudioWarner Bros. Recording Studios, North Hollywood, California; United Western Studios, Hollywood, California
Genre Southern rock
Length35:22
Label Capricorn
Producer Russ Titelman, Lenny Waronker
Gregg Allman chronology
The Gregg Allman Tour
(1974)		Playin' Up a Storm
(1977)		 Two the Hard Way
(1977)
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Playin' Up a Storm is the second studio album by Gregg Allman. It was the first of three credited to his solo band.

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Playin' Up a Storm was released in 1977 on Capricorn Records, [8] not long after the Allman Brothers Band's acrimonious split, and peaked at number 42 on the Billboard 200. [9]

Background

Playin' Up a Storm was Allman's second solo studio effort, following 1973's Laid Back . It came after the breakup of the Allman Brothers Band in 1976. During this time, Allman had moved to Hollywood to live with his then-wife Cher. The album was produced by Lenny Waronker and Russ Titelman, and in his memoir, My Cross to Bear , Allman remembered that Waronker was frustrated with his unpunctuality in regards to studio time. [10] The album was released in May 1977, on Capricorn Records. Allman claimed that Phil Walden, owner of Capricorn, was incensed over his move to the West Coast to live with Cher, and only printed 50,000 copies of the LP. [10]

Critical reception

The Rolling Stone Album Guide called the album a "harder-hitting" followup, writing that it "actually eclipsed most of the Allmans' work of the same period." [7]

Track listing

Side one
  1. "Come and Go Blues" (Gregg Allman) – 4:48
  2. "Let This Be a Lesson to Ya'" (Gregg Allman, Malcolm Rebennack) – 3:42
  3. "Brightest Smile in Town" (Ray Charles, Barry De Vorzon, Bob Sherman) – 3:06
  4. "Bring It on Back" (Gregg Allman) – 4:49
Side two
  1. "Cryin' Shame" (Steve Beckmeier, Steve Berlin) – 3:44
  2. "Sweet Feelin'" (Clarence Carter, Marcus Daniel, Rick Hall, Candi Staton) – 3:37
  3. "It Ain't No Use" (Bernie Baum, Bill Giant, Florence Kaye) – 3:54
  4. "Matthew's Arrival" (Neil Larsen) – 3:50
  5. "One More Try" (Gregg Allman) – 3:53

Personnel

The Gregg Allman Band

Additional musicians

Technical

References

  1. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (2011). "Playin' Up a Storm — Gregg Allman Band | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
  2. ↑ "Robert Christgau: CG Book '70s: A". www.robertchristgau.com.
  3. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 1. MUZE. p. 136.
  4. ↑ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 21.
  5. ↑ "Album Reviews: Gregg Allman Band — Playin' Up a Storm" (PDF). Music Week . Gwent: Pensord Press Ltd. July 16, 1977. p. 41. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 3, 2024. Retrieved April 6, 2025– via WorldRadioHistory.com.
  6. ↑ Flippo, Chet (2011). "Gregg Allman: Playin' Up A Storm : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone . Archived from the original on July 6, 2008. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
  7. 1 2 The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 11.
  8. ↑ "Gregg Allman | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  9. ↑ "Gregg Allman". Billboard.
  10. 1 2 Allman, Gregg; Light, Alan (2012). My Cross to Bear . William Morrow. pp.  280. ISBN   978-0-06-211203-3.
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