“Dreams” by Allman Brothers Band

"Dreams" drifts out of the Allman Brothers Band's self-titled 1969 album, released that November, like smoke off a slow fire. Gregg Allman wrote it, words and music, and sings it with a weariness well beyond his years, then lays down organ and piano that simmer under everything. Duane Allman handles the guitars, acoustic and slide, and when that slide starts to climb it goes somewhere the blues rarely wander.

The engine room is doubled: Jai Johanny Johanson and Butch Trucks both on drums and percussion, Berry Oakley's bass rolling between them, and the whole band credited with the arrangement. Adrian Barber produced and recorded it, and the sound stays warm and roomy, a band stretching out and taking its sweet time.

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