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The Gibson Custom Shop issues the 'Duane Allman
1959 Cherry Sunburst Les Paul' guitar:
http://www.gibson.com/Products/Electric-Guitars/Les-Paul/Gibson-Custom/Duane-Allman-1959-Cherry-Sunburst-Les-Paul.aspx
(Source: Tony
Bacon: 'Sunburst', Backbeat Books, 2014, page 68) |
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JANUARY
2013 |
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January 26: The
theatrical premiere of the documentary 'Muscle Shoals - Small
Town, Big Music' at
the Sundance Film
Festival at the Eccles Theatre in Park City, UT. |
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January 29: Sam Samudio's album
'Sam - Hard And Heavy' is released on CD with the bonus track 'Me
And Bobby McGee'. (DETAILS)
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FEBRUARY
2013 |
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February 12:
The Allman Brothers Band compilation CD 'Icon' is released
by Mercury Records. (DETAILS)
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February 25: George Jackson's
compilation LP 'The Fame Sessions' is released in the UK. Duane
Allman plays on the track 'Greedy Over You'. (DETAILS)
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The Tampa Tribune
Tampa, FL
February 26, 2013
page 2-metro |
February 25:
'Dangerous' Dan Toler,
guitarist in the Allman Brothers Band from 1978-1982 and also
guitarist in Dickey Betts & Great Southern and the Gregg Allman
Band, dies in Sarasota, FL at the age of 64. |
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February 26: The paperback edition of Gregg Allman's autobiography 'My Cross To Bear' is published by
William Morrow - Harper Collins Publishers.
(PREVIEW) |
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MARCH
2013 |
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March 1:
John Swenson's article 'Duane Allman: A Matter Of Influence',
first published in the April / May 2009 issues of 'Relix'
magazine, is re-issued online on the website of 'Relix'.
(READ) |
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March 11: Brian Robbins' article 'Duane Allman's
Daughter Galadrielle And The Skydog Box Set' is published on
jambands.com.
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March 16:
'Weekend Edition Saturday' (NPR) interview with Duane Allman's daughter Galadrielle about the
release of the 7-CD box set 'Skydog: The Duane Allman
Retrospective. |
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March 18:
The Allman Brothers Band compilation CD 'Midnight Rider: The
Essential Collection' is released
by Spectrum Music in the UK. (DETAILS)
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March 19: Duane
Allman's 7-CD box set 'Skydog: The Duane Allman Retrospective'
is released by Rounder Records. (DETAILS)
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March 20: The Sweet Inspirations' album 'Sweets For My Sweet' is released
on CD in Japan. (DETAILS)
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E.J. Devokaitis' article 'Skydog: The Duane Allman Retrospective'
(about the soon to be released 7-CD box with the same name) is
published by 'Hittin' The Note' in issue #76. |
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APRIL
2013 |
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Bud Scoppa's album review 'Duane Allman - Skydog: The Duane
Allman Retrospective' is
published in the April 2013 issue of 'Uncut' magazine in the UK.
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The Boston Globe
Boston, MA
April 16, 2013
page B13 |
April 14: Singer and songwriter George Jackson dies in Ridgeland, MS at the age of
68. (NOTE)
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April 21: A recording of Herbie
Mann 's unreleased 1971 track "1953 Blue Boogie Children" has
been found. (DETAILS) |
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April 24:
The Soul Survivors' album 'Take Another Look' is released on CD in Japan. (DETAILS)
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MAY
2013 |
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May 1: 'Bill Levenson Discusses Duane Allman's Skydog' is published
on elmoremagazine.com.
(READ) |
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May 6:
Saxophone player Rudolph
'Juicy' Carter dies in Salisbury, NC.
He played with the Allman Brothers Band at the March 1971
concerts at the Fillmore East in New York and is featured on the
March 12 (second show) recording of Hot 'Lanta, released in 1993
on 'The Fillmore Concerts'.
https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/rudolph-juici-carter-obituary?pid=164682409 |
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May 14:
Irma Thomas' album 'In Between Tears' is re-released on LP and CD by
Alive Records. (NOTE)
(DETAILS)
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JUNE
2013 |
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June 14:
Anne Erickson's article 'The World According To...Duane Allman' is
published on gibson.com
(READ) |
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June 20:
The Muscle Shoals Music Foundation acquired the home of the original
Muscle Shoals Sound Studios at 3614 Jackson Highway in Sheffield,
AL, according to board chairman Rodney Hall. (NOTE)
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June 24:
James Govan's compilation CD 'Wanted - The Fame Recordings' is released in the UK. Duane Allman is
suspected to play on the track 'That's Alright Mama'. (DETAILS)
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JULY
2013 |
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July 4:
'World Cafe' (WXPN/NPR) interview with Duane Allman's daughter Galadrielle about the 7-CD box set 'Skydog: The Duane Allman
Retrospective. |
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July 12:
The September 3, 2013 release of the DVD 'Song Of The South -
Duane Allman & The Rise Of The Allman Brothers Band' is
announced. (WATCH THE TRAILER)
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July 16: The 'Guitar World' magazine
issue 'Rock In Peace' is published. |
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July 18:
Russell Hall's article 'Remembering Duane Allman' is
published on gibson.com
(READ) |
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July 26:
Russell Hall's article 'Duane Allman: Memories From His Friend, Joe
Marshall' is
published on gibson.com
(READ) |
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AUGUST
2013 |
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August 16:
Jim Caligiuri's article 'Skydog - Seven Discs Of Duane Allman's
Guitar Wizardry - Decades In The Making' is
published on austinchronicle.com.
