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The Allman Brothers Band — Southbound
Album: Brothers And Sisters
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Released: 1973
Length: 5:07
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Well I'm Southbound, Lord I'm comin' home to you.
Well I'm Southbound, baby, Lord I'm comin' home to you.
I got that old lonesome feelin' that's sometimes called the blues.

Well I been workin' every night, travelin' every day.
Yes I been workin' every night, traveling every day.
You can tell your other man, sweet daddy's on his way.
Aww, ya better believe.

Well I'm Southbound.
Whoa I'm Southbound.
Well you can tell your other man, Sweet daddy's on his way.

[Guitar solo]

Got your hands full now baby, as soon as I hit that door.
You'll have your hands full now woman, just as soon as I hit that door.
Well I'm gonna make it on up to you for all the things you should have
had before.

Lord, I'm Southbound.
Yes I'm Southbound.
Whoa I'm Southbound, baby.
Said I'm Southbound.
Well I'm gonna make it on up to you for all the things you should
have had before.
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Wow, That Dickey B guitar and Chuck L on piano. This really is a smoker.

Posted 5 months ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
Ok I’ve tuned into to this station only a few times and already heard this repeated. I like the song but there are hundred of allman brothers songs if you want to play them or something different. This station is supposed to be different!
Posted 8 months ago by Rcallinjr    [ Reply ]
Let's hear it for Chuck Leavell. One of the all-time greats.
Posted 1 year ago by ElCamoteLoco    [ Reply ]
Love it
Posted 1 year ago by jjacque100    [ Reply ]
 SteadyRollingMan wrote:

Hah, your comment was written on my birthday, it was a Friday, today is a Friday, and my foot is tapping.  Happy Friday to all!!!!!!


Once again it is Friday afternoon. Way to get the party started
Posted 1 year ago by folkes.tom    [ Reply ]
 Jelani wrote:

I have one criticism of this song...It isn't long enough!



You are right but at sometime they  had to end it.
Posted 1 year ago by folkes.tom    [ Reply ]
Ah yes, the old bumper music they'd use on the Phil Hendrie comedy radio show back about 2004, syndicated out of Los Angeles.
Posted 1 year ago by timmus    [ Reply ]
Allman Brothers are good at music.
Posted 2 years ago by Wisconsinrob    [ Reply ]
 todbothom wrote:

Just my lowly opinion but I still think The Allman Brothers was the best southern rock band. Yes, even better than Skynard. 




Duh!  No shit...
Posted 2 years ago by ImaOldman    [ Reply ]
HECKIN FUCK YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Posted 2 years ago by mrarchitekt    [ Reply ]
Spun this CD the other weekend and this album STILL stands the test of time. Just one jam after another.... so hard NOT to crack the volume to tinnitus levels!
RIP Gregg, Duane and Butch, yinz guys just plain ROCKED!!!
Posted 2 years ago by eyke    [ Reply ]
It's just that the vast majority of bands today don't even try things like this. 

My gosh...that's what RnR is all about. 
Posted 2 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
120 MPH on the Thruway in the vintage German Sports car!
Posted 2 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
I have one criticism of this song...It isn't long enough!
Posted 3 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
 ginniet wrote:
{#Dancingbanana_2}


very funny
Posted 3 years ago by MROBBI-JERSEY    [ Reply ]
Just my lowly opinion but I still think The Allman Brothers was the best southern rock band. Yes, even better than Skynard. 
Posted 3 years ago by todbothom    [ Reply ]
 jberko wrote:

One of the best 'jam bands' ever.



I'm old, but never saw them live until Derek Trucks and Warren Haynes were holding it down with Greg. And of course Susan Tedeschi made a cameo (this was before her and Derek were publicly an "item"). One of THE BEST SHOWS I've ever been to in my life.
Posted 3 years ago by bahalana    [ Reply ]
First time I've been alone in my house in 13 months...and I turned it UP!
Posted 3 years ago by rgio    [ Reply ]
9 up to 10. Just cause. Just cause these boys just crushed it...continually! And, 30+ years later there really ain't too many that can even come close.
Posted 3 years ago by aroma    [ Reply ]
One of the best 'jam bands' ever.
Posted 3 years ago by jberko    [ Reply ]
Well I'm Southbound, Lord I'm comin' home to you
Well I'm Southbound, baby, Lord I'm comin' home to you
I got that old lonesome feelin' that's sometimes called the blues

