''Brothers of the Road'' is the eighth studio album, and tenth album overall, by the rock group

the Allman Brothers Band The Allman Brothers Band was an American rock band formed in Jacksonville, Florida in 1969 by brothers Duane Allman (founder, slide guitar and lead guitar) and Gregg Allman (vocals, keyboards, songwriting), as well as Dickey Betts (lead guita ...

. Released in 1981, it is the band's sole album without drummer

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, the last to feature bassist David Goldflies and guitarist

Dan Toler Daniel Lee Toler (September 23, 1948 – February 25, 2013), known professionally as "Dangerous" Dan Toler, was an American guitarist. Life and career A native of Connersville, Indiana, Toler became popular in the late 1970s as a member of D ...

, and the only one to feature drummer David Toler. The song " Straight from the Heart" was the group's third and final

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hit. It was also the first Allman Brothers album to not feature an instrumental song.

Track listing

Side One

#"Brothers of the Road" (

Dickey Betts Forrest Richard Betts (born December 12, 1943) is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, and composer best known as a founding member of The Allman Brothers Band. Early in his career, he collaborated with Duane Allman, introducing melodic tw ...

, Jim Goff) – 3:50 #"Leavin'" (

Gregg Allman Gregory LeNoir Allman (December 8, 1947 – May 27, 2017) was an American musician, singer and songwriter. He was known for performing in the Allman Brothers Band. Allman grew up with an interest in rhythm and blues music, and the Allman Br ...

) – 3:46 #" Straight from the Heart" (Betts, Johnny Cobb) – 3:48 #"The Heat Is On" (Betts, Mike Lawler, Buddy Yochim) – 4:13 #"Maybe We Can Go Back to Yesterday" (Betts,

) – 4:42

Side Two

#"The Judgment" (Betts) – 3:39 #"Two Rights" (Betts, Cobb, Lawler) – 3:30 #"Never Knew How Much (I Needed You)" (Allman) – 4:45 #"Things You Used to Do" (Allman, Keith England) – 3:42 #"I Beg of You" (Rose Marie McCoy, Kelly Owens) – 3:22

Personnel

The Allman Brothers Band

– lead

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, organ, acoustic guitar *

–

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, and acoustic guitar, lead vocals on 1, 4, 6, 7 *

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– drums * David "Rook" Goldflies – bass * Mike Lawler –

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keybo ...

s, synthesizers, clavinet * "Dangerous" Dan Toler – lead and rhythm guitar * David "Frankie" Toler – drums

Additional musicians

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– fiddle on "Brothers of the Road" *

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– sax on "Never Knew How Much (I Needed You)" * Mark "Tito" Morris – congas,

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*Background vocalists: Thomas Cain, Johnny Cobb, Jimmy Hall, Chip Young,

Greg Guidry Gregory Mark Guidry (January 23, 1954 – July 28, 2003) was an American singer-songwriter. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, he played piano and sang gospel music, gospel as a child, and sang in a band with future Doobie Brothe ...

, Joy Lannon, Donna McElroy, Keith England, Jeff Silverman, Randall Hart, Peter Kingsberry,

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References

{{Authority control The Allman Brothers Band albums 1981 albums Arista Records albums