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- I edited this to fade in just before Duane's solos begin.
He plays two AWESOME solos... crescendoing first on slide, then without the slide.
As it was put to me...
"To me, everything Duane was in life and in his career can be summed up in his slide work on Mountain Jam after Berry's solo. Before or since, I've never heard another guitarist reach so far and so high."
I think the non-slide solo right after is just as good though personally.
I had to cut the last minute and a half or so to fit the video on youtube. No big deal as it's just sort of a wrap up to the song, but after that Duane announces all the performers which I thought was pretty cool.
For me, this is the most beautiful musical moment ever recorded. The ultimate moment, within the ultimate improv, withing the best live performance ever.
No one was ever this good before, or since. God bless you, Duane Allman.
Fantástico!!
Well said.
Agree
This guitar playing here is the closest sound to the voice of God that I have ever heard thus far during my entire lifetime...
It's pure. You got that right. Where else could a musician take sound?
@@johnrichards5201 Amen...
@@glennkarant6760 and amen....
Best way to discribe it. I'm with ya.
Make room for me in the amen corner!
51 years after his passing
Gone but never forgotten
I could listen to the Allman Brothers everyday. Unfortunately, I didn't have the chance to see them before Duane and Berry died. I have never heard a band that was so tight with their music. This is not only with the original band, but the band at the end. Even with the changes in musicians, they were still solid. There will never be another band like them. I miss them, but I want to thank them for the great music and the memories I have going to their shows.
Lets just admit it - this cut is a MASTERPIECE. Been listening to this for 44 years and will still continue.
He pulled off 3 of the greatest classic rock solos back to back to back LIVE... incredible.
Amen to that brother!
beautiful, brilliant,
ok liz reed, what we just heard and? post?
I have been also. This and the entire fillmore album never get old.
duane had a very special ability to go beyond the technique he had mastered and transfer his emotions directly into the sounds coming from his guitar. i've never heard anybody quite like him. his young death was such a loss.
Im 60 I had heard of Duane over the years. My guitar idol is Jimmy Page. To say I have a genuine love for Duane's guitar playing is an understatement. This is possibly Duane's Magnus Opus, surly.
I heard somewhere that Duane was trying to mimic a harmonica when he played slide
This is the absolute best live music ever performed and recorded...just my opinion
I’m with ya Laroo
At least you say it's your opinion.
And its my opinion. Such a pleasure to communicate with individuals of such stature and the recognition of great, the greatest music ever played at such a level night after night.
God has assigned him to show the world how music can be marvelous...
I was 21 when I heard this while in the Army. I'm 60 now and it is STILL one of the best solo's of all time. Duane is untouchable and nobody comes close even to this day. This and Duane's live Whipping Post and 'Lizbeth Reed solos are his best to me. I had the record, the cassette, and the CD. Ha RIP Duane
Dreams solo always blew me away
Amen brother
Jimmy Herring...
I find “you don’t love me”on mountain jam is so underrated it’s insane.
Duane was better than Clapton.
Nicely done...this has to be everyone's favorite part. Duane and Dickey's guitars coming to life and then Duane's slide solo afterwords is almost too much for a soul to take. The most beautiful music I've ever heard. Duane's slide work was out of this world however in my opinion his lead guitar work is equally as impressive if not more so...his solos on Elisabeth Reed, Whipping Post, You Don't Love Me, Stormy Monday and Blue Sky to name a few are the best I've ever heard.
Dreams
He couldn't have taken flight (and what magnificent flights!) without that rhythm section, including Berry. This rocks me to sleep at night.
This was Duane's Magnum Opis, his best work. Love him.
just wanted to say ...I Love Duane Allman....
With Respect,
From India
I was fortunate to see the original Allman Brothers Band lineip on 5/30/1971. whoch was 2 1/2 months after they performed amd recorded the Fillmore East concerts for At Fillmore East, and Mountain Jan .
the best damn 10 minutes of music in the history of the world
Masterpiece 🎸🎶🎶🎶
I couldn't tell you what scale Duane is playing. Sometimes I can't tell if he's playing slide or not. But I can tell you this guitar playing is more moving than anything I've ever heard. And Duane takes me for several rides up and down the mountain everytime I listen to this song. It's just incredible how fitting the title of the song is. And even more incredible someone at the age of 24 could compose something so masterful and mind-blowing.
