Song · Allman Brothers Band
“Soulshine” by Allman Brothers Band
From the album Where It All Begins (1994)
“Soulshine” by Allman Brothers Band appears on 9 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 2017 and 2024. It was first released in 1994 on the album Where It All Begins. Its best result is #138 on the 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2021). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,508 indie & aaa song of all time.
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Warren Haynes wrote "Soulshine", and though Larry McCray got to it first on his 1993 album Delta Hurricane, the version people know is the Allman Brothers Band's, from Where It All Begins in 1994, with Gregg Allman singing. Tom Dowd produced, and Jay Mark recorded and mixed.
It was never a single, yet it became one of the band's best-loved songs with the fans and the crowds at their shows. Onstage it grew into a duet: on the 2003 DVD Live at the Beacon Theatre, Allman and Haynes trade the verses and harmonize on the chorus, and with Dickey Betts no longer in the band, Derek Trucks takes the slide solo. That two-voice reading has been the standard way to play it ever since.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
Classic Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 396 | 97 Rock | 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2017) | 500 |
| 2018 | 368 | 97 Rock | 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2018) | 500 |
| 2019 | 425 | 97 Rock | 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2019) | 500 |
| 2020 | 837 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
| 2020 | 365 | 97 Rock | 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2020) | 500 |
| 2021 | 138 | 97 Rock | 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2021) | 500 |
| 2022 | 384 | 97 Rock | 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2022) | 500 |
| 2023 | 247 | WYEP | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 | 1229 |
| 2024 | 476 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years | 1049 |
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