I can certainly hear how that lick could bring some chills up your spine. If I had to define Duane for a certain style or phrase it would have to be his great slide playing and his killer studio version of the 2nd solo of in memory of elizabeth reed.
This is good, but right at 7:45 into Boz Scagg's tune, 'loan me a dime' you'll hear one of the most original guitar solos ever played. Duane is on guitar. Of all my favorites that died early, I wonder most about what Duane would have gone on to do. If that doesn't get you then listen to 'loan me a dime' at 9:47 and point me towards any other guitarist improvising like this during his time. He's one of the most original voices I've ever heard on the guitar. Unreal!
That's the end of his solo on "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" and it's about the best finish ever. You might have put the whole solo up so people could take it in context, but it's all good. And people, if you don't agree, suggest an alternative, as some of you have. Save the negativity for politicians or someone who deserves it.
My personal favorites are the times Duane and Dickey trade fours on "One Way Out" and when Duane does the same with Eric Clapton on "Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad?".
This video is really cool because of the caption: might Duane have been the first signature tapper? That would be something. I'll look it up after I post this at great risk of making a fool of myself. Still it's an awesome thought!
I do love many other Skydog licks much more, even in this same version of the same song. My favorite all-time is his Blue Sky solo at Stonybrook.
You're a fuckin' moron, those idiots too, talkin about slash,jimmy page,and his stupids licks WTF? this Duane Allman The greatest Guitarrist of all time,Really FUCK ANYBODY ELSE THAT THINK DIFFERENT ABOUT IT
@bews522a As the others have said, this isn't Les Brers, it's definitely In Memory of Elizabeth Reed. But my personal favorite is the guitar work in Mountain Jam. To me that was the Allman Brothers at their best, free-form improvising, from mellow melodic to hard edged. Letting the song tell them what to play. Great stuff.
Duane Allman has been dead 40 years today. We love you Duane. You are the god of slide guitar. No one will ever touch your skill even with a glass bottle of coricidin
Duane Allman was killed in a motorcycle accident While in the western part of Macon on October 29, 1971 during a band break from touring and recording, Allman was riding his motorcycle toward an oncoming truck that was turning well in front of him. Allman lost control of his Harley-Davidson Sportster motorcycle while trying to swing left,, crushing his internal organs. , he died several hours later, just weeks before his 25th birthday.
well let me just vote you all as missing the mention of the slide solo from Don't Keep Me Wondering from the old Duane Allman Anthology or the Elmore James- Done Somebody Wrong, not to mention Statesboro Blues...and oh yea Duane is the man but let's give it up for Dickey Betts rock solid guitar solo's always...
It's is hard to say there isa best lick. But If I had to I would pick the solos on Hot Lanta, or You don't love me or mybe Why does love have to be so sad, or Whipping Post live to name a few. I'm not counting the great slide solos
hey, TBird5790, I totally agree with you as far as talking about the music, but why the name-calling? Here's a guy, skydogsys, who derives a great deal of joy from Duane Allman and wants to share that joy with the world, and has distilled it down to that one guitar lick. Now, this ain't the laws of physics; this is one fellow human expressing his heart-felt subjective opinion, so why call him a moron or puny-minded? No need for this; is your goal to convince or offend?
This was a poor idea, and certainly not "the best" Duane Allman lick ever. Why do Moron's continually try to label something as "The Best Ever" because in their puny little mind they think their opinion about a little tiny piece of someone's career is soooooooo important for everyone to know. It trivializes the impact someone has in their field who is arguably one of the pioneers in Rock, and especially slide guitar style.
Just a poor example of Duane's greatness. Stop it. You ain't got it!
It is impressive, but not as jaw dropping as you think. As someone that has played for over 45 years, this is less jaw dropping than you would think. For one, He's playing way up on the neck. On a guitar, the higher up you play, the thinner the frets are. There's less of a reach. Second, What he's actually doing is taking his 3rd or fourth finger, and plucking & releasing the first string, then striking 2nd string with right hand & repeat.PnkFlyd did same on CraZ Dmd but<. Mountain Jam better.
Why would we take 30 arbitray seconds of a solo and post them? It would be like opening one of the great classics of literature and reading a few pages in the middle of the book. Elizabeth Reed is like a "symphony" and, while the guitar work here is impressive, the whole is certainly more than the sum of its parts.
i dis agree, if dewayne were defined by only one lick,dewayne was defined by his SLIDE PLAYING.wich would have to be the little ditty played after ( woke up this mornin had dem statesboro blues, didididididdidididiiuudidudiiiii !!!!! from the second verse( looked over in tha corner and grammaw had dem too)
This is hardly Duane Allman's definitive lick. I can play this, though not near as good. But this is not even close to the best representation of DA's ability.
It would be a terrible mistake to think this was Duane's best lick. I have way too much respect for him to even consider that that's the best he had... and I've been a avid/rabid fan since before Live At The Filmore debuted. He was one of the all time greats and that riff was just a passing thought in his musical vocabulary... and VERY easy to do.
@thyultimate - Thanks man - and peace to you as well. Today is Easter Sunday 2011. Eat a Peach for Peace! I love Duane and hope he is rockin out with the greatest players that have crossed over.
