Skydog Duane Allman & Jazz article

[Robert]

Interesting read here http://www.jazz.com/jazz-blog/2009/9/2/allman-barnes

If he had lived, maybe he would have become a jazz fusion guitarist?

[msteeln]

If he had lived, maybe he would have become a jazz fusion guitarist?

Rock fusion was good enuf, if not better, and he was one of the best.

[Perfect Stranger]

I remember sitting in the eastside Krystal Restaurant in Macon, GA the night he wrecked his motorcycle. For us
hometown boys it was a sad, sad night. Having played free many Sundays at Central City Park in Macon, the
Brothers were friends with most of the "hippie" population in Macon, of which I am proud to say "I was one!"
I remember being at the music festival the above writer describes and that's no small feat. Good times....good
times....missed times! :AOK:

[R_of_G]

interesting article robert. thanks for posting.

for my part, i tend to think duane already was a jazz guitar player. perhaps he did it from within the confines of a rock band, but the allmans were never the ordinary rock band. when the songs came to the solo sections, more often than not, both duane and dickey were jazz musicians.

[peachhead]

Nice article. I think Duane was so into music as a whole- not just one genre- he could take so many different musical thoughts and pull them together into whatever kind of road he wanted to take at that particular time. That's why I love to hear as much of the original lineup as I can, because so much of it varies from take to take. Also, as a session player, I think he got to incorporate so much; thinking outside the box if you will; he pulled so many different things into that one box he was playing (did that make sense?). I simply cannot listen to his music enough- not necessarily from a guitarists standpoint, but just in a musical way. It's like taking the same road time after time but always seeing something different each time you go down it.

OK, I'll stop now.