The Allman Brothers - Not My Cross To Bear | Reaction 🇺🇸

This is my natural and honest reaction and review to The Allman Brothers - Not My Cross To Bear. I have never heard the song or seen the video until now. I hope you enjoy the reaction. My thoughts and commentary are at the end of me watching the video.
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[@tamihill8093]

Thank you Mark Coleman for reacting to "Not my cross to bare". It has taken 2 years for someone to react to this song. I hope you enjoyed it as much as I always have enjoyed the Allman Brothers Band! Thanks again! I am sure you will enjoy more of their songs. Whipping Post, Melissa, Soul shine, Adams song & many, many more of their music. He & his brother Duane had beautiful souls. Thank you again!

[@MarkColeman121587]

Yes I loved the song. So much passion and raw emotion. It was a so inspiring. Thank you I greatly appreciate it and thank you for recommendation

[@jamesbassett1484]

I have been very blessed to have seen them live, at my small college, in the springs of 1970 and 1971. IN 1971, I was (easily) recruited to go pick up Dwayne at his hotel shortly before the concert. He was kind, appreciative, and down to earth! Sadly, he had only months to live.

[@steverey8362]

Phenomenal track! Props to Tami for requesting this one.

[@MarkColeman121587]

Yes. Definitely an amazing song. Thank you for watching and supporting I greatly appreciate it

[@hattman2010]

Damn . . . you are spot on with your reaction. Welcome to the Allman Brothers appreciation club. You're one of us now.

[@buckfan1969]

A few years ago there was a special concert to celebrate Gregg Allman. Tons of outstanding artists each played his most memorable songs, and as I listened to it, I realized that as good as those songs were, and as great as the artists were that were playing/singing their songs, it just wasn't the same without Gregg's soulful voice. Best blue-eyed blues singer I've ever heard.

[@gregkerr725]

anyone who loves blues guitar, or plays themselves, will tell you that the guitar work on this song doesn't get any better or more perfect! Enjoyed the reaction! I watch quite a few reaction videos. I'm 65 and am always surprised when I find out how many younger people have never heard music I grew up with. I am glad newer generations are listening and loving!

[@zoniekat]

I'm just hearing this song for the first time tonight. Been listening to it over and over. I especially like the long version. That guitar is so clean.! So bright, and pure! Just exquisite! Perfection. Love it! I want to dive into the catalog and explore.

[@chrisnewton5126]

Their Album "Live at Filmore East" is considered by some, even Rolling Stone, as maybe the best live Album. ever. The instrumental "In memory of Elizabeth Reed" punches all the buttons.

[@MarkColeman121587]

I'll definitely have to check it out. Thank you for the recommendation I greatly appreciate it

[@AKICITA]

Not maybe ABSOLUTELY THE GREATEST LIVE ALBUM EVER RECORDED! Yup, you MUST do In Memory of Elizabeth Reed from Live at the Fillmore East! 👍😁👍😁👍

[@ginger4141]

See I knew you would love the Allman Brothers. Please react to Whipping Post when you get the chance and thank you. 🙂

[@MarkColeman121587]

Definitely will. And yes that was amazing. Thank you for the support

[@alansmith7626]

his journey is just beginning, lol

[@donna3465]

YES to Whipping Post!!

[@jackscott5593]

Just think....the vocalist, Gregg, was only 23 at the time. That voice! Damn!

[@MarkColeman121587]

Oh wow thats crazy amazing. Such a talent.

[@cavecookie1]

Actually, I think Gregg was even younger at this time.

[@hollywest4674]

Holy shit the legendary Allman Brothers Band! You just made my day. I saw them live over 4 times. My brother can play all their songs on guitar effortlessly and makes me sick lol! Now that you heard Gregg Allman in his young years you need to check out him right before he died. one True Friend by Gregg Allman. RIP soul brother 🙏💙

[@MarkColeman121587]

I will definitely check it out. I'm jealous of your brother lol. I wish I could even play an ounce as good lol. Thank you for watching and supporting I greatly appreciate it. I wish I had the opportunity to see them.

[@marymargaretmoore9034]

Great reaction! Also, Whipping Post by the Allman Bros. is fire. Live at Fillmore East and Eat A Peach are my favorite albums.

[@caroline-s]

I love whipping post and soul shine. 😊

[@MarkColeman121587]

Thank you I greatly appreciate it. Whipping post will be my next Allman Brothers reaction

[@mikesalvadore9295]

Greg went to same high school that I did..Seabreeze high. Daytona beach.. They played in the cafeteria area bout 1970.. He graduated 1965.. I was 1970..