Well I been workin' every night, travelin' every day
Oh, I been workin' every night, traveling every day
Oh you can tell your other man, sweet daddy's on the way
Aww, ya better believe

Well I'm Southbound
Whoa I'm Southbound
Oh you better tell your other man, sweet daddy's on his way

Got your hands full now baby, as soon as I hit that door
You'll have your hands full now woman, just as soon as I hit that door
Well I'm gonna make it on up to you for all the things you should have had before

Lord, I'm Southbound
Oh I'm Southbound, baby
Whoa I'm Southbound, yeah baby
Well I'm gonna make it on up to you for all the things you should have had before
Posted 4 years ago by dflee    [ Reply ]
My driving song...Gregg at his best
Posted 4 years ago by Mammajamma    [ Reply ]
Brilliant. Some terrific guitar work, piano and drumming too.

Only two of them left....Dicky and Jai Johanny...
Posted 4 years ago by dickmahoon    [ Reply ]
Southbound lyrics (on azlyrics)
Posted 4 years ago by Gromit_42    [ Reply ]
This is the definition of jam
Posted 4 years ago by DanFHiggins    [ Reply ]
 (anonymous) wrote:


We just cranked up the volume and started shagging...  love it...




 

You didn't say who and how you were shagging. Do you have any pictures?
Posted 4 years ago by benfitch523    [ Reply ]
Smokin'!
Posted 5 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
They always get an 8 or above from me.   This one is a solid 9 in my book.
Posted 5 years ago by diannemck56    [ Reply ]
Never knew they were from Jacksonville. Go Navy, baby.
   - a Sailor's daughter
Posted 5 years ago by Isabeau    [ Reply ]
Had this on LP, 8-track and cassette.
Posted 5 years ago by chinaski    [ Reply ]
cool
Posted 5 years ago by micu-in-paradise    [ Reply ]
 ashtmclean wrote:


 

Posted 5 years ago by CCinSB    [ Reply ]
 {#Bananajam}ginniet wrote:
{#Dancingbanana_2}

 

Posted 6 years ago by ashtmclean    [ Reply ]
One of the best jams ever.
Posted 6 years ago by Imkirok    [ Reply ]
 thewiseking wrote:
definitely enjoyed it but it confirmed what I already knew: Gregg Allman is a narcissistic prick unwilling to share credit or tolerate the success of others...........namely DICKEY BETTS!
 
"What I already knew"? Oh, please.
So you hung with Gregg and Dickey extensively in the 70s and heard both sides, I'm sure.
Maybe start your comment with "In my highly biased opinion, based on no actual facts . . ."
Posted 6 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
{#Dancingbanana_2}
Posted 10 years ago by ginniet    [ Reply ]
just picked this up on vintage vinyl last week. the sound is just amazing, a musical epiphany.  {#Cowboy}
Posted 11 years ago by wrangler    [ Reply ]
 idiot_wind wrote:
This is what we need for Friday afternoon RnR!!!!
 
Hah, your comment was written on my birthday, it was a Friday, today is a Friday, and my foot is tapping.  Happy Friday to all!!!!!!
Posted 11 years ago by SteadyRollingMan    [ Reply ]
This is what we need for Friday afternoon RnR!!!!
Posted 12 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
Allman Brothers jam.  Great call !!
Posted 12 years ago by shellbella    [ Reply ]
 jagdriver wrote:

definitely enjoyed it but it confirmed what I already knew: Gregg Allman is a narcissistic prick unwilling to share credit or tolerate the success of others...........namely DICKEY BETTS!
               Now available for your reading enjoyment.
 


Posted 12 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
Wow. Southern R n R. This is so freakin good. My god, this use to be so common to hear  several bands playing this genre; albeit not this well.  But hey...they were trying.

The guitar work is soooooo good.  You can get high on it.