If you're interested, paste skydog7725 Statesboro Blues in the Youtube seach panel to view a recording I made... I play Statesboro Blues against a backing track.
I can't believe this hard on still has this posted ! has the nob jockey told anyone else how he" played this in "69" ?lol lord jeeziz what a fucking burnout!
@RollockBoy having a computer on your desk that can produce multi-track recordings and manufacture cds is no big deal either, unless you consider historical context. fire is no big deal either, but it was to the first person that figured out how to make it and use it.
Agree with 4ristotle. Lick on its own is out of context. Just a triplet - a great and well done triplet with unmatched intensity - but it is like taking a few words out of a classic poem.
Not necessarily his best lick, but the opening lick to "Layla" is written/played by Duane. Being the gentleman he was, he never took any of the light off Clapton, but much of the arrangement and layering of that song (hell, the whole album really) is all Duane Allman.
I just bought a Wine red Custom Les Paul,,,its beautiful. I figured my Cherry s/burst LP was lonely...that was my excuse to the wife. I would love to own a 57 Goldtop like Allmans.
@shawnycats ok..ok..im sorry. I made a dumb comment in a moment of boredom. I respect Allman and his playing very much. He is placed deservedly in the RS pole as one of the best guitarists. I apologize.
I disagree this is his best lick. Listen to I'm gonna move to the outskirts of town off of the dreams box set. The opening solo is about 2 minutes long and it completely sums up duane's playing. Spacey, melodic, bluesy. Also Liz Reed off of the same album is Duane's best soloing on the song. Wish I was good at youtube or id post it haha
@Limesquibbo The dumbest thing said on youtube...I take pride in that. Something to tell the grand kids. Hang on..maybe I can top it. The Rolling Stones are shit.
If this is the 'only one lick (...) associated with Duane Allman' then he goes down as he goes down as a pretty lame guitarist. I've been playing for 30 years and it is a simple and quite boring waste of 30 seconds. Its a 3 note riff played at speed...I learned that at 13. Slash on the other hand....creates amazing versatile blues/country/rock solos with soul, passion and ease that you never forget. I will admit his playing has suffered since leaving GN'R.
@tuymans That is probably the dumbest thing ever said on youtube. Ive only played guitar for 3 years and yet it seems i know more than you. Duane allman compared to slash now cmon slash is no where near duanes skill level. Slash plays with NO soul and emotion. Now i agree this definateley isnt duanes best lick but before you start talkin shit about rolling stones 2nd best guitar player of all time you better learn your facts
@Limesquibbo I agree totally. Slash is nowhere near the guitarist that Duane Allman was. Stormy Monday on Fillmore East evokes more emotion than anything Slash ever did.The guy @tuymans claims to have been playing for 30 years and I have never heard of him but I sure as hell have heard of Duane! My cousin who co wrote a song with Chet Atkins said almost the same thing about Slash's licks. He asked me when I heard him play licks like Slash and I said when he was was 16.
@Limesquibbo totally agree! the problem is pandering to a bunch of inexperienced dim witted kids! they want slash so the magazines put him on the cover period!
@tuymans you see, it's the musicians who can say in 3 notes what can't be said in 200 that set them apart from the rest of the B musicians. if you listen to this whole solo man, the tension and the build up to this climax is beyond any guitar players ability, which is why Duane is ranked #2 on RS top 100 list. He can say more with less than any other guitar player who lived other than hendrix.....and Derek Trucks and Warren Haynes of course : ) and please don't eveeeeeer compare slash to duane
You think this is his best lick because you never heard him on Clarence Carter's "Road of Love" where he switches his amp mid-blast without missing a lick. It is Les Paul supreme.
This lick isn't all that interesting on its own... it's its context that makes it good. In the Fillmore East version of Elizabeth Reed, Duane spends at least a minute (and arguably his whole solo up to that point) bringing his solo to a point where ten (or thirty) seconds of 3 notes played over and over at a blistering pace is exactly what is needed.
Cutting this bit of his solo is quoting out of context - it doesn't give a representative picture of Duane's playing at all.
Well said. When I saw the title, I expected something phenomenal but was sadly disappointed. I expected to hear his brilliance but instead heard something Duane could probably play the 2nd day he began playing guitar.
@Glassandcandy in terms of feel, rhythm and technical skill, yes, i think i agree. but jimmy page was a master innovator of sound and tone, and that counts for a lot. at a certain point certain cases of extraordinary talent cease to be better or worse than any other case, simply different. i could listen to either one of those dudes all goddamn fuckin day any day.
I was a big Duane Allman fan. But I feel kind of bad for anyone who honestly thinks that's the best of his playing or that that annoying box run rep is somehow sublime.
This sounds like a 10 year old is trying to play the end part of Stairway to heaven solo.... Badly. Duane Allman seriously shouldnt have been #2 on rolling stone greatist guitarists list. Awfully simple guitar parts, even out of tune on some records... Creative? More like he didnt know what a mode was.
@BlkIvy16 comment not the one listed. That was mine , Like who you choose. But I'll take my list Duane, Jimi, Dickey, Toy, Gaines etc. they are all Great ! Just enjoy the music .......
