Various Artists, All My Friends: Celebrating the Songs & Voice of Gregg Allman, 2014 on Rounder

A tribute concert to Gregg Allman with a star-studded set of guests, recorded January 10th, 2014 at the Fox Theater in Atlanta, and put out on Blu-Ray, DVD, and CD by Rounder.

Allman faced significant health issues in the 2010s, including hepatitis c, liver cancer, and a lung transplant – it’s great they were able to film this concert with Allman participating before he died in 2017.

Some great tributes here from some of the expected folks (Warren Haynes, Derek Trucks, The Allman Brothers Band) as well as some I did not expect: Dr. John, Keb’ Mo’, Jackson Browne, Taj Mahal, John Hiatt, Eric Church.

My copy is the 4xLP vinyl edition Rounder put out in 2022, which I got directly from the Rounder Store. It’s a well packaged box set with a booklet of photos and credits.

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Willie Nelson, Milk Cow Blues, 2000 on Island Records

Originally released in 2000, but issued on vinyl for the first time in 2023, this is Willie singing the blues, with guests including Francine Reed, Keb’ Mo’, Jonny Lang, Dr. John, Susan Tedeschi, B.B. King, and Kenny Wayne Shepherd (doing a mean “Texas Flood”).

Mix of Wilie’s own songs plus covers (“The Thrill is Gone.” “Ain’t Nobody’s Business,” “Sittin’ On Top Of The World”) from the genre. Artwork (“cow illustrations”) by Micah Nelson. Band is full of Austin studio stalwarts – Jon Blondell, George Rains, Derek O’Brien, and Riley Osbourn, sometimes joined by Mickey Raphael on Harmonica.

My copy via Electric Fetus in Minneapolis MN

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