[@lindabescript999]

One Way Out - live at the Fillmore East. Classic.

[@MarkColeman121587]

I will check it out thank you for the recommendation

[@shirleymuhleisen683]

😎Love your analysis linking this blues number to gospel: spot on.

[@MarkColeman121587]

Thank you I greatly appreciate definitely means a lot

[@craigwiggins253]

It was really a shame with the death of Duane Allman. They were at their peak, Duane's slide work and his playing were being recognized by people like Eric Clapton. Everything about them were unique for the times. You had 2 drummers working together that gave them a solid rhythm, Greg Allman and his natural growl in his voice then having 2 legendary guitar players in Duane Allman and Dickie Betts that had their own sound and if you listened long enough you could pick out who is playing what I'm thankful they were able to put out The Allman Bros. Band Live at the Fillmore East so their Music was put down on tracks so their Music will play on and on.

[@MarkColeman121587]

I wish I would have had the opportunity to watch them live. This song was amazing

[@leighafrench]

All the Allman Brothers songs!!! ✨✨✨

[@MarkColeman121587]

That song was incredible

[@jimslater5128]

James got your text about stormy Monday and other songs.im 69 years old, and grew up in Atlanta v Ga. Across the street from Piedmont park. 1969-1970 I got to watch these guys play for free. Other free concerts included wet willie, Marshall tucker, mothers finest, to name a few. You can look them up on u-tube.

[@jackscott5593]

The guitarists, Duane Allman and Dickey Betts, are considered titans of rock guitar. In fact, Duane is considered one of the top two or three guitarists of all time. He played on many other artist's albums that recorded at Fame Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama from around 1969 until his death in 1971......Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, etc, etc. He's also the guitarist that tears into the famous solo on Eric Clapton's song, Layla.

[@MarkColeman121587]

Oh wow thats so cool. I didn't know that. Thank you for telling me.

[@jackscott5593]

@@1bigrowdy Rick also regreted not signing ABB. Can you imagine passing them up?! Hahaha

[@bobcorbin3294]

Hard to believe this is 50 years old this summer. What a thoughtful, insightful review great job! Still one of my favorite debuts of all time this was their first album.

[@DougWJ]

I will give you big props because the guitar player, Duane Allman, renowned in the same company as Clapton and Hendrix, has been on record as saying that he got a lot of his inspiration from harmonica players as much as old blues guitar players.

[@jeffkeryk3550]

You got it. ABB music is steeped in the blues and gospel, mixed with strong rock. Dual lead guitars and drums playing together seamlessly. Welcome to the music of my youth.

[@bradb3248]

Thanks for the review Mark, the song before this is an instrumental called Don’t Want You No More which kind of flows into, or as you said how do you start a song like that. If you want to hear something from a later period recommend Soulshine.

[@marjoriekloster8949]

Gregg's voice is unmistakable, incredible, and other-worldly in this one!

[@VIDSTORAGE]

WIKI ALLMAN BROS

[@jamesbassett1484]

The band featured two lead guitars and two percussionist.

[@skywoof7]

In an interview, Dicky Betts once said he was heavily influenced by essentially all of the great blues harp players, and harp player Thom Doucette later became a member of the Allman Brothers Band family AND sometimes live contributor so that was a spot on observation you made about the tone, texture, and sound frequently produced by both Duane & Dicky Betts' guitars. The Spencer Davis cut that opens the Allman's eponymous first album was recorded and meant to be played as an introduction to the band and a fitting lead-in to -- and meant to be played together with -- the masterfully performed and now legendary "It's Not My Cross To Bear." I enjoyed watching you "get it" as much as I always enjoy listening to it. As a side note, Duane Allman created this band as a vehicle for "real" music played by "real" musicians; a band he hoped would stand the test of time. The success of this band is that it certainly has stood that test and more. The tragedy? That Duane Allman & original lineup bass player Berry Oakley were taken from us WAY too soon. Had they lived, it's anybody's guess what body of work they potentially would have produced for one and all music lovers to be touched & moved by. What would have happened had Duane & Berry lived and found/developed a comparable "band" lyricist such as the Grateful Dead were blessed with in both Robert Hunter and additionally later on with John Perry Barlow? One can only imagine the impact a development such as that would have had on a later Allman Brothers Band repertoire. In my most wistful moments, i conservatively conclude that such a band would have conquered the world -- or at least that part of it that's worth having -- the music appreciating world. Then I snap out of it and embrace the fact that what they left behind for us will always stand on its own merits, and is probably more than any one of us probably deserves anyway. Loved your reaction! Keep 'em comin', Mark, & best wishes!!!