(READ) |
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SEPTEMBER
2013 |
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September 3: The documentary 'Song Of The South - Duane
Allman & The Rise Of The Allman Brothers Band' is
released on DVD. (DETAILS)
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September 24: The original motion picture soundtrack 'Muscle
Shoals' is
released.
Duane Allman plays on the Wilson Pickett track 'Hey Jude'. (DETAILS) |
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September 28: The
'Muscle Shoals' movie is available as Video On Demand from
iTunes. |
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OCTOBER
2013 |
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October 2:
John Neiman's article
'30 Years Later With Gregg Allman' is
published on
old.onstl.com.
(READ) |
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October 29:
Boz Scaggs' compilation CD 'The Essential Boz Scaggs' is released. (DETAILS)
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October 29: Doris Duke's album 'I'm A Loser' is re-issued on LP
and CD by
Alive Naturalsound Records. (DETAILS)
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October 31:
Harvey Kubernik's 2011 article "Derek And The
Dominos' Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs Turns 40!" is
published on the 'Cave Hollywood' website. (DETAILS)
http://cavehollywood.com/derek-and-the-dominos-layla-and-other-assorted-love-songs-turns-40/
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NOVEMBER
2013 |
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November 11: Duane
Allman's 7-CD box set 'Skydog: The Duane Allman Retrospective'
is re-released (as Encore Edition) by Rounder Records. (DETAILS)
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photo by John Gellman |
November 29: Charlie Starr plays
Duane Allman's 1957 Les Paul Goldtop during a Blackberry Smoke
concert at the Tabernacle in Atlanta, GA. |
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DECEMBER
2013 |
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December 2: George Jackson's compilation CD 'Old
Friend - The
Fame Recordings Volume 3' is released in the UK. Duane Allman
plays on 'I Got My Own Style Of Lovin'. (DETAILS)
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Montgomery Advertiser
Montgomery, AL
December 11, 2013
page 2C |
December 8: John
Daniel Wyker III dies in Decatur, AL at the age of 68.
http://www.agingrebel.com/9607
https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/decatur-al/john-wyker-5767085
Read more about Johnny Wyker in this interview:
http://swampland.com/articles/view/title:john_d_wyker
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December 12:
Richard Bienstock's article 'Gibson Custom's Dickey Betts SG
Celebrates Two Allman Brothers Band Legends' is published on www.guitarplayer.com.
(READ) |
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December 17: Boz Scaggs' album 'Boz
Scaggs' is re-released as Super Audio CD (SACD). (DETAILS)
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2014 |
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In 2014 the Georgia Allman Brothers
Band Association (GABBA) planted a tree and placed a marker in
memory of Duane Allman at Rose Hill Cemetery in Macon, GA. |
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JANUARY
2014 |
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January 8:
Warren Haynes and Derek Trucks have announced that they will
leave The Allman Brothers Band at the end of 2014. |
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January 28: Gregg Allman has told to Relix Magazine that
The Allman Brothers Band will stop touring at the end of 2014. |
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January 28: Amy Ray's CD 'Goodnight
Tender' is released.
It contains the song "Duane Allman". (LYRICS) (VIDEOS) |
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FEBRUARY
2014 |
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Bertrand
Bouard's article 'La Confrérie des Allman Brothers - Sensations
Swing' is published in
the February 2014 issue of the French magazine 'Jazz Magazine'.
(READ) |
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February 10:
The
'Muscle Shoals' movie is released on DVD in the UK. (DETAILS) |
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February 18: Alan Paul's book 'One Way Out - The Inside History Of The
Allman Brothers Band' is published by St. Martin's
Press.
(PREVIEW) |
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February 25:
The
'Muscle Shoals' movie is released on DVD and Blu-ray in the USA. (DETAILS) |
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February 25:
The Allman Brothers Band compilation CD 'Icon 2' is released
by Mercury Records. (DETAILS)
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l to r:
Jan Marks, Joey Marshall,
Bill Marshall, Rick McMurtry,
Ed Jenny
https://www.youtube.com/
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February 26:
Joseph L. 'Joey' Marshall, guitar player for 'The Truth' (
formerly known as 'Acid Sette' ) and 'A Full Moon Consort' dies.
