The Allman Brothers : Win, Lose or Draw

OH, YOU CAN'T SPEND 

WHAT YOU AIN'T GET

CAN'T LOSE 

WHAT YOU NEVER HAD

 DIDN'T LIKE THE

ARTWORK 

SO I MADE TWO

ALTERNATIVE

ONES

 Win, Lose or Draw

 is the fifth

 studio album 

and 

sixth overall 

by American

 rock group 

The Allman Brothers Band 

Produced by 

Johnny Sandlin 

and the band themselves, 

it was released on 

August 22, 1975

 in the United State

s by

 Capricorn Records.

 It was the last 

studio album

 to feature bassist

 Lamar Williams 

and pianist 

Chuck Leavell.

The band had previously released

 Brothers and Sisters

 in 1973 

to critical

 and commercial success. 

The group toured 

the following year, 

attracting large crowds

 and earning 

substantial amounts

 of money,

 all while internal tension

 grew among the members. 

Vocalist 

and keyboardist 

Gregg Allman 

and vocalist 

and guitarist 

Dickey Betts

 released

 solo albums  

The Gregg Allman Tour

 and 

Highway Call, 

both issued that fall  

which prompted

speculation on 

the band's unity.

When the band regrouped

 to work on

 Win, Lose or Draw, 

unresolved issues

 arose in rehearsals. 

The band was 

particularly critical

 of Allman's decision 

to move to

 Los Angeles, 

as well as his

 tabloid relationship 

with pop star 

Cher. 

At The time

And 

With miscommunication 

and anger 

at an all-time high, 

the band pieced together

 the album over

 a period of 

several months, 

in stark contrast 

to their usual 

recording methods. 

Band members

 often could

 not be present

 in the studio

 at the same time.

Reviews of the album 

when it came out 

were mixed-to-positive,

 but retrospective reviews

 have generally 

been unfavorable. 

The three selections

 on the album

 to receive the 

most praise 

have been 

Allman's title track,

 Betts' instrumental 

"High Falls", 

and a rendition of 

Muddy Waters'

 "Can't Lose What You Never Had".

 The album

 reached number 5

 on the

 Billboard 200

 albums chart.

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