Is that LACE on Greg's shirt? The band's look is in this shot is disturbingly reminiscent of Paul Revere and the Raiders.

Yep, big ass lacy ruffles.
The lace on Duane's shirt is much more demure, n'est-ce pas?

As a kid, I remember looking at the cover of a '45 by the Raiders and thinking something along the lines of "This is excessive."

Recently found your blog. Thanks for the Wednesday pictures of Duane. Great stuff. He's the reason I picked up a guitar in 1970, and haven't put it down since! I learned to play by wearing out Fillmore East and Eat A Peach. Why so hard on Gregg, though? IMO, he's the greatest white blues singer of our generation, in spite of himself!

Why so hard on Gregg? Because I've always felt he would have benefitted immensely from a good hiding. To top off his quiverful of screw-ups, he inflicted Cher on me.
Yes, he is indeed a fabulous singer. And songwriter. I'll always bust on him, though.

"Groovy" threads? Are those like "the cat's pajamas?"

Are you, or are not hep to the jive, Salt?

I've just added your Duane Allman Wednesday Photo to my favorites list. As I write this, I'm listening to disc 2 of the Duane anthology 1. I've been a Duane fan for 32 years and can't express enough how much I love this guy's music. I just recently paid my respects to Duane and Berry at the Rose Hill Cemetery in Macon. In seeing your posts, I feel like I have found a kindred spirit who appreciates and reveres the spirit, talent, and person that was Duane Allman.
Wail on Skydog, wail on Donnah!

Wednesday's a busy day around here. Duane made himself a lot of life-long fans and a good many pass through here midweek.
Feel free to share your memories about Duane and his music, Willard. We all enjoy talking about him.

I didn't get turned on to Duane until after he was already gone. Back in 72, my brother bought a copy of 'Duane Allman Anthology' and he would play "Loan Me a Dime" every morning before leaving for school. I never paid much attention to his music, after all his record collection ranged from Andy Williams, to Tommy Dorsey. Prior to Duane his only rock albums were 'Days of Future Passed'(Moody Blues) and 'Thick as a Brick' (Jethro Tull). Day after day I'd hear that singing, "Somebody loan me a dime", I thought it was awful. After a while, I started noticing that guitar, that clear burning lead that built to a (dare I say it) orgasmic level then just kept right on going. I was hooked. My brother then bought, 'Live at the Fillmore East' and I became a 'Disciple of Duane' I'd take the stereo speakers, place them with just enough space for my head, crank it up to full blast and experience 'Whipping Post' as close to being at a concert as I could get. That music got me through my youth. My friends listened to Zepplin. Not many dug the Allmans, but here in Illinois I tried to spread the word. To bad the best part of them was already gone when I found them.
These days I have to listen to them at work or wait till the family is out of the house to put on Duane's music. My wife is a 60s bubble gum rocker with serious Beatle leanings. Any Southern Blues/Rock sends her into BITCH mode and I can't tune her out. So when I found your site, I found a sanctuary. Thanks for letting me ramble.

I don't think I could have taken "Loan Me a Dime" that early in the morning.
My brother had the Idlewild South album. That's what got me started. Being in the South, Southern Rock, Country, and Rock all got their fair share on turntables.

I've had enough Beatles to last me a lifetime.

Thanks a bunch Donnah for compiling all this info on the Brothers. A great living tribute to Duane- one of the .00000000001% that classify as musical genius. I also was a slow learner. One of my best buds got hip early on (1969) and wouldn't shut up about the ABB. I could care less as it wasn't on the airwaves and I was far too busy riding the Led/Moody Blues/Stones/Rod Stewart train. The day Duane died, he came up to me and talked about it stating a legend had just passed and didn't I understand that? I didn't then but I sure do now. Jessica first sparked my interest, but it wasn't until I really understood the blues for the magic it is that I began to appreciate what Duane and the ABB brought to the world. All those bands I grew up with from across the pond (sans the Beatles)that filled the AM radio airwaves had other songs on their albums that were the real music. Not the crap some promoter thought was catchy. They'd tricked us - they were really just doing covers of blues guru's like Muddy, Willie Dixon, Sonny Boy Williamson, Jimmy Rodgers, Elmore James, Howlin' Wolf, B.B., Mose Allison, ect... All of them - The Animals, Yardbirds, Stones, Spencer Davis, Cream, Led Zep, Fleetwood Mac (esp the early stuff), Ten Years After, Faces - you would hear their garbage on the radio, but the real music was on their LP's. And their real music was 8 bar and 12 bar blues. I'd been fleeced! After I understood the radio waves were nothing more than a Ponzi game, I could then appreciate what my buddy had tried to tune me into almost a decade earlier. The Brits did some great justice to American blues music. Duane Allman and The ABB took it to another level. It's sad that there was only a short amount of input from Duane, but I can tell you it lives on. Saw the Brothers again last weekend and Warren Haynes couldn't play due to family issues. So they brought out Jack Pearson (ABB 97,98,99) and a sax player and did a true Jam Band gig of their oldies. It still lives - thanks Duane!

Thanks for sharing, greydog!