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Iggy and the Stooges [2014] - Johanna



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mr peabody said:
Seen TWICE at Stony Brook ('70 and '71) with Duane Allman. The 1st show was especially great. Two drummers, big sound - like a massive psychedelic train liner.
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Duane Allman's death was a real tragedy. Such a talent. That's wonderful that you got to see him play.

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Duane began to learn to play slide guitar on his birthday in 1968. He was recovering from an injury to his left elbow, suffered in a fall from a horse. Gregg brought him a birthday present, the debut album by Taj Mahal, and a bottle of Coricidin pills. He left them on the front porch and rang the bell, as Duane was angry with him about the injury. "About two hours after I left, my phone rang," Gregg recalled. "'Baby brother, baby brother, get over here now!'" Duane had poured the pills out of the Coricidin bottle, washed off the label and was using it as a slide to play along with the album track "Statesboro Blues" (on the recording, the slide guitar is played by Jesse Ed Davis). "Duane had never played slide before," Gregg later said, but "he just picked it up and started burnin'. He was a natural." The song became a part of the Allman Brothers Band's repertoire, and Duane's slide guitar became crucial to their sound. Because of his use of the early-1970s-era Coricidin medicine bottle, which is no longer manufactured, replica Coricidin bottles are now popular with slide guitar players who like its glassy feel and sound
 
chippermonk said:
Duane Allman's death was a real tragedy. Such a talent. That's wonderful that you got to see him play.

citation from Wikipedia:
Duane began to learn to play slide guitar on his birthday in 1968. He was recovering from an injury to his left elbow, suffered in a fall from a horse. Gregg brought him a birthday present, the debut album by Taj Mahal, and a bottle of Coricidin pills. He left them on the front porch and rang the bell, as Duane was angry with him about the injury. "About two hours after I left, my phone rang," Gregg recalled. "'Baby brother, baby brother, get over here now!'" Duane had poured the pills out of the Coricidin bottle, washed off the label and was using it as a slide to play along with the album track "Statesboro Blues" (on the recording, the slide guitar is played by Jesse Ed Davis). "Duane had never played slide before," Gregg later said, but "he just picked it up and started burnin'. He was a natural." The song became a part of the Allman Brothers Band's repertoire, and Duane's slide guitar became crucial to their sound. Because of his use of the early-1970s-era Coricidin medicine bottle, which is no longer manufactured, replica Coricidin bottles are now popular with slide guitar players who like its glassy feel and sound
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Duane was in a class by himself, believe me. And the combination of him with Dicky was other-worldly. The band was an absolute enigma back then. I was a big fan.
 
mr peabody said:
Duane was in a class by himself, believe me. And the combination of him and Dicky was other-worldly. The band was an absolute enigma back then.
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There are a number of musicians who I wonder how they would have grown if they lived. Plenty who live become stagnate (Eric Clapton for eg imho) but Duane seemed like he would have grown a lot. Among other things, he was really into Miles Davis and John Coltrane. Hendrix is another I think was growing. That last album The Cry of Love really showed some beautiful new development I think....maybe we need a new thread on "Great Musicians Who Grow Old and Keep Playing For Better or Worse" ;)
 
AC/DC [1977] - Dog Eat Dog



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Vocals: Bon Scott
Guitar: Angus Young
Guitar: Malcolm Young
Drums: Phil Rudd
Bass: Mark Evans
 
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Motorhead [1983] - Back at the Funny Farm



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Vocals, Bass: Lemmy Kilmister
Drums: Phil Taylor
Guitar: Brian Robertson

Seen live at Keystone Berkeley on August 12, 1983. One of the greatest performances ever. Unbelievable!
 
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Allman Brothers Band [1971] - Little Martha



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"Little Martha" was the only Allman Brothers track written solely by Duane Allman. The track was recorded in October 1971, a few weeks before Duane Allman's death in a motorcycle accident. Allman had had a dream where Jimi Hendrix showed him the melody of the tune in a Holiday Inn motel bathroom, using the sink faucet as a guitar fretboard. Little Martha was Allman's ode to his girlfriend Dixie Meadows, who he had given the pet name Martha, because of the vintage clothing she sometimes wore. :cry:

played by Duane Allman & Dickey Betts - acoustic guitars


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