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1889 | |||||||
OCTOBER 1889 | |||||||
October 18: Simon Hilliard Robbins, the maternal grandfather of Gregg and Duane Allman, is born in Nash County, NC. |
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1895 | |||||||
DECEMBER 1895 | |||||||
December 29: Lizzie Miller Williams, the maternal grandmother of Gregg and Duane Allman, is born in North Carolina. |
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1897 | |||||||
OCTOBER 1897 | |||||||
October 26: John Alfred Allman, the paternal grandfather of Gregg and Duane Allman, is born in Tennessee. |
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1899 | |||||||
OCTOBER 1899 | |||||||
Duane, Grandma Myrtle and Gregg in Daytona Beach, FL |
Gregg and Grandma Myrtle |
October 18: Myrtle Beatrice Turner, the paternal grandmother of Gregg and Duane Allman, is born in Humphreys County, Tennessee. |
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1917 | |||||||
JULY 1917 | |||||||
Geraldine "Jerry" Robbins 1945 |
July 8: Geraldine Alice "Jerry" Robbins, the mother of Gregg and Duane Allman, is born in Rocky Mount, Nash County, NC. |
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1918 | |||||||
AUGUST 1918 | |||||||
Willis "Bill" Allman official army portrait 1945 |
August 16: Willis Turner "Bill" Allman, the father of Gregg and Duane Allman, is born in Dickson County, TN. |
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1928 | |||||||
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The original
version of "Statesboro Blues" is released by Blind
Willie McTell on his 10-inch 78rpm record "Three Women
Blues / Statesboro Blues". In 1970 The Allman Brothers Band recorded "Statesboro Blues" during the recording sessions for their "Idlewild South" album, but that track was not released until 1989 on the "Dreams" box set. They recorded a live version of the song in March 1971 for their "At Fillmore East" album. |
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1935 | |||||||
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The Sleepy John
Estes 10-inch 78rpm record "Someday Baby Blues / Who's Been
Tellin' You Buddy Brown Blues" is released. "Someday Baby Blues" was rewritten by Muddy Waters and released in 1955 as "Trouble No More". The Allman Brothers Band recorded "Trouble No More" for their 1969 self-titled debut album. |
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1936 | |||||||
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The Casey Bill
(William Weldon) 10-inch 78rpm record "We Gonna Move (To
The Outskirts Of Town) / Gonna Take My Time" is released. The Allman Brothers Band recorded a live version of "I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town" in February 1970 (released in 1997 on their "Fillmore East 2/70" CD) and another live version in April 1970 (released in 1989 on the "Dreams" box set and in 1990 on their "Live At Ludlow Garage 1970" CD). |
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1942 | |||||||
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The St. Louis
Jimmy (Jimmy Oden)
10-inch 78rpm record "Monkey Face Blues /
Going Down Slow" is released. In early 1969 Duane Allman would record "Going Down Slow" at FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, AL for his never released solo album. |
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1943 | |||||||
JUNE 1943 | |||||||
from Gregg Allman's 2012 book 'My Cross To Bear' (Allman Family Archives) |
Rocky Mount Telegram Rocky Mount, NC July 9, 1943 page 3 |
June 30: Geraldine Alice Robbins and Willis Turner Allman got married on Sullivan's Island, SC. |
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1946 | |||||||
NOVEMBER 1946 | |||||||
St. Thomas Hospital |
November 20: Howard Duane Allman is born at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville, TN. |
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1947 | |||||||
NOVEMBER 1947 | |||||||
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The original
version of "Stormy Monday" is released by T-Bone
Walker on his 10-inch 78rpm record "I Know Your Wig Has Gone / Call It Stormy Monday (But
Tuesday Is Just As Bad)". The Allman Brothers Band recorded a live version of "Stormy Monday" in July 1970 that was released in 2003 on their "Live At The Atlanta International Pop Festival" album. |
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DECEMBER 1947 | |||||||
December 8: Gregory LeNoir Allman is born at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville, TN. | |||||||
1948 | |||||||
SEPTEMBER 1948 | |||||||
September 30:
Simon Hilliard Robbins, the maternal grandfather of Gregg and Duane
Allman, dies in Rocky Mount, Edgecombe County, NC at the age of 58. |
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1949 | |||||||
DECEMBER 1949 | |||||||
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December
26: Duane's and Gregg's father, Willis Turner Allman,
is murdered by a casual acquaintance,
named Buddy Green, whom he had offered a ride home from a bar. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32549599/willis-turner-allman On January 22, 1952, one day before his electrocution, Buddy Green's sentence was commuted to life imprisonment. In 1975 Green was released from prison. (NOTE) |
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1950 | |||||||
FEBRUARY 1950 | |||||||
Donna Roosmann's father Sgt. Gil Roosmann |
Donna with her father Sgt. Gil Roosmann |
February
26: Donna Roosmann is born in St. Louis, MO. On August 25, 1969 she gave birth to Duane's daughter Galadrielle. |
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1952 - 1953 | |||||||
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Duane at the Parmer Elementary School, Grade 1, in Nashville, TN. | ||||||
1953 | |||||||
JANUARY 1953 | |||||||
January 30:
Lizzie Miller Williams Robbins, the maternal grandmother of Gregg
and Duane Allman, dies in Rocky Mount, Edgecombe County, NC at the
age of 57. |
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1953 - 1954 | |||||||
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Duane at the Parmer Elementary School, Grade 2, in Nashville, TN. | ||||||
1954 | |||||||
JANUARY 1954 | |||||||
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Willie Dixon's
song "I'm Your Hoochie Cooche Man" is released for the first
time on the Muddy Waters 10-inch 78rpm record and 7-inch 45rpm
single "I'm Your Hoochie Coochie man / She's So Pretty". The Allman Brothers Band recorded "Hoochie Coochie Man" in February 1970 for their "Idlewild South" album. |
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1954 - 1955 | |||||||
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Duane at the Parmer Elementary School, Grade 3, in Nashville, TN. | ||||||
1955 | |||||||
JUNE 1955 | |||||||
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The Bo Diddley
10-inch 78rpm record and 7-inch 45rpm single "Diddley Daddy / She's Fine, She's Mine" is released. "She's Fine, She's Mine" is the first recording of the song that became "You Don't Love Me". The Allman Brothers Band recorded "You Don't Love Me" in March 1971 for their "At Fillmore East" album. |
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FALL 1955 | |||||||
From: Kim Jackson Parks for Historic Lebanon: 'Images Of America: Lebanon' (Arcadia Publishing, 2014) page 63 |
Duane and Gregg are send to Castle Heights Military Academy in Lebanon, TN. (NOTE) | ||||||
NOVEMBER 1955 | |||||||
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The Muddy Waters
10-inch 78rpm record and 7-inch 45rpm single "Sugar Sweet / Trouble No More" is released. The Allman Brothers Band recorded "Trouble No More" for their 1969 self-titled debut album. |
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1956 | |||||||
JANUARY 1956 | |||||||
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The Chuck Berry
10-inch 78rpm record and 7-inch 45rpm single "No Money Down /
The Downbound Train" is released. In early 1969 Duane Allman would record "No Money Down" at FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, AL for his never released solo album. |
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SEPTEMBER 1956 | |||||||
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The John Lee
Hooker 10-inch 78rpm record and 7-inch 45rpm single "Dimples /
Baby Lee" is released. In early 1969 Duane Allman would record "Dimples" at FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, AL for his never released solo album. In April 1970 The Allman Brothers Band recorded a live version of the song that was released on their 1990 album "Live At Ludlow Garage 1970". |
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1957 | |||||||
FEBRUARY 1957 | |||||||
Duane and Gregg are taken out of Castle Heights Military Academy and return to Nashville, TN. (NOTE) | |||||||
The Allman family move to Daytona Beach, FL, although there is some discrepancy about when the family exactly moved. (NOTE) | |||||||
1958 | |||||||
Miles Davis's compilation album 'Jazz
Track' is released. (DETAILS) This album is mentioned by Duane in a December 10, 1970 interview with Jon Tiven (New Haven Rock Press). (READ) |
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1959 | |||||||
The Allman family move to their new house at 100 Van Avenue in Daytona Beach, FL. (NOTE) | |||||||
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The original
version of "Done Somebody Wrong" is released by Eddie Kirkland
And His House Rockers on the single "I Need You Baby / I Must
Have Done Somebody Wrong". The Allman Brothers Band recorded "Done Somebody Wrong" in March 1971 for their "At Fillmore East" album. |
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AUGUST 1959 | |||||||
August 17: Miles Davis's album 'Kind Of Blue' is released.
