Win Lose Or Draw - THE ALLMAN BROTHERS***

Can't Lose What You Never Had/Just Another Love Song/Nevertheless/Win Lose Or Draw/Louisiana Lou & Three Card Monty John/High Falls/Sweet Mama

Win Lose Or Draw finds the songwriting of the southern blues-rock Allman Brothers to be in decline although the group was still very successful commercially. It would be another four years before their next album. (US:5)

“This album is not their most creative release but it has its moments. It is not as rocky or heavy as previous stuff but High Falls is a great southern blues jam.”

“A perfectly pleasant album, but not as good as their previous records, and not a failure either. An average Allman Brothers album is still a fun listen and belongs in every guitar rock collection.”

“The album was an inconsistent affair with three very good songs and the rest mostly filler. When The Allman Brothers are good, they are very good and such was the case with Can’t Lose What You Never Had an old Muddy Waters tune. The band was at the top of their game as they fused its blues roots with southern rock style. It ended up as one the hardest rocking tracks of the group’s career. The title song was a Gregg Allman composition; the vocal may not have been the best, but the song itself remains one of his superior compositions. High Falls was one of those instrumentals that Richard Betts was so good at creating and has a jazzy feel.”

“This is not great for The Allman Brothers although far from a bad album. Most are reasonably good, the exception being High Falls, a very good tune, which has its own interesting although somewhat peculiar sound, and shows that the band was still able to create good music.”

“This is a very unfocused release with few memorable songs. The band was going through some turmoil at the time and it is reflected in the music. They continued to go more towards a country sound with Dickey Betts' Just Another Love Song and Louisiana Lou. The only tracks that recall their earlier albums are their cover of Muddy Waters' Can't Lose What You Never Had and the Dickey Betts excellent instrumental High Falls, the high point of the album. The other tracks aren't up to their usual high standard.”