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The main guitar riff and wailing outro in the song 'Layla' aren't being played by Eric Clapton; it's Duane Allman and the song was originally intended as a ballad until Duane got involved.
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Lynyrd Skynyrd's 1973 song 'Free Bird' was dedicated to Duane Allman, however contrary to popular belief, the song was written well before his death
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In 1968, a [then] session guitarist at Fame Studio in Muscle Shoals Alabama named Duane Allman convinced Wilson Pickett to cover the Beatles' *Hey Jude*, which was still on the charts. Eric Clapton says that Allman's solo in the song is his favorite.
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Founding members of 'The Allman Brothers Band' Duane Allman and Berry Oakley each died in a motorcycle crash, a year apart, in the same town, only three blocks apart.
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During the At Fillmore East photo session, Duane Allman spotted a dealer friend, raced over and grabbed a bag of contraband, then returned to his seat, discreetly clutching the stash in his lap. This made the whole band laugh, resulting in a memorable image
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The first on-demand song played from a portable listening device was "Push Push" by Herbie Mann and Duane Allman.
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Gregg and Duane Allman had an early band with the punny name "the Allman Joys".
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Duane Allman played on the Derek & the Dominos song, Layla, alongside Eric Clapton
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Duane Allman played the second lead guitar part (and IMO the better part) on Derek and The Dominoes’ “Layla”.
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Duane Allman wrote "Little Martha" after a dream where Jimi Hendrix showed him the melody using the sink faucet as a guitar fretboard. Sometimes, I hear this song in my dreams too. A 12 year old boy played this for me on my father’s guitar and it was the first time that I ever swooned.