This album is probably Duane's biggest inspiration. (DETAILS) This album is mentioned by Duane in a December 10, 1970 interview with Jon Tiven (New Haven Rock Press). (READ) |
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1960 | |||||||
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The first known
recording of "You Don't Love Me, Baby", recorded on portable
equipment in 1959/1960, is released on the compilation LP
"Country Negro Jam Sessions". It features Butch Cage on fiddle, Cornelius Edwards on guitar and Clarence Edwards on vocals and guitar and was recorded at the home of Butch Cage in Zachary, LA. The Allman Brothers Band recorded "You Don't Love Me" in March 1971 for their "At Fillmore East" album. |
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Later that year
Willie Cobbs released the single "You Don't Love Me / You're So
Hard To Please". The Allman Brothers Band recorded "You Don't Love Me" in March 1971 for their "At Fillmore East" album. |
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SEPTEMBER 1960 | |||||||
September 10: Gregg buys his first acoustic Sears Silvertone guitar. (NOTE) | |||||||
NOVEMBER 1960 | |||||||
November 20: Duane gets a blue Harley-Davidson 165 motorcycle as a present from his mother for his 14th birthday. (NOTE) | |||||||
DECEMBER 1960 | |||||||
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The Elmore James
version of "Done Somebody Wrong" is released on the single "Done
Somebody Wrong / Fine Little Mama". The Allman Brothers Band recorded "Done Somebody Wrong" in March 1971 for their "At Fillmore East" album. |
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CHRISTMAS 1960 | |||||||
Duane gets his first acoustic guitar for Christmas. (NOTE) | |||||||
1961 | |||||||
Duane & Gregg perform as 'The Kings' in Daytona Beach, FL. (NOTE) | |||||||
Duane & Gregg start their first band 'The Uniques' in Daytona Beach, FL. (NOTE) | |||||||
Duane & Gregg play at Y-Teen dances at the YMCA. It is possible that they used 'The Y-Teens' as the band name. (NOTE) | |||||||
JULY 1961 | |||||||
In a letter to his friend Larry Beck, Duane
writes that he has bought a red Gibson electric guitar. After Duane drove his Harley-Davidson 165 motorcycle into the ground, he sold it for spare parts and with that money he bought the Gibson Les Paul Junior. (NOTE) The current owner of the guitar is Kunio Kishida from Japan and it is often on display at The Big House Museum in Macon, GA. https://www.groundguitar.com/duane-allman-guitars-and-gear/duane-allmans-1959-gibson-les-paul-jr/ |
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FALL 1961 | |||||||
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For the second time Duane is send to Castle Heights Military
Academy in Lebanon, TN. At Castle Heights the band 'The Misfits' is formed. (NOTE) Alan Shaw, who met Duane at Castle Heights in September 1961, was the drummer for 'The Misfits' in 1961-1962. He talked about it in the 'Blues, Soul & Southern Rock and Roll' radio show on WFDU 89.1 FM / WFDU.FM during the June 17, 2019 interview with Scott Cantor. Alan has also put his story on paper. You can read it here: (READ) |
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1962 | |||||||
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Bobby 'Blue'
Bland's version of "Stormy Monday" is released on his single "You're
Worth It All / Stormy Monday Blues". The Allman Brothers Band recorded a live version of "Stormy Monday" in July 1970 that was released in 2003 on their "Live At The Atlanta International Pop Festival" album. |
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FEBRUARY 1962 | |||||||
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The Sonny Boy
Williamson single "One Way Out / Nine Below Zero" is released. This is the first release of "One Way Out". Elmore James recorded it already in late 1960 or early 1961, but that recording was never released. Sonny Boy Williamson recorded a different version of "One Way Out" with Buddy Guy in 1963. The Allman Brothers Band recorded "One Way Out" on June 27, 1971 at the Fillmore East in New York. It was released in 1972 on their "Eat A Peach" album. |
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1962 - 1963 | |||||||
FALL 1962 OR JANUARY 1963 | |||||||
Gregg Allman arrives at Castle Heights Military Academy in Lebanon, TN and joins 'The Shufflers'. (NOTE) | |||||||
1963 | |||||||
Duane & Gregg play in 'The Shufflers'. (NOTE) | |||||||
Duane & Gregg play occasionally in 'The House Rockers', backing up the vocal group 'The Untils'. (NOTE) | |||||||
Duane & Gregg play occasionally in the 'Lindsey Morris Trio / Lindsey Morris Band'. (NOTE) | |||||||
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The John D.
Loudermilk single "The Guitar Player /
Bad News" is released. In early 1969 Duane Allman would record "Bad News" at FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, AL for his never released solo album. |
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MAY 1963 | |||||||
Billboard May 11, 1963 page 26 |
Lonnie Mack's single 'Memphis / Down In The Dumps' is released. (NOTE) | ||||||
FALL 1963 | |||||||
An other version of 'The Misfits' is formed at Castle Heights Military Academy in Lebanon, TN with Duane and Gregg Allman, Mike Johnstone, Dave Johnson and Howard Smith. (NOTE) | |||||||
DECEMBER 1963 | |||||||
Duane Allman got kicked out of
Castle Heights Military
Academy in Lebanon, TN. (NOTE)
Gregg stays at Castle Heights Military Academy until Spring 1964 and plays in another version of 'The Misfits' (without Duane). |
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1964 | |||||||
Duane & Gregg play in 'The Escorts'. (NOTE) | |||||||
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The King Curtis
single "Soul Serenade / More Soul" is released. The Allman Brothers Band recorded a live version of "Soul Serenade" on August 26, 1971 as part of a medley with "You Don't Love Me". It was released in 1989 on the "Dreams" box set and in 2016 on "Live From A&R Studios, New York, August 26, 1971". |
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MAY 1964 | |||||||
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The Jimmy Hughes
single "Steal Away / Lolly Pops, Lace And Lipstick" is released. In early 1969 Duane Allman would record "Steal Away" at FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, AL for his never released solo album. |
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SUMMER 1964 | |||||||
The Pensacola Journal Pensacola, FL June 27, 1964 page 4B |
The Pensacola Journal Pensacola, FL December 31, 1964 page 6B |
The band '5 Men-Its' is founded, consisting of: Charlie Campbell - Sax, Johnny Sandlin - Drums, Paul Hornsby - Guitar, Paul Ballenger - Keyboards & Vocals and Fred Styles - Bass. (NOTE) | |||||
SEPTEMBER 1964 | |||||||
September 24: Pamela, the daughter
of Duane Allman and Patricia 'Patti' Ann Chandlee is born. At
that time Duane was 17 years old and Patti was 16 years old. (NOTE)
On January 30, 1967 Duane and Patti got married in Jasper County, SC. (NOTE) |
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Duane plays in 'Sweet William & The Stereos' from September until sometime in winter. (NOTE) | |||||||
1965 | |||||||
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The Jimmy Hughes
LP "Steal Away" is released. It contains the song "Neighbor,
Neighbor". In May 1966 a new version of "Neighbor, Neighbor" is released on the single "Neighbor, Neighbor / It's A Good Thing". In early 1969 Duane Allman would record "Neighbor, Neighbor" at FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, AL for his never released solo album. |
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Junior Wells
released his version of "You Don't Love Me, Baby" on the LP