Not to take anything away from Duane, but this isn't even close to being his best lick. it's actually a very simple phrase that most guitarist can do without much effort. He's got MUCH better stuff in his repertoire - especially slide playing.
Honestly... while it's fast there really isn't a whole lot going on here.. in fact this is a "rest" for Duane as he thinks about where he wants to take the solo. Johnny Winter does this a lot too. Truthfully there are a lot more interesting Duane solos out there.
@Wharfomatic I don't really think Duane "thought" too much about where he wanted leads to go.....which, you shouldn't really think much about where you wanna go...you'll get in big trouble!..hehe....Duane just picked up the guitar and played from the heart....much like SRV after him....I think EVERY lead Duane and SRV played was purely intentional, uninhibited....not overthinking....just JAMMIN'! \m/
@SheaBearden Agreed.. maybe "Thought" was the wrong word but as a guitar player myself I know there are moments during a jam were you rest for a moment or two to get your bearings and hear where everyone else is. That's more to the point I was trying to make.
Loved the Allman Bros. since I was 12 years old. Duane was one of the greatest, but this is absolutely NOT his or anyone else's greatest lick ever. This is just simple pull off's for fill.
Duane's my favorite guitar player and that's a mean riff. Hendrix plays a similar repeating triplet pattern in his solo on "Red House." I'd be interest to know what blue artist first coined that pattern on the electric guitar. If I had to choose a riff that really hollers out at me from Sky Dog's archives of achievement I'd probably go with his slide work on Statesboro Blues live at the Fillmore east. RIP Duane Allman
Anyone saying this is Dickey is way off. Anyone who knows anything about "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" could tell you that Dickey plays the opening lead and first guitar solo, while Duane plays the second guitar solo. This happens in the middle/end of the second guitar solo. It's a classic Duane lick that he performs on Wilson Pickett's "Hey Jude" and on "Hot 'Lanta". The build up to this lick's release is what makes it fantastic. "You Don't Love Me" has my favorite quick Duane lick at 13:50.
@bionicbutthole Thanks for trying to keep me honest :) This sound byte is from a performance of In Memory of Elizabeth Reed. It is from the second guitar solo, originally performed by Duane on both the studio recording and the live at Fillmore East recording. He had been known to do this repetitive lick on the tracks I have mentioned already. Consider it researched. His tone was generally achieved by cranking the gain, so in many of his songs it tended to have a screaming quality. That's a fact.
@adamken47 i listened to it and you are right, my mistake but i still feel like duane would be more recognized for his slide work which influenced other music and musicians like derek trucks and free bird
@bionicbutthole You're completely right. His slide skills were second to none and this lick (though one of his signature moves) doesn't even scratch the surface as to what made him great. The man was a musical genius, whose true strength was the amount of emotion he could create with his guitar, slide or not. He was never repetitive and always on point. A true original.
@bionicbutthole I agree Duanes tone was more treble rolled off middles and bass rolled on for that smooth mellow tone it's his playing is what made it burn.
@Jubal24 No, it is not Dickey. I have the CD. This is part of Duane's solo from "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" from the SUNY-Stonybrook 9/16/71 live album. I listen to it just about every week.
wtf not his best lick at all its just three notes over and over and over again, it was great because it fit the song and he was feeling it but this is in no way shape or form duane at his best.
I have to say, the playing he does leading up to this little hammer-in-place fest is much much better, shows far more style, finesse and tonal quality as well as being melodious, but I'm not gonna flame you for your taste. This 'lick' is more like a rest stop as he was running out of steam. Slide was his true gift anyway.
I've been playing this lick for years whenever there's some nice chick in the front row. No cheaper gimmick available really for any mediocre guitar player (which I'm not of course)
So you are admitting you have no ideas on the guitar, maybe if you took your self away from buff guys wrestling you fruit ,then you could get an idea or better yet a clue you cock head!
I can certainly hear how that lick could bring some chills up your spine. If I had to define Duane for a certain style or phrase it would have to be his great slide playing and his killer studio version of the 2nd solo of in memory of elizabeth reed.
jamnout71 3 days ago
trishandwill is corrct guys...sorry
speriekoda 2 weeks ago
This is boring, apart from the end. There are way better examples of his playing, e.g., the intro to Statesboro Blues on Live at the Fillmore East!
vonjibbly 2 weeks ago
This is good, but right at 7:45 into Boz Scagg's tune, 'loan me a dime' you'll hear one of the most original guitar solos ever played. Duane is on guitar. Of all my favorites that died early, I wonder most about what Duane would have gone on to do. If that doesn't get you then listen to 'loan me a dime' at 9:47 and point me towards any other guitarist improvising like this during his time. He's one of the most original voices I've ever heard on the guitar. Unreal!
bertox137 1 month ago
Love the hammond chords in the background as well. They sound as if they're stroking your ears!
Django5198 1 month ago
143 people don't like peaches
Django5198 2 months ago
I'll go with "Dreams", thanks.
fredstuckmann 2 months ago
That's the end of his solo on "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" and it's about the best finish ever. You might have put the whole solo up so people could take it in context, but it's all good. And people, if you don't agree, suggest an alternative, as some of you have. Save the negativity for politicians or someone who deserves it.
tedsini 2 months ago
I hate licks like this, they're extremely boring and hard to listen to.
