Article Contributed by Propeller Publicity
Published on November 7, 2025
Today, the final recordings of Tommy Talton, the late Southern rock guitar legend and Cowboy co-founder, is out on Stolling Bones Records. Recorded in Macon, GA at the legendary Capricorn Studios, Seven Levels was recorded over several memorable days in April of 2022 and features Tommy’s former band members and Capricorn label mates: Randall Bramblett (Sea Level, Traffic, Steve Winwood), Chuck Leavell (The Rolling Stones, The Allman Brothers Band), Rick Hirsch (Wet Willie, Charlie Hayward (Charlie Daniels), and Bill Stewart (Cowboy). Each song was lovingly overdubbed, mixed and mastered in the following months by Hirsch — a truly herculean effort, as Tommy was a perfectionist. Between medical treatments, Tommy kept moving forward. He showed amazing courage in that he never let the cancer define him. He knew these tunes would be his epitaph and so did everyone in the room.
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While Talton never became a household name, he was a founding member of Macon, Georgia, Capricorn Records’ group Cowboy, a/k/a Cowboy Boyer & Talton, an iconic band with a cult-like following formed in 1970 by Talton with his songwriting partner Scott Boyer. The band recorded four albums on Capricorn Records and toured extensively from 1970 to 1977, from Carnegie Hall (as special guests) to Fillmore West in San Francisco and most cities in between, including tours with The Allman Brothers Band, as the rhythm section and special guest of The Gregg Allman Band on the Allman’s 1974 “Laid Back” tour, and, during that time, also recorded with Alex Taylor (James Taylor’s brother) and Bonnie Bramlett, among others.
Talton returned “home” to Capricorn Studios in 2022 to record Seven Levels, and fine-tuned at Studio H20 in Mobile to be released posthumously. While fans will agree that it’s hard to top Talton’s previous work to date, these songs are Talton’s final words to his fans, his family, and his musical family. What they captured is something timeless — the effortless musical conversations and arrangements of old friends who’ve been a part of a scene that started back with the Allman Brothers. It’s instantly evident in these excellent compositions, arrangements and performances that this is something special.
PRAISE FOR TOMMY TALTON
“There are moments of beauty in both language and playing… The project’s unpretentiousness is part of its charm.” —PopMatters
“Tommy Talton has left an indelible mark and roadmap for all songwriters and musicians, both now and into the future. His is a prolific and powerful legacy that will never be forgotten.”
—Glide Magazine
“The emotional gravity of those lyrics in Tommy Talton’s “I Want to Do It All Again” cannot be overemphasized in the context of his life, his spiritual journey, and his passing. Interpreted a certain way, they may also reflect on a fractured America, in faith and society.” —Blues Matters
“Like Duane Allman, Talton was at one with his instrument, and his emotions flowed into his riffs and runs, transporting listeners with each caress of the frets” —No Depression
“With all of Tommy’s talents, it was his songwriting that really shone through and that I loved.”
—Chuck Leavell (Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, Allman Brothers Band)
“Tommy was one of those guys who was always holding more cards than he played.”
—Warren Haynes (Government Mule, Allman Brothers Band)
“We always connected on Howling Wolf, Little Feat and the bluesy side of life. Tommy had that guitar tone and passion for playing and writing that always lifted me up.”
—Randall Bramblett (Steve Winwood, Sea Level, Gregg Allman, Widespread Panic)
” I had the feeling that so many of his songs were from a higher plane of the spirit within that he seemed to be able to tap into effortlessly.”
—Rick Hirsch (Wet Willie, Bonnie Bramblett, Bobby Whitlock, Gregg Allman, Joan Armatrading)
“There wasn’t much coming out of Capricorn Records in its ‘heyday’ that Talton didn’t touch.”
— The Creek FM
