The Doomed Genius Of Southern Rock
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- A musical powerhouse, the Allman Brothers’ greatest triumph came just before their most heartwrenching tragedy: the death of Duane Allman, one of the great guitar players of all time, rupturing one of the greatest bands ever known. The tale starts somewhere special, but it’s a bumpy ride almost from the start.
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Grateful Dead. CCR. Pink Floyd. Van Halen. Phish.
@@exdemocrat9038phish? Which group doesn’t fit?
I’ve never understood how the Allman Brothers’ first two albums were not considered top notch! They are my favorite Allman Brothers albums.
It probably has something to do with the prevailing musical tastes of the time and the efforts of the record company to promote the records.
Damn straight those were my favorite Lps & i got the chance to see them twice in 1970 & though the Fillmore Esat was their crowning glory it was a Live Lp and not like the studio albums that were their sound & for us that heard them in 1969 & 70 those first two records are what this band was all about & it was the dumb ass record company that had no clue what to do with them but we knew it instantly this was like no other band & Souther Rock it was not it was Blues based Rock & their own style making it totally original & they in that early band line up they will never be surpassed. I never could figure out why they at that time would be called Southern Rock which was a record company money making thing & they ended up with that moniker, but they really were not that they just kicked open the doors for Marshall Tucker & the rest to be Southern based rock. Duane i really don't believe would have fallen into that category as he was a blue & soul player at heat & he would have not gone in for labels. Still, what he started is still alive and well in both records & bands.
Actually I've seen that for decades in music. My first thoughts on that is because once they signed with a record company, they were more pressured to write and possibly with touring to promote, had less time. Then also many record companies back then would try to direct bands or musicians in general, in a different musical direction, what they think will sell best. No good musician wants that. There goes creativity! Happiness basically, and sometimes they were wrong!
Don’t pay attention to critics who are often jealous wannabe academics The first two are great and you are on the right track! I accident discovered them at school in DC (AmericanU) when the guys in the dorm room above me where playing loud music went up to ask them to lower the volume but they were playing Idlewild South!? Soon after a friend who knew. Burt Holman our student social chairman said they were booked to play our little dinky gym this about 18 months or more before the live Fillmore tickets were like $4.50. All my friends came on my rec and that kind of gave me a lot of credibility. They kicked ass ! Show at AU available on a re issue series saw em 3? More with Duane blessed!
@rodneydavenport4646:
I bought it when it came out. One of the best albums ever made. Everyone I knew had it. Enjoy that album cranked up to eleven while you have a few beers, and you are initiated into the ALL MEN ARE BROTHERS fraternity. It's an exclusive club, and not for ninnies!
This video made my heart ache 💔. I saw the original Allman Brothers at college, and they just blew me away. I moved South to Georgia to sing in a friends band a year after that. When we played a show in Macon, we ate at the best and most for our meager money, soul food restaurant one day. Someone put Midnight Rider on the jukebox, and some laughter and noise made us turn around to see the Brothers enjoying their lunch, and excited to hear their song playing.
The story of their rise to fame and the terrible fate of three of their members is almost gothic in nature.
Long live Southern Bands, and long live The Allman Brothers music ❣️ 🥲
Sept 1 1971 I saw ABB in San Diego it was one of Duane's last shows Ill' never forget during his "Elizabeth Reed" solo he stood at the edge of the stage right foot cocked sideways eyes closed it was the most magical mystical musical moment of my life. Exactly 4 weeks to the day later he was gone. Incredible Joy abject sorrow
Our band, "Crowfoot" opened for the ABB at "The Scene" in Milwaukee in the fall of 1970.
We were an experienced road band with a few session players in it, playing all original music, and we played a smokin' set. The Allman Brother got up and proceeded to blow the roof off the place.
Killer musicians, everyone of them. Hard guys to forget. LOL!😂
@@sammccue500 Crowfoot, real good band.
I was also there. I was 16.
There is a genuine soulful sound to Duane's slide work that no one else has. Just listen to him on the "outro" to "Layla". It's a religious experience. God bless the Allman Brothers.
His kind of step-nephew has brought that sound to new places. Derek Trucks pays proper homage and surpasses
@@bobwhite4759 Derek is unquestionably a great musician and slide guitar player, BUT come on. The music Duane laid down is otherworldly moving. What Duane played can’t be taught. He wasn’t the fastest gun in the west and not the flashiest although he could be pretty flashy. He was just the most moving player I’ve ever heard. That Derek is mentioned in the same breath as Duane speaks to the respect Derek has rightfully earned. It’s not disrespectful, though, to point out Duane and a handful of other guitar players are the bar to which all others are measured. That includes Derek, and, no, Duane still reigns supreme in that comparison.
Yup
Too bad he was out of tune.
Duane phrased liked the great blues men. Absolutely an incredible musician. I will get to Macon and pay my respects. That incredible music will never die.
Oh good, I’m glad it’s my favorite narrator covering this one. Such a tragic loss for us all. So odd that Duane and Barry died from motorcycle accidents in the same general area. I grew up on the Allman Brothers and consider myself an allman head. I feel fortunate to have seen them live multiple times. Thanks so much for covering this amazing musician. RIP Duane.
Same!
Duane was a consummate musician who was not just a virtuoso but also a natural leader. He made everything he played that much better. RIP Duane 🙏
Eric Ciapton was mesmerized by Duanes slide action. Without even seeing him he journeyd to Florida then he recorded with him on Layla at Muscle Shoals and Eric was blown away. He was one of the greatest blues guitarist with that unique Southern Blues sound with that slide action and his musical genius.
I remember the night I heard about the tragic accident that took Duane's life on the FM radio.
I was a junior in high school and was a fan of the band because my cousin from Atlanta had turned me onto their music. It's almost unbelievable now, but the Allman Brothers Band had played the dance at his Senior Prom. He showed me the memento T-shirt with a blown up photo of the band on stage. One of his classmates was related to one of the members of the ABB and persuaded them to play the Prom.
It seemed like my friends and I always had Allman Brothers music playing in our college dorm, then our apartment at the University of Texas at Austin and always in the car. It was a three hour drive from Austin to my parents house in Dallas and whenever I left to make the drive I popped in the cassette to hear the Fillmore East concert while driving on the Interstate highway. I still know every note played in that show.
Finally, I saw the band live in concert three times and still cherish the memories of going to the concerts with my friends.
My cousin passed away in 2024 and before he died he gave his Allman Brothers Band Prom T-shirt to my daughter. Of course she's from a different generation but she's a music fan and loves their music. And she especially loves the early works with Duane and Berry. As you know, Berry's story is equally tragic.
RIP gentlemen.
Not a huge Allman brothers fan but I do like their big songs well enough. I was not aware of Duane's story though so thanks for that. So sad, especially what happened to his father leaving that large family behind
I’m so glad that the Scot narrated this one. The Allman Brothers concert I attended in Santa Barbara in 1990 was one of the best concerts I’ve been to. Great band all around. Thank you for having the best narrator handle this one with his signature class and style.
NOBODY plays like Duane allman. You can repeat the notes with precision, but the spirit and soul behind it is uniquely duane's, and nobody can repeat THAT. He's one in a million guitarist, and as soon as you hear him, you know it can't be anybody else's guitar playing but his--- in his short 24 years upon this earth, without a doubt, one of the greatest gutar players of all time--- Thanks for leaving us with some of the greatest guitar work of all time, that you were able to leave us with. Definitely totally inspiring. Even a religious experience---
God bless you, and may you RIP brother
The Allman Brothers' music is timeless.
Im from Macon and ABB has surrounded me my entire life. My dad ran Bibb Music Center on Cotton Ave in downtown Macon for well over 15 years and worked there for almost 40 years. The stories, the concerts, the b side recordings, intro to Layla, and everything in between. Every album they've ever cut are all top notch especially Brothers and Sisters. The road goes on forever.
I'm a fellow Maconite, age 70, and I remember it well!!
Duane's recording of Little Martha was played at the end of every ABB show. I was very lucky to be at many of them. Butch Trucks' nephew Derek Trucks was a child guitar prodigy and has carried on Duane's slide guitar. As an adult he married music power house Susan Tedeschi and their Tedeschi Trucks band continues to make amazing music that has carried the legacy forward. Duane Allman was so very young but the impact of his brief life can still be heard today.
Yesterday, I watched a video on another channel about the Hollies, whose added member after Graham Nash left was Terry Sylvester, previously of the (British) The Escorts. Then today, this video about Duane Allman, whose band was previously also called The Escorts. Life is full of odd little synchronicities.
Was lucky enough to see Allman Brothers at city college in my undergrad days. Awesome musicians.And two drummers. Just wicked. Still have my vinyl of Tied to the Whipping Post, but In memory of Elizabeth Reed, haunts me. Life was outstanding then. ❤❤
The term "Southern Rock" wasn't even coined until about a year after Duane died. They considered their music Blues/Rock.
