{"id":24502,"date":"2023-02-09T05:30:51","date_gmt":"2023-02-09T10:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=24502"},"modified":"2022-12-09T14:37:47","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T19:37:47","slug":"take-5-duane-allman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/09\/take-5-duane-allman\/","title":{"rendered":"Take 5: Duane Allman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"western\" align=\"left\">Duane Allman is best known as co-leader of The Allman Brothers Band, the innovative collective that combined John Coltrane-style improvisation with searing melodies and superb songwriting. But Allman cut his teeth as a session guitarist, memorably lending his six-string skills to the music of other artists. Here are five highlights from Duane Allman\u2019s session work.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"left\">\u201c<b>Loan Me a Dime\u201d by Boz Scaggs (1969)<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"left\">Before he launched his career as a smooth, urbane soul singer (and after he left the Steve Miller Band) Boz Scaggs made an r&amp;b album using the Muscle Shoals Rhythm section. This slow-burn reading of the Fenton Robinson song features breathtaking horn charts and \u2013 starting around the eight-minute mark \u2013 one of Duane Allman\u2019s most heartfelt lead guitar breaks.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WGGvlTXGERA\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"left\">\u201c<b>Hey Jude\u201d by Wilson Pickett (1969)<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"left\">As the story goes, fiery soul singer Wilson Pickett almost didn\u2019t cut this track. But at the suggestion of Duane Allman, Pickett agreed, and the results were so powerful that it ended up as the title track of his 1969 album. Pickett\u2019s cover of the Beatles classic \u2013 the original of which had only been released a few months earlier \u2013 did well on both the r&amp;b and pop singles charts.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0y8Q2PATVyI\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"left\">\u201c<b>It Ain\u2019t Fair\u201d by Aretha Franklin (1970)<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"left\">For her sixteenth album, diva Aretha Franklin drew upon material from across the pop spectrum, delivering soulful readings of songs by The Beatles, The Band, Bacharach\/David and other greats. This deep cut on <i>This Girl\u2019s in Love With You<\/i> features Allman playing some lean and mean blues guitar.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M7E_jz3jHQc\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"left\">\u201c<b>Push Push\u201d by Herbie Mann (1971)<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"left\">Jazz flautist Herbie Mann deserves praise for helping to bring jazz into the mainstream; he\u2019s arguably a leading light in opening up pop audiences to what is now known as \u201cWorld music.\u201d He always enlisted top musicians for his albums: Sonny Sharrock and Larry Coryell are just two of the guitarists who played on Mann\u2019s records. Featuring a tasty extended guitar solo from Duane Allman, the title track from Mann\u2019s 1971 LP ranks among his best.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y9EMVd1773A\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"left\">\u201c<b>More Than Enough Rain\u201d by Bobby Lance (1971)<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"left\">For many years Allman\u2019s involvement in this record wasn\u2019t verified. But it\u2019s now known that the session guitarist played slide guitar on this, a standout track on <i>First Peace<\/i>, Lance\u2019s debut album. Also appearing on the track is sax hero King Curtis.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EAbFUKosX6s\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Duane Allman is best known as co-leader of The Allman Brothers Band, the innovative collective that combined John Coltrane-style improvisation with searing melodies and superb songwriting. 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