This album is why vinyl records still exist. Moreso, it's why vinyl records just won't ever die. Vinyl (a compound of equal parts carbon and hydrogen) was surely invented with the intent to have music this great fused into its microgrooves. We have all seen the little boy on the right. But right after I bought this record today, I headed down to the basement and fired up the amp and mixer, and dropped the needle on side one, track one (Southbound) and when I took the record out - I had no idea there was a little girl on the other side. Hence...Brothers and Sisters. Even if this record had just two songs on it's two sides, Southbound and Jessica - it would rank in the top 100 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest record albums of all time. It also has Wasted Words and Dickie Bett's Ramblin' Man. It's on the great label in my book, Capricorn Records.
No doubt, a great album. The guitar work is timeless in that every listen is a "feel-good". Speaking of grooves, once we took a pin, embedded the head in chewed gum and placed it inside the apex of a paper cone, pin pointing out. We engaged the turntable and rested our "needle" in the groove and could hear the music! Don't recall which albun and if we ruined it, but it was cool!
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