DCMR2 2 months ago
My personal favorites are the times Duane and Dickey trade fours on "One Way Out" and when Duane does the same with Eric Clapton on "Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad?".
paulchum63 2 months ago
you're joking right? Duane would laugh.
cunnidvd 3 months ago
Yep. 'nuff said
krogmank 3 months ago
the slide solo from dreams ranks right up there with me.. the man had a soul as wide as the ocean and twice as deep...
captslicnic 3 months ago
Really? You'd choose THAT lick? Wow.
MeWatchy 3 months ago
Maybe he just hasn't heard "Road of Love" or "Somebody Loan me a Dime" or "Shake for Me," yet.
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This video is really cool because of the caption: might Duane have been the first signature tapper? That would be something. I'll look it up after I post this at great risk of making a fool of myself. Still it's an awesome thought!
I do love many other Skydog licks much more, even in this same version of the same song. My favorite all-time is his Blue Sky solo at Stonybrook.
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You're a fuckin' moron, those idiots too, talkin about slash,jimmy page,and his stupids licks WTF? this Duane Allman The greatest Guitarrist of all time,Really FUCK ANYBODY ELSE THAT THINK DIFFERENT ABOUT IT
jokkergar 4 months ago
i dont agree, he's got shit that would bury this
wingman572 4 months ago
hate to be the one to say this... but this is dickey betts playing his solo on Les Breres in A minor.
bews522a 4 months ago
@bews522a no this is Duanes solo on In Memory of Elizabeth Reed without a doubt. You can easily pick out Dickey's tone and Duane's.
Trademark691 4 months ago
@bews522a NO
jokkergar 4 months ago
@bews522a As the others have said, this isn't Les Brers, it's definitely In Memory of Elizabeth Reed. But my personal favorite is the guitar work in Mountain Jam. To me that was the Allman Brothers at their best, free-form improvising, from mellow melodic to hard edged. Letting the song tell them what to play. Great stuff.
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Duane Allman has been dead 40 years today. We love you Duane. You are the god of slide guitar. No one will ever touch your skill even with a glass bottle of coricidin
Django5198 4 months ago
this is shit for Duane. listen to liz reed, blue sky,the entire filmore album
louis34997 4 months ago
That is part of Duane's solo from a performance of Dickey's song In Memory of Elizabeth Reed.
Gottogetbetter 4 months ago
What is name this song?
sali999999999 4 months ago
when does the great lick come in?? i heard garbage
63drawoh 5 months ago
@63drawoh Do you practice being a total dick or does it just come naturally?
MidianGTX 5 months ago
@MidianGTX i was excited because i just came all over your mom - that was natural yum
63drawoh 4 months ago
what show is this from? Can be streamed?
swallace6490 6 months ago
THere are way better examples of Duane Allman's playing.
trishandwill 6 months ago 18
@trishandwill
ditto!!
seranadesongs 4 months ago
Duane Allman was killed in a motorcycle accident While in the western part of Macon on October 29, 1971 during a band break from touring and recording, Allman was riding his motorcycle toward an oncoming truck that was turning well in front of him. Allman lost control of his Harley-Davidson Sportster motorcycle while trying to swing left,, crushing his internal organs. , he died several hours later, just weeks before his 25th birthday.
loosestudios 6 months ago
well let me just vote you all as missing the mention of the slide solo from Don't Keep Me Wondering from the old Duane Allman Anthology or the Elmore James- Done Somebody Wrong, not to mention Statesboro Blues...and oh yea Duane is the man but let's give it up for Dickey Betts rock solid guitar solo's always...
brayjas222 6 months ago
It's is hard to say there isa best lick. But If I had to I would pick the solos on Hot Lanta, or You don't love me or mybe Why does love have to be so sad, or Whipping Post live to name a few. I'm not counting the great slide solos
WolcottOakTree 7 months ago
hey, TBird5790, I totally agree with you as far as talking about the music, but why the name-calling? Here's a guy, skydogsys, who derives a great deal of joy from Duane Allman and wants to share that joy with the world, and has distilled it down to that one guitar lick. Now, this ain't the laws of physics; this is one fellow human expressing his heart-felt subjective opinion, so why call him a moron or puny-minded? No need for this; is your goal to convince or offend?
jn89015 7 months ago 15
This was a poor idea, and certainly not "the best" Duane Allman lick ever. Why do Moron's continually try to label something as "The Best Ever" because in their puny little mind they think their opinion about a little tiny piece of someone's career is soooooooo important for everyone to know. It trivializes the impact someone has in their field who is arguably one of the pioneers in Rock, and especially slide guitar style.
Just a poor example of Duane's greatness. Stop it. You ain't got it!
TBird5790 7 months ago
@TBird5790 just like eric's woman tone? eddie's brown sound? satch's scream?
RD400D78 2 months ago
It is impressive, but not as jaw dropping as you think. As someone that has played for over 45 years, this is less jaw dropping than you would think. For one, He's playing way up on the neck. On a guitar, the higher up you play, the thinner the frets are. There's less of a reach. Second, What he's actually doing is taking his 3rd or fourth finger, and plucking & releasing the first string, then striking 2nd string with right hand & repeat.PnkFlyd did same on CraZ Dmd but<. Mountain Jam better.
