Since this summer, I've been having a southern rock phase.
Actually, that shot needs to be capitalized.
SOUTHERN ROCK. Specifically the anthem-like ones.
As shameful as it may be to admit, I wasn't really all that familiar with The Allman Brothers Band until earlier this year. I downloaded a list of Rolling Stone's 500 best songs of all time or whatever, and when this song cropped up and I heard it for the first time... holy fucking hell.
It was everything a first love is supposed to be. Fireworks, goosebumps, the works. I pretty much passed out. That moment will forever be branded on my memory. (The last time I got so excited by a song on the first listen was Voodoo Chile. The long, crazy-amazing bluesy one. )
The vocals, the guitar, the organ, every single element of this song works for me. It puts me in a smoky dive bar, surrounded by beardy dudes in plaid who are not hipsters. It reminds me of cold beer and hot summer and the best possible kind of heartbreak.
I must accumulate all the available music by this band just to pay respect to the creators of this song.
Is that overstating things, perhaps?
THIS IS MY FAVORIT SONG EVER!!!!! I'M SO GLAD YOU DISCOVERED AND RECOGNIZED ITS GREATNESS!!!!
ReplyDeleteTotts a Dad pic . I think he played this to me in the cradle.
ReplyDeleteWhen you come home, we will bond over it at length.
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