Ha...I just saw a photo of Duane wearing a chestnut brown color leather fringe jacket (remember those?). Anyway, I had one exactly like it several years later and although was always devoted to the Allman Brothers as to their music, never knew until recently that that coat had been earlier worn by Duane.

'Course, I lived in Colorado Rockies at the time and actually wore the thing on a ranch, so...

It was neat to see a photo of Duane Allman wearing the same coat I'd worn myself for years. Just an interesting thing about fringe here.

Donnah: Is he singing in that pic? It never occured to me before, but I can't remember him signing any songs. Can you? Maybe on Layla?

Carl

Nah, he's not singing. Do you know who that guy with him is?
Although there are recordings of Duane singing, they are mercifully few, as Gregg had all the singing talent.
At Amazon you can listen to clips from his anthology albums, if you want to hear more.

S- No fringe! For God's sake, I beg you. No fringe!
My hippie Ken doll had a fringed leather vest. I still have nightmares from it.

Yeah, my sister's Ken had one of those vests, too. It looked like Ken had flown to San Francisco to buy it at "Truman's Lovely Leathers."

Found him.
This is the Ken I had.

I don't kinow who the other player is, but he looks somehow british to me....

Those fringed thingies were for posers only. By the time the bay-area hippie movement got here (the SE USA), Haight Ashbury was already a tourist attraction and they were making tv shows featuring "hippies". When it comes to culture and trends, if it ever becomes "as seen on TV" it's over. What was the first TV show to feature "hippy-like" characters? The Monkees? The Partridge Family? Billy Jack?

IMHO, the only person who could wear the buckskin fringe without looking like a total geek was Fess Parker during the late 50's-early 60's. Of course, I will have to admit that that creepiest of of the characters in the movie Mulholland Drive - - "The Cowboy" - - did lend a certain cachet to the buckskin-fringed coat look( thinking about that guy still gives me the willies!).

Did Duane ever play with Jimmy Page? Looks like his face, I'd swear that was his hair...

Donna, ha, not THAT (Ken Doll) kind o' fringe, but the same fringe jacket that Duane wears in some photo I now cannot find again (but just saw it last week on the internet).

And, about fringe, go look (again) at that cover of Greg on "The Allman Brothers Band" LP/CD...he's wearing a pullover suede fringe shirt. My jacket and the one Duane is photographed wearing were the chestnut brown suede jackets that you see...um...well you see Duane Allman wearing, among others.

At least it was my one and my only fringe thing, although a few years ago fringe suede women's gloves returned to style (didn't buy a pair but thought about it)...(for colder climates, at least).

At least *I* never had a Ken Doll...ha.

Here: Greg wearing his fringe suede shirt...the jacket I'm referring to, however, was same color, same sorta' fringe but a jacket, not the Greg pullover, and Duane can be seen wearing it if I could only relocate that photo (can't now, sorry). Fringe!

At least I'm not ~still~ wearing it. Now that would just be sad.

~;-D

The mystery hippy's name is Larry Reinhardt, guitarist with Captain Beyond and Iron Butterfly and, most importantly for ABB fans, the Second Coming - Dickie and Berry's band prior to hooking up with Duane Allman. Captain Beyond's debut album was dedicated to the memory of Duane Allman and their second, you guessed it, was dedicated to Berry.

Thank you, YO. I remember reading about this fellow before; that he'd made it into the bigs.

S- Again, I beg you. In the name of all that's holy- NO FRINGE.

You know who I thought it was first? That poofy-haired boy in the Heartbreakers. Then I remembered "Oh yeah, he plays keyboards."

I read somewhere that Tom Petty was at the studio where Duane and the ABB were recording, and he erased some tape as a prank.
I think he needed a comprehensive beating.

Ha, O.K., Donna, /fringeoff.

Just kidding you, S.
Proust had his dipping of the madeleines into tea, you have your leather fringe...