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it's cool if you like metal
vladystrider 7 months ago
One thing that Duane would do that was cool is break into "Joy to the World" at the end of some songs-
rongtr1 7 months ago
Road of love duane all man
ance65 7 months ago
im glad i heard this snippet~
XTheSonofTheSunX 8 months ago
Why would we take 30 arbitray seconds of a solo and post them? It would be like opening one of the great classics of literature and reading a few pages in the middle of the book. Elizabeth Reed is like a "symphony" and, while the guitar work here is impressive, the whole is certainly more than the sum of its parts.
PashRu 8 months ago
4ristotle, I couldn't agree more well stated. In the scheme of things if this was all I heard of Duane I would have been less than impressed!
Belgianista 8 months ago
It's the end of the Stairway to Heaven solo
AgurkTomatGulerod 9 months ago
i dis agree, if dewayne were defined by only one lick,dewayne was defined by his SLIDE PLAYING.wich would have to be the little ditty played after ( woke up this mornin had dem statesboro blues, didididididdidididiiuudidudiiiii !!!!! from the second verse( looked over in tha corner and grammaw had dem too)
Tomcaatt 9 months ago
This is hardly Duane Allman's definitive lick. I can play this, though not near as good. But this is not even close to the best representation of DA's ability.
gatortailor 9 months ago
BTW, this video deserves context as stated by many....the 25 minute build up that this probably received would have been epic :D
thyultimate 10 months ago
Jimmy Page, Jimi Hendrix and Tony Iommi used this lick too =D
TimBirkenholz 11 months ago
It would be a terrible mistake to think this was Duane's best lick. I have way too much respect for him to even consider that that's the best he had... and I've been a avid/rabid fan since before Live At The Filmore debuted. He was one of the all time greats and that riff was just a passing thought in his musical vocabulary... and VERY easy to do.
skydog7725 11 months ago
@skydog7725 Your name says it all man! Peace!
thyultimate 10 months ago
@thyultimate - Thanks man - and peace to you as well. Today is Easter Sunday 2011. Eat a Peach for Peace! I love Duane and hope he is rockin out with the greatest players that have crossed over.
If you're interested, paste skydog7725 Statesboro Blues in the Youtube seach panel to view a recording I made... I play Statesboro Blues against a backing track.
Peace!
skydog7725 10 months ago
I can't believe this hard on still has this posted ! has the nob jockey told anyone else how he" played this in "69" ?lol lord jeeziz what a fucking burnout!
jsilence418 11 months ago
Its good but i can do that as can many others so whats the big deal?
RollockBoy 1 year ago
@RollockBoy you didnt do it first
powerkor 1 year ago
@powerkor whats your point? im not slating him, im just saying it isnt amazing, he's come up with better riffs
Playing 3 notes fast over and over isnt rocket science, guitarists before him could probably do it
RollockBoy 1 year ago
@RollockBoy having a computer on your desk that can produce multi-track recordings and manufacture cds is no big deal either, unless you consider historical context. fire is no big deal either, but it was to the first person that figured out how to make it and use it.
powerkor 1 year ago
the impressive part is the endurance. mentally and phyisically. I'd get either bored or a tired wrist!
SOCOM018 1 year ago
His names not Duane!!!! It's God!!! Get it right!!!
Django5198 1 year ago
Excruciating to listen to. That wasn't one of Duane's better moments.
1spati 1 year ago
Agree with 4ristotle. Lick on its own is out of context. Just a triplet - a great and well done triplet with unmatched intensity - but it is like taking a few words out of a classic poem.
jvdoak 1 year ago
Not necessarily his best lick, but the opening lick to "Layla" is written/played by Duane. Being the gentleman he was, he never took any of the light off Clapton, but much of the arrangement and layering of that song (hell, the whole album really) is all Duane Allman.
R.I.P. Skydog. The best there ever was.
Slant81 1 year ago
duane was somethion else
hotbuelick 1 year ago
I just bought a Wine red Custom Les Paul,,,its beautiful. I figured my Cherry s/burst LP was lonely...that was my excuse to the wife. I would love to own a 57 Goldtop like Allmans.
tuymans 1 year ago
@shawnycats ok..ok..im sorry. I made a dumb comment in a moment of boredom. I respect Allman and his playing very much. He is placed deservedly in the RS pole as one of the best guitarists. I apologize.
tuymans 1 year ago
I disagree this is his best lick. Listen to I'm gonna move to the outskirts of town off of the dreams box set. The opening solo is about 2 minutes long and it completely sums up duane's playing. Spacey, melodic, bluesy. Also Liz Reed off of the same album is Duane's best soloing on the song. Wish I was good at youtube or id post it haha
shawnycats 1 year ago
@shawnycats duane allman lend me a dime solo
talavera89 1 year ago
@Limesquibbo The dumbest thing said on youtube...I take pride in that. Something to tell the grand kids. Hang on..maybe I can top it. The Rolling Stones are shit.
tuymans 1 year ago
If this is the 'only one lick (...) associated with Duane Allman' then he goes down as he goes down as a pretty lame guitarist. I've been playing for 30 years and it is a simple and quite boring waste of 30 seconds. Its a 3 note riff played at speed...I learned that at 13. Slash on the other hand....creates amazing versatile blues/country/rock solos with soul, passion and ease that you never forget. I will admit his playing has suffered since leaving GN'R.
tuymans 1 year ago
@tuymans how can you not know duane allman and play for 30 years..
