The Final Note – Painters Mill Music Fair, Owings Mills, MD 10-17-71
Allman Brothers Band To Release Duane Allman’s Final Show: 10-17-71
An extraordinary piece of rock history will finally be heard this October with the release of the ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND’s last show with founder and guitarist DUANE ALLMAN. Recorded October 17, 1971 at the Painters Mill Music Fair in Owings Mills, MD, the recording marks Duane’s last show, as he was tragically killed in a motorcycle accident 12 days […]
Duane Allman Special on Premiere Radio Networks October 27
Producer Bill Levenson and Galadrielle Allman will talk “Skydog” on a Duane Allman special aired on Premiere Radio Networks satellite radio October 27. Here are the times and stations carrying this special program – hope you can tune in! TIME STATION LOCATION HOST 9:00am ET WLUP Chicago Mancow 9:10am ET WCSX Detroit Trudi & Jim […]
Duane Allman’s Daughter Discusses Limited-Edition ‘Skydog’ Vinyl Box Set
From GuitarWorld.com: Skydog: The Duane Allman Retrospective, Rounder Records’ 2013 box set honoring the musical legacy of the late Allman Brothers Band guitarist, was a critical and commercial success. On October 28, Rounder will offer a limited-edition vinyl version of the retrospective. Each of the 1,000 individually numbered copies will include all the music from […]
Please Be With Me on Amazon’s Best Books of the Year
Galadrielle Allman’s wonderful book, Please Be With Me: A Song for My Father, Duane Allman is on Amazon.com’s Best Books of the Year – in both the memoir and humor/entertainment categories. The book is available in hardcover, paperback and audio book editions. Galadrielle Allman’s memoir is at once a rapturous, riveting, and intimate account of […]
Please Be With Me, A Song for My Father Duane Allman
Galadrielle Allman’s memoir, PLEASE BE WITH ME(Spiegel & Grau hardcover, on-sale March 4, 2014) is a revelatory meditation on the impact of her father, the legendary guitarist Duane Allman. Not only is this THE definitive biography, with never-before-seen stories, photos, and primary source interviews, it is also a touching and beautifully written story of a […]
Skydog: The Duane Allman Retrospective Announced
SKYDOG: THE DUANE ALLMAN RETROSPECTIVE CHRONICLES GROUNDBREAKING GUITARIST’S CAREER, FROM GARAGE BANDS AND R&B SESSION WORK TO THE ALLMAN BROTHERS AND DEREK & THE DOMINOS Seven CD set, due out March 5 on Rounder Records, includes rare recordings by Allman’s early bands: the Escorts, Allman Joys, the 31st of February, and the Bleus. Extensive liner […]
10 Things Y’ Gotta Do to Play Like Duane Allman
By: Jesse Gress For: Guitar Player April 2007 After acquiring and eventually wearing out his first motorcycle, young Duane Allman became infatuated with his younger brother Gregg’s latest acquisition—a Silvertone acoustic guitar that would soon become a source of incessant squabbling between the two siblings. The situation wasn’t resolved until Duane traded a bag of […]
35 years after his death, Skydog still among rock’s very best guitarists
By Michael Ventre MSNBC contributor Updated: 5:18 p.m. ET Oct 26, 2006 No matter what the circumstances, deaths in the world of rock and roll tend to become romanticized over the years. It has less to do with the tragedy itself than it does with the warm memories that the music of the artists in […]
The Duane Strat
I was reading a post in the Forum about one of Duane’s old Strats and this story came flooding back… From day one, Duane could play just about any guitar, and make it cry, but he had a real Fender fetish in the early days. Probably his all-time favorite guitar from his early Allman Joys/Hourglass […]
Remembering Duane
The Asbury Park Press 22 August 2004 By Mark Voger Staff Writer “When he died, a piece of me went with him.” So says photographer Jim Marshall of guitarist Duane Allman in his glossy new book of photography, “Jim Marshall: Proof” (Chronicle Books). Marshall has photographed many an album cover, including 1971’s “At Fillmore East,” […]
B. B. King’s Medley
By: Bill Thames For: Hittin’ the Web Amazingly, at the age of 78, B. B. King is still playing and singing the blues, juking and jiving with the audience, and all with uncompromising passion. The only noticeable effect of age and ailments on the King of the Blues is the fact that he now plays […]