Niels was always keen to talk about soulfulness.

Rest his soul, here’s another departed one’s take on it:

 

 
“… if you want to hear what it feels like to run out of road, listen closely to My Only True Friend, from the album (Gregg) Allman worked on in the years before his death, this May, after a battle with liver cancer. The album, Southern Blood, recorded with Allman’s touring band and guests, was produced by Don Was and will be released Sept. 8. Allman’s longtime guitarist and music director Scott Sharrard co-write this song.

“Over a stately, thick-with-humidity groove that recalls Laid Back, Allman sings like he’s confiding to a friend, distilling hours of stock-taking and introspection. He’s plainspoken, like always, and his casual air adds disarming resonance to what is clearly a farewell statement. He senses time is running out. He frames the act of roaming in romantic terms. Several times, he sings, ‘I hope you’re haunted by the music of my soul, when I’m gone’ — and to be honest, it’s hard not to be haunted. Because here’s blues incarnate, singing in that weary, wise, rye-whiskey rasp he perfected as a young man, explaining his devotion to the mythic transient place where he felt most alive. Where things made sense.” NPR

Listen to My Only True Friend HERE.

 

 
Cheers,
BuFoon Steve Gillard