  
Posted 12 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
Last time RP played this I had to break out my album and listen to it. I forgot how awesome Gregg and Dickey played on this song. 
Posted 12 years ago by swell_sailor    [ Reply ]
There is no better for me
Posted 12 years ago by arserocket    [ Reply ]


               Now available for your reading enjoyment.
Posted 12 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
In my youth,in my youth...{#Think}
Posted 12 years ago by HazzeSwede    [ Reply ]
 romeotuma wrote:


We just cranked up the volume and started shagging...  love it...


 
This post apparently contained an image that was dragged into the post editor. Sorry, but any text contained in the post after this point has been lost.
Posted 12 years ago by Imkirok    [ Reply ]
Gregg Allman will be playing at the Dana Point Doheny Fest in May!!  {#Clap}
Posted 12 years ago by shellbella    [ Reply ]
Just bought an Allman Brothers greatest hits album and heard this for the first time (that I can remember, anyway.)  It immediately went onto my favorites playlist.  Great jam.
Posted 12 years ago by Imkirok    [ Reply ]
 gypsyman wrote:
Others that did Mountain Jam:

Donovan

Grateful Dead

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_Jam
 
Mountain Jam is based on the Donovan original "There is a Mountain".

Posted 12 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
 kurtster wrote:

I first heard Mountain Jam in Miami in 1970 when they had a malfunction in the vocal section of their show.  They played it for an hour til the PA got fixed.  And they were just the warm up for Spirit.  What a great show !!!!

 
Others that did Mountain Jam:

Donovan

Grateful Dead

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_Jam
Posted 12 years ago by DD gypsyman    [ Reply ]
Oh yeah! Makes me dancing on the chair while writing my thesis. Thanks for this little vacation-in-my-head for a minute :)
Posted 13 years ago by theobviousfaker    [ Reply ]
Friggin love this
Posted 13 years ago by cirruss    [ Reply ]
{#Motor}
Posted 13 years ago by CCinSB    [ Reply ]
Love heading southbound with my buddy DJ.
Posted 13 years ago by gabrielle7nt    [ Reply ]
Ya gotta move when this one comes on!
Posted 13 years ago by Dave_Mack    [ Reply ]
Mmmm.way to get my morning going!
Too bad I'm not "southbound " though. still gotta deal with the snow.
Posted 13 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
 toterola wrote:
ABB: the original "jam band". Don't think so? Listen to "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" from "Live at the Fillmore East". Top-notch guitar rock, boy howdy! {#Music}
 
I first heard Mountain Jam in Miami in 1970 when they had a malfunction in the vocal section of their show.  They played it for an hour til the PA got fixed.  And they were just the warm up for Spirit.  What a great show !!!!

Posted 13 years ago by kurtster    [ Reply ]
 RedGuitar wrote:

The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the highest civilian award in the U.S. It recognizes those individuals who have made "an especially meritorious contribution to the ... cultural or other significant public or private endeavors."

If they didn't, perhaps they should've.

 

Thanks RedGuitar.  I catch up 9 months later....

 

FWIW, I agree wholeheartedly with the sentiment.


Posted 13 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
Not really something that I would choose to listen to personally, but if you don't end up tapping your toe or shaking your head to this one you're probably dead. 

Posted 14 years ago by ick    [ Reply ]
 romeotuma wrote:
Fantastic song!  We be shagging
 
 
You must be going at it hammer and tongs with the speed of that backbeat. Watch you don't give yourself a heart attack, guy :o)

Nice, back to basics blues, the sort that never ages. Great stuff. 8 from the Nottingham jury.

Posted 14 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
 westslope wrote:

King Crimson also does the two drummer thing. 

Modest Mouse, too. LOVE THIS, btw.

Posted 14 years ago by lmic    [ Reply ]
 romeotuma wrote:
We just cranked up the volume and started shagging...  love it...
 
https://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/8/2008/10/340x_austin_danger_powers.jpg

Posted 14 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
 westslope wrote:

King Crimson also does the two drummer thing.

So what is the highest honour that the USA can bestow on her citizens?  Did the Allman Brothers band members ever receive that reward?


 
The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the highest civilian award in the U.S. It recognizes those individuals who have made "an especially meritorious contribution to the ... cultural or other significant public or private endeavors."

If they didn't, perhaps they should've.