Not to mention what Dickey and Berry are doing!!
I was lucky enough to see the entire band on a three day weekend concert at Love Valley North, Carolina in 1971. I still stands out as one of the greatest times of my life.
you know almost 50 yrs ago ,i had an inkling that i would be listening to this 50 yrs later . . . . .and still getting emotional about it. ... 66 yrs still living . . . . .hopefully still alive got 2 yrs to go . . . . i will listen on that birthday. who else got to think that about a band . . . . . stones ,beatles , that' s it . duane the GOAT !
It still sounds as majestic as it did when I was a young man and I get that same feeling. So beautiful, my stupid words can not describe it.
Berry Oakley was a very underrated bass player :(
The driving bass makes this guitar solo a work of genius.
man, that's the TRUTH!!!!!!
Always consider the source. Do you really respect the opinions of those who would, underrate Berry Oakley?
Top ten
Absolutely,
When you think Duane can't climb any higher, The Skydog soars...
Absolutely agree with you I have been listening for over 50 years and I'm more amazed every single day
I saw Duane Allman perform many times. I saw ABB In Jacksonville when they were the Second Coming.I remember Mountain Jam first time at the Jacksonville Beach Colosium.
I was thunderstruck from what I was listening to. I can still picture it. He used to put a cigarette in his guitar and you could see the glow in the dark. I don't think there was any better duet than Duane and Dickie Betts, except for Duane and Eric Clapton.
So lucky you are. To me nothing compares to his playing. Saw Dickey many times, and he was great, but was to young to see Duane.
Fluid majestic and spontaneous
It's Duane soul playing, that makes the magic. Unique.
BEST GUITARIST THAT EVER LIVED!!!......
I was fortunate enough to see them play at "The Dome "Post College Long island NY. $1 to get in. Good bunch of guys. Mucisians of respect. And this song brings tears to my eyes for all the passion that is felt in the playing of it.The Original JAM Band ,never equaled,Magic pure and simple. As one Radio DJ said "They made the blues fun."
This is one of my favorite comment threads on TH-cam.......Can't think of another song, I have listened to for over 40 years and still gets me every time. Pure musical genius.
You are so right. No matter how many times I hear a piece of music like this, or other fabulous pieces by Skydog, they always reach down and touch a place beyond mere emotion - and it's fresh each and every time. Words fail me, but I know others here know what I'm stumbling to say...And it's something that unites us as well.
I've listened to this piece for over 50 years and it never ceases to amaze me.
Zen52Blues! I can't agree more! Couldn't have said it any better. I've listened to the Fillmore East album 1000 times and will 1000 more and never tire of it. In 70-71 every party every club every radio station who knew anything played it all cause it was the best shit on the planet and still is!
We bought tickets in high school in early Oct 71 to see Duane on Dec 3, we were so fkn stoked for 3 weeks till we got the news... Devastating news... My god we miss you Duane...
Just a little reminder:
As far as it goes DUANE, and Mr. Betts, two of the greatest guitarplayers of all time. AND two great drummers (Trucks,Johanson), but just one bassplayer...
Barry Oakley is propably the most underrated musisican of all time...
Oakley along with Jaimo and Butch - the best rhythm section...ever
Barry was what made this all work.....Bad mofo right there........
Mountain jam by the way was Barry o'ckley's creation
Barry Oakley was Not underrated at my house!
BERRY Oakley!!! Not Barry
still unmatched
BERRY OAKLEY IS ONE OF THE BEST BASS PLAYERS IN ROCK HISTORY.😎🎸🎶🎼☮️ BOB.
Headphones on, press play, prepare to be launched into the stratosphere...
At the 5:30 mark, prepare for reentry, enveloped in the warm embrace of Duane and Dickey bringing you home gently.
