Hittin' the Note

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Hittin' the Note
Hittin' the Note cover
Studio album by The Allman Brothers Band
Released March 18, 2003
Genre Southern rock
Length 1:14:54
Label Sanctuary
Producer(s) Michael Barbiero
Warren Haynes
Professional reviews
The Allman Brothers Band chronology
Peakin' at the Beacon
(live, 2000)		 Hittin' the Note
(2003)		 One Way Out
(live, 2004)


Hittin' the Note is a 2003 CD by the American rock music group The Allman Brothers Band; it was their first studio album to include lead slide guitar player Derek Trucks and bass player Oteil Burbridge and marked the full-time return of guitar player Warren Haynes to the band. It is also their first studio album not to include original guitarist Dickey Betts, who was fired in 2000. The release is notable for the songs "Firing Line," "High Cost of Low Living," "Old Before My Time," and "Instrumental Illness," which garnered two Grammy Nominations.

The CD was recorded live in the studio in New Jersey in December 2001 with lead vocal and minor overdubs recorded in early 2002. It was the first Allman recording co-produced by bandmember Haynes and Michael Barbiero.

The album also marked the band's exit from Sony/Epic Records and was released jointly by Sanctuary Records and the band's Peach Records. The album was met with critical acclaim but very limited radio airplay. Wall Street Journal, All Music Guide, and Rolling Stone magazine were three of many prominent publications to give the record positive reviews.

Much of the record was written by the writing team of Gregg Allman and Warren Haynes. The acoustic track "Old Friend" closes the CD. It is significant in that it only includes Haynes and Derek Trucks and is the only Allman Brothers Band track to ever not include an original member.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Firing Line" (G. Allman/W. Haynes) – 5:17
  2. "High Cost of Low Living" (G. Allman/W. Haynes/J. Anders/R. Burgin) – 7:52
  3. "Desdemona" (G. Allman/W. Haynes) – 9:20
  4. "Woman Across the River" (B. Crutcher/A. Jones) – 5:51
  5. "Old Before My Time" (G. Allman/W. Haynes) – 5:23
  6. "Who to Believe" (W. Haynes/J. Jaworowicz) – 5:38
  7. "Maydell" (W. Haynes/J. Neel) – 4:35
  8. "Rockin' Horse" (G. Allman/W. Haynes/A. Woody/J. Pearson) – 7:23
  9. "Heart of Stone" (M. Jagger/K. Richards) – 5:06
  10. "Instrumental Illness" (W. Haynes/O. Burbridge) – 12:17
  11. "Old Friend" (W. Haynes/C. Anderson) – 6:12

[edit] Personnel

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