Posted 14 years ago by RedGuitar    [ Reply ]
Although it included Spectrum acoustics they used to put on great "Eat a Peach Christmas Boogie" shows back in the 1970's.
Posted 14 years ago by PFM    [ Reply ]
 romeotuma wrote:


We just cranked up the volume and started shagging...  love it...


 
TMI 

WTMI!
Posted 14 years ago by okobojicat    [ Reply ]
love me some Allman Brothers. 
Posted 15 years ago by duchamp    [ Reply ]

King Crimson also does the two drummer thing.

So what is the highest honour that the USA can bestow on her citizens?  Did the Allman Brothers band members ever receive that reward?


Posted 15 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
{#High-five}
Posted 15 years ago by LowPhreak    [ Reply ]
 marmelock wrote:
NOW we're talkin ...
 
Their last great album, IMO.
Jelly, Jelly, Jelly . . .

Posted 15 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
Oh Yeah Baby ! Bill is hot tonight !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted 15 years ago by HarrO    [ Reply ]
So sweet. Long live rock-n-roll!
Posted 15 years ago by joshfm    [ Reply ]
ABB: the original "jam band". Don't think so? Listen to "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" from "Live at the Fillmore East". Top-notch guitar rock, boy howdy! {#Music}
Posted 15 years ago by toterola    [ Reply ]
I don't get the two drummer thing either.

Great tune, nonetheless, although they were never the same after Duane's death.
Posted 15 years ago by keller1    [ Reply ]
nice.
Posted 16 years ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
Great tune. There's a KILLER version of it from last Summer's VA Beach show with the horns from Mofro sitting in.
Posted 16 years ago by Hairfarmer    [ Reply ]
this tune COOKS!!!!
Posted 16 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
Yup, the Allman Brothers produced some of the best dance, party, road music of the period. More please.
Posted 17 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
Can't. Stop. Tapping. Foot.
Posted 17 years ago by Jamunca    [ Reply ]
Great Jam, Love the Brother's. Always have and will. More please
Posted 17 years ago by YA_MAN    [ Reply ]
NOW we're talkin ...
Posted 17 years ago by marmelock    [ Reply ]
Posted 17 years ago by Beez    [ Reply ]
like watching a bicycle wheel spin, at some point the wheel seems to spin backward...
Posted 17 years ago by wookie    [ Reply ]
fissmoll wrote:
How lovely messy this tune is listening in headphones. What were they thinking with 2 drummer playing freely. Kick drum roller coaster nausea But I love it
The two-drum setup is essential to their sound. I'd prefer this to a synth-drum soundtrack beat with no soul. Listen to the Grateful Dead sometime, you'll hear a similar thing. Its no worse than a drum line in a marching band, really. What an organic, cool thing, as if the beat has its own life.
Posted 17 years ago by fretman    [ Reply ]
If this does'nt make you boogie, your dead.
Posted 17 years ago by slowhand    [ Reply ]
How lovely messy this tune is listening in headphones. What were they thinking with 2 drummer playing freely. Kick drum roller coaster nausea But I love it
Posted 17 years ago by fissmoll    [ Reply ]
Another one of the great tunes off Bros. and Sisters.
Posted 17 years ago by dixiedeb    [ Reply ]
And here I was just thinking that I could stand to hear some Allman Brothers! Good work on picking up on those psychic waves from across the continent, Bill!
Posted 17 years ago by canadave    [ Reply ]
Great stuff!!!
Posted 17 years ago by junebaby65    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by nelamvr6: Not just Southern Rock, but Chuck Level on keys adds some really tasty jazz flavor. Truly a great song!
i agree - the loss of Duane and Barry was terrible, but adding Chuck was phenomenal I recently got a copy of their show at the Nassau Coliseum, and Mountain Jam with a great keyboardist is incredible
Posted 17 years ago by lemoke    [ Reply ]
Posted 17 years ago by CCinSB    [ Reply ]
Not just Southern Rock, but Chuck Level on keys adds some really tasty jazz flavor. Truly a great song!
Posted 17 years ago by nelamvr6    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by Leslie: Southern Rock Blues...it doesn't get any better than this.
This is my favorite ABB song.
Posted 21 years ago by veegez    [ Reply ]
Southern Rock Blues...it doesn\'t get any better than this.
Posted 22 years ago by Leslie    [ Reply ]