"Hoodoo Man Blues". The Allman Brothers Band recorded "You Don't Love Me" in March 1971 for their "At Fillmore East" album. |
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Tony 'Little Sun' Glover's
book "Blues Harp - An Instruction Method For Playing The Blues
Harmonica" is published by Oak Publications. In 1972 Tony Glover wrote the liner notes for the compilation LP 'Duane Allman - An Anthology". |
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JANUARY 1965 | |||||||
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B.B. King's
album 'Live At The Regal' is released. |
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SPRING 1965 | |||||||
'The Escorts' make recordings at Lee Hazen's cottage studio in Ormond Beach, FL. (NOTE) | |||||||
APRIL 1965 | |||||||
L to R: Van Harrison, Tommy Ruger ('The Nightcrawlers'), Gregg Allman (with sunglasses), Duane Allman, Maynard Portwood
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Orlando Sentinel Orlando, FL April 16, 1965 page 6 |
April 17: 'The Escorts' and 'The Nightcrawlers' play as supporting acts at a 'Beach Boys' concert at the City Island Ball Park (now the Jackie Robinson Ballpark) in Daytona Beach, FL. (NOTE) | |||||
MAY / JUNE 1965 | |||||||
Billboard June 5, 1965 page 35 |
The Rolling Stones single '(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction' is released in the USA. (NOTE) | ||||||
SUMMER 1965 | |||||||
The name of the band is changed from 'The Escorts' to 'The Allman Joys' and bass player Van Harrison is replaced by Bob Keller. (NOTE) | |||||||
'The Allman Joys' play at the Oceanside Country Club in Ormond Beach, FL for the Seabreeze High School graduation party with Maynard 'Chuck' Portwood on drums and Bob Keller on bass. | |||||||
JULY 1965 | |||||||
July 5: After Gregg graduates from high school 'The Allman Joys' play their first gig outside of Florida at the Stork Club in Mobile, AL. They play at the same venue for a few weeks. (NOTE) | |||||||
Paul Hornsby meets
Duane and Gregg Allman for the first time. According to Johnny Sandlin that happened when the Allman Joys played in Birmingham, AL. But in his book 'Fix It In The Mix - A Memoir' Paul Hornsby writes that he met them during the summer of 1965 in Mobile, AL. (NOTE) |
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'The Allman Joys' meet Johnny Townsend, Bill Connell and Tippy Armstrong of 'Dirty John & The Nightcaps' at the rhythm and blues concert 'Summer Parade Of Stars' featuring Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Joe Tex, Billy Stewart and more artists, at the Mobile Municipal Auditorium in Mobile, AL. (NOTE) | |||||||
AUGUST 1965 | |||||||
The Pensacola Journal Pensacola, FL August 11, 1965 page 5B |
August 11: From 'The Pensacola Journal'. | ||||||
The Pensacola News-Journal Pensacola, FL August 15, 1965 page 9C |
August 16: The Allman Joys begin a series of concerts at the Sahara Club in Pensacola, FL. | ||||||
The Pensacola Journal Pensacola, FL August 19, 1965 page 8A |
August 19: From 'The Pensacola Journal'. | ||||||
The Pensacola Journal Pensacola, FL August 20, 1965 page 8C |
August 20: From 'The Pensacola Journal'. | ||||||
SEPTEMBER 1965 | |||||||
Allman Joys concerts at the Sahara Club in Pensacola, FL. | |||||||
The Pensacola Journal Pensacola, FL September 3, 1965 page 5C |
September 3: From 'The Pensacola Journal'. | ||||||
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September 9: 'The Rising Sons' record
"Statesboro Blues" with Ry Cooder, who doesn't play slide on this song. (NOTE)
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The Pensacola Journal Pensacola, FL September 10, 1965 page 4B |
September 10: From 'The Pensacola Journal'. | ||||||
OCTOBER 1965 | |||||||
Allman Joys concerts at the Sahara Club in Pensacola, FL. | |||||||
The Pensacola Journal Pensacola, FL October 6, 1965 page 10A |
October 6: From 'The Pensacola Journal'. | ||||||
FALL 1965 | |||||||
After the summer Paul
Ballenger leaves the '5 Men-Its' (or '5 Minutes' or 'The Minutes') and is replaced by Eddie Hinton on
guitar and vocals. Paul Hornsby switched from guitar to keyboards. In the fall Charlie Campbell and Johnny Sandlin leave the band. Johnny Sandlin is replaced on drums by Bill Connell. (NOTE) |
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LATE 1965 / EARLY 1966 | |||||||
Mike Alexander replaces Bob Keller as the bass player for 'The Allman Joys'. | |||||||
1965 - 1966 | |||||||
Duane and Gregg Allman meet Dickey Betts for the first time. (NOTE) | |||||||
1966 | |||||||
Briar Patch Nashville, TN |
Trude Heller's New York, NY |
During 1966 'The Allman Joys' play in Savannah, GA, at the Briar Patch in Nashville, TN, Gaslight Square in St. Louis, MO and at Trude Heller's and The Eight Wonder in New York, NY. (NOTE) | |||||
'The Allman Joys' back up a teenage girl vocal trio called 'The Sandpipers', out of Pensacola, FL at the Sahara Club in Pensacola. They urge the girls to follow them to New York where they perform at 'Trude Heller's' in Greenwich Village. 'The Sandpipers' landed a recording contract with Trude Heller's 'Tru-Glo-Town Records' and released a few singles with moderate success. 'The Allman Joys', however, were not chosen by Heller to be the studio backing band and the two groups parted ways. A bootleg recording of 'The Allman Joys' backing 'The Sandpipers' does exist as a testimony to this union and includes the song “Remember (Walking in the sand)". (NOTE) | |||||||
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In
between their own sets at Trude Heller's in New York, The Allman
Joys also had to backup the entertainer Monti Rock III. Allman
Joys drummer Bill Connell told about this during his March 4,
2019 interview with Scott Cantor on WFDU 89.1 FM /
WFDU.FM. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monti_Rock_III This is also mentioned in Galadrielle Allman's book 'Please Be With Me - A Song For My Father Duane Allman'. (NOTE) |
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A promotional picture
of 'The Spotlights' is made by Smash Records. The line-up is the same as the line-up of 'The Allman Joys' from 1966, when Mike Alexander had replaced Bob Keller on bass, and before Maynard Portwood was replaced (in New York) by Bill Connell on drums. (NOTE) |
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JANUARY 1966 | |||||||
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'The Spotlights' single 'Batman And Robin / Dayflower' is released. (DETAILS) | |||||
FEBRUARY 1966 | |||||||
Town House Motor Hotel Tuscaloosa, AL |
Allman Joys concert
at Fort Brandon Armory' in Tuscaloosa, AL. Future Allman Joys drummer Bill Connell met up with Duane and Gregg Allman again at the Town House Motel. (NOTE) |
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The Pensacola Journal Pensacola, FL February 25, 1966 page 19A |
February 25: From 'The Pensacola Journal: The Allman Joys/The Spotlighters [sic] & The Sandpipers at the Sahara Club in Pensacola, FL. | ||||||
MARCH 1966 | |||||||
The Pensacola Journal Pensacola, FL March 16, 1966 page 5B |
March 17-19: 'The Sandpipers' concerts at Trude Heller's in New York, NY backed by The Allman Joys. (NOTE) | ||||||
'The Spotlights' single 'Dick Tracy / Little Orphan Annie' is released. (DETAILS) | |||||||
APRIL 1966 | |||||||
The Atlanta Constitution Atlanta, GA April 7, 1966 page 36 |
April 7: Allman Joys concert at the Whisk-A-Go-Go in Atlanta, GA. | ||||||
Pensacola News Journal Pensacola, FL April 9, 1966 page 2 |
April 15: 'The Sandpipers' concert at the Fireman's Hall in Pensacola, FL backed by The Allman Joys. | ||||||
Panama City News Panama City, FL April 29, 1966 page 19 |
April 29 & 30: Allman Joys concerts at the Fiesta Room in Panama City, FL. (NOTE) | ||||||
MAY 1966 | |||||||
Billboard June 4, 1966 pages 4 & 10 |
