Power of Love

by The Hour Glass

Overview

Now this is a little more like it. The group really isn't sounding like they did at the Whiskey, but the playing by the band is pretty ballsy, and Duane's guitar is right up front and close, and he's showing some real invention within the restrictions of the pop sound that the producer was aiming for. He also plays an electric sitar on the strangest cut here, an instrumental cover of Beatles' "Norwegian Wood." From the opening bars of the title tune, one gets the message that this is a group with something to say musically, even if this particular message isn't it -- the guitar flourishes, the bold organ and piano by Paul Hornsby, and Gregg Allman's charismatic vocals all pull the listener better than 98% of the psychedelic pop and soul-pop of the period. The outtakes that are included as bonus tracks are much more important, consisting of songs cut for a never-issued Gregg Allman solo album (intended to keep Liberty from suing over the group's breakup and departure), where he sounded a lot more like the lead singer of the Allman Brothers Band than he'd ever been given a chance to with the Hour Glass, on songs that included the future Allman Brothers classic "It's Not My Cross to Bear."

Product Details

Release Date:	03/27/2020
Label:	Allman Brothers Band
UPC:	0821229000158
catalogNumber:	2883002
Rank:	22913

Tracks

1. Power of Love
2. Changing of the Guard
3. To Things Before
4. I'm Not Afraid
5. I Can Stand Alone
6. Down in Texas
7. I Still Want Your Love
8. Home for the Summer
9. I'm Hanging Up My Heart for You
10. Going Nowhere
11. Norwegian Wood (This Bird has Flown)
12. Now Is the Time

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Hour Glass   Primary Artist
Gregg Allman   Organ,Guitar,Piano,Vocals
Duane Allman   Guitar,Electric Sitar
Jesse Carr   Bass,Guitar,Vocals
Paul Hornsby   Organ,Guitar,Piano,Vocals
Johnny Sandlin   Guitar,Drums,Gong

Technical Credits

Gregg Allman   Composer
John Lennon   Composer
Paul McCartney   Composer
Marlin Greene   Composer
Hour Glass   Arranger
John Berry   Composer
Dan Penn   Composer
Bruce Ellison   Engineer
Eddie Hinton   Composer
Dino Lappas   Engineer
Spooner Oldham   Composer
Dallas Smith   Producer
Woody Woodward   Art Direction
Rod Dyer   Cover Photo
Wayne Kimbell   Illustrations
Don Covay   Composer