He met Duane Allman in November 1966 in St. Louis when The
Allman Joys played at Pepe's A Go Go, and he formed a close
friendship with Duane in 1968 when The Hour Glass played at The
Castaway in St. Louis.
He introduced Duane to Donna Roosmann on July 23, 1968 when they
went to a Jefferson Airplane concert at the Kiel Auditorium in
St. Louis and he took care of Duane's 1959 Gibson Les Paul
Cherry-Red Burst guitar for twenty years before giving it back
to Donna (or to Galadrielle Allman) when Galadrielle turned 21
years old.
https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/stltoday/obituary.aspx?n=joseph-l-marshall-joey&pid=169993157&fhid=5885
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Full_Moon_Consort
Read more about
Joey Marshall in this interview:
(READ)
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MARCH
2014 |
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March 4: Galadrielle Allman's book 'Please Be With Me - A Song
For My Father, Duane Allman' is published by Spiegel & Grau.
(PREVIEW) |
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March 10:
Leonard Lopate interview with
Galadrielle
Allman about her book
'Please Be With Me: A Song For My Father, Duane Allman'.
('The Leonard Lopate Show' / WNYC, New York). |
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March 28: Greg Kot interview with
Alan Paul about his book
'One Way Out - The Inside History Of The Allman Brothers Band'.
('Sound Opinions' / WBEZ, Chicago). |
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March 31: The compilation CD 'The
Complete Fame Singles Vol. 1 - 1964-67' is released in the UK. (DETAILS) |
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APRIL
2014 |
Northwest Florida Daily News
Fort Walton Beach, FL
April 13, 2014
page B6 |
owner Buster Lipham |
April 15:
The music store 'Lipham Music', that opened in Gainesville,
FL in 1954, is closing.
One of the long time customers was The Allman Brothers Band.
https://mycbs4.com/archive/gallery/lipham-music-closing#photo-1
https://www.wuft.org/news/2014/04/03/music-store-closing-its-doors-after-60-years/
http://www.gainesvillerockhistory.com/BusterLipham.htm |
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April 19:
Clarence Carter's compilation LP 'Slip Away - The Ultimate
Clarence Carter 1966-1971' is released as a limited edition
Record Store Day album. (DETAILS) |
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MAY
2014 |
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May 4: The Library Ballroom in Macon, GA unveils a plaque, courtesy of The Georgia Allman
Brothers Band Association (GABBA), to commemorate the location
of The College Discotheque, where The Allman Brothers Band
performed their first paid gig in Macon on May 2, 1969. (NOTE) |
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May 21: Ted Drozdowski's article 'Gibson
Legend Dickey Betts Talks About Duane Allman And Southern Rock' is
published on gibson.com.
(READ)
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JUNE
2014 |
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June 2:
The Allman Brothers Band has announced the final shows to
close an illustrious 45-year career.
The final concert will take place on October 28, 2014 at the
Beacon Theatre in New York City. |
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Chicago Tribune
Chicago, IL
June 28, 2014
page 14
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Atlanta, GA
June 29, 2014
page B8 |
June 27: Soul singer-songwriter and musician Bobby Womack dies at the age of 70. |
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JULY
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The Boston Globe
Boston, MA
July 18, 2014
page B12 |
July 16: Blues guitarist and singer Johnny Winter dies in
Zürich, Switzerland, at the age of 70. |
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July 18: Soul singer James Govan dies at the age of 64. |
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July 29: The Allman Brothers Band 'The 1971 Fillmore East
Recordings' is released as 6 CD, 3 Blu-ray and 4 LP sets. (DETAILS) |
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AUGUST
2014 |
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August 6: Carla Jean Whitley's book 'Muscle Shoals Sound Studio
- How The Swampers Changed American Music' is published by The
History Press.
(PREVIEW) |
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August 11: The various artists compilation CD 'Duane Allman's
Jukebox' is released in the UK. (DETAILS) |
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SEPTEMBER
2014 |
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September 11: Kurt Linhof, a vintage guitar dealer from Texas,
who sold a tobacco burst Gibson Les Paul guitar to Duane Allman
on June 25, 1971, dies in Denver, CO at the age of 64.
https://obittree.com/obituary/us/colorado/denver/fairmount-mortuary-cemetery--cremation-services/kurt-linhof/1945992/index.php |
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September 27: The
official announcement of naming a portion of State Highway 19 /
Route 41 in Macon 'Duane Allman Memorial Blvd' took place at the
Library Ballroom in Maco, GA.
The 'Duane Allman Memorial Blvd' is the extended version of the
original 2001 'Duane Allman Boulevard'.
