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"Midnight Rider" is a song by the American rock band the Allman Brothers Band. It was the second single from their second studio album, Idlewild South (1970), released on Capricorn Records . The song was primarily written by vocalist Gregg Allman , who first began composing it at a rented cabin outside Macon , Georgia .
Opening the album is a version of "Midnight Rider", which Allman first composed and recorded for the Allman Brothers Band's second album, Idlewild South in 1970. For the new recording, Allman aimed for a "swamp"-like atmosphere, "with the image of moss hanging off the trees, alligators and fog, darkness, [and] witches," he later wrote. [17]
Idlewild South contains two of the band's best-known songs, "Midnight Rider" (later a hit for various artists) and "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed", which became one of the band's famous concert numbers. The album was released in September 1970 but again failed to achieve significant success.
No Parking on the Dance Floor is an album by American vocal band Midnight Star, released on ... "Night Rider" - (Jeff Cooper, Melvin Gentry, Belinda Lipscomb, B ...
Gregg, who had struggled to write in the past, became the band's main songwriter, composing songs such as "Whipping Post" and "Midnight Rider". [44] The group's self-titled debut album was released in November 1969 through Atco and Capricorn Records, [45] but suffered from poor sales. [46]
Gregg Allman was 21 years old when the song was first recorded. Its writing dates back to late March 1969, when The Allman Brothers Band was first formed. [11] Gregg had failed to make a name for himself as a musician during a late-1960s stint in Los Angeles, [12] and was on the verge of quitting music altogether when his brother Duane Allman called and said his new band needed a vocalist.
Midnight Rider, also known as Midnight Rider: The Gregg Allman Story, [1] is a cancelled American biographical drama film. Director Randall Miller co-wrote the screenplay with Jody Savin, based on the autobiography My Cross to Bear by the singer Gregg Allman . [ 2 ]
It includes a cover of the Allman Brothers Band's "Midnight Rider," recorded here as a duet with Toby Keith. The cover was released as a single, but did not chart. The cover was released as a single, but did not chart.