album tracks “Leavin’,” “The Heat Is On” and “The Judgement” (all seemingly recorded live in the studio) this throws up three more unheard / unreleased tracks – all with Gregg & Dickey present and correct!
• “I'm Really In Love With You” – is an up tempo track major key track with a Dickey Betts vocal, sadly without any guitar work – perhaps awaiting an overdub? • “Worth It All” – is a mid-pace Gregg track with a weak lyric that doesn’t really go any- where, but is sung in Gregg’s inimitable style • “The Two Of Us ” – this is the pick of the bunch, a Gregg vocal with plenty of Ham- mond, an initial descending chord sequence like "These Days" morphing more into some- thing like Eddie Hinton's "Everybody Needs Love,"with almost a gospel feel. Something certainly worthy of a Gregg solo release. `By dropping the four “Outside
Demos,” keeping “Need Somebody Bad Tonight” (which is not a bad tune, in a more modern style), and adding the three Brothers of The Road unreleased tracks we have a pretty decent “unreleased” 10 track album to enjoy!
So – what is missing in action…. On my review copy there is no “Lead
Me On” mentioned in the article – which ended up on I’m No Angel. Even “No One to Run With” was
around at this time (possibly later – we would need Kirk West to clarify for this…) The biggest omission is the great per-
formance given by Mike Lawler (on acoustic guitar not keytar) and Dickey Betts of “Danny Blue” in the hotel room on the “Brothers Of The Road” video. This could have been the best track on
the album – but I guess it just did not fit the 1980s. it doesn’t however stop its country leanings, joyful lyric and monster chorus from being a timeless Dickey Betts classic! So – where can this all be heard?
Not being commercially available, you will
have to rummage for this on some file sharing sites, and for you Allmans completists I rec- ommend a listen. Not something for you 80-81 to haters,
but, if like me, you have to hear everything Gregg and Dickey has over their varied ca- reers, it’s worth checking out. What we really need is a true “rarities
project” rounding up these things (and others from Gregg and particularly Dickey’s solo ca- reers) into a multi CD set where they can be quietly enjoyed out of context of one of the most troubled periods of the band. Bill Levin- son are you listening? •
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