OT: my all-time favorite Duane Allman performance

[drthoma...@gmail.com]

Here it is, from the Anthology album:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkFOBZRAbMU&feature=related

I was searching on Calvin Newborn, clicked through to King Curtis, and
from there to Duane.

[Gerry]

Sadly, even as an old Allman acolyte, I found myself unmoved. Actually
I was surprised that at that age he had some obvious BB-isms. He may
always have but I just wasn't wise to that in 1972.

Maybe it's just tonight, and if I come back tomorrow my heard will
sing. I haven't listened to Duane and Betts in a very long time and
they were such models for me.
--
Dogmatism kills jazz. Iconoclasm kills rock. Rock dulls scissors.

[pmfan57]

On Apr 20, 11:04 pm, Gerry <somewh...@sunny.calif> wrote:

My favorites of Duane's are the solo on Blue Sky, and the Fillmore
Elizabeth Reed and Whipping Post solos. Funny that none of those are
on slide. I like lots of his other stuff as well.

[Gerry]

I saw them a couple of times live, both before Berry Oakley's demise.
It tooks weeks to recover.

[Tim McNamara]

In article <2010042020043993079-somewhere@sunnycalif>,
Gerry <some...@sunny.calif> wrote:

> On 2010-04-20 19:53:10 -0700, tomb...@jhu.edu said:
>
> > Here it is, from the Anthology album:
> >
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkFOBZRAbMU&feature=related
> >
> > I was searching on Calvin Newborn, clicked through to King Curtis,
> > and from there to Duane.
>
> Sadly, even as an old Allman acolyte, I found myself unmoved.
> Actually I was surprised that at that age he had some obvious
> BB-isms. He may always have but I just wasn't wise to that in 1972.
>
> Maybe it's just tonight, and if I come back tomorrow my heard will
> sing. I haven't listened to Duane and Betts in a very long time and
> they were such models for me.

This is pre-ABB. Duane was possibly playing his 1961 Strat through a
Fender amp, possibly with a Fuzz Face (he also had another post-CBS
Strat according to photos). He hadn't yet developed into the musician
he was was with the ABB- although some of those licks turn up in ABB
studio recordings and the Fillmore shows.

My favorite Duane solo is his turn in "Liz Reed"and the interplay
between he and Berry.

In Randy Poe's biography of Duane, he recounts a story of Duane in high
school (a military academy, no less) sitting in his room with his Les
Paul Junior and learning licks off records by stopping the record with
his toe, learning the lick, letting the record go to the next lick,
stopping it with his toe, and so on. He'd learn the entire record, flip
it over and learn the other side. He'd apparently put in thousands of
hours learning licks before he got out of high school. No doubt
including lots of BB King licks.