[@AKICITA]

YESSSSS! ALLMAN BROTHERS!!!! YOU IN CHURCH now Brother!!! They are EVERY BIT as FANTASTIC as the mighty Led Zeppelin! PLEASE do WHIPPING POST from Live at the Fillmore East and ONE WAY OUT!

[@MarkColeman121587]

I'll definitely do that. Thank you for the request.

[@mitsu7904]

Amen to that!

[@charlesbecker6305]

Saw them in 1970 thanks to a southern girl. Duane has said he thinks of the Harmonica when he's playing. I haven't heard anyone else ever nail that sound! Good on you!

[@BuffaloC305]

I would lock you in a room and force-feed you and everyone else who's never spent a week with nothing but the Allman's first album as their constant, 2-times-a-day listening schedule. There is a reason Album Rock became The Thing. And why Southern Rock started - and it's that first Allman Brothers album. I know these Reactions require single-song views, but listen to the whole album, over and over and over. Digest every nuance of it. AND study the band's make-up - two drummers was unheard of. TWO lead guitarists were unheard of. And NOT MY CROSS gives our ears the treat of two lead guitarists at the tops of their game. (I'd say WHIPPING POST gievs us that taste in separated solos - but NOT MY CROSS jams those solos together. WHIPPING POST also is why God invented two drummers-!) But DREAMS and every other track - IN ORDER - will create a wonderful event in American music-fans' lives, I believe. Then, after a week of that... go get LAYLA and spend a week with THAT.

[@BuffaloC305]

(I'd also add that, in general, all live recordings before 1977 SUCK. That's because the audio-equipment - speakers, PA systems, MIXBOARDS SUCKED. Even cables were bad. AND expensive so that when anything failed, or started to fray, it was difficult and expensive to replace. And the concert venues were anti-acoustics - they were invariably ex-warehouses or ex-movie theaters that never needed volume control or acoustic mixings. Those were so expensive because the Good Equipment (1) didn't exist and (2) was rare when it was first coming out. Two good exceptions: ONE WAY OUT from the Fillmore, and Chicago's 1970 performance at Tanglewood. Maybe Quicksilver's Happy Trails live-segment, but that was so few instruments... one of the greatest things about Stevie Ray's Hendrix covers is that they do justice to that music because Jimi never had THAT quality of sound-reproduction equipment. Heck, if the Beatles' playing venues couldn't give THEM great sound, no one else had it either.

[@MarkColeman121587]

Thank you for the recommendation I greatly appreciate it. Thank you for watching and the support

[@docbearmb]

While their rock and blues influences are what most everyone recognizes, they also incorporated jazz elements. It added to what has made them so so unique. Nice pick up on your part. Like many say here, w Whipping Post is a MUST. Also don’t miss One Way Out.

[@caroline-s]

Love your channel 😍

[@MarkColeman121587]

Thank you I greatly appreciate it thank you for the support I greatly appreciate it ❤💙

[@jddunbar6557]

the song DREAMS (studio version, if ur 420 friendly) ur welcome. with this group and led zeppelin, find the original recordings by the original artists.. u wont be disappointed.

[@marjoriekloster8949]

I love the way this song showcases Gregg's voice. Nothing better!

[@mikesalvadore9295]

Please play.. ALLMAN brothers.. Please Call Home!! More blues than Cross to Bear Love your channel brother! I'm 69 and still rocking! You'll love please call home. Guaranteed!!😎☠

[@terriertz6837]

Please react to Whipping Post, Midnight Rider & Soulshine by the Allman Brothers. Thanks.

[@888jimm]

Your Spidey senses are good brother.. Duane made the other Kat's listen to Miles Davis... welcome to the family

[@josephsheridan7885]

Listen to the first song intro don't love you anymore an instramenta

[@TheGuitarMan71]

Black hearted woman by Allman brothers is killer

[@MarkColeman121587]

I'll definitely check it out

[@pensodyssey3683]

Brothers and Sisters is the best album. I know Duane was gone, but Chuck Leavell’s riffs... good lord.

[@sjd5750]

Keep listening to them..It only get's better!..Take this old's man's word for it...Been there from the beginning.

