A god to guitarists and an icon to rock fans, Duane Allman brought white-hot intensity to his life, whether wailing onstage with the Allman Brothers Band, burning up the road astride his beloved Harley, or working out alone with his guitar as night turned to morning.
Skydog reveals the complete story of this complex personality: his childhood and musical awakening; his struggling first bands; his hard-won mastery of the slide guitar; his emergence as an A-list session player; his creation of the Allman Brothers Band and the Southern Rock genre; his tragic death at age 24, and his thriving musical legacy.
Author and music industry veteran Randy Poe taps the people who knew Duane best - along the way chronicling the tumultuous era that shaped Allman and his music, and that he in turn transformed.
Featuring a foreword by ZZ Top's Billy F Gibbons, Skydog includes a comprehensive discography of Duane Allman's work with his own bands and on other artists' recordings, a meticulously researched roundup of his studio and stage instruments, and a look at the continuing lives and careers of Allman's friends and bandmates.
Foreword Billy F Gibbons Gibbons, Billy F
Prologue
1 Where It All Begins 1
2 A Guitar & a Motorcycle, Part 1 7
3 The Escorts 17
4 The Allman Joys 25
5 Like Sands Through the Hour Glass 37
6 Power of Love 49
7 The Epiphany 55
8 The Hour Glass in Muscle Shoals 59
9 How Blue Can You Get? 63
10 The Road to Fame 75
11 The Solo Album 89
12 Two Days in March 101
13 The Calling of the Brotherhood 109
14 The Allman Brothers Band 123
15 The Fillmores, Part 1 133
16 Idlewild South 137
17 Duane, Eric & Layla 155
18 The Fillmores, Part 2 171
19 Mann & Allman 191
20 The Final Tour 197
21 A Guitar & a Motorcycle, Part 2 205
22 Eat a Peach 215
23 The Allman Brothers Band A.D. 221
24 Decline, Fall & Resurrection 233
Epilogue: Still Peakin' at the Beacon 251
Afterword 257
Acknowledgments 263
Farther on Up the Road 267
Duane Allman-A Discography 273
The Guitars of Duane Allman 285
References 299
About the Author 305
Photo Credits 307
Index 309
Catdude
Posted February 28, 2009
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This is definately a must read book for anyone who remembers this time in music history. It tells about the pre-Allman Brothers days as well as the long list of artist Duane did session work with. The book also includes a section with pictures, devoted to the guitars Duane played for real aficionados. This book will not only make you want to pull out any of your old records (yeah, I said records) but, it'll make you want to dig up some of his session player/sideman work. If you didn't know before you read this book how great Duane was, you will learn and you'll understand why his untimely death is still such a great loss.
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Posted February 7, 2008
All the storys finally come togeather after all thease years of devotion to this band,including nameing my daughter melissa.I felt like i climed into duane's shoes for short time.Best time i ever had reading.
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A god to guitarists and an icon to rock fans, Duane Allman brought white-hot intensity to his life, whether wailing onstage with the Allman Brothers Band, burning up the road astride his beloved Harley, or working out alone with his guitar as night turned to morning.
Skydog reveals the complete story of this complex personality: his childhood and musical awakening; his struggling first bands; his hard-won mastery of the slide guitar; his emergence as an A-list session player; ...