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The
Allman Brothers Band album 'At Fillmore East' is released on
180g vinyl LP with bonus tracks by Vinyl Lovers/Lilith Records
Ltd. from Russia. (DETAILS)
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The
Allman Brothers Band album 'Eat A Peach' is released on 180g
vinyl LP with bonus tracks by Vinyl Lovers/Lilith Records Ltd.
from Russia. (DETAILS)
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Michael Buffalo
Smith's
articles 'The Delaney
Bramlett Interviews 2008 (Parts One and Two) are published on
swampland.com.
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FEBRUARY
2008 |
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February 24: The
theatrical premiere of the documentary 'Please Call Home - The Big House Years',
about the years
1970 to 1973 when several members of the Allman Brothers Band
lived in 'The Big House' in Macon, GA, at the Macon Film
Festival. |
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MARCH
2008 |
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Laura
Nyro's 1970 album 'Christmas And The Beads Of Sweat' is re-released on CD
by Sony/BMG (USA). (DETAILS)
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APRIL
2008 |
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April 18: Jim Coleman dies in Nashville,
TN at the age of 57.
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/tuscaloosa/obituary.aspx?n=james-j-coleman-jim&pid=108204851
The recordings he made with Eddie Hinton between 1969 and 1971 were
released in 1995 as 'Lost And Found'.
Duane Allman plays on the track 'What Goes On'. (DETAILS) |
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April 29: The Allman Brothers Band compilation CD 'Playlist Plus' is released. (DETAILS)
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AUGUST
2008 |
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August 1: The
revised and expanded paperback edition of Randy
Poe's book 'Skydog - The Duane Allman Story' is published.
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Philadelphia Daily News
Philadelphia, PA
August 16, 2008
pages 12F & 14
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
St. Louis, MO
August 17, 2008
page D11 |
August 15: Producer Jerry Wexler dies in Sarasota, FL at the age
of 91. |
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August 26: Lulu's album 'New Routes' is released on CD. (DETAILS)
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SEPTEMBER
2008 |
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An Anthology - booklet
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Music photographer J. Jeffrey 'Jeff'
Albertson dies in Fort Lee, NJ.
He took the pictures on November 1, 1971 at Duane Allman's
memorial service at Snow's Memorial Chapel in Macon, GA.
One of his pictures is also included in the booklet of the 1972
LP 'Duane Allman - An Anthology'.
And he also took the cover photo of the 1974 LP 'Duane Allman -
An Anthology Vol. II'.
http://credo.library.umass.edu/search?q=subject:"Allman Brothers
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September
29: The various artists compilation CD 'Take Me To The River - A
Southern Soul Story 1961-1977' is released in the UK. (DETAILS)
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NOVEMBER
2008 |
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November 11: King Curtis' album 'Instant
Groove' is released on CD. (DETAILS)
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November 11: Bonnie Bramlett's compilation CD 'Piece Of My Heart
- The Best Of 1969-1978' is released. (DETAILS)
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November 22:
Ray Waddell's article '40 Years Of Highs And Lows' is published in 'Billboard'.
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Ward Meeker's article about Duane Allman's 1957 Goldtop Les Paul guitar is
published in the
November 2008 issue of 'Vintage Guitar Magazine'.
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DECEMBER
2008 |
The Tennessean
Nashville, TN
December 29, 2008
page 3A |
Intelligencer Journal
Lancaster, PA
December 29, 2008
page B4
The Boston Globe
Boston, MA
December 30, 2008
page B7 |
December 27: Delaney Bramlett dies in Los Angeles, CA at the age
of 69. |
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2009 |
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John Lynskey's
article 'Gregg Allman: The Road Still Goes On' is published in 'Hittin'
The Note' Issue 60.
(READ) |
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JANUARY
2009 |
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Alan Paul's
article 'Southern By The Grace Of God' is published in 'Guitar
Legends'.
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Alan Paul's
article 'At Fillmore East' is published in 'Guitar
Legends'. (READ) |
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Ellen Mandel's article 'The Georgia Peach' is published in 'Guitar
Legends'.