FredrickVonDinkles 1 year ago
@tuymans That is probably the dumbest thing ever said on youtube. Ive only played guitar for 3 years and yet it seems i know more than you. Duane allman compared to slash now cmon slash is no where near duanes skill level. Slash plays with NO soul and emotion. Now i agree this definateley isnt duanes best lick but before you start talkin shit about rolling stones 2nd best guitar player of all time you better learn your facts
Limesquibbo 1 year ago
@Limesquibbo I agree totally. Slash is nowhere near the guitarist that Duane Allman was. Stormy Monday on Fillmore East evokes more emotion than anything Slash ever did.The guy @tuymans claims to have been playing for 30 years and I have never heard of him but I sure as hell have heard of Duane! My cousin who co wrote a song with Chet Atkins said almost the same thing about Slash's licks. He asked me when I heard him play licks like Slash and I said when he was was 16.
birdmanphil4 1 year ago
@Limesquibbo totally agree! the problem is pandering to a bunch of inexperienced dim witted kids! they want slash so the magazines put him on the cover period!
jsilence418 11 months ago
@tuymans you see, it's the musicians who can say in 3 notes what can't be said in 200 that set them apart from the rest of the B musicians. if you listen to this whole solo man, the tension and the build up to this climax is beyond any guitar players ability, which is why Duane is ranked #2 on RS top 100 list. He can say more with less than any other guitar player who lived other than hendrix.....and Derek Trucks and Warren Haynes of course : ) and please don't eveeeeeer compare slash to duane
shawnycats 1 year ago
@shawnycats Amen brother
TonyTyler 1 year ago
from wat cd i gotta get this
trucksfan 1 year ago
boring
Guitarist2098 1 year ago
I personally think the Soul Serenade part he did at WPLJ 8 26 71 in the middle of You Don't Love Me was arguably one of, if not his finest moments
supsailor1885 1 year ago
OH MY GOD!!!
Aqualung1997 1 year ago
Dear god, please give us back Duane and take Justin bieber...amen.
paygi110709 1 year ago 107
@paygi110709 Please Forgive Us God. We know not what we do.
HumblePie76 1 year ago
@paygi110709
You think this is his best lick because you never heard him on Clarence Carter's "Road of Love" where he switches his amp mid-blast without missing a lick. It is Les Paul supreme.
chelliegirl 11 months ago
@paygi110709 +several hundred...well if not giving back allman, at least take away that grotesquely pathetic excuse of a musician back man!
thyultimate 10 months ago
@paygi110709
should feel bad for that offering
Grizzlism 6 months ago
omg
Django5198 1 year ago
anyone know wat song this is from
trucksfan 1 year ago
@trucksfan
in memory of elizabeth reed
letranger86 1 year ago
@trucksfan Hot Lanta
abcv105 1 year ago
@trucksfan woop0s I meant "In memory of Elizabeth Reed"
abcv105 1 year ago
lol. Skill timing and a little soul?? lol
amac1010 1 year ago
maxin out is ace when youre doin it
zimmy81 1 year ago
This lick isn't all that interesting on its own... it's its context that makes it good. In the Fillmore East version of Elizabeth Reed, Duane spends at least a minute (and arguably his whole solo up to that point) bringing his solo to a point where ten (or thirty) seconds of 3 notes played over and over at a blistering pace is exactly what is needed.
Cutting this bit of his solo is quoting out of context - it doesn't give a representative picture of Duane's playing at all.
4ristotle 1 year ago 84
@4ristotle Perfectly stated.
tented 11 months ago
@4ristotle
Well said. When I saw the title, I expected something phenomenal but was sadly disappointed. I expected to hear his brilliance but instead heard something Duane could probably play the 2nd day he began playing guitar.
bluesgolfer 9 months ago
don't stop don't stop. Don't stop playing those 3 notes. I like :)
QuistTV 1 year ago
man i wonder if Jimmy Page knows of Duane. I mean. Duane could make Page seem like a newbie. Duane and Page and Rhoads are my favorite guitarts
viris17y 1 year ago
@viris17y you wonder if jimmy page knows of duane allman? are you trying to make yourself sound like an idiot?
wiiiiillllll 1 year ago
oHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH my face just melted
bigcountrypicker 1 year ago
I honestly appreciate all the work of jimi Page but he is a joke compared to Duane
ximib12 1 year ago 3
@ximib12 How could you say something so stupid? Delete that comment. Please!
guitargirl761 1 year ago
@guitargirl761 Give us a break please you have no idea what you're talking about.
Skyman46 1 year ago
@guitargirl761
duane was a better guitarist than jimmy page. dont get me wrong, jimmy page was incredible but duane just had more feel and expression.