The 3-mile stretch runs from the intersection of Pio Nono Avenue
and Vineville Avenue, near The Big House Museum, and follows the
same route as the 2001 'Duane Allman Boulevard' accross
the 'Raymond Berry Oakley III Bridge', through Forsyth Street
until the intersection with New Street, near the H&H Restaurant. (NOTE) |
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OCTOBER
2014 |
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October 7: The paperback edition of Galadrielle Allman's book 'Please Be With Me - A Song
For My Father, Duane Allman' is published by Spiegel & Grau.
(PREVIEW) |
Daily News
New York, NY
October 17, 2014
page 38
The Herald-News
Passaic, NJ
October 20, 2014
pages D1 & D3
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October 28: After 45 years 'The Allman Brothers Band' played
their final concert at the Beacon Theatre in New York City.
The marathon three-set performance ended during the early hours
of October 29, exactly 43 years to the day of Duane Allman's
fatal motorcycle accident. |
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October 29: The Greenwich Village Society unveiled a historic
plaque on the building at 105 Second Avenue in New York City,
the former entrance of the Fillmore East. (NOTE) |
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DECEMBER
2014 |
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December 2: Cowboy's
album '5'll Getcha Ten' is released on CD. (DETAILS)
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December 10: Alan
Paul's article "Duane Allman's Three Beloved Les Pauls Are Reunited
Onstage For The Allman Brothers' Final Stand" is published on
guitarwoeld.com.
(READ)
This article is published online again as "How Duane Allman's Three
Les Pauls Met Each Other At The Beacon in 2014" on October 24, 2017:
http://alanpaul.net/2017/10/how-duane-allmans-three-les-pauls-met-each-other-at-the-beacon-in-2014/ |
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December 10: A new
Facebook page is launched with the intention to get Duane Allman
inducted in the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame as a solo artist:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Elect-Duane-Allman-Solo-into-the-Hall-Of-fame/377663722415330
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JANUARY
2015 |
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January 20: Until The Ribbon Breaks
album
"A Lesson Unlearnt" is released.
One of the tracks contains samples of John Hammond's song "Cryin'
For My Baby" with Duane Allman. (DETAILS)
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FEBRUARY
2015 |
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February 3: The Allman Brothers
Band album 'American University 12/13/70' is released as an exclusive 2xLP 180 gram vinyl
pressing, limited to 1200 pieces, by Newbury Comics. (DETAILS)
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February 3: Bobby Lance's album
"First Peace" is released on CD for the first time (together with
his album "Rollin' Man") by Real Gone Music. (DETAILS)
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February 24: The album 'The Allman
Brothers Band At Fillmore East' is released as an exclusive 2xLP 180
gram vinyl pressing, limited to 1000 pieces, by Newbury Comics. (DETAILS)
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February 24: The expanded paperback version of Alan Paul's book 'One Way Out - The Inside History Of The
Allman Brothers Band' is published by St. Martin's
Griffin.
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MARCH
2015 |
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March
2: Boz Scaggs' album 'Boz
Scaggs' is released as a 2CD by Edsel Records in the UK.
Despite what the CD's say, someone has mistakenly placed the
versions on the wrong discs.
CD 1 is in fact the 1977 remix and CD 2 is the 1969 original version. (DETAILS)
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May
14: Bruce Adolph's article "Duane Allman's Hot 'Lanta" is published in
the March/April 2015 issue of 'Collectible Guitar Then And Now'.
(READ) |
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APRIL
2015 |
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April 7: Rick Hall's book 'The Man From Muscle Shoals - My
Journey From Shame To Fame' is published by Heritage Builders Publishers.
(PREVIEW) |
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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles, CA
April 15, 2015
page E8
The Boston Globe
Boston, MA
April 16, 2015
page B10 |
April 14:
Singer Percy Sledge dies in Baton Rouge, LA at the age of 73. |
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April 18: Joe Bonamassa reveals his top five Duane Allman tracks
on "The Pickup Radio". |
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https://entertainment.ha.com/ |
April 19:
A signed photo of The Allman Joys is sold by Heritage Auctions
for the amount of $4,750.00. |
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MAY
2015 |
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May 14:
Blues singer and guitarist B.B. King dies in Las Vegas, NV at the age of
89. |
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JUNE
2015 |
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June 1: Delaney &
Bonnie's CD 'A & R Studios 1971' is released by Iconography. (DETAILS)
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June 12: Henry Carrigan's article
'Galadrielle Allman on "Please Be with Me: A Song for My Father, Duane Allman"
' is published on
nodepression.com
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JULY
2015 |
Orlando Sentinel
Orlando, FL
July 27, 2015
page B4
The Palm Beach Post
West Palm Beach, FL
July 27, 2015
page B2
Rocky Mount Telegram
Rocky Mount, NC
August 9, 2015
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July 23:
"Mama A" Geraldine Robbins Allman, the mother of Duane and Gregg Allman,
dies in Daytona Beach, FL just two weeks after celebrating her 98th
birthday.
obituary
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/149742797/geraldine-alice-allman
Gregg dedicates the show he plays the next night at 'Paradiso' in
Amsterdam, The Netherlands, to his mother:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnX4i38ZpnU |
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AUGUST
2015 |
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Pensacola News Journal
Pensacola, FL
August 5, 2015
page 14A
The Boston Globe
Boston, MA
August 14, 2015
page B8 |
August 4:
Legendary country producer and songwriter Billy Sherrill, best
known for his work with Tammy Wynette and George Jones, dies in
Nashville, TN at the age of 78.
