Playin' Up a Storm

Playin' Up a Storm is the second studio album by the Gregg Allman Band and was released on the Capricorn Records label. It peaked at number 42 on the U.S. Pop Albums charts in 1977.

Playin' Up a Storm
Studio album by
The Gregg Allman Band
ReleasedMay 1977[1]
StudioWarner Bros. Recording Studios, North Hollywood, California; United Western Studios, Hollywood, California
GenreSouthern rock
Length35:22
LabelCapricorn
ProducerRuss Titelman, Lenny Waronker
The Gregg Allman Band chronology
Gregg Allman Tour
(1974)		 Playin' Up a Storm
(1977)		 Allman and Woman: Two the Hard Way
(1977)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
Christgau's Record GuideB+[3]
Rolling Stone[4]

Background

Playin' Up a Storm was Allman's second solo studio effort, following 1973's Laid Back. It came after the breakup of the Allman Brothers Band in 1976. During this time, Allman had moved to Hollywood to live with his then-wife Cher. The album was produced by Lenny Waronker, and in his memoir, My Cross to Bear, Allman remembered that Waronker was frustrated with his unpunctuality in regards to studio time.[5] The album was released in May 1977, on Capricorn Records. Allman claimed that Phil Walden, owner of Capricorn, was incensed over his move to the West Coast to live with Cher, and only printed 50,000 copies of the LP.[5]

Track listing
Side one
  1. "Come and Go Blues" (Gregg Allman) – 4:48
  2. "Let This Be a Lesson to Ya'" (Gregg Allman, Malcolm Rebennack) – 3:42
  3. "Brightest Smile in Town" (Ray Charles, Barry De Vorzon, Bob Sherman) – 3:06
  4. "Bring It on Back" (Gregg Allman) – 4:49
Side two
  1. "Cryin' Shame" (Steve Beckmeier, Steve Berlin) – 3:44
  2. "Sweet Feelin'" (Clarence Carter, Marcus Daniel, Rick Hall, Candi Staton) – 3:37
  3. "It Ain't No Use" (Bernie Baum, Bill Giant, Florence Kaye) – 3:54
  4. "Matthew's Arrival" (Neil Larsen) – 3:50
  5. "One More Try" (Gregg Allman) – 3:53

Personnel

The Gregg Allman Band
  • Gregg Allman – vocals, organ, piano, acoustic guitar
  • Willie Weeks – bass, Fender Rhodes
  • Steve Beckmeier – guitar
  • Ricky Hirsch – guitar, slide guitar
  • John Leslie Hug – guitar
  • Neil Larsen – synthesizer, piano, keyboards, Fender Rhodes, horn arrangements
  • Bill Stewart – drums

Additional musicians

Technical
  • Noel Newbolt, Sue Haverback, Tori Hammond - production assistance
  • Diana Marie Kaylan - art direction
  • David Alexander - photography
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References
  1. "The Gregg Allman Band". Super Seventies. Retrieved May 15, 2011.
  2. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (2011). "Playin' Up a Storm - Gregg Allman Band | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
  3. CG Book '70s: A
  4. Flippo, Chet (2011). "Gregg Allman: Playin' Up A Storm : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". web.archive.org. Archived from the original on July 6, 2008. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
  5. Allman, Gregg; Light, Alan (2012). My Cross to Bear. William Morrow. pp. 280. ISBN 978-0-06-211203-3.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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