This article was first published in 'Good Times Magazine' in
April 1971 and reprinted in 'Guitar World' in November 1991. (READ) |
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January 20: Ted Drozdowski's article 'Duane Allman's Tone Quest' is
published on gibson.com
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FEBRUARY
2009 |
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February 17: Marlin
Greene's album 'Tiptoe Past The Dragon' is released on CD. (DETAILS)
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MARCH
2009 |
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March 9-28: The
Allman Brothers Band plays 15 concerts, dedicated to Duane Allman,
at the Beacon Theatre in New York City and celebrates the 40th
anniversary of the band on March 26. (NOTE)
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March 22: The New
York theatrical premiere of the documentary 'Please Call Home - The Big House Years',
about the years
1970 to 1973 when several members of the Allman Brothers Band
lived in 'The Big House' in Macon, GA, at the Paramount Center
For The Arts. |
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Ward Meeker's article 'The Vintage Guitar Hall Of Fame - Duane Allman - 2008 Player'
is published in the March 2009 issue of 'Vintage Guitar
Magazine'. (READ) |
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The documentary 'Please Call Home - The Big House Years'
is released on DVD. (DETAILS)
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APRIL
2009 |
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April 5: The article 'Reflections On The Allman Brothers Band' is
published on www.macon.com.
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APRIL / MAY
2009 |
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John
Swenson's article 'Duane Allman: A Matter Of Influence' is
published in the April / May 2009 issues of 'Relix' magazine.
On March 1, 2013 is was published again on
the website of 'Relix'.
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MAY
2009 |
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May 14: Phillip Ramati's article 'Remembering The Allman
Brothers Band: The Road Goes On Forever' is published on
www.popmatters.com.
(READ) |
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May 26: The 31st Of
February's album 'The 31st Of February' is released on CD by
Henry Stone Music. Duane Allman plays on the bonus track 'In The
Morning When I'm Real'.
(DETAILS)
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JUNE
2009 |
The Tennessean
Nashville, TN
June 12, 2009
page 2B |
Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles, CA
June 16, 2009
page A20
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pittsburgh, PA
June 18, 2009
page C-3
The Boston Globe
Boston, MA
June 19, 2009
page B14 |
June
10: Barry Beckett, record producer, in the 1960's studio keyboardist
for Rick Hall's FAME Studio in Muscle Shoals, AL. and in 1969
co-founder of the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section and Muscle Shoals
Sound Studio, dies in Hendersonville, TN at the age of 66. |
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JULY
2009 |
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July 9:
Mark Binelli's article 'The Lost Brother'
is
published in 'Rolling Stone',
issue No.
1082/1083.
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July 22: A live
recording of The Allman Brothers
Band, recorded in Tampa, FL in 1970, surfaces. The exact date is not
yet known. Gregg Allman did not perform at the show. Duane took
over the vocal duties. |
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Alan Paul's
article 'The Allman Brothers
Band: The Road Goes On Forever'
(READ) and Andy Aledort's article
'Lightning In A Bottle - How To Play Slide In The Style Of The
Great Duane Allman' are published in
the July 2009 issue of 'Guitar World' (published with 2
different covers). |
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AUGUST
2009 |
Courier-Post
Camden, NJ
August 17, 2009
page 6D |
The Boston Globe
Boston, MA
August 17, 2009
page B9
The Indianapolis Star
Indianapolis, IN
August 17, 2009
page A22 |
August 15: James Luther 'Jim' Dickinson, pianist, singer, record
producer and in the late 1960's and early 1970's a member of the
Atlantic Records studio rhythm section 'The Dixie Flyers', dies in
Memphis, TN at the age of 67. |
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The 'Guitar Legends' magazine issue
'Rock In Peace' is published (issue # 110). |
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DECEMBER
2009 |
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December 1: The
book 'Duane Allman Guitar Anthology' is published by
Hal-Leonard. |
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Duane Allman's bedroom
in 'The Big House'
Berry Oakley's bedroom
in 'The Big House' |
December 5: 'The
Allman Brothers Band Museum' opens its doors at 'The Big House'
at 2321 Vineville Avenue, Macon, GA. |
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Dave
Rubin's
book 'Duane Allman: Guitar Signature Licks - A Step-By-Step
Breakdown Of His Guitar Styles And Techniques' is published by
Hal-Leonard. |
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Jas
Obrecht's article 'Jesse Ed Davis: I Just Play The Notes That
Sound Good' is published on jasobrecht.com.