Together with Rick Hall and Tom Stafford, he was one of the
founders of FAME (Florence Alabama Music Enterprises) Publishing in
Florence, AL in 1959.
In 1962 he had left FAME and made his way to Nashville. |
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August 7: The Duane Allman, Bob Weir & Jerry Garcia CD 'The New
England Jam - The Boston Broadcast, 1970' is released in the UK
by Great American Broadcast Company. (DETAILS) |
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August 7: The Duane Allman, Bob Weir & Jerry Garcia CD 'The
Boston Rag' is released by Go Faster Records. (DETAILS) |
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August 28: The
various artists compilation CD 'Reaching Out - Chess Records At Fame Studios' is released in the UK.
Duane Allman plays on 1 track. (DETAILS) |
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OCTOBER
2015 |
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October 1: Willie Perkins' and Jack Weston's book 'The Allman
Brothers Band Classic Memorabilia 1969-1976' is published by
Mercer University Press. |
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October 11:
At The Allman Brothers Band
Museum (at The Big House, 2321 Vineville Avenue, Macon, GA) a
plaque is unveiled to commemorate Kirk and Kirsten West's
contributions to The Big House. (NOTE) |
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October 13:
Guitar player and teacher Ted Conner (Ira Thurston Conner) dies in Sherrills Ford, NC at
the age of 92.
Duane and Gregg Allman were amongst his students.
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/news-journalonline/obituary.aspx?n=ted-conner-ira-thurston-conner&pid=176125594&fhid=24275
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/ted-conner-obituary?pid=176125594&view=guestbook
https://nl.findagrave.com/memorial/32365520/ira-thurston-conner
Cameron
Crowe: The Allman Brothers Story ('Rolling Stone', December 6,
1973)
Dave Kyle:
Remembering Duane Allman ('Vintage Guitar Magazine', January
1997) |
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NOVEMBER
2015 |
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November 13: Aretha Franklin's compilation CD box set
'The Atlantic Albums Collection' is
released by Atlantic / Rhino. Duane Allman plays on 6 tracks. (DETAILS) |
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November 27: Delaney & Bonnie's
LP 'A & R Studios 1971' is released by Let Them Eat Vinyl. (DETAILS)
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DECEMBER
2015 |
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Atlanta, GA
December 2, 2015
pages B1 & B2 |
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Atlanta, GA
December 3, 2015
pages D1 & D5 |
December 1:
Alex Cooley, one of the concert promoters of the Atlanta
International Pop Festivals in 1969 and 1970, dies at the age of 74. |
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December 4:
The Allman Brothers Band 1970 album 'Idlewild South' is
re-released as a remastered single CD, a 2 CD Deluxe Edition (DETAILS) and
a 3 CD / Blu-ray combo Super Deluxe Edition. (DETAILS) |
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December 4: King Curtis' compilation CD box set
'The Complete Atco Singles' is
released by Real Gone Music. Duane Allman plays on 'Games People
Play. (DETAILS) |
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'A Band Of Renown' is published in the UK
in 'The History Of Rock 1970'.
(READ)
These articles were previously
published in the UK in July and August 1970 in the magazines
'Melody Maker' and 'New Musical Express'. |
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2016 |
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JANUARY
2016 |
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January 12:
Kirk West's book 'Les Brers: Kirk West's Photographic Journey
with The Brothers: Forty Years of the Allman Brothers Band' is
published by Insight Editions. |
2007 FRONT COVER |
2016 FRONT COVER |
January
15: The Allman Brothers
Band CD 'Boston Common 8/17/71' is re-released. (DETAILS)
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January 29: Clarence Carter's compilation CD
'This Is Clarence Carter / The Dynamic Clarence Carter...And
More' is
released in the UK. Duane Allman plays on 7 tracks. (DETAILS) |
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FEBRUARY
2016 |
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February 12: The documentary 'The Allman Brothers Band: After
The Crash - The Years Following Duane's Tragic Departure' is
released on DVD.
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MARCH
2016 |
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March 8:
David Fricke's article 'Allman Brothers' Butch Trucks Talks Epic
1971 Radio Concert' is
published on rollingstone.com.
(READ)
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March 11:
Corbin Reiff's article 'Allman Brothers Band's Legendary 1971
Fillmore East Run: An Oral History' is
published on rollingstone.com.
