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The Allmans, especially brother Duane
The original Allmans featured two excellent guitarists, Duane Allman and
Dickey Betts. Both men could play the heck out of a 12-bar blues, but in
Duane’s brief career, he shined most on slide guitar (see Figure 13-5 for a
slide solo, Allman-style). Allman’s stylistic hallmarks were rapid up-and-down
slides into and out of eighth notes, plus a penchant for throwing in large,
unexpected melodic leaps to keep listeners on their toes. His exceptional
slide work can be heard all over the famous At Fillmore East live album from
1971, especially on the blues masterpiece “Statesboro Blues.” He died shortly
thereafter, but his slide work was so ahead of its time that he set the bottleneck
standard for the next 25 years.
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