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JANUARY
2010 |
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January 25:
Wilson Pickett's 6-CD compilation boxed set 'Funky Midnight Mover -
The Atlantic Studio Recordings (1962-1978)' is released by Rhino
Handmade Records. (DETAILS)
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January 25: The
various artists compilation CD 'The Complete Goldwax Singles
Volume 3: 1967-1970' is released in the UK. (DETAILS)
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FEBRUARY
2010 |
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February 1: 'The
book 'Duane Allman Guitar Play-Along Vol. 104' is published by
Hal-Leonard. |
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MARCH
2010 |
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Chicago Tribune
Chicago, IL
March 28, 2010
page 27
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Atlanta, GA
March 29, 2010
page B4 |
March 24:
Photographer Jim Marshall, who took the pictures for the album
cover of 'The Allman Brothers Band At Fillmore East', dies in
New York City at the age of 74. (VIDEO)
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APRIL
2010 |
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An Anthology II - back photo |
April 21: Music photographer Chuck Pulin
dies in New York at the age of 69.
He took the cover and liner photos of the 1973 Allman Brothers
Band compilation album 'Beginnings'.
And he also took the back & inside photos of the 1974 LP 'Duane
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April 23: The grand opening of 'The Allman Brothers Band Museum' at
'The Big House', 2321 Vineville Avenue, Macon, GA.
The ribbon cutting was done by Gregg Allman, Butch Trucks and Jaimoe. |
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JUNE
2010 |
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June 11: Singer Ella Brown dies in
Warner Robins, GA at the age of 62. |
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June 23: Gregg Allman
underwent a successful liver transplant operation at the Mayo Clinic
in Jacksonville, FL. (NOTE)
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June 28: Doris Duke's album 'I'm A Loser' is re-issued on LP by
Ace Records / Kent Soul from the UK. (DETAILS)
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June 28: Spencer Wiggins' compilation CD 'Feed The Flame - The
Fame And XL Recordings' is released by Ace Records / Kent Soul from
the UK. (DETAILS)
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JULY
2010 |
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July 2: Gregg Allman
is released from the hospital. |
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July 25: Duane Allman's
1957 Les Paul Goldtop is now on display until the end of August 2010
at the Allman Brothers Band Museum at the Big House in Macon, GA. (NOTE)
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July 26:
Jimmy Hughes' compilation CD 'Something Extra Special - The
Complete Volt Recordings 1968-1971' is released in the UK. (DETAILS)
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AUGUST
2010 |
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The 'Skydog Woody
Project' releases the CD 'Guitar Magic'.
Joe Davis plays Duane Allman's 1957 Gibson Les Paul Goldtop and
Garry Harper plays Allen Woody's 1976 Gibson Thunderbird bass. |
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OCTOBER
2010 |
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Daily News
New York, NY
October 11, 2010
page 21 |
October 10: Soul singer/songwriter Solomon Burke dies at
Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam, The Netherlands at the age of 70. |
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DECEMBER
2010 |
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December 3: A Gibson Les Paul Custom Black Beauty guitar, that
was owned by Duane Allman, is sold at an auction for the amount
of $50,000.
https://www.julienslive.com/m/lot-details/index/catalog/11/lot/2569/ |
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December 17: Bobby Whitlock's book 'A Rock 'n' Roll
Autobiography' is published by McFarland. |
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December 21: Percy Sledge's 4-CD compilation boxed set 'The
Atlantic Recordings' is released by Rhino
Handmade Records. (DETAILS)
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2011 |
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'From One
Brother To Another': The Gibson
Custom Shop issues the 'Dickey Betts SG' guitar':
http://www.gibson.com/Products/Electric-Guitars/SG/Gibson-Custom/Dickey-Betts-SG.aspx
(Source: Tony Bacon: 'The SG Guitar Book',
Backbeat Books, 2015, page 101) |
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JANUARY
2011 |
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Alan Paul's
article 'Duane Allman: Long-Lost
1957 Gibson Les Paul Goldtop' is published in
the January 2011 issue of 'Guitar World'.
