Sea Level

Back in 2013, Real Gone reissued Sea Level's second (1977's Cats on the Coast) and third (1978's On the Edge) albums on a single CD.  Now they are following that up with a twofer of the southern rockers' first and fourth efforts: Sea Level/Long Walk Off A Short Pier.  Sea Level grew out of the breakup of the Allman Brothers band in 1976.  Brothers band members pianist/keyboardist/vocalist Chuck Leavell, bassist Lamar Williams and drummer Jai Johanny "Jaimoe" Johanson decided to strike out on their own and added guitarist Jimmy Nails to the lineup.  Taking the name Sea Level (as a pun on Leavell's name), the band would sign with the Allmans' label Capricorn and release their self-titled debut in 1977.  By the time of their fourth album in 1979, the initial group's lineup had changed several times and was now a sextet comprised of Leavell, Williams and Nails, joined by saxophonist/keyboardist/vocalist Randall Bramblett, guitarist Davis Causey and drummer/percussionist/vocalist Joe English.  Unfortunately, due to contractual problems with Capricorn, Long Walk Off A Short Pier remained unreleased in the US for over 20 years.  Real Gone completes the band's Capricorn discography with this two-fer.