I'm to young ,but great memories for you I hope , so envious, love from England 🏴
Just love ABB! Jessica always takes me back to hearing it in my Mom’s car on a perfect summer day when I was 12. Fifty years later, I still see that summer day when I hear it. Timeless.
Duane didn’t play on Jessica
@@foldohack5687 I know that. Just expressing my love for the band, the joy it still brings me, and the timeless nature of their music. Pre and post Duane.
Saw them perform in Piedmont Park in Atlanta in the sixties as 'The Allman Joys' . The opened for Santana as i recall. They were so good the majority of the crowd didnt want them to relinquish the stage !❤
If you saw them in Piedmont Park, it was the ABB. The Allman Joys mainly played Florida and Alabama before becoming The Hour Glass and moving to LA. The next shows in the East were after he left LA and became a session guitarist, and were him sitting in with Dickey and Berry's Jacksonville band The Secons Coming. By March 1969, the Allman Brothers Band rehearsals and practices began. Piedmont Park shows began in April/May 1969. Duane continued the session work amidst the beginning of the ABB, but most Sundays they played free shows in Atlanta.
My all time favorite band. Dwayne was extremely gifted.
My northern chickens and I been listening to southern rock for a long time now. Thanks for the video! 🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔
I had tears when both of these great legend's passed, I still love live at the Fillmore east album and Layla thank GOD ERIC CLAPTON HAD THE MIND TO ASK DUANE TO PLAY ON THAT SONG IT IS SO BEAUTIFUL RIP ALLMEN BROS ,WHEN I GOT OUT OF THE NAVY IN 74 I went to the commissary and bought Gregs album layed back I liked that album it takes me back to 1974 GOD BLESS Y'ALL
Extremely well made documentary.
About one of my all-time favorite bands. Thank you so much.❤
My Dad, who passed away mid January at 80 years old, told me that Derrick Trucks, as a slide guitar master, that he's Duane incarnate!
Truck really is good!
I've seen Trucks in concert many times, and he is amazing. The first time I saw him he was 13 years old, and blew everyone's socks off. He was playing with The Allman Bros. in Charlotte NC.
I am so happy to not be old & lonely at the age of 70. You see i am raising my 10 year old grandson on my So.Sec. only, so my point is...
If I had enough $$ that I could afford to be a patron THIS CHANNEL IS the One I would support.
Thank You for doing such a fabulous job in bringing these stories to us. Some of us remember these events that literally happened decade's ago & that were such a Huge part of our youth. THANKS AGAIN ! Much Appreciated !
Duane's slide guitar on Statesboro Blues is the best slide guitar I've ever heard.
Dreams.
The only time I saw ABB with Duane was at the Warehouse in New Orleans. They often played there in the beginning. I'll never (I hope!) forget what Duane said when they were ready to start: "We're only gonna play some old time country blues. If you don't like that you can get your ass out the door right now". Then they blasted out "Statesboro Blues", a song we hadn't heard since they only had one album then.
@@patricklogan7238 What a great line and what a confident man he was, I doubt anyone left. Thanks for the tidbit!
"Dreams" has always removed me from reality, can't ask anymore than that from a song. Grew up with this band and got to see them perform live during thier farewell tour. Original members Greg Allman, Jaimoe, Butch Trucks and Dickie Betts in attendance, as well as Warren Haynes and Derek Trucks that joined years later. I regret the members did not converse with the audience more that night (They were all business), but was grateful to see them during thier farewell bid. The only surviving member to date is one of the two drummers, Jaimoe. RIP ABB!
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I was at Central High School in Macon Georgia, a few miles down the road when Duane had his accident and died. I had gone to elementary school across the street from the Big House, before they lived there and it was the Big House. And the First Christian Church. Right across the street in front of it on Vineville Avenue. Although I moved away from Macon decades ago, I will always remember them living and being in that area. As well as the Capricorn Records offices and studios. And now they are resting in peace at the Rose Hill cemetery.
Their music and legacy lives on in my mind and heart. That period in my life will always be a part of me.
I am a SFcan and grew up in the mid Sixties and heard/Saw a lot of music. I am JUST NOW getting the Brilliance of The Southern Guys. Better late than never. And the Beat goes on........
A whole other world to explore. You're in for a treat.
@@philiprife5556 Much Appreciated
Always more rock to discover!
No terrible mistake made by doctors was revealed here!