Utterly transcendent, sublime - Thank You, Skydog! And Thank You Dickey, Berry, Jaimoe, Butch and baby brother Gregg for your contributions to this masterpiece.
And Berry.
The ability to just to interpret and develop a melody like this, improvised to an extent, is just beyond belief. It comes from somewhere else.
It comes from the creation itself.
Lightning in a bottle.
Duane, best I ever seen, and i seen them all.
@@ireneruthfox agreed✌️
Greatest 10 minutes of music played in my lifetime and the reason I took up guitar 48 years ago. Beautiful choice . Count me a new subscriber. Thanks.
THEY WERE MEANT TO BE HEARD.ALLMAN BROTHERS WERE AHEAD OF TIME. THE MUSIC THEY PLAYED IS TIMELESS.ONE OF THE GREATEST BANDS EVER.😎🎸🎶🎼☮️ BOB
Just the spirt of nature/God whatever in this piece. Absolutely a gift to all.
Not lost in any comments, yet not specifically expressed, is how incredibly tight this performance was. It was as though they had practiced its amazing counterparts for months. When Oakley changed the tempo at 3:50 through to 5:00 is an incredible piece of lead / rhythm / bass work that has this feel like these guys were born triplets with the ability to anticipate exactly where the other was going. Never heard anything like it, esp live.
Greatest riff ever played from 4:06-4:09, brings me to my knees every time, unbelievable...thank you Duane...
Could'nt a said it better Danny.
everyone has their favorite bars on this one. Mine is the transition from the crescendo on slide into the long drawn out notes....2:20-3:09....Skydog forever...
5:37-7:37 is my favorite 2 minutes of music by anyone at anytime and anywhere. It just mesmerizes me.
Danny Kerr I know what you mean! I've been a life long fan and at 64, ABB is STILL my band. They kick a$$!
The way Barry Oakley follows him...there are no words. Two minds, four hands, one soul.
I am a musician. A blues man. And I miss Duane with all my heart and soul.
Think about it. What other piece of music has lifted you up so high then seconds later bring you down so perfectly.
Simply the best 10 minute journey of a lifetime...
My god, what if ? need to remember no classic rock playing at this time. No borrowing this lick or that lick. Where's it coming from. From his natural soul... Sorry Eric, I place you in the same category, but what if, maybe everyone would be chasing this. Sorry all but just give this a second or a third listen, 1971 all this is unfolding, what is he 24 years old, unbelievable. For anyone out there who knows me, I want this piece played at my funeral, you'll know when to Que it in. God Bless Him ....
We should always acknowledge the time-signature change. The switch to 6/8 at about 5:27 (apparently into a slow derivation of "Will the Circle Be Unbroken") is just spine-tingling. Duane's slow, drawn-out notes on this segment mystify me to this day.
love this
going to listen to this till the day i die
and after I hope, told my son , when i go play the "Circle piece" from MJam, talk about church,,,,,,,
What is the circle piece
@@joedrew9418 "Will The Circle Be Unbroken".
Absolutely my favorite from the first I heard it when I was 12 or 13. Fifty three years later still feel the same. Berry and Duane- damn motorcycles
Nobody can come closer to him.Period..As if music is coming from another world...
To my ears, the two greatest solos ever . . . . .this one and the Liz Reed solo . . . .#1 and 1a to me. Their is Duane Allman . . . .and every other great guitarist can fight it out for #2
Including Hendrix. I saw that Rolling Stone poll. Yeah the electric guitar innovation, but as a player, in the ability to connect to all things tangible and mystical and pure and mischievous and soulful and ETERNAL, he was good, but my man Duane is just that much better. If only he made it to 27 let alone 24.
100% correct. Never heard a more powerful solo than Duane’s Liz Reed. Had headphones on full blast for ultimate experience. Unfortunately I do say “what?” quite often now.
171, 000 listens...and I bet half of them are mine! Also, got to give DIckie more credit for this piece of magic, its not just Duane. They were both at their best when playing off of each other. And add in Berry's unmatched bass playing.
i get those goose bumps every time i hear this its never ending awsome
Pure genius..straight and simple.
