The Beloved Allman Brothers Band Track That Almost Disappeared Forever

The Beloved Allman Brothers Band Track That Almost Disappeared Forever
By

Melanie Davis

November 15, 2024 9:48 am
A beloved and fan-favorite Allman Brothers Band track almost disappeared forever due to a tale as old as time in the songwriters’ world: forgetfulness. If you’re a songwriter, then you know. You’ll get a lightning-in-a-bottle idea for a song just when you don’t have time to write it down or record it. “I’ll remember it,” you tell yourself. Four hours later, the idea is gone forever to the fickleness of memory.

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Such was the case for the Allman Brothers Band’s iconic 1994 track, “Soulshine,” which almost fell victim to guitarist and songwriter Warren Haynes’ memory slip.

This Allman Brothers Band Track Almost Disappeared Forever
Although Larry McCray was the first to record Warren Haynes’ “Soulshine” in 1993, Allman Brothers Band fans most closely associate the track with the Southern rock band’s 1994 album, Where It All Begins. But before the song found itself on either record, it almost disappeared from the world altogether. In 1987, Haynes was driving through Nashville when the idea for “Soulshine” struck.