Stand Back: The Anthology

Performer: The Allman Brothers Band
Producer: Tom Dowd; Johnny Sandlin; Michael Barbiero; Warren Haynes; John Ryan; Johnny Cobb; The Allman Brothers Band; Mike Lawler; Tom Dowd; Adrian Barber; Johnny Sandlin; Michael Barbiero; The Allman Brothers Band (Compilation); Bill Levenson (Compilation)
Distributor: Universal Distribution

Notes: The Allman Brothers Band: Duane Allman (guitar, acoustic guitar, slide guitar); Derek Trucks (guitar, acoustic slide guitar); Dan Toler (guitar); Warren Haynes (acoustic guitar, slide guitar); Allen Woody (bass instrument, background vocals); David Goldflies, Lamar Williams, Oteil Burbridge, Berry Oakley (bass instrument); Jai Johanny Johanson (drums, percussion); Chuck Leavell, Dickey Betts, Gregg Allman, Les Dudek, Marc Qui�ones, Butch Trucks. Personnel: Dickey Betts (vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar, slide guitar); Gregg Allman (vocals, electric guitar, piano, organ); Les Dudek (guitar, acoustic guitar); Warren Haynes (guitar); Dan Toler (acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Derek Trucks (slide guitar); Jim Essery (harmonica); Jimmy Hall (saxophone); Mike Lawler (piano, electric piano, synthesizer); Chuck Leavell, Johnny Cobb (piano, background vocals); Johnny Lee "Jaimoe" Johnson (drums, timpani, percussion); Butch Trucks (drums, percussion); David Toler (drums); Marc Qui�ones (congas, percussion); Thomas Caine, Bonnie Bramlett (background vocals). Audio Mixers: Michael Barbiero; Warren Haynes. Liner Note Author: Scott Schinder. Recording information: Ardent Recording, Memphis, TN (09/1969-04/2002); Atlantic Recording Studios, New York, NY (09/1969-04/2002); BR Ranch Studios, Jupiter, FL (09/1969-04/2002); Capricorn Sound Studios, Macon, GA (09/1969-04/2002); Criteria Studios, Miami, FL (09/1969-04/2002); Fillmore East, New York, NY (09/1969-04/2002); Pyramid Eye Recording Studio, Lookout Mountain, GA (09/1969-04/2002); The Record Plant, Los Angeles, CA (09/1969-04/2002); Water Music, Hoboken, NJ (09/1969-04/2002); Young'Un Sound, Nashville, TN (09/1969-04/2002). Photographers: Jeffrey Mayer; Twiggs Lyndon; Stephen Paley; Kirk West; Bob Gruen; Joe Sia; Bob Johnson. A beautifully packaged and sequenced two-disc set, STAND BACK is the definitive overview of one of the most successful and influential blues-rock acts ever. The Allman Brothers Band were superior musicians who incorporated elements of country, jazz, and R&B into their playing, and displayed a remarkable penchant for group improvisation. The synthesis of these factors, delivered with a distinctive country-fried edge, is laid out on this excellent 32-song career retrospective. Arranged chronologically, STAND BACK traces the evolution of the Allmans, from edge-pushing rockers (the first cut from the band's 1969 debut, "Don't Want You No More," with its shifting time signatures and jazz inflections, is almost progressive rock), to their country-rock of the '90s and 2000s. In between are fiery interpretations of blues classics by Blind Willie McTell and Muddy Waters, and songs by vocalist/keyboardist Gregg Allman and guitarist Dickey Betts, many of which ("Whipping Post," "Midnight Rider") are now blues-rock classics in their own right. With its driving, twin-drummer rhythm section, and complex organ/dual-guitar interplay, the band never misses a step on this superb collection.

They're known as the founding fathers of Southern rock, but the Allman Brothers were actually much more progressive than the musical school they inspired. They reclaimed the US-influenced blues-rock of Cream et al. and brought it back to America, adding country and jazz touches. They were noted for their improvisatory skills, particularly the inspired dual-guitar work of Dickey Betts and the late Duane Allman. Even after the deaths of Duane and original bassist Berry Oakey and the departure of Betts, the band soldiered on strongly into the 21st century, led by founding singer/organist Gregg Allman.

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