Skydog The Duane Allman Story

by Poe, Randy; Gibbons, Billy F.

• ISBN13: 9780879309398
• ISBN10: 0879309393
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-08-01
• Publisher: Backbeat

Summary

Now in paperback, here is the definitive biography of one of the most revered guitarists of his generation, Skydog reveals the complete story of Duane Allman, from his early struggles and his session days, to the formation of the Allman Brothers Band and his tragic early death at age 24. Added chapter and photos updates the book.

Author Biography

Raised in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, Grammy nominee Randy Poe is a former executive director of the Songwriters' Hall of Fame. President of Leiber & Stoller Music Publishing since 1985, Poe is the author of two other books, dozens of articles for various music magazines, and the linear notes to over 100 albums

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. vii
Prologue	p. ix
Where It All Begins	p. 1
A Guitar & a Motorcycle, Part 1	p. 7
The Escorts	p. 17
The Allman Joys	p. 25
Like Sands Through the Hour Glass	p. 37
Power of Love	p. 49
The Epiphany	p. 55
The Hour Glass in Muscle Shoals	p. 59
How Blue Can You Get?	p. 63
The Road to Fame	p. 75
The Solo Album	p. 89
Two Days in March	p. 101
The Calling of the Brotherhood	p. 109
The Allman Brothers Band	p. 123
The Fillmores, Part 1	p. 133
Idlewild South	p. 137
Duane, Eric & Layla	p. 155
The Fillmores, Part 2	p. 171
Mann & Allman	p. 191
The Final Tour	p. 197
A Guitar & a Motorcycle, Part 2	p. 205
Eat a Peach	p. 215
The Allman Brothers Band A.D.	p. 221
Decline, Fall & Resurrection	p. 233
Epilogue: Still Peakin' at the Beacon	p. 251
Afterword	p. 257
Acknowledgments	p. 263
Farther on Up the Road	p. 267
Duane Allman-A Discography	p. 273
The Guitars of Duane Allman	p. 285
References	p. 299
About the Author	p. 305
Photo Credits	p. 307
Index	p. 309
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