Alan Paul's 'Brothers and Sisters: The Allman Brothers Band and the Inside Story of the Album that Defined the ’70s' tells the story of a great comeback album.
Jann Wenner, boomer impresario of rock and magazines, talks up his legacy and his friendships on the publication of his memoir, ‘Like a Rolling Stone.’
Gregg Allman showed up late, after everyone had left. Instead of being turned away, he found himself alone on a porch with Carter drinking J&B scotch and listening to records by bluesman Elmore James. Carter started reeling off lyrics to “Midnight Rider” and other songs Allman had written. The governor told the singer that he was running for president and might one day need some financial help.
Allman liked Carter but thought the Levi’s- and T-shirt-clad man seated next to him had no chance. But Carter, like the Allman Brothers, repeatedly defied the odds. On Nov. 25, 1975, the band played a benefit for the cash-strapped candidate at the Providence Civic Center in Rhode Island. The group not only raised money for Carter but, as Paul notes, also burnished his image with young voters.But as the peanut farmer ascended, the Allmans went the other way.
For all its strengths, “Brothers and Sisters” drags at times, notably Paul’s description of Gregg Allman’s relationship with Cher, which seems better suited for the pages of the National Enquirer. The book also overstates the influence of the album itself. It’s easy to argue that 1972’s “Exile on Main Street” by the
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