On April 4, 1968, when Dr. Martin Luther King was assassinated, Gregg and Duane Allman were ending their time as the group, The Hourglass. In tribute to Dr. King, Gregg wrote and then recorded, “God Rest His Soul”, with brother Duane and their friend Butch Trucks who was in the band, The 31st Of February. “For the man they loves so well. Oh Lord, Lord. But Lord knows I can’t change what I saw I say God rest his soul.” – Gregg Allman | Gregg Allman

Duane Allman & John Hammond ~ Tribute 1970

Remembering Duane Allman who died the age of 24 this day in a motorcycle accident. (November 20, 1946 – October 29, 1971) He was the founder and original leader of the Allman Brothers Band, for which he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995. You can see a shirt once owned by Duane and items owned by the other Allman Brothers Band including a Harley-Davidson motorcycle once owned by his brother Gregg Allman in the Music Memories Museum Swainsboro Georgia | Music Memories Museum

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

Today we pay tribute to Duane Allman who died on this day in 1971 in a tragic motorcycle accident. In this clip, his brother Gregg talked about how Duane was the fearless leader of The Allman Brother Band. #AllmanBrothers #music #rip | AXS TV