Glassandcandy 1 year ago 4
@Glassandcandy in terms of feel, rhythm and technical skill, yes, i think i agree. but jimmy page was a master innovator of sound and tone, and that counts for a lot. at a certain point certain cases of extraordinary talent cease to be better or worse than any other case, simply different. i could listen to either one of those dudes all goddamn fuckin day any day.
CitizenMusicUSA 1 year ago
@Glassandcandy hey fucker! im ganna fuck you up tha ass, duane allman was the love of my life
my1name2 1 year ago
@Glassandcandy More expression than Jimmy Page? Creativity? Imagination?
Duane Allman compared to Jimmy Page?
More feel than Jimmy Page? Dear God have mercy.
1spati 1 year ago
@1spati Yes all of those things. Page actually snatches this riff and used it at the end of Stairway to heaven.
bthoma1 11 months ago
Not bad
Almost - I say again almost as good as Jimmy Page
wkbfutewc 1 year ago
what is the name of the song?? please... thanks!
tonylobu 1 year ago
I was a big Duane Allman fan. But I feel kind of bad for anyone who honestly thinks that's the best of his playing or that that annoying box run rep is somehow sublime.
Are we being Rick rolled here?
onebluenine 1 year ago
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onebluenine 1 year ago
This sounds like a 10 year old is trying to play the end part of Stairway to heaven solo.... Badly. Duane Allman seriously shouldnt have been #2 on rolling stone greatist guitarists list. Awfully simple guitar parts, even out of tune on some records... Creative? More like he didnt know what a mode was.
Potential91 1 year ago
@Potential91 Put him up with your pick any day
BlkIvy16 1 year ago
@BlkIvy16 comment not the one listed. That was mine , Like who you choose. But I'll take my list Duane, Jimi, Dickey, Toy, Gaines etc. they are all Great ! Just enjoy the music .......
NNYSPAZ 1 year ago
What ever the technical (de)merits of this, it sounds great :)
Pippin76 1 year ago
Not to take anything away from Duane, but this isn't even close to being his best lick. it's actually a very simple phrase that most guitarist can do without much effort. He's got MUCH better stuff in his repertoire - especially slide playing.
sbamkmfdmdfmk 1 year ago
What song is this? Did it appear on any album? Thanks in advance
elkey1000 1 year ago
I think Duane Allman is the greatest guitar player ever, but this is not his best lick. He's got so many better ones. This one is a tad repetetive.
Still good, just far from his best.
rocknrollguru23 1 year ago
Far from Duanes best...give your head a shake..
Zoogyltd 1 year ago
Honestly... while it's fast there really isn't a whole lot going on here.. in fact this is a "rest" for Duane as he thinks about where he wants to take the solo. Johnny Winter does this a lot too. Truthfully there are a lot more interesting Duane solos out there.
Wharfomatic 1 year ago
@Wharfomatic I don't really think Duane "thought" too much about where he wanted leads to go.....which, you shouldn't really think much about where you wanna go...you'll get in big trouble!..hehe....Duane just picked up the guitar and played from the heart....much like SRV after him....I think EVERY lead Duane and SRV played was purely intentional, uninhibited....not overthinking....just JAMMIN'! \m/
SheaBearden 1 year ago
@SheaBearden Agreed.. maybe "Thought" was the wrong word but as a guitar player myself I know there are moments during a jam were you rest for a moment or two to get your bearings and hear where everyone else is. That's more to the point I was trying to make.
Wharfomatic 1 year ago
@Wharfomatic ahhh i see what you're gettin at! ;-)
SheaBearden 1 year ago
boring...
maowcat 1 year ago
Loved the Allman Bros. since I was 12 years old. Duane was one of the greatest, but this is absolutely NOT his or anyone else's greatest lick ever. This is just simple pull off's for fill.
TheCrazyhorse001 1 year ago
favorite Allman Brothers song
suspect56 1 year ago
What song is this?
josephkallifffraude 1 year ago
make a cool ring tone
zorbatheok 1 year ago
this is just duane pulling from 15 off to 12 on the high e string. ALthough I agree its sounds incredible hes capable of waaaayyyy more.
JD101PRO 1 year ago
@JD101PRO Yeah. Its kind of an insult to Duane to say this is his best.
oUhOhHEADSHOTo 1 year ago
Duane's my favorite guitar player and that's a mean riff. Hendrix plays a similar repeating triplet pattern in his solo on "Red House." I'd be interest to know what blue artist first coined that pattern on the electric guitar. If I had to choose a riff that really hollers out at me from Sky Dog's archives of achievement I'd probably go with his slide work on Statesboro Blues live at the Fillmore east. RIP Duane Allman
dmurnizzle 1 year ago
Who cares? Just enjoy it!
exile103 1 year ago
in memory of elizabeth reed
andersforfang 1 year ago
even though duane would most probably be associated with the slide considering he was the most influential slide guitarist of all time
bionicbutthole 1 year ago
plain and simple, you just posted the greatest insult to Duane Allman that I have yet to see on youtube... congratz on slowly killing a king...
perdidoparker 1 year ago
that has to be one DB's cheapest lead lick...just a tweeda lead...booring.....Duane wouldnt be that repetitive if you had put a gun to his head....
