Allman looked up to Duane, who was more driven and confident of his musical talents, and took his loss hard.Īllman tells his tale in a candid, casual tone like an affable throwback hippie who neither pulls punches nor aggrandizes his remarkable life. The book's first half covers the early years until Duane's premature death in 1971 at 24 from a motorcycle accident in Macon, Georgia.Īllman sketches a vivid portrait of Duane, named second greatest guitarist of all time by Rolling Stone in 2003, in part due to his signature guitar playing with the electric bottleneck steel sound that famously cries like a wounded angel on Derek & the Dominos' "Layla," most notably on the outro into the piano exit. Gregg and Duane, his eighteen months older brother, grew up without their father, who was murdered in a carjacking. Gregg Allman's 2012 memoir, "My Cross to Bear," has its share of tragedies. The live "At Fillmore East" version of "Whipping Post" (which Allman wrote in the middle of the night with burnt match sticks on an ironing board cover) has one of the most memorable openings in any musical genre, with maybe the most recognizable bass intro, followed by one then the other of dual lead guitars pealing in from Duane Allman then Dickey Betts, then Gregg's Hammond organ and his gritty voice sliding in " I've been run down / I've been lied to." In 2002, Rolling Stone lauded this as "the finest live performance ever" recorded. His "Midnight Rider" and "Whipping Post" are two of the most covered songs in rock music and staples for many club bands. Though Gregg Allman, who died May 27, got more than his share of "foxy ladies," most rock fans would strongly disagree with anyone claiming Allman's art won't last.
Good-looking people don't have any spine. We are uncool and while women will always be a problem for us, most of the great art in the world is about that very same problem. Teenaged Miller admits being friends with the band made him feel cool, to which Bangs replies, "Hey, I met you. Miller is the fictional alter ego of Crowe who toured with The Allman Brothers Band-which largely inspired Stillwater-as a teen in late 1973 to write an article for Rolling Stone magazine, when the band was at the top of the rock world. In a pivotal scene in Cameron Crowe's movie "Almost Famous," Lester Bangs, a famous rock critic played by Philip Seymour Hoffman, scolds fifteen-year-old William Miller for making friends with the rock band Stillwater. In Rolling Stone's Rock and Roll Encyclopedia Singer/Songwriter under Entry for 'Sex, Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll'
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