Of course not. Always clickbait
@@DonCampbell-o2j yep.
Thanks for the heads up. I’m enjoying this video.
Its a shame Factinate sunk to that cheap headline because he does a good coverage and is not mind-numbingly repetitive. @factinate please do not use fake, sensatinalized headlines.
I think the "terrible mistake" refers to the false hope they gave the family, despite the severity of Duane's injuries.
For years I thought it was the Osmond Family that graduated from my high school and I wouldn't tell anybody. Then I heard it was some band called the Allman Brothers so finally in '79 I borrowed Live at the Fillmore East to learn about them and I was not embarrassed anymore.
Lived in Jax,Fla. and I played in the same high school band that Butch Trucks was in, same neighborhood. Saw them in Jax and at the 1970 Atlanta Pop Festival. Such a creative group of musicians. RIP.
That 1970 Atlanta pop festival is available on CD in case you didn’t know
Thank You for this most awesome upload.👍🏼 I have always loved the Allman Bros Band, & Southern Rock.✌🏼
The first two albums were amazing! Love them! I’m 67!
I have both in excellent condition!
As was so incredibly stated, when Duane was down in Muscle Shoals, he had the idea of changing the Session that day, when everyone was out to eat lunch, and that is when Duane, told Wilson he should record his version of "Hey Jude" , and the rest is history 😊❤
I saw them at my college in ‘69..in the cafeteria at New Haven college..they played with herbie Mann..blew us away..!their first album was a big hit for us ..I got to meet them after the concert..they were on a bus parked outside..
Later saw them in Boston..stood on the side stage for the entire concert..they did the live at Filmore show and I’ve never seen a better show since then..oh boy…
All I can say is WOW your video spoke volumes about how the Allman Brothers were iconic rock and roll pioneers, the tragic end to such a talented musician your British accent is just perfect roll on.
The narrator of this video was just wonderful. They sent me to an all boys Catholic High School for 10th grade 1970-1971. I floundered academically and didn't know anybody. And there were no girls. But we had an art class. The Catholic brother who taught the class allowed us to play music: Beggars, Let it Bleed, Got it Live, Cricklewood Green, Watt, Tommy, Layla, All Things Must Pass, Tea for the Tillerman, all the great albums. My friends in the class included Dave Ramirez. He knew someone who knew someone and was an Allman Brothers devote. And then, Idlewild South and the ABB. I was mesmerized. Dave was a terrific friend when I needed one and that music just went right through me. After I left Catholic school they released Live. But I never saw Duane play live. I missed that. Then they sent me to another school. In March or April, 1972, Dave and his girlfriend Charlene and I saw ABB at Long Beach Arena. Their first show in SoCal after his passing. That was the most powerful and wonderful concert I have ever seen. God bless the Spirit and memory of brother Duane. And Berry. And Butch. And Gregg. And Dickey. I'd never have made it through high school without them.
I will never forget 10-31-71 with Brian Totten, Bill Ward, + Jon Wheat. I heard the Allman Brothers Band live at the Fillmore for the 1st time.
RG. “ CatMan” Casas
🐱❤️🎵
I thank God for the souls he sends to walk (and play) among us. We cant have them long, but in our memories theyre eternal.
Thank you for sharing this story with us! ✌🏼😊
They completely left out the Muscle Shoals chapter of Duane's career that was one of the impetuses for forming The Allman Bros
I agree.
I have the two double lp Anthology albums with lots of Duanes Muscle Shoals sessions.
Well produced, thank you.
Midnight Rider is one of the greatest songs ever written.
Real good band.
in 2015 a TV crew from MS came to my farm in south GA to do 3 shows about my wounded deer tracking dogs for their program on the Pursuit Channel.
They stayed several days and one evening at supper I was sitting with the cameraman. I told him that we would have to do the last segment over because I had messed it up.
He said no, we'll edit it and add good music, it'll be fine.
Jokingly, I said OK as long as it's Allman bros music.
He said, do you like the Allman Bros? I said, yes my ringtone is Midnight Rider.
He said, my Dad wrote that song!
It was then that I realized his last name is Payne.
He is Kim Payne's son.
Long story but Kim shares credits with Gregg for writing Midnight Rider.
Cool !!!
@@randyvick593 Cool!❤
The lead break in Midnight Rider, to me, is just incredible. It's not overly loud, long, or what some may call 'rock', but musically just 'changes gears' and takes the song to another level, (something 'inside' of Gregg's writing that has Duane and Dickie written all over it-something that they largely would do).