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The compilation album 'What's Shakin' is
released. Duane & Gregg are impressed in particular by Paul Butterfield's version of Willie Dixon's 'Spoonful' and a rendition of Robert Johnson's 'Crossroads' performed by Eric Clapton & The Powerhouse. The Allman Joys recorded these songs in August 1966 at Bradley's Barn in Nashville, TN. http://www.atsf.co.uk/elektra/discography.php?from=2590&to=3070 (NOTE) (DETAILS) |
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SUMMER 1966 | |||||||
Bill Connell leaves the '5 Minutes' and becomes the drummer for The Allman Joys. (NOTE) | |||||||
Drummer Johnny Sandlin returns to the '5 Minutes' after Bill Connell left to join The Allman Joys. (NOTE) | |||||||
The Allman Joys go to New York City to play at 'Trude Heller's' and meet the members of the band 'Blues Magoos'. (NOTE) | |||||||
Pete Carr meets Duane & Gregg Allman at the Martinique Club in Daytona Beach, FL. after The Allman Joys returned from New York City. (NOTE) | |||||||
'The Bitter Ind.' (with Butch Trucks) plays at the Martinique Club
in Daytona Beach, FL. where
Butch meets Duane & Gregg. Duane arranges several gigs for 'The Bitter Ind.' at the Beachcomber Club in Jacksonville, FL. (NOTE) |
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JUNE 1966 | |||||||
The Pensacola News-Journal Pensacola, FL June 5, 1966 page 9E |
June 5: From 'The Pensacola News-Journal'. | ||||||
JULY 1966 | |||||||
July 3: Duane Allman becomes an uncle. Gregg Allman's son Michael Sean is born. | |||||||
July 22: Allman Joys concert at the Spanish Village Patio in Pensacola Beach, FL. (NOTE) | |||||||
The
Spanish Village in Pensacola Beach,
FL. is also the place where The Allman Joys and The Minutes
(formerly known as 'The 5 Men-Its' and 'The 5 Minutes') meet for the
first time. At that time The Minutes consist of: Johnny Sandlin -
Drums, Paul Hornsby - Keyboards, Fred
Styles - Bass and Eddie Hinton - Guitar & Vocals. After the summer
Fred Styles is replaced by Mabron McKinney. Paul Hornsby had met The Allman Joys before. According to Johnny Sandlin that happened when they played in Birmingham, AL. But in his book 'Fix It In The Mix - A Memoir' Paul Hornsby writes that he met Duane and Gregg Allman during the summer of 1965 in Mobile, AL. (NOTE) |
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AUGUST 1966 | |||||||
Bradley's Barn |
RCA Studio |
Allman Joys recording session at
Bradley's Barn in Nashville, TN. (NOTE)
According to Allman Joys drummer Bill Connell recordings were also made at RCA Studio and Buddy Killen's Studio in Nashville, TN. (NOTE) |
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From left: Bill Connell, Gregg Allman, Mike Alexander, Duane Allman |
August 19: 'Allman Joys' concert at Fort Brandon Armory in Tuscaloosa, AL. | ||||||
SEPTEMBER 1966 | |||||||
The Allman Joys' single 'Spoonful / You Deserve Each Other' is released. (DETAILS) | |||||||
OCTOBER 1966 | |||||||
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October 10-22: The Allman Joys play at the Bunny Club in Paducah, KY. (NOTE) | ||||||
NOVEMBER 1966 | |||||||
The Allman Joys play at Pepe's A Go Go in St. Louis, MO. (NOTE) | |||||||
November 25: 'Allman Joys' concert at Fort Brandon Armory in Tuscaloosa, AL. | |||||||
DECEMBER 1966 | |||||||
courtesy of Bill Connell |
Allman Joys concert at The Beachcomber in Jacksonville, FL. (NOTE) | ||||||
FALL / WINTER 1966 | |||||||
Paul Hornsby - left Johnny Sandlin - rear center Mabron McKinney - right Eddie Hinton - front center |
After the summer bass player Fred Styles leaves 'The Minutes' and is
replaced by Mabron McKinney. A little later Pete Carr succeeds Eddie Hinton as the guitar player. (NOTE) |
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1967 | |||||||
Gregg Allman writes 'Melissa'. (NOTE) | |||||||
JANUARY 1967 | |||||||
January 20: The opening night of The 'Boston Tea Party' at 53 Berkeley Street in Boston, MA. The Allman Brothers Band played concerts at this venue on 5 nights in 1969 before The Boston Tea Party moved to 15 Lansdowne Street on July 12, 1969. | |||||||
January 30: Duane Allman got married to his first wife Patricia 'Patti' Ann Chandlee in Jasper County, SC. (NOTE) | |||||||
FEBRUARY 1967 | |||||||
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The Wildweeds single "No
Good To Cry / Never Mind" is released. The 'Hour Glass' recorded "Ain't No Good To Cry" as a demo on April 22, 1968 at Fame Recording Studios in Muscle Shoals, AL. It was released in 1989 on "The Allman Brothers Band: Dreams" box set, and again in 2013 on the "Skydog: The Duane Allman Retrospective" box set. |
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FEBRUARY / MARCH 1967 | |||||||
Bill Connell leaves 'The Allman Joys' after receiving his draft notice. (NOTE) | |||||||
MARCH 1967 | |||||||
March 4: 'Allman Joys' concert at Fort Brandon Armory in Tuscaloosa, AL. | |||||||
March 10:
'Allman Joys' concert at the National Guard Armory in Phenix City, AL. The poster mentioned Phoenix City as the location of the concert. The poster was auctioned on 'Psychedelic Art Exchange', and on that website is mentioned that the concert took place in Phoenix City, Alabama: https://auctions.concertpostergallery.com/1967_The_Allman_Joys_National_Guard_Armory_EARLY_D-LOT17561.aspx Phenix City is the correct name of the town. The poster was sold on January 25, 2021 for the amount of $2,760. |
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The 'Allman Joys' and the 'Minutes' join forces. For Pete Carr, guitar player for the 'Minutes', there is no place in the new band. (NOTE) | |||||||
The
new band gather at the house of Johnny Sandlin's parents in Decatur,
AL where they rehearse in the garage for a week. Johnny Sandlin
records most of the rehearsals. (NOTE)
In an interview, published on Alan Paul's website on September 28, 2017, Tommy Compton, one of Johnny Sandlin's oldest friends, tells about his first meeting with Duane and Gregg Allman at the house of Johnny's parents. (NOTE) http://alanpaul.net/2017/09/rip-johnny-sandlin-an-interview-with-one-of-his-oldest-friends/ |
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MARCH / APRIL 1967 | |||||||
The new band (called Allman-Act or Allman Joys) is playing a
month-long gig at Pepe's A Go Go and other clubs in St. Louis, MO. Some of the
live gigs at Pepe's A Go Go are recorded. (NOTE)
In his book 'Where The Road Begins - My travels With The Allman Brothers Band In Their Breakout Year' (published in 2020), Jan Marks writes on page 37 that while they were playing at Pepe's A Go Go as The Allman Joys, they also played across the street at The In Crowd as The Allman Act. |
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APRIL 1967 | |||||||
April 3: Jeff Beck's single
'Hi Ho Silver Lining / Beck's Bolero' is released in the USA. It is possible that hearing the track 'Beck's Bolero' was Duane's motive to start playing slide guitar, although other stories are also circulating. (NOTE) |
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photo by Johnny Sandlin |
photo by Johnny Sandlin |
April 16: Allman-Act / Allman Joys in the Saint Louis Zoo in St. Louis, MO on Johnny Sandlin's 22nd birthday. | |||||
Record World April 22, 1967 page 31 |
Cash Box April 22, 1967 page 40 |
April 17: The first meeting between Allman-Act / Allman Joys and The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and their manager Bill McEuen in St. Louis, MO. (NOTE)
Mabron McKinney, the bass player of the Allman-Act / Allman Joys went to the St. Louis airport to pick up his wife. There he ran into the musicians of 'The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band' and their manager Bill McEuen, who had arrived to play concerts in St. Louis on April 17, 18 & 19, 1967. Mabron invited them to come to Pepe's A Go Go to see his band, and Bill McEuen actually showed up. According to Jan Marks, Mabron McKinney went to the airport to put his wife on a plane, because she wanted to return to Alabama. (NOTE) |
