''Atlanta's Burning Down'' is the third studio album by

Dickey Betts Forrest Richard Betts (born December 12, 1943) is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, and composer best known as a founding member of The Allman Brothers Band. Early in his career, he collaborated with Duane Allman, introducing melodic tw ...

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. It was recorded with his band Great Southern in late 1977, and released in early 1978. The standout tracks are "Good Time Feeling" and "Atlanta's Burning Down". The title track is a sentimental narrative about a soldier's wife being in Atlanta during the burning of the city, while he was fighting in Virginia. The guest musicians are

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and

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on background vocals.

Critical reception

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, Thom Jurek wrote, "On his third solo outing – and his second with his backing band Great Southern – Allman Brothers lead guitarist Dickey Betts moves back into the deep-fried Southern boogie that the Brothers are (in)famous for and serves it up with just a smidgen of country and comes out with another winner.... Loud, tough, and funky, ''Atlanta's Burning Down'' is a winner."

Track listing

#"Good Time Feeling" (Dickey Betts) - 4:31 #"Atlanta's Burning Down" (Billy Ray Reynolds) - 4:33 #"Leavin' Me Again" (Betts, Dan Toler) - 4:17 #"Back on the Road Again" (Betts) - 4:13 #"Dealin' with The Devil" (Betts, Toler, Reynolds) - 3:46 #"Shady Streets" (Betts, Toler, Reynolds) - 4:30 #"You Can Have Her (I Don't Want Her)" (Willie Cook) - 3:53 #"Mr. Blues Man" (Betts, Curtis Buck) - 4:12

Personnel

Great Southern *

- guitar, lead vocals * "Dangerous Dan" Toler - guitar *Michael Workman - keyboards, background vocals *

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- bass *David Toler - drums, percussion *Donnie Sharbono - drums, percussion, background vocals Additional musicians *Topper Price - harmonica *

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- keyboards in "Atlanta's Burning Down" *

- background vocals *

- background vocals *Steve Wittmack - string arrangements Production *Produced by Jack Richardson, Dickey Betts *Recording Engineer: Fred Torchio *Mastering: George Marino *Art Direction: David Richman *Photography: Shayne Fair

References

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