I grew up in South Jersey and heard the first Allman Brothers Band album shortly after its release...and Duane Allman made a huge impact on the youth. A lot of teenagers wanted to learn how to play guitar like him. He was very innovative and influential to musicians. People today don't seem to acknowledge his importance. He was a very original kind of player. His tone and his phrasing were impressionable to people. Sometimes he sounded like a horn ! He was a complete natural and a huge influence on everybody
You nailed Duane! He was amazing. This is one of the few you tube video's I've seen that even begins to articulate Duane Allman. I told his Mom when we were 12 that her boys were going to be famous...can you even imagine what it would have been had he lived....sad isn't it. Thank you Paul Hornsby for doing this video.
One only has to listen to Duane Allman's work to tell that he was meticulous when it came to honing his God-given abilities. I am certain, though I never met the man, that he was an individual who was never satisfied with "good." Based on what I have read about him, he sharpened his skills with hours and hours and hours of relentless practice. That is a recipe for success in any endeavor. That is why he is, in my humble opinion, the most awe-inspiring guitar player I have ever heard.
I worked at Capricorn Studio for Johnny Sandlin and although Duane was already gone, Johnny would tell me about Duane here and there. They were great friends and he was Duane's roommate. He told me about when Duane first started to play slide guitar. Johnny said he picked up a Coresidan bottle and slid it over the strings and he thought it was the most screetchy annoying thing. He went on to say that he was called out town for about a month and when he came back home, he could hardly believe his ears! Duane had it down pat and in 30 days he had mastered slide guitar and was ready to go! I usually had to practically pull teeth to get Johnny to tell me something about Duane! I think he was still, after about three and a half years, having trouble coming to terms with the loss of Duane, so I am very thankful for what he did tell me! Johnny left us September 2017 about 4 months after Bro. Gregg left. He also said he felt like in Duanes absence that he should be there for Gregg and keep a watchful eye on him. He was a man true to his word! God bless Johnny Sandlin! Say hey to the others, man it's getting kind of lonely down here! Peace.
Jolene Loveland, thank you for your reply. I have read the story in Gregg's memoir about how Duane learned to play slide. God had to have had a hand in this. To think that an accident on a horse that led to a broken arm and a thoughtful brother bringing over medication in a Coresidan bottle would be the genesis of a man becoming the world's greatest slide guitar player shows the character of a God who takes a bad situation and turns it into something good. I also know, based on others' recollections of Duane, that he was very intelligent, loved to read, and tried to learn something from every musician he listened to. It is such a pity that someone so dedicated to his craft was taken from us at such a young age. One can only imagine what wonderful music he would have produced had he been given more time with us.
@@danahill9008 when Gregg brought Duane the medicine, he also brought Taj Mahal's album, with his version of "Statesboro Blues", featuring Jesse Ed Davis on slide guitar... THAT'S what caused Duane to put that bottle on his finger!
@@danahill9008 He was already playing slide. Duane blamed the accident on Gregg and would not talk to him or see him. This bummed Gregg out so much that finally he went to the corner drug store and bought a care package, the pills, magazines, a coke...he knocked and ran leaving the bag behind. Duane hadn't been able to play for weeks, so he emptied the bottle and used it for a slide. Before Gregg passed he said he still had that bottle. Gregg bought Duane his first guitar and taught him the basics...Duane took over from there and there was no stopping him...
I worked at a music store back in the late 70s. The owner had one of Duane's Coricidin slides from a local community college gig the Allmans did in the late 60s. Duane had dropped it and it cracked so he just left it on stage. This store owner scooped it up afterwards as a memento from "this new and very talented" guitar player he had just witnessed (not to mention the rest of the band). I could've bought it back then but didn't. Still regret that. Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda....
Thanks for this ! I'm a huge fan of Duane and the Brothers and in reading Greggs book and now Skydog your name is a constant so it's nice to see the face of a cat I have been reading about. The Road Goes On Forever ~
My wife and I visited Paul in his Muscadine studio in September 2015. What an honor for us to chat with this very nice man and musician. And then he also played 3 songs for us on the piano ... I had tears of happiness in my eyes!!!!
I worked at Capricorn Studio for Johnny Sandlin and Paul Hornsby when he had sessions. Paul is such a sweetheart and possibly the nicest man you'll ever meet! He's a total pro and very exacting with the sound he wants to achieve on an album. He is so positive and charming, you just gotta love him! What a legend!
Im 76 years old so my whole life there was the Allman Brothers band,now there are no more living Allmans which means the Allman Brothers are finished ,the only musicians death that hit me harder than Gregs death was the death of Frank Zappa ,for decades both bands were on the wife and I's must see concert list ,to this day ill cry if i hear Watermelon in Easter hay or Chungas Revenge from Zappa ,when Franks son Dweezil started his Zappa plays Zappa band which plays all Frank Zappa music it felt like my wife & i both regained our ability to listen to Zappas music without deeply missing the man himself ,i sure wish there was a way for the Allman Brothers children to put together a tribute act .
Haven't you heard about The Allman Betts Band? There no tribute band, but they play a few Allman Brothers tunes. Sons of Berry Oakley, Dickey Betts and Gregg Allman are in the band, among other fine players. They are all over UA-cam.
Nothing ordinary about Duane Allman.
That’s cool. I never thought of them as singing harmonies but of course they would.