Duane was one of the all time great musicians. History will record.
After all these years it still rocks! God bless the Allman bros.
Man, that brings back memories. I played that album so much during the '70s and '80 that I think I had every note memorized! Duane always threw some surprises into his solos, as did Hendrix. That's something you don't get with today's ABB.
Saw him play three times before he passed....... he's the reason I play guitar till this day...... I remember reading that Butch thought that this version of mountain jam was not their best......hard to image they could have done it any better.......but he would know.......
This is absolute SUBLIME. My soul just took a short flight to the stars listening to this.
I remember the first time the first solo grabbed me. I was driving in central Pennsylvania, on my way to Pittsburgh, in August 1998. I think I'd just left I-99 and turned onto State Rte 22, but I know I was in the Alleghenies. They're not the most dramatic mountains, but I remember rounding a bend and catching a great vista of a green mountain ridge in the warm glow of the afternoon sun just as Berry's solo ended and Duane got into it. The solo seemed to last as long as that vista. Thx4sharing
This is my funeral song from start to finish my only wish
Might be the best music I've ever heard, God bless us all, Lets enjoy our lives, for ourselves with others we love and all those who got cut short like Duane! Love Always And Forever ! ! !
absolutely incredible
I am 60 years old. I was listening to and rocking to Duane and Dickie when I was stationed in Jacksonville in 1971. They still make me smile. Rock on Skydog! You two are the best! Thanks for my memories.
デュアン オールマンの奏でるエレキギターの音色は、私の魂を揺さぶり、そして幸せをもたらしてくれる。
オールマンブラザーズバンドのマウンテンジャムは、ロック史上最高のライブ演奏です。
ありがとう、オールマンブラザーズバンド
ありがとう、デュアン オールマン
The change at 5:36 is probably the most beautiful piece of music I have ever heard bar none.
I couldn't agree with you more Brother!
Duane GOAT
I have the same funeral thought that IDC has . . . . . I only want from 5:28 to 8:17 . People have short attention spans today. And to me that part is the best of the best.
I have told my family to play it at my funeral too.
It is also to play at mine. I have it in my will, for 40 years now.
Yep same its a breakthrough for sure....👽
Me too and Cowboy " Please Be With Me".
I have told my ex wife and my sister that this will definitely be played at my funeral
I've seen other people say it here on this thread, so I'll say it too.... I remember the first time I played Eat a Peach Mountain Jam I was a young boy of 13 in 1973..... I got very emotional also. Nowadays what gets me the most is Duane saying at the end "Thank you, it sure has been a fine weekend", and then calling out the names of the band members. Greg, Duane, Berry, Butch as well as Danny and Lamar, I hope you are in a place where you can feel the love all of us still earthbound have for you, and that you are aware of the joy you have brought us fans both then, now, and in the interim.
Awesome 😊
everytime I hear this music ( over 40 years now...) I am amazed by its beauty
The first time I heard this, it blew me away. The three solos all different. Shows what Duane could do. This gave me chills. The guitarist that moved me most in my life.
That part of the song always makes me cry with joy !!!
Thanks so much for editing and sharing this piece of heaven mattmossop. Like many here I'm always looking for anything with Duane, and it's simply impossible to describe how beautiful this is.
Duane was unique, but so was the Allman Brothers Band. What other band jammed quite like this? It wasn't an ordinary 'jam'. They somehow found the art to play around each other in support with just the right fills and backing and sometimes a different music movement that still fit together amazingly. From an article on Butch Trucks:
It was onstage, where the group's ability to meld into one unit - when they were "hitting the note," to use a phrase they said often in the Seventies - was best on display. "Hittin' the note is reaching that point where you can't do any wrong," Trucks once said, according to Skydog. "With us, when we're playing music, it's where the brain goes away and the body just does what it's supposed to do, and there's no thought and there's no question, and no matter what you do, it's right. It's getting to that spiritual level where the communication is total, but it's not mental."
