It's Not My Cross to Bear
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"Its Not My Cross to Bear" | |
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Song by The Allman Brothers Band | |
from the album The Allman Brothers Band | |
Released | November 4, 1969 |
Recorded | 1969 |
Genre | |
Length | 5:04 |
Label | Capricorn |
Songwriter(s) | Gregg Allman |
Producer(s) | Adrian Barber |
"It's Not My Cross to Bear" is a song by the Allman Brothers Band, written by Gregg Allman, that was released on their 1969 debut album. The song was written about a former lover that Gregg knew.[1] It was also one of the first songs Gregg introduced to the group.[2] The song was often performed live in conjunction with Spencer Davis' "Don't Want You No More", due to the way the record was produced.[clarification needed] In 1986, Gregg recorded an arrangement for his record, I'm No Angel.
Blues resemblance[]
The song conveys the feel and tone of a blues song, but does not follow any of the usual eight-bar blues or twelve-bar blues progressions. The song has harmonic resemblance to Howlin' Wolf's recordings of "Sitting on Top of the World" in its inclusion of a minor IV chord in the fourth measure of the progression, while also harmonically resembling "Trouble in Mind", a blues standard.[3] The eight-bar blues progression in "It's Not My Cross to Bear" is played using B major as the tonic chord:[3]
I7 | I7 | IV7 | iv7 |
I VI | II V7 | I7 | V |
References[]
- ^ Freeman, Scott (1996). Midnight Riders: The Story of the Allman Brothers Band. Little, Brown and Company. p. 60. ISBN 978-0316294522.
- ^ Browne, David (27 May 2017). "Gregg Allman: 20 Essential Songs". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Christopher M. Reali (2018). "The Allman Brothers Band: Conveying the Blues Idea". Rock Music Studies. 5 (2): 109–110. doi:10.1080/19401159.2017.1416448.
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