So incredibly sad, may God rest their souls! RIP to all of them.
🙏💔🕊
Great Stuff!
A lil note, Duane was a fellow left hander, but not w/ guitar, he learned to play right handed. In some of the pictures they may be flipped/mirrored, making it look like he played left.
Thank you!
I had my own motorcycle at 19yrs old. Being a girl I couldn't find a Harley at the time that I could hold up. I got a 175 Honda with knobby tires so I could ride in the dirt too. I had it for about 2yrs. I laid it down, scraped my helmet, tore up my jean jacket and pants. I didn't completely wreck it but I got rid of it after that. It wasn't 3 months after that Duane was gone. 😢 I knew then I had made the right decision to get rid of mine. I still miss both of them and may they both Rest in Peace. ✌️❤️🌼
I learned to ride on a Yamaha 175 Enduro. My mother would lay the motorcycle down and we had to pick it up: mom's rule was if you could not lift the bike, you could not ride it. One summer I laid it down in the dirt trying to outrace my friend on her horse. 'Silly teenaged girl move. That was back in the days before helmet laws. Mom did not allow me to ride again.
I learned that as a kid. Duane accident was merely accidental. The Allman Brothers will be earning their fanfare forever. Im a lifelong fan. I am very confident.
I see so many videos like this about the "rock music" era I was raised in, but they always miss the important details. Duane Allman had seen Taj Mahal playing at the Whisky in LA, and Skydog saw Jesse Ed Davis playing slide guitar on Statesboro Blues, and he played it almost identically to how Jesse did if you listen carefully - that was the catalyst to Duane playing slide, but that pill bottle is what gave him the tool to make it happen!
for me there is only one story - Butch Trucks got together with the forming band and they practiced all night at a warehouse they had rented outside of town, Butch said the next morning he had tears in his eyes from the music they had played that night. they all knew something special had happened and that was the birth of the legendary Allman Brothers Band. i will also say Duane cheated the " 27 " club - by dying early. RIP Duane. with all his problems Dickie Betts kept playing and called the Allman's music " sacred. " god bless you too Dickie.
For one, it was not a "high speed motorcycle accident". I ride by that place often, you can't get to high speed on that stretch of Napier. May be if Duane had not cut the straps out of a brand new helmet (find the Groover Sassaman video for verification of that) he might not have died when he lost control in a corner, was doing between 35 and 40, and his head hit the curb on Napier Ave after the helmet flew off. It was a stupid accident. Sigh...
Thank you for that clarification,,,,, unfortunate
What killed him was the bike going up in the air and landing down on his chest. This caused massive damage to vital organs and massive internal bleeding. The prognosis was not very good for him.
There's a lot of bad info on these channels - I'm not sure where you got your story but according to several verified accounts , Duane was behind a crane truck - his misjudged his distance and the rate the truck slowed - on the back of these crane trucks there is a counter weight which is usually hooked on a hitch on the rear- Duane hit this which caused him to lose control
@@pluck593 THIS!!! Duane didn’t die from a head injury. He died basically from a crushed chest.
@@davidrice3337 I’m not convinced Duane made any contact with that truck. In fact, it’s quite conceivable Duane’s bike itself was the problem that caused the accident and his death. In the weeks leading up to Duane’s death, he’d spent time in, first, the Buffalo NY area at some rehab facility, and then later, down to NYC where he chilled and also spent some time with blues guitar player John Hammond. While he was away, Duane boarded his bike at a motorcycle shop in the Macon area and instructed them to replace the tires on it while he was away. Duane returned home on the 28th of October and picked up his bike the next day on the 29th. Unless some forensic exam was conducted on the bike following the accident proving otherwise, there’s a good chance that due to negligence on the part of the shop, the bike either wasn’t repaired and put back together properly, or even a more sinister explanation, that Duane’s bike was put back together with the deliberate intention of having it give out on the road at a critical moment when Duane would be riding it. Why would some one or another deliberately sabotage Duane’s bike?
The possible motive could be connected to an event that coincidentally had occurred in Buffalo, NY 18 months prior to the day Duane’s accident occurred. On that night in late April 1970, The Allman Brothers Band was scheduled to play an early and late show at a bar known as Aliotta’s Lounge. Unfortunately, due to the distance of their previous night’s gig, they got to the Lounge late, and though they endeavored to make up for missing the early show by playing a longer late show, when it came time for the band to be paid following said late show, the owner of the club, Angelo Aliotta balked at paying the band the originally agreed upon fee for playing two shows. He offered to pay them for the one show, and if they wanted payment for a second show, he insisted they’d have to come back another night, perhaps the next night, and perform another set for it.
