Duane misheard Mr. Scratch when he said he could make him the best guitarist or singer ever.
Wail on, Skydog!
(Thanks to Greg for reminding me of this pic of Duane with the Allman Joys.)
Posted by floridacracker at November 15, 2006 12:03 AMA relatively rare Tele shot! Thanks.
Posted by: mike at November 15, 2006 12:59 AMDuane was the best slide guitarist the world has ever known. Never will be another one like him! I love this rare pics. Keep em coming! Hi, Joshua, hope you see this! :>
Posted by: Sheila at November 15, 2006 12:27 PMJust don't say that to the legendary Pat Travers, Sheila!!! He knows all!!!
Posted by: YO at November 15, 2006 04:21 PMThanks for the cool pic Donnah, I had a tele just like that.
Posted by: csason at November 15, 2006 06:51 PMThanks as usual. Love the vest-cum puffy shirt combo.
Posted by: Carl in Atlanta at November 15, 2006 06:59 PMChrist. He looks better with the beard.
Posted by: Bill from INDC at November 15, 2006 09:25 PMA lot of guys do.
Posted by: Donnah at November 15, 2006 09:35 PMand a good shot that shows the attached fuzz-tone device underneath his control knobs. whoo hoo!
i've got that issue of guitar player magazine that pat travers said all that stuff, YO. heh, indeed, indeed. pat who?
Posted by: richard at November 15, 2006 09:43 PMYes, from his fuzz-tone-loving days.
Dag, Yo, that went right over my head until Richard's comment. Petty Pat's pity party.
I think it was Matheny, though.
"A lot of guys do."
I know, I just grew one. :-)
I'm also practicing "Allahu al akbhar" for my gunpoint conversion.
Posted by: Bill from INDC at November 16, 2006 01:14 AMDon't count on Duane fans to pay a ransom for you or mount a rescue attempt. You've said horrible things about him in the past and we're *too hurt*.
Posted by: Donnah at November 16, 2006 01:28 AMI'll attach a bootlaig copy of Fillmore East to the
Wednesday pic offering if you think it would help
out..
Donnah, can't you teach Bill how to say "Duane Allman is the King of Slide" in arabic..or aramaic
or whatever.
might save his neck.
Posted by: csason at November 16, 2006 04:43 AMThis is the guitar that was stolen from him and I once asked RedDog or one of the other Allmanites
about his telecaster and they said anytime DA went to a music store or a pawn shop he looked for this guitar ..he really wanted this one back ..also he played a white telecaster with a tele neck with hourglass there are pictures of it in the album cover ....I miss album covers dont yall????
first, a Salute to Bill for going over.
second, we'll forgive him, Donnah, what with taste being subjective.
third, pat metheny never said a bad word against Duane that i know. then again, his fluffy neo-bop-cum-euro-ECM-sounding music didn't have much to do with viscera.
fourth, it was pat travers dissing the overdubs on the piano coda to layla. as have i before. richard who?
:)
Posted by: richard at November 16, 2006 05:55 PMLayla happens to be my all time favourite song; who cares if there were some overdubs ?
Pat Travers, can't say I know of anything he did that will stand the test of time.
Hard to believe this "Trog" wannabe turned out to be my guitar messiah. Wail on & Happy Birthday, Duane. I wanted to buy a guitar like this when I was 18 and my Mom told me if I bought one, my clothes would be on the front lawn.
Posted by: Willard at November 20, 2006 09:41 AMYour mama must have seen a wild glint in your eye and was keeping you on the straight and narrow.
Posted by: Donnah at November 20, 2006 11:06 AM