Reach for the Sky (The Allman Brothers Band album)
Reach for the Sky is the seventh studio album by the rock group the Allman Brothers Band, released in 1980. It was the last album to feature drummer Jai Johanny Johanson until his return on the Seven Turns album.
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| Released | August 1980 | |||
| Recorded | May 1980 Pyramid Eye Recording Studio, Lookout Mountain, Georgia | |||
| Genre | Southern rock | |||
| Length | 35:09 | |||
| Label | Arista | |||
| Producer | Mike Lawler Johnny Cobb | |||
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Reach for the Sky was the first Allman Brothers Band album to be released by a label other than Capricorn Records. It was their second album with Dan Toler on guitar and David Goldflies on bass. The band recorded the album at Pyramid Eye Studios in Lookout Mountain, Georgia, a studio that Scott McClellan founded. The back cover photograph shows the band atop Sunset Rock on Lookout Mountain's western brow in Tennessee.
Track listing
Side One
- "Hell & High Water" (Dickey Betts) - 3:37
- "Mystery Woman" (Gregg Allman, Dan Toler) - 3:35
- "From the Madness of the West" (Betts) - 6:37
- "I Got a Right to be Wrong" (Betts) - 3:44
Side Two
- "Angeline" (Betts, Johnny Cobb, Mike Lawler) - 3:43
- "Famous Last Words" (Betts, Bonnie Bramlett) - 2:48
- "Keep On Keepin' On" (Betts, Toler) - 4:11
- "So Long" (Allman, Toler) - 6:54
Personnel
- Gregg Allman - keyboards, vocals
- Dickey Betts - guitar, vocals
- Dan Toler - guitar[3]
- David Goldflies - bass
- Butch Trucks - drums, percussion
- Jai Johanny Johanson - drums
References
- Ruhlmann, William (2011). "Reach for the Sky - The Allman Brothers Band | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
- Carson, Tom (2011). "The Allman Brothers Band: Reach for the Sky : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". web.archive.org. Archived from the original on November 4, 2008. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
- Saulnier, Jason (27 April 2010). "Dan Toler Interview". Music Legends. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
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