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Devon Allman: Ragged & Dirty

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Label: Ruf Records
Released: 2014.10.14
Time:
 48:08
Category: Blues / Blues-Rock
Producer(s): Tom Hambridge
Rating:
Media type: CD
Web address: www.devonallmanband.com
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Purchase date: 2014
Price in €: 1,00





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[1] Half the Truth (R.Fleming/T.Hambridge) - 3:07
[2] Can't Lose 'Em All (T.Hambridge/L.R.Parnell) - 3:45
[3] Leavin' (R.Fleming/T.Hambridge) - 2:42
[4] I'll Be Around (T.R.Bell/Ph.Hurtt) - 3:56
[5] Traveling (D.Allman) - 4:16
[6] Midnight Lake Michigan (D.Allman) - 9:31
[7] Ten Million Slaves (O.Taylor) - 3:22
[8] Blackjack Heartattack (D.Allman) - 3:12
[9] Back to You (D.Allman) - 5:04
[10] Times Have Changed (R.Fleming/T.Hambridge) - 3:28
[11] Ragged & Dirty (L.Allison/R.Goodman/B.Kreinar/J.Peraino/A.Smith) - 2:45
[12] Leave the City (D.Allman) - 3:00

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Devon Allman - Guitar, Resonator Guitar, Vocals, Background Vocals

Tom Hambridge - Drums, Mastering, Mixing, Percussion, Producer, Tambourine, Background Vocals, Xylophone
Bobby Schneck Jr. - Guitar, Vocal Harmony, Background Vocals
Marty Sammon - Hammond B3, Piano, Wurlitzer
Giles Cory - Guitar, Acoustic Guitar
Felton Crews - Bass

Wendy Moten - Background Vocals

Rueben Williams - Executive Producer
Thomas Ruf - Executive Producer
Blaise Barton - Engineer
Michael Saint-Leon - Mastering, Mixing
Kevin Lies - Assistant Engineer
Nicole Olea - Photography
Art Tipaldi - Liner Notes

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After two albums with his jam band Honeytribe and co-founding the blues rock supergroup Royal Southern Brotherhood, Devon Allman issued a fine solo album in 2013 with Turquoise. While that record focused on his skills as a songwriter as much as it did his considerable ability as a guitarist, Ragged & Dirty changes up the game again by heading north to the wellspring of electric blues: Chicago. Produced by noted drummer, songwriter, and arranger Tom Hambridge - who has worked with everyone from Joe Louis Walker and Susan Tedeschi to George Thorogood and Johnny Winter - this is not a set of hard boogie blooooooz numbers, but a skilled, nuanced, yet kinetic reflection on the murky terrain where Chicago's signature electric style meets vintage R&B and rock. Allman the guitar slinger is back in a big way here, fronting a small ensemble that includes the drummer, bassist Felton Crews, B-3 player Marty Sammon, and guitarist Giles Cory. Hambridge contributed four excellent tunes to the set, Allman five, and there are three choice covers. The latter include a burning read of the title track (a funky blues scorcher by Luther Allison off his 1972 Motown set, Bad News Is Coming), an emotionally resonant reading of the Spinners' hit, "I'll Be Around" - which showcases Allman's considerable gifts as a singer - and a poignant, thoroughly electrified take on Otis Taylor's "Ten Million Slaves." There's a hint of the Allman Brothers Band's blues attack on Hambridge's "Can't Lose 'Em All," with Cory twinning the lead guitar line. "Midnight Lake Michigan" is a long, slow instrumental where Allman gets to show off his chops, his phrasing purposely reflecting the influences of Buddy Guy and Jimi Hendrix. His own "Traveling" gives free play to his nasty, funky wah-wah pedal and melds Southern rock to Windy City soul blues, while "Blackjack Heart Attack" is a burning rocker whose gritty vamps and stinging leads are adorned by careening B-3 and bass fills. Ragged & Dirty is the first time in Allman's recording career that all of his strengths have been on full display. Hambridge's production is polished, yet never rounds off the edges; sounds and dynamics encounter one another spontaneously and naturally. Allman is inspired; he reveals the myriad aspects of his musical persona - so full of contrasting yet complementary voices - free expression, resulting in the finest thing he's ever put his name on.

Thom Jurek - All Music Guide



On one hand, you can say Devon Allman comes by his musical talents naturally, being Gregg Allman’s son. But the fact of the matter is, Devon’s parents were divorced when he was a baby—and he was brought up in a world that was well-insulated from the savage highs, lows, glories and turmoils of the Allman Brothers Band. As you’ll read below, Devon’s musical interests developed organically. Translating his passion for the music he was listening to on the radio into garage band roar, Devon was already forging his own sound by the time he met his famous father. And though their musical and personal paths have crossed over the years since, Devon’s path is truly his own, along with his sound, style and career.

Most interesting may be Devon’s evolution as a guitar player: Though he first strapped on a six-string in his early teens, he was into his thirties before circumstance inspired him to get serious about his lead playing (as he explains in our conversation that follows). Devon’s latest solo album, Ragged & Dirty, is a solid showcase of his talents—from powerful, soulful vocals to dig-in-and-let-fly guitar work. Working with producer (let alone killer drummer) Tom Hambridge, Allman has crafted a collection of tunes that spans the gamut from shake-the-speaker-out-of-the-dashboard rock roar to starlit blues jam. His originals nestle comfortably alongside covers such as the Spinners’ “I’ll Be Around” and Otis Taylor’s “Ten Million Slaves."

Allman and his core band of bassist Felton Crews, Marty Sammon on keys and guitarist Giles Cory cover a lot of ground over Ragged & Dirty’s dozen tracks—but every inch is a natural fit. Devon’s insistence that Bobby Schneck Jr. (who plays guitar in Devon’s current touring band) take a fat-toned lead on the cut “Leavin’” tells you a lot about the man. “It’s my duty to let the younger players be heard,” he told me. “That’s how this is supposed to go, man.”