I grew up in South Jersey and heard the first Allman Brothers Band album shortly after its release...and Duane Allman made a huge impact on the youth. A lot of teenagers wanted to learn how to play guitar like him.
He was very innovative and influential to musicians. People today don't seem to acknowledge his importance. He was a very original kind of player. His tone and his phrasing were impressionable to people. Sometimes he sounded like a horn ! He was a complete natural and a huge influence on everybody
You nailed Duane! He was amazing. This is one of the few you tube video's I've seen that even begins to articulate Duane Allman. I told his Mom when we were 12 that her boys were going to be famous...can you even imagine what it would have been had he lived....sad isn't it. Thank you Paul Hornsby for doing this video.
One only has to listen to Duane Allman's work to tell that he was meticulous when it came to honing his God-given abilities. I am certain, though I never met the man, that he was an individual who was never satisfied with "good." Based on what I have read about him, he sharpened his skills with hours and hours and hours of relentless practice. That is a recipe for success in any endeavor. That is why he is, in my humble opinion, the most awe-inspiring guitar player I have ever heard.
I worked at Capricorn Studio for Johnny Sandlin and although Duane was already gone, Johnny would tell me about Duane here and there. They were great friends and he was Duane's roommate. He told me about when Duane first started to play slide guitar. Johnny said he picked up a Coresidan bottle and slid it over the strings and he thought it was the most screetchy annoying thing. He went on to say that he was called out town for about a month and when he came back home, he could hardly believe his ears! Duane had it down pat and in 30 days he had mastered slide guitar and was ready to go! I usually had to practically pull teeth to get Johnny to tell me something about Duane! I think he was still, after about three and a half years, having trouble coming to terms with the loss of Duane, so I am very thankful for what he did tell me! Johnny left us September 2017 about 4 months after Bro. Gregg left. He also said he felt like in Duanes absence that he should be there for Gregg and keep a watchful eye on him. He was a man true to his word! God bless Johnny Sandlin! Say hey to the others, man it's getting kind of lonely down here! Peace.
Jolene Loveland, thank you for your reply. I have read the story in Gregg's memoir about how Duane learned to play slide. God had to have had a hand in this. To think that an accident on a horse that led to a broken arm and a thoughtful brother bringing over medication in a Coresidan bottle would be the genesis of a man becoming the world's greatest slide guitar player shows the character of a God who takes a bad situation and turns it into something good. I also know, based on others' recollections of Duane, that he was very intelligent, loved to read, and tried to learn something from every musician he listened to. It is such a pity that someone so dedicated to his craft was taken from us at such a young age. One can only imagine what wonderful music he would have produced had he been given more time with us.
@@danahill9008 when Gregg brought Duane the medicine, he also brought Taj Mahal's album, with his version of "Statesboro Blues", featuring Jesse Ed Davis on slide guitar... THAT'S what caused Duane to put that bottle on his finger!
@@danahill9008 He was already playing slide. Duane blamed the accident on Gregg and would not talk to him or see him. This bummed Gregg out so much that finally he went to the corner drug store and bought a care package, the pills, magazines, a coke...he knocked and ran leaving the bag behind. Duane hadn't been able to play for weeks, so he emptied the bottle and used it for a slide. Before Gregg passed he said he still had that bottle. Gregg bought Duane his first guitar and taught him the basics...Duane took over from there and there was no stopping him...
@@klmullins65 Gregg also bought Duane's first guitar and taught him what he knew...the basics. Duane ran with it....apparently and history proves it.
I worked at a music store back in the late 70s. The owner had one of Duane's Coricidin slides from a local community college gig the Allmans did in the late 60s. Duane had dropped it and it cracked so he just left it on stage. This store owner scooped it up afterwards as a memento from "this new and very talented" guitar player he had just witnessed (not to mention the rest of the band). I could've bought it back then but didn't. Still regret that. Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda....
Thanks for this ! I'm a huge fan of Duane and the Brothers and in reading Greggs book and now Skydog your name is a constant so it's nice to see the face of a cat I have been reading about. The Road Goes On Forever ~
My wife and I visited Paul in his Muscadine studio in September 2015. What an honor for us to chat with this very nice man and musician. And then he also played 3 songs for us on the piano ... I had tears of happiness in my eyes!!!!
Very nice. I was fortunate to be invited to his studio while recording was in session. 2017.
I worked at Capricorn Studio for Johnny Sandlin and Paul Hornsby when he had sessions. Paul is such a sweetheart and possibly the nicest man you'll ever meet! He's a total pro and very exacting with the sound he wants to achieve on an album. He is so positive and charming, you just gotta love him! What a legend!
Is Paul Hornsby related to Bruce Hornsby? I've always wondered about that
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Im 76 years old so my whole life there was the Allman Brothers band,now there are no more living Allmans which means the Allman Brothers are finished ,the only musicians death that hit me harder than Gregs death was the death of Frank Zappa ,for decades both bands were on the wife and I's must see concert list ,to this day ill cry if i hear Watermelon in Easter hay or Chungas Revenge from Zappa ,when Franks son Dweezil started his Zappa plays Zappa band which plays all Frank Zappa music it felt like my wife & i both regained our ability to listen to Zappas music without deeply missing the man himself ,i sure wish there was a way for the Allman Brothers children to put together a tribute act .
Haven't you heard about The Allman Betts Band? There no tribute band, but they play a few Allman Brothers tunes. Sons of Berry Oakley, Dickey Betts and Gregg Allman are in the band, among other fine players. They are all over UA-cam.