Melissa Etheridge One Way Out archival collection released

One Way Out Melissa Etheridge

Released: September 17, 2021 Peak: -- US, -- UK, -- CN, -- AU Sales (in millions): -- US, -- UK, -- world (includes US and UK) Genre: rock

Tracks: Song Title (date of single release, chart peaks) Click for codes to singles charts. One Way Out (5/25/21, --) As Cool As You Try (8/19/21, --) I’m No Angel Myself For the Last Time (7/9/21, --) Save Myself That Would Be Me Wild Wild Wild You Have No Idea (live) Life Goes On (live)

Rating: 3.595 out of 5.00 (average of 6 ratings)

About the Album: This archival collection is comprised mostly of songs from the late 1980s and early 1990s which Melissa Etheridge scrapped for one reason or another. For example, Etheridge though the “gorgeously gentle Wild Wild Wild ” 25 was “too sexual” when she first wrote it as she hadn’t come out yet. 25 She said of that song and others that it was “a tender sort of place that I was reluctant to go before I came out…Now it was really fun to just step forward and fearlessly present these songs.” RT She stumbled across that song and others when preparing a box set. In 2013, she finished the records with her original band of Fritz Lewak, John Shanks, and Kevin McCormick at Henson Studios. When she parted with her label, the box set was shelved and the songs were set aside once again. However, she found the songs again in 2020 when sorting through material to share on her Etheridge TV’s Friday Night Time Machine show. PW Now they finally see the light of day. “Etheridge kicks the album off with its tough, blues/rock title track One Way Out. It’s an absolute burner of a song that surrounds her vocal talents with overdriven guitar, wailing harmonica, and a bumping rhythm section. Etheridge has always excelled in this kind of rock band context and hearing her sing this one is an instant ticket back to the early days of her career. Her vocal presence is unmatchable and she reels you farther in with every word.” RB The “sass continues in more straightforward blues and country rocker As Cool As You Try,” 25 “this time with a mid-tempo feel that’s expansive and full of soul.” RB That Would Be Me “favours a more down-home blues feel but with a confrontational vocal delivery.” 25 “Then the guitar solo is so dirty in Save Myself it needs a long bath.” 25 “I’m No Angel Myself is an entrancing ballad with a backbone that seems to be a plea to someone bent on self-destruction to come back from the ledge. Etheridge speaks her piece at the tempo of a fast heartbeat that allows the empathy in her lyrics to come to the forefront. She sings like a friend whispering what needs to be said right into your ear in a crowded bar.” RB You Have No Idea and Life Goes On were recorded live at the Roxy in Los Angeles in 2002. The former “is pure, small-band rock and roll bliss” RB with “a gritty and gutsy American feel to it.” 25 The latter is “a song about remembering the old days as they were and how much living had happened since then.” RB

Resources and Related Links: DMDB encyclopedia entry for Melissa Etheridge 25 25 Years Later Site album review by Steve Swift PW Primary Wave RB Rock and Blues Muse review by Mike O’Cull RT Rough Trade Other Related DMDB Pages: First posted 11/19/2021.

The Allman Brothers Band released Eat a Peach

First posted 4/2/2008; updated 10/17/2020.

Eat a Peach The Allman Brothers Band

Released: February 12, 1972 Charted: March 18, 1972 Peak: 4 US, -- UK, 12 CN, -- AU Sales (in millions): 1.0 US, -- UK, 1.0 world (includes US and UK) Genre: blues rock

Tracks: (Click for codes to singles charts.) Ain’t Wastin’ Time No More (4/29/72, #77 US) Les Brers in A Minor Melissa (8/12/72, #86 US) Mountain Jam (live) One Way Out (live) (12/2/72, #86 US) Trouble No More (live) Stand Back Blue Sky Little Martha Total Running Time: 69:24 The Players: Duane Allman (guitar) Gregg Allman (vocals, keyboards) Dickey Betts (guitar, lead vocals on “Blue Sky”) Berry Oakley (bass) Jai Johannny Johanson (drums, congas) Butch Trucks (drums, percussion)

Rating: 4.292 out of 5.00 (average of 12 ratings) Awards:

About the Album: “A tribute to the dearly departed Duane, Eat a Peach rambles…through a side of new songs, recorded post-Duane, spending a full album on live cuts from the Fillmore East sessions, then offering a round of studio tracks Duane completed before his death.” STE “On the first side, they do suggest the mellowness of the Dickey Betts-led Brothers and Sisters, particularly on the lovely Melissa, and this stands in direct contrast with the monumental live cuts that dominate the album. They’re at the best on the punchier covers of One Way Out and Trouble No More, both proof of the group's exceptional talents as a roadhouse blues-rock band, but Duane does get his needed showcase on Mountain Jam, a sprawling 33-minute jam that may feature a lot of great playing, but is certainly a little hard for anyone outside of diehards to sit through.” STE “Apart from that cut, the record showcases the Allmans at their peak, and it’s hard not to feel sad as the acoustic guitars of Little Martha conclude the record, since this tribute isn't just heartfelt, it offers proof of Duane Allman’s immense talents and contribution to the band.” STE On the deluxe edition, “disc two stands as a virtually unreleased concert of the ABB’s final performance at the Fillmore on June 27, 1971 – with Duane, who was killed in October of that year. Two of the disc’s tracks had been previously released – Midnight Rider (on Duane Allman Anthology, Vol. 2) and ‘One Way Out’ (on the original Eat a Peach, which means the track shows up on both discs here).” TJ These two tracks also show up on the deluxe version of At Fillmore East. However, with the exception of those two tracks, this collection serves as At Fillmore East, Vol. 2, capturing the June 27, 1971 performances while the original At Fillmore East gathered recordings from the March 12-13, 1971 shows. Notes: A 2006 deluxe edition added a second disc of live material – “Statesboro Blues,” “Don’t Keep Me Wonderin’,” “Done Somebody Wrong,” “In Memory of Elizabeth Reed,” “Midnight Rider,” “Hot ‘Lanta,” “Whipping Post,” “You Don’t Love Me,” and another version of “One Way Out.”

Resources and Related Links: The Allman Brothers Band’s DMDB Encyclopedia entry STE Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide TJ Thom Jurek, All Music Guide - review of deluxe edition