[@jebaker6942]

You have to feel this music man, its rooted in the southern blues.

[@kathynicholson103]

If you really wanna get taken to church listen to Whipping Post!

[@conniewhittington3635]

You always go to church with classic southern rock 😁✌️

[@MarkColeman121587]

Yes definitely took me to church

[@trevamae4953]

This is my favorite band hands down. They make me feel like "home" every time. You listened to a group of young men with the souls of old men. Tragedy struck hard and often but the road goes on forever. This is great music, this is "home" to me. Hope you have listened to more of their music. They ALWAYS make you feel it not just hear it

[@MarkColeman121587]

I have listened to a few other songs. I believe I'm going to pick a song by myself to do a review to because I haven't received a request for one yet for them since this reaction.

[@TheAcworthdude]

There is a Man most people have never heard of "Even tho He wrote many hit songs mainly Country" His name is Towns Van Zandt .If You would please React,review or what ever to one of His songs "Waiting Around to Die" or "Lungs" His song "Marie" is about being homeless and living on the street .Just please listen to some of His songs .

[@MarkColeman121587]

Oh wow I definitely will. Thank you for the recommendations. I greatly appreciate it.

[@jimslater5128]

Heard not my cross to bear so l thought you might enjoy stormy Monday by them. It's actually a t-bone walker song but their version is amazing.

[@MarkColeman121587]

Oh okay thank you. I will check it out. Thank you for the recommendation I greatly appreciate it

[@AKICITA]

Yes, the Live at the Fillmore version👍👍👍

[@JAMESMOORE-gq4vv]

And STATESBORO BLUES! The Eagle flies on Friday and Saturday I go out to play.

[@donnaransom3770]

Holy ___! I've loved this song for so long!! R.I.P. to the Brothers. 😭😭 We still have Dickey Betts (didn't he recently have brain surgery?)😣

[@MarkColeman121587]

The song hit me so hard. I'm still in awe when I listen back to it.

[@marjoriekloster8949]

Don't forget Jaimoe!

[@invadergrimm2198]

If you have not heard of or listened to Chris Stapleton, Tennesse Whisky. Give that a shot. You wont regret it. Thanks for the great reactions. New fan as of yesterday. 👍

[@MarkColeman121587]

Thank you for the support I greatly appreciate it. And thank you for watching it definitely means a lot

[@invadergrimm2198]

Never mind on the chris stapelton. Lol, you have already got to that lol.

[@MarkColeman121587]

Lol I definitely love the song. Can't say I have a favorite because they are all brilliant.

[@williamcabell142]

Are you a fellow Catholic? If so that’s cool. I attend everyday, and I love the blues. Good music is timeless!

[@terrycoward4832]

do more travis tritt

[@MarkColeman121587]

Definitely will.

[@3233legacy]

Nice reaction! This is how it feels to be a supervisor. I appreciate u, but takes care of ur own business! Lol

[@filthyphillyboy]

Ok I'll display my ignorance here. I always assumed that the intro guitar solo had to be Duane, cuz it was so good. But now I believe it's Dickie. Can someone confirm this?

[@johnhoerl7326]

In fact your initial assumption is correct. The intro solo is Duane, as is the first solo break in the middle of the song, while Dickey plays the second mid-song solo break. Duane has a slightly brighter, cutting tone and Dickey’s tone is a little warmer and fatter. Don’t sleep on Dickey! He stood toe to toe with Duane every night. Check out his epic solo on You Don’t Love Me from Fillmore East!

[@filthyphillyboy]

@@johnhoerl7326 Thanks for your explanation. In Duane's intro solo it sounds like he's deliberately using feedback, for emphasis, on one of the notes. Or, I could be wrong. Yes, I'm familiar with all Dickey's solos on YDLM off of Live at Filmore. I think in the one you're referring to he's damn near shredding--in 1971! Thanks for the info.

[@johnhoerl7326]

filthyphillyboy I agree about the feedback. Duane was a master at incorporating his guitar’s natural harmonic distortion into his solos. Interestingly, by the time of the Fillmore album Duane was using a 50 watt Marshall head and Dickey was using a 100 watt head. (I don’t know about this first album, though) As a result, Duane tended to distort earlier than Dickey at a given volume, giving that nastier edge to his tone. Both of them are amazing!

[@filthyphillyboy]

@@johnhoerl7326 Yeah I remember hearing that intro solo for the first time around 1972. Every note just quivering with that blues feel. And then the feedback note. Astonishing. Thanks for your perspective.