(READ)
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March 29:
Larry Steele's book 'As I Recall...1964-1987 - Jacksonville's
Place In American Rock History' is published by
the CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform.
(PREVIEW) |
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APRIL
2016 |
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April 1: The
Allman Brothers Band CD 'Live From A&R Studios, New York, August 26,
1971' is released by the Allman Brothers Band Recording Company. (DETAILS)
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April 1: Ron Cosentino's book 'Remembering Twiggs Lyndon' is
published by Parsons Porch Books.
https://www.mlapedals.com/remembering-twiggs-lyndon-with-author-ron-cosentino |
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April 15: The various artists compilation CD box set
'The Fillmore East - Last 3 Nites', containing the set The
Allman Brothers Band played on June 27, 1971, is
released by Echoes. (DETAILS) |
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April 26:
Marty Jourard's book
'Music Everywhere - The Rock And Roll Roots Of A Southern Town' about
the music history of Jacksonville, FL, is published by the
University Press Of Florida.
(PREVIEW) |
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MAY
2016 |
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May 6: The
Allman Brothers Band CD 'Live Chicago 1/31/70' is released by Silver
Dollar Recordings.
These recordings
were not made on January 31, 1970 in Chicago, IL but on August 26,
1971 at A & R Studios in New
York City, NY
for a live
WPLJ FM Broadcast. (DETAILS)
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Atlanta, GA
May 17, 2016
pages D1 & D4 |
May
14: Gregg Allman receives an honorary Doctor of Humanities
degree from former President Jimmy Carter during Mercer
University's spring 2016 commencement at Hawkins Arena in Macon,
GA. (VIDEO)
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May 21: The instructional DVD 'Guitar
World: Duane Allman Playing Secrets - The Ultimate DVD Guide' with
Andy Aledort is released by NewBay Media, Inc. (NOTE)
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Alan Paul's article
'Catching Lightning In A Bottle'
(about the 45th anniversary of 'At Fillmore East')
(READ) and Ed Mitchell's article
'Southern Man' (about Duane Allman)
(READ) are
published by 'The Blues Magazine' in the UK (issue 30). |
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JUNE
2016 |
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June 7:
Delaney
& Bonnie & Friends' album 'To Bonnie From Delaney' is re-released
by Wounded Bird Records. (DETAILS)
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The Boston Globe
Boston, MA
June 23, 2016
page B8
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Philadelphia, PA
June 25, 2016
page B5 |
June 21:
Wayne Jackson, the trumpet player of 'The Memphis Horns', dies
in Memphis, TN at the age of 74.
He played with Duane Allman on recordings by 'The Duck & The
Bear' ("Hand Jive" & "Goin' Up To Country") and 'Delaney &
Bonnie & Friends' ("Soul Skake"). |
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JULY
2016 |
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July 1: The
Allman Brothers Band compilation CD 'Live On Air . . . Volume One' is released by
Live Wire Productions. (DETAILS)
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July 22: The remastered Allman Brothers Band
albums: "The Allman Brothers Band", "Idlewild South", "At Fillmore East",
"Eat A Peach", "Brothers And Sisters", "Win, Lose Or Draw", "Wipe The Windows, Check The Oil, Dollar Gas",
"Enlightened Rogues" and "Live At Ludlow Garage 1970" are
re-released on 180g vinyl as individual albums and as a limited
edition 15-LP
numbered vinyl box set with exclusive extras in a Georgia-style solid wood peach crate.. (NOTE)
(DETAILS)
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AUGUST
2016 |
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August 17: The
Allman Brothers Band vinyl LP 'Live At Fillmore West - Closing Night 27th
June 1971' is released by
DOL records.
These recordings were not made at the Fillmore West in San
Francisco, CA but at the Fillmore East in New York, NY on June 27,
1971. (DETAILS) |
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SEPTEMBER
2016 |
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September 2: James Luther (Jim)
Dickinson's album 'Dixie Fried' is re-released by Future Days
Recordings with 7 bonus tracks. (NOTE)
(DETAILS)
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September 9: The
Duane Allman CD 'Skydog Tales' is released by MVDaudio.
It contains 2 interviews with Duane Allman from 1970. (DETAILS) |
John D. Loudermilk
and Duane Allman
The Boston Globe
Boston, MA
September 27, 2016
page B8 |
Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles, CA
September 28, 2016
page B5 |
September 21: John D. Loudermilk, who produced the Allman Joys
single 'Spoonful / You Deserve Each Other' DETAILS and 7 tracks for
the Allman Joys LP 'Early Allman
Featuring Duane And Gregg Allman',
dies in Christiana,
TN at the age of 82. DETAILS |
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September 30: The various artists compilation CD
'Let It Be - Black America Sings Lennon, McCartney And Harrison' is
released by Ace Records Ltd. in the UK.
