NATIONAL SLIDE DAY
Today should be designated “Slide Guitarist Day.” The greatest slide guitarist of all time, Duane Allman, was born on this date in 1946. There have never been tastier slide solos and fills than Duane’s on Statesboro Blues, One Way Out, You Don’t Love Me, and Layla. Man among boys until his untimely death. One year […]
The Allman Brothers At Fillmore East!
There really weren’t many live rock albums released before 1970 for several reasons. First, live recordings, like concerts themselves, were not capable of high fidelity sound. Second, the record suits didn’t see live recordings as marketable. Third, bands wanted to promote new material, mainly in the form of singles, to promote themselves. The Beatles put […]
LESTER PAUL
Our musical palette would be far less colorful without Les Paul.