Long story short, eventually ABB road manager at the time Twiggs Lyndon Jr. who had been catching up on some sleep at a local motel/hotel while the band played was awakened by a phone call I believe from bassist Berry Oakley and informed about the conflict over payment. Twiggs went to the club, tried to at first reason with Aliotta to no avail, it escalated from there, and at some point, Twiggs lost it, pulled out a fishing knife, one he had borrowed from Duane prior to this, and stabbed Aliotta to death!
Twiggs was arrested, the band was permitted to head to their next gig which I believe was in Cleveland the next night, the band got top lawyer John Condon to defend Twiggs, and eventually, after a trial, Twiggs was sentenced to some mental hospital. Within a few years, he convinced the state of NY he was rehabilitated mentally, and he was released.
Unfortunately for the band, though, Aliotta’s was probably a mobbed up saloon, and the owner of the place also had connections in that world. It would be a cliche to say that the mob doesn’t take kindly to civilians interfering with their business, and in the final analysis, the killing of one of their operators by a rock band mgr. n doubt would result in consequences. IMO, since Duane was considered the leader of the band AND the fact that the weapon Teiggs used to kill their guy was owned by Duane, it’s conceivable Duane was viewed as the responsible party for the killing of their guy, and thus, a reciprocal action was taken by them to even the books as it were.
Figure inquiries were made, orders were given, and a contract was sent out. Having that contract carried out way down south in Macon would make sense to avoid the suspicion of having it done in upstate NY.
As we all know, Berry Oakley also was killed the next year when his motorcycle ran into a bus. Is it possible Berry’s bike had also been tampered with contributing to or causing his death?
Twiggs Lyndon Jr. was a sky diving enthusiast. On November 16, 1979, Twiggs was sky diving in Duanesburg, NY. He died that day when upon jumping, his parachute 🪂 failed to open.
Nationally known attorney John Condon, while driving with his wife on the 37th anniversary of Duane’s accident in Buffalo, NY on October 29th, 2008. His car was T-boned by another vehicle killing both he and his wife. The driver who killed them would himself shorty pass away from the terminal illness he’d been suffering from.
Reach your own conclusions. Mine are Duane’s death wasn’t kosher.
The first music I bought in 1970 was the the 1969 first album of the Allman Brothers first album " This is the Allman Brothers " . I wore that album out .
Love the allman brothers
And now we've lost Dickie Betts.
The Allman Brothers Band will live in rock and roll infamy.
Infamy is a bad word. History is better
That's not the right use of the word "infamy," which is derogatory.
I'm 67 and loved the Alman bros for many years. Like them I over indulged in my youth and wish it hadn't been the norm at the time. All of them died because of alcohol, and or drugs. Greg kept it up even after his liver transplant. I have no sympathy for that. So thankful I quit it all a long time ago. So many lives destroyed by alcohol every year.
Yes, alcoholism is rampant certainly runs in my family, but I always believe in the mantra Either you control it or it controls you maybe it’s easier said than done. Luckily, I can enjoy my Vino and my days without it.
In my opinion Duane Allman was the best guitar player of all time & the Allman brothers band were the best band ever!
We went to the Big house in Macon it's a must see and definitely a check off my bucket list
They were the concert I ever went to at the Trenton NJ fair grounds back in the early 70 s when rambling man came out lol
Motorcycle and herion is a deadly mix.
Motorscooter and any drug is dangerous…
The only support I can offer is constructive criticism.
There's no reason not to lay out the life in chromatic order.
example :
Wilson Picket, Aretha Franklin & various other famous artists happened well before The Allman Brothers Band was formed.
John Lee Johnson (AKA Jaimo & drummer) actually met and played w/Duane for months before the band was even formed. On recommendation of Phil Walden, the manager of Otis Redding, since Jaimo was Redding's drummer and out of a job, he chose to decline on an offer in N.Y.C. and take Phil's recommendation to seek out Duane Allman in Muscle Shoals, AL. (Fame Studios) where Duane was a studio guitarist.
It was only after perfecting jamming sessions w/ Jaimo & various pick-up bassists did he invite Barry Oakly & Butch Trucks from a band in Florida call the Second Coming !!
The point is, Jaimo was the second member of he band called The Allman Bros. & not Butch Trucks.
Misinformation is avoidable !!
Good luck w/that !!
