''One Way Out'' is a live album by the Allman Brothers Band. It is the first live album to feature Warren Haynes and Derek Trucks together, although both had appeared separately on previous live albums. It was recorded during the group's annual Beacon Theatre run in New York City on March 25 and 26, 2003, and released a year later. This would be the final album released by the band before they disbanded in 2014. The live version of "Instrumental Illness" was nominated for

Best Rock Instrumental Performance The Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance was an honor presented to recording artists for quality instrumental rock performances at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Award ...

at the

47th Annual Grammy Awards The 47th Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 13, 2005, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles honoring the best in music for the recording of the year beginning from October 1, 2003, through September 30, 2004. They were hosted by Queen Lati ...

, but it lost to "Mrs. O'Leary's Cow" by Brian Wilson.

Reception

Writer

Robert Christgau Robert Thomas Christgau ( ; born April 18, 1942) is an American music journalist and essayist. Among the most well-known and influential music critics, he began his career in the late 1960s as one of the earliest professional rock critics and ...

awarded the album an A− rating, calling it the Allman Brothers Band's "best live album of their career because both age and youth suit them, and because ..they're better now than they ever were". Thom Jurek, writing for AllMusic, praised the album's production, comparing the sound quality to that of a live performance and writing that the "listener is in the mix, not in front of it". Jurek additionally stated that the album "is essential for anyone interested in rock & roll". In an article for All About Jazz, C. Michael Bailey commented on the novelty of the music, favorably comparing the Allman Brothers Band to others in the jam band movement, 1970s pop radio, and American rock band

Little Feat Little Feat is an American rock band formed by lead vocalist and guitarist Lowell George and keyboardist Bill Payne in 1969 in Los Angeles. George disbanded the group because of creative differences shortly before his death in 1979. Surviving ...

. Bailey specifically praised the band for "completely reconstitut nginto units making new music as opposed to simply recapitulating the old". In a separate article for the same publication, Doug Collette called the album "without doubt the document of a truly great rock and roll ensemble playing with as much fire as finesse", and commented on the collaborative nature of the album's production and its improvisational style. Writing for '' PopMatters'', Adam Williams wrote that ''One Way Out'' is "flawless in all respects" and that "all doubts are dispelled as to who the finest live jammers are ..the Allmans and the Beacon have become synonymous with extended play brilliance."

Track listing

Personnel

The Allman Brothers Band * Gregg Allman – Hammond B-3 organ, piano, acoustic guitar, lead vocals *

Jaimoe John Lee Johnson (born July 8, 1944), frequently known by the stage names Jai Johanny Johanson and Jaimoe, is an American drummer and percussionist. He is best known as one of the founding members of the Allman Brothers Band. Johanson played ...

– drums (left side) * Butch Trucks – drums (right side) * Warren Haynes – lead and

slide guitar Slide guitar is a technique for playing the guitar that is often used in blues music. It involves playing a guitar while holding a hard object (a slide) against the strings, creating the opportunity for glissando effects and deep vibratos tha ...

s (right side), lead and background vocals * Marc Quinones –

conga The conga, also known as tumbadora, is a tall, narrow, single-headed drum from Cuba. Congas are staved like barrels and classified into three types: quinto (lead drum, highest), tres dos or tres golpes (middle), and tumba or salidor (lowest). ...

s, percussion, background vocals * Oteil Burbridge – bass guitar * Derek Trucks – lead and slide guitars (left side) Production * Producers:

Michael Barbiero Michael Francis Barbiero (born June 25, 1949)Infidel Biography
. Infidel Records. Retri ...

and Warren Haynes * Recording and mixing: Michael Barbiero * Assistant engineers: Mike Scielzi, Joel Singer * Tape operator: Hardi Kamsani * Stage: Brandon Karp * Mastering: George Marino

Charts

References

{{Authority control 2004 live albums Sanctuary Records live albums The Allman Brothers Band live albums