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APRIL / MAY 1967 | |||||||
from left to right: Paul Hornsby Duane Allman Johnny Sandlin Gregg Allman Mabron McKinney |
Allman-Act (or Allman Joys) record demos of three songs written by Gregg Allman ('Whacha Gonna Do', 'Changing Of The Guard' and 'Richmond') at Boutwell Studio in Birmingham, AL. (NOTE) | ||||||
Relocation to Los Angeles and the name of the band is changed to 'Hour Glass'. John McEuen of The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band: "They came out and lived with the Dirt Band for the first five months. This was spring to summer ’67. The Dirt Band had a house in the Hollywood Hills. It was four floors. It was on Rodgerton Drive in Beachwood Canyon. There was a whole band staying there, the Dirt Band, and then another band moved in, and that was the Hour Glass. Both groups and assorted friends. It was a hippie crash pad of the ’60s because it was full of musicians and a couple of road guys." (NOTE) |
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MAY 1967 | |||||||
May 7: Eric Clapton buys 'Brownie' in London. (NOTE) | |||||||
LATE MAY / EARLY JUNE 1967 | |||||||
'Hour Glass' play their first concert at the Hullabaloo in Hollywood, CA. It's a late-night set, after a concert of The Doors. (NOTE) | |||||||
JUNE 1967 | |||||||
Liberty Records 6920 Sunset Blvd. Hollywood, CA |
June 15: 'Hour Glass' sign a record deal with Liberty Records. (NOTE) | ||||||
June 16: 'Hour Glass' concert at the Hullabaloo in Hollywood, CA. It's a late-night set, after two concerts of The Grateful Dead. (NOTE) | |||||||
June 22: 'Hour Glass' recording sessions at the 'Sound Recorders Studios' in Los Angeles, CA. (NOTE) | |||||||
JULY 1967 | |||||||
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The Spencer Davis
Group single "Time Seller / Don't Want You No More" is released
in the UK. An instrumental version of "Don't Want You No More" was recorded by The Allman Brothers Band as the first track for their 1969 self-titled debut album. |
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July 14 & 15: 'Hour Glass' concerts at the 'Magic Mushroom' in Studio City, Los Angeles, CA. (NOTE) | |||||||
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July 25: Donovan's
single "There Is A Mountain / Sand And Foam" is released. The Allman Brothers Band's "Mountain Jam" is a long, improvised jam, based on Donovan's "There Is A Mountain". It was recorded in March 1971 and released on the 1972 album "Eat A Peach". |
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July 26: Clarence Carter records 'Road Of Love' at Rick Hall's Fame Recording Studios in Muscle Shoals, AL. (NOTE) | |||||||
AUGUST 1967 | |||||||
August 10, 11, 12 & 15: Recording sessions for the first Hour Glass album: 'Hour Glass' at the 'Sound Recorders Studios' in Los Angeles, CA. (NOTE) | |||||||
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August 21: Recording session for Taj Mahal's first album 'Taj Mahal'.
Jesse Ed Davis plays electric slide guitar on 'Statesboro Blues'.
"I
had never really played bottleneck before that," Davis explained
in Guitar Player, "and so for that recording I just put a steel
tube on my finger and worked up a line. I just played it in
regular tuning. I didn’t know about open tunings until I saw
Muddy Waters play at the Whisky in Los Angeles some time after
that. Jas Obrecht: 'Jesse Ed Davis - I Just Play The Notes That Sound Good' (READ) |
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Clarence Carter's single 'She Ain't Gonna Do Right / Road Of Love' is released on Rick Hall's 'Fame' label. Duane doesn't play on these tracks. (NOTE) (DETAILS) | |||||||
Albert King's album 'Born Under A Bad Sign' is released. (DETAILS) | |||||||
SEPTEMBER 1967 | |||||||
September 1: Season 1 episode 50 of the pop and rock music TV-Show "Groovy" with 'Hour Glass' is aired on KHJ-TV in Los Angeles, CA. (NOTE) | |||||||
(reissue poster) |
September 4: The debut performance of 'Cream' at the Whisky-A-Go-Go in Los Angeles, CA is attended by members of the 'Hour Glass'. (NOTE) | ||||||
September 6: Season 2 episode 3 of the pop and rock music TV-Show "Groovy" with 'Hour Glass' is aired on KHJ-TV in Los Angeles, CA. (NOTE) | |||||||
Los Angeles Free Press Los Angeles, CA September 8, 1967 page 13 |
September 7-10: 'Hour Glass' concerts at the Magic Mushroom in Studio City, Los Angeles, CA. (NOTE) | ||||||
September 13: The master tape of the recordings for the first Hour Glass album is made at the Liberty studio. (NOTE) | |||||||
SEPTEMBER / OCTOBER 1967 | |||||||
Duane Allman and Bob Keller (This picture was probably taken at the Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco, CA in October 1967) |
Bob Keller replaces Mabron McKinney as the bass player in 'Hour Glass'. (NOTE) | ||||||
OCTOBER 1967 | |||||||
October 7: 'Hour Glass' concert at the Earl Warren Showgrounds in Santa Barbara, CA. (NOTE) | |||||||
October 9: A mono master tape of the recordings for the first Hour Glass album is made at the Liberty studio. (NOTE) | |||||||
October 15: 'Hour Glass' concert at the 1st Annual Sacramento Pop Festival at Hughes Stadium in Sacramento, CA. (NOTE) | |||||||
October 19-21: 'Hour Glass' concert at the Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco, CA. | |||||||
Cash Box October 28, 1967 page 44 |
October 21: The Pepsi-Cola "Boss" Concert with 'Hour Glass' at the Carousel Theatre in West Covina, CA. | ||||||
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Cash Box October 28, 1967 page 44 |
October 24: Taping of the Pat Boone Show with 'Hour Glass'. | |||||
October 29: 'The Groovy Show', KHJ-TV Channel 9, Ruth Hardy Park, Palm Springs, CA with The Hour Glass, Canned Heat, The Sunshine Company, The Standells and The Ilford Subway (filmed date). (NOTE) | |||||||
Los Angeles Times October 15, 1967 page 285 |
October 29: According
to Paul Hornsby, 'Hour Glass' did a lot of shows where Hollywood
folks would attend. "We did an Artists & Models Ball." (NOTE)
But 'Hour Glass' is not mentioned in the newspaper ad and on the poster of the event. ('Eric Burdon & The Animals' and 'Hamilton Streetcar' are mentioned in the newspaper ad and 'Eric Burdon & The Animals', 'Clear Light', 'Lewis & Clark Expedition', 'Sue Raney' and 'Mike Clifford' on the poster. |
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Cash Box October 14, 1967 page 40
Cash Box October 28, 1967 page 44 |
The Hour Glass single 'Nothing But Tears / Heartbeat' is released. | ||||||
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Billboard November 11, 1967 page 41
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The album 'Hour Glass' is released. (DETAILS) |
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LATE OCTOBER / NOVEMBER 1967 | |||||||
Duane & Gregg visit Daytona Beach, FL and Pete Carr decides to join them on the trip back to California. He shares an apartment with Duane in Los Angeles. (NOTE) | |||||||
LATE 1967 | |||||||
Recordings are made during 'Hour Glass' rehearsals at the 'Troubadour' in West Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA. (NOTE) | |||||||
NOVEMBER 1967 | |||||||
also published in Ron Jacobs' book |
November 4: The Pepsi-Cola "Boss" Concert with 'Hour Glass' at the Starlight Bowl in Burbank, CA. | ||||||
November 4: The release of the Hour Glass LP 'Hour Glass' is mentioned in the 'Albums Released This Week' department on page 24 of the November 4 issue of 'Record World' magazine. | |||||||
November 6: Season 2 episode 46 of the pop and rock music TV-Show "Groovy" with 'Hour Glass' is aired on KHJ-TV in Los Angeles, CA. (NOTE) | |||||||
