Brothers of the Road

Infobox Album
Name = Brothers of the Road
Type = studio
Artist = The Allman Brothers Band


Released = August 1981
Recorded = March 1981 Young'un Sound, Nashville
Genre = Rock
Length =
Label = Arista
Producer = John Ryan
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|2|5 [http://wm10.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3ifpxq95ld0e Link]
*Rolling Stone Rating|2|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/theallmanbrothersband/albums/album/166977/review/5945611/brothers_of_the_road Link]
Last album = "Reach for the Sky"
(1980)
This album = "Brothers of the Road"
(1981)
Next album = "Seven Turns"
(1990)

"Brothers of the Road" is the tenth album by the rock group the Allman Brothers Band. It was released in 1981. It is the band's only album not to include drummer Jai Johanny Johanson, who had been fired the previous year. "Straight from the Heart" was the group's third, and to date final, Top 40 hit.

Track listing

#"Brothers of the Road" (Dickey Betts, Jim Goff) – 3:50
#"Leavin'" (Gregg Allman) – 3:46
#"Straight from the Heart" (Betts, Johnny Cobb) – 3:48
#"The Heat is On" (Betts, Mike Lawler, Buddy Yochim) – 4:13
#"Maybe We Can Go Back to Yesterday" (Betts, Dan Toler) – 4:42
#"The Judgment" (Betts) – 3:39
#"Two Rights" (Betts, Cobb, Lawler) – 3:30
#"Never Knew How Much (I Needed You)" (Allman) – 4:45
#"Things You Used to Do" (Allman, Keith England) – 3:42
#"I Beg of You" (Rose Marie McCoy, Kelly Owens) – 3:22

Personnel

The Allman Brothers Band

*Gregg Allman – vocals, organ, acoustic guitar
*Dickey Betts – vocals, lead, slide, and acoustic guitar
*Butch Trucks – drums
*David "Rook" Goldflies – bass
*Mike Lawler – pianos, synthesizers, clavinet
*"Dangerous" Dan Toler – lead and rhythm guitar
*David "Frankie" Toler – drums

Additional musicians

*Charlie Daniels – fiddle on "Brothers of the Road"
*Jimmy Hall – sax on "Never Knew How Much (I Needed You)"
*Mark "Tito" Morris – congas, timbales, percussion
*Background vocalists: Thomas Cain, Johnny Cobb, Jimmy Hall, Chip Young, Greg Guidry, Joy Lannon, Donna McElroy, Keith England, Jeff Silverman, Randall Hart, Peter Kingsberry, Joe Pizzulo