Duane Allman plays on 1 track. (DETAILS) |
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OCTOBER
2016 |
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October
28: Duane Allman's 'Skydog: The Duane Allman Retrospective'
is released by Rounder Records as a 14-LP box set. (DETAILS) |
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October
28: 'Duane Allman - An Anthology'
is re-released on vinyl by Mercury/UMe. (DETAILS) |
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NOVEMBER
2016 |
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Allman Tribute (58 minutes) |
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November 5: Alan Bryson's article 'Duane
Allman At 70: A Reflectiion' is published on allaboutjazz.com.
(READ)
A one-hour audio
tribute to Duane Allman is also included. |
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November 18: Ronnie
Hawkins' compilation CD box set 'Original Album Series'
is released by Rhino. Duane Allman plays on 17 tracks. (DETAILS) |
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November
21: Jon Waterhouse's article 'Duane Allman Turns 70: Gregg Allman
Gives Brotherly Love' is published on 11thhouronline.com.
(READ) |
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November
28: Harvey Kubernik's article about the re-release of 'Duane Allman
- An Anthology'
is published:
http://cavehollywood.com/duane-allmans-posthumous-career-retrospective-an-anthology-reissued-on-vinyl-via-mercuryume/
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2017 |
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JANUARY
2017 |
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January 24: An
previously unknown live
recording of The Allman Brothers
Band, recorded on July 9, 1970 at the State University Of New York in Stony
Brook, NY
has surfaced. |
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Atlanta, GA
January 26, 2017
pages D1 & D4 |
South Florida Sun Sentinel
Fort Lauderdale, FL
January 26, 2017
page 5B
Tallahassee Democrat
Tallahassee, FL
January 26, 2017
page 6A
Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles, CA
January 27, 2017
page B7
The Palm Beach Post
West Palm Beach, FL
January 31, 2017
page B2 |
January 24: Drummer Claude Hudson "Butch" Trucks Jr., a founding
member of The Allman Brothers Band, dies in West Palm Beach, FL
at the age of 69.
Later in 2017 the Georgia Allman
Brothers Band Association (GABBA) planted a tree and placed a
marker in memory of Butch Trucks at Rose Hill Cemetery in Macon,
GA. |
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FEBRUARY
2017 |
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February 3: The expanded edition of Delaney & Bonnie And Friends
1971 album 'Motel Shot' is released by Real Gone Music. (DETAILS) |
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February 3: The Duane Allman, Bob Weir & Jerry Garcia CD 'Live
1970' is released by Roxvox. (DETAILS) |
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February 7:
Tiziano Tononi And Southbound's CD 'Trouble No More...All Men Are
Brothers' is released.
It contains the song 'Requiem For Skydog'. |
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February 20: An all-star cast of musicians came together to
honor the memory of late Allman Brothers Band founding drummer
Butch Trucks at a private memorial ceremony at the Cox Capitol
Theatre in Macon, GA. (NOTE)
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MARCH
2017 |
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March 4: Ralph Bollinger, who played bass
in the Allman Joys in 1966/1967, dies in Peoria, IL at the age
of 73.
https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/pjstar/obituary.aspx?n=ralph-w-bollinger&pid=184394229&fhid=6473
http://ralphwbollinger.last-memories.com/ |
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March 11: Lee Hazen, who recorded "The Escorts" in 1964/1965 at
his cottage studio in Ormond Beach, FL, dies.
His career started in 1964, when he recorded "The Nightcrawlers".
In 1965 he worked for a year at Criteria Studios, and later at
King Studios.
From 1966 on he worked at the Woodland Studios.
In 1976 he opened his own Studio 'By The Pond' in Hendersonville,
TN.
https://realgearonline.com/thread/6894/lee-hazen-rip
https://homeofthehits.blogspot.com/2013/02/more-ghosts-of-nashvilles-recording.html |
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The Philadelphia Inquirer
Philadelphia, PA
March 19, 2017
page A2 |
March 18: Guitarist, singer and songwriter Chuck Berry dies in
Wentzville, MO at the age of 90.
The Allman Joys played his composition 'Carol' in 1966.
Duane Allman recorded 'No Money Down' for his unreleased studio
album at FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, AL in February 1969.
The Allman Brothers Band played 'Johnny B. Goode' on January 23,
1971 at the Capitol Theater in Port Chester, NY with Duane Allman
on vocals. |
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APRIL
2017 |
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April 7: The Allman
Brothers Band 3CD box set 'The Broadcast Archive'
is released. Duane Allman plays on 12 tracks. (DETAILS) |
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April 21:
The Allman Brothers Band compilation CD 'The Ultimate Collection' is released
by Universal Music International. Duane Allman plays on 16
tracks. (DETAILS)
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MAY
2017 |
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May 5: The Allman
Brothers Band CD 'The First Live Recordings'
is released by Laser Media. (DETAILS) |
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May 12: The
Duane Allman CD 'The Legend And The Legacy' is released by Hump Head
Records in the UK. (DETAILS) |
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May 18: 'The VooDoo Hawks' track 'Skydog' is released.
