The Allman Brothers Band lead guitarist, songwriter and vocalist passed away this week, but his work on Eat a Peach and Brothers and Sisters will endure as one of the coolest creative peaks in rock ‘n’ roll history.
Every Saturday, Paste will be revisiting an album that came out before the magazine was founded in July 2002 and assessing its current cultural relevance. This week, we look back at Essence, the Grammy-winning 2001 album that followed Williams’ magnum opus Car Wheels On A Gravel Road.