{"product_id":"the-allman-brothers-band-idlewild-south","title":"The Allman Brothers Band - Idlewild South","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith Idlewild South, The Allman Brothers Band locked in, and this UK import presents the 1970 album where their blend of blues, rock, soul and jazz first came fully into focus.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheir second studio album took its name from a rural hideaway outside Macon, Georgia, where the band rehearsed and hung out. Produced mostly by Tom Dowd, who was just beginning his long partnership with the group, it was recorded in Macon, Miami and New York, capturing a band growing more confident with every session.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Midnight Rider\" became one of Gregg Allman's signature songs, a lean, haunting outlaw tale built on Duane's acoustic guitar. \"In Memory of Elizabeth Reed\", Dickey Betts' instrumental, introduced the jazz-inflected twin-guitar improvising that would explode on stage at the Fillmore East. \"Revival\" opens the album with a joyful, gospel-tinged shout, while Berry Oakley takes a rare lead vocal on a turbocharged \"Hoochie Coochie Man\".\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGregg's weathered voice and Hammond organ hold the center, two drummers keep the grooves rolling like thunder, and Duane's slide guitar cuts through everything with fierce, singing clarity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's a compact, essential chapter in Southern rock history, and the bridge between their raw 1969 debut and the live triumphs that followed soon after.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alliance Entertainment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67757782499618,"sku":"602478557033","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1020\/2080\/8994\/files\/The_Allman_Brothers_Band-Idlewild_South.jpg?v=1794291638","url":"https:\/\/soulfulvinyl.com\/products\/the-allman-brothers-band-idlewild-south","provider":"Soulful Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}