A re-recorded version of the song would be released as 'Skydog
(For the Brothers)' on July 24, 2019. |
The Herald-News
Passaic, NJ
May 28, 2017
page 4A
LNP
Lancaster, PA
May 28, 2017
page A14
Orlando Sentinel
Orlando, FL
May 28, 2017
page A6
Boston Sunday Globe
Boston, MA
May 28, 2017
page B14
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Cedar Rapids, IA
May 28, 2017
page 3 |
The Macon Telegraph
Macon, GA
May 28, 2017
pages 1A, 2A & 3A
The Palm Beach Post
West Palm Beach, FL
May 28, 2017
page A12
The Times-Tribune
Scranton, PA
May 28, 2017
page A17 |
May 27: Gregory LeNoir "Gregg" Allman, a founding
member of The Allman Brothers Band and the younger brother of
Duane Allman, dies in Richmond Hill, GA at
the age of 69. |
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JUNE
2017 |
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June 3: Gregg Allman's funeral at Snow's Memorial Chapel in
Macon, GA was attended by his ex-wife Cher, former Allman
Brothers Band guitarist Dickey Betts, former President Jimmy
Carter and many others. |
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June 3: Gregg Allman is buried at Rose Hill Cemetery in Macon,
GA beside his brother Duane Allman and fellow Allman Brothers
Band member Berry Oakley. |
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JULY
2017 |
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July 28: The
Derek And The Dominos album 'Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs' is
re-released on 180 grams high definition vinyl by Mobile Fidelity
Sound Lab. (DETAILS)
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July 28: The
Delaney & Bonnie And Friends CD 'Livin' On The Open Road - Live At
The A&R Recording Studios 1971' is released by Air Cuts. (DETAILS) |
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AUGUST
2017 |
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August 12: An all-star cast of musicians
played a tribute concert in memory of Gregg Allman and
Butch Trucks at the Peach Music Festival at Montage Mountain in
Scranton, PA. (NOTE)
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SEPTEMBER
2017 |
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September 15: The
Allman Brothers Band vinyl LP 'Live At Warehouse In New Orleans, March
20th 1971' is released by DOL records. (DETAILS) |
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The Montgomery Advertiser
Montgomery, AL
September 21, 2017
page 4A |
September
19: Drummer, guitarist, bass guitarist and producer Johnny
Sandlin dies in Decatur, AL at the age of 72.
He played drums in The Hour Glass (with Gregg and Duane Allman)
in 1967 and 1968.
He was also the producer of The Allman Brothers Band albums
'Brothers and Sisters', 'Win, Lose or Draw' and 'Wipe the
Windows, Check the Oil, Dollar Gas', Gregg Allman's albums 'Laid
Back' and 'The Gregg Allman Tour' and Dickey Betts' album
'Highway Call'.
On September 28, 2017 Alan Paul published
an interview with Tommy Compton, one of Johnny Sandlin's oldest
friends, on his website:
http://alanpaul.net/2017/09/rip-johnny-sandlin-an-interview-with-one-of-his-oldest-friends/ |
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Andy Alledort, Alan Paul and Jimmy
Brown's article 'Allman Joys - The 25 Greatest Allman Brothers Songs
Of All-Time' is published in
the September 2017 issue of 'Guitar World'.
(READ) |
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OCTOBER
2017 |
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October 20: Ocean
Springs, MS, the birth place of the Allman Brothers Band drummer
Jaimoe, is honored with a Mississippi Blues Trail marker.
https://www.mississippi.org/general/mississippi-blues-trail-honors-ocean-springs-blues/
http://www.wlox.com/story/36647056/ocean-springs-blues-trail-marker-honors-jaimoe-johnson/
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October 27: The
Clarence Carter CD 'Testifyin' & Patches (with bonus tracks)'
is
released by Ace Records Ltd. / Kent Soul in the UK. Duane Allman
doesn't play on these tracks. (DETAILS) |
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NOVEMBER
2017 |
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November 24: Wilson
Pickett's compilation CD box set 'The Complete Atlantic Albums
Collection' is released by Rhino.
Duane Allman plays on 5 tracks. (DETAILS) |
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November 24: James
Carr's compilation album 'The Best Of James Carr' is released on CD
and LP by Ace Records Ltd. / Kent Soul in the UK. Duane Allman is
suspected to play on 1 track. (DETAILS)
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DECEMBER
2017 |
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December 7:
Episode #32 of the radio
show 'Love Child Of Rock' with Galadrielle Allman, hosted by Jessica
Walden, is broadcasted on '100.9 FM The Creek' in Maon, GA.
https://www.mixcloud.com/thecreekfm/love-child-of-rock-ep-32-galadrielle-allman/ |