Brian Robbins - 10/29/2014
GuitarWorld.com



While not enough music lovers have been paying attention, Gregg Allman’s baby boy has been steadily carving out quite a niche for himself. Since 1999, Devon Allman has worked with his own band, Honeytribe, the supergroup Royal Southern Brotherhood, and issued his first solo album, Turquoise (2013). A short year later, Allman has gone Ragged and Dirty in his second solo outing, and it’s easily a collection that should seriously widen his appeal for blues, blues rock, and straight-up rock fans.

Devon Allman - Ragged & DirtyWhile most of his previous material was recorded in the American South, Allman went to Chicago to lay down Ragged and Dirty with producer, songwriter, and drummer Tom Hambridge. But don’t expect a collection of updated Chicago blues numbers. Instead, Ragged and Dirty is an infectious assortment of songs that really rock out with Allman drawing from a variety of musical wells.

For example, it’s blues rock time with “Times Have Changed,” as is the title song where Allman kicks out the jams with his wah-wah pedal to prove just how ragged and dirty he can get. For lack of a better label, “Leavin'” might be considered a hybrid of folk and soul. Allman’s remake of The Spinners’ “I’ll Be Around”, however, is pure ’70s R&B. Touching another base, “Leave the City” builds on Allman’s acoustic guitar with something of a Springsteen feel.

Some songs sound very personal, as in “Travelin’,” another tune in the tradition of musicians musing over their lives while collecting frequent flier miles. In a similar vein, “Back to You” is more gritty blues about a man wanting to come home. But, like material the Royal Southern Brotherhood is becoming known for, Allman also comments on the world he sees. The tom tom-driven “Ten Million Slaves,” for example, is about the history of Africans coming to America in shackles. The crunching “Blackjack Heartattack” cautions about the addiction of gambling.

Lest you fear the out-and-out blues isn’t represented, the nine-minute “Midnight Lake Michigan” is an instrumental guitar workout that might inspire some listeners to think of many better known guitar gods, and Allman should be favorably compared to any axeman you care to mention. (That includes Devon’s famous uncle.) But Allman is no slouch delivering his soulful, gravelly lead vocals, and credit should go to Hambridge for his mic-ing, providing Allman with a variety of shadings and depth.

Coming in October, just five months after Royal Southern Brotherhood’s Heartsoulblood, Ragged and Dirty is a hard-charging release listeners will want to play more than once. Despite the publicity emphasizing blues connections, this isn’t an album limited to fans of that genre. Rockers, take heed! Devon Allman is offering music you’ll want to crank up and share. The way things are going, in time Devon won’t be billed as Gregg Allman’s son, but rather Gregg will become known as Devon Allman’s dad.

Wesley Britton - September 18, 2014
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Die dunkelblonde Mähne ist die gleiche, auch die Körperhaltung stimmt überein und sogar die Stimme weist Ähnlichkeiten auf. Doch Devon Allman hat schwer gearbeitet, um sich sein eigenes Image in der Musikszene aufzubauen, unabhängig von seinem berühmten Vater Gregg Allman.

Für »Ragged & Dirty« hat Devon seine südliche Komfortzone verlassen, heuerte eine erstklassige Band aus Chicago an und arbeitete mit dem Grammy-Gewinner Tom Hambridge zusammen. Auch wenn Hambridge vier Songs geschrieben hat und Devon drei Coversongs auswählte, sind es vor allem die selbstgeschriebenen, die seine künstlerische Entwicklung zeigen. Hört euch nur die Leichtigkeit bei »Midnight Lake Michigan« an. Devons tiefe, unheilvolle Gitarrenklänge verleihen dem neunminütigen Instrumental eine Hoodoo-Aura. Während sich die Spannung aufbaut, kommen dann noch Marty Sammons Keyboard und Tom Hambridges Percussions dazu. Spätestens bei »Leave The City« wird Devons stimmliche Bandbreite deutlich. Mit »Hambridges Beat« beeindruckt Devon hier mit seiner Allman-typischen Stimme und einem mitreißenden Resonatorgitarrenklang.

Bei Luther Allisons Ragged & Dirty trifft Funk auf Blues und bietet Devons Chicagoer Studioband (bestehend aus Bassist Felton Crews (Charlie Musselwhite u. a.), Gitarrist Giles Corey (Billy Branch), Keyboarder Marty Sammon (Buddy Guy) und dem aus Nashville stammenden Hambridge am Schlagzeug) Gelegenheit zu zeigen, was sie können. Bei »Allmans Leavin’« kann die Band mit gedämpftem Feingefühl aufwarten, während sich »Back To You« mit Devons ausdrucksstarkem Solo und Sammons B-3-Künsten zu einer großartigen Blues-Ballade entwickelt. Sehr ausdrucksstark ist auch Devons und Wendy Motens Version des Spinner-Klassikers »I’ll Be Around«, sowie Devons Cover von Otis Taylors »Ten Million Slaves«.

Amazon.de



»Voll im Saft stehender elektrischer Blues, gefüllt mit Herzblut, Gitarrenlinien von feinfühlend bis berserkerhaft und hochkonzentriertem Gesang. Auch die stilistische Breite innerhalb selbst gesteckter Grenzen ist vorbildlich und bietet reichlich Abwechslung in den Details.«

Good Times, Oktober/November 2014



»Die in Chicago klassisch mit Resonatorgitarre und Wurlitzer / Hammondorgel eingespielte Session hat Biss, Seele und wird der Familienehre mehr als gerecht.«

Audio, November 2014
 

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