November 7: 'Pat Boone In
Hollywood' (Episode #1.37) with 'Hour Glass' is broadcasted. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10094020/ |
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November 11: The Hour Glass LP 'Hour Glass' is mentioned in the 'Special Merit Picks' department on page 41 and the 'New Album Releases' department on page 43 of the November 11 issue of 'Billboard' magazine. | |||||||
November
18: From the 'Money Music' department on page 18 of the November
18 issue of 'Record World' magazine: WPGC, Washington, hit: "Nothing But Tears," Hourglass, Liberty (took two weeks to break). |
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Cash Box December 16, 1967 page 50 |
November 22: The opening of the remodeled Liberty Sound Studio at 8715 West 3rd Street in Los Angeles, CA is marked by a cocktail party. (NOTE) | ||||||
Los Angeles Free Press Los Angeles, CA November 17, 1967 page 23 |
November 22: 'Hour Glass' concert at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, CA. | ||||||
Bob Keller disappears and is replaced by Pete Carr as the bass player in 'Hour Glass'. (NOTE) | |||||||
NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 1967 | |||||||
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Los Angeles Free Press Los Angeles, CA December 8, 1967 page 8 |
November 30 - December 3: 'Hour Glass' concerts at the Whisky-A-Go-Go in Los Angeles, CA. (NOTE) | |||||
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December 3: The 'Hour Glass' is invited to visit the
'Lost In Space' film set. (NOTE)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_in_Space And the same evening June Lockhart, Angela Cartwright and Billy Mumy from the cast of the 'Lost In Space' television series attend an 'Hour Glass' concert at the Whisky-A-Go-Go in Los Angeles, CA. (NOTE) An article about the visits to the 'Lost In Space' set and the 'Hour Glass' concert is published in the May 1968 issue of 'Teen Screen' magazine. (READ) A few weeks earlier the 'Hour Glass' were hired by June Lockhart to play at a private Halloween party at her house. (NOTE) https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/lost-space-mom-june-lockhart-080054409.html?guccounter=1 |
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DECEMBER 1967 | |||||||
Los Angeles Free Press Los Angeles, CA December 8, 1967 page 29 |
December 8 & 9: 'Hour Glass' concerts at the Cheetah Club in Venice, CA. | ||||||
December 10: A 'Nitty Gritty Dirt Band' radio interview for KRLA-FM at the Magic Mushroom in Studio City, Los Angeles, CA is attended by Duane Allman. (NOTE) | |||||||
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December 15-17: The poster shows
performances by 'Love', 'Canned Heat' and 'Hour Glass' at The
Blue Law in Torrance, CA. The same bands are mentioned on this webpage from July 12, 2009: http://rockprosopography101.blogspot.nl/2009/07/this-is-placeholder-post.html But on this updated webpage from August 20, 2010 'Hour Glass' is replaced by the Los Angeles-area blues rock band 'The Hook': http://rockprosopography101.blogspot.nl/2010/08/bank-19840-south-hamilton-avenue.html And in the review of the concerts, published in the December 18, 1967 issue of the Los Angeles Times, 'The Hook' is also mentioned, and not 'Hour Glass'. So it seems that 'Hour Glass' did not perform and was replaced by 'The Hook'. |
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The Magic Mushroom |
December
20-22: 'Taj Mahal' and 'Iron Butterfly' concerts at the 'Magic Mushroom'
in Studio City, Los Angeles, CA. The December 20 show was
probably attended by Duane Allman, Paul Hornsby, Pete Carr and Johnny
Sandlin. But Jeff Hanna and Jimmy Fadden of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and Paul Hornsby all mention 'The Golden Bear' in Huntington Beach as a possible venue where they saw Taj Mahal. (NOTE) |
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December 21: 'Buffalo Springfield' and 'Hour Glass' play at the Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco. | |||||||
December 22: 'Buffalo Springfield' and 'Hour Glass' play at the Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco. | |||||||
December 23: 'Buffalo Springfield' and 'Hour Glass' play at the Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco. | |||||||
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December 27: Bob
Dylan's LP "John Wesley Harding" is released. It contains the
song "Down Along The Cove". In early 1969 Duane Allman would record "Down Along The Cove" at FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, AL for his never released solo album. And in September 1969 he recorded it with Johnny Jenkins for his "Ton-Ton Macoute!" album. |
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1968 | |||||||
Promotional poster of Hour Glass. | |||||||
Johnny Sandlin, Pete Carr and Duane Allman |
'Hour Glass' concert in Decatur,
AL. (Duane & Gregg Allman, Paul Hornsby, Pete Carr, Johnny Sandlin) |
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EARLY 1968 | |||||||
Stephen Stills |
Duane does a lot of jamming with Stephen Stills. (NOTE) | ||||||
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Taj
Mahal's first album is released. (NOTE)
(DETAILS)
Jesse Ed Davis plays electric slide guitar on 'Statesboro Blues'.
In 1970 The Allman Brothers Band recorded "Statesboro Blues"
during the recording sessions for their "Idlewild South" album, but that
track was not released until 1989 on the "Dreams" box set. |
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JANUARY 1968 | |||||||
Recording sessions for the second Hour Glass album 'Power Of Love' at the Liberty Sound Studio in Los Angeles, CA. | |||||||
FEBRUARY 1968 | |||||||
February 9-11: 'Hour Glass' concerts at the Avalon Ball Room in San Francisco, CA. | |||||||
MARCH 1968 | |||||||
Los Angeles Free Press Los Angeles, CA March 22, 1968 page 23 |
March 7-10: 'Hour Glass' concerts at the Whisky-A-Go-Go in Los Angeles, CA. (NOTE) | ||||||
March 8: Bill Graham opens the New York rock venue 'Fillmore East' at 105 Second Avenue at E. 6th Street in Manhattan. (VIDEO) | |||||||
The Pensacola Journal Pensacola, FL March 22, 1968 page 1B |
The Pensacola Journal Pensacola, FL March 22, 1968 page 10C |
March 22 & 23: 'Hour Glass' concerts at The Electric Experience in Pensacola, FL. | |||||
March 29 or 30: 'Hour Glass' concert at the Martinique in Daytona Beach, FL. (NOTE) | |||||||
The Hour Glass single 'Power Of Love / I Still Want Your Love' is released. | |||||||
Chicago Tribune Chicago, IL March 19, 1968 section 2 page 15 |
The Hour Glass album 'Power Of Love' is released. (DETAILS) | ||||||
APRIL 1968 | |||||||
April 4: According to Paul Hornsby the 'Upbeat' WEWS-5 syndicated TV-Show from Cleveland, OH with Hour Glass is taped on the same day as the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. | |||||||
April 9-11: Percy Sledge recording session at Quinvy Studios in Sheffield, AL. (NOTE) | |||||||
April 12: 'Hour Glass' concert at the Neptune A-Go-Go in Daytona Beach, FL. (NOTE) | |||||||
April 13: The 'Upbeat' WEWS-5 syndicated TV-Show from Cleveland, OH with Hour Glass is aired on WEWS-5 at 5pm. (NOTE) | |||||||
photo by George Shuba |
April 21: The 'Upbeat' WEWS-5 syndicated TV-Show with Hour Glass is aired on KTLA-5 from Los Angeles at 8:30pm. (NOTE) | ||||||
Before the Hour Glass went to Muscle Shoals, AL, they played a concert in St. Louis, MO. (NOTE) | |||||||
April 22: Hour Glass records demos at Rick Hall's Fame Recording Studios in Muscle Shoals, AL with Eddie Hinton as producer and Jimmy Johnson as recording engineer. (NOTE) (DETAILS) | |||||||
APRIL / MAY 1968 | |||||||
Hour Glass comes into conflict
with record company Liberty who are not interested in the recently