The Allman s symphony right here
Unbelievable, I lost track of this over the years. I do remember hearing it the first time on Eat a Peach, and getting emotional. 40 years later, same reaction. What is it about this piece of music ? More powerful than any version of the Ave Maria I've ever heard.
Rock on in heaven my friend... truly a soul grabber with that LP..
Me too. The emotion in Duane's guitar playing brings tears to my eyes.
Wish to have been there.
Greatest guitar player ever - not even close. I'm still mad at that kid for dying so young.
Even though he was almost gone for four years, John Coltrane was smiling down from heaven hearing the Allman Brothers Band and Duane Allman playing Mountain Jam at The Fillmore East in the middle of March, 1971.
The 2nd half of Mountain Jam always gets to me! Always chokes me up. Many years ago, one pre-dawn, I was driving through the Blue Ridge Parkway, just as the sun was coming up, the 2nd half part came on. Combine that with the imagery and the music. I had to pull over. I was overcome with so much beauty.
Man I wish there were some quality videos of this stuff!
I listened to Blue Sky on cassette on my way to graduation, almost 30 years ago
Great work MKM - I can listen to this over and over and over again. MJ and Dreams are examples of guitar genius. God Bless America, the Allman Brothers, and our Troops. E Pluribus Unum.
At "that" Time he was just being a Chanel, no doubt he had "contact", it's the most beautiful solo I ever heard, and I've heard a few, to bad His life was cut short
Berry Oakley on that Tractor bass . YESSSSSS
For many years, I traveled the west via hitch-hike or the rails. Not as a bum, but as an American youth seeking...the elusive 'something'. On occasion, I drove a car or pick-up truck.
Always I carried this tune in my mind or stereo. In this video at around 5:30 my heart would soar for the mountains, often I would time this tune for my first glimpse of the mountains while coming off off the plains.
Those few seconds... remains one of the best guitar solos of all time.
This was made for me. Thank you Duane! Thank you! He listened to Kind of Blue all the time. So beautiful!
The guitar god playing like an angel....
Hearing this really does my head in. Meaning oh what might have been for Duane over the coming decades. 😢
Lord only knows what incredible music he would have put out. Only 24 years old. Crazy.
Brilliant playing. As only Duane could do.
incredible !
How can there be any dis-likes ?? Oh, maybe if someone is hard of hearing and is unable to hear the sweet heartfelt SOUL of the master on this cut.....I would dis-like it if I could not enjoy the tonal creations of this Gibson in the hands of a genius!
The GOAT
I hear you. It's lightning in a bottle. Tell you a quick story ... I was at his gravesite on the 25th anniversary of his death, and there were notes left there from teenaged girls thanking him for helping them through difficult times. They hadn't even been born when he died! And it wasn't words or singing ... just that guitar.
Simply the Best Ever.
NOBODY had ever played Bass like Berry Oakley at that time either...Would have I given up my life as it was to be this good, well....some of it ABSOUTELY....
whaddah yanno...... ya got sum memories that'll outlast any of us. WHAT a fortunate position you were in !! i'm sittin' here tryin' to figger out how ya got the quality. i mean all we had back then was them little tape recorders that we pushed two buttons in to get'em to record. (come ta think of it, i wish i had now what i didn't know i had then... quality be damned.)
THANK you !!!!
~tanya in alabama
Thank you my friend for posting the best part of my favorite Duane performance. Out of a world of fantabulous playing, this piece remains my favorite. Starting at 5:30 the man brings us into his own stratosphere. As Tom Dowd once said playing notes that aren't on the instrument.
Paul Blawie he said that in regards to his playing on Layla in the slide solo at the end
What would have happened if Duane Allman hadn't busted up his arm, and while recovering with his arm in a sling, his brother buys him the first Taj Mahal album with Jessie Ed Davis playing slide guitar? Duane listens to the album, empties his Corcidin headache pill bottle, slips it over a left finger, and a few hours later a miraculous epiphany of epic proportions, equal to that of the Robert Johnson crossroad mythical event.