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"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 .
The Allman Brothers Band was an American rock band formed in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1969. [3] Its founding members were brothers Duane Allman (slide guitar, lead guitar) and Gregg Allman (vocals, keyboards), as well as Dickey Betts (lead guitar, vocals), Berry Oakley (bass), Butch Trucks (drums), and Jai Johanny "Jaimoe" Johanson (drums).
"Ramblin' Man" pre-dates the album considerably, and was first created during songwriting sessions for Eat a Peach. An embryonic version, referring to a "ramblin' country man," can be heard on the bootleg The Gatlinburg Tapes , featuring the band jamming on an off-day in April 1971 in Gatlinburg , Tennessee . [ 20 ]
"Ramblin' Gamblin' Man" is a song by the American rock band the Bob Seger System, and written by its leader Bob Seger. The song was originally released as a single in October 1968, then as a track on the album Ramblin' Gamblin' Man in April 1969. The single fared well, reaching No. 17 on the national charts.
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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]
[26] Thom Doucette takes a solo on blues harp, and by the end of the song, the band breaks out of the shuffle and "builds up to a dual-lead guitar, triplet-based crescendo." [26] "Stormy Monday" echoes the band's blues roots, and many guitar parts come from the version cut by Bobby "Blue" Bland in the early 1960s. [28]
Leavell also plays grand piano on this tune, playing a solo, for over a minute, from around the 2:30 mark. The acoustic guitar is played by Les Dudek. The original version on Brothers and Sisters clocks in at 7:30, although there is a shortened single edit, which cuts out some of the main theme at the end of the piece, trimming it to 4:00 exactly.