recorded Hour Glass demos. (NOTE)
In fact Liberty is only interested in promoting Gregg Allman as a solo singer. (NOTE) |
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MAY 1968 | |||||||
San Francisco Examiner San Francisco, CA April 28, 1968 page 27 |
May 2: 'Hour Glass' concert at the Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco, CA. | ||||||
May 3: 'Hour Glass' concert at the Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco, CA. | |||||||
The Argus Fremont, CA May 4, 1968 page 10 |
May 4: 'Hour Glass' concert at the Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco, CA. | ||||||
Billboard May 4, 1968 page 16 |
May 4: From Billboard: 'Hour Glass to do time for disks'. | ||||||
Cash Box May 4, 1968 page 10 |
May 4: Patti Johnson, publicist for 'Hour Glass', and William McEuen, personal manager of 'Hour Glass', have formed 'Patti Johnson Public Relations'. | ||||||
May 10-11: 'Hour Glass' concerts at the Cheetah Club in Venice, CA. | |||||||
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May 17-18: 'Hour Glass' concerts at the Kaleidoscope in Los Angeles, CA. | ||||||
May 17-19: 'Hour Glass' concerts at The Blue Law in Torrance, CA. (NOTE) | |||||||
San Bernardino Sun San Bernardino, CA May 21, 1968 Volume 22, Number 13, Page 14: |
Independent Star-News Pasadena, CA May 18, 1968 page 6 |
May 21: The broadcast of the television show "Swingin' Singles" with The Hour Glass, on Channel 13 KCOP-TV from Los Angeles, is announced in the TV-DIAL-O-LOGUE section of the San Bernandino Sun. (NOTE) | |||||
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May 24-26: 'Hour Glass' concerts at the Avalon Ball Room in San Francisco, CA. | ||||||
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The 31st Of February's single (with Butch Trucks) 'Sandcastles / Pick A Gripe' is released. (DETAILS) | |||||
An article about the December 3, 1967 visit of the 'Hour Glass' to the film set of the 'Lost In Space' television series, and the visit of June Lockhart, Angela Cartwright and Billy Mumy to an 'Hour Glass' concert at the Whisky-A-Go-Go in Los Angeles, CA that same evening, is published in the May 1968 issue of 'Teen Screen' magazine. (READ) (NOTE) | |||||||
JUNE 1968 | |||||||
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News-Press Fort Myers, FL June 2, 1968 page 2 |
June 4: 'Pat Boone In Hollywood' with 'Hour Glass' is broadcasted. | |||||
(reissue poster) |
June
6-9: 'Hour Glass' concerts at the Whisky-A-Go-Go in Los Angeles, CA. Brian Williams, at the time a young agent for the bookers Agency for the Performing Arts recalls the June 9 show that Sunday night closing set saw Janis Joplin, Eric Burdon, Vic Briggs and a slew of other top shelf musicians sitting in with Greg, Duane and Company - all at the same time. (NOTE) |
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June 12: Gregg Allman recording session at the Liberty Sound Studios in Hollywood, CA. |
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June 16: 'Hour Glass' concert at 'Summer Thing' at the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds in Watsonville, CA. |
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San Francisco Examiner June 16, 1968 page 161 |
June 16: From the 'San Francisco Examiner'. |
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Los Angeles Free Press Los Angeles, CA May 17, 1968 page 16 |
Los Angeles Free Press Los Angeles, CA June 14, 1968 page 27 |
June 27-30: 'Hour Glass' is
mentioned in the Los Angeles Free Press in an announcement for
the 'Phantasmagoria III' benefit concert on June 13, 14, 15 &
16, 1968 at the Wrigley Field in Los Angeles, CA. But the ads from June 14 and June 28 show that the concert was re-scheduled to June 27, 28, 29 & 30, 1968, and 'Hour Glass' was not mentioned anymore, so they probably did not perform at the concert. |
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The members of Hour Glass, besides Gregg Allman, (NOTE) leave Los Angeles and return to St. Louis, MO. (NOTE) | |||||||
Billboard September 28, 1968 page 33 |
The 31st Of February's album (with Butch Trucks) 'The 31st Of February' is released. (DETAILS) | ||||||
Billboard July 15, 1972 page 62 |
The members of the
Hour Glass promise to repay
Bill McEuen, manager
of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and former manager of the Hour Glass,
a $ 14,619 loan at an 8 percent interest. In 1972 Bill McEuen filed suit against Gregg Allman, Duane Allman, Paul Hornsby, Johnny Sandlin and Pete Carr because the loan was never repraid. |
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JULY 1968 | |||||||
Fillmore Auditorium (The Fillmore) in 2010 |
July 4: The closing
night of Bill Graham's 'Fillmore Auditorium' in San Francisco,
CA. The Hour Glass played there on October 19, 20 & 21, 1967, December 21, 22 & 23, 1967 and and May 2, 3 & 4, 1968. |
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July 5: The opening
night of Bill Graham's Fillmore West in San Francisco, CA. The Allman Brothers Band played there on January 15, 16, 17 & 18, 1970 and January 28, 30 & 31, 1971. |
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(The band 'Male Bachs' in this picture was one of the support acts) |
July 12-14: 'Hour Glass' concerts at
the Comic Book Club in Jacksonville, FL. (NOTE)
Duane Allman and Berry Oakley meet for the first time on July 14. (NOTE) |
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Record World July 13, 1968 page 16 |
July 13: From 'Record World'. |
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch St. Louis, MO July 19, 1968 page 2D |
July 23: Donna Roosmann attends a Jefferson Airplane concert at the Kiel Auditorium in St. Louis, MO. After the show she meets Duane Allman for the first time. (NOTE) | ||||||
Cash Box July 27, 1968 page 50 |
July 27: From 'Cash Box'. |
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The 'Greg Allman &
The Hour Glass' single 'D-I-V-O-R-C-E / Changing Of The Guard' is released. |
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'Hour Glass' concert at the Castaway in Ferguson (St. Louis), MO. (NOTE) | |||||||
JULY / AUGUST 1968 | |||||||
The 'Hour Glass' played at the Briar Patch in Nashville, TN and started using the name 'Allman Joys' again. (NOTE) | |||||||
'The New Rock Band' recording sessions at the Tone Studios in Hialeah, FL. (NOTE) | |||||||
Duane Allman and Donna Roosmann attend an Albert King concert in East St. Louis, IL. (NOTE) | |||||||
AUGUST 1968 | |||||||
Cash Box August 3, 1968 page 26 |
August 3: Cash Box
'West Coast Girl Of The Week is Patti
Johnson, publicist for 'Hour
Glass'. On May 4, 1968 she formed 'Patti Johnson Public Relations', together with William McEuen, personal manager of 'Hour Glass'. |
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August 9: 'Hour Glass' concert at the Kiel Auditorium in St. Louis, MO. (NOTE) | ||||||
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August 10: 'Hour Glass' concert at the Forest Park World's Fair Pavilion in St. Louis, MO. (NOTE) |
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch St. Louis, MO August 9, 1968 page 5D |
August 10: 'Hour Glass' concert at the Castaway in Ferguson (St. Louis), MO. | ||||||
St. Louis Post-Dispatch St. Louis, MO August 9, 1968 page 5D |
August 11: 'Hour Glass' concert at the Castaway in Ferguson (St. Louis), MO. | ||||||
St. Louis Post-Dispatch St. Louis, MO August 18, 1968 page 3H |
August 18: A picture of 'Hour Glass', probably taken at the Castaway in Ferguson (St. Louis), MO, is published in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. | ||||||
August 19 & 20: Percy Sledge recording session at Quinvy Studios in Sheffield, AL. (NOTE) | |||||||
Billboard August 3, 1968 page 77 |
Jeff Beck's album 'Truth' is released. (NOTE) | ||||||