Sincerely .................
God Bless.
No mention of his studio session days at the legendary Muscle Shoals Studio in Alabama, were he met drummer Jai Johanny "Jaimoe" Johanson. The best session that Duane had out of Muscle Shoals was on Wilson Picket's soulful cover of The Beatles 'Hey Jude' that The Beatles had just recorded and released months earlier. It was Duane who said they should cover 'Hey Jude', Picket and "Jaimoe" said no, too earlier to cover that Beatles #1 Hit. But Duane played out his soulful version and the rest was history, and Picket's version overtook The Beatles original and also went to #1. It was this song that Clapton heard and had to find out who this guitarist is? Eventually Eric & Duane got together and created the 'Layla' album. But Duane's session days was a who's who he played on artist like, Clarence Carter, King Curtis, Aretha Franklin, Laura Nyro, Otis Rush, Percey Sledge, Johnny Jenkins, Boz Scaggs, Delaney & Bonnie, Doris Duke and Herbie Mann. Some serious musical giants in the late '60s from Blues, Country, Jazz, Rock and Soul music. Duane Allman was somewhat America's session player answer to England's early to mid '60s session guitarist Jimmy Page. Really good video, but you missed Duane's session career(except for mentioning Wilson Pickett)Homework? Didn't do that part of Duane's career, grading you 'B minus'. 🎸📚🧑🎓? 👀 Skydog, R.I.P. 🙏 "Just one more morning, I had to wake up with the blues..... Pulled myself out of bed, yeah...Put on my walkin' shoes"
Great post, the clickbait title was uncalled for too, as if Duane could have survived being crushed by a massive Harley if not for a mistake by the doctors, such bull!
The fact is he did not record a Scholls sound it was Fame studios .
@richardpierce7819 Duane Allman recorded at FAME Studios located at 603 E. Avalon Ave. in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. Muscle Shoals Sound Studios located at 3416 Jackson Highway, Sheffield, Alabama until 1979, moved to 1000 Alabama Ave. in Sheffield. closed in 2005. Duane also recorded at RCA Studio "B" located original at McGavock St. in Nashville, Tennessee moved to Hawkins St. later renamed Roy Acuff Place. Regardless where Duane recorded during his session days, Hour Glass/Almond Joy days, Allman Brothers and with Clapton, we have the music and for those who saw him perform 'live' was the biggest bonus in ones life. Skydog 🙏
I live in Norfolk, Virginia.
Not far from where their father was killed.
Went to city Hall to locate the farm where it happened.
They were no help.
There was a lot left uncovered.
Still... tears fall like rain 💛.
The magical calling of the motorcycle it's heartbreaking saga that follows it.
I've visited the Graves of Duan and Barry in Macon,Ga.If YOU go there, please be respectful and enjoy the moment....
Yup me too - picked up bottles cans and filled two bottles with cig butts - be kind and respectful folks - Candice Oakley use to get pretty wrangled about people hanging and partying and would chase them away lol go girl - I'm glad she didn't catch me me pinching a clipping off the bushes behind the graves which I have pressed in an ABB book - she would have kicked my ass - got invited into the Big House that day by Kirk West when it was his private home but that's another story - I was on the way back to Toronto from FLA in a Ryder truck and stopped in Macon overnite - very cool experience
True story: way back when, I was never impressed enough with Eric Clapton's guitar playing, by the little I heard of him, to want to buy any of his records, or to follow his career. It just didn't quite do it for me, and I just couldn't see what all hub-bub about his guitar playing was all about. Then one day, almost accidentally (i can't quite exactly remember how it all happened now), I happened to listen to the entire Layla double album, and immediately repented of my lack of interest in Eric's guitar playing!, and emphatically determined to get more of his albums! Shortly after listening to the Layla album, being totally energized and inspired by it, and saying to myself, holy cow, holy cow!- THAT'S Eric Clapton? I seriously needed to repent of my assessment of his guitar playing!, i discovered that the guitar parts i was hearing, that moved me, and inspired me so much, wasn't Eric's guitar at all, but Duane's! I discovered Duane was the one who was inspiring the whole band, as well as eric, to play up to a level of beauty and excellence, that they couldn't attain to without him! Same as he did with the allman brothers band- and anybody else he ever played with, far as I've ever heard!--- As soon as duane died, you could very sadly and distinctly hear, that all that incredible driving force and beauty had gone out of the band, and the allman brothers band had become just another good, but not great band---
Such a shame Duane didn’t get to see the band have the success that eventually came…he also showed loyalty when he declined Clapton’s offer. Music history would have changed. RIP Duane and Gregg🎸🎹
Great doco, learnt quite a bit that I didn't already know 😊
I love the Allman Brothers ❤
Duane dripped with southern soul. There has never been anyone quite like Duane Allman, not even Derek Trucks. I’d say Jack Pearson gets closest to Duane, and I don’t mean sounding like Duane. I mean Jack’s improvisation has that same unburdened, youthful and adventurous spirit, with the balls and talent to take it out into the stratosphere and bring it back.
