Not Dickey's version but Greg wrote this with David Brown
It's Taken From "Friends And Neighbors"
Format: Vinyl-LP
2 Side-Track 4
Release Year: 1971
Label: Capricorn Records
Recorded At Capricorn Studios, Macon, Georgia, USA.
Genre: Southern Rock
Produced By Johnny Sandlin
Personnel:
Alex Taylor: Vocals
James Taylor: Guitar
Tommy Talton: Guitar
Peter Kowalke: Guitar
Joe Rudd: Guitar
Scott Boyer: Guitar And Backing Vocals
Paul Hornsby: Keyboards
Johnny Sandlin: Bass
Bill Stewart: Drums
Willie Bridges: Saxophone
King Curtis: Saxophone
Ronnie Cuber: Saxophone
Frank Wess: Saxophone
Daniel Moore: Trumpet
William S. Ficher: Strings Arrangements And Conductor
1971 was the year of "Taylor Mania" with Mud Slide Slim & The Blue Horizon by James Taylor, Sister Kate's album on Cotillion, and the equally brilliant Liv by Livingston Taylor, on Warner Brothers. Alex Taylor's With Friends And Neighbors is a very good album, enjoying the glow of his sibling's excellent work, and emulating them on the first side. It's more pop than one would think which all changes when you flip the disc over to hear the bluesy jams like on Greg Allman's "Southbound" on side two. Acoustic guitarist's Scott Boyer's "Southern Kids" is up there with some of James Taylor's finest work and with a plethora of guests from King Curtis to Sweet Baby James himself on "Night Owl," With Friends and Neighbors stands on its own as a very listenable and entertaining project. There's not one original by Alex, but he does allow his musicians to contribute, lead guitarist Tommy Talton penning "All In Line" while Boyer gets to include a second composition, "C Song" which ends side one. Bobby And Shirley Womack's "It's All Over Now" gets a fun reading, not as classic as The Rolling Stones or Rod Stewart And The Faces, this one is slowed down and funky but has its charm, and utilizes the same band as on brother Livingston Taylor's Liv album -- Bill Stewart on drums, Tommy Talton on lead guitar, Paul Hornsby on keyboards, Johnny Sandlin providing bass as well as producing the entire disc(Jon Landau was the producer on Liv). With the addition of acoustic guitarist Scott Boyer and Alex Taylor on vocals, With Friends And Neighbors is the bookend album to Liv that Sister Kate is to Carole King's Tapestry -- Kate Taylor having employed the musicians (and a couple of the songs) from King's classic 70s release. What the world needs is a Taylor Family Boxed set with all the work from Liv, Sister Kate, With Friends And Neighbors and any other material from the sessions that gave birth to this trio of exquisite recordings. It doesn't have the highs of a "Get Out Of Bed" which Livingston Taylor gave us, but it is consistent and highly enjoyable nevertheless.
[Edited on 1/11/2020 by KPRESTN712]
Real nice. I remember Alex Taylor being on the label way back then. I think Chuck did some live gigs with Alex before Johnny Sandlin brought him in to play on Gregg's Laid Back and many of the musicians on Alex Taylor's album are on Laid Back, but it led to Chuck playing on Wasted Words and Ramblin Man for Brothers and Sisters and the band decided to hire him to fill the void left by Duane Allman.
Phil Walden was rather warm to the idea Les Dudek would replace Duane. Berry Oakley was freaked out by Les as he thought Les looked like Duane and played slide similar to Duane. Dickey was said to be okay with Les Dudek too as Dickey never liked electric slide playing but Gregg and Butch were opposed to another guitar player replacing Duane and Dickey then opposed it too so Les didnt get the gig. Then Berry got killed and Lamar replaced Berry and the word back then was Dickey told Les he could play acoustic guitar on Jessica but not lead because if Les played the dual lead on two songs the guys will think Dickey is trying to get Les in the band. Les had already played the dual lead parts but not the solos on Ramblin Man. So Dickey and Gregg did it on Jessica with Dickey twining with Gregg's organ which he also did on Les Brers on Eat A Peach for the 3 songs the so-called 5 man band recorded. The 5 man band toured behind Eat A Peach through 1972 with about 95 shows to big crowds and proved they could do it but on several songs Dickey was playing two solos. On Stormy Monday I still remember that lineup had Gregg playing two solos. Duane's then Gregg would play his own solo at the tempo change followed by Dickey. Chuck was able to fill that void but it changed the sound of the band.
