Greg Allman often refferred to guitarist Dicckie Betts as his longstanding partner in crime. Featured on their Idlewild South album in 1970, this is Betts’ first songwriting contribution to the band. He initially wrote “Revival” as an instrumental. The infectious lyrics came later. It soon became the first Allman Brothers song to make the charts.
Here’s the Allman Brothers Band performing Revival, live at Great Woods on 6 September 1991: