The Essential Allman Brothers Band: The Epic Years

2004 greatest hits album by The Allman Brothers Band

The Essential Allman Brothers Band: The Epic Years

Greatest hits album by

The Allman Brothers Band

Released| August 31, 2004
Recorded| 1990–2000
Genre| Southern rock
Length| 78:00
Label| Epic
Producer| Various
The Allman Brothers Band chronology
| Stand Back: The Anthology
(2004)  | The Essential Allman Brothers Band: The Epic Years
(2004)  | Macon City Auditorium: 2/11/72
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The Essential Allman Brothers Band: The Epic Years is a greatest hits album by the Allman Brothers Band, released in 2004. The album was released by their former label,Epic Records, as part of Sony BMG's The Essential series. It features songs created by the band during their time with Epic Records, spanning from their 1989 reformation until their departure from the label in 2003. Sony Music Entertainment, which now owns the band's releases on Arista Records, and also manages this collection.

## Track listing

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1. "Good Clean Fun" (Gregg Allman, Dickey Betts, Johnny Neel) – 5:08
2. "Seven Turns" (Dickey Betts) – 5:05
3. "End of the Line" (Gregg Allman, Warren Haynes, Allen Woody, John Jaworowicz) – 4:39
4. "Nobody Knows" (Dickey Betts) – 10:59
5. "Get on With Your Life" (Gregg Allman) – 6:58
6. "No One to Run With" (Dickey Betts, John Prestia) – 5:59
7. "Soulshine" (Warren Haynes) – 6:44
8. "Blue Sky" (Live) (Dickey Betts) – 8:40
9. "Midnight Rider" (Live) (Gregg Allman, Robert Payne) – 3:10
10. "Jessica" (Live) (Dickey Betts) – 16:07
11. "Please Call Home" (Live) (Gregg Allman) – 4:30

* Tracks 1–2 from Seven Turns (1990)
* Tracks 3–5 from Shades of Two Worlds (1991)
* Tracks 6–7 from Where It All Begins (1994)
* Track 8 from An Evening with the Allman Brothers Band: First Set (1992)
* Track 9 from Mycology: An Anthology (1998)
* Track 10 from An Evening with the Allman Brothers Band: 2nd Set (1995)
* Track 11 from Peakin' at the Beacon (2000)

### Live Songs

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* Track 8 recorded in 1991
* Track 9 recorded 6/11/1992 at the R&R Club in Los Angeles, CA
* Track 10 recorded 7/1/1994 at the Walnut Creek Amphitheatre in Raleigh, NC
* Track 11 recorded 3/2000 at the Beacon Theatre in New York, NY

## Personnel

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* Gregg Allman – keyboards, guitar, lead and background vocals
* Dickey Betts – guitar, lead and background vocals
* Butch Trucks – drums, percussion (Tracks 1–8, 10–11)
* Jai Johanny Johanson – drums, percussion (Tracks 1–8, 11)
* Warren Haynes – guitar, background vocals (Tracks 1–10)
* Allen Woody – bass, background vocals (Tracks 1–10)
* Johnny Neel – keyboards, background vocals (Tracks 1–2)
* Marc Quiñones – percussion, background vocals (Tracks 3–8, 10–11)
* Paul T. Riddle – drums (Track 10)
* Derek Trucks – guitar (Track 11)
* Oteil Burbridge – bass (Track 11)

## References

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1. ^ Jurek, Thom (2011). "The Essential Allman Brothers Band: The Epic Years – The Allman Brothers Band | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved August 6, 2011.
2. ^ Williams, Adam (September 28, 2004). "The Allman Brothers Band: The Essential Allman Brothers Band: The Epic Years < PopMatters". popmatters.com. Retrieved January 14, 2012.

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The Allman Brothers Band

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* Gregg Allman
* Dickey Betts
* Jai Johanny "Jaimoe" Johanson
* Berry Oakley
* Butch Trucks

* Chuck Leavell
* Lamar Williams
* Dan Toler
* Warren Haynes
* Johnny Neel
* Allen Woody
* Marc Quiñones
* Oteil Burbridge
* Derek Trucks
* Jimmy Herring

Studio and
contemporary
live albums|

* The Allman Brothers Band
* Idlewild South
* At Fillmore East
* Eat a Peach
* Brothers and Sisters
* Win, Lose or Draw
* Wipe the Windows, Check the Oil, Dollar Gas
* Enlightened Rogues
* Reach for the Sky
* Brothers of the Road
* Seven Turns
* Shades of Two Worlds
* An Evening with the Allman Brothers Band: First Set
* Where It All Begins
* An Evening with the Allman Brothers Band: 2nd Set
* Peakin' at the Beacon
* Hittin' the Note
* One Way Out

Retrospective
live albums|

* Live at Ludlow Garage: 1970
* Fillmore East, February 1970
* American University 12/13/70
* Live at the Atlanta International Pop Festival: July 3 & 5, 1970
* S.U.N.Y. at Stonybrook: Stonybrook, NY 9/19/71
* Macon City Auditorium: 2/11/72
* Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY: 5/1/73
* Boston Common, 8/17/71
* Play All Night: Live at the Beacon Theatre 1992
* Live from A&R Studios
* The Fox Box
* Cream of the Crop 2003
* Fillmore West '71
* The Final Note
* Warner Theatre, Erie, PA 7-19-05
* Down in Texas '71
* Syria Mosque
* Manley Field House, Syracuse University, April 7, 1972
* Final Concert 10-28-14

Compilations
and box sets|

* Beginnings
* The Road Goes on Forever
* Dreams
* A Decade of Hits 1969–1979
* Mycology: An Anthology
* 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Allman Brothers Band
* Stand Back: The Anthology
* The Essential Allman Brothers Band: The Epic Years
* Gold
* Trouble No More: 50th Anniversary Collection

Video albums|

* Brothers of the Road
* Live at Great Woods
* Live at the Beacon Theatre
* 40

Original songs|

* "Ain't Wastin' Time No More"
* "Blue Sky"
* "Crazy Love"
* "Good Clean Fun"
* "Hot 'Lanta"
* "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed"
* "Its Not My Cross to Bear"
* "Jessica"
* "Little Martha"
* "Melissa"
* "Midnight Rider"
* "No One to Run With"
* "Pegasus"
* "Ramblin' Man"
* "Revival (Love Is Everywhere)"
* "Seven Turns"
* "Soulshine"
* "Straight from the Heart"
* "Whipping Post"

Cover songs|

* "Done Somebody Wrong"
* "Heart of Stone"
* "Hoochie Coochie Man"
* "Mountain Jam"
* "One Way Out"
* "Statesboro Blues"
* "Stormy Monday"
* "Trouble No More"
* "You Don't Love Me"

Associated bands
and artists|

* The 31st of February
* The Allman Joys
* Col. Bruce Hampton and the Aquarium Rescue Unit
* Derek and the Dominos
* The Derek Trucks Band
* Gov't Mule
* Gregg Allman Band
* Hour Glass
* Les Brers
* Sea Level
* Tedeschi Trucks Band
* The Allman Betts Band
* Thom Doucette

Related articles|

* Discography
* Members
* Museum
* Joseph L. Campbell
* Summer Jam at Watkins Glen

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