Brothers of the Road (album)

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Brothers of the Road is the eighth studio album, and tenth album overall, by the rock group the Allman Brothers Band. Released in 1981, it is the band's only album without drummer Jai Johanny Johanson. The song "Straight from the Heart" was the group's third, and to date last, Top 40 hit.

Track listing

Side One

1. "Brothers of the Road" (Dickey Betts, Jim Goff) – 3:50
2. "Leavin'" (Gregg Allman) – 3:46
3. "Straight from the Heart" (Betts, Johnny Cobb) – 3:48
4. "The Heat Is On" (Betts, Mike Lawler, Buddy Yochim) – 4:13
5. "Maybe We Can Go Back to Yesterday" (Betts, Dan Toler) – 4:42

Side Two

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

Personnel

The Allman Brothers Band

• Gregg Allman – vocals, organ, acoustic guitar
• Dickey Betts – vocals, lead, slide, and acoustic guitar
• Butch Trucks – drums
• David "Rook" Goldflies – bass
• Mike Lawler – pianos, synthesizers, clavinet
• "Dangerous" Dan Toler – lead and rhythm guitar
• David "Frankie" Toler – drums

Additional musicians

• Charlie Daniels – fiddle on "Brothers of the Road"
• Jimmy Hall – sax on "Never Knew How Much (I Needed You)"
• Mark "Tito" Morris – congas, timbales, percussion
• Background vocalists: Thomas Cain, Johnny Cobb, Jimmy Hall, Chip Young, Greg Guidry, Joy Lannon, Donna McElroy, Keith England, Jeff Silverman, Randall Hart, Peter Kingsberry, Joe Pizzulo