(READ) |
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FEBRUARY
2011 |
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February 21:
Joseph L. 'Red Dog' Campbell dies at the age of 68.
He was a roadie for The Allman Brothers Band for 32 years and
the author of 'The Legendary Red Dog: A Book Of Tails'.
His picture is memorialized for all time on the back of the 'At
Fillmore East' album.
Writer/Filmmaker Cameron Crowe included a characterization of
Red Dog by name and appearance in his now classic film 'Almost
Famous'.
https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/joseph-lawrence-campbell-obituary |
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Bud Scoppa's
article 'The Jam Goes On Forever' is published in
the February 2011 issue of 'Uncut' in the UK.
(READ) |
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MARCH
2011 |
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March 12: The
Allman Brothers Band celebrates the 40th anniversary of the
recording of the 'Live At Fillmore East' album at a concert at
the Beacon Theatre in New York City by playing the complete
album during the first set. |
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March 21: The Derek And The
Dominos 2-CD 'Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs' (40th
Anniversary Deluxe Edition) is released in the UK. (DETAILS)
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March 21: The Derek And The
Dominos 4-CD/DVD/2-LP box set 'Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs' (40th
Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition) is released in the UK. (DETAILS)
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APRIL
2011 |
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April 5: Robbie Robertson's CD 'How
To Become Clairvoyant' is released.
Duane Allman is mentioned in the song 'Axman'. (LYRICS) |
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April 26: The Derek And The
Dominos 2-CD 'Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs' (40th
Anniversary Deluxe Edition) is released in the USA. (DETAILS)
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April 26: The Derek And The
Dominos 4-CD/DVD/2-LP box set 'Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs' (40th
Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition) is released in the USA. (DETAILS)
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MAY
2011 |
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May 2: The various artists
compilation CD
'Delta Swamp Rock' is released by Soul Jazz
Records in the UK. Duane Allman plays on 3 tracks. (DETAILS)
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May 5: Vince Gill
plays Duane Allman's 1957 Gibson Les Paul Goldtop at a benefit
concert for the Alzheimer's Association of Georgia in Macon, GA. |
Philadelphia Daily News
Philadelphia, PA
May 13, 2011
page 33F |
Daily News
New York, NY
May 14, 2011
page 22 |
May 8: Guitar player Cornell Dupree, who played in the Atlantic
Records studio band, recording on albums by Aretha Franklin,
Herbie Mann and King Curtis as a member of Curtis' band 'The
King Pins' and was a founding member of the band 'Stuff' in the
1970's, dies in Fort Worth, TX at the age of 68. |
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May 19: Ronnie Hawkins' 1970 album
'Ronnie Hawkins' is released on CD by Wounded Bird Records. (DETAILS)
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May 19: Ronnie Hawkins' 1971 album 'The
Hawk' is released on CD by Wounded Birds Records. (DETAILS)
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May 25: Tom Wilk's article 'Allman
Brothers At Steel Pier: July 1971' is published on
www.atlanticcityweekly.com
(READ) |
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May 30: Ronnie Hawkins'
compilation CD
'The Ballads Of Ronnie Hawkins' is released by Bear Family
Records in Germany. (DETAILS)
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Gavin Martin's article 'Gregg
Allman: Every Reason To Sing The Blues'
(READ)
and Elliot Stephen
Cohen's article 'Telling The Truth' (about Bobby Whitlock and
Derek & The Dominos)
(READ) are published in the May 2011 issue of
'Record Collector' in the UK. |
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JUNE
2011 |
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Tallahassee Democrat
Tallahassee, FL
June 8, 2011
page 8
Star Tribune
Minneapolis, MN
June 9, 2011
page B6 |
June
4: David 'Frankie' Toler, drummer in the Allman Brothers Band
from 1980-1982 and after that drummer in the Gregg Allman Band,
dies at the age of 59. |
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June 6:
Rowland Archer (from "Hittin' The Web") and Duane Allman's
daughter Galadrielle launch the new website
www.duaneallman.com |
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Atlanta, GA
June 9, 2011
page B9 |
June 7: Philip Walden Jr., son of the late Capricorn Records
co-founder Phil Walden, dies in an accident in Atlanta, GA at the age of
48. |
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SEPTEMBER
2011 |
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The former 'Sound Recorders
Studios', 6226 Yucca Street, Los Angeles, CA, where 'Hour Glass'
recorded in 1967, has been demolished.
