Playlist: Introduction to Play All Night! Duane Allman and the Journey to Fillmore East
Improvisation, virtuosity, and live, organic, communal, experience are what Duane Allman valued most in music. It took him time to sift out these values, put them into action with the Allman Brothers Band, and capture the dynamic on record. And despite critical acclaim, the group remained firmly a part of the American rock underground for most of Duane’s lifetime. Success eluded them until the July 1971 release of At Fillmore East.
from the introduction to Play All Night! Duane Allman and the Journey to Fillmore East
Capricorn Records’s 1972 Duane Allman: An Anthology remains a fantastic primer on Duane’s career beyond just the Allman Brothers Band.
Here it is on:
Some key tracks include:
Hour Glass “B.B. King Medley: Sweet Little Angel, It’s My Own Fault, How Blue Can You Get?”
Starts with Duane quietly counting off, then you can really hear the birth of the Allman Brothers Band sound.
Wilson Pickett “Hey Jude”
This is the track that started it all off for Duane.
Clarence Carter “The Road of Love”
This was Duane’s first real session at FAME. Rick Hall overdubbed his slide solo over Carter’s track, recorded and released the previous year.
Aretha Franklin “The Weight”
Duane’s slide is all over this track which reached #19 in March 1969.
Eric Clapton, Duane Allman “Mean Old World”
Acoustic outtake from the Layla sessions.
Cowboy “Please Be With Me”
From one of Duane’s last studio sessions
Allman Brothers Band “Dreams”
To me, this is the track that most represents the earliest incarnation of the Allman Brothers Band in 1969. Among the first of Gregg’s originals the band worked up in Jacksonville.
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Music obsessive. History Geek. Southerner. Guitar Player. Public Historian. Teacher. Writer. Fan, Bob Beatty grew up devouring his mom’s Beatles’ and dad’s Hank Williams and bluegrass records. Throughout his life he’s interwoven his love of punk rock, the Allman Brothers Band, and the Jam Depression collective as a historian, fan, and musician and it was only a matter of time that enduring passion culminated in a Ph.D. and publication of Play All Night! Duane Allman and the Journey to Fillmore East available at www.atfillmoreeastbook.com.
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