Gregg said Duane only had two speeds on his bike, Fast and Stop.
You got your events in a weird order, but good, overall. Cheers ✌🏽🌻
I saw the Greg Allman band at a conference build next to the Glenwood Manor motel in Overland Park, KS. there were two keyboards, Greg, on one. His vocals were good, but after I got a pretty close look at him, I suspected his keyboard wasn't connected. Sad. The WHO stayed at that motel in 1967 when they played at my high school, Shawnee Mission South.
Every time I listen to Live at Filmore East, it's like time stands still. It just sucks to the high heavens that Duane and Barry were taken at such a young age. There is no telling what zenith this band would of been on and they did good work after these two were gone but they would of been in another stratosphere had they been able to live their lives out. Always ifs.
Thanks!
My favorite narrator!
Butch Trucks, too? I never knew. 😢
The mistake was, the physicians or whomever at the hospital saying that he should survive . But once they saw the real severity , survival was just not possible . Sad . Love ABB. I was only eleven when that happened, and I remember my older brother talking about this at the time.
If that's even true, it wouldn't of mattered to the outcome of the accident. Sorry, but the title is pure "clickbait"
@billyboy6028 Yes. My premise is that if, it was said. And yes, it wouldn't have , mattered.
Bait and switch clickbait with a little false info and some major facts left out as well
He is missed.🎸🇺🇸❤️
Best narrator of the lot!
The doctors couldn't ascertain that the collision had caused a small rupture in one of his aortas. But the medical expertise at that time we would consider primitive. It was 1971.
OK... Let's set the record straight. That truck DID NOT suddenly stop in Duane's lane. Duane DID NOT hit the truck or anything on the truck. Duane DID NOT go sliding down the road with the bike on top of him. This is what happened. The truck had already completed the turn and was clear of the lane. Duane was speeding down Hillcrest Avenue when he came to the crest of a hill. Duane loved to get airborne going over these crests. On this particular day, Duane got airborne and when he came down, he lost control of the bike, probably because he saw the truck and panicked. The front wheel of the bike turned and the bike went back over front. This is known because there were gouge marks in the pavement from the bike. Duane flew over the handle bars and the bike bounced up in the air. It came down on Duane and, by itself, went about 90 feet down Hillcrest Avenue. That is what happened.
Don't matter how. End result is he died... 😢
How do you know all of this. Were you There? BULLSHIT!
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0ne of the best bands ever and Duane was exceptional, put one of their albums on, sit back , close your eyes, you'll be hooked
Should have played some of Duane during the video. (IMHO)
For those of you wondering, the doctors terrible mistake was their failure to build a time machine to go into the future to retrieve medical knowledge and instruments that could be transported back to 1971 to be used to save Duane's life. I guess.
LEGENDS NEVER DIE!!!!
I hate it when a TH-camr teases something like this vid “The doctors made a crucial mistake” and this TH-camr never gives us the answer to the riddle. Makes me think the fake teaser was added to get us to watch to the end. Screw this faker…
Fantastic! Thank you.
Interesting how Dickey Betts was never mentioned.
The expression is "Have his cake and eat it TOO".
I heard the same night, Elton John got hit by a ball to his head as well.
What a giant surprise, a doctor making a mistake that kills someone.
That was a great video tks
You bet!
@@Factinatebut please dont use sensationalized or fake headlines. You cheapen your work by this. Thanks.
Hearing Duane made me pick up a guitar. Still playing all these years later.
The sign on the truck was"Eat a Peach" .
What was the doctors' unforgivable mistake? Did I miss something?
"Play Housewife?" It doesn't look like playtime to me.
One of my favorite bands (Georgia!!); one of my favorite guitarists; related by my favorite narrator
We could have had so much more music if he had not died so young.
Even though the Allman Brothers band was just beginning to become famous, they could have achieved so much more if they had not lost Dwayne. His death has haunted the music scene in Macon Georgia ever since it happened.