Billboard August 31, 1968 page 73 |
Clarence Carter's album 'This Is Clarence Carter is released. (NOTE) (DETAILS) | ||||||
The final 'Hour Glass' concert in Mobile, AL. (NOTE) | |||||||
'Hour Glass' breaks up. Gregg Allman stays in Los Angeles, Paul Hornsby and Johnny Sandlin return to their homes in Alabama, and Duane Allman and Pete Carr drive the van to Florida. (NOTE) | |||||||
AUGUST / SEPTEMBER 1968 | |||||||
Sun-Sentinel Deerfield Beach, FL August 20, 1986 page 10A |
Playground Daily News Fort Walton Beach, FL November 30, 1986 page 5B
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On
September 25, 1968, Duane and Gregg's mother Geraldine ("Jerry")
wrote in a letter to her niece Jo Jane that Duane, Gregg, Bob
and Pete arrived at 3AM on a Monday. The exact date is not
mentioned. Geraldine Allman lived at
100 Van Avenue in Daytona Beach, FL. Pete is Pete Carr, and Bob is probably Bobby Brantley, who played drums in the final days of Hour Glass. (NOTE) |
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SEPTEMBER 1968 | |||||||
The 'Greg Allman & The Hour Glass' single 'She Is My Woman / Going Nowhere' is released. | |||||||
Ardent Studios |
Bevis Studio |
September 11 & 16: 'The Bleus' recording sessions at Ardent Studios
in Memphis, TN. Additional recordings were made the same month at Bevis Studio in Sheffield, AL. Duane Allman plays on the tracks "Milk And Honey", "Leavin' Lisa" and "Julianna's Gone". (NOTE) |
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San Francisco Examiner San Franciso, CA September 8, 1968 page 35 |
September 13 & 14: 'Hour
Glass' concerts at the Sound Factory in Sacramento, CA are announced
in the San Francisco Examiner. These concerts probably didn't take place, as 'Hour Glass' was already disbanded at that time. |
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Duane Allman goes to Muscle Shoals, AL and asks Rick Hall of Fame Recording Studios for a job as studio musician. Rick Hall can't offer Duane any work at that time, because he already has enough session guitarists, but Duane decides to hang out and wait for an opportunity to arrive. (NOTE) | |||||||
September 18 & 19: Clarence Carter recording sessions at at Rick Hall's Fame Recording Studios in Muscle Shoals, AL. (NOTE) | |||||||
September 19: Wilson Pickett recording session at Rick Hall's Fame Recording Studios in Muscle Shoals, AL. (NOTE) | |||||||
Gregg Allman moves from Los Angeles, CA to Daytona Beach, FL and joins his brother Duane. | |||||||
September 25: The '31st Of February' concert with Duane and Gregg Allman at The Scene in Jacksonville, FL. (NOTE) | |||||||
September 28 or 29: The '31st Of February' concert with Duane and Gregg Allman in Fort Pierce, FL. (NOTE) | |||||||
The '31st Of February' are recording demos at the Tone Studios in Hialeah, FL. (NOTE) | |||||||
Gregg Allman is called back to Los Angeles by record company Liberty because of an outstanding debt. (NOTE) | |||||||
The '31st Of February' breaks up as a result of Gregg Allman's departure to Los Angeles, CA. (NOTE) | |||||||
OCTOBER 1968 | |||||||
The 'Greg Allman & The Hour Glass' single 'Now Is The Time / She Is My Woman' is released. | |||||||
Duane Allman plays on a number of Clarence Carter recordings at Fame Recording Studios in Muscle Shoals, AL. (NOTE) | |||||||
The New Rock Band's single 'Rock Steady / Little David' is released. (NOTE) (DETAILS) | |||||||
October 8: Laura Lee recording sessions at Rick Hall's Fame Recording Studios in Muscle Shoals, AL. (NOTE) | |||||||
October 9 & 10: Laura Lee recording sessions at at Rick Hall's Fame Recording Studios in Muscle Shoals, AL. (NOTE) | |||||||
October 28-31: Wilson Pickettt recording sessions at at Rick Hall's Fame Recording Studios in Muscle Shoals, AL. (NOTE) | |||||||
Clarence Carters single 'Too Weak To Fight / Let Me Comfort You' is released. Duane doesn't play on these tracks. | |||||||
NOVEMBER 1968 | |||||||
The Bleus' single 'Milk And Honey / Leavin' Lisa' is released. (DETAILS) | |||||||
Duane Allman, who stayed with Berry Oakley in Jacksonville, FL at that time, receives a telegram from Rick Hall with an invitation to play at a Wilson Pickett recording session. (NOTE) | |||||||
November 1: Barry Goldberg recording sessions at Quinvy Studios in Sheffield, AL for the album '2 Jews Blues'. Duane plays on the track 'Twice A Man. (NOTE) | |||||||
November 8: the various artists album 'The Original Soul Christmas' is released. Duane doesn't play on this album. (DETAILS) | |||||||
November 12: Clarence Carter's recording session for 'The Road Of Love' at Fame Recording Studios in Muscle Shoals, AL. This would become the first commercially released recording to feature Duane playing a slide guitar solo. This song was originally recorded on July 26, 1967 and on November 12, 1968 it was re-recorded. (NOTE) | |||||||
November 12 & 13: Clarence Carter's recording sessions at Fame Recording Studios in Muscle Shoals, AL. (NOTE) | |||||||
November 25: King Curtis' single 'The Christmas Song / What Are You Doing New Year's Eve' is released. Duane doesn't play on these songs. (DETAILS) | |||||||
November 27: Wilson Pickett recording session at Rick Hall's Fame Recording Studios in Muscle Shoals, AL. (NOTE) | |||||||
Rick Hall gives Jerry Wexler a call and plays Wilson Pickett's recording of 'Hey Jude' over the telephone. Jerry Wexler is pretty impressed and decides to release it as a single. (NOTE) | |||||||
Rick Hall asks Duane Allman to move from Jacksonville, FL to Muscle Shoals, AL. (NOTE) | |||||||
Jerry Wexler informs Tom Dowd about Duane Allman. (NOTE) | |||||||
Arthur Conley recording sessions at Fame Recording Studios in Muscle Shoals, AL. (NOTE) | |||||||
DECEMBER 1968 | |||||||
December 2: Clarence Carter recording session at Fame Recording Studios. The track 'Light My Fire' is recorded. (NOTE) | |||||||
December 3: Wilson Pickett recording session at Fame Recording Studios. (NOTE) | |||||||
December 6: Arthur Conley recording session at Fame Recording Studios. (NOTE) | |||||||
December 14: 'The Lovelles' recording session at Fame Recording Studios. (NOTE) | |||||||
The Wilson Pickett single 'Hey Jude / Search Your Heart' is released. Duane Allman plays on 'Hey Jude'. | |||||||
Cash Box December 21, 1968 page 14 |
The Arthur Conley single 'Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da / Otis Sleep On' is released. Duane Allman plays on 'Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da'. | ||||||
Willie Walker's single 'A Lucky Loser / Warm To Cool To Cold' is released. (DETAILS) | |||||||
December 17-19: The Soul Survivors recording sessions at Fame Recording Studios in Muscle Shoals, AL. (NOTE) | |||||||
December 21: Wilson Pickett's 'Hey Jude' enters the Cash Box Top 100 and the Billboard Top 100. | |||||||
Cash Box December 21, 1968 page 44 |
Record World December 21, 1968 page 26 |
December 21: From 'Cash Box' and 'Record World'. |
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Duane returned to Jacksonville and then went to the Miami Pop Festival. (NOTE) | |||||||
December 28-30: The second Miami Pop Festival at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale, FL. | |||||||
During his stay in Miami Duane
visited the 'Thee Image Club' where he played with Thom 'Ace'
Doucette for the first time and according to Doucette it was the
first time that Duane played slide guitar in
public. (NOTE)
But according to Pete Carr, Paul Hornsby and Johnny Sandlin, Duane already played slide guitar in public during the 'Hour Glass' days. (NOTE) |
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LATE 1968 | |||||||
Willie Walker recording session at Fame Recording Studios. (NOTE) | |||||||
Spencer Wiggins recording session at Fame Recording Studios. (NOTE) |
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