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"Ramblin' Man" is a song written in 1951 by Hank Williams. [3] Initially released in December 1951 as one of Williams' "Luke the Drifter" singles, it was re-released as the B-side to the posthumous 1953 number one hit "Take These Chains from My Heart", as well as to the 1976 re-release of "Why Don't You Love Me".
"Ramblin' Man" is a song by American rock band the Allman Brothers Band, released in August 1973 as the lead single from the group's fourth studio album, Brothers and Sisters (1973). Written and sung by the band's guitarist, Dickey Betts , it was inspired by a 1951 song of the same name by Hank Williams .
Perhaps the most well known Luke the Drifter song is "Ramblin' Man," a rare, minor key dirge that features a taut, edgy vocal from Williams as he sings about wanderlust and loneliness. His keening falsetto and Harold Bradley's steel guitar echoed the song's sentiments, but it also contained a folk edge atypical for a Hank Williams recording.
Betts wrote the band’s sole Top 10 single, “Ramblin’ Man,” in 1973 — a song that peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 that fall, held out of the top spot by “Half Breed,” a campy ...
"Ramblin' Man" (Hank Williams song), a 1951 song later covered by grandson Hank Williams III and The Melvins in 1999 "Ramblin' Man" (The Allman Brothers Band song), 1973 "Ramblin' Man", a song from Lemon Jelly's 2002 album Lost Horizons "Rambling Man", a song by Laura Marling from album I Speak Because I Can
Cajun Baby (lyrics by Williams; music composed by Hank Williams, Jr.) Cajun Baby Blues (co-written with Jimmy Fields) California Zephyr; Calling You; Coeur Brise (co-written with William Lamothe) Cold, Cold Heart; Come a Runnin' (co-written with Jimmy Fields) Countryfied; Cowboys Don't Cry (lyrics by Williams, music composed by Mickey Newbury)
He wrote the song "Jessica", inspired by his young daughter Jessica, [7] and the Allmans' highest-charting single, "Ramblin' Man", [8] for the band's 1973 breakout commercial success Brothers and Sisters. Betts in 1974. Betts's first solo album, Highway Call, was released in 1974 and featured fiddle player Vassar Clements. [9]
"My Son Calls Another Man Daddy" 9 — Ramblin' Man "Why Don't You Love Me" b/w "A House Without Love" (from Sing Me A Blue Song) 1 — "Why Should We Try Anymore" 9 — Sing Me A Blue Song "They'll Never Take Her Love From Me" 5 — "Moanin' The Blues" 1 — Moanin' The Blues "Nobody's Lonesome For Me" 9 — Ramblin' Man: 1951 "Dear John" 8 ...