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Idlewild South
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work
Idlewild South · After a debut that was commercially not very successful, the band toured the United States in 1969 and 1970. The second album was made between gigs, over five months, in studios in Macon, Miami and New York. Tom Dowd, who had already been planned for the debut, now did become the producer. The band recorded most of it live, with all the musicians at the same time. The title refers to a wooden cabin outside Macon, where the group rehearsed and partied.
The album contains two of the group's best-known songs. Midnight Rider is a ballad that later became a solo hit for Gregg Allman. In Memory of Elizabeth Reed is an instrumental that became a fixture of the concerts. On release in 1970 the album sold modestly, but sales grew thanks to more than three hundred performances. AllMusic later called it the group's best studio album, and Rolling Stone saw it as a step towards a new kind of Southern music.
Listening
Track list
- 1Revival4:06Apple Music ↗
- 2Don't Keep Me Wonderin'3:32Apple Music ↗
- 3Midnight Rider3:00Apple Music ↗
- 4In Memory of Elizabeth Reed6:59Apple Music ↗
- 5Hoochie Coochie Man4:58Apple Music ↗
- 6Please Call Home4:03Apple Music ↗
- 7Leave My Blues at Home4:19Apple Music ↗
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