Duane Allman
- Authors
- Reynolds-Jr., Robert Grey
- Publisher
- Robert Grey Reynolds, Jr
- Tags
- guitar players , allman brothers , motorcycle crash , duane allman , southern rock , tennessee history , muscle shoals , slide guitar , macon georgia
- Date
- 2016-12-08T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.20 MB
- Lang
- en
Duane Allman was a skinny teenager when he began performing at the famed recording studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama in the late 1960s. In September 1969 the Allman Brothers, a band that Duane founded, released their first album. By this time Duane had become a fixture guitar player. He had recorded with numerous artists of various genres, including Wilson Pickett, Aretha Franklin, Eric Clapton and King Curtis. It is Duane's guitar riffs that are so memorable in the Clapton/Derek and the Dominoes hit 1972 single, Layla.