http://www.uglyangel.net/2011/09/in-short-2-weeks-of-my-absence-from.html
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OCTOBER
2011 |
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pittsburgh, PA
October 21, 2011
page B-3 |
The Boston Globe
Boston, MA
October 21, 2011
page B14 |
October 20:
Rock photographer Barry Feinstein, who did the album design for
the 1972 Capricorn compilation album 'Duane Allman - An
Anthology' and also did the photography and album design for the
Delaney & Bonnie & Friends albums 'To Bonnie From Delaney'
(Atco, 1970) and 'Motel Shot' (Atco, 1971), dies in Woodstock,
NY at the age of 80. |
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October 29:
The Dutch newspaper "Leeuwarder Courant' publishes an article by
Hans Willems about Duane, to commemorate his passing, 40 years
ago today. (READ) |
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NOVEMBER
2011 |
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November 1:
Pete Frame's book 'Even More Rock Family Trees' is published by
Omnibus Press.
It contains an Allman Brothers Band family tree, drawn by Pete
Frame in September 2000. |
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November 14: The various artists compilation CD 'The
Fame Studios Story 1961 - 1973' is released in the UK. (DETAILS)
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November 28:
George Jackson's compilation CD 'Don't Count Me Out - The
Fame Recordings Volume 1' is released in the UK. Duane Allman
plays on the track 'Greedy Over You'. (DETAILS)
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DECEMBER
2011 |
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December 6: The Allman Brothers
Band CD 'S.U.N.Y. At Stonybrook 9/19/71' is re-issued. (DETAILS)
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December 7: Tom
Dowd's induction into the 'Rock and Roll Hall of Fame' is
announced. The 27th annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction
Ceremony will take place on Saturday, April 14, 2012 in
Cleveland, OH. (NOTE)
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December 21: The
Recording Academy has honored the Allman Brothers Band with a
Lifetime Achievement Award, which will be acknowledged at the 54th
GRAMMY telecast on February 11, 2012. (NOTE)
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JANUARY
2012 |
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January 2: Larry 'Rhino' Reinhardt, who played guitar in 'The
Second Coming' with Dickey Betts and Berry Oakley, dies at the age
of 63.
Between 1969 and 1993 he played in various lineups of 'Iron
Butterfly' and in 1971 he was one of the founding members of
'Captain Beyond'. |
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The
October 1981 Guitar Player articles 'Duane Allman Remembered' by
Jas Obrecht
(READ) and 'Duane Allman's Slide Style' by Arlen Roth
(READ) are re-issued online by the Guitar Player Vault. |
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FEBRUARY
2012 |
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February 11: The Allman Brothers Band
receive a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 54th GRAMMY telecast. (VIDEO)
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February 16:
The article 'Skydog's Lost Shoes' is published on Spence Johnson's
blog 'Early Evening, Music + Life'.
