Laid Back (Gregg Allman album)

Infobox Album
Name = Laid Back
Type = studio album
Artist = Gregg Allman


Released = 1973
Recorded =
Genre = Rock
Length = 35:27
Label = Capricorn
Producer = Johnny Sandlin and Gregg Allman
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:jifqxq95ld0e link]
*"Rolling Stone" Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/169511/review/5940811?utm_source=Rhapsody&utm_medium=CDreview link]
*Robert Christgau (B) [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Gregg+Allman link]
Last album =
This album = "Laid Back" (1973)
Next album = "Gregg Allman Tour" (1974)

"Laid Back" is a 1973 album by Gregg Allman and was released on the Capricorn Records label. It peaked at number 13 on the Billboard Pop Albums charts in 1974.

Allmusic stated: "Recorded in the same year as the "Brothers and Sisters" album, this solo debut release is a beautiful amalgam of R&B, folk, and gospel sounds, with the best singing on any of Gregg Allman's solo releases." In "Rolling Stone", reviewer Tony Glover said "Laid Back" isn't quite what you'd expect from Gregg's work with the Brothers Band. Instead, it's a moody LP, often tinged with grandeur, and maybe just a little too rich and one-colored in spots. But on the whole, a moving look at another side of a finely charismatic singer/writer."

Track listing

# "Midnight Rider" (Gregg Allman & Robert Kim Payne) – 4:28
# "Queen of Hearts" (G. Allman) – 6:17
# "Please Call Home" (G. Allman) – 2:48
# "Don't Mess Up a Good Thing" (Oliver Sain) – 4:13
# "These Days" (Jackson Browne) – 3:56
# "Multi-Colored Lady" (G. Allman) – 4:55
# "All My Friends" (Scott Boyer) – 4:32
# "Will the Circle Be Unbroken" (Traditional - Arranged by G. Allman & Johnny Sandlin) – 4:49

Personnel

*Gregg Allman – vocals, organ, acoustic guitar
*Bill Stewart – drums
*Chuck Leavell – acoustic and electric pianos, vibes
*Tommy Talton – acoustic, electric and slide guitars, dobro and tambourine
*Scott Boyer – acoustic, electric and steel guitars, electric piano
*David Brown – bass
*Buzz Feiten – guitar
*Charlie Hayward – bass
*Paul Hornsby – organ, keyboards, clavinet
*Jai Johanny Johanson – percussion, conga
*Carl Hall – background vocals
*Hilda Harris – background vocals
*Cissy Houston – background vocals
*Emily Houston – background vocals
*June McGruder – background vocals
*Helene Miles – background vocals
*Linda November – background vocals
*Eileen Gilbert – background vocals
*Maretha Stewart – background vocals
*Albertine Robinson – background vocals
*Jim Nalls – guitar
*David "Fathead" Newman – saxophone
*Tommy Talton – guitar, dobro, slide guitar
*Johnny Sandlin – bass
*Butch Trucks – percussion, cabasa
*Ed Freeman – strings
*Max Cahn – violin
*Tony Posk – violin

Production notes

*Johnny Sandlin – producer, arranger, engineer
*David Boyd - personal manager
*Ovie Sparks – engineer
*Buddy Thornton – engineer
*George Marino – engineer, mastering
*Jim Reeves – engineer