24 year-old Duane Allman was killed when his Harley-Davidson Sportster collided with a flatbed truck in Macon, Georgia on October 29th, 1971. Eric Clapton was so impressed with Allman’s style of playing that he asked Duane to join him on the August 1970 recording of “Layla”. The high-pitched wailing you hear all over “Layla” is Skydog’s masterful slide guitar- immortalized by Martin Scorcese in one of the greatest films of all time. Though the final recording of “Melissa” wouldn’t take place unt

24 year-old guitarist Duane Allman died 50 years ago today, from internal organ failure, suffered in a crash with a flatbed truck on his Harley-Davidson Sportster in Macon Georgia. Seven months prior to Duane’s death, The Allman Brothers put on a stellar performance at The Fillmore East in the lower east side of Manhattan, New York City. Duane’s slide guitar over @dickeybettsofficial ‘s rhythm, backed by two drum kits & a bouncing bass line, is perfectly completed by Gregg Altman’s bluesy vocal