(READ) |
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MARCH
2012 |
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March 23:
The website 'Duane Allman Journal' is launched:
A fictional diary of Duane's experience as leader of the Allman
Brothers Band starting March 23, 1969, 43 years to the day when
Duane first assembled the band.
http://duaneallmanjournal.blogspot.com/ |
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March 23: The
Allman Brothers Band compilation CD 'Collected' is released by USM /
Universal Music in The Netherlands. (DETAILS)
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March 26: The
August 26, 1971 Allman Brothers Band concert at A & R Studios in New York
City, that was broadcasted by WPLJ-FM, is released on CD by
Leftfield Media. (DETAILS)
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APRIL
2012 |
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April 9: Alan Bryson's article 'Talkin' Blues With The
Groovemaster, Jerry Jemmott' (with chapters about Muscle Shoals
and Duane Allman) is published on allabouthazz.com.
(READ) |
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April 14: Tom
Dowd is inducted into the 'Rock and Roll Hall of Fame'. The 27th annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction
Ceremony took place in Cleveland, OH. |
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April 14: Laura Nyro is inducted into the 'Rock and Roll Hall of Fame'. The 27th annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction
Ceremony took place in Cleveland, OH. |
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April 15: Anathalee G. Sandlin's book 'A Never-Ending Groove:
Johnny Sandlin's Musical Odyssey' is published by Mercer
University Press. |
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MAY
2012 |
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May 1: The hardcover edition of Gregg Allman's autobiography 'My Cross To Bear' is published by
William Morrow - Harper Collins Publishers.
(PREVIEW) |
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May 8: The Allman Brothers
Band CD 'American University 12/13/70' is re-issued. (DETAILS)
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May 21: Alan Paul's e-book 'One Way Out - An Oral History Of The
Allman Brothers Band' is published by Beijing Blues Publishing /
Amazon Digital Services. |
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May 28:
Clarence Carter's compilation CD 'The Fame Singles Volume 1 -
1966-70' is released in the UK. (DETAILS)
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JULY
2012 |
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July 23: The
August 26, 1971 Allman Brothers Band concert at A & R Studios in New York
City, that was broadcasted by WPLJ-FM, is released on LP by
Let Them Eat Vinyl. (DETAILS)
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AUGUST
2012 |
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August 28:
George Jackson's compilation CD 'Let The Best Man Win - The
Fame Recordings Volume 2' is released in the UK. Duane Allman plays on the track 'Mini Skirt Minnie'. (DETAILS)
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SEPTEMBER
2012 |
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September 15: A
ceremony was held near the site of the Second Atlanta
International Pop Festival to unveil and dedicate an official
historic marker commemorating the event. The marker text reads:
"In the 1960s, as American culture changed rapidly, new forms of
music and performance emerged, including large outdoor rock
festivals. From July 3–5, 1970, the Second Atlanta International
Pop Festival, one of the largest such events anywhere in the
world during that era, took place in a field 600 yards west of
here. Over thirty musical acts performed, including rock icon
Jimi Hendrix playing to the largest American audience of his
career, and Macon’s Allman Brothers Band on their launching pad
to national fame. Officials estimated that the festival drew
several hundred thousand young people to Byron that weekend.
Organized by renowned Atlanta concert promoter Alex Cooley, it
remains one of the largest public gatherings in state history."
Official sponsors of the marker were the Georgia Historical
Society, the Byron Area Historical Society, the Georgia Allman
Brothers Band Association, The Allman Brothers Band Museum at
the Big House, and Hittin’ the Note. The marker dedication
ceremony was hosted by festival site landowner Tim Thornton, and
featured Cooley, Byron Mayor Larry Collins, officials of the
sponsoring organizations, and a crowd of festival attendees and
fans. |
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OCTOBER
2012 |
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October 16: The Duane & Gregg
Allman album 'Duane & Gregg Allman' is released by Akarma. It is
manufactured on demand by CreateSpace, part of the Amazon.com
group. (NOTE)
(DETAILS)
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October
16: The instructional DVD 'Play Allman: Learn To Play The Duane
Allman Way With Max Milligan' is released by Artsmagic Ltd. (NOTE)
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NOVEMBER
2012 |
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November 12: The various artists
compilation CD 'Delta Swamp Rock Volume 2' is released by Soul
Jazz Records in the UK. (DETAILS)
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