cheezervvvvv 1 year ago
@cheezervvvvv It IS Duane. I have the CD. Yes, that particular lick is repetitive, but the solo itself is still vintage Duane.
cmsmhp 1 year ago
Anyone saying this is Dickey is way off. Anyone who knows anything about "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" could tell you that Dickey plays the opening lead and first guitar solo, while Duane plays the second guitar solo. This happens in the middle/end of the second guitar solo. It's a classic Duane lick that he performs on Wilson Pickett's "Hey Jude" and on "Hot 'Lanta". The build up to this lick's release is what makes it fantastic. "You Don't Love Me" has my favorite quick Duane lick at 13:50.
adamken47 1 year ago
@adamken47 if you ever listen to duane he has a way more rich/fat sound with much less treble so you may want to research that statement
bionicbutthole 1 year ago
@bionicbutthole Thanks for trying to keep me honest :) This sound byte is from a performance of In Memory of Elizabeth Reed. It is from the second guitar solo, originally performed by Duane on both the studio recording and the live at Fillmore East recording. He had been known to do this repetitive lick on the tracks I have mentioned already. Consider it researched. His tone was generally achieved by cranking the gain, so in many of his songs it tended to have a screaming quality. That's a fact.
adamken47 1 year ago
@adamken47 i listened to it and you are right, my mistake but i still feel like duane would be more recognized for his slide work which influenced other music and musicians like derek trucks and free bird
bionicbutthole 1 year ago
@bionicbutthole You're completely right. His slide skills were second to none and this lick (though one of his signature moves) doesn't even scratch the surface as to what made him great. The man was a musical genius, whose true strength was the amount of emotion he could create with his guitar, slide or not. He was never repetitive and always on point. A true original.
adamken47 1 year ago
@bionicbutthole I agree Duanes tone was more treble rolled off middles and bass rolled on for that smooth mellow tone it's his playing is what made it burn.
maxzaxe217 1 year ago
Yeah, that's Dickey. Duanes work was generally a lot funkier and soulful than Dickey, who could really be repititous at times.
Jubal24 1 year ago
@Jubal24 No, it is not Dickey. I have the CD. This is part of Duane's solo from "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" from the SUNY-Stonybrook 9/16/71 live album. I listen to it just about every week.
cmsmhp 1 year ago
wtf not his best lick at all its just three notes over and over and over again, it was great because it fit the song and he was feeling it but this is in no way shape or form duane at his best.
acidsnake500 1 year ago
Definately Dickey Betts bro, you need to study up on the allman brothers. hot lick though, i love it. its the climax to in memory of elizabeth reed
Dill1090 1 year ago
E-20-17
B-----17 > infinity
prophetdude2 1 year ago
Holy ¡! where can i found that ?
MrV1C7OR 1 year ago
it's basically all about duane and jeff beck!!!!!!!!!!!
chev202 1 year ago
not the greatest lick.
fmilktoast 1 year ago
have u ever heard Alvin Lee in Ten Years After?
Undeed Album. second song... its better than this...
but Duane is a better guitar player...
pedrocardutra 1 year ago
i want this to be my ringtone can someone please help?
IvanThe2Terrible 1 year ago
@IvanThe2Terrible phonezoo
Classicrock515 1 year ago
sorry mate but there's a more insane and better duane allman lick near the end of his solo in the live version of whippin post
nintendonut100 1 year ago
I have to say, the playing he does leading up to this little hammer-in-place fest is much much better, shows far more style, finesse and tonal quality as well as being melodious, but I'm not gonna flame you for your taste. This 'lick' is more like a rest stop as he was running out of steam. Slide was his true gift anyway.
starman714 1 year ago
I've been playing this lick for years whenever there's some nice chick in the front row. No cheaper gimmick available really for any mediocre guitar player (which I'm not of course)
gitaarleraar1970 1 year ago
sounds like four notes in a loop. I saw him live, front row, and I'm here to tell you he had a lot of better licks than this.
gaddallmighty 1 year ago
Not even close to his best. I've heard riffs that were way better than this and much cleaner too. Learn your music.
MrRocknsam94 1 year ago
lol good one. you got me there
LukeKlitwalker 1 year ago
This is so sloppy it got to be Jimmy Page playing
LOLLYPOPPE 1 year ago
Duane's best lick ever? ...were you dropped on your head when you were a baby???
11harrison11 1 year ago
man, that makes my hand tired just to listen to it! fry that sucker, Duane! or Dicky?
originaltbyrd 1 year ago
@originaltbyrd Duane ;)
foutupourfoutu 1 year ago
that lick is not tough or memorable what-so-ever
d3ff3ct3d 1 year ago
gsergyuko c'mon pud knocker give us some more of your infinite wisdom, you fucking crap sack !
jsilence418 1 year ago
Hey boys this isn't Duane or dickie, it's old gsergyuko thats who is playing this in 1969 too !!! wow what an asshole !
jsilence418 1 year ago
So you are admitting you have no ideas on the guitar, maybe if you took your self away from buff guys wrestling you fruit ,then you could get an idea or better yet a clue you cock head!
jsilence418 1 year ago
Vaveon you're wrong. If you really knew guitar technique then it wouldnt take