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| Genre = | Length = 35:27 | Label = Capricorn | Producer = | Last album = | This album = ''Laid Back'' (1973) | Next album = ''The Gregg Allman Tour'' (1974) | Misc = }} ''Laid Back'' is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Gregg Allman, released in October 1973 by Capricorn Records. Allman, best known as the vocalist/lyricist of the Allman Brothers Band, first began considering a solo career after internal disagreements with that group. He developed the album as a small creative outlet wherein he would assume full control, and he co-produced the album alongside Johnny Sandlin. ''Laid Back'' was largely recorded in March 1973 at Capricorn Sound Studios in Macon, Georgia, with additional recording taking place at the Record Plant in New York City. The album explores Allman's varying influences, including rhythm and blues and soul music. It consists of several cover songs, originals, and a traditional hymn, and contains performances from a host of musicians, most notably Scott Boyer and Tommy Talton on guitars, Bill Stewart on drums, and Charlie Hayward on bass guitar. The album was created while Allman also worked on ''Brothers and Sisters'', the fourth Allman Brothers album. The album title was a studio term Allman coined for relaxing a song's tempo, while its cover was painted by Abdul Mati Klarwein. Upon its release, ''Laid Back'' received positive reviews from music critics, and it peaked at number 13 on ''Billboard'' Top LPs & Tape chart. To support the album, Allman embarked on an ambitious tour, consisting of a full band and an entire string orchestra. Two singles were released to promote the record, with lead single "Midnight Rider" becoming a top 20 hit in the U.S. and Canada. It was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in 1974 for shipping one million copies in the U.S., making it Allman's best-selling album. ==Background== Gregg Allman first began exploring music during his teen years in Daytona Beach, Florida. He and his brother, Duane Allman, founded their first band, the Allman Joys, in the mid-1960s. That group evolved into the Hour Glass, which recorded two albums for Liberty Records between 1967 and 1968. Subsequently, the duo founded the Allman Brothers Band, which grew in fame in the early 1970s due to their live shows, which combined traditional electric blues, jazz-style improvisation and self-penned instrumentals.〔 Their 1971 live album ''At Fillmore East'' represented a commercial and artistic breakthrough. Duane Allman was killed in a motorcycle crash later that year, but the band continued on, recording 1972's ''Eat a Peach'', a hybrid live/studio album that became an even greater success, shipping gold and peaking at number four on ''Billboard'' Top 200 Pop Albums chart. By that summer, the group began rehearsals for what would become their fourth studio album, ''Brothers and Sisters''. Allman brought the band the song "Queen of Hearts", which he had worked on for, by that point, a year and a half. He was inebriated at the time, and the members would not consider the song. Later that night he returned to Capricorn Studios alone to work on his own songs. He worked for forty-two hours, slept for six, and returned for a final session that wound up lasting a further twenty-eight hours. "Mentally and physically exhausted," he was unhappy with his output, and discarded the tape reels in a trash can, hoping to set them aflame. Producer Johnny Sandlin walked in and convinced Allman to start over. Together, they worked on a cover of the Jackson Browne song "These Days", enlisting Scott Boyer to play pedal steel guitar on the track. Later in the year, he worked on several demos for the album at Criteria Studios in Miami, Florida alongside friend Deering Howe and bassist Berry Oakley (who was killed in a motorcycle crash not long afterward). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Laid Back (album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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