Best 12 Allman Brothers Songs?

Here are one person's opinions:
Allman Brothers Greatest Hits: 12 Top Tunes (msn.com)
I beg to differ on some but I think it's a pretty solid list. I would put Nobody Knows in and definitely take out Liz Reed. I would re-order some as well. But of course, it's subjective.
Everything in Moderation. Including Moderation.

"Hits"? The only one that comes to mind is the time I hit that gigantic doob that someone passed me between songs at a Beacon show. My eyes watered, my throat hurt a little and I think smoke actually came out of my butt. Song-wise, there's "Ramblin' Man" but I've never become watery-eyed blind while listening to it.

1. Blue Sky
2. Ain't Waisting Time No More
3. Jessica
4. Midnight Rider
5. Ramblin' Man
6. Whipping Post
7. High Falls
8. Revival
9. Standback
10. Dreams
11. Southbound
12. Little Martha
I didn't include any covers. I like several a lot.

Posted by: @leeI would put Nobody Knows in and definitely take out Liz Reed.
I had to re-read that twice to make sure I understood. Take out "Liz Reed"? It's not even my favorite Dickey instrumental, but it's a top-5 ABB song. Do you mean it's not your favorite or you don't think it's a good song?
I would drop "Soulshine" for "Little Martha", otherwise it's a pretty safe list.

1) One Way Out
2) Jessica
3) Statesboro Blues
4) Standback
5) Blue Sky
6) No One To Run With
7) Little Martha
8) Hot 'Lanta
9) Midight Rider
10) End of The Line
11) High Cost Of Low Living
12) Stormy Monday

Didn't see You Don't Love Me anywhere. Even better than Statesboro for blasting on a big stereo.

No love for "Desdemona"? Personally, I think that song is as good as anything that any incarnation of the band has ever done.

@tenorsfan Indeed it is. " Put your hands together for this". Duane Allman's solos are SMOKING!! Good Dickey solo, Gregg on organ and Ace on harp. Then the jamming after the song that's good to blast.
I've rethought my list.
1.) Maybe We Can Go Back To Yesterday.
2.) Angeline
3. ) Just Another Love Song
4.) I've Go A Right To Be Wrong
5. ) The Heat Is On
6. ) Rocking Horse
7. ) Hell And High Water
8.) Mystery Woman
9.) So Long
10.) Sail Away
11. ) Firing Line
12. ) Sweet Mama
13. ) Desert Blues
My number one!!
Written by Dickey and Dan Toler.

High Cost Of Low Living
No One To Run With
End Of The Line
Seven Turns
Sail Away
High Falls
Southbound
One Way Out
Melissa
Blue Sky
Midnight Rider
Dreams

Posted by: @porkchopbobPosted by: @leeI would put Nobody Knows in and definitely take out Liz Reed.
I had to re-read that twice to make sure I understood. Take out "Liz Reed"? It's not even my favorite Dickey instrumental, but it's a top-5 ABB song. Do you mean it's not your favorite or you don't think it's a good song?
I would drop "Soulshine" for "Little Martha", otherwise it's a pretty safe list.
Bob - To your question, I guess I would answer "yes" to both parts. Just not my cup of tea. As I mentioned in my post, this is subjective.
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based on or influenced by personal feelings, tastes, or opinions.
We all like different things. And that is definitely a beer-n-bathroom song for me. Dreams is probably my favorite. Maybe I'll think of my top-12 this weekend.
Everything in Moderation. Including Moderation.

In Memory of Elizabeth Reed
Blue Sky
Seven Turns
Whipping Post
Trouble No More
Les Bres in A Minor
Done Somebody Wrong
Melissa
You Don't Love Me
Temptation is a Gun
Back Where it All Begins
Midnight Rider
Someday, everything's gonna be different
When I paint my masterpiece.

Hey, I'm not judging your taste - no need to get all passive aggressive defensive.
The list says "greatest" not "favorite" - the former being supposedly objective and the latter being subjective. "Liz Reed" isn't one of my favorite ABB tunes either, but I would certainly call it one of their greatest songs. So I'm not surprised if someone else doesn't love it, but it surprises me if someone thinks it's not a good song.

Sorry, my bad. Just thought I would post that article I ran across. I still don't like the song but hey, I don't think Allman and Woman is so horrible.
Everything in Moderation. Including Moderation.

🎶all good, must say, it’s the first time I’ve ever seen Liz Reed mentioned as a bathroom-break song - not trying to be a troll, just sayin🤙:good lists: - theyd both be on my list
studio versions
Blue Sky
Every Hungry Woman
LMBAHome
Liz Reed (Idlewild South)
Nobody Knows (SOTWorlds)
BWIABegins (studio)
Instrumental Illness/From The Madness Of The West
JJ’s Alley
High Cost Low Living
Jelly Jelly
Gambler’s Roll
finally, Wasted Words/CLWYNHad/End of the Line/DKMWonderin/others
the live WP>Mtn Jam in terms of “greatest” vis a vis “favorite” would supplant most of the list🍄 - both terms amount to basically the same thing to me - swift I am not🎼

I’ve learned not to say best - my 12 favourite including covers in no order except #1 is my #1.
In Memory of Elizabeth Reed
Blue Sky
Jessica
Egypt
Not My Cross to Bear
Whipping Post
Can’t Lose What You Never Had
Dreams
Mountain Jam
High Falls
Les Brers
Stand Back

Posted by: @slothrop8I’ve learned not to say best
Same. Allman Bros music is like a rorschach test, since they draw from so many genres everyone hears something completely different. How many band's crowds are a mix of bikers and jazz heads?
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