The Allman Brothers Band - Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: The Allman Brothers

As any fan knows -- heck, as anyone who's listened to the radio since 1970 knows -- there was much more to The Allman Brothers Band than blues. Blues-rock, however, was a foundation of their music, and that's what you'll hear on this compilation, which is part of the Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues CD series, issued in conjunction with the television documentary series The Blues. As is proper, almost all of this is from the band's early years; all but two of the songs were recorded between September 1969 and June 1971, and none of them postdate 1979. Read More