Allman Brothers Band, The - Don't Keep Me Wonderin' Lyrics






Oh, tell me 'bout the car I saw
Parked outside your door
Tell me what you left me waiting
Two or three hours for
Tell me why when the phone rings baby
You're up and across the floor
Please don't keep me wonderin' no longer

I think about the bad times
Lord I think about yours and mine
You were lost in the silver spoon
Thought I pulled you out in time
And I hope that you got reasons
For the way that you've been lyin'
Please don't keep me wonderin' no longer

I think I'm gonna go now
But you know that I'll be back
Now you can think it over Baby
Tell me how you're gonna act
I'm gonna keep on holding on
But I don't get no stronger
Please don't keep me wonderin' no longer





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  1. c.... s....

    Hey Southern Rocker. Ose you dig the Allman Brothers too. My hippie roots go back with these southern boys. Thanks bro. Peace...Tom

    c.... s....

    my favourite Tom, best band ever!

  2. c.... s....

    Hey Southern Rocker, another great upload, on of The Allman Brothers more obscure songs, but a real gem....Tom Struska

    c.... s....

    Hey Tom, Yeah, this one should have been released as a single, I think it would have been huge! It really captures their Southern Rock sound perfectly...

  3. t.... ....

    49 years and still get a natural high every time - Allman Bros Forever!

    t.... ....

    this song is a gem that was overlooked at the time, they were the best ever...

  4. c.... s....

    Reminds me of the my longhair hippie days big time.....TJ STRUSKA

  5. C.... F....

    The 1st jam band, and one of the greatest bands ever. My Dad met them in 1970-1971, while on-call for a propane gas company in Maple Shade, NJ called Country Gas Service. When he told me he met them several years later, I asked him to describe them, what he'd remembered.... " nice bunch of southern hippies in a Winnebago...." was his reply. Dad asked them if they were in a band or what....Yup, The Allman Brothers Band. When I retraced The Allman's appearances around the Delaware Valley during the time they used the "Windbag"- their nickname for the Winnebago, I think it went this way. They'd played the original Electric Factory in Philly, and ran out of propane to cook. Hence, the answering service call @ 2:30 am on a Saturday night/ Sunday morning that initially pissed my Dad off. They were probably in south Jersey on their way to The Atlantic City Pop Festival, which they appeared with a lot of other great acts. I researched this several years ago & this was the most likely scenario of my Dad's encounter with them. Dad probably dealt with Red Dog or some other roadie. But I like to think he'd talked with Duane. We'll never know now. Dad died in 2009, and his recollection wasn't the most detailed back in the 70's, to begin with... He finally knew it was a story worth telling when he heard Rambling Man (written by Betts & totally un-representative of their catalogue up to that time, IMO) on the radio a few years later. It's kinda funny, because Maple Shade would indicate they crossed the Ben Franklin Bridge from Center City Philly into South Jersey. If they were in fact going to the AC Pop Festival appearance, this was not the best, most direct way to get there...Or perhaps, Country Gas was the only propane distributor that offered after-hours service in the area ? BTW, they did tip him $5., (not too shabby for 1970, 71 money for a blue collar job) and apologized repeatedly about getting him out of bed. Incidentally, my pop's taste in music was of the previous generation as he was born in 1936. So, his thing was bebop jazz. Or big band- The Duke, The Count, ect. And he really loved Dave Brubeck Quartet, and I know he truly loved the playing of Paul Desmond, in particular.

    C.... F....

    Great story, thanks for sharing! Dumb-ass hippy musicians running out of propane in the middle of the night, no doubt higher than kites! ha, ha, love it

  6. G.... G....

    Duane allman. King of slide guitar

  7. 8.... L....

    This song is FUNKY to high heavens. Just rocks.

  8. J.... M....

    Man..what a killer tune,that riff..that beat...that everything!!!!

  9. 8.... L....

    That's Gregg Allman singin' the blues there, folks. He was one of a kind.

  10. M.... P....

    One of their best

    M.... P....

    MsFancy Pants such a good jam

  11. m.... j....

    could just listen to that slide outro forever

  12. E.... N....

    Question: why was/is Skydog so respected and revered?Many great ones (Clapton, Rossington and Hendrix) viewed him as an icon.

    E.... N....

    That's a pretty good question. As you know Duane had only 24. He quickly learned play guitar, solos and slide with extraordinary feeling and emotions. Allman was mainly a session musician so he had to know and feel blues, rock, soul or jazz (in such a young age!). With The Allman Brothers Band Duane was well known for his extended solos, jams which were hold-attention and impressive. Also all it happened with very good equipment and stunning sound. Duane Allman significantly influenced the evolution of southern rock. He had his own unique style which was appreciated by excellent musicians and listeners.

    E.... N....

    @Non U Thanx man, I was thinking along those lines.Skydog jams on and on!

    E.... N....

    Hi Efrem, Before the Allman Brothers Band, there was no such thing as Southern Rock as a style of music. It was Duane who created the genre by adding elements of jazz, country and swing to blues-based rock 'n' roll. He had been influenced early on by seeing B.B. King live as a youngster and the great blues artists like Blind Willie McTell, Willie Dixon and all the way back to Robert Johnson in the 1930's. Some other members of the band had their own influences ranging from country & bluegrass (Dickie Betts) to jazz (Jaimoe) so he was exposed to those styles as well. John Coltrane, Charlie Parker & Miles Davis were strong jazz influences.
    By the time he formed the Allman Brothers, he was a seasoned session guitarist at the legendary "Fame Studios" in Muscle Shoals, Alabama and had recorded with Aretha Franklin and Otis Redding. He started there after pitching a small tent on their property and begging for work as a guitarist. The engineers nicknamed him "Skydog" for his free spirit and carefree hippie lifestyle, and probably the clouds of dope smoke emanating from his little tent.
    Duane hand-picked the members of the band and was one of the first to form a rock band with two drummers. He revolutionized slide guitar playing with an intense passion and innovative techniques that made him sound like nobody else. His peers in the music biz and critics recognized his unique talent and ability. He was a ground-breaking guitarist as much as Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton & Rory Gallagher were at the time...check out his story on Wikipedia...

    E.... N....

    Just put your headphones on, turn on Fillmore East and close your eyes for an hour or so. The answer will come to you by itself ;)

  13. E.... N....

    This song certainly is funky!

    E.... N....

    @Southern Rocker Honestly dude in the 70's I dabbled in Southern rock ( a little bit of Sknyrd ,CCR, etc) and the only two Allman Band cuts I knew were Ramblin Man and Midnight Rider. Six mos. ago I came across some vintage Allman band for the first time. Im talkin One way out, Can't lose what never
    had, waistin no more time , whipping post and more.I had a buddy in high school who would brag bout the Allman Brothers Band and like I said Midnight Rider was all I got into then.Dude on weekends I get my head phones and experience a pleasant rush reminiscing/nostalgi with Allman Band only with " Can't You See" by Marshall. Tucker Band sprinkled in.Im diggin all of at Filmore East.

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    @Efrem Norwood Hi Efrem, you sound like a true fan, welcome to the club! I grew up like you, listening to just the hits on the radio in the Seventies and loving the band's songs but not really getting into them as a favourite band or anything. Even then, I thought "Whipping Post" was a masterpiece though. In the early 90's I heard the "Seven Turns" album and got seriously hooked from then on. Since then, it's been backtracking to the beginning and becoming totally blown away with how great they were, especially the years with Duane and the amazing Fillmore performances. I even had a long-time girlfriend thank me for turning her on to them when we broke up. The best American rock band ever, in my opinion, same as Led Zeppelin's the best British band ever.

    E.... N....

    @Southern Rocker Im gonna go deeper and deeper.......im digging in memory of Elizabeth Reed right now.

    E.... N....

    @Efrem Norwood One of Duane's best solos is on this live version from "At Fillmore East"
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pJ66Y0PkJ8

    E.... N....

    @Efrem Norwood https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ihh_H5wHK-Q

  14. A.... T....

    365 views!?!?! This is classic southern fried funk!

    A.... T....

    Relax Craig, ha, ha, this one's only been up since October. I had a previous version that had about 3,500 views in a year but I deleted it in favour of this one, which has better sound quality. Allmans rule!

    A.... T....

    Hey Southern Rocker, thanks I’d not had my coffee yet 😂. I appreciate your channel it’s really entertaining. I’m a 60+ year old brother from a small Kansas town and fell in love with guitar music after hearing Jimi’s Pali Gap. It was sometimes difficult for me to try and explain my affinity for rock music, southern rock in particular to my black friends. They couldn’t grasp it which I found strange because the music was grounded in old time gospel, blues and CW, which is what most of our generation was weened on. It just felt natural to me. My oldest brother was in a band called “Joint Session”, they did mainly covers but had a guitarist named Jerry Burger who in my humble opinion was one of the best tradesmen I’d ever heard. Rock, blues, funk, chickin pickin, slide etc. Anyway thanks again for keeping it going, I hope more young people will continue to listen to what we’ll never hear and see again. Btw....some of the the brothers came around when they saw how the chics dug the “reer-reer” sound. Lol. Have a blessed day

    A.... T....

    @Southern Rocker Yep, the Brothers rule! Thanks for this. The original six were and still are IT!

  15. C.... t....

    Don't keep me wondering anymore either. Just fricking talk to me. I don't want anybody else.