SATURDAY'S SINGLES : THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND and JOE WALSH

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Good morning gang and welcome to the return of Saturday's Singles. It was on this day in 1946 that Howard Duane Allman was born in  Nashville, Tennessee to parents Willis and Geraldine Allman. About a year later his brother Gregg was born and by the time they were teenagers the two had started playing music in their first band The Escorts, which led to the Allman Joys, which ultimately gave us The Allman Brothers Band. It's their song, "Straight From The Heart", that is our first Saturday's Singles selection of the day. "Straight From The Heart" was released July 1981 on Arista Records and produced by John Ryan. The song, written by Dickey Betts and Johnny Cobb, hailed from their 8th studio album, Brothers Of The Road, and reached #39 on the Hot 100 and #11 on the  Mainstream Rock charts. Originally paired with the tune "Leavin'", our copy is a 12" single with the single version on the A- side and the longer album version as it's B-side. Sadly Duane died at the tender age of 24 on  October 29, 1971, as a result of motorcycle crash. Gregg passed away May 27, 2017 from liver cancer. He was 69.

Gregg Allman – lead vocals, organ, acoustic guitar
Dickey Betts – 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

With : 

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

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Our next selection is "Rocky Mountain Way" by Joe Walsh (real name : Joe Fidler). Joe was born in Wichita, Kansas, to parents Lt. Robert Newton Fidler and  Dora Jay Fidler on this very day in 1947 and is celebrating his 74th Birthday today. Happy Birthday Joe ! "Rocky Mountain Way" from Joe's second record, The Smoker You Drink, the Player You Get, was released in 1973 on the ABC-Dunhill label. It was written by Joe Walsh,  Joe Vitale, Rocke Grace, and  Kenny Passarelli and then produced by Walsh and Bill Szymczyk. It peaked at #39 in Australia, #31 in Canada, #23 on the Hot 100, and #13 on the Cash Box charts. It's flip side is "(Day Dream) PRAYER" from the same LP.

Joe Walsh – guitars, keyboards, synthesizer, backing vocals, lead vocals

Kenny Passarelli – bass, guitar, backing vocals
Joe Vitale – drums, percussion, piano, keyboards, flute, backing vocals

Rocke Grace – keyboards, backing vocals lead vocals 

With :

Joe Lala – percussion
